COLORADO ARTS CONNECTION
Colorado Arts news - Part 1 of 2
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Arts News to Editor and Publisher Paul Saunders at artsnews@lpbroadband.net
THANKS!
Editor's Note::
There
are so many benefits - especially this coming weekend - for Katrina relief. I'm
playing in one at the First United Methodist church in Ft. Collins at 7:00 PM
with the Riverside ramblers Dixieland band along side the Stover Street
Stompers and the Pouder River Irregulars of Ft. Collins. Then Sunday in Estes
Park from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We are all happy to do it as the need is so
great. However, I worry about early burnout of all the benefits. Some people
have said to me they are worried about all the foundation matching funds and
private donations to the arts drying up. Will gas prices cut into arts funding?
Who knows.
Arts
are a response to positive outlooks and we can use some of that. It may be a
struggle but compared to all victims of the Katrina disaster, we have little to
complain about.
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On
an other matter:
I
have been asked to support the vote for the referendums. I'm happy to do so and
would appreciate any information in support by e-mail. I have so many irons in
the fire that it is hard for me to generate a worthy piece. Now that I produce
this newsletter without any link to a non profit, I'm free to express support
for candidates for elections and advocacy without violating 501(c)3 status or
requiring 501(c)4 status.
However,
I'm aware that this newsletter is not about my opinions - being a raving
Liberal that I am - and more about arts news. You may call me to task by e-mail
but I don't think I will start a "Letter to the Editor" space in this
newsletter. Just forgive me if I poke at some things that may cause you some
distress. I know we are in a "Red" state and most artists have
"Blue" sympathies and the two factions stare at each other in utter
consternation. Some day I will describe what "Liberal" means to me
and why I carry the placard proudly.
Cheers,
Paul
Saunders, ed.
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AND NOW FOR SOME GREAT COLORADO ARTS NEWS
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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A
LOW POWER FM RADIO STATION KREV-LP 104.7 NOW ON THE INTERNET STREAMING 24/7
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On
Friday September 9 KREV-LP 104.7 of Estes Park, Colorado went live with video
and broadcast live audio of the Estes Park High School football game in
partnership with EstesParkLive.com
<http://www.estesparklive.com/Video.php>. The KREV Low Power 100 watt FM
station has been broadcasting as a non commercial community service of the
United Methodist church of Estes Park for three years. Pastor Deb Olenyik said
that "it is important for the church and station to be part of the community
life to broadcast school sports and concerts and educational programs and we
are excited to work with the school system on this new service."
Future
school games and concerts in Estes Park will be on the Internet live.
Away school games will be on the audio on the Internet and broadcast over the
air in the Estes valley on KREV. Check the local listings in the papers for air
time. Greg Carner and his assistants from EstesParkLive.com are handling the
play by play announcing.
Program
Director Barney Treadway, is assembling more radio programs that local
residents and visitors have come to enjoy. Station Manager Paul Saunders, is
working with Eric Calkins of EstesValley.net on technical matters. In
partnership with EstesParkLive.com using EstesValley.net wireless broadband
service, the station KREV is now on the Internet in stereo at
<http://www.estesparklive.com/Radio.php> . Saunders said that
"technology that has become available in the last few years, has made
Estes Park available to the world. People with second homes can listen to
programs and see school events from their homes in other states and
countries." Greg, Paul and Eric with web master Tim Buck plan more
features to the web site with program play lists information showing as a song
is being played and other exciting features.
Contact:
Paul
Saunders
Station
Manager
e-mail:
KREV@charterinternet.com
970-577-1312 Studio
970-586-4153 Church
970-443-9698 Cell
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KREV-LP
104.7 FM Estes Park's Community Radio 24/7
Studio
at the United Methodist Church
1509 Fish Hatchery Road
Estes Park, CO 80517
<http://www.EstesParkUMC.org/krev.htm>
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BOULDER
COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE
Don't
miss this highly informative workshop:
Grant
Writing Basics
Tuesday, September
13, 2005, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Dairy Center for the Arts, V-room, 2590
Walnut St., Boulder
Cost
is: $5 members, $10 non-members
BCAA
Executive Director, Alison Moore, and Grant Panelist Mike Parker will discuss
the art of grant writing from the perspective of the grant writer and the grant
reviewer. Participants can purchase BCAA's Grant writing for the Arts Workbook.
Please
pre-register for this workshop by replying to this
email (news@bouldercountyarts.org)
with your full name and
phone number or call 303-447-2422 ext. 3
Charlotte
LaSasso
Communications
Coordinator
Boulder County Arts Alliance
2590 Walnut St., Suite 9
Boulder, Colorado 80302
303-447-2422
www.bouldercountyarts.org
Providing leadership, services, funding,
and advocacy for Boulder County arts.
