Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Recording Live! French Composer @ WSU (Ogden: March 21)

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Recording LIVE!

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts

What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival: Recording Live! French Composers

When: 21 March 2012 • 7:30 pm

Where: Mar 21, Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Cost: $12/adults; $9/students* and seniors; 

purchase 2 or more tickets and receive a 25% discount

*free for WSU students with Wildcard (required)

www.weberstatetickets.com or 1-800 WSU-TIKS

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the first concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival  2012, Recording Live! “French Composers,” Wednesday, March 21, at  7:30 pm in the Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $12/$9 and may be purchased from the Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS. All concerts are free for WSU students with a current Wildcard (student I.D.).Children 8 years and older are welcome. 

The concert will be recorded live by the ISOMIKE ™ at the large Austad Auditorium, Val. A.  Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The IsoMike is an experimental recording apparatus and method being used to recreate the original performance in DSD high definition audio (SACD). This first-ever CD release for BCMF will capture the energy and spirit of the live performance. The performing artists include Carmelo de Los Santos, violin, Guigla Katsarava, piano, Monte Belknap, violin, Moriah Wilhelm, violin, Spencer Martin, viola, Viktor Uzur, cello

Program: 

Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140, for violin and piano (1917) by Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)

I. Allegro vivo

II. Intermède: Fantasque et léger

III. Finale: Très animé

Concerto in D, Op. 21, for piano, violin, and string quartet (1889–91) by Amédée-Ernest Chausson (1855 – 1899)

I. Décidé   

II. Sicilienne   

III. Grave   

III. Très animé

The Grand Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (SLC: March 8 - 24)

 P r e s s   R e l e a s e

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February, 2012

Contact:
Richard Scott
The Grand Theatre
Phone: 801-957-3263
Fax: 801-957-3300
richard.scott@slcc.edu
www.the-grand.org

The Grand Theatre presents Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand Theatre is presenting Arthur Miller’s American Classic play The Crucible March 8-24, 2012 with 7:30 pm performances Wednesday through Saturday and 2:00 pm matinees on select Saturdays. Tickets can be purchased through the Grand Theatre box office at (801) 957-3322 or through the website www.the-grand.org.

Mark Fossen directs this stirring performance and was director of last year’s American Classic play The Glass Menagerie, also at the Grand Theatre. Cast members for The Crucible include Cassandra Stokes-Wylie as Elizabeth Proctor, David Hanson as John Proctor, and Sahara Hayes as Abigail Williams. Local favorite Max Robinson plays Judge Danforth. Other local favorites in the cast include Ron Frederickson, Richard Scharine, Stephen Williams, Toni Byrd, and Barb Smith.

Miller wrote the play in 1952 as a reaction to Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which was established to eliminate supposed Communist sympathizers. "The Crucible is an amazingly relevant play,” said Mark Fossen. “I feel I see it completely differently, coming back to it after 9/11. It's not just about Salem or McCarthy any more. We may no longer be searching for witches or Communists, but the idea of what true fear can make us do it still very real." The Crucible won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play.

In addition to the productions, the Grand Theatre will present a free lecture by Joseph McCarthy scholar Dr. David Oshinsky on March 7 to discuss his book “A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy” and how it relates to the Grand Theatre production of “The Crucible”. He will be speaking at the Salt Lake Community College Taylorsville/Redwood Campus in the Oak Room at 12:00 p.m. He will continue the conversation later that evening on the Grand Theatre stage at 6:00 p.m. at a question and answer session moderated by two distinguished SLCC Faculty members. The discussion will focus on Dr. Oshinsky’s knowledge of the McCarthy era and how it influenced Arthur Miller and other artists of the time. The events with Dr. Oshinsky are free and open to the public.

Play dates: March 8 through 24. Evening performances 7:30 pm Wednesday - Saturday, matinees March 10 and 17 at 2:00 pm.  

Location: The Grand Theatre, 1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Tickets: Prices are $10 - 24 for adults. Seniors and students receive a discounted rate. 
Reservations: 801-957-3322 or online at www.the-grand.org

Photos by Steve Fidel

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Grant opportunities available for museums (Deadline: March 30)Grant opportunities available for museums

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For immediate release                Alyssa Hickman Grove, 801.533.5760

16 February 2012                       Constituent Relations & Media, Utah Arts & Museums

Geoffrey Fattah, 801.386.4755

Communications Director, Utah Dept. of Community and Culture

Grant opportunities available for museums

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Arts & Museums is accepting applications from museums for development and project grants. The purpose of these grants is to help museums develop projects to improve their professional skills in accepted museum practices; better preserve, exhibit and interpret their collections; and improve their service to their communities. Certified Utah Museums are eligible to apply. The due date for the online applications is 5 p.m. on March 30, 2012.

