CAC ARTS NEWS No. 181

04/06/05

Editor's Note:

I got carried away on April Fools day and I'm sorry if that news letter you received wasn't funny. Someone asked what FOSH funds are and here was my reply:

Oh my! I sent out this April Fools edition to the Consortium as a spur of the moment thing and did not think about people not knowing what FOSH funds are. The are funds that were collected a few years ago by the Friends Of Stanley Hall to refurbish the historic concert hall at the Stanley Hotel. Unfortunately the hotel owner kicked the FOSH group out to use his concert hall for weddings, The grants were given back and the remaining funds given to the town to eventually be used for an arts facility.

The joke is that there is serious arguments going on now between visual artists and musicians as to who gets the money (about $380,000). Despite all the nonsense about the FOSH funds, the Cultural Arts Council is on track to buy a condominium space of about 4,750 square feet in downtown Estes Park that will not be purchased or operated by the town. This is a very new concept here. The financial study shows that it will be self sustaining by visitors and local population that will enjoy museum quality art exhibitions and some small music performances.

Most of the newsletter was a good joke enjoyed by all here in Estes Park. (No, I haven't been fired from the radio station - the FCC doesn't have banned records and the church doesn't even have a basement!)

Have a great week

Paul Saunders

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AND NOW FOR SOME GREAT COLORADO ARTS NEWS:

AUGUSTANA ARTS ALERT

Contact: Donald Tallman - Executive Director

Phone:  720-810-0854

Fax:  303-388-1338

Email: donald@augustanaarts.org

  Augustana Arts and the Reuter Organ Company Present a Concert by the Winner

  of the Fifth Annual National Undergraduate Organ Competition.

What: A festive program of majestic organ music caps a week of intense rehearsal and   competition as the First-Prize Winner ($5,000) of the Augustana Arts/Reuter National Undergraduate Organ Competition performs in the Winner's Concert with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra. Also on the program: Dr. Cindy Lindeen-Martin, Augustana organist and Competition organizer for the last five years, and the Augustana Chamber Choir.

When: Sunday, April 24, 2005, 7:00 PM

Where:  Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 East Alameda Avenue, Denver

Tickets $15 Adult / $10 Senior / $5 Student

Information:  303-388-4962

Program:

Concerto in F Major, Opus 137, by Joseph Rheinberger, performed by the Organ Competition First-Prize Winner (TBA) and the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra,  conducted by Dr. Michael Shasberger.

Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra, by Joseph Jongen, performed by

Dr. Cindy Lindeen-Martin and the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, conducted by

Dr. Michael Shasberger.

Messe en L'Honneur du Saint-Sacrement, by Joseph Jongen, performed by the

Augustana Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. Michael Shasberger.

Judges for the preliminary round of the Competition were Dr. Cindy Lindeen-Martin,

Dr. Dan Jones, and Ms. Diane Gallagher.

Judges for the final round of the Competition were Dr. Joseph Galema, Ms. Denise Lanning, and Dr. Peggy Johnson

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 NOTICE IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A GRANT PROPOSAL TO THE COLORADO COUNCIL ON THE ARTS:

Dear Grant Applicants,

The Colorado Council on the Arts has received your complete 2006 Grants to Artists and Organizations grant application.

The 2006 Grants to Artists and Organizations panels will meet at the CCA offices at 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 1200, Denver from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on the following dates:

·         April 27: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth; Preserving and Promoting our Cultural Heritage

·         April 29: Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth; Professional Services for Artists and Arts Organizations

·         May 4: Increasing Cultural Participation in Communities

·         May 6: Increasing Cultural Participation in Communities

A list of panel assignments by applicant will be posted by April 7, please refer the CCA website at www.coloarts.org.