BCAA
is proudly supported by the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District
(SCFD). For more information, please visit www.scfd.org
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For
Immediate Release
September
12, 2005
BOULDER,
CO - Boulder County Arts Alliance awarded $500 grants to nine Boulder County
artists and arts organization as part of its bi-annual Addison Mini-Grant
program funded by a donation from Mark Addison, a Boulder resident. Recipients
and projects include:
¥
Society for Creative Aging to cover
facilitator and material costs for new SCA workshop
¥
Emily Takahashi for a memorial concert
for Charles David Keeling
¥
Karen Foley for purchase audio equipment
for production of audio documentaries
¥
Robynn Butler for funds to produce
multimedia presentation of S. African orphanage
¥
Art as Action for funding to host 5
collaborative Art Jams
¥
Kathleen Man for funding to finish
documentary on child trafficking & sexual slavery in Nepal
¥
Shakespeare Oratorio Society for tech
support for 4 free performances at CU of Spring 2006 production of Twelfth
Night for young audiences
¥
Ellen Orleans to support Write of Way:
East Boulder County Teen Writing Workshop
¥
Evelyn Bassoff for funds to purchase art
materials
An
awards reception will be held Thursday, September 22, 5:30-6:30 at the Rocky
Mountain Center for the Musical Arts, 200 E. Baseline Road, Lafayette. This
hors d'oeuvres reception is free and open to the public. Please contact
303-447-2422 or www.bouldercountyarts.org
for more information about Boulder County Arts Alliance programs.
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Dear
community radio friends,
Following this paragraph please find
information (press release in plain text) on our upcoming broadcast of
Earthdance, the global peace and music festival, this coming weekend.
Please email or call me (contact info below) if you are interested in carrying
any segments of the broadcast.
In community,
David Myers
Operations Manager / Development
Director
Redwood Community Radio KMUD/KMUE
Tel: 707-923-2513
Fax: 707-923-2501
1144 Redway Drive
PO Box 135
Redway, CA 95560
davidm@kmud.org
Fed non-profit tax ID #: 94-327879
PRESS RELEASE
KMUD-FM AND PACIFICA NETWORK TO
BROADCAST EARTHDANCE: WORLDWIDE PEACE AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
____________________________
DATES:
Saturday, September 17 - Sunday,
September 18, 2005
CONTACT: Dave
Myers, KMUD, 707-923-2513, ext.106 / davidm@kmud.org
Ursula Ruedenberg, Pacifica Affiliates
Coordinator, ursula@pacifica.org
Community radio station KMUD-FM, in
collaboration with the Pacifica network, is proud to announce the broadcast of
Earthdance, the worldwide peace and music festival, this Saturday, September
17, and Sunday, September 18. This programming will be available to
Pacifica affiliates and other interested radio stations on the KU satellite
band and on the Internet throughout the weekend.
Earthdance takes place in 130 cities and
50 countries from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18. The
"hub event" for the festival is the Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville,
California, about 150 miles north of San Francisco.
Featured at the festival and on the live
broadcast are: Michael Franti & Spearhead, Steve Kimock & Friends, Zap
Mama (broadcast to be confirmed), Culture, Toshi Reagon, Karl Denson's Tiny
Universe, Aphrodesia, Prezident Brown, and Electric Apricot.
The centerpiece of the event is the
worldwide "Prayer for Peace," when, at exactly 4:00 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time on Saturday, participants around the world pray for peace and
play a special recorded music segment simultaneously.
In
addition to featuring the performers and ceremonies detailed above, the
broadcast will also include interviews with event organizers and activists,
music from three other northern California stages, and excerpts from the
festival's workshops and panels - all dedicated to fostering peace on an
collective and individual level. Panelists include environmental activist
Julia Butterfly Hill, performer Michael Franti, recording artist and
musicologist Marie Daulne of Zap Mama, and performance artist Suzanne Sterling.
For more information about the program,
or to confirm your station's participation, please email David Myers at KMUD:
davidm@kmud.org, or call 707-923-2513, extension 106. For more
information about the Earthdance peace and music festival, visit
www.earthdance.org.
BROADCAST & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 9/17 (left channel KU, right
channel if Roberts hearings are over)
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Hamsa Lila (reggae / jam band)
4pm -
4:05pm
Prayer for Peace (worldwide
synchronized peace event)
4:05 - 5:30 pm
Spiral Dance (ceremony) [broadcast:
interviews & excerpts from
other stages
5:30 - 6:30
pm
Culture (roots reggae)
7 - 8:15
pm
New Monsoon (world music)
8:15 - 8:45 pm
Toshi Reagon (speaking and singing)
8:45 - 10 pm
Steve Kimock & Friends
(psychedelic jam band)
10:30pm -12mid
Michael Franti & Spearhead
(hip-hop, reggae, etc.)
