COLORADO ARTS CONNECTION

                               Colorado Arts news - Part 1 of 2

 

Send your information and copy for the next CAC Arts News to     Editor and Publisher Paul Saunders at artsnews@lpbroadband.net 

  THANKS!

Editor's Note::

 

It defies all comprehension to think of the destruction in New Orleans and other communities. While people suffer instantly, it seems like we can only act in response in slow motion. Our response is on so many levels and this arts news will of course have some information that I hope is meaningful and helpful.

 

David Freedman from WWOZ-FM that went off the air in New Orleans writes that for a good relief agency to support, he suggests directing listeners to donate to a

 local Louisiana foundations, The Baton Rouge Area Foundation:

http://www.braf.org/page25271.cfm

 

 This group is working with the New Greater Orleans Area Foundation,

 whose headquarters were severely damaged. The Baton Rouge Area

 Foundation has two special funds set up, one to aid evacuees and

 refugees and one to help rebuild infrastructure for basic human

services. Both funds are described at the above page.

 

KREV-LP 104.7 FM in Estes Park is owned by the United Methodist church of Estes Park and we have on air donation information. As a non profit station and member of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, we received a waiver from the FCC as required, through the NFCB that arranged for a blanket request for all non profit FM stations. Please go to the many web sites now up to decide how and to what you may want to contribute. The United Methodist Committee on Relief, UMCOR, is supported by all UM churches with annual apportionment and therefore all donations are sent 100% for relief. UMCOR has asked to send this message:

 

There is an urgent call for bottled water to be delivered to Louisiana and ask to contact beverage bottlers who may be able to make donations in any size and containers. Please call UMC office (225) 346-1616 ext. 221 for direction. Please do not drive to Louisiana yourselves, using precious fuel, and creating more need for housing, meals, etc. that could go to local people.

http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor-hotline

 

Paul Saunders

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Friday, September 2, 2005

 Contact: RJ Betancourt

rudy@swallowhill.com <mailto:rudy@swallowhill.com>  | 303.765.2488

Swallow Hill presents concert to benefit hurricane relief efforts on

9/11

 

 WHAT: Benefit Concert to help fund hurricane relief efforts

 WHEN: Sunday, September 11, 2005. 7 p.m.

 WHERE: Swallow Hill Music Association. 71 East Yale Ave., Denver

 TICKETS: Donation at the door

 INFO: www.swallowhill.com, 303.777.1003

 

 Denver Ń Swallow Hill has called all hands to produce a benefit concert

 to raise funds for the relief efforts from hurricane Katrina on Sunday,

 September 11 at 7 p.m. Within a day, we had enough responses from local

 musicians Š from the consecrated to the up-and-coming Š to have Daniels

 Hall and Tuft Theatre full of music for the whole night. All these

 musicians, and Swallow Hill staff and volunteers will donate their

 music, time and effort. All proceeds will be given to the Red Cross and

 earmarked to the hurricane relief. Swallow Hill invites the community to

 drop by and make a donation for this important cause.

 

 A Colorado non-profit organization with twenty-five years of grassroots

 advocacy for folk, acoustic and roots music, Swallow Hill Music

 Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United

 States. With more than 2,000 members Šsome of whom are also volunteers

 Š, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard

 elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more

 than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the worldÕs great

 artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. Swallow Hill provides a

 valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the

community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240

adult classes and 70 childrenÕs classes annually.

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Colorado Theatre Guild Newsletter

Hello All

There are many right now preparing events, setting up fundraiser and establishing business policies for donations in response to the devastation along the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina.

The American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina's destruction, providing emergency supplies to those hundreds of thousands of victims left homeless in these communities.

The Theatre Community is gearing up and meetings are taking place even as I type this.  Once that effort is coordinated we will get it out to you.