“Utah museums are a vital force in the state’s cultural life, informing and entertaining millions of patrons each year,” said Margaret Hunt, Utah Arts & Museums Director. “We’re pleased to offer this funding to help museums reach their goals.” Previously funded projects have supported collection management, storage and cataloging, marketing and public relations, and temporary staff to carry out the project.  

Development grants are for museums open fewer than 1,000 hours per year, with a maximum award of $1,000. Project Support grants have a maximum award of $6,000 and require some level of matching funds. Specific grant guidelines and requirements are available at artsandmuseums.utah.gov under “Funding” and then “Grants.” Applications will be reviewed by the Utah Arts & Museums Office of Museum Services Advisory Board.

For more information, please contact Katie Woslager at kwoslager@utah.gov or  801.236.7550, or visit Utah Arts & Museums at artsandmuseums.utah.gov.

About Certified Utah Museums

There are 150 Certified Utah Museums. These organizations have filed their credentials with Utah Arts & Museums. There is no cost to participate, and uncertified museums interested in pursing museum grants are encouraged to complete the simple registration process.

About Utah Arts & Museums

Utah Arts & Museums is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah’s arts and culture community. The division provides funding, education, and technical services to individuals and organizations statewide so that all Utahns, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic status, can access, understand, and receive the benefits of arts and culture. Additional information on the programs and services can be found at www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by calling 801.236.7555.

Alyssa Hickman Grove

Constituent Relations & Media

Utah Arts & Museums

617 East South Temple

Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801.533.5760

www.artsandmuseums.utah.gov

Renewal: Finding Life through Art Exhibit @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center (WVC: March 8 - April 25)Renewal: Finding Life through Art

Renewal: Finding Life through Art

WHAT:

Nine artists breathe life into discarded or forgotten objects in this visually striking collection of three dimensional arts.

           

WHEN:

Exhibit

March 8 – April 25

Mon – Thurs, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and by arrangement

Opening Reception

March 8

6 – 8 p.m.

WHERE:         

Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 West 3100 South

WVC, UT 84119

                                               

WHO: 

Artists include Zane Anderson, Amy Adams, Marianne Cone, Brian Christensen, Jason Lanegan, Adam Larsen, Suzanne Larson, Frank McEntire, and Reclaimed Sentiment.

WHY:  

One way artists are able to answer the irresistible human need for meaning about life has been through assemblage and collage. This process uses discarded non-art materials that are already familiar to each of us. These objects, whether old or new, are pulled from our collective experience and carry with them their past histories and associations. By combining and reorganizing these found materials into something unexpected, the pieces mix and create a new story. Because of this, the artist’s job becomes one of making links between found materials, forming new relationships based upon the function, meaning, and memories linked to the chosen objects. Regardless of the artist’s intent, the viewer will always come away from a work of assemblage or collage art with stories uniquely their own, stories based upon their own personal relationships with the materials used.

To further explore the variety of unique impressions that can be gained from a work of collage or assemblage art there will be two more facets to the show. One, a few writers will be invited to look at the work and use it as inspiration for a short work of their own.  These written responses will be on display, and a reading will be organized for the opening night.  Two, a musical group will perform a number during the opening; the piece will be inspired by the work on display.  These two aspects are designed to help the work appeal and be more assessable to a wide audience.

For more information about this event other happenings at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, please call 801-965-5101 or visit www.CulturalCelebration.org

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Michael Christensen, Folklorist/Cultural Specialist

West Valley City | Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 West 3100 South

West Valley City, Utah 84119

(801) 965-5108

michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov

www.culturalcelebration.org

Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” adapted by Roger McGough, directed by Jennifer A. Kokai @ WSU (Ogden: March 2-10)

Tartuffe: Snake Oil Religion

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts

What: Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” adapted by Roger McGough, directed by Jennifer A. Kokai

When: March 2, 3, 6-10, 7:30 p.m. •  2:00 pm matinee: March 10 

American Sign Language interpretation, March 3 at 7:30 pm

Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents Moliere’s classic French comedy, “Tartuffe,” adapted by Roger McGough and directed by Jennifer A. Kokai. The production runs March 2, 3 and 6-10 at 7:30 pm with a Saturday matinee March 10 at 2 p.m.; and with American Sign Language Interpretation for the Saturday, March 3 performance; in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $11 and $8 for all shows and are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, 1-800-WSU-TIKS, weberstatetickets.com or at the door beginning one hour before the performance. 

A gentleman, Orgon, and his elderly mother are under the influence of Tartuffe, a pious fraud. The rest of Orgon’s family are upset by this, especially when Orgon announces his daughter Mariane, already engaged to Valère, will marry Tartuffe. The family sets out to trap the fraud as he sexually pursues Orgon’s wife, Elmire. By the time Orgon finally figures out the truth, Tartuffe has blackmailed him and orders the entire family out into the street. A surprising turn of events provides justice for all.

