Business Economic Development and Labor Appropriations: 2.14.13

Discussions on: Utah Science Technology and Research, Utah Shakespeare Festival, American Cancer Society, and Utah Defense Alliance

Utah Shakespeare notes: asked for $3 million to fund their new theatre.

Sen. Vickers with Fred Adams, founder of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Jeff Edwards, CEO of Economic Development Corporation of Utah, distributed a handout which details the economic impact of the Festival.

They distributed the economic ROI report that we sent to our members a few newsletters ago. It was a distinctly economic argument for their new theatre with a long discussion of how the festival brings in tourism dollars. The legislators wanted to know how the festival was brining in tax dollars more than general economic impact.  The presentation was truncated to allow time for the other presentations. Sen. Shiozawa indicated that he is a big fan of the Shakespeare Festival.

Business Economic Development and Labor Appropriations: 2.26.13

packet of funding recommendations:

http://le.utah.gov/asp/interim/Commit.asp?Year=2013&Com=APPBEL

Motion Portion:  

1) 125,000 dollars motion on top pg. 25-unanimous

2)  Approve 2013-14 sub-commiittee pg. 26 pg. 26 general funds request- unanimous 

3)  Intent language pg. 67-69- unanimous

4)  Federal Funds 2014 72-75- GOED adjust increase funds to 700,000-unanimous

5)  12 Million to Tourism marketing fund/ad program- unanimous

6)  1 Million funds set aside for industrial assistance- unanimous

7)  158,000 from liquor funds to parent's in power- unanimous

8)  pg. 27-65 approve fees GOED- approve fee amount in document fiscal yr. 2014- unanimous

 Ongoing sub-committee motions:

1)  Adopt ongoing list - unanimous

2)  One time strike 30 four corners- unanimous

3)  Item #7 changing the appropriation from $100,000 to $1 Million for Hexcel Corp.- two against (Rep. Arent and Sen. Davis)

Most of the items were voted for unanimously.  The only things that were debated over or moved were hexcel corp and STEM was moved up to a higher priority on the lists with no dollar amount.  The other items on the priority list stayed the same. 

Public Education Appropriations: 2.12.13

Mr. Leishman introduced the Science Outreach Program. The Science Education Outreach program assists science organizations in teaching the State’s science core curriculum in the public schools. Professional organizations match state revenues to deliver science education through demonstrations, presentations, and educational activities in the public schools. Program funding is split into three categories. Informal Science Education Enhancement (iSEE) Outreach includes: Clark Planetarium, Discovery Gateway, Red Butte Gardens, Natural History Museum of Utah, The Living Planet Aquarium, and The Leonardo. iSEE Enhancement for teacher professional development includes: The Living Planet Aquarium, Natural History Museum of Utah, Discovery Gateway, and Clark Planetarium. Integrated Student & New Facility Learning helps iSEE providers with new facilities. These include: Natural History Museum of Utah and The Leonardo.

Ms. Madlyn Runburg, iSEE Liaison, presented a video on the iSEE program. CO-Chair Last complimented iSEE on their program. Ms. Rundburg said private donors match the funding 60 percent to the state’s 40 percent. She requested $490,000 in new money.

Mr. Mike Washburn, President & CEO, Thanksgiving Point showed a video about the Tulips Journey North program and asked to be part of the iSEE program. There are 70 schools that participate in the program and they are requesting funding to increase that number. There are many attractions at Thanksgiving Point that have application in the iSEE program but funding support is needed. For $225,000.

Natural Resources and Environmental Quality Appropriations: 2.7.13

Funding for Division of Parks and Recreation, a UCA member, was discussed. This division oversees 43 state parks (which includes several museums), and also oversees boating & off-highway vehicle safety

The Budget Request

• View the parks budget brief here: http://www.le.utah.gov/lfa/reports/BBIB/APPNAE_2-7-12_1.pdf
• Governor’s budget: $28,102,500
• About a $3mill increase. 
• Includes:
• a one-time appropriation of $2 million from the State Park Fees account and $800,000 from the OHV restricted account for backfill, and 
• an ongoing appropriation of $448,300 from the OHV restricted account for a funding correction.
• budget has been cut nearly $10 million since 2009 (in 2011 alone, the general fund was cut from just under $10 million to just under $4 million)
• Budget detail over time: http://le.utah.gov/interim/2013/pdf/00000678.pdf

