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THANKS!
Editor's Note:
Santa
is sick! He greeted kids at the door and put candy in the sacks of some kids in
great costumes, but too many Tootsie Rolls and other goodies ended up in Santa.
I
feel his pain, but I think he will recover by Christmas if Thanksgiving dinner
doesn't just ground the sleigh with too much weight. I sincerely hope all is
well with you, not too much candy and all your events are wonderful.
It
is time to put away the pumpkin and send me the news of your events. Don't
forget to send them to artsnews@lpbroadband as those e-mails that go to the
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address to be brought into the e-mail client to then be extracted and paste
into this newsletter. It gets down but takes time.
And
thank you for the e-mails about the four years of CAC Arts News, Here we go for
another four.
Cheers,
Paul
Saunders
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AND NOW FOR SOME GREAT COLORADO ARTS NEWS
Subject:
Santaland Diaries Auditions
From:
"Amanda Mountain" <amountai@uccs.edu>
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Contact:
Amanda Mountain
Sales
& Marketing Director
719-262-3114
THEATREWORKS
AUDITIONS "CHEERLEADERS" FOR SANTALAND DIARIES
THEATREWORKS
will hold auditions for its December production of Santaland
Diaries
by David Sedaris on November 7 & 8 from 4-6 p.m. Auditions are by
appointment
only and will be held in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater located at 3955
Cragwood Drive (near the corner of Union and Austin Bluffs).
The
production will run in the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater December 2-18 in
repertory with A Christmas Carol.
Women
and men of all ages and ethnicities are welcome. All roles are
paid. We need 3 "cheerleaders for Santa" for comedy and
audience sing along's, preferably one male and two females age 20-30.
Must
be available for evening rehearsals beginning November 15. Come prepared to do
comic improv and to sing a Christmas carol.
For
further information, or to schedule an appointment, call 719-262-3232.
THEATERWORKS
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.
This
year THEATREWORKS celebrates its 30th anniversary season.
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Subject:
PRESS RELEASE - Premier Celtic Harpist and Master Storyteller
performs
at Swallow Hill
From:
"RJ Betancourt" <rudy@swallowhill.com>
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SWALLOW
HILL
MUSIC
ASSOCIATION
Denver's
Home for Folk, Roots & Acoustic Music
|
303.765.2488
Premier
Celtic Harpist and Master Storyteller
brings
his celestial sounds and entertaining wit to Swallow Hill
WHAT:
Concert by award winning celtic harpist Patrick Ball
WHEN:
Saturday, November 19, 2005. 8 p.m.
WHERE:
Swallow Hill Music Association. 71 East Yale Ave., Denver
TICKETS:
$15 in advance, $18 day of show
INFO
& TICKETS: www.swallowhill.com <http://www.swallowhill.com/> ,
303.777.1003
PHOTO:
www.swallowhill.com/images/artists/highrez/BallPatrick003.jpg
<http://www.swallowhill.com/images/artists/highrez/BallPatrick003.jpg>
Denver
Ñ Patrick Ball comes to Swallow Hill on Friday, November 18 at 8
p.m.,
bringing his world-renowned skills as a Celtic Harpist and
storyteller
to the Swallow Hill stage. PatrickÕs performances have been
hailed
as Òrichly theatrical,Ó Òpassionate,Ó ÒevocativeÓ and Òhauntingly
beautiful.Ó
A recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award from the
National
Storytelling Association, Patrick has also received a National
Association
of Independent Record Distributors Indie Award for Best
Seasonal
Recording for his album Christmas Rose. The Oakland Tribune
writes,
ÒPatrick Ball, expert at the magic of music and words, is ... a
world
class harper and a fine actor, with a storytellerÕs sharply honed
timing
and delight in a good joke.Ó
With
12 albums to his creditÑnine of these instrumental and three spoken
wordÑ,
Patrick is also known as the creator of two pieces for musical
theater:
OÕCarolanÕs Farewell To Music, a musical piece about IrelandÕs
most
beloved musician, Turlough OÕCarolan, and The Fine Beauty of the
Island,
a musical trip to IrelandÕs Basket Islands in search of a
haunting
tune and the vanished islanders who played it.
For
tickets visit www.swallowhill.com or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts
are
available for Swallow Hill members.