The play was first staged in 1664. Although the public and King Louis himself loved the play, it upset the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and members of upper-class society causing the Archbishop of Paris to issue an edict threatening excommunication for anyone who watched, performed in, or read the play - “in a bid to avoid misinterpretation by the feeble-minded masses.”  

Moliere’s famous comedy is re-told in a witty version by ‘Liverpool’s Poet Laureate’, Roger McGough, originally commissioned and produced by Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse in 2008. (from wikipedia: McGough was also responsible for much of the humorous dialogue in The Beatles’ animated film, “Yellow Submarine”. . .) 

McGough’s new version doesn’t tamper with the fun that abounds in this bawdy romp as the players hide in cupboards or wooden chests to eavesdrop on Tartuffe to catch him in his evil ways. Tartuffe remains a play about religious hypocrisy which finds its own translation in any day and age.

This will mark the directorial debut of Kokai at WSU. She says, “I could not be more excited for my first show at Weber. Tartuffe, the character, was inspired by Moliere watching French Mountebanks, or Medicine Show salesmen trying to sell spectators snake oil. We’ve picked up on that idea and moved it to the heyday of American Medicine shows, post Civil War south. Along with the hilarious comedy story, our Medicine Show has singing, dancing, magic, juggling, and many surprises. I have been so impressed by the talented actors and designers I get to work with on this show.”

Scenic Designer, Van Tinkham, is out to impress the audience again with a lovely outdoor setting for the Medicine Wagon that pulls on stage and sets up for a show. Graduating theatre major Sean Bishop is wrapping up his studies at WSU by designing the costumes to complete the look of the South after the Civil War. 

For more information, contact Director: Jennifer Kokai: jenniferkokai@weber.edu or 1-801-626-6624.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

WSU Jazz Ensemble (Ogden: Feb 28)

Jazzing up a Winter Night

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts

What: WSU Jazz Ensemble

When: Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 7:30 pm

Where: Ballroom, Shepherd Union Building, WSU Campus

Cost: $6/$5 Those with military identification receive the student price

Dee Events Center Tickets: 1-800-WSU-TIKS

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the WSU Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30 pm in the Ballroom, Shepherd Union Building, WSU Campus  Tickets are $6/$5. Those with military identification will receive the student price. Tickets can be purchased at the Dee Events Center Ticket office: 1-800-WSU-TIKS or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before curtain. Children eight years and older are welcome to attend.

Ugandan Orphans Spread Hope for Children in Poverty Through Concert (WVC: March 19)

February 21, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

For more information:

Shawn Morton, smorton@childcareworldwide.org or (360) 647-2283

Michael Christensen, michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov or (801) 965-5108

Ugandan Orphans Spread Hope for Children in Poverty

Choir of Ten Children Perform Traditional Ugandan Songs and Dances While Raising Awareness on the Power of Child Sponsorship

West Valley City, Utah – The Ugandan Orphans Choir, a group of ten talented children ranging from 8 to 14, has announced that they will be performing at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center on March 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.  All ten children have been given hope through Childcare Worldwide’s (CCW) sponsorship program, and now they devote their energy to helping other children have access to sponsorship and education.

These exuberant children delight audiences with their dramatic drumming, singing, and high-energy dancing as they perform traditional Ugandan songs and dances.  Former audience member, Kurt Swanson, raved, “Audiences just can’t seem to get enough of what these children have to share; from their natural musical talents to their raw expression of African culture. People are also amazed by the deep joy these children have despite the circumstances they came from.”

Each of the ten children has a story to tell about how their lives have been changed through the power of education provided through CCW’s sponsorship program.  The choir has performed in churches and schools nationwide, as well as venues such as Disneyland and Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks.  Be sure to experience this unique and authentic time of cultural song, dance and storytelling.

The Ugandan Orphans Choir will be performing at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center at 7:00 p.m. on March 19 2012.

For more information or interviews, contact Shawn Morton at (360)-647-2283. Visit www.childcareworldwide.org/choir for a complete tour schedule.

The Ugandan Orphans Choir is a ministry of Childcare Worldwide (CCW). CCW has been devoted to transforming lives since 1981. CCW serves children in nine countries in the developing world, helping them succeed educationally through our child sponsorship program.

Childcare Worldwide seeks to make learning and the hope of future employment possible for every child we serve.  The ultimate goal of education is to break the cycle of poverty in children's lives.

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Michael Christensen, Folklorist/Cultural Specialist

West Valley City | Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 West 3100 South

West Valley City, Utah 84119

(801) 965-5108

michael.christensen@wvc-ut.gov

www.culturalcelebration.org