Rosemary Clooney and Ginger Bess: Preeminent Singers @ Grand Theatre (Salt Lake City, November 1)

Rosemary Clooney and Ginger Bess: Preeminent Singers

Salt Lake City – The Grand Theatre’s new “Backstage at The Grand” Concert Series continues on November 1 by presenting “Songs of Rosemary Clooney” performed by Ginger Bess.

Ms. Bess will sing selections from Rosemary Clooney’s career, which includes many jazz standards made famous by Clooney’s original interpretation. Frank Sinatra once said, “Rosemary Clooney has that great talent which exudes warmth and feeling in every song she sings. She’s a symbol of good modern American music.”

Ginger Bess is a local performer with a wealth of onstage experience, including recent productions of “Chicago” and “Jekyll and Hyde,” in which she played vocally-challenging female leads. Ms. Bess is a graduate of the Musical Theatre Program at Weber State University.

Songs of Rosemary Clooney as performed by Ginger Bess will play November 1-3 in the Grand’s new Backstage Theatre. Tickets can be obtained by calling the Grand Theatre box office at (801) 957-3322 or online at www.the-grand.org.

Leslie Howard @ St. Mark (Salt Lake City, November 14)

After a four year absence, concert pianist Leslie Howard will return to Salt Lake City to present a solo recital at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m.   Dr. Howard is probably best known internationally for his 97 CD survey for Hyperion Records of the complete piano music of Franz Liszt, a project that merited Howard´s entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest recording project ever undertaken by a solo musician.  Howard's Salt Lake concert will include works by Liszt, Beethoven, and Rakhmaninov.

http://www.lesliehowardpianist.com

Día de los Muertos @ Salt Lake City Public Library (Salt Lake City, November 1)

Salt Lake City Public Library Honors Those Who Have Passed

Día de los Muertos celebrations at numerous Library locations

 

October 26, 2012-Salt Lake City-As the community gathers together to celebrate friends and family that have passed on, The City Library provides a space for participating in and learning about Día de los Muertos, at numerous locations. Beginning November 1, and continuing through the weekend, Salt Lake City Public Library has a Día de los Muertos activity for everyone, from a huge festive celebration with a processional march at the Day-Riverside branch, to intimate neighborhood gatherings at the Sprague and Chapman branches, and a performance-based cultural event at the Main Library.

 

Beginning at 5 pm on Thursday, November 1, at Rose Park Elementary, a procession of participants will make its way to the Day-Riverside branch, where at 6 pm, the festivities will be in full-swing. The evening´s events will include performances by Adelante´s Ballet Folklórico, sugar skull painting, an interactive altar, pan de muerto, face painting, music, and more.

 

On Saturday, November 3, at 2pm, the Sprague branch will host an intimate neighborhood Día de los Muertos celebration, with an altar, songs, sugar skulls, skeleton crafts, stories, and films. Simultaneously, the Chapman branch will host a Día de los Muertos themed story time for families.

 

On Sunday, November 4, at 2pm, in conjunction with the Federation of Mexican Clubs in Utah and the Mexican Consulate of Utah, the Main Library hosts a traditional cultural program, featuring folk music of Mexico, Aztec dances, and much more. An altar will be on display in the Browsing Library leading up to the celebration.

 

For more information about the Día de los Muertos events throughout the Salt Lake City Public Library system, visit www.slcpl.org.

NEWS: Utah Archaeology Week Poster Contest

Utah Archaeology Week Poster Contest

Utah Archaeology Week, to be held May 4,11, 2013, celebrates Utah's rich archaeological and cultural resources with a special week of statewide lectures, programs, activities, demonstrations, and tours.

The Antiquities Section of State History invites Utahans of all ages to help promote the state?s exciting past by entering the Utah Archaeology Week Poster Contest. Entrants may choose any material, design, or medium, but the principal elements of the design should depict aspects of Utah archaeology. Entries should be less than 16" wide and 24" long. Winners in three categories will receive cash prizes: Grand contest winner: $250; secondary school winner: $100; elementary school winner: $100. The winning poster will be professionally printed and distributed nationwide, and will be hung at Utah State History in the Rio Grande Depot.

Posters should be submitted no later than January 18, 2013, to: Antiquities Section, State History, 300 S. Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. For more information on how to enter or to see past winners, visit the Utah Archaeology Week web page at http://history.utah.gov/archaeology/i_love_archaeology/prehistory_week/index.html, or contact Deb Miller at damiller@utah.gov or 801-245-7249 or Derinna Kopp at dkopp@utah.gov or 801-245-7245.

The Utah Archaeology Week Poster contest is sponsored by Utah State History and partners.

NEWS: Utah Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships

Utah Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowships

Applications due Friday, February 1, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Arts & Museums (UA&M), through the Utah Arts Council, will award visual arts fellowships to two outstanding professional artists in Utah. Guidelines will be posted November 1 at artsandmuseums.utah.gov. Applications are due February 1, 2013.

Fellowships are available for individuals practicing in any visual arts medium including new genres such as conceptual arts and new media. The fellowship award does not require matching funds and is intended to advance the professional careers of accomplished Utah artists. Applying artists must be Utah residents not enrolled in a degree or certificate-granting program. Last year’s recipients were James Charles and Jared Lindsay Clark, both of Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Utah Arts & Museums has a mission to assist Utah artists in advancing their professional careers,” says Director Margaret Hunt. “The remarkable accomplishments of Utah’s visual artists demonstrate the talent and innovation Utah continues to foster and bring recognition to the state of Utah for its artistic excellence. Each year UA&M recognizes the substantial contribution these artists are making by offering a $10,000 fellowship award to two outstanding professional artists.”

