Arts Addendum

KidZNotes is launching in September! Please join us for two important events:

September 1: Benefit concert/presentation for KidZNotes and El Sistema in NC!
Wednesday, September 1, 7:30
Quail Ridge Books and Music
3522 Wade Ave, Raleigh NC

Starting this fall in Durham, NC, KidZNotes is providing free instruments and instruction in classical music and orchestras for children in need. KidZNotes is modeled on El Sistema, a program that started in Venezuela 35 years ago for children and families in poverty. Executive Director Katie Wyatt will share stories, photos and videos from her time in Venezuela as an Abreu Fellow, and describe how El Sistema is taking root in NC through KidZNotes. She'll be joined in performance by KidZNotes' community partners Ari Picker of Lost in the Trees, Bonnie Thron, Principal Cello of the North Carolina Symphony, and Scott Laird from the North Carolina School for Science and Math.

Quail Ridge will donate 20% of non-discounted sales in store and online that day to KidZNotes. Please mention KidZNotes when you make your purchase, or enter "kidznotes" into the Comments field when making your purchases online.

September 18: Launch at our nucleo site, the Holton Career and Resource Center

Saturday, September 18, 1:00 pm
Holton Career and Resource Center
401 North Driver St, Durham NC

Please join us for our launch party! Our first class of KidZNotes children will be presented with their VIOLINS, a gift from Duke University. Meet our kids, parents, teachers, board members and community partners, including:

• The East Durham Children's Initiative



• The Durham Symphony



• The Durham Arts Council



• Mallarme Chamber Players



• Duke University



• Opus 1 Inc.



• Durham Parks and Recreation



• Durham Public Schools



• High Strung Strings



• The Durham Chamber of Commerce



• Bull City Forward



• The Duke String School

Celebrate Katie's birthday with her by supporting KidZNotes! Katie will be 31 on August 31st, and would be honored by your gift of $31, or whatever you would like to give. Click here to send Katie a gift and make her day. 4 Hartford Court Durham, NC 27707 US

Cellist Lynn Harrell and Violinist Helen Nightengale Join Save the Children as Artist Ambassadors

WESTPORT, Conn. (August 16, 2010) – Save the Children announced today that world-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell and his wife, violinist Helen Nightengale, have joined the charity's Artist Ambassador program in support of the agency's Healing and Education through Art (HEART) program. The couple joined Save the Children's Artist Ambassador program to help raise money for the innovative program targeting children living in countries and communities affected by conflict, violence, HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty. HEART uses the arts to promote children's development and well-being by providing them with a creative means of expression. As part of their commitment to supporting the cause, the couple has recruited some of the most celebrated names in classical and contemporary music for a CD, They are Why We Sing, to be released later this year. They have formed HEARTbeats, a 501 (c) charity to produce the album. The majority of the proceeds from the CD, after production costs are covered, will go to Save the Children’s HEART program.

Consisting primarily of original songs about peace written specifically for the HEARTbeats project, They Are Why We Sing will feature legendary names in music including Harrell, Christine Brewer, Rod Gilfry, Jessye Norman, and John Williams, as well as up-and-coming artists Neil Comess-Daniels and Deborah Pardes. The songwriting team of Tom Rizzo and Bonnie MacBird contributed the title track. Other artists contributing to the project will be named later. Save the Children’s HEART program gives children the chance to express and work through their feelings and experiences so they are better able to cope and to recover. HEART also encourages young children to explore and play, and thus learn and develop to their full potential which are essential for their future learning and growth. The project was initially piloted in El Salvador, Mozambique and the West Bank over the past few years. Through corporate, foundation and private support, Save the Children will continue to support the work in the pilot countries and will expand HEART to Haiti, Malawi and Nepal in 2010. A new $5.9 million HEART endowment will allow Save the Children to expand the program globally in the future.