Division of Parks and Recreation Report

• Presented by Scott Hays (director of DPR)
• boating safety money comes from Coast Guard
• Fees: Parks is reorganizing how they charge fees. The Division will set a maximum, and then the park operators have flexibility to adjust the fees up or down as needed (such as less busy times to encourage more people to come). Restructuring of fees is expected to be revenue neutral. You can look at them here: http://le.utah.gov/interim/2013/pdf/00000686.pdf
• Reps. Noel and McKill had questions about the new fee structure, they thought it would be difficult to explain the fee structure to their constituents and asked for the Division and Fiscal Analyst to provide more detailed information. 
• Rep. Wiley wanted to know the criterion for establishing fees. A: in past, based on inflationary scale. New fee structure will be business/competition driven (i.e. if it gets too high, people will stop coming)
• Sen. Dayton asked a question: are we considering getting rid of some of these state parks if we don’t have the funds to maintain them? Sen. Hinkins responded that the goal is making them self-sufficient. The director also explained that most of the appropriation from the general fund (that isn’t covered by the parks’ income) goes directly to This is the Place as it is a state asset. It is its own nonprofit, but they are legislatively mandated to give them funds through State Parks’ budget. Rep. Noel did say that this committee has been incredibly frugal, and spoke to the importance of the state providing for these parks and the benefit they bring to the local economies. These state parks invite a lot of out of state visitors and called the State Parks the “best deal in town.”
• Last few minutes a discussion of the golf courses -- ran out of time but committee wants a more detailed discussion.

EVENT: Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 28-30)

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
Who:         Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:         Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (The Magic Flute), directed by Karen Brookens-Bruestle
                Weber State University Chamber Orchestra, directed by Michael Palumbo
When:         March 28-30 • 7:30 p.m. •  2:00 pm matinee: March 30
Where:         Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents         Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” (The Magic Flute), directed by Karen Brookens-Bruestle, March 28-30, 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 pm matinee: March 30, in the Austad Auditorium, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Children 8 years and older are welcome.

“Die Zauberflöte” will be performed in German (with Supertitles and spoken dialogue in English. The production features music students from the Department of Performing Arts and the Weber State University Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Michael Palumbo. Lighting design is by Fluffy Blake and costumes are by Linda Faldmo Lee. 
 
Considered one of the most frequent operas performed world wide, “Die Zauberflöte” (The Magic Flute) is noted for its prominent Masonic elements such as the use of the number three (Three Ladies, Three Spirits, etc.) and is further influenced by the philosophy of the Enlightenment, idealized during Mozart’s lifetime. The opera is just as engaging and magical for the performer as it is for the audience to watch. 

The Magic Flute combines the realms of fantasy, superstition, and pure magical delight, as represented by the bird-catcher Papageno, with more serious elements involving reason, wisdom, virtue and the education of mankind as seen in the characters of Tamino and his mentor, Sarastro. 
 
This opera is also based on such drastic polar opposites as good and bad, light and darkness. The Queen of the NIght clearly fulfills the darker elements of the story. She is the supreme opposite to her antagonist Sarastro who symbolizes the true path of enlightenment. This path involves trials of silence and obedience and culminates in a rite of passage through fire and water with the ultimate goal to make “the Earth a heavenly kingdom, and mortals like the gods”. (“Dann ist die Erd’ ein Himmelreich, und Sterbliche den Göttern gleich.” This phrase is sung in the finales to both acts.)
 
Brookens-Bruestle says, “This is the fourth opera that I have had the pleasure to direct while at Weber State University and this opera (actually called a “singspiel in two acts” since the story is told through both spoken dialogue and music) has truly been a wonderful and imaginative adventure. Due to its fantastical nature and evolving scene changes, this production will rely heavily on special lighting effects, including haze and strobe lights, as well as spectacular back drops, rock formations, and costume designs that emphasize the extreme personalities, and prominent themes of the story-line.” 
 
 Tickets are $12 and $9 for all shows and are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or weberstatetickets.com or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before the performance.  
 