I'm overwhelmed with the incoming e-mails and will share some here:

 

* Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers would like to help support this emergency effort.  In order to make it more convenient for our shoppers who also wish to donate to this relief effort, they may simply add a donation to their purchase.  Not only will 100% of their donation go directly to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, but for the month of September, Vitamin Cottage will match their donations made at

the register,  $dollar for $dollar  These funds can then be used to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.

*  From the people at North Denver News.

We need your help. We have secured the parking lot of Highland Methodist Church, Saturday September 10 from 10-2 for benefit for the victims of Katrina. It is located at 32nd & Osceola, in the heart of West Highlands.

We are hoping to get staging, a PA, some bands for entertainment.

There is a great local improv group we are hoping to get as well.

 

We need help making these arrangements.

* We need items for auction, for both silent and traditional, for fundraising.

 

 * We will need porta-potties and security.

 

 * We need help coordinating these donations and

 making these arrangements.

 

 * We need help coordinating blood donations.

 

 * We need to get the word out.

Please forward this message to your colleagues, friends and business associates. If you are church- going, ask for an announcement from the pulpit Sunday(and that goes for Temple, too).

Talk to your playgroups, your poker pals. Link to us on your website.

 

Katrina is the largest natural disaster in our nation's history. We have great strength as a community. Let's put that strength and capability for collective action to use. We need you to step up.

Please email me with whatever help- financial, donations, and especially time-- that you can make.

 mailto:publisher@northdenvernews.com

 We will post more details on our website (

 http://www.northdenvernews.com ) as they become

available.

 

 * INDUSTRY NIGHT/GULF COAST RELIEF BENEFIT

 OF

 

 DEAD WHITE MALES

 

 About Education in America...Who's running our

 schools?

 

 Monday September 19

 

 Curtain: 7:30pm................Tickets: $10.00

 

 Miners Alley Playhouse

 

 1224 Washington Avenue

(downtown Golden above Foss Drug)

 

 PLUS ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT YOU CAN

 CONTRIBUTE

 100% of all Box Office and Bar

 Sales will be donated to

 "America's Second

 Harvest"

A non-profit organization dedicated to helping those in need with food necessities. 100% of the funds raised will go towards the relief efforts in the Gulf

 Coast.

 

 Call 303-935-3044 for Reservations

 

 Stay Safe this Labor Day Weekend.

 

 Gloria Shanstrom, Editor

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openstage etc is an artistic endeavor of OpenStage Theatre & Company

 

 

openstage etc presents              August 24, 2005

The Shape of Things      For more information:

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      email denisef@openstagetheatre.org              call Denise Freestone at (970) 484-5237 or

     

openstage etc tests relationship boundaries

 

 What: The Shape of Things, by Neil LaBute, directed by Duane Sawyer

When: September 9 through September 25, 2005. Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on September 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Where: The Armstrong Hotel, 259 S. College, Fort Collins, third floor ballroom.

Tickets: $10 for adults, seniors and students. openstage etc season tickets, three shows for $25, are available by calling 970-221-6730

Phone: OpenStage Theatre 970-484-5237 (information and individual tickets)

Photos: no promotional photos available. Media photographers are welcome at rehearsals.

Media Tickets: please contact us for complimentary media tickets!

 

 

 Fort Collins-openstage etc, an artistic endeavor of OpenStage Theatre & Company, presents The Shape of Things written by Neil LaBute and directed by Duane Sawyer. A chilling frontline report from the battle of the sexes by the author of such fresh and discomforting plays as In The Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors and Nurse Betty, The Shape of Things is an intelligent and witty morality tale that dares to explore the ambivalence hiding beneath the weave of our social fabric.

openstage etc, an artistic endeavor of OpenStage Theatre & Company, explores challenging theatrical experiences that are edgy, expansive and daring.

 

The Shape of Things performs September 9 through September 25, 2005. Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 p.m., with one Sunday matinee on September 25 at 2:00 p.m. All performances will be in the third floor ballroom of The Armstrong Hotel at 259 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, Colorado 80524.