The artists are chosen by an out-of-state juror, recognized for his or her accomplishments in visual arts genres. The juror for 2013 will be Richard Roth, artist and faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Roth has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. In 1991 he was the recipient of a Visual Artists Fellowship in Painting from the National Endowment for the Arts. He received an MFA from the Tyler School of Art and a BFA from The Cooper Union. His work has been exhibited at Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, NY; Galerie Rob de Vries, The Netherlands; David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM; HICA, Highland Institute of Contemporary Art, Loch Ruthven, Scotland; The Suburban, Oak Park, IL; Rocket Gallery, London; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond; UCR/California Museum of Photography; the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan; Feigen, Inc., Chicago; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Co-editor of the book, Beauty is Nowhere: Ethical Issues in Art and Design, and co-author of Design Basics 3D and Color Basics – both published by Wadsworth Cengage, Roth was also the Director of Solvent Space in Richmond, Virginia, 2005 – 2009. He is currently a faculty member in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University and was the Department Chair from 1999 – 2008.

For more information about Visual Arts Fellowships, visit artsandmuseums.utah.gov or contact Laura Durham, Visual Arts Manager, ldurham@utah.gov, 801.245.7270. Direct media inquiries to Alyssa Hickman Grove, agrove@utah.gov, 801-236-7555.

Art Insights @ South Utah University (Cedar City, November 1)

WHAT:              Exploring the colorful world of typography and letterpress printing is the realm in which graphic designer Molly Poganski lives. This specialized artisan shares her craft during her presentation for SUU´s Department of Art and Design´s insightful weekly lecture series, Art Insights.

WHO:               Art Insights, Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN:             Thursday November 1, 2012

TIME:               7:00pm

WHERE:           Gilbert Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

SUU´S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE

MOLLY POGANSKI,

LETTERPRESS PRINTER / GRAPHIC DESIGNER,

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Exploring the colorful world of typography and letterpress printing is the realm in which graphic designer Molly Poganski lives. This specialized artisan shares her craft during her presentation for SUU´s Department of Art and Design´s insightful weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday November 1, 2012. The lecture begins at 7pm in the Great Hall with SUU´s Hunter Conference Center. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Molly Poganski received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Indiana University. A uniquely skilled craftsperson and artist, Ms. Poganski is an established letterpress printer, graphic designer, screen printer and excels in Adobe Creative Suite. Acclaimed for her work that features creative use of typography enhanced by bold color, she has created a colorful line of greeting cards that are available through www.livingletterpress.com. She works at The Living Letter Press, a design and letterpress printing service, located in Champaign, Illinois. In addition, she is a member of Ladies of Letterpress, an international trade organization of letterpress printers and print enthusiasts. For more information about Molly Poganski, please visit her website http://mollypoganski.carbonmade.com/  

Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU´s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.

Rediscover the energy and creativity of letterpress printing with Molly Poganski by attending her Art Insights presentation. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

Meeting the Standards at the Station @ WSU Department of Performing Arts & The Union Station Foundation (Ogden, November 14)

Meeting the Standards at the Station

Who: WSU Department of Performing Arts & The Union Station Foundation

What: Jazz at the Station with the WSU Jazz Combo

When: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 7:00 pm

Where: Ogden´s Union Station Grand Lobby

Tickets: No tickets are required for this Free performance.

Weber State University Department of the Performing Arts and the Union Station Foundation present Jazz at the Station with the WSU Jazz Combo, directed by Dr. Shannon Roberts, Wednesday, 14 November, 7:00 pm in the Grand Lobby of Ogden´s Union Station.  

This semester´s combo personnel includes David Bertram and AndrewWood, trumpet; CaseyWood, piano; MaxCox & Spencer Howe, bass; and TylerTorrico & Nicholas Meldrum, drums. Dr. Roberts will also join the combo on a number of pieces.

Jazz at the Station provides an all-ages venue for jazz fans and students. Well-behaved children are welcome to attend as long as they do not disturb the performers or members of the audience.

For more information about this program, contact Caril Jennings, 626-6431 or crjennings@weber.edu or Benjamin Jennings, 801 458 8959 or BenjaminJennings@mac.com

City Library Exhibits @ Salt Lake City Public Library (Salt Lake City, November)

On Exhibit at The City Library

New and Ongoing Exhibits through the Month of November

 

October 2, 2012-Salt Lake City-Salt Lake City Public Library is committed to providing the community with access to art, featuring works from local creators, and exhibitions that enhance the Library´s offerings.

 

In November,  illustrator Eleora Nelson's exhibit is on display in the Children´s Gallery at the Main Library. Nelson, an accomplished artist and teacher is working to have her first children´s book, "Oscar the Nearsighted Dachshund" published in the next year. She will teach an illustrationworkshop, "Cool Cartooning with Eleora Nelson" for kids age 6-18 on November 3 at 2pm in the Children´s Library. Registration is required for this workshop, and can be done by calling the Children´s Library at 801-322-8106. A reception will follow the workshop at 3pm. Nelson´s work will be on display through November 30.

 

Also on exhibit in November:

 

To Nov 3

Circus Train

Danielle Chard

Day-Riverside Branch

 

To Nov 26

Hidden Nooks

Hadley Rampton

Sweet Branch

 

To Nov 30

Eleora´s Dance of Colors

Eleora Nelson

Workshop: Sat, Nov 3, 2pm, Children´s Library

Reception: Sat, Nov 3, 3pm, Children´s Library

Main Library

 

The Colorado River: Flowing Through Conflict

Photography by Peter McBride

Text by Jonathan Waterman

Gallery at Library Square

Main Library

 

To Dec 1

Utah´s Desert Horses

John Steele

Anderson-Foothill Branch

 

To Dec 3

Paintings

Martin Stensaas

 

Nov 1-Dec 28

And There Was Light

Jayne-Anne Mulholland

Reception: Sat, Nov 3, 4pm

Chapman Branch

Manning Up @ Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake City, November & December)

MANNING UP A NNPN Rolling World Premiere

By SEAN CHRISTOPHER LEWIS

Directed by TRACY CALLAHAN

“Childbirth is a journey for you too.”