Subject:
PRESS RELEASE - Vocal legends The Persuasion to perform at
Swallow
Hill/KGNU fundraising concert
From:
"RJ Betancourt" <rudy@swallowhill.com>
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SWALLOW
HILL
MUSIC
ASSOCIATION
Denver's
Home for Folk, Roots & Acoustic Music
PRESS
RELEASE
For
Immediate Release
Monday,
October 31, 2005
Contact:
RJ Betancourt
rudy@swallowhill.com
<mailto:rudy@swallowhill.com> | 303.765.2488
Swallow
Hill and KGNU Community Radio announce
fundraising
concert with vocal legends The Persuasions
WHAT:
Concert by The Persuasions, with special guest Ben Senterfit
WHEN:
Friday, December 2, 2005. 8 p.m.
WHERE:
Cameron Church, 1600 South Pearl Street, Denver
TICKETS:
$24 in advance, $27 day of show
INFO
& TICKETS @ Swallow Hill: www.swallowhill.com
<http://www.swallowhill.com/>
, 303.777.1003
INFO
& TICKETS @ KGNU: 303.449.4885 or 800.737.3030 (Colorado only)
PHOTO:
www.swallowhill.com/images/artists/highrez/Persuasions003.jpg
<http://www.swallowhill.com/images/artists/highrez/Persuasions003.jpg>
INTERVIEWS:
Schedule over-the-phone interviews by calling 212.581.6900
Denver
Ñ Vocal group The Persuasions, praised as the "kings of a cappella"
by NPR, began singing together in 1962. On Friday, December 2nd at 8 p.m.
Swallow Hill and community radio station KGNU bring this legendary group to the
stage for a holiday performance at the historic Cameron Church in Old South
Pearl Street.
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Press
Contact: Cathy
Genato 719- 650-4726
Pikes
Peak Blues Community presents
Emerging
Blues Phenomenon Sean Costello
As
a part of their annual "Our Next Generation" event, designed to
foster the next crop of blues aficionados, the Pikes Peak Blues Community
presents Sean Costello in concert on Saturday, November 12. Tickets are
$20 each, and for only $10 more you can attend the V.I.P. pre-show reception
with complementary cocktails and beer from Bristol Brewery, plus delicious food
from Wild Oats. Doors will open at 8 p.m. and the concert starts at 8:30 p.m.
Reduced rates are available to PPBC members. The fun takes place at the
Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater located near the corner of Union and Austin Bluffs
at 3955 Cragwood Drive. Call 262-3232, or log on to
www.uccstheatreworks.com and click on "Buy Tickets" now before
they're gone!
Sean
Costello was born and raised in Atlanta, receiving his first guitar for his
ninth birthday. A primarily self-taught player, he initially gravitated towards
hard rock but soon discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan, moving on from there to
Howlin' Wolf; under the wing of local bluesman Felix Reyes, a 14-year-old
Costello won the Beale Street Blues Society's talent award in 1994. After
touring extensively and revamping his band, Costello released Cuttin' In in
early 2000. The album was a success in the blues community gaining him a W.C.
Handy Award nomination for "Best New Artist Debut." In 2001 Costello
released his third album Moanin' for Molasses and further cemented his
reputation as one of the best young blues guitarists on the scene. The
self-titled Sean Costello was released on Artemis Records this year.
Halden
Woffard and the Hi-Beams, who have been recognized three consecutive years in
Westword Magazine's annual Best of Denver issue, will open for Costello with
their unique blend of Western swing.
The Hi-Beams appear regularly at festivals, theaters, clubs and casinos along
the Front Range of Colorado. The Hi-Beams' high-energy shows feature top-notch
instrumental work and the vocals of Halden Wofford, one of the most talented
vocalists in the region. Material ranges from the band's distinctive and
popular original material to a carefully chosen repertoire of western
swing songs from the likes of Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, George
Jones and many others.
"Our
Next Generation" is sponsored by Office of Campus Activities @ UCCS, Bee
Vradenburg Foundation, Pikes Peak Community Fund, KRCC, KKCS and
THEATREWORKS. For more information, call 719-262-3232.
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Contact:
Laima Gaigalas, 303-492-4247, gaigalas@colorado.edu
(Media Information) CU Concerts Box Office, 303-492-8008 (Public Information)
Event:
2005
Holiday Festival
Dates: Friday,
December 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday,
December 3 at 4 p.m.