For more information contact director Karen Brookens-Bruestle, 801-626-6439 or kbrookens@weber.edu

EVENT: WSU ASTA ASTA Stringfest and Honors Concert @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (Garrison Choral Room, BC136: March 22-25)

Honors Concert features the Best
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: WSU ASTA ASTA Stringfest and Honors Concert
When:

Miran Begic* Violin Masterclass: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 22 (BC136)

Stringfest Adjudication: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23 (class rooms)

Honors Recital: 7:30 p.m. March 25 (BC 136)

Where: Garrison Choral Room, (BC136) Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the annual WSU ASTA Stringfest and Honors concert. The festival schedule:
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Friday, March 22: Miran Begic* Violin Masterclass: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Garrison Choral Room (BC136)
Saturday, March 23: Stringfest Adjudication: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Browning Center class rooms)
Monday, March 25: Honors Recital: 7:30 p.m., Garrison Choral Room. This is a free concert.
The Honors Concert participants are the best students selected from entries in the ASTA (American String Teachers Association) Stringfest held on the WSU campus on Saturday, March 23. The participants on the six stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello, string bass, guitar and harp) are judged in the following categories: Junior Elementary (up to 3rd grade), Senior Elementary (4th-6th grade), Junior (7th – 9th grade), Senior (10th
– 12th grade), and College. Each participant receives a rating certificate. Trophies and music store gift certificates will be presented to the winners in each category.
The Stringfest is organized and run by the WSU student chapter of the American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association. It is sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts at WSU with partial funding provided by WSU Clubs and Organizations.
For more information about Stringfest contact Dr. Shi-Hwa Wang, 626-6929, or via email at swang@weber.edu.
*Miran Begic was born in Podgorica, where he finished his elementary and high school music education, under the guidance of teacher Villie Ferdinandi. He was only 13 years old when he has had his debut as a soloist with symphony orchestra, playing Mendelssohn’s e minor concert. He studied at Music academy in Podgorica. He got his master degree in violin and also in in chamber music, at the Academy of music in Novi Sad and Belgrade. He attended master classes with professors Pavel Vernikov and Eric Ginzberg. Mr. Begic has won several national first awards of young musicians, and first prize on the Petar Konjovic international competition in Belgrade.
He has performed as a musician on numerous podiums of Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Austria, France, England, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Sweden, USA. His chamber music activities are related to cooperation with musicians such as Wifried Strehle, Peter Langgartner, Jaroslav Nadrzicky, Viktor Uzur, Herbert Keffer, Barbara Hendrix, Sergey Smbatyan, Darinka Matic Marovic.
He has played as soloist with Montenegrian Symphony Orchestra and many international student orchestras. From 2001. now on, he has played over 150 resitals in duo with pianist Bojan Martinovic, with whom he also plays in chamber trio TRITONUS, together with cellist Igor Perazic. Mr. Begic recorded music for Montenegrian National Television, Serbian National Television, Radio television of Greece.
He works as professor of violin and chamber music at the music academy Cetinje. He is in the position of Dean of Music Academy of Montenegro, Cetinje, and director of Summer academy and festival Espressivo in Cetinje.

EVENT: Anna Bulkina, guest artist piano recital @ WSU Depapartment of Performing Arts & the WSU Treblemakers (Garrison Choral Room BC136: March 28)

Guest Artist: Free Piano Performance
WHO: WSU Depapartment of Performing Arts & the WSU Treblemakers
WHAT: Anna Bulkina, guest artist piano recital
WHEN: Thursday, 28 March • 7:30 PM
WHERE: Garrison Choral R oom (BC136)
Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents Anna Bulkina in a guest artist piano recital, Thursday, March 28, 7:30 pm, in the Garrison Choral Room (BC136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. This performance is free and open to the public. Children 8 years and older are welcome. Donations to the WSU Piano Program would be welcome.
For more information contact Ralph vanderBeek, 626-6825 or ralphvanderbeek@weber.edu
ANNA BULKINA – PIANIST
In September 2011, Russian pianist Anna Bulkina garnered international recognition by winning the Second Prize in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition. Just one month prior to the “Busoni”, she won First Prize in the Concours International de Piano “Virtuoses du futur”, Crans Montana, Switzerland. In 2010, she was awarded the Second Prize in both the China International Piano Competition as well as the 26th International Piano Competition “Valsesia Musica”, Italy.
Anna Bulkina’s previous triumphs have included the Grand National Winner of the 2009 MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition, U.S.A. First Prize in the 2009 Wideman International Piano Competition in Louisiana, and First Prize in the 50th Annual Sorantin International Competition in Texas.
Following her success in the China Competition, Anna performed at the National Center of the Performing Arts in Beijing. In the same year, she appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Northwest Florida Symphony, and the South Arkansas Symphony. Her recitals performances included the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago, and the Phillips Collection Sunday Concert Series in Washington, D.C. In June 2011, Anna returned to China to appear with the Wuhan Symphony performing the Mozart Concerto No.24. Within the same week she performed Beethoven Concerto No.3 with the Fort Worth Symphony under the baton of Leon Fleisher.
Her engagement for the season 2011-2012 will include recitals in San Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and in Zurich, Switzerland, appearance at the Ruhr Klavier Festival in Essen and Busoni Klavier Festival in Bolzano. In addition, she will give a debut recital at the Concert Series at Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany and at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland. Anna has also been invited to perform at the Schloss Elmau Concert Series as well as at the Schloss Belveder in Weimar.
Anna Bulkina graduated from the Sergei Rachmaninoff Conservatory under Professor Rimma Skorokhodova. Her first success was winning the Chopin International Piano Competition for Young Pianist in Szafarnia, Poland, at the age of 12. Thereafter, she presented recitals around the country. In 2008, she came to the United States to continue her study at the Texas Christian University on the Lili Kraus