Save the Children is the leading, independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. The HEARTbeats Foundation is a 501(c) charity founded in June 2010 by renowned cellist Lynn Harrell and his wife, violinist Helen Nightengale. Based in Los Angeles, the HEARTbeats Foundation strives to help children in need harness the power of music to better cope with, and recover from, the extreme challenges of poverty and conflict, in hope of creating a more peaceful, sustainable world for generations to come.

TRIANGLE PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR 2010 HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

DURHAM, NC August 15, 2010 – On September 11 and 12, the Triangle Performing Arts Company (TPAC) will be holding auditions for their second annual Holiday Spectacular. The performance will consist of two acts, the first being the much-loved second act of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and the second, a Broadway extravaganza echoing the story line of The Nutcracker in a modern day setting.

Dancers, actors and singers from ages six to adult are encouraged to audition. Performers can audition for only the Nutcracker, or Broadway Holiday, or they can audition for both.

Auditions for The Nutcracker, Act II will be held on Saturday, September 11, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. About 30 performers, ages six through adult will be cast for this act. The Broadway Holiday audition will be September 12 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm with about 30 performers, ages eight through adult, cast. Performers are asked to arrive 30 minutes prior to the audition to register. Auditions will be held at the Barriskill Dance Studio on Shannon Road in Durham. For complete details of rehearsal schedules and cost, visit www.barriskilldance.com or call 919-489-5100 The Holiday Spectacular will consist of three performances on December 17 through 19 at Duke’s Reynolds Industries Theater. Local studio owner and Broadway veteran, Michael Barriskill, is thrilled to be directing and producing the Holiday Spectacular. “The show is so much more than the final performance,” says Barriskill, “It is more about the bond the performers forge, the excitement of the process and the commitment of teamwork to produce an excellent final product.”

The newly formed Triangle Performing Arts Company (TPAC) is a non-profit organization committed to providing professional training and performance opportunities to passionate youth of all ages. For more information, please call (919) 489-5100.

EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL AWARDED $73,490 FROM the N.C. ARTS COUNCIL

Greensboro, NC - August 16, 2010 - The Eastern Music Festival in Guilford County was awarded $71,250 from the N.C. Arts Council to help support the 2010 festival, during which the Eastern Music Festival celebrated its 49th season.

Stephanie Cordick, executive director of the Eastern Music Festival, is appreciative of the N.C. Arts Council and its generous support. "Eastern Music Festival & School (EMF) is grateful to the North Carolina Arts Council whose generous support nourishes countless arts organizations throughout our state every year. This most recent investment represents a strong commitment to the arts by our state leaders who recognize that the work of cultural organizations, like EMF, is vital to the state's economy and recovery. EMF will use this significant funding wisely to bring great music to the diverse populations of Guilford County and beyond."

During the 2010 Festival Season, EMF hosted 100 plus concerts and music-related events during June 26 - July 31; roughly 60,000 citizens from the Piedmont and across the country attended at least one event during the festival. Additionally, EMF had 162 young artists from around the world, ages 14 to 22, attend the five-week program where they were able to study with some of the best classical musicians in the world.

The 49th Season brought many of the highest caliber of musical artists to Greensboro, including EMF Music Director Gerard Schwarz, whose credits include over 265 acclaimed recordings, thirteen Grammy nominations (most recently in 2009) and two Emmy awards. Guests artists included Barry Douglas, piano, Lynn Harrell, cello, Gil Shaham, violin, William Wolfram, piano, and Tianwa Yang, violin. Along with the Saturday evening Festival Orchestra Series, Eastern Music Festival offered two chamber series, the Friends and Great Performers series, the Young Artists Series featuring performances by the EMF young artist students, and the popular EMFfringe series.

"The support of our grants program by the General Assembly during these economically challenging times demonstrates the role the arts play in our economy and our quality of life," said Mary B. Regan, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council. "Nonprofit arts organizations employ workers, stimulate commerce, generate tax revenues and help communities retain their vibrancy."