(SOLD OUT)
Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday,
December 4 at 4 p.m.
(SOLD OUT)
Description: Traditional Christmas
music and seasonal music from around the world performed by the University of
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, CU choirs, smaller ensembles and soloists
Location:
Macky
Auditorium Concert Hall, CU-Boulder Campus
Admission: Tickets are $10 to
$47; Call the CU Concerts Box Office
at 303-492-8008 or order online at http://www.cuconcerts.org
CU
COLLEGE OF MUSIC'S HOLIDAY FESTIVAL IS BOULDER'S FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION
The
University of Colorado College of Music presents the annual Holiday Festival, a
celebration of seasonal music. All performances take place in beautifully
decorated Macky Auditorium. Tickets are already sold out for the Saturday,
December 3 at 4 p.m. and for the Sunday, December 4 at 4 p.m. performances.
Tickets are still available for Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,
December 3 at 7:30 p.m. (please call for availability updates).
The
annual Holiday Festival, hosted by the CU College of Music, is Boulder's
favorite way to ring in the holiday season. The performance features
traditional Christmas music and seasonal music from around the world performed
by the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra, CU choirs, the faculty jazz
combo, smaller ensembles and soloists. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the
CU music scholarship fund.
This
year Holiday Festival concertgoers are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy
to the concert to donate to the Toys for Tots program. The Marine Corps Reserve
will be distributing toys collected at the Holiday Festival to needy children
in the Front Range region in time for the holidays.
This
popular event sells out every year. Individual tickets are $10, $15, $25, $35
and $47. Tickets are available at the CU Concert Box Office in the Imig Music
Building, by calling 303-492-8008, or by visiting http://www.cuconcerts.org
.
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Hello
All
I
listen to Colorado Public Radio a lot and this week they have been doing
another membership drive.
As
a "member" of CPR I always like running into other
supporters/listeners and discussing what wonderful services and value KVOD/KCFR
provide.
The
Colorado Theatre Guild is an organization that also provides wonderful value.
0.
This Weekly
Newsletter
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Early Audition
Notices
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A Terrific Web Site
0.
Plenty of Show
Information
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Forums and Panel
Discussions
0.
Theatre Night Out
0.
Discounts to Theatre
Statewide
0.
Cross Promotion
Between Theatres
0.
News and Events
0.
Galas and Awards
Ceremonies
0.
New Promotional
Brochures
0.
Access to
Inexpensive Advertising Opportunities
We
rely on member support to keep these programs intact and there are additional
programs on the boards waiting for funding.
A
CTG membership is a great gift to yourself or a theatre loving friend.
Won't
you consider joining us now?
Gloria
Shanstrom, Editor
Karl
Kopp Memorial Recognition Award To Be Given
Brooks
Center Arts is seeking your recommendations for consideration for the Karl Kopp
Memorial Recognition Award, to be presented at the Play Festival Showcase,
February 2006. Please submit entry letters of theatre companies and groups that
actively promoted Denver and Colorado area playwrights during 2005.
Questions
to: BrooksCenterArts@Yahoo.com
Mail
entry letters by Dec 1 to:
Brooks
Center Arts
PO
Box 181010
Denver,
CO 80203.
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Subject:
Colorado Chamber Players performs all-Bartok program, Nov. 5-6
From:
SabineEKortals@aol.com
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Colorado
Chamber Players
Colorado
Chamber Players launches 12th season with all-Bartok program on Nov.
5,
6
CCP
members David Waldman, Barbara Hamilton & Paul Primus
The
CCP will perform an all-Bartok program on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 2:30 p.m.,
King
Center Concert Hall, Denver. The concert will be repeated on Sunday,
Nov.
6 at 7:30 p.m., Foothills Art Center, Golden. The Metropolitan State
College
of
Denver Music Activities Committee is cosponsoring the Saturday concert.
Program:
Contrasts,
for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1938)
Solo
Violin Sonata (1944)
Fifth
String Quartet (1934)
Performers
will include violinists Paul Primus and David Waldman; violist Barbara
Hamilton; cellist Katharine Knight; clarinetist Daniel Silver; and pianist
Nanette Shannon.
Tickets
are $15 GA, $12 seniors 62+/students, $5 children under 10.