EVENT: WSU Piano Festival @ WSU Department of Performing Arts (Garrison Choral Room BC136: March 30)

WSU Piano Festival and Honors Recital

WHO: WSU Department of Performing Arts

WHAT: WSU Piano Festival 

WHEN: Saturday, 30 March • Honors Recital 3pm

WHERE: Garrison Choral Room (BC136)

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the annual WSU Piano Festival, a day long piano competition, Saturday, March 30, with an Honors Recital at 3:00 pm in the Garrison Choral Room (BC136), Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. 

The Festival is directed by Dr. Ralph vanderBeek, area head of keyboard studies at Weber State. The festival is directed mainly at pre-college students and younger. This festival provides motivation to perform and recognition for performing. Students have an opportunity to receive critical feedback for improving their performances. The best participants are selected to participate in the Honors Recital at the end of the festival. Parents, teachers and interested community members may attend the Honors Recital free of charge. 

For more information contact Ralph vanderBeek, 626-6825 or ralphvanderbeek@weber.edu

EVENT: The Comedy of Oedipus @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 22-23, 26-30)

The Comedy of Oedipus: You’re the One Who Killed the Beast
Who:         Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What:         The Comedy of Oedipus, by Ali Salim, directed by Jennifer A. Kokai
When:         March 22-23, 26-30 • 7:30 p.m. • 2:00 pmmatinee: March 30 
                American Sign Language interpretation, March 23 
Where:         Eccles Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents “The Comedy of Oedipus,” by Ali Salim and directed by Jennifer A. Kokai; in the Eccles Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, March 22-23, 26-30 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 pm matinee March 30. American Sign Language interpretation will be provided on Saturday, March 23. There will be a curtain talk immediately following the Thursday, March 28th performance.

Ali Salim (born 1936) is an Egyptian playwright, author, and political commentator. He steals back the setting of the Oedipus legend, along with the Sphinx, and comically uses the fact that there was a Thebes in both Egypt and in Greece. The play was written as a commentary on Gamal Abdul Nasser’s (1918-1970) Egypt and that nation’s worship and dependence on him. Salim calls on the audience to end the cult of personality and the reliance upon a Leader that keeps the population in a state of childlike dependence. 
Oedipus, in Salim’s play, is a miracle worker, compressing five thousand years of technological history into a few years but neglecting to control the repressive social/political apparatus that remains in the hands of the police chief Awalih and his corrupt cronies in religion and the bureaucracy (priesthood and university). The play is able to teach and entertain at the same time, using the time honored tool: humor. 

Director Kokai says , “Ali Salim’s The Comedy of Oedipus is one of my ‘bucket list’ shows. It’s a show I’ve wanted to do for the last decade and I have waited for the right opportunity. Unfortunately, Middle Eastern plays are rarely done in the United States, and as far as we know this is the first time Salem’s play has been done in English. It has been a once in a lifetime experience for the students, designers, and me to get to work on this complicated satire. This is a play that asks big questions about politics, technology, society, and democracy. Given the ongoing events in Egypt and the recent election in the U.S. it seemed like a good time for us to ask ourselves and our audiences those questions as well.

“Those who come in expecting the Greek tragedy Oedipus will be in for a big surprise, but will leave having seen puppets, dancing, an epic battle, and hopefully with some deeper thoughts about what the ‘beasts’ are we grapple with in our society. We encourage audiences to come see a play from a great contemporary Egyptian intellectual, something few folks can ever say they’ve done.” 
Graduating senior, Kelsey Nichols - a recent two-time winner at KCACTF in design, is finishing off her last year at WSU by designing the costumes. Her fanciful creations make use of Pharaonic Egyptian designs, high-tech fabric and a steam-punk sensibility. Austin Hull is charged with creating a monumental space in the small Eccles Theater, a task he completes with clever ingenuity. 