Individual tickets are $10 for all ages. For information on individual tickets and reservations, contact OpenStage Theatre at (970) 484-5237.  The Shape of Things contains mature subject matter. Enrich your theatre experience with openstage overnight! Combine an overnight stay at the Armstrong Hotel with two openstage etc theatre tickets. OpenStage overnight packages start at $70 per night. To reserve a room and ticket package, call 970-484-3883.     

Season tickets for openstage etc are just $25 for all three season shows. Season tickets are also available for OpenStage Theatre's main stage season. Season tickets are available through the Lincoln Center, 970-221-6730. For information on season tickets, contact OpenStage Theatre at 970-484-5237. 

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DURANGO ARTS CENTER PRESENTS

 SANTA FE BOOK ARTS GROUP EXHIBIT

 IN ART LIBRARY

 

 The Durango Arts Center presents the Santa Fe Book Arts Group Exhibit, "The

 BAG Show".  The exhibit will take place in the Garner/Vega Conference

 Room-DAC Art Library at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East 2nd Avenue, from

 Friday, September 2 through Saturday, October 29, 2005.  There will be an

 opening reception Friday, September 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.  There will also be a

 "Meet the Artists" reception, Saturday September 3, at 10 a.m. at the arts

 center.

 

 As part of this exhibit, nationally known Santa Fe artist, Gail Rieke will

 give a 3-day workshop "The Artist as Traveler", September 9 through 11.  The

 workshop is presently closed but a waiting list has been formed.

 

 For further information please call the Durango Arts Center at 259-2606 or

 Mary Ellen Long at 259-4363.

 

 

 DURANGO ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES OPENING OF ANNUAL MEMBERS' EXHIBIT

 

 The Durango Arts Center will host its annual members' exhibit from September

 2 through October 1, 2005. This year's non-juried exhibit features work by

 DAC members including visual art and written work in the form of poetry or

 short stories.

 

 There will be an opening reception Friday, September 2, from 5 to 7 p.m.

 The public is invited to attend and meet the artists.

For more information call (970) 259-2606.

 

 Lanette Hartman

Operations Manager

 Durango Arts Center

 970-259-2606

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THE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ESTES PARK ANNOUNCES THE FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL:

 

The concerts are:

September 17 - theTakacs Quartet with new member, violist Geraldine Walther.  (Bio below)

Will be all-Mozart with guest violist Erika Eckert.

 

September 24 - Music for Strings and Piano with members of the Colleges of Music of the Universities of Colorado and New Mexico.  (Erika Eckert and Judith Glyde from CU, Leonard and Arlette Felberg of New Mexico.)  Will be music of Rebecca Clarke, Beethoven and Brahms.  Info copied below for both Geri and the programs.

 

Geraldine Walther, viola

Geraldine Walther, recently appointed violist of the Takacs String Quartet (starting in the 2005-6 season), has been Principal Violist of the San Francisco Symphony since 1976, having previously served as assistant principal of the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Miami Philharmonic, and the Baltimore Symphony. A native of Florida, she first picked up the viola in a public school music program in Tampa. She went on to study at the Curtis Institute with Michael Tree of the Guarneri Quartet and at the Manhattan School of Music with Lillian Fuchs, and in 1979 she won first prize at the William Primrose International Competition.

 

Among the many works Ms. Walther has performed as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony are MozartÕs Sinfonia concertante, TelemannÕs Concerto in G major, BerliozÕs Harold in Italy, HindemithÕs Trauermusik, Der Schwanendreher, and Kammermusiken Nos. 5 and 6, TippettÕs Triple Concerto, Martinu<Õs Rhapsody-Concerto, and the viola concertos of William Walton, Walter Piston, Thea Musgrave, BŽla Bart—k, Alfred Schnittke, and Krzysztof Penderecki. She has given the US premieres of several important works with the Orchestra, including T™ru TakemitsuÕs A String Around Autumn in 1990, Peter LiebersonÕs Viola Concerto in 1999, and George BenjaminÕs Viola, Viola (together with SFS Associate Principal Violist Yun Jie Liu), also in 1999. In May 2002 she was soloist in William SchumanÕs Concerto on Old English Rounds, the American premiere of the Robin Holloway Viola Concerto, and the Britten Double Concerto for violin and viola.