 -Donnie to Raymond, Manning Up

Salt Lake Acting Company is pleased to present the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of MANNING UP by Sean Christopher Lewis. This warm-hearted comedy is the second production of SLAC’s 42^nd Season and it will be directed by Tracy Callahan, performed in the Chapel Theatre. The National New Play Network is an organization which unites nonprofit theatres that champion the development and production of new plays. Through its program the Continued Life of New Plays Fund, NNPN supports three or more theatres which choose to mount the same new play within a twelve-month period. The result is a "Rolling World Premiere" where the playwright develops a new work with at least three different creative teams, for three different communities of patrons, and will join the repertoire of frequently produced new American plays. NNPN provides grants to each participating theatre. We share MANNING UP’s Rolling World Premiere with Riverside Theatre in Iowa and Actors' Summit in Ohio.

In MANNING UP, we meet Raymond and Donnie, long-time friends and soon-to-be-fathers. The way pregnancy is changing their wives is obvious -- but Donnie and Raymond are discovering that fatherhood is changing who they are, too. Together, in Raymond’s ‘Man-Cave’ the guys discuss their fears, harness their energies and explore their pasts and their futures as….men. The quirky friends are an odd yet endearing pair, based off of Playwright, Sean Christopher Lewis’ true life best friends; two men who discovered their wives were pregnant at the same time. Drawing on the realities unfolding in the lives of his friends, Sean felt compelled to articulate his personal fears about fatherhood through comedy.

MANNING UP gives new fathers a voice in a typically female dominated conversation. From Lamaze Class to the rediscovery of their own masculinity, MANNING UP is a humorous insight into what men can expect when they’re expecting.

Salt Lake Acting Company’s production of MANNING UP is directed by Tracy Callahan, Head of the Acting and Directing Program at Weber State University. Tracy’s directing credits at SLAC include the World Premiere of COURSE 86 B IN THE CATALOGUE, SIX YEARS, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, and MERE MORTALS. Real life, soon-to-be-father Lanny Langston is happily making his debut in Salt Lake City after recently receiving his MFA in Acting from the University of Idaho. Jesse Peery returns to the SLAC stage after appearing in last season’s World Premiere of A MAN ENTERS. Jesse will next be seen in Pygmalion Theatre’s Production of A NIGHT WITH THE FAMILY, a play that was a part of SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series in 2011.

SEAN CHRISTOPHER LEWIS (Playwright) Sean Christopher Lewis is the Artistic Director of Working Group Theatre. He is a contributor to NPR'S This American Life and his plays have been awarded the National New Play Network Annual Commission, the Kennedy Center's Rosa Parks Award, the National New Play Network Smith Prize, NEA Voices of Community Award, the William Inge Fellowship, a National Performance Network Creation Fun Grant, a Barrymore Award, two Central Ohio Critic Circle Citations and a National New Play Network Emerging Playwright Residency. His plays and solo pieces include KILLADELPHIA (Available Light Theatre, Baltimore CENTERSTAGE, Drilling Company NYC, Gerald W. Lynch Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Hartbeat Ensemble, Touchstone Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Legion Arts, Empty Boat Theatre, Adirondack Theatre Festival and more); JUST KIDS (Pontine Theatre, Sandglass Theatre, Working Group Theatre); I WILL MAKE YOU ORPHANS (Galapagos Art Space, Riverside Theatre, Uno Festival of Solo Performance, Hyde Park Theatre); MILITANT LANGUAGE (Know Theatre; Halcyon Theatre); THE APERTURE (Cleveland Public Theatre) and MAYBERRY (Hancher Auditorium; Bucksbaum Performing Arts Center and Iowa Arts Center).

NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN) is the country’s alliance of non-profit professional theatres that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays. Since it’s founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned almost two dozen playwrights, provided nineteen MFA graduates with paid residencies, and supported more than 100 productions nationwide through its innovative Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates “rolling world premieres” or new plays. Hundreds of artists have gained employment through these efforts in the dozens of regions of the country where NNPN member theatres are located. NNPN receives substantial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Shubert Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

FACT SHEET

SLAC PRODUCTION                                     MANNING UP

PLAYWRIGHT                                               Sean Christopher Lewis        

DIRECTOR                                                     Tracy Callahan

CAST                                                               Lanny Langston, Jesse Peery

SET DESIGN                                                   Keven Myhre       

COSTUME DESIGN                                        Brenda Van Der Wiel

LIGHTING DESIGN                                       James M. Craig

SOUND DESIGN                                            Josh Martin

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER               Jennie Sant

DATES                                                            Previews:         November 7 & 8, 2012

                                                                        Press Opening: November 7, 2012

                                                                        Closes:            December 9, 2012

TIMES                                                             Previews:         Wed & Thurs- 7:30 p.m.

                                                                        Regular:           Wed – Sat- 7:30 p.m. 

                                    Sun- 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

SLAC NOTES

SLAC has tickets for every budget. Student, Senior and 30 & Under discounts are available. Single tickets range from $15, $23, $28, $38, depending on night of performance. Discounts are also available for groups of ten or more. Subscribers always pay the lowest price.

For tickets call 801-363-SLAC, visit www.saltlakeactingcompany.org, or come to the box office at 168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103

SLAC is a not-for-profit 501(c) in 1970 and is dedicated to producing, commissioning and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists.  SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under a STP Actors Equity Association contract. SLAC is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group, a national organization for non-profit professional regional theatres, and the National New Play Network.

Facts or Fiction? Get the Truth About 'Obamacare' @ Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy (Salt Lake City, October 29)

Facts or Fiction? Get the Truth About 'Obamacare'

Local experts weigh in at the Salt Lake City Public Library before Election Day

 

October 24, 2012-Salt Lake City- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been hotly debated since it was signed into law in March 2010. For a conversation that extends beyond the standard political rhetoric, The City Library presents a panel discussion featuring a variety of experts to hash out the details of one of the major factors in this election cycle. On October 29, at 7pm in the Main Library Auditorium, fact will be separated from fiction, so voters can make informed decisions as they enter the voting booth next month.

 

Moderated by KCPW´s Jennifer Napier-Pearce, this discussion will feature Judi Hilman, Executive Director of the Utah Health Policy Project, Norman Waitzman, Professor in Economics and Health, Society, and Policy at the University ofUtah, and Stan Rasmussen, Director of Public Affairs from the Sutherland Institute.