More than 13.6 million people participated in N.C. Arts Council-funded projects last year in schools, senior centers, museums, concert halls and community centers. Nearly 4.3 million of these were children and youth.

The N.C. Arts Council awards grant money each year to provide diverse arts experiences for citizens in all 100 counties of North Carolina. In fiscal year 2010-11, the Arts Council is expected to distribute $7.4 million in state and federal grant funds to arts organizations, schools and other nonprofit organizations that sponsor arts programs.

The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state's cultural resources to build North Carolina's social, cultural and economic future. Information on Cultural Resources is available at www.ncculture.com.

About Eastern Music Festival

The Eastern Music Festival's mission is to promote musical enrichment, excellence, professional collaboration, innovation, and diversity through a nationally-recognized teaching program, music festival, concerts, and other programs which will enhance the quality of life, health, and vitality of our region.

The Eastern Music Festival and School, founded in 1961 in Greensboro, North Carolina by Sheldon Morgenstern, is an internationally-renowned classical music festival and institute for young musicians that runs for five weeks each summer. The institute accepts students ages 14 through 22 from around the country and the world. The EMF faculty consists of world-class performing artists selected from top orchestras and music schools nationally and internationally. Gerard Schwarz serves as the music director and principal conductor for the Festival, and also serves as music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The upcoming 2011 season will mark Eastern Music Festival's 50th anniversary in the Piedmont.

For more information about EMF or its programs, please visit www.EasternMusicFestival.org, or call toll-free: 1-877-833-6753.

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EMF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Burning Coal Announces its 2010/2011 Season

Burning Coal is excited to announce details of its 2010/2011 season of plays in Raleigh, NC. All performances will be held at Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School (NOTE VENUE NAME CHANGE), 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC. All tickets are $20 or $15 for students, seniors and active military. Further details can be obtained by calling 919-834-4001 or visiting our website at www.burningcoal.org.

Burning Coal's 2010/2011 season will include: To Kill a Mockingbird by Christopher Sergel from the novel by Harper Lee directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (September 9 - 26, 2010),, St. Nicholas by Conor McPherson, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand (November 4 - 21, 2010), Crowns by Regina Taylor, directed by Rebecca Holderness (December 2 - 19, 2010), Blue by Kelly Doyle, directed by Mark Sutch (January 13 - 30, 2011) and The Shape of the Table by David Edgar, directed by Jerome Davis (April 7 - 24, 2011).

ABOUT TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

2010 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's essential Southern novel about a small town lawyer, Atticus Finch, and his decision to stand and fight bigotry and injustice. It is told from the viewpoint of the widower Atticus' young daughter, Scout. Mr. Sergel's stage adaptation is the only authorized stage adaptation of Ms. Lee's novel. As with a previous American novel, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (who many credit with leading to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation), Miss Lee's novel is widely regarded as a significant inspiration for the civil rights movement that took root during the 1960s.

Randolph Curtis Rand will direct a cast of nine, including Los Angeles based actor Liz Beckham, who has appeared at Burning Coal in Tartuffe and The Taming of the Shrew, and New York City-based actor Roger Rathburn, who has appeared on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country, including the Broadway revival of No No, Nanette directed by Busby Berkley. Mr. Rand has directed for Burning Coal The Historie of King Henrie the Fourth and Uncle Tom's Cabin and written an adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll House. He has acted at Burning Coal in Love's Labours Lost, Pentecost, and recently in The Seafarer. Mr. Rand founded The Drama Dept. in New York City with Douglas Carter Beane. He is currently a member of the performance collective Elevator Repair Service.

ABOUT ST. NICHOLAS.

Conor McPherson's haunting and funny one-man show deals with a besotted Dublin theatre critic who falls in love with a young actress and follows her to London, and straight into a coven of vampires. Mr. McPherson is also the author of The Weir and The Seafarer, both presented by Burning Coal in past seasons.