In 1995 Ms. Walther was selected by Sir Georg Solti as a member of his Musicians of the World, an orchestra composed of leading musicians from around the globe, for concerts in Geneva to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations. She has also served as principal violist with the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego and has performed as soloist with other Bay Area orchestras. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Walther particularly enjoys playing in small ensembles with her SFS colleagues. She regularly participates in leading chamber music festivals, including Marlboro, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, Bridgehampton, and, most recently, the Telluride, Seattle, and Ruby Mountain festivals, Music at Kohl Mansion, Green Music Festival in Sonoma, and the inaugural season of Music at Menlo two summers ago. summer. She has collaborated with such artists as Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, and Jaime Laredo, and has appeared as a guest artist with some of the worldÕs most renowned string quartets, including the Vermeer, Guarneri, Lindsay, Cypress, and St. Lawrence quartets. In 2001 she joined the Tokyo Quartet on a tour of Spain and Italy. She will be joining the Takacs Quartet as a regular member in the fall of 2005.

Geraldine WaltherÕs recordings include HindemithÕs Trauermusik and Der Schwanendreher with the San Francisco Symphony (both on London/Decca), Paul ChiharaÕs Golden Slumbers with the San Francisco Chamber Singers (Albany), and Lou HarrisonÕs Threnody (New Albion). Together with SFS Assistant Concertmaster Mark Volkert and cellist Jan Volkert, she has just released a new disc of Mr. VolkertÕs transcriptions for string trio entitled Delectable Pieces (Con Brio). Ms. WaltherÕs instrument, created by Lorenzo Storioni of Cremona in 1784, was purchased by members of the SymphonyÕs Board of Governors and is on loan to her from the SFS. Ms. Walther currently lives in Oakland, California with her husband and two daughters, but will be moving to Boulder, Colorado to join the Takacs Quartet, in residence at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

The Chamber Music Society of Estes Park

Presents the 13th Annual

Chamber Music Festival of Estes Park

 

The Tak‡cs Quartet

17 September 2005, 7:30 p.m.

Community Church of the Rockies 1700 Brodie Avenue, Estes Park, CO

 

Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Duo in C Major, K. 423 for violin and viola Quartet in C Major, K. 465

Quintet in g minor, K. 516 with guest violist Erika Eckert

Music for Strings and Piano

24 September 2005, 7:30 p.m.

 

Community Church of the Rockies 1700 Brodie Avenue, Estes Park, CO

Leonard Felberg, violin Erika Eckert, viola

Judith Glyde, violoncello Arlette Felberg, piano

Dumka Duo Concertante for violin and viola, with piano Rebecca Clarke

Piano Trio in D Major, Opus 70 #1 "The Ghost" Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Quartet in g minor, Opus 25 Johannes S. Brahms

Tickets: $20.00 Students 17 and younger free. University Students with valid ID $10.00

For further information, please call the Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (970) 586-9203.

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BCAA News & Deadlines September 2005

Welcome to the Boulder County Arts Alliance (BCAA) Monthly E-Newsletter containing upcoming BCAA Business of Arts workshops, BCAA deadlines and opportunities, and BCAA-related news. BCAA is a non-profit, membership-based organization, providing leadership, resources and advocacy to the arts community since 1966.

