We continue our series of interviews with leaders of the Garden State theatre community to find out how they are dealing with the current times and their plans for the future. We had the opportunity to learn about Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) in Rahway, thanks to the Center's Executive Director, Brian Remo.
Mabou Mines, the esteemed experimental theater company, and Weathervane Productions, in association with Philip Glass' Days and Nights Festival, add free documentary film screening and Promenade concert performance, and announce complete casting for a unique upcoming celebration of legendary playwright and director María Irene Fornés. The February 21-March 7 engagement centers on the New York premiere of Philip Glass' transformation of her five-page play Drowning into an opera and a version of Fornés' acclaimed Mud. JoAnne Akalaitis directs these two intimate productions-both with new music composed by Glass-at Mabou Mines (150 First Avenue).
Music for the holidays by composer Robert Sirota will be featured in a special holiday concert, Songs of the Season, presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue) in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium tonight, December 19, 2014 at 7pm. The Met Museum Presents concert will include performances by The Choristers of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine led by conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, soprano Mellissa Hughes, violist Nadia Sirota, and harpist Victoria Drake.
Music for the holidays by composer Robert Sirota will be featured in a special holiday concert, Songs of the Season, presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue) in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 7pm. The Met Museum Presents concert will include performances by The Choristers of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine led by conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather, soprano Mellissa Hughes, violist Nadia Sirota, and harpist Victoria Drake.
On Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4PM, organist Nancianne Parrella, joined by violinist Jorge Ávila, harpist Victoria Drake and cellist Arthur Fiacco, will perform a program of original works and transcriptions. Long-standing audience favorites, Organ Plus! Recitals celebrate the versatility of the organ with various combinations of instruments. The program on March 4 features works for organ, violin, harp and cello by Boccherini, Lalo, Grandjany, Franck, Bloch, Vierne, Duruflé, Mahler and more.
On Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 4PM, organist Nancianne Parrella, joined by violinist Jorge Ávila, harpist Victoria Drake and cellist Arthur Fiacco, will perform a program of original works and transcriptions. Long-standing audience favorites, Organ Plus! Recitals celebrate the versatility of the organ with various combinations of instruments. The program on March 4 features works for organ, violin, harp and cello by Boccherini, Lalo, Grandjany, Franck, Bloch, Vierne, Duruflé, Mahler and more.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at 7:30 PM, organist Nancianne Parrella is joined by Jorge Ávila (violin), Victoria Drake (harp) and Arthur Fiacco (cello) in a program of original works and transcriptions for various combinations of this unique instrumentation.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at 7:30 PM, organist Nancianne Parrella is joined by Jorge Ávila (violin), Victoria Drake (harp) and Arthur Fiacco (cello) in a program of original works and transcriptions for various combinations of this unique instrumentation.
The New Voices Collective presents The Cello Project II, an ambitious cycle of eleven world-premiere chamber pieces featuring cellist Peter Sachon. The concert, a sequel to last year's sold-out inaugural Cello Project, will be performed on Monday, April 24, 2006, at 7:00pm, as part of NVC's Rush Hour Chamber Music series.
Videos