Tickets are $12 and $9 for all shows and are available in advance at Dee Events Center Tickets, the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or weberstatetickets.com or at the Browning Center Box Office beginning one hour before the performance. 

For more information about the play, contact director Jennifer Kokai, jenniferkokai@weber.edu

EVENT: Eclectic Final @ Bonneville Chamber Music Festival (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 23)

Eclectic Finale
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 23 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the first concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival 2013, “Eclectic Final,” Saturday, March 32, at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $6/$5 and may be purchased from the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weberstatetickets.com. Children 8 years and older are welcome.
The performing artists include Miran Begic, violin, Guigla Katsarava, piano, Viktor Uzur, cello
Program:
American Premier: David Chaillou, Seul (monologue for cello)
Shostakovich, Trio No. 2
The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
For more information about the festival, contact Viktor Uzur, viktoruzur@weber.edu
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

EVENT: Water and Fire @ Bonneville Chamber Music Festival (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 22)

Water and Fire
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 22 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the first concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival 2013, “Water and Fire,” Friday, March 22, at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $6/$5 and may be purchased from the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weberstatetickets.com. Children 8 years and older are welcome.
The performing artists include Miran Begic, violin, Guigla Katsarava, piano, Kendra Johnson, oboe, Tria Fata: Kathryn Palkki, violin, Samuel Runolfson, cello, Nicholas Maughan, piano; Browning String Quartet: Shi-Hwa Wang, violin, Elissa Krebs, violin, Michael Palumbo, viola, Viktor Uzur, cello
Program:
Barber, Canzonetta
Rachmaninov, Trio No.1 in G Minor
Tria Fata: Babajanian, Trio in F# Minor
The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
For more information about the festival, contact Viktor Uzur, viktoruzur@weber.edu
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

EVENT: Northern Lights @ Bonneville Chamber Music Festival (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 18)

Northern Lights
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 18 March 2012 • 7:30 pm
Where: All red Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the first concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival 2013, “Northern Lights,” Monday, March 18, at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $6/$5 and may be purchased from the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weberstatetickets.com. Children 8 years and older are welcome.
The performing artists include Sunny Lee, violin, Shi-Hwa Wang, violin, Mikhail Bereznicky, viola, Brad Richter, guitar, Marcos Machado, bass, Viktor Uzur, cello
Program:
Richter Uzur Duo
Boccherini, Guitar Quintet G. 448, III. Introduction & Fandango
Northern Lights – Machado/Uzur
Dvorak, String Quintet op. 77 in G Major
The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
For more information about the festival, contact Viktor Uzur, viktoruzur@weber.edu
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

EVENT: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 16-23)

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Returns
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival
When: 16-23 March 2012 • concerts: 16, 18, 22, 23 • 7:30 pm
Where: Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts
Cost: First concert, Mar 16, is Free thanks to R.A.M.P.
remaining concerts are $6/adults; $5/students* and seniors;

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the seventh annual Bonneville Chamber Music Festival presenting international, national and local musicians in four concerts and one master class. Concerts are scheduled March 16, 18, 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. The concert on Saturday, March 16 is free, sponsored by Weber County RAMP. Tickets for all other concerts are $6/$5 and may be purchased from the Browning Center Box Office, 1-801-626-7000 or Dee Events Center Ticket Office, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weberstatetickets.com. Children 8 years and older are welcome.
Festival guest artists include:
Guest Artists:
Sunny Lee, violin, Korea (Korea National University of Arts)
Miran Begic, violin, Montenegro (Montenegro Academy of Music)
Mikhail Bereznicky, viola, Russia (Moscow Conservatory “Tchaikovsky”)
Brad Richter, guitar, USA (Executive Director “Lead Guitar”)
Guigla Katsarava, piano, France (Ecole Normal de Paris)
Marcos Machado, double bass, Brazil (University of Southern Mississippi)
Richter Uzur Duo
WSU Students and Alumni:
Tria Fata: Kathryn Palkki, violin Samuel Runolfson, cello Nicholas Maughan, piano
WSU Chamber Choir
WSU Faculty:
Mark Henderson, conductor
Kendra Johnson, oboe
Browning String Quartet: Shi-Hwa Wang & Elissa Krebs, violin, Michael Palumbo, viola, Viktor Uzur, cello
Artistic Director, Viktor Uzur, WSU, music faculty and cello instructor, is continuing a tradition he began in 2007. The festival is designed to encourage appreciation of chamber music by bringing together musicians from around the world to perform and offer master classes to our campus and northern Utah community.
The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County
Harris Family Foundation
Details of each concert follow in separate releases.
For more information about the festival, contact Viktor Uzur, viktoruzur@weber.edu
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

EVENT: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival @ Weber State University Department of Performing Arts (Browning Center for the Performing Arts: March 16)

A Lively Mix

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts

What: Bonneville Chamber Music Festival

When: 16 March 2012 • 7:30 pm

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

Cost: First concert, Mar 16, is Free thanks to R.A.M.P.

The Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the first concert of Bonneville Chamber Music Festival 2013, “A Lively Mix,” Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 pm in the Allred Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are free thanks to funding from R.A.M.P. Children 8 years and older are welcome.
The performing artists include Sunny Lee, violin, Mikhail Bereznicky, viola, Brad Richter, guitar, Marcos Machado, bass, Mark Henderson, conductor, Viktor Uzur, cello, WSU Chamber Choir
Program:
Beethoven, String Trio op.9 no.1
“Rothko Chapel” for soprano, alto, chorus, celeste, viola & percussion by Morton Feldman
Richter Uzur Duo (Rhapsody in Blue, The Beatles: “I am the Walrus”, Kolo Fugato, Duo Concerto)
The Bonneville Chamber Music Festival is made possible through the generous support of:
Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation
Weber County RAMP
Harris Family Foundation
For more information about the festival, contact Viktor Uzur, viktoruzur@weber.edu
Festival website: weber.edu/bcmf

EVENT: Jazz at the Station @ the WSU Jazz Ensemble ( Ogden’s Union Station Grand Lobby: March 13)

Meet Me at the Station!

Who:                WSU Department of Performing Arts & The Union Station Foundation
What:        Jazz at the Station with the WSU Jazz Ensemble
When:        Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 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 Ensemble, directed by Dr. Shannon Roberts, Wednesday, 13 March, 7:00 pm in the Grand Lobby of Ogden’s Union Station.   

The 18-piece jazz band will perform a wide range of selections spanning  the last 70 years of jazz. The band will feature music from Miles David, Bob Mintzer, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington, Carol King and more.

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 orBenjaminJennings@mac.com

EVENT: Neutralize Negative Feelings @ Ana Prvacki (UMOCA: March 1 - April 27)

UMOCA Presents Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings

MAR 1 – APR 27

Salt Lake City - The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is proud to present Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings, an installation about etiquette.

Join UMOCA for an opening reception of Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings March 1^st from 8 to 10 p.m., Prvacki will be present to talk about her work.

Using social codes and cultural structures as a raw material, Serbian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Ana Prvacki (pronounced Pri-vatch-key) turns the rituals of hospitality into a theater of performance. Until 2010 the artist was CEO of the brand Ananatural Productions, a conceptual factory of ideas ranging from the practical to the absurd, creating products which offered shortcuts to better living and designs for needs we never knew we had. Merging Martha Stewart with Marina Abramovic, the language of Prvacki’s work seems as familiar as IKEA or Emily Post but awkwardly turned on its head.

For the recent edition of Germany’s renowned contemporary art survey dOCUMENTA13, Prvacki was commissioned to create a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that were cleverly dispersed in locations throughout the city and on German television. The television spots helped citizens and tourists navigate difficult social circumstances like personal space, spinach in one’s teeth or accidentally spitting while speaking. These scenarios were played out on camera and then corrected by the artist, etiquette counselor Vartouhi Keshishyan and comedy group The Intecollectuals. The result is a strong mix of humor and instructional empathy empowering viewers with tools to recover their possible embarrassments with grace.

In her exhibition Neutralize Negative Feelings at UMOCA, Prvacki morphs her PSA work into a new artistic direction, historicizing the codes of imposed etiquette with the motivational sloganeering of past generations. Embroidered adages like “Happy Wife, Happy Life” are given new and more relevant meaning by updating it with current, universal situations of human folly and faux pas. 

Prvacki’s installation is comprised of ceramic hearth plates, napkins with embroidered spinach spots, and the complete cycle of her PSA series. The public is invited to engage in dialogue about social codes, gossip, sewing circles and days of old in the founding of our new “Embroidery and Etiquette Club.”