This event is sponsored by The Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy-University of Utah, KCPW, and the University of Utah Program in Health, Society, and Policy.

 

The City Library is committed to presenting events that provide its patrons, and the citizens of Salt Lake and the surrounding area, a broad spectrum of ideas and viewpoints that can help them make educated choices in their cultural and civic lives.

 

For more information on this, and other City Library programs visit www.slcpl.org.

Blood Drive @ Utah Humanities Council/ARUP (Salt Lake City, Oct 27)

Donate Blood and Get a Little Sookie in Return!

  
In honor of the Utah Humanities Book Festival's keynote speaker, Charlaine Harris, and her vampiric Sookie Stackhouse series, the Utah Humanities Council and ARUP are teaming up to host a blood drive prior to Harris' appearance.

The first twenty-five individuals to give blood will receive a free copy of The Sookie Stackhouse Companion signed by Harris and all donors will receive a coupon for a "Blood Bag" courtesy of Night Flight Comics that includes True Blood #1 (comic book) and other comic goodies.

  

Let us suck you dry for a good cause...take 40 minutes and save a life!

Saturday, October 27th
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

 

West side of the Salt Lake City Library. There will be a bloodmobile set up on 200 West.  

 

View the flier with more detailed information and blood donor requirements here. 

ARUP is the sole provider of our four critical care facilities here in the state, which includes Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah Medical Center, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Shriners Children's Hospital.

Give to a great a cause and get a little extra Sookie in return!

 

To schedule an appointment to give blood, click HERE or click the ARUP banner below: 

Who Is George Sutherland? @ Babcock Performing Readers (Univ. of Utah, November 15)

November 15, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Olpin Student Union, University of Utah
Little Theatre

Free Parking
Free Admission
Free Refreshments

Who Is George Sutherland?
Directed by Michael Jesse Bennett

Come back to the early 1940's, and sit in on a newspaper interview with the former Supreme Court Justice, George Sutherland. What? You never heard of George Sutherland? Where were you when your Utah History teacher talked about the only Utahn ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court - one of the few justices ever to be approved unanimously? Then come and hear more - because she also forgot to tell you that George Sutherland also served in the Utah Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. God bless America!

Open House @ Good Company Theater (Odgen, November 2)

Join Good Company for our inaugural Open House!

Check out the premiere season of shows, sign up for workshops, and see how you can become involved

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 6-9PM

Part of Ogden's First Friday Art Stroll
Light refreshments will be served
Good Company Theatre
260 Historic 25th Street
Ogden, Utah 84401
For more information email Alicia at goodcotheatre@gmail.com

RONNI KOT WENZELL, DANISH PERCUSSIONIST IN RECITAL @ SUU (CC: Oct 29)

Michael French

Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator

College of Performing & Visual Arts

Southern Utah University

435-865-8667

michaelfrench@suu.edu

Photo credit: Ronni Kot Wenzell. Courtesy of Ronni Kot Wenzell 

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: RONNI KOT WENZELL, PERCUSSIONIST

WHAT:              Acclaimed Danish percussionist Ronni Kot Wenzell joins SUU’s Dr. Lynn Vartan in recital for one memorable evening -- with an international flair. The concert features a diverse and scintillating program.

WHO:               Southern Utah University, College of Performing and Visual Arts, Department of Music

WHEN:             Monday, October 29, 2012

TIME:               7:30pm

WHERE:           Thorley Recital Hall, Music Building, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

SUU’S DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS

PERCUSSIONIST RONNI KOT WENZELL IN RECITAL

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah:  The equation is: percussion x 2 = great music. Acclaimed Danish percussionist Ronni Kot Wenzell joins SUU’s Dr. Lynn Vartan in recital for one memorable evening with an international flair. Southern Utah University’s Department of Music presents the pair Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:30pm. The performance will take place at Thorley Recital Hall located on campus in SUU’s Music Building. The event is free and opened to the general public.

Dr. Lynn Vartan is thrilled to introduce Ronni Kit Wenzell to southern Utah music audiences. “Ronni is an amazing musician,” says Dr. Vartan. “His unique artistry will delight our audiences and students. His technique is impressive. As a percussionist, I have been wanting to collaborate with him on such a diverse program for some time.”

At an early age, Ronni Kot Wenzell began taking lessons in percussion with former Royal Orchestra musician, Ole Pedersen, and lessons in piano, theory and harmony with German pianist and composer, Edwin Kammerer. After a short period of time he enrolled in the Hørsholm Percussion & Marimba Ensemble which led to numerous concerts, tours in Europe and several CD recordings. Ronni has often worked with the renowned and award-winning American dancer and choreographer Ann Crosset. He has played, composed and produced music to some of her great works of choreography including “Dance, Dance, Dance” alias “The Varde Project” which toured in 2006, “Happy Birthday H. C. Andersen” for piano and sneeze which was premiered at The Royal Theatre 2007 and “Sweet Peas and Other Recipes for World Dance” as a great cooperation between Jordan and Denmark. “Sweet Peas” toured in Denmark and Sweden and received great acclaim in the media (TV2 News, DR1 News, Danish Radio P2 etc.). Ronni also enjoys photography, graphic design and layout beside his music, and has worked for The Fünen Opera, Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, The Royal Theatre, Danish Radio, International Makeup and Artist School, Benalcorp S.L.U (Spain), Edition Svitzer (Sweden) among others. For more information, visit his website www.RKWonline.com.

Recently hailed in the Los Angeles Times for a “fabulously performed” solo, Dr. Lynn Vartan is percussionist for Southwest Chamber Music, two-time Grammy^® nominee in the “Best Classical Album of the Year” and “Best Small Ensemble with or without a conductor” categories. Vartan has been featured on the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Different Trains Series and has soloed with the Music and the Court series in Pasadena, California, and the Sierra Wind Symphony. She is currently producing two solo albums which will be released next year. Vartan received her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California with special honors and recognition. She teaches percussion at Southern Utah University. Vartan recently completed her first solo recording, Dancing on the Head of a Pin, due for release by the end of the year.

