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This family pops concert begins with Pennsylvania folk songs and then favorites of our grandparents, parents and today's kids. Selections include Duke Ellington's "Grand Slam Jam;" Lee Johnson's “Dead Symphony”, an orchestral tribute to the music of the Grateful Dead; highlights from Broadway with the award winning North Star Kids; and a performance by the BCSO Young Artist Competition winner, pianist Michael Tsang.
03/13/2010
Saint Patrick's Day Parade
100% Irish, WQED-TV's Michael Bartley (managing editor and host of "OnQ") will appear in the annual Saint Patrick's Day parade in downtown Pittsburgh.
Transportation generously provided by Sewickley Car Store of Pittsburgh. http://www.sewickleycars.net
03/13/2010
Jim Witter’s "The Piano Men"
Featuring music of Billy Joel & Elton John.
03/13/2010
La Musique de Carmen
A concert performance of Bizet's opera "Carmen" starring Kelly Lynch as Carmen; Robert Frankenberry as Don Jose, Laura Knoop Very as Micaela; Ray Blackwell as Escamillo. Walter Morales conducts, with the CAPA High School Opera Chorus prepared by Stephen Neely.
03/13/2010
The Titan and Shining Brass
Schumann: Konzertstück in F for Horns with the Three Rivers Horn Quartet; Ewazen: Concerto for Tuba featuring Zach Collins; Beethoven: Symphony #7. Istvan Jaray conducts.
03/13/2010
Promise of Spring
Hear Strauss' Voices of Spring, Glazunov's Spring, Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 featuring soloist Gleb Ivanov, Copland's Appalachian Spring, and von Suppé's Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna.
03/13/2010
Golden Dragon Acrobats
Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored Chinese tradition that began more than two thousand years ago. Direct from Hebei, China, Golden Dragon Acrobats has thrilled audiences all over the world. The troupe’s amazing artistry, beautiful costumes and props provide a visual feast for the entire family.
03/13/2010
Schultz, Faigen & Friends
Celebrating the return to Pittsburgh of pianist Tina Faigen and her husband, composer Robert Schultz, Faigen will be joined by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, QED's Anna Singer, and faculty artists from CMU and Pitt in a program of works by Robert Schultz including thee world premieres.
03/14/2010
Kent Camerata
Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble.
03/14/2010
Portrait of an Artist
The Pittsburgh Camerata joins with Carnegie Museum of Art to explore the connection between visual and musical art, with a dash of verse and voice thrown in. The museum is providing projections of paintings by Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, and Mary Cassatt. Music is by Elgar, Hindemith, Holst, Poulenc, and Debussy.
03/14/2010
Musique on the Bluff - Ravel Revue
Pittsburgh Symphony Concertmaster Andres Cardenes, PSO principal cello Anne Martindale Williams and David Allen Wehr headline this all-Ravel finale to the series, performing Piano Trio, Sonata for Violin and Cello and the solo piano works Pavane for a Dead Princess, Jeux d'eau (Fountains) and the rarely-heard solo version of the Mother Goose Suite.
03/14/2010
Chamber Music of Joachim Stutschewsky
Stutschewsky (1891-1980) wrote the first serious study of Klezmer music, and actively performed, promoted, and researched Jewish music in his native Ukraine, in Vienna at the brink of WWII, and in his adopted Israel. His style is gorgeous and harmonically sophisticated. Cellist and PJMF founder Aron Zelkowicz and pianist Luz Manriquez will play his Kaddish, Hassidic Suite, Freilach, and Israeli Melodies. PSO violinist Jennifer Orchard will join them in The Klezmer's Wedding, followed by the Hassidic Fantasy with clarinetist Marissa Byers. FREE
03/15/2010
PSO Book Club: 'Musicophilia'
Explore major themes from Pittsburgh Symphony concerts through books ranging from historical novels to biography and popular science. Read the book, and join QED 89.3's Jim Cunningham & PSO contrabass Jeffrey Turner in a lively discussion of this book of Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks.
03/16/2010
Peking Acrobats
From the People’s Republic of China, The Peking Acrobats® have been diplomats of their spirited culture since 1958. This elite group has toured the world, leaving audiences spellbound by the graceful presentation of their ancient folk art, acrobatics. Carefully selected from the finest acrobat schools in China, these gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers transform 2000-year-old athletic disciplines into an all-ages kaleidoscope of entertainment and wonder.
03/17/2010
34th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF)
Receive $2 off every ticket you purchase for the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival!
Online: Use the code "WQED” when purchasing tickets at www.clevelandfilm.org (available 24 hours a day, beginning Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11 a.m.)
Phone: Use the code " WQED" when calling the Cleveland International Festival Store at 877.304.FILM (3456).
Store: Use the code " WQED" at the Ulmer & Berne Film Festival Store in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas.
Ticket prices (before discount):
$10 Cleveland International Film Festival Members
$12 Non-members
$10 Students and Seniors (day of show only)
This coupon is good for any Festival film screening. Additional restrictions may apply.
Advance tickets are available at the Ulmer & Berne Film Festival Store in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas (230 W Huron Rd / Cleveland). Store hours between March 5 and 18 are as follows: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Sunday, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Store hours between March 19 and March 27 are as follows: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily. Store hours on March 28 are as follows: 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
“Day of Show” tickets are available at the Tower City Cinemas Box Office.
Visit www.clevelandfilm.org for Film Festival program updates and comprehensive information about the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival.
FREE PARKING WHEN AVAILABLE is offered to CIFF patrons in the Tower City Center Self-Parking Garage and Tower City Amphitheater Parking (off Canal Road).
· Patrons must have their parking ticket validated in the Tower City Cinemas lobby.
· Visit www.towercityparking.com for additional parking options.
· Please visit www.clevelandfilm.org for very important self-parking information.
03/18/2010
Pan African Film Festival
Explore the vast spectrum of the African Diaspora via screenings of short subjects and feature-length films from the Pan African Film Festival. Established in 1992, the festival seeks to promote racial tolerance and understanding, and has become the premier festival for Black filmmakers from around the world.
03/18/2010
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
03/18/2010
Pops: The Lettermen
The famous and much beloved Lettermen perform their timeless classics with the Wheeling Symphony. Goin' Out of My Head, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, The Way You Look Tonight, When I Fall In Love, Put Your Head On My Shoulder... Melodic and romantic, The Lettermen’s numerous hits endure.
03/19/2010
The Planets
Nature-painting at its finest, Berlioz' Harold in Italy conjures images of the Adriatic coast, with principal violist Randolph Kelly as the protagonist. Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Holst’s frequently-requested suite, The Planets, is a stunning portrait of the astrological deities associated with Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with the women of the Mendelssohn Choir.
03/19/2010
Amore!
Bringing the best of Italian composers and Italian themes to life with a concert featuring works of Puccini, Rossini, Respighi and more, with soloists Alex Jones, clarinet, and Kelly Lynch, soprano. Walter Morales conducts.
03/19/2010
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