For
the Nov. 5 concert, purchase tickets through the King Center box office
at
303-556-2296.
For
the Nov. 6 concert, purchase tickets through TicketsWest at
1-866-464-2626,
or order tickets online at TicketsWest.com.
A
dessert reception will follow the Sunday Nov. 6 performance at the Foothills
Art Center.
To
commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of the great Hungarian
composer
BŽla Bart—k, the CCP will focus an entire program on his music. BŽla
Bart—k
broke ground in countless ways as a composer - his series of six quartets
are
regarded as worthy successors to the Beethoven string quartets. The Fifth
Quartet
is a five-movement work in the form of a palindrome, and is full of
Hungarian
folk melodies. Bartok wrote: "The melodic world of my string quartets
does
not essentially differ from that of folk-song, only the framework is
stricter."
The
solo violin sonata is an extraordinary and intricate work, written in 1944
shortly before the composer's death, and is a virtuosic wonder. And
Contrasts, Bartok's only trio, was commissioned by jazz clarinetist Benny
Goodman and Hungarian violinist Josef Szigeti. "If possible," Szigeti
wrote to Bartok, "the composition should consist of two independent
parts....and, of course, we hope that it will also contain brilliant clarinet
and violin cadenzas." Bartok was happy to deliver these requests, and
Contrasts is a tour de force for all three instruments.
CCP
wins Creativity Award for Einstein's Mozart Kate Light, Poet
The
Colorado Chamber Players was awarded Adams County Cultural Commission's
Creativity
Award in October 2005, for their upcoming program Einstein's
Mozart:
Two Geniuses. The CCP was the sole recipient of the award for 2006.
The
CCP has commissioned New York City poet Kate Light to write a poetic
narration
to an all-Mozart program called Einstein's Mozart. The great scientist
Albert
Einstein once said that he would have been a musician had he not become
a
scientist. "I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of
music...I get the most joy in life out of music." Einstein was an
accomplished amateur violinist and pianist, in addition to his scientific and
humanitarian work.
The
Colorado Chamber Players celebrate Mozart's 250th year in a most unique
way:
through the eyes of Albert Einstein. The great scientist was an amateur
violinist
& loved the music of Mozart. Einstein worked through physics theories
by
relaxing his mind playing the violin.
Einstein's
Mozart will be presented in cooperation with the Mizel Arts Center
in
January and February 2006. Kate Light will narrate the CCP concerts on
January
20-22. Visit www.coloradochamberplayers.org for details on these
events.
Katharine
Knight to perform Bartok with CCP Kitty Knight, Cellist
Katharine
Knight, cellist with the Da Vinci Quartet for 24 years, will perform Bartok's
Fifth String Quartet with the Colorado Chamber Players on Nov. 5, 6. The
CCP is thrilled to perform with this outstanding chamber musician.
Clarinetist
Daniel Silver featured in Bartok's Contrasts Daniel Silver, Clarinet
Clarinetist
Daniel Silver, Professor of Clarinet at CU/Boulder School of
Music,
will be featured in the CCP's opening season concerts at the King
Center
and Foothills Art Center. Silver has performed as Principal Clarinet with
the
Hong Kong Philharmonic, and has performed frequently with the Takacs Quartet. A
recent Washington Post review praised his "sense of freedom and
extraordinary
control."
Post-concert
dessert reception, Nov. 6
Join
the Chamber Players for a scrumptious dessert reception following the Bartok
program on Sunday, Nov. 6 at the Foothills Art Center. Chocolate treats by Doc
Baker desserts are on the menu, and you can munch as you mingle with the
artists.
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Subject:
Grand Opening of the New University Theatre Venue
From:
"Alana Minor" <aminor@lamar.colostate.edu>
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Greetings
from the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado
State
University!
As
treasured patrons of the arts we would like to invite you to the opening of the
new Thrust Theatre at the University Center for the Arts. Premiering in the
Thrust Theatre is Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot directed by Dr. Eric
Prince. This play is truly a wonderful opening for the Thrust Theatre and a
landmark event for the University Center for the Arts and the Department of
Music, Theatre and Dance. We hope that you will join us in celebrating the
opening of our new venue.
Alana
K. Minor
Director
of Marketing and Publicity
Department
of Music, Theatre & Dance
205
Ammons Hall
Fort
Collins, CO 80523-1778