Thanks,

Colorado Council on the Arts

Jeanette Albert

Program Administrator

Colorado Council on the Arts

1380 Lawrence St., Ste 1200

Denver, CO  80204

t 303.866.4037

f 303.866.4266

coloarts.org

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OPENSTAGE THEATRE ANNOUNCES     April 4, 2005

2005-2006 Season Auditions For more information:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      call Jessica Freestone at (970) 484-5237 or

     email jessicav@openstagetheatre.org

     OpenStage Theatre & Company    

to hold 2005-06 Season Auditions

        FORT COLLINS, CO -- OpenStage Theatre & Company will hold annual auditions for its upcoming 2005-06 season on Saturday, April 23, 2005.  Auditioners should come prepared with a two-minute monologue, any genre.  Audition appointments are required and should be made by calling (970) 484-5237. Headshots and resumes are required.  Roles are available for 39 Men and 25 Women, ages late teens to 70's.  There are 4 roles for African-Americans, 3 male and 1 female.   

The six season shows include:  An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Devora Millman, performing from August 20 to September 17, 2005; Rasputin an original play by David Hall, directed by Eric W. Corneliuson, performing from October 22 to November 19, 2005; A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, directed by Peter Anthony, performing from January 7 to February 4, 2006; The Solid Gold Cadillac by Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman, directed by Morris Burns, performing from February 25 to March 25, 2006; The Exonerated by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, directed by Wendy Moore, performing from April 8 to May 6, 2006; the sixth and final play in the season is yet to be announced and will perform from May 27 to June 24, 2006.

  OpenStage Theatre is seeking applications for designers and technicians, especially hair designers, make-up artists, properties designers set builders and set dressers, as well as scenic designers, costumers, lighting designers, sound designers, and production technicians and crews for all six shows. Interested individuals should email their resume to denisef@openstagetheatre.org.

Visit www.openstagetheatre.org for more information.

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PRESS RELEASE

The Longmont Symphony Orchestra presents

Ultimate Romantic Story & Tchaikovsky

with distinguished pianist and psychiatrist, Dr. Richard

Kogan, MD

Conducted by Dr. Robert Olson

The Longmont Symphony Orchestra is proud to welcome Dr.

Richard Kogan, MD to Colorado for a special performance on

Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 7:30p.m.  The performance is

held at the Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, located at 600 E.

Mountain View Avenue in Longmont.  This concert is

generously sponsored by Amgen and the Longmont United

Hospital.

Guest artist, Dr. Richard Kogan has excelled and managed a

distinguished career in two of the world’s most demanding

professions.  As both a concert pianist and psychiatrist,

Dr. Kogan is a graduate of the Julliard School of Music

Pre-college and of Harvard College and Harvard Medical

School. Currently, Kogan is a psychiatrist in private

practice in New York and is affiliated with Weill-Cornell

Medical School as Director of its Human Sexuality Program.

As a musician, Kogan pursued his education with Nadia

Boulanger in France and holds the distinguished title of a

first prizewinner of the Chopin Competition of the

Kosciuszko Foundation.

On Saturday, April 16th at 7:30p.m., Kogan will be

performing with the Longmont Symphony Orchestra in

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1.  Officially introduced

in Boston in 1875, reviewers considered the piece an

“extremely difficult, strange, wild, ultra-modern Russian

Concerto.”  The long introduction in the first movement is

reminiscent of the well-known “Tonight We Love” from the Hit

Parade.  The middle movement contains a tune from the French

song, “One Must Have Fun; One Must Dance; One Must Laugh”

and the last movement, a powerful finale with displays of a

Ukrainian folksong.  In addition, concertgoers can also

anticipate the enchanting sounds from Hindemith’s Symphony,

Mathis der Maler and Prokofiev’s selections from the

Cinderella Suite in this remarkable performance of the

Ultimate Romantic Story & Tchaikovsky.

Tickets for this performance are available through the

Longmont Symphony Orchestra for $14 for adults, $12 for

seniors, and $10 for students.  Seats can be purchased in

advance by calling the Longmont Symphony Orchestra box

office at 303-772-5796, otherwise general seating tickets

will be available at the door.

We encourage you to join us earlier to participate in a

pre-concert talk with conductor, Dr. Robert Olson and guest

artist Dr. Richard Kogan at 6:30pm.  During the talk, The

Art of Music violins will be on display.  Miniature violins

will also be on sale at the concert for participation in an

art project and fundraiser, The Art of Music, a painted

violin project benefiting the Longmont Symphony Orchestra.

