Emily Dickinson News

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The Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) goes global at its annual Winter Concert with a program spotlighting the choral music of 20 composers from 10 nations spanning 5 centuries, on Sunday, December 5, 7 p.m, and Sunday, December 12, 2010, 7 p.m., at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The 'musical tour' includes a Buddhist prayer sung in Japanese, Italian art songs, and a Czech piece based on a Moravian folksong, as well as works by J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, John Rutter, Omar Macha and Gustav Holst, and contemporary composers Ruth Watson Henderson, Nicholas Nicassio, Mark Sirett and Brian Holmes, and others. Punctuated with plenty of holiday spirit as well, the Winter Concert is part of the renowned choir's year-long 25th Anniversary celebration, commemorating LACC's commitment to educating young people in the choral arts and creating glorious music for audiences around the world.

The Jewish Museum will present A Hanukkah Project: Daniel Libeskind's Line of Fire from November 19, 2010 through January 30, 2011.

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) makes its debut on Azusa Pacific University's esteemed 'Artist Concert Series' with a program of choral gems presented during the choir's notable 25-year history on Monday, November 15, 2010, 7:30 pm, at Munson Recital Hall on the university's Azusa campus. A question and answer session with choir members and Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, who conducts the concert, follows the performance.

The Jewish Museum will present A Hanukkah Project: Daniel Libeskind's Line of Fire from November 19, 2010 through January 30, 2011.

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) makes its debut on Azusa Pacific University's esteemed 'Artist Concert Series' with a program of choral gems presented during the choir's notable 25-year history on Monday, November 15, 2010, 7:30 pm, at Munson Recital Hall on the university's Azusa campus. A question and answer session with choir members and Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, who conducts the concert, follows the performance.

Pianist/Composer Gregg Kallor to perform two New York concerts at Weill Recital Hall and at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 and Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 8 PM.

The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, are pleased to announce the five recipients for the fifth round of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships.

The Museum of Modern Art draws from its rich collection of photography to present the history of the medium from the dawn of the modern period to the present with the exhibition Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography, from May 7 to August 30, 2010.

The company's mission, according to its co-founders, is 'To create entertaining, enlightening stage productions that reawaken audiences to the thrill of theater. Our shows will be intellectually challenging and imaginatively rendered, focusing on inventive original works, rarely produced plays by renowned playwrights, and one-of-a-kind special events-all of which celebrate the vitality and immediacy of the live theater experience.'

Blackbird Theater, the newest member of Nashville's burgeoning community of theater companies, makes an auspicious debut with the premiere of Wes Driver and Greg Greene's smartly written new script - Twilight of the Gods - now onstage at David Lipscomb University's Shamblin Theatre. Featuring a truly outstanding ensemble performance from the 13-member cast (with particularly impressive turns by Britt Byrd and Patrick Kramer), Twilight of the Gods might best be described as a murder mystery cum drawing room comedy cum intellectual discussion.

The company's mission, according to its co-founders, is 'To create entertaining, enlightening stage productions that reawaken audiences to the thrill of theater. Our shows will be intellectually challenging and imaginatively rendered, focusing on inventive original works, rarely produced plays by renowned playwrights, and one-of-a-kind special events-all of which celebrate the vitality and immediacy of the live theater experience.'

The company's mission, according to its co-founders, is 'To create entertaining, enlightening stage productions that reawaken audiences to the thrill of theater. Our shows will be intellectually challenging and imaginatively rendered, focusing on inventive original works, rarely produced plays by renowned playwrights, and one-of-a-kind special events-all of which celebrate the vitality and immediacy of the live theater experience.'

2nd Story Theatre announces Citizens Bank as the corporate sponsor for 'The Belle of Amherst' by William Luce. The play is being produced as a special event to benefit 2nd Story's 'Cool Campaign', an ambitious effort to raise funds to install an air conditioning system in the historic building which houses 2nd Story Theatre in Warren.

2nd Story Theatre returns to the majestic Bristol Statehouse in Bristol, RI for 'The Belle of Amherst' by William Luce, the Tony award-winning show about the inspirational Emily Dickinson. All proceeds benefit 2nd Story Theatre in raising funds to install air-conditioning at its theatre in Warren, RI.

In the second of the final three weeks of his inaugural season, Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll; HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Aerial; Mozart's Symphony No. 25; and Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 18, at 11:00 a.m., and Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 p.m. Joining the Orchestra to perform Aerial will be the Swedish trumpet virtuoso, Håkan Hardenberger, for whom it was written, and who is making his New York Philharmonic debut.

William Roetzheim's play DICKINSON comes to New York for a three week limited engagement timed to align with the opening of the Emily Dickinson Garden exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden. According to playwright William Roetzheim, 'The myth of Emily Dickinson is that she was a prudish Victorian spinster who wrote beautiful poetry.

In the second of the final three weeks of his inaugural season, Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll; HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Aerial; Mozart's Symphony No. 25; and Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 18, at 11:00 a.m., and Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 p.m. Joining the Orchestra to perform Aerial will be the Swedish trumpet virtuoso, Håkan Hardenberger, for whom it was written, and who is making his New York Philharmonic debut.

In the second of the final three weeks of his inaugural season, Music Director Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in Wagner's Siegfried Idyll; HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Aerial; Mozart's Symphony No. 25; and Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 18, at 11:00 a.m., and Saturday, June 19, at 8:00 p.m. Joining the Orchestra to perform Aerial will be the Swedish trumpet virtuoso, Håkan Hardenberger, for whom it was written, and who is making his New York Philharmonic debut.

Classical Connections presents pianist and composer Gregg Kallor in a solo concert at the Cornelia Street Café on Thursday, June 17th at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Kallor's fresh approach to the solo piano recital seamlessly integrates original music, contemporary pieces, classic repertoire, and improvisation. Admission is $10, plus a one-drink minimum.