SUNDAY 9/18 (right channel KU)
9:30 - 10:30 am
Spiritual Perspectives (talk show
featuring Earthdance organizers
and participants)
10:30 - 11 am
Kingdom Traveler's Gospel Choir
(gospel)
11:15am -
12:30pm
Aphrodesia (featuring the African
Showboyz) [Afropop]
1 - 2 pm
Prezident Brown (roots reggae)
2:30 - 3:30 pm
O-Maya (Latin hip-hop & funk)
4 - 5:30
pm
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
(jazz/hip-hop/blues/funk)
8 - 9:30
pm
Zap Mama (world music) - broadcast
still to be confirmed
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PRESS
RELEASE
For immediate release
September 12, 2005
Contacts:
Deborah Reshotko and Esther Gross
303-722-0902
SPEAKING
OF DANCE FUNDRAISERS
Denver arts nonprofit schedules
fundraising series.
Denver, Colorado - SPEAKING OF DANCE is
pleased to announce we will continue our unique fundraising events in
2005-2006. All events are open to the public and will give arts patrons the
opportunity to support one of Denver's favorite nonprofit arts organizations
and enjoy themselves by attending fun, unusual events.
SPEAKING OF DANCE will kick off our
2005-2006 season of fundraisers with two exciting events for September. Dance
lovers can support SPEAKING OF DANCE by hunting for garage sale bargains or
hiking in the mountains under a full harvest moon. Call 303-722-0902 for
information and to purchase tickets.
Below is the schedule of events for
September 2005:
Harvest Moon Mountain Hike
Saturday, September 17, meeting time and
place TBA
$30 per person
Bring your hiking season to a
spectacular close with a moonlight hike sponsored by SPEAKING OF DANCE. We will
hike to Silver Dollar Lakes and enjoy the beautiful full harvest moon along the
way. At the lakes, snack on goodies provided by SOD and get to know some new
friends! This is a great way to take in Colorado's magnificent scenery and
support SOD at the same time!
Trinkets to Treasures
Saturday, September 24, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m.
2550 California Street, Denver
SOD will hold an outdoor flea market
packed with items for every taste and interest! Treasure hunters will find
great bargains in everything from antiques and original fine art to clothing
(both vintage and new) and jewelry to household items and collectibles. A
portion of the proceeds benefits SPEAKING OF DANCE. Don't miss this opportunity
to find the perfect trinket or treasure and support SOD!
SPEAKING
OF DANCE is an award-winning professional, performing modern dance company that
has been serving the community in Colorado since 1993. SOD entertains and
educates the public through performances, residencies and workshops. The
company produces the choreography of its artistic director, Deborah Reshotko, a
choreographer interested in exploring concrete subject matter through dance,
music, and the spoken word. SOD is committed to using dance as a tool for
community outreach and bringing diverse groups of people together, sometimes as
performers, sometimes as viewers and participants in discussions about dances
that the company performs. The philosophy of SOD is that choreography and
performance are vehicles for examining social issues and for celebrating the
joy and drama of being human.
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2005
Media Contact: Laima Gaigalas, (303)
492-4247, gaigalas@colorado.edu Public
Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303)
492-8008, musictix@colorado.edu
Event: Pendulum: New
Music at CU
Date: Wednesday, September
28, 7:30 p.m.
Description: Professor
of Voice Patrick Mason, baritone and others
perform music of Stefan Wolpe
Location: Grusin Music Hall,
Imig Music Building, 18th St. & Euclid Ave.,
CU Boulder Campus
Admission: Free and open to
the public, call 303-492-8008 for information
or
visit www.colorado.edu/music
PENDULUM
CONCERT SERIES OPENS WITH MUSIC OF STEFAN WOLPE
The CU-Boulder College of Music presents
a program of music by Stefan Wolpe,
performed by Professor of Voice Patrick
Mason and others, as part of the
Pendulum: New Music at CU series on
Wednesday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. The
concert will be held in Grusin Music
Hall and will be free and open to the
public, with a reception following.
The series opens with Professor of Voice
Patrick Mason and guest pianist
Robert Shannon from Oberlin Conservatory
in a concert of songs by Stefan
Wolpe. Bass baritone Ashraf
Sewailam and pianist Susan Grace will also be
performing. Wolpe was one of the most
influential and controversial
composers of the twentieth century. The
concert will feature the area
premiere of Wolpe's unusual setting of
Albert Einstein's address to the
United Nations concerning the potential
misuse of atomic power by the United
States. Folk song settings in Yiddish
and Hebrew will also be included.
Pendulum: New Music at CU is celebrating
its fifth season of contemporary
music performances. Pendulum presents
the best of new concert music with CU
faculty and students, and first-class
guest artists that have included Bang
on a Can All Stars and EAR Unit.
Internationally award-winning pianist