For more information, contact the Longmont Symphony

Orchestra office at 303-772-5796.

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SWALLOW HILL E-NOTE:

KCUV, KGNU, Creative Music Works & Colorado Blues Society welcome

Corey Harris

Friday, April 8, 8 p.m.

Corey Harris has been called a “a blues revivalist” and has recently starred in Martin Scorsese’s film “Feels Like Going Home” the opening chapter in Scorsese’s seven-part documentary, “The Blues: A Musical Journey.” His album, Fish Ain’t Bitin’ was the winner of the 1997 W.C. Handy Award for Best Acoustic Blues Album. Corey’s music has been described as “invoking the ghosts of Robert Johnson, Lightin' Hopkins and Howlin’ Wolf" and Corey’s rhythmic style and musical textures have been compared to Jimi Hendrix. Greg Tate of Rolling Stone magazine praises Corey , “too long pigeonholed and boxed in by adoring reactionaries, the Blues has been waiting like a left-behind bride for a worldly messenger like Harris to build her own rainbow bridge.”

More on this Concert

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Contact:  Amanda Mountain

                                                                                                Sales & Marketing Director

                                                                                                719-262-3114

 THEATREWORKS AUDITIONS

23RD ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF MACBETH

THEATREWORKS will hold auditions for its summer Shakespeare Festival production of MACBETH, on Saturday April 23 (Shakespeare’s birthday) from 12-4 pm and Sunday April 24 from 12-4 pm.  Auditions will be held in the Osborne Studio Theater in University Hall on the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus located at 3955 Cragwood Drive (near the corner of Union and Austin Bluffs).

The production will tour Colorado July 28-August 14, and will run at THEATREWORKS in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater August 19-September 4.

Men and women of all ages and ethnicities are welcome.  All roles are open, and all actors will be paid.  Equity contracts available.  Seeking total of 15 men and five women, plus one male child age 8-12.

Recommended but not necessary: 2 prepared pieces, one modern, one classical together totaling no more than 2 minutes.  All candidates should call THEATREWORKS to schedule an audition time.

For further information, or to schedule an appointment, call 719-262-3232.

THEATREWORKS is dedicated to creating challenging and innovative productions of classic and

contemporary theatre for the enjoyment, education and stimulation of our community, including the Pikes Peak Region,

the University of Colorado, and, on occasion the larger world. 

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COLORADO THEATRE GUILD

P.O. Box 8625

Denver, CO 80201-8625

Please check out our Web Site.

www.coloradotheatreguild.org

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The Colorado Theatre Guild would like to offer congratulations to all Westword "Best

Of 2005" recipients! Kudos to every person who worked with these wonderful people

these wonderful show.

A very large thank you goes out to every person and company that puts up a show; you

make our community exciting, diverse and complete.

You are truly amazing and appreciated.

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LAST MINUTE JOBS, AUDITIONS, NEEDED VOLUNTEER

AND CALL FOR ENTRY

NYC Stage West Theatre Productions seeks lighting Board Operator

for stageplay at John Hand Theatre - Lowry -

The Institution ...for the biblically insane  -  a comedy.

Pays $25 per regular performance paid each Saturday.

Need to be on hand  for 2-3 last rehearsals.

Load-in & tech Sun Apr 10 12noon-12 midnight (max amount of time)

Tech Mon 11th & Tues 10th 6pm-12 midnight  (max amount of time)

Preview-Rehearsal Thurs Apr 14  6pm call

Performances Fridays & Saturdays Apr 15-May 14.

Possible extended run into Thursdays of those weeks.

E-mail:  Agogus1@Yahoo.com  asap

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

MAIN STREET PLAYERS is seeking 1 or more volunteers to run lights during our

run of Rodgers and Hammerstein's a Grand Night for Singing nine

performances-April 15 - May 1. Location is The Theatre at Sinclair 300 W

Chenango in Englewood (near the intersection of Broadway and Belleview).

Some experience preferred. Please contact Margaret Ziehm (Production

Manager) at 303 794 1413 ASAP.