Randolph Curtis Rand (see above) will direct. The production will feature Burning Coal's Artistic Director, Jerome Davis, as the Critic. Davis has acted at New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, People's Light and Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Phoenix Theatre, W.H.A.T., and others. In New York, he studied with Julie Bovasso, Nikos Psacharapolous and, for seven years, Uta Hagen. He has worked or studied with Ellen Burstyn, Horton Foote, Ben Gazzarra, Richard Jenkins, Adrian Hall, David Wheeler, Hope Davis, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt and Steve Harris.

ABOUT CROWNS

Regina Taylor's rollicking gospel musical is based loosely on a book of photography: Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. It details the tribulations of a young African American girl from New York City whose family send her to live with her grandmother in South Carolina after an act of violence shatters their family.

Crowns will be directed by Rebecca Holderness, who teaches theatre at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Ms. Holderness has directed for Burning Coal Love's Labours Lost, A Doll House, Travesties, James Joyce's 'the Dead', Twelfth Night and Romeo & Juliet. In New York City, her production of The Life of Spiders at HERE was hailed by the New York Times as "beautiful". The production will star the original cast from the production Burning Coal mounted in 2008, including Yolanda Rabun, Emelia Cowans and Naima Adedapo. The production is a collaboration between Burning Coal Theatre Company and the Temple Theatre in Sanford, NC, where the production will play in February, 2011.

ABOUT BLUE

Raleigh native Kelly Doyle's play Blue will receive its world premiere at Burning Coal Theatre Company. It is about a charismatic, morally bankrupt blue worm, William, and the women who love him.

Kelly Doyle holds an MFA in playwriting from Brown University in Providence, RI. Her undergraduate degree is from CalArts. Her plays Hole and Dirt each received readings at Burning Coal's New Works program in past seasons.

The production will be directed by Davidson College associate professor of theatre, Mark Sutch, who directed last season's Hair. Mr. Sutch is a graduate of the Trinity Repertory Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. Jenn Suchanec, who has appeared at Burning Coal in Pentecost, Inherit the Wind, Twelfth Night, The Prisoner's Dilemma and Much Ado About Nothing, will star.

ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE

David Edgar's Eastern Europe trilogy concludes at Burning Coal with his 1990 play, The Shape of the Table, in its American Premiere. The play examines the fall of the Iron Curtain, as observed from inside the politburo of an unnamed Soviet satellite country. Edgar's trilogy includes The Prisoner's Dilemma, about negotiations between cultures and Pentecost, about the spread of multiple cultures throughout Europe immediately following the collapse of communism there.

Artistic Director Jerome Davis will helm the production. For Burning Coal, Davis has directed Rat in the Skull, Pentecost, Winding the Ball, The Steward of Christendom, Company, Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Inherit the Wind, 1960, The Seafarer and others. The play will feature Rob Jenkins, John Allore, Tom McLeister, James Anderson and Tamara Farias Kraus. Scenery and lighting will be provided by Rob Andrusko and Matthew Adelson, respectively.

For further information, please contact Burning Coal's managing director, Simmie Kastner, at 919.834.4001 or visit our website at www.burningcoal.org.

Burning Coal Theatre Company is Raleigh's small, professional theatre. Burning Coal is an incorporated, non-profit [501 (c) (3)] organization. Burning Coal's mission is to produce literate, visceral, affecting theatre that is experienced, not simply seen. Burning Coal produces explosive reexaminations of overlooked classic and modern plays, as well as new plays, whose themes and issues are of immediate concern to our audience, using the best local, national and international artists available. We work toward a theatre of high-energy performances and minimalist production values. The emphasis is on literate works that are felt and experienced viscerally, unlike more traditional linear plays, at which audiences are most often asked to observe without participating. Race and gender non-specific casting is an integral component of our perspective, as well as an international viewpoint.