Meeting every Friday in the gallery space from 6 to 8 p.m. for the duration of the exhibition, the club members are free to wax lyrical about their favorite circumstantial stumbles while creating embroideries in the style of Prvacki’s exhibition. The Embroidery and Etiquette Club is a combined effort between the artist, UMOCA and LAXART, the Los Angeles-based curatorial initiative, to create a new series of artist-designed totes which will be available for sale.

“Ana Prvacki is a savvy chameleon whose artistic practice is often invisibly presented and consumed,” says Senior Curator Aaron Moulton. “Taking both the attitudes of feminism and the culture that created them, her work causes us to reflect on the rules and tools for engagement in today’s society. “Neutralize Negative Feelings” itself becomes a mantra for the theater of customer service culture and the hegemony of hospitality.”

UMOCA’s programing including Ana Prvacki: Neutralize Negative Feelings is made possible in part through the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A special thanks to LAXART and Lombard Freid for their kind collaboration.

About The Artist
Ana Prvacki (b. 1976, Serbia) is an artist whose work draws on daily practices and social research. Her interventions into daily life are meant to transform the viewer's perception and experience of daily life and routine, attempting to provide solutions to our daily problems, worries, and fears. She explores social anxiety and the comedic potential of faux pas.

Her art work has been exhibited internationally and was included in the 2006 Singapore Biennial and Turin Triennial, 2008 Sydney Biennial and dOCUMENTA 13. She has developed projects at various art institutions, including Bloomberg (NY), Art in General (NY), Artists Space (NY), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Turin), and Hammer Museum (Los Angeles). She is represented by Lombard Freid Gallery where she will have a solo exhibition this fall.

About UMOCA
Award-winning Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits groundbreaking artwork by local, national, and international artists. Four gallery spaces provid e an opportunity for the community to explore the contemporary cultural landscape through UMOCA’s exhibitions, films, events, classes, and presentations.

Founded in 1931, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011 and 2012 and is a four-time recipient of funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Located at 20 S. West Temple; open Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.

EVENT: Binaries @ Ignacio Uriarte (UMOCA: March 1 - June 15)

UMOCA Presents Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries
MAR 1 – JUN 15

Salt Lake City – Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) is proud to present Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries, a survey about the work place as a total medium.

Join UMOCA for an opening reception for Ignacio Uriarte on March 1st from 8-10 p.m. and a Q&A with the artist hosted by Senior Curator Aaron Moulton beginning at 7 p.m. Claimed to be one of the top 10 artists to watch in 2013 by The Huffington Post, this is an evening not to be missed.

Spanish-born, Berlin-based artist Ignacio Uriarte obtained a degree in business administration and, naturally, pursued a career in an office environment. Throughout the day, Uriarte found himself intersecting the behaviors, textures, and languages of organizational culture with the strategies and tactics of Minimalism and Conceptual art. This unconventional path led him to a bilingual artistic practice that can be understood by anyone who has either stood in an art museum or occupied a cubicle.

UMOCA’s presentation of Binaries is an immersive survey into Uriarte’s research on the formal subjects of black and white, convex and concave, handmade and mass-produced as well as fundamental issues found in routine office environments. The works and the title are a reflection on the artist’s intersection of these two practices.

Uriarte describes his own practice as a “typology of the error,” a call-and-answer between man and technology and the constant battle to accomplish an objective perfectly despite inevitable impossibility. Overall, his work is defined by a relationship to familiar rituals, set standards and unconscious actions that are built into how we navigate daily life. The parameters for any given project are predetermined by the chosen medium’s limitations and Uriarte is merely the messenger exposing the available results.

“Uriarte’s work is problematically accessible: Everyone can see themselves, their rituals and their actions in these ironically neutral plays on minimalism,” says Senior Curator Aaron Moulton. “Suddenly procrastination, down time, looking busy, and daydreaming become viable methodologies for exploring conceptual mandalas and aesthetic situations.” 

UMOCA’s programming including Ignacio Uriarte: Binaries is made possible in part through the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A special thanks to the following for their kind collaboration:

Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) in Madrid
Galeria Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona / MadridNavigator Paper

About The Artist

Ignacio Uriarte has had solo exhibitions at Sala Rekalde in Bilbao, Spain in 2011 and recently at the Drawing Center in New York. The Huffington Post claimed him to be one of the top 10 artists to watch in 2013.Ignacio Uriarte is represented by Galeria Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona / Madrid; i8 Gallery, Reykjavik; Galleria Gentili, Prato; and La Fábrica, Madrid.

About UMOCA
Award-winning Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits groundbreaking artwork by local, national, and international artists. Four gallery spaces provide an opportunity for the community to explore the contemporary cultural landscape through UMOCA’s exhibitions, films, events, classes, and presentations.