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And Toto too Theatre Company is now accepting headshots and resumes  for the 2005-2006

season.  Also accepting resumes from Designers, Directors, Stage Managers and Tech

Directors-all positions are paid.  Send to the attention of Susan Lyles, And Toto too

Theatre Company, P.O. Box 12192, Denver, CO 80212.  All Submissions must be postmarked

by April 15, 2005.  For more information email andtototootheatre@yahoo.com

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Germinal Stage Denver will hold open auditions for INDEPENDENCE, a drama

by Lee Blessing on April 18th & 19th. The auditions are by appointment

with prepared material--5 minutes or less of whatever you feel shows you

to your best advantage for this type play. Four female roles are

available, ages 53, 33, 25, and 19. The play goes into rehearsal on May

10, opens June 10, and plays Friday, Saturday and Sunday through July

10. Auditions are at the theatre, 2450 West 44th Avenue. For

appointments, call 303-455-7108.

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Media Contact: Laima Gaigalas, (303) 492-4247

Public Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303) 492-8008

Event: Handel's "Semele"

Dates: Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.

            Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.

            Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.

            Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m.

Location: Music Theatre, Imig Music Building, 18th St. & Euclid Ave., Boulder

Description: CU Opera presents Handel's "Semele"

Pre-Concert:  Brown Bag Preview of the production on Tuesday, April 19 at noon in the Music Theatre, Imig Music Building

Admission: Tickets for all performances are $15 and $20 with discounts available for members of the CU community, seniors, youth, and groups. Call the CU Concerts Box Office at 303-492-8008 or visit www.cuconcerts.org

HANDEL'S "SEMELE"

CU Opera Performs Renowned Baroque Work

The CU Opera Program presents Handel's baroque opera "Semele" in the Imig Music Building's Music Theatre on Thursday, April 21 though Sunday, April 24.

"Semele" is George Frideric Handel's operatic interpretation of the mythological tale of the beautiful Semele and the powerful god Jupiter. This satirical story skewering the vanity of both gods and mortals is sweetened by some of the most beautiful vocal music of the Baroque period. CU Opera's production of Semele has been updated to the early 1900's.  Semele is a character who wishes for fame, excess, and to rise to truly great heights. Her eventual tragic downfall has all the makings of a vintage Hollywood film.  The performances will be sung in English and run approximately two and one half hours with one intermission.

The cast of "Semele" will include graduate and undergraduate students from the CU-Boulder College of Music's Vocal Program. A full orchestra will accompany the singers. Director of Opera Studies William Gustafson and Professor of Voice Curt Peterson are Stage Directors and Linus Lerner is guest conductor. Tom Robbins is Costume Designer and Bruce Bergner is Set Designer.

A Brown Bag Preview of the production will be held on Tuesday, April 19 at noon in the Music Theatre in the Imig Music Building. The preview provides an opportunity to join the cast, stage director, and music director for an interesting glimpse of selections from "Semele." The preview is free and open to the public.

Tickets for "Semele" are $15 and $20 with discounts available for members of the CU community, seniors, youth, and groups. For more information, contact CU Concerts Box Office at 303-492-8008 or go online at www.cuconcerts.org. All seats are reserved. Tickets are now on sale for CU Opera in the Summer July 9 to 31 featuring "The Mikado" and "The King and I." Season tickets for CU Opera's 2005-2006 season are also on sale now.

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Photographs of CU's production of "Semele" will be available soon. They will be sent automatically to the CU Opera email media list. If you have any questions, please contact Laima Gaigalas at 303-492-4247 or gaigalas@colorado.edu.

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April 1, 2005

This is the start of Dance Month in Denver and around the World. Begin at noon at the 5280 foot step of the Mile- High Capitol dancing/movement across Broadway and on to the City & County steps to finish at 1o'clock in First Position.  Impresario Fiorino from State Of The Arts on Denver Community Television will commence the dance to the sounds of the City.

Continuing throughout the month of April, will be the various dance programs produced for television by Ballet Arts Theatre.

Choreographer/dancer, Paul Fiorino: The Man Who Came To Dance  Channel 58  Comcast , 8PM Mondays 4/4 & 4/18 and 10:30pm  Wednesdays 4/13 & 4/27