CALL FOR MUSICIANS:
North Carolina Symphony Launches Triangle Talent Search;
Winners to Perform with the Symphony on New Year’s Eve

RALEIGH, N.C.—Triangle, have you got talent? The North Carolina Symphony is holding its first Triangle Talent Search in Raleigh on Saturday, Sept. 25, with the winner or winners earning a chance to perform live with the Symphony as a featured soloist on New Year’s Eve.

“People who never thought they could perform with the North Carolina Symphony now have that opportunity,” says Scott Freck, North Carolina Symphony Vice President for Artistic Operations and General Manager and one of the judges of the competition.

The Search is open to vocalists and instrumentalists either as individuals or in performing groups, from any genre of music, be it classical, rock, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, Broadway, opera, hip hop or something else.

“The trick is that it has to work with the Symphony somehow,” says Freck, noting that the Symphony has collaborated with artists as wide-ranging as Yo-Yo Ma and Ben Folds. It recently held a successful benefit featuring jazz great Branford Marsalis onstage with headliners from throughout the bluegrass, gospel, folk, classical and jazz worlds.

“The more the better,” he says, “and we’ll make a great show out of it.”

Winners will be invited to perform live with the North Carolina Symphony during its New Year’s Eve Celebration in downtown Raleigh’s Meymandi Concert Hall, under the baton of Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks. The Triangle Talent Search will be judged by Freck, Hicks and Raleigh News and Observer music critic David Menconi.

“It’s all about finding someone who is compelling,” says Freck, “who has a distinct talent or voice and can connect with an audience. Someone who creates a spark.”

Reservations are required to audition. Media support is provided by the Raleigh News and Observer.

Complete information on the auditions and the North Carolina Symphony can be found at www.ncsymphony.org/talentsearch.

The Cross Currents Chamber Music and Arts Festival

We are proud to present the 2010 Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival that is once again anchored by the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and continues to be dedicated to bringing a wide range of exciting and creative collaborations with international and local musicians. Full details for all five concerts, the not to be missed Gala hosted by North Hills at the beautiful new CAPTRUST Building, the two CD signings at Quail Ridge, two open rehearsals, and master class presented by Gavriel Lipkind are on the website as well as ticketing information. We are using etix this year for your convenience. We suggest you buy tickets early: seating is limited. This past March we had a sellout crowd in Cary for the collaborative performance of the Brahms Sextets by members of the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and the NC Symphony.

Tell your friends, make reservations, and prepare to fall in love with chamber music once again.

For more information: www.crosscurrentsfestival.com.

Carrie Knowles, Festival DirectorThis year's festival will bring the Brussels Chamber Orchestra back to Raleigh along with Gavriel Lipkind, the Pierre Anckaert Jazz Quintet from Europe and the Will Scruggs Jazz Fellowship from Atlanta, and a performance by the Mallarme Chamber Players.

* Five concerts, a not to be missed Gala, two open rehearsals, a master class, two special CD signings at Quail Ridge Books and one big beautiful Music Day at Marbles.

* Five concerts, a not to be missed Gala, two open rehearsals, a master class, two special CD signings at Quail Ridge Books and one big beautiful Music Day at Marbles.

Friends of the Brussels Chamber Orchestra
410 Morson Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
919-821-3478
cjknowles@earthlink.net
http://www.crosscurrentsfestival.com

Greensboro, NC - The 49th season of the critically-acclaimed Eastern Music Festival & School will open June 26 and run through July 31, 2010. During the five-week run, renowned Music Director Gerard Schwarz has planned more than 100 concerts and music-related events with many taking place on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Other venues will include UNCG School of Music, Triad Stage, First Presbyterian Church, Temple Emanuel, Carolina Theatre, Elon University (Elon, NC), High Point University (High Point, NC), Farthing Auditorium (Boone, NC), and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC).