Your $25 Individual membership with BCAA helps us continue to provide valuable services to the arts community. Please join or renew now by visiting: www.bouldercountyarts.org/join.htm. See

 

 

„ Thursday, September 1, 5 p.m. - Deadline to apply for fiscal agency sponsorship

„ Tuesday, September 6, 5:30-7:00 p.m. - Dessert reception for Merlyn Holmes' exhibit, "dancEssences"

„ Tuesday, September 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - "Grant Writing Basics", Business of Arts Workshop

„ Thursday, September 15, 5:00 p.m. - Barnes & Noble "Art on the Walls" Call for Entries Deadline

„ Wednesday, September 21, 5-6:30 p.m. - City of Boulder Cultural Master Plan Public Comment Opportunity

„ Wednesday, September 28, 5-6:30 p.m. - Community Box Office Introduction and Orientation

„ Thursday, October 6, 5-6:30 p.m. - BCAA/Neodata Endowment Grant Coaching Session

„ Tuesday, October 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - "How to Start a Non-Profit Business", Business of Arts Workshop with CO Lawyers for the Arts

„ Thursday, October 13, 5 p.m. - BCAA/Neodata Endowment Project Grants Application Deadline

„ Thursday, October 20, 5-6 p.m. - Fiscal Agency Orientation Session

„ New offering for 2005 - Learn to Read a Financial Statement!

„ News and Acknowledgements - "Arts Card" Discount Program - Boulder School of Music - and more!

„ Community Shares - Workplace giving opportunity

„ Precision Plumbing - Drawing to donate $1000 to your favorite non-profit

 

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Meg Beck, Executive Director

 

 

ASCOT BALLET ACADEMY

Nikoloz Makhateli, Artistic Director

www.ascotacademies.org

720-338-1466

Littleton, CO

 

"Most Outstanding Ballet Academy in Colorado 2005" according to Youth America Grand Prix.

 

Most Outstanding Students:  In February, 2005, several ABA dancers competed in the Youth America Grand Prix competition in Denver, with many of them taking top awards. This was the Ascot Ballet Academy's first year participating in this rigorous competition. All 1st Places at the Senior Level were awarded to Ascot Ballet Academy Dancers: NADIA BELKIN won the Overall Grand Prix, and danced in the Youth America Grand Prix Finale in NYC;  EVELYN TURNER took 1st place in Senior Classical and 6th Place in Senior Contemporary; and TERRANCE ARTIS took 1st place in Senior Contemporary and 7th Place in Senior Classical. KELSEY GIBSON took 6th Place in Junior Contemporary and 7th Place in Junior Classical.  NADIA BELKIN was offered a full-ride 2-year scholarship to the Canadian International Ballet School.  EVELYN TURNER has accepted a full-ride scholarship to the Harid Conservatory.  Mr. Artis has accepted a full-ride scholarship to the Washington Kirov Academy of Ballet.

 

Classes:  The Ascot Ballet Academy offers developmentally appropriate recreational, artistic, training and professional ballet programs to dancers of all ages and ability levels. From our Pre-ballet Program through our Recreational Dance Classes to our Ballet Training Program which prepares dancers for a professional career in dance and also trains serious professional dancers to improve their technique and artistry, ABA offers outstanding dance instruction to all dancers.

 

Nutcracker Auditions

The Ascot Ballet Youth Company will present "The Nutcracker" at the beautiful Newman Center on the DU campus on December 2nd, 3rd and 4th.  Auditions will be held on September 25 beginning at 1:30pm for all ages.  Please call 720-338-1466 for more information and to schedule an audition.

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Free Community Celebration Sunday, September 11

 

 FREE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

 TO OPEN DENVERÕS RENOVATED

 QUIGG NEWTON DENVER MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper will preside over the commemoration ceremony that will mark the official re-opening of the renovated Quigg Newton

Denver Municipal Auditorium at noon on September 11, 2005 in the Galleria of the Denver Performing Arts Complex.  The event will commence with the Denver

Municipal Band playing music popular during theNewton Auditorium's nearly 100 years as a civic gathering place.