Experience an exceptional evening of music when two remarkable percussionists collaborate. For more information on the College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and new Shakespeare Studies program. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

JOB: Auditions for “Voice of the Prairie” at The Grand Theatre (SLC: Nov 10)

P r e s s   R e l e a s e

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October, 2012

Contact:
Kate Rufener
Community Outreach, The Grand Theatre
Phone: 801-957-3322
kate.rufener@slcc.org
www.the-grand.org

Auditions for “Voice of the Prairie” at The Grand Theatre

            The Grand Theatre, located at 1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, will be holding auditions for “Voice of the Prairie” on Saturday, November 10, 2012. The auditions will be from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will be held in the Annex, located at 1610 South 250 East, in the south east corner of the South City Campus. John Caywood will be directing the production and it will run January 24 – February 29, 2013 at the Grand Theatre. Rehearsals will begin in December.

Those wishing to audition will need to call the Grand Theatre box office at (801) 957-3322 to schedule an audition time. Sides from the script will be provided for Actors to read at auditions. For a list of roles and more information, including sides, please visit our website.

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NEWS: Utah Certificates of Museum Practice Awarded

Utah Certificates of Museum Practice Awarded

Jane Beckwith of Topaz Museum and Alison Fox of Brigham City Museum are first recipients

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Certificate of Museum Practice was awarded to Jane Beckwith of the Topaz Museum and Alison Fox of the Brigham City Museum on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

Beckwith and Fox completed four distance-learning, university-level courses in museum studies offered through a partnership between Utah Arts & Museums and Utah State University Regional Campus and Distance Education. The certificate is recognized by the Utah Museums Association and is designed for museum professionals, board members, and volunteers.

“We are proud of Jane and Alison’s accomplishments,” said Margaret Hunt, Director of Utah Arts & Museums. “They have invested significantly in building their own capacity as museum professionals and in advancing the value of Utah museums. They’ve set a great precedent.”

“I think the classes are a great opportunity for people working in museums,” said Beckwith, “especially for people in rural areas who don’t have access to universities.” Participants choose four courses in three emphasis areas, such as exhibitions, fundraising, public relations and marketing, museum history and theory, education and interpretation, collections management, caring for collections, governance and leadership, and curatorship.

“I jumped at the chance to go back to school to get my Certificate of Museum Practice,” said Fox. “I’m very glad I did it, because it got me into the museum community, where I met and worked with lots of wonderful people.” Museum professionals are partnered with students to complete real-world projects strengthening Utah museums. For example, Fox helped organize the Weber County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers into a collections database. More than 20 scholarships have been awarded to museum professionals over the past two years, and individuals aged 62 and over were able to audit the courses for $10.

The next round of classes will run January 7 through April 29, 2013, and will be moving to an online format. Those wishing to apply for scholarships can find the guidelines at artsandmuseums.utah.gov or by contacting Wendi Hassan, whassan@utah.gov, 801.860.6396. Scholarship applications for spring semester are due December 1, 2012.

Haunted Library: Night of the Living Books @ Salt Lake City Public Library (October 26)

Haunted Library: Night of the Living Books

Family festivities make for a fun and fearsome night at The City Library

 

October 26, 2012-Salt Lake City-For one night, every year, Salt Lake City Public Library lets ghosts, ghouls, goblins, witches and warlocks, monsters and mummies, take over. Haunted Library is a family-friendly Halloween experience with games, crafts, and trick or treating.

 

·      This is an after-hours event, when the Library is at its spookiest! Enter from the stairs in the Amphitheater on Library Square.

·      The Ghost of Grandma´s Attic will be out haunting on her favorite night of the year.

·      Numerous favorite characters from children´s books will be on hand to host the evening.

 

For more information about Haunted Library visit www.slcpl.org

NEWS: DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INSTALLS WEB CAMERAS ON MAIN STREET

DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INSTALLS WEB CAMERAS ON MAIN STREET

Two cameras stream live video of downtown street to internet.

 

Salt Lake City (October 22, 2012) - The Downtown Alliance has installed two cameras on a storefront, allowing all internet users 24 hour access to activity on Main Street.

 

Located on the Frank Building (270 S Main St) the cameras offer a 180 degree field of view, including the Gallivan Trax stop, the corner of 300 S and Main Street and sidewalk activity.

 

For several years Main Street was the center for the Downtown Rising project, as many buildings sat vacant or in various phases of renovation. Many of the challenges faced during construction have now given way to revitalization.

 

"The primary reason is to let people know about the great things happening on Main Street," said Downtown Alliance Executive Director, Jason Mathis. "In addition to that, if it helps prevent any illegal activity, that´s not a bad thing-but that would be the icing on the cake."

 

Many projects in the central business district were completed in the last several years, focusing much of downtown´s activity on and around Main Street. The opening of the City Creek Center has brought shoppers to the area, while new restaurants and street food vendors offered diners additional options. Many national corporations have opened large headquarter offices, bringing thousands of employees downtown, who can shop at new national retail stores, as well as emerging, local businesses.

 

Raising awareness to the center of downtown could appeal to visitors or residents looking to explore the bustling culture not found in other parts of the city or state. Increased curiosities in the wide variety options available on Main Street were also reasons to share access to the cameras.

 

The live feed to the cameras can be found at www.downtownslc.org/mainstreet

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill by Lanie Robertson (Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, October 25-November 10)

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

by Lanie Robertson

October 25 - November 10

 

Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin reprises her powerful cabaret performance as Billie Holiday -- bringing a soulful, haunting depth to the songs Holiday made famous while narrating the tragic, often amusing tale of a life that ignited genius.  Featuring Laikwan Waigwa-Stone as her accompanist.

Read about Lady in Day in the Salt Lake Tribune!

 

Pygmalion Productions   Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

138 West Broadway   Salt Lake City, Utah

For tickets call ARTIX at 801-355-ARTS or arttix.org. 