The Festival's forty-ninth season will bring the highest caliber of musical artists to Greensboro, beginning with Schwarz himself, whose credits include over 265 acclaimed recordings, thirteen Grammy nominations (most recently in 2009), two Emmy awards, Gerard Schwarz Day (Sept. 2009) in Seattle, WA, and the key to the City of Greensboro (July 2009).

The cornerstone of the EMF season is the popular Saturday FestivalOrchestra series with the Eastern Festival Orchestra, named one of the best on the East Coast. The series opens on July 3 in a performance featuring Maestro Schwarz with cellist Lynn Harrell playing Shostakovich's aggressive yet lyrical Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, op.107. The Baltimore Sun said of Harrell's performance, "Harrell unlocked those secrets [Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1] with playing that was extraordinarily incisive and gripping." The remainder of the evening's program will feature Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande Suite and Dvořák's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op.70.

The second week showcases pianist Barry Douglas performing one of Rachmaninoff's most enduring and popular pieces - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op.18 on Saturday, July 10. The Los Angeles Times says of Douglas, "the sensitivity of a poet and the fingers of a magician." Also on the evening's program is the world premiere of Bright Sheng's Just Dance.

Sheng served as EMF's first composer-in-residence during the 2009 season. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, op.92 will round out the repertoire.

On Saturday, July 17, EMF will introduce 22-year-old violinist Tianwa Yang making her Greensboro debut performing one of Tchaikovsky's best known and most difficult works - Violin Concerto in D major, op.35. The Seattle Times said of Yang's playing "this young woman could outplay the devil...(she) played with fire." Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A minor ("Tragic") will complete the program.

The fourth week brings guest conductor Christopher Seaman and pianist William Wolfram performing Mendelssohn's improvisational Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op.25 on Saturday, July 24. Wolfram returns to EMF where he last performed in 2008. During that 2008 performance, Classical Voice of North Carolina's review stated "Wolfram played...with authority and aplomb...more impressive than the pianist's virtuosity was his lyric playing." Seaman will also lead the orchestra in Elgar's In the South (Alassio), op.50 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op.36.

The season finale on Saturday, July 31 concludes with the incomparable violinist Gil Shaham performing Brahms' only violin concerto - Violin Concerto in D major, op.77. According to The Buffalo News, "[Shaham's] glee and virtuosity were such that...people burst into spontaneous applause...That is what this guy does." Schwarz will conduct the final piece of the season - Richard Strauss' epic symphonic poem, Eine Alpensinfonie (Alpine Symphony).

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Contact: Shawn Galvin 202-297-3833
shawn@newmusicraleigh.org

New Music Raleigh to Present Steve Reich’s Different Trains

April, 2010 (Raleigh, NC) -- On April 27th, New Music Raleigh, a brand new performing arts group, will return to Meymandi Theater at the Murphey School for a performance of Pulitzer Prize winning composer Steve Reich’s Different Trains. The program will also feature the world premiere of Lick by Brett William Dietz and Trilogy by Dave Maric. The concert begins at 7:30pm and tickets will be available at the door for $10.00.

New Music Raleigh is a collective of the area’s most dynamic classical musicians, dedicated to performing the works of living composers. By presenting this living music in unique venues and through collaboration with other artists, NMR offers a fresh musical perspective to Raleigh by providing captiviating yet casual concerts in which the audience and performers are connected. In its first year of existence, NMR has proven to be one of Raleigh's most forward-thinking arts organizations, performing with indy rock band Lost in the Trees in addition to giving modern edgy composition a voice in the city. New Music Raleigh's upcoming projects will feature more cross-genre collaboration, intimate audience experiences, and exceptional musical performances. Steve Reich was recently called "our greatest living composer" (The New York Times), "America’s greatest living composer." (The Village VOICE), “...the most original musical thinker of our time” (The NewYorker) and “...among the great composers of the century” (The New York Times).. From his early taped speech pieces It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966) to his and video artist Beryl Korot’s digital video opera Three Tales (2002), Mr. Reich's path has embraced not only aspects of Western Classical music, but the structures, harmonies, and rhythms of non-Western and American vernacular music, particularly jazz. "There's just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them," states The Guardian (London). In April 2009 Steve Reich was awarded the Pulitzer prize in Music for his composition 'Double Sextet'.

