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IN CLASSICAL MUSIC THIS WEEK…
EVENTS FROM 01/30 - 02/05
- BEL CANTO COMPANY
Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Aycock Auditorium, Greensboro
INFO: belcntocompany.com
- CHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM with the MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS
Sunday, February, 5, 2012 at 3 pm
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham
INFO: choral-society.org
Back by popular demand- the Choral Society Chamber Choir (Rodney Wynkoop conducting) for the third successive year joins the Mallarme Chamber Players for a program featuring cantatas of JS Bach. Once again, the concert will employ Baroque instruments and historically informed performance practices.
- DUKE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE [DNME]
FREE! Old Film / New Music
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 8 pm
Von Der Heyden Pavilion, Perkins Library
INFO: 919.660.3333; music.duke.edu
Encore performance. The program features works by six Duke composers (Benito Crawford, D. Edward Davis, David Kirkland Garner, Jamie Keesecker, Vladimir Smirnov and Kenneth David Stewart) written to accompany archival film footage from the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Duke University. The performance includes footage from 1960s Hawaii and Thailand by former Duke Professor Margolin; Spindale, NC in 1937 by H. Lee Waters; Duke life and Duke Gardens in the 1940s; and protest film from Duke's Allen Building sit-in and contemporary times. Video previews of the works to be presented by David Kirkland Garner and Vladimir Smirnov.
- FREE SPIRITS ENSEMBLE of the RALEIGH SYMPHONY
Wayne Leechford and Friends: Chamber Music for Saxophone
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 3 pm
Carswell Hall, Wainwright Music Building, Meredith College
INFO: 919. 546.9755
The Free Spirits Ensemble of the Raleigh Symphony and Wayne Leechford present an afternoon of chamber music featuring the saxophone. Following the concert, there will be a CD release reception for Wayne's new CD, "Works of Art" featuring six new pieces for baritone saxophone.
- NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
Tchaikovsky’s & Chopin f./ John Noel, piano
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 8 pm: Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, Sanford
Friday, February 3, 2012: Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center , Henderson
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 8 pm: Kenan Auditorium, UNC-Wilmington
INFO: 919.733.2750; 877.627.6724; ncsymphony.org
Chopin’s final composition for piano with orchestral accompaniment, the Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, plus Kodály’s lively Dances of Galánta, based on melodies from a Gypsy dance known as the verbunkos, and Tchaikovsky’s triumphant Fifth Symphony. Dr. Barry Salwen of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will present a free pre-concert talk inside Kenan Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 1:50 p.m.
- PHILHARMONIA OF GREENSBORO
FREE! Pillow Pops
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 2 pm
Bur-Mil Park Club House, 5834 Bur-Mil Club Rd
INFO: 336.373.2549; city-arts.org
- ST OLAF CHOIR
Concert- Anton Armstrong, Conductor
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
INFO: stolaf.edu/music/stolaf_choir
The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States. For nearly a century, the choir has set a standard of choral excellence and remained at the forefront of choral artistry. Conducted since 1990 by Anton Armstrong, the St. Olaf Choir continues to develop the tradition that originated with its founder, F. Melius Christiansen.
- TRIANGLE YOUTH BRASS BAND
Across the Pond
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 7 pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
INFO: progressenergycenter.com/event/triangle-brass-band-private-event-345
ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF INTEREST
BLOCK GALLERY
Wild Life
February 2 – March 26, 2012
222 W. Hargett St, Raleigh
INFO: 919.996.3610; raleighnc.gov/arts
- BROADWAY SERIES SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE
Greenday’s American Idiot
January 31 – February 5, 2012
Memorial Auditorium, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
INFO: progressenergycenter.com/event/americanidiot-737
The New York Times calls Green Day’s American Idiot "thrilling and emotionally charged, as moving as anything on Broadway!" Based on Green Day's groundbreaking rock opera of the same name, this daring new musical tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia, and features the smash hits "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Holiday" and "21 Guns". American Idiot contains adult content and strong language.
- BURNING COAL THEATRE COMPANY
Man of La Mancha by Darion, Leigh and Wasserman
February 2–19, 2012: Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm & Sundays at 2 pm
INFO: 919.834.4001; burningcoal.org
Drawn from the Spanish novelist Cervantes' great book Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha is a musical retelling of the story of a troubled man, Alonso Quixana, who believes he is in fact a knight named Don Quixote (Randolph Curtis Rand). He enlists a simple man to support his 'quest', Sancho Panza (David Henderson), and sets off to right the ills that he perceives in the world. On his travels, he meets the strumpet Aldonza, who he imagines to be the lady Dulcinea (Yolanda Rabun). In the musical retelling of this tale, playwright Dale Wasserman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), along with lyricist Joe Darion and composer Mitch Leigh imagined that the writer himself, Miguel de Cervantes, has been imprisoned for crimes against the church and state. Cast into a prison amidst a bunch of low-life criminals, Cervantes finds that he was create a beautiful story in order to convince them that he, as an artist, deserves to live. He spins the story of the "madman", Alonso Quixana and his fictional persona, Don Quixote. Sunday, February 5 at 2 pm is 'Pay What You Can' Day. That performance will also be Audio Described.