NEWS: Utah Arts Council Director Margaret Hunt Named to Board of National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Utah Arts Council Director Margaret Hunt Named to Board of National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Arts Council is pleased to announce the election of its director, Margaret Hunt, to the board of directors of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). Hunt’s election, along with four other new members, took place at the organization’s annual assembly October 4 - 6, 2012, in Washington, D.C. State arts agencies elected these outstanding leaders as part of a rigorous national nomination process. Each will serve a three-year term.

“We’re delighted that Margaret has been given this opportunity to serve on NASAA’s board,” said Utah Arts Council Board of Directors Chair John T. Nielsen. “NASAA champions the arts and promotes a vigorous role in the public sector for American arts and culture. The Utah Arts Council is honored to have Margaret serve in this capacity.”

Hunt began her term upon election. The other four new board members are: Kim Baker, Executive Director, Oklahoma Arts Council; Todd Lowe, Chair, Kentucky Arts Council; Bill Mandicott, Councilor, Maryland State Arts Council; and Lionell Thomas, Executive Director, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

NASAA is a membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation’s state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Founded in 1968, NASAA represents their individual and collective interests, empowers their work through knowledge, and advances the arts as an essential public benefit. To learn more about NASAA and state arts agencies, visit www.nasaa-arts.org. For more information on NASAA’s board members, visit NASAA 2013 Board of Directors.

A READING OF TURQUOISE WIND BY KURT PROCTOR @ Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake City, October 29)

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY’S NEW PLAY SOUNDING SERIES PRESENTS

A READING OF TURQUOISE WIND BY KURT PROCTOR

SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series presents a free reading of TURQUOISE WIND, by Kurt Proctor and directed by Keven Myhre, on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:00pm. The New Play Sounding Series is a part of SLAC’s outreach programming which provides an essential testing ground on which playwrights can see their work in progress and receive insightful feedback from the audience in a post-play discussion. We thank the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation for their support of this vital program.

TURQUOISE WIND is a mystical tale of three friends, Toni, Lisa and Charlotte, with three different outlooks on life, fulfillment and fate. When a storm blows into their Southern Utah town, it brings with it more than just the winds and floods, it also deposits the mysterious, young Dawn at the front door of Toni’s Moab rock shop. As these modern Western women deal with financial and idealistic conundrums, a miraculous and unexpected event will lead them to rethink their choices and beliefs. 

Playwright Kurt Proctor says the idea for TURQUOISE WIND came to him in a dream. After scribbling down the ideas upon waking, he took the inspiration and wrote the play which he has further developed through workshops at the Denver Center Theatre and the New American Playwright Program in Cedar City, Utah. SLAC is excited to work with Kurt and present this moving, funny and intriguing play to Salt Lake City audiences as a part of our New Play Sounding Series.

The reading will be followed by a post-play discussion with the playwright, the director and the cast. Audience members will be invited to ask questions and share insight regarding the development of the production.

FACT SHEET

SLAC NPSS reading                                      TURQUOISE WIND            

PLAYWRIGHT                                             Kurt Proctor

DIRECTOR                                                    Keven Myhre

CAST                                                              Toni Byrd, Brenda Sue Cowley, Heidi Klein, Annette Wright, Cassandra Stokes-Wylie

DATE AND TIME                                         Monday October 29, 2012 @ 7 PM

The audience does not need a ticket in advance to attend this reading. The building will open one hour prior to the performance when general admission tickets will be distributed, and the theatre will open half an hour before the performance.

Salt Lake Acting Company is located at 168 W 500 N, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103.

For more information call 801- 363-7522 or visit www.saltlakeactingcompany.org

                                               

SLAC is a not-for-profit 501(c) in 1970 and is dedicated to producing, commissioning and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists.  SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under a STP Actors Equity Association contract. SLAC is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group, a national organization for non-profit professional regional theatres, and the National New Play Network.

National Council on the Arts Meeting @ National Endowment for the Arts (Arts.gov, October 26)

National Endowment for the Arts to Webcast National Council on the Arts Meeting

 

Friday, October 26, 2012 session features agency updates and guest presentations

 

Washington, DC--The tri-annual public meeting of the National Council on the Arts scheduled for Friday, October 26, 2012, will be live webcast at arts.gov from 9:00 to 11:30 AM EST. The meeting includes agency business as well as guest presentations. An archived version of the webcast will be available at arts.gov.

 

In addition to updates from NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman, the chairman will introduce two new members of the National Council on the Arts; Paul Hodes and Emil Kang. Hodes is an attorney, musician, and the former U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Kang is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's first executive director for the arts. He replaces Ben Donenberg,producing artistic director of The Shakespeare Center in Los Angeles, California.

 

The guest presentations are:

 

• Elizabeth Streb, director, STREB Lab for Action Mechanics, will talk about her and her company's experience as part of the 2012 London Cultural Olympiad.
• David Wasshausen, division chief with the US Department of Commerce/Bureau of Economic Analysis, will discuss new developments in the ways arts activities are recognized and measure using economic data.
• Sue Schardt, executive director of the Association of Independents in Radio, will present Localore, a collaborative initiative to expand the reach of public media in local communities and foster greater civic engagement.

 

About the National Council on the Arts

 

The National Council on the Arts is convened three times per year to vote on funding recommendations for grants and rejections; to advise the chairman on application guidelines, the budget, and policy and planning directions; and to recommend to the President nominees for the National Medal of Arts.

 

Including the chairman, there are 16 members -- James Ballinger, Miguel Campaneria,  Aaron Dworkin, JoAnn Falletta, Lee Greenwood, Deepa Gupta, Paul Hodes, Joan Israelite, Emil Kang, Charlotte Kessler, Bret Lott, Irvin Mayfield, Jr., Stephen Porter, Barbara Ernst Prey, and Frank Price. There are also six ex-officio members from Congress -- Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Patrick J. Tiberi (R-OH). Appointment by Majority and Minority leadership of the remaining two members of Congress to the council is pending.

 

Visit arts.gov for more information about the National Council on the Arts and its members.

Artists of Bountiful/Davis Art Center (1997-2012) ….celebrating and saying goodbye to the building on Main Street and honoring former BDAC director Arley G.Curtz for his creativity and dedication to art and individual artists @ BDAC (Ends November 2nd)

The exhibit will end soon (Nov. 2).