For more information contact Shawn Galvin at 202-297-3833

Hickory Choral Society

With a “Serenade to Music” for thirty-three years, the Hickory Choral Society presents their spring concert with guest composer and conductor, Donald McCullough, Conductor of Master Chorale of Washington, D.C. The annual Spring Concert will be presented on Sunday March 28, 2010, at First Baptist Church, 339 2nd Avenue NW in Hickory, North Carolina. The 3:00 PM concert is free and open to the public.

From the spring of 1978 to the spring of 2010, the Hickory Choral Society continues to delight audiences with excellent choral music literature. The group includes over 110 singers from Catawba and surrounding counties. The spring concert repertoire is varied and exciting and features Haydn’s well-known MISSA IN TEMPORE BELLI (Mass in Time of War) also known as PAUKENMESSE (Kettledrum Mass) as well as several pieces composed by our guest conductor, Donald McCullough.

For more information or directions to the church call 828-322-2210.

The Hickory Choral Society is a funded affiliate of the Catawba County Council for the Arts.

Hickory Choral Society 243 3rd Avenue NE, Suite 2-N Hickory, NC 28601

Debra Caywood, Office Manager 828-322-2210 noteworthy@hickorychoralsociety.org www.hickorychoralsociety.org

Aliénor, an international harpsichord organization, is presenting a three concert series, Back to Bach and Beyond: Redefining the Harpsichord, in:

• Durham – Nov. 12 at School of Science and Math, 7:30pm
• Chapel Hill – Nov. 13 at University United Methodist Church, 8pm
• Raleigh – Nov. 14 at Meredith College, 8pm

Harpsichordists Elaine Funaro and Beverly Biggs, of Durham, along with Rebecca Pechefsky of NYC will play Bach selections with the accompaniment of a quintet of baroque string players. Showcased will be the sonata for two and three harpsichords by Aliénor winning composer Edwin McLean of Chapel Hill. The concerts will also be the unveiling of master harpsichord builder Richard Kingston's final career instrument, Opus 333. The details of this unique instrument, commissioned by Funaro, have come from throughout NC. Durham artist Lisa Creed painted the case and lid in her dynamic abstract style and craftsmen in Mooresboro, Marshall, and Asheville created the stand/cradle, hinges, and handstop pulls.

Here is the web link to Aliénor's web site, http://www.harpsichord-now.org/

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NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY
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CONTACT: Jeannie Mellinger
919.789.5484
jmellinger@ncsymphony.org

North Carolina Symphony Resident Conductor William Henry Curry to Perform “An Evening of American Music” in Taiwan

(Raleigh, November 3) -- William Henry Curry, the North Carolina Symphony’s Resident Conductor, has been invited by the American Institute in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to participate in a landmark program which aims to convey the joy of American music to the people of that city. Curry will conduct the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, considered one of Taiwan’s most accomplished music ensembles.

“In the absence of official diplomatic relations between the US and Taiwan, our office functions as the de facto US Consulate in Kaohsiung,” says Institute Branch Chief Chris Castro, “and is therefore actively involved in promoting a wide range of US cultural programs in southern Taiwan.”

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Burning Coal Theatre: The Laramie Project - Ten Years Later (An Epilogue)

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will join 99 other theatres nationwide to simultaneously present the world premiere staged reading of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber of the Tectonic Theatre Project of New York City. The reading, a fundraiser for Equality North Carolina Foundation, will take place on Monday, October 12th at 7:30 pm at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Only 140 tickets will be sold. For reservations, please call 919-834-4001. Tickets: $10. All ticket revenue will go to Equality North Carolina Foundation.