- CAROLINA HARMONY CHORUS
FREE! High School Barber Shop Quartet Competition
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Cary Academy
INFO: carolinaharmony.org
- CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8 pm
Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill campus
INFO: 919.843.3333; caroinaperformingarts.org
- CAROLINA THEATRE
Embrace China- Celebrating the Year of the Dragon
Carolina Theatre, Durham
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
INFO: 919.560.3030; carolinatheatre.org
"Year of Dragon: Hello, from China" -- The Chinese Performing Arts Ensemble features some of the elite singers, dancers, folk musicians, magicians, sound-effect artists from China, who will bring the audience, at the turn of the new year of Dragon, the unforgettable artistic performances and the great warmth of auspicious potential. Hello, Shing-nian-haw!
- CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
Information Session for Current and Prospective Students
January 30, 2012
1317 W. Pettigrew St, Durham
INFO: cds.aas.duke.edu/events/index.html
- CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
Full Frame Winter Series: A Special Screening by the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
February 1, 2012
Carolina Theatre, Durham
INFO: cds.aas.duke.edu/events/index.html
- DUKE PERFORMANCES
Fiasco Theater: Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Thursday-Saturday, February 2-4, 2012 at 8 pm
Reynolds Industries Theater
INFO: dukeperformances.org
- LOUISBURG COLLEGE
Allen de Hart Concert Series: Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway”
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8 pm
Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center
INFO: 866.773.6354; louisburg.edu
According to San Francisco’s KABC radio theater critic, Jerry Friedman, “This revue features some of the best songs from the best Broadway shows, all sung by some of the most talented performers working today.” 12 and under free accompanied by adult.
- TRIANGLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Triangle Jazz Orchestra Night
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:45 pm
The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
INFO: artscenterlive.org
- UNC CLEF HANGERS
Concert
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8 pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy center for the Performing Arts
INFO: clefhangers.com
Pre-show reception is limited to 75 guests.
- UNC DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
William S Newman Series: Solo Violin Music of Bach, Part II
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Historic Playmakers Theater
INFO: 919.962.1039
- UNC DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Guest Recital: Nova Thomas, soprano (Westminster Choir College, Rider University)
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 3 pm
Hill Hall Auditorium, UNC campus
INFO: music.unc.edu
CALL FOR ENTRIES
- BURNING COAL THEATRE COMPANYSM
Exploring Shakespeare
February 6 - March 26, 2012: Monday nights, 6:30 - 9:30(New Dates)
INFO: 919.834.4001; burningcoal.org
A eight-session class on acting and enjoying Shakespeare, taught by Burning Coal Education Director Ian Finley. Get up on your feet and explore the Bard's language! Suitable for anyone interested in Shakespeare, no previous acting experience necessary. The Play's the thing! $155, including all texts.
For more information or to reserve a space: 919.834.4001 /www.burningcoal.org
- CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts
Application Deadline: January 30, 2012
INFO: mfaeda.duke.edu
- DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL
Durham Arts Council’s Season Grants
Applications are due at the Durham Arts Council Building by 9 pm on Thursday, March 1. 2012
INFO: 919.560.2720; mdemott@durhamarts.org
These grants are designed to support arts activities occurring between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. Non-profit arts organizations or non-profits planning an arts activity may apply. An applicant must have non-profit 501c(3) status or apply using a fiscal agent that has 501c(3) status. The applicant organization must be based in Durham County or produce the majority of its programming in Durham County. An applicant may request cash and/or use of space in the Durham Arts Council building. Season Grants are not awarded to support fund-raising activities.
- ST FRANCIS UMC
Alice Parker Choral Workshop- Saturday, March 17, 2012
Pre-registration deadline: February 24, 2012
INFO: http://www.saintfrancisumc.org/content/view/590 On March 17-18, 2012 Alice Parker, world-renowned choral music conductor, arranger, and composer, is staging a one-of-a-kind choral workshop weekend for Triangle-area singers at Saint Francis United Methodist Church in Cary, North Carolina. On Saturday, March 17, she will lead a special workshop, "Go to the Heart of Song - Sing the Gospel of Peace," for conductors, choirs, singers, teachers, pianists and organists. That day will end with a 3 p.m. concert/vespers service featuring Ms. Parker's works. On Sunday, March 18, she will lead congregational singing for the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship services, and the workshop will end with a score study session from 1 to 3 p.m. The weekend also includes a Community SING on Friday, March 16, at 7:00 pm.
- TRIANGLE GAY MENS CHORUS
Accepting new singers- Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, & Bass
INFO: tgmchorus.org/join
TGMC is preparing to travel to beautiful Denver, Colorado for the GALA Choruses International Festival this July. Accepting new singers in all voice parts - Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, and Bass (If you aren't sure which part you sing, don't worry, TGMC can help!).
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