BDAC will soon be vacating the building on Main Street where it has been housed for the past fifteen years. We want to make the most of this unique opportunity to remember and honor the wonderful artists who have exhibited their work, taught art classes and supported our programs in so many ways. It is also a great time to honor past director Arley Curtz for his contributions.

The building will be torn down in January and a new Bountiful City Hall will be built in its place.  BDAC will temporarily move to the Davis County Memorial Courthouse in Farmington while it’s permanent home, the current Bountiful City Hall, 790 South 100 East, is being renovated. 

For the past fifteen years, hundreds of artists have exhibited and many have taught at Bountiful/Davis Art Center.  Though it would be impossible to exhibit all of these artists, the following have agreed to put one piece of art in the exhibit:

Aaron Bushnell, Ann Garrett, Anne Gregerson, Anne Marie and Garth Oborn, Adrian Van Suchtelen, Barbara Dowdle, Becky Hartvigsen, Ben Behunin, Bonnie and Denis Phillips, Carl Oelerich, Carl Purcell, Cary Henrie, Christopher Thornock, Clara Leachman, Claudia Sisemore, Connie Borup, Darl Thomas, Darryl Erdmann, Craig Bybee, Dianne and John Shaw, Diane Turner, Stan Elmer, Earl Jones, Erin W. Berrett, Gibbs Smith, Glen Hawkins, Jan Boardman, John Erickson, Jon Bouwhuis, Jou Jou Prochaska,  Joshua Toone, Phyllis Horne, Karen Horne, Larry Wade, Linnie Brown, Lester B. Lee, Mac Stevenson, Marilyn Read, Mark Robison, Marjorie McClure, Merrily Kulmer, Michal Onyon, Myrne Collier, Nancy Lund ,Nora Del Murdock, Osral Allred, Paul Mann, Pilar Pobil, Robert McKay, Randall Lake, Rob Colvin, Rebecca Mann, Robert Barrett, Roger Motzkus, Roger Cushing, Sam Wilson, Scott Durrant, Seth Garner, Sherry Rauch, Sherry Meidell, Simon Winegar, Steven Sheffield, Theresa Otteson, Tony Rasmussen, Trent Alvey, Van Chu, Willamarie Huelskamp, and Yevgeniy Zolotsev.

               

Art from the hand of beloved artists who have passed on including Norma Forsberg, Colleen Parker, Rose Ann Peterson, Ted Wassmer, Bevan Chipman, Lee Deffebach, Francis Zimbeaux, John White, LeConte Stewart, Harry Taylor and Sheila Mavin is exhibited.  Each of these artists played a role in the success of Bountiful/Davis Art Center and they continue to be greatly missed.

Arley G. Curtz was the director of Bountiful/Davis Art Center from 1993-2006.  He worked hard to bring the art center to the Main Street location and he contributed greatly to the fine reputation BDAC enjoys today.  His expertise and passion, gleaned from many years of working in the arts were the perfect formula to bring about a good foundation for BDAC to grow on while in this location.  This foundation has allowed BDAC to flourish, even in uncertain times, demonstrating to all that this art center is here to stay and will continue to be a vibrant, exciting center for the arts for years to come. His legacy is celebrated through his art and photography and some selections from the art collection of he and his wife Diane.

“A visual art center in Bountiful. In Davis County. Really ? Seems a novel idea. But wait - contemporary, abstract art created by individuals perhaps with beards, wearing sandals, free spirits, liberal thinkers. On the menu, offered in a city-owned gallery in arguably the most conservative county in conservative Utah. That really stretches the imagination. But, it's true; has been since 1974. The Bountiful/Davis Art Center has been a vibrant center for art - all kinds of art - for almost four decades. I had the pleasure and challenge of being it's director for more than one of these decades. Fact: the hundreds of artists from virtually every community in Utah have made this novel idea a reality. I salute them, one and all, and feel honored to have played a small part in the success of BDAC.”
Arley Curtz
Director, 1993-2006

The last exhibit at BDAC will the Annual Holiday Show, November 16 – December 22, 2012. 

For more information about this exhibit and other programs of Bountiful/Davis Art Center, call 801 292-0367 or visit us online at www.bdac.org  http://www.bdac.org/ email: info@bdac.org     

NEWS: Utah State History Cemetery Inventory Grants Now Available

Utah State History Cemetery Inventory Grants Now Available

Grant funds are now available to help municipal, private, and local cemeteries digitize their sexton records and make them available online.  Using these grants, cemeteries can create a database and map of their cemetery and burials.  The data will be available online on the Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database.  This database is one of the state's most popular online services, receiving 100,000+ hits per month.

Utah State History has been collecting burial information since 1997 and putting it online, cemetery by cemetery, as it becomes available.  The database currently contains more than 500 cemeteries, and Utah State History is working to add the rest, as well as to keep burial information updated.

These reimbursement grants require a 50/50 match (of time and/or money) and are limited to a maximum of $5,000 per cemetery and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.  

If your local cemetery is interested in applying for grant funds to digitize sexton records, please contact Debbie Dahl at 801-245-7233 or email ddahl@utah.gov.

If you would like more information about the Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database, please contact Alycia Aldrich at 801-245-7226, email aaldrich@utah.gov or visit us online at http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/cemeteries/index.html.

Michael Palumbo and Friends @ Weber State (Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, November 12)

Michael Palumbo and Friends

Who:                Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:        Michael Palumbo, faculty viola recital
When:        Monday, 12 November 2012, 7:30 pm
Where:        Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents Michael A. Palumbo, Director of Orchestral Studies and Professor of Viola, in a faculty viola recital on Monday evening, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Allred Theatre, Val. A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.  Collaborating with Palumbo on this concert will be Mezzo Soprano Natalie Easter, and pianist Gerta Wiemer.

Natalie is a graduate of the University of Utah, and recently completed a Master´s Degree at the University of Kansas, where she studied opera. Gerta Wiemer is a member of the adjunct piano faculty at WSU.  She teaches private piano, Class Piano, and Fundamentals of Music.

