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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

NEWS: USUO offers free summer concerts to thank Salt Lake community


SALT LAKE CITY –Utah Symphony | Utah Opera will once again present a free summer concert series to thank Salt Lake communities for supporting government funding programs that benefit USUO.

Three performances, conducted by Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic, will be offered at various Salt Lake area venues from June 28 to July 12, in appreciation of the community’s support of the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Fund (ZAP), and the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) which provide funding to USUO and other similar organizations and make various outreach programs and artistic efforts of USUO possible.

Two Utah Symphony performances, offered with gratitude for ZAP funding, will take place at Taylorsville Valley Regional Park (5100 S. 2700 W.) on June 28 at 8 p.m. as part of the annual Taylorsville Dayzz festival and at Abravanel Hall (123 W. South Temple) on July 2 at 7:30 p.m. The Abravanel Hall performance will also serve as a benefit event for The Road Home, a private non-profit social service agency that assists individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake County and along the Wasatch Front. Both concert programs will include favorite symphonic tunes such as Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to “Candide” and various excerpts from popular John Williams movie scores.

An RDA recognition concert presented by USUO will take place in the newly renovated Gallivan Plaza (239 S. Main Street) on July 12 at 7:30 p.m., and will feature various opera hits performed by the Utah Symphony and several guest vocalists, including Utah native Celena Shafer, who most recently performed with Utah Opera as Gilda in the January 2012 production of “Rigoletto.” In 2003, RDA partly funded the renovation of the Utah Opera Production Studios, home of Utah Opera’s costume shop, rehearsal facilities, coaching studios, dance studio and administrative offices. The facility also serves as a gathering place for community groups and other non-profits, and allows Utah Symphony | Utah Opera to rehearse and prepare for its extensive educational and outreach programs that serve the community at large.

Although admission is free to each of these events, tickets are required for the July 2 performance at Abravanel Hall and can be obtained by calling (801)533-NOTE or by visiting the Abravanel Hall Ticket Office.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEWS:

June 28 | 8 PM Taylorsville Valley Regional Park
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Smith/Key
Star Spangled Banner
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Various
Armed Forces Salute
I. The Caissons Song (Army)
II. Sempre Paratus (Coast Guard)
III. Marine's Hymn
IV. The U.S. Air Force Song (Wild Blue Yonder)
V. Anchors Aweigh (Navy)
Kenneth J. Alford
Colonel Bogey March
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
VI.  La Réjouissance
Rodgers & Hammerstein
South Pacific Symphonic Scenario
John Williams
Star Wars Suite for Orchestra
I. Main Title

INTERMISSION


Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide
John Williams
Raiders March
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"1812", Ouverture Solonnelle, Opus 49
  
  
Utah Symphony Benefits the Road Home
July 2 | 7:30 PM Abravanel Hall
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor

Smith/Key
Star Spangled Banner
Kenneth J. Alford
Colonel Bogey March
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
VI.  La Réjouissance
Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man

"El Salón México"
John Williams
Raiders March

Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984 Los Angeles Olympics)

INTERMISSION


Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide
Igor Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
I. Introduction and Dance of the Firebird
II. Dance of the Princesses
III. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
IV. Berceuse
V. Finale


Utah Symphony | Utah Opera Night at the Gallivan Center 
July 12 | 7:30 PM Gallivan Plaza
Vladimir Kulenovic, Conductor
Guest Vocalists, TBA


ABOUT VLADIMIR KULENOVIC:

Since his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, Mr. Kulenovic has conducted performances with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Beethoven-Orchester Bonn, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Aspen Music Festival AACA Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Conductors' Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute Symphony Orchestra and Boston Conservatory Orchestra.                

Mr. Kulenovic studied with Kurt Masur at the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar in New York in 2008 and 2009, as well as at the Beethoven-Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, where his final performance with the Verbier Festival Orchestra was internationally televised on Medici TV.  Mr. Kulenovic spent the summer of 2010 as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and has also conducted in other prestigious music festivals worldwide, including the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Mozarteum Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzburg.

Mr. Kulenovic was awarded the prestigious Alfred B. Whitney Prize for the highest scholastic achievement at the Boston Conservatory where he graduated summa cum laude, as valedictorian, earning degrees in Conducting and Piano Performance.  As a pianist, Mr. Kulenovic was awarded the Second Prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris.


ABOUT UTAH SYMPHONY | UTAH OPERA:

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is dedicated to providing Utah residents and visitors with great performances which engage, educate and enrich lives. The Utah Symphony, which performs at Abravanel Hall, and Utah Opera, which performs at the Capitol Theatre, reach 450,000 citizens in Utah and the Intermountain region, with educational outreach programs serving more than 200,000 students annually. The organization employs 60 staff and 83 full-time musicians, presenting four full operas and more than 70 symphony performances in each regular season as well as a summer season at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah. For more information please visit www.usuo.org.

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