Founded in 1931, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011 and 2012 and is a four-time recipient of funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Located at 20 S. West Temple; open Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org.

EVENT: ART INSIGHTS, PETER STEMPEL, ARCHITECT / SCULPTOR @ Art Insights (Gilbert Great Hall: March 7)

WHAT:              Exploring the practical use of art in disciplines outside of the arts is the realm in which architect, sculptor, and installation artist, Peter Stempel lives. This specialized artisan shares his craft during his 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 March 7, 2013

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

PETER STEMPEL,

ARCHITECT / SCULPTOR / INSTALLATION ARTIST,

MARCH 7, 2013

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Exploring the practical use of art in disciplines outside of the arts is the realm in which architect, sculptor, and installation artist, Peter Stempel lives. This specialized artisan shares his craft during his presentation for SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s insightful weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The lecture begins at 7pm in the Great Hall within SUU’s Hunter Conference Center. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Peter Stempel believes that the discipline of sculpture is essential to understanding the landscape and our relationship to the larger world. Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1993, he has worked as an installation artist and an architect, alternating between the disciplines. He has taught at a diverse array of institutions, including the Rhode Island School of Design and the Chinese Academy of Art. In addition to his professional work, he is also the director of Form Tomorrow, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides planning support to small communities. For more information about his nonprofit, please visit his website at StempelForm.com.

Using examples from his own work, Peter will make an argument for the productive engagement of artists in disciplines outside of the arts. He will encourage attendees to consider the larger need for their artistic talents in our changing world. This talk will be useful for any person wondering "what happens after school?"

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.

Take advantage of this amazing opportunity to hear Peter Stempel share his insights about the practical use of art within other disciplines. 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.

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 Center for Shakespeare Studies and a graduate program in Arts Administration. 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.  The Center for Shakespeare Studies offers a minor in Shakespeare Studies. 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.

EVENT: ART ON MAIN @ Art Around The Corner Foundation (St. George Art Museum: March 8)

Friday, March 8th, from 6:00 to 9:00pm, enjoy a walk down Main Street for the spring Art On Main gallery stroll. See the popular exhibit at the St. George Art Museum, "Quilts Re-Imagined," then visit each of eight fine art galleries for the latest works by local professionals. New to Art On Main will be the Remax Fine Art Gallery, located on the corner of Main Street and Tabernacle (in the former "Blue Bunny" space), which is currently showcasing artwork by the Dixie Watercolor Society. Remax hopes the gallery will provide an opportunity for local emerging artists to exhibit through organizations such as the Watercolor Society, said Remax representative Margie Hare. Also enjoy live music by local performers including the Red Sands Bluegrass Band and singer/songwriter Christina Osborn.

To participate in Art On Main, begin at the St. George Art Museum, located at 48 East 200 North. Admission to the museum is waived the evening of gallery stroll. Make sure to pick up a free “punch card” at the Art Museum that is marked at each gallery attended. Then, visit each gallery, enjoying a variety of live music, unique artwork, and the opportunity to meet many local professional artists. Turn in the punch card at Twenty-Five Main Café before 9:00pm, when a drawing will be held for the piece of artwork. Participating galleries include Bedard Fine Art, Authentique Gallery, Split Rock Gallery, Twiggs and Moore Gallery, The Mission Gallery, A Blue Sky Gallery located inside Print It, Wide Angle Photography, and Remax Fine Art Gallery. A map of the Gallery Walk can be downloaded at the informational Web site: StGeorgeArt.comunder “Art Walks.”

Art on Main is a non-profit project of the Art Around the Corner Foundation, and is supported in part by the St. George Arts Commission. 
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For more information or to schedule an interview, please call Alisha Tolman Burton at 
435-669-1855, or email at metolman@gmail.com

For Community Calendars:

Friday, March 8th, from 6:00 to 9:00pm, enjoy art on Main Street by attending the spring Art On Main gallery stroll in downtown St. George. Begin at the St. George Art Museum at 6:00pm, then tour the fine art galleries in the St. George Arts District, with featured local artists and live musicians in attendance. Pick up a “punch card” at the Art Museum and turn it in at Twenty-Five Main Café by 9:00pm for the chance to win a piece of original artwork. Detailed information and map can be found at www.StGeorgeArt.com. This project of  the Art Around the Corner Foundation is free and open to the public, and is sponsored in part by the St. George Arts Commission.