Michael Palumbo is currently in his 31st year as a member of the faculty at WSU, where he also is the Director of the WSU String Project.  In addition to conducting and administering the orchestra program and teaching viola, he is the violist with the Browning String Quartet, the associate principal violist of the Ballet West Orchestra, and is an assistant conductor for Ballet West.

Repertoire for this short recital will include the Suite No. 5 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Two Songs, Opus 91, for Mezzo Soprano, Viola, and Piano by Johannes Brahms, and Dreams by Rachel Matthews.  Matthews´ composition Dreams was chosen as the winning composition at the American Viola Society´s 2010 Maurice Garner Viola Composition Competition.

The recital is free and open to the public.  Children 8 years of age and older are welcome to attend.
For more information about this performance, please contact Dr. Michael Palumbo at 626-6991 or mpalumbo@weber.edu.

Weber State Symphony Orchestra @ Weber State (Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, November 11)

Weber State Symphony Orchestra

Who:        Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:        Weber State Symphony Orchestra
When:        Sunday, 11 November 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Where:        Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

 Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the Weber State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Michael A. Palumbo, in its second concert of the 2012-13 season Sunday, November 11,  at 7:30 p.m. in the Austad Auditorium of the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.

Repertoire for the concert includes the Academic Festival Overture by Brahms, Beethoven´s Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Handel´s aria "Ombra mai fu" (Never was the Shade), in an arrangement for strings and harp by Arthur Luck, and the Sinfonia for Winds by Donizetti, which will be performed by wind players from the orchestra´s wind section.

Tickets for the concert are $7 for adults and $6 for students, seniors and those with military I.D. They can be purchased in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets locations, by calling 1-800-626-7000, or on-line at weberstatetickets.com.  WSU students who pick up a complementary ticket from the Department of Performing Arts office, room 331 in the Browning Center, will be admitted free.  Children 8 and over are welcome to attend.  This concert is partially funded by student fees.

more info: mpalumbo@weber.edu or 801 626 6991

Free Flute Recital @ Weber State University (Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts November 8th)

Who:         Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:         Tadeu Coelho, flute, guest artist recital
When:         Thursday November 8, 10:30 am

What:        Flute Master Class
When:         immediately following at 11:30 am

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

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents guest artist Tadeu Coelho, flute, in recital, on Thursday, November 8 at 10:30 a.m. in the Garrison Choral Room (BC136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. He will also be conducting a Master Class for the WSU flute students immediately following (from 11:30-12:20), also in rm.136. The public is welcome to either of these events.

Tadeu Coelho, a native of Brazil, received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Manhattan School Of Music as a student of Julius Baker and Ransom Wilson. He currently teaches at the University of  North Carolina School of the Arts. He was also associate professor of flute at the University of Iowa and assistant professor of flute at the University of New Mexico. He frequently appears as soloist, chamber musician, and master clinician in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He was a guest artist with the Boston Pops in 1996.  He has recorded eight CDs. More information can be found on his website: http://www.tadeucoelho.com

His repertoir will include
Sonata in E major,          J. S. Bach
Capriccio No. 24, op. 1 in A minor        Niccolò Paganini
Sonatina (1946), for flute and piano         Eldin Burton
Poemeto (1974), for flute and piano        Osvaldo Lacerda
Tres Peças (c. 1905), for flute and piano         Pattápio Silva Zinha


For more information about this concert,
contact Cindy Henderson, cindyflute@rocketmail.com

ART INSIGHTS, CHEN JIONG, ARCHITECT & EDUCATOR @ Southern Utah University (Cedar City, October 25)

WHAT:              Changing the urban landscape of modern China is the unique goal of architect and educator Chen Jiong from the Art Institute of China´s Renmin University. This remarkable artisan shares his design vision during his presentation for SUU´s Department of Art and Design.

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WHO:               Art Insights, Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN:             Thursday October 25, 2012

TIME:               7:00pm

WHERE:           Centrum Arena, Section K, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

SUU´S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE

CHEN JIONG, ARCHITECT AND EDUCATOR,

FROM RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Changing the urban landscape of modern China is the unique goal of architect and educator Chen Jiong from the Art Institute of China´s Renmin University. This remarkable artisan shares his design vision during his presentation for SUU´s Department of Art and Design´s insightful weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday October 25th, 2012. The lecture begins at 7pm in the Centrum Arena, Section K. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Chen Jiong received his Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees from the China´s Central Academy of Fine School of Architecture. A member of China Arts and Crafts Association, Jiong is currently associate professor of architecture design at Renmin University. As an architect, he presided over such projects as the development of the China Ministry of Public Security Police Station, the redesign and reconstruction of the Beijing Airport Road and resigned the logo for the Chinese People´s Court and exterior building identification signs which have been implemented throughout the country. His work has been published in Real Estate Full-Length Planning, Chen Jiong Landscape Sketch Series and Chen Hao Chen Jiong Drawings among others. As an artist, his paintings and watercolors have been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout China.

Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU´s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work and insights and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.

Explore one man´s vision for revitalizing China´s urban landscape by attending Chen Jiong´s Art Insights presentation. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

Young Dancer Passport to Performance Workshop @ RDT (Salt Lake City, November 3 and 10)

RDT's Young Dancer Passport to Performance Workshop November 3 & November 10 1:00-4:00 pm Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 West 300 South, SLC UT 84101

A performance opportunity for talented young dancers, ages 13-17, interested in modern dance and the creative process of choreography. During two Saturday rehearsals, students will work collaboratively with RDT dancers to create a piece for RDT's November show, Time Capsule: A Century of Dance. Students will then perform this piece on the evening performances RDT's Time Capsule: A Century of Dance, November 16 and 17 at 7:30 pm in the Jeanne Wagner Theatre. Young Dancers must be present at all rehearsals in order to be eligible to perform.

Registration & Payment
Cost of workshop: $70*
*includes two tickets to Time Capsule: A Century of Dance
Participants must register prior to the start date of each series. Registration may be done online or by e-mailing Lynne Larson at lynne@rdtutah.org.