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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, March 26, 2009
Strike Up the Band
The RCBB's annual salute to the music and performers of the big band era. This year, the concert will feature legendary jazz guitarist Joe Negri as guest soloist in the April concerts. On the program; Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing, Hubie Blake's Bugle Call Rag, and new arrangements by Mike Tomaro of Gershwin's Strike Up the Band and Jimmy Van Heusen's Polka Dots and Moonbeams.
03/26/2009 - 04/05/2009
(various locations)
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Guitar Ensemble
Guitar Ensemble
03/26/2009
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Alumni Concert Hall
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Noon Recital
Featuring performances by Kathryn Fike, mezzo-soprano, John Moyer, piano, Wei Zhao, viola, Roger Zahab, piano, and Brian Hu, piano. The recital will feature works by Giovanni Bononcini, C.P.E. Bach and Beethoven.
03/26/2009
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Music Building Room 132, Pitt Campus
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Film Screening: Aaronel deRoy Gruber: A Life in Art
In his new documentary, filmmaker Kenneth Love celebrates the life and art of world-renowned Pittsburgh-based artist Aaronel deRoy Gruber through exclusive interviews with family members, friends, and art experts. The film captures the shape and luminosity of her kinetic sculptures, the rich colors of her paintings, and the analytical eye that she brings to her photographic compositions.
03/26/2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Pittsburgh, PA
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Noseda & Schubert's "Great"
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider performs the sumptuous Violin Concerto by Korngold, a Viennese master renowned for classic Hollywood scores of the 1940s. Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda performs Weber's "Passacaglia" and brings Schubert's "Great" Symphony to Heinz Hall for a rousing finale.
03/27/2009 - 03/29/2009
03/27 - 8:00 pm
03/29 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Amy Munoz
Featuring the works of Bach, Vierne and Durufle.
03/27/2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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The Rocky Horror Show
Directed by Scott Wise with musical direction by Camille Rolla and choreography by Jeremy Czarniak. The Rocky Horror Show is the risqué tale of two straight-laced lovebirds who run into car trouble on a rainy night and seek refuge in the eerie mansion up the street. With unique characters such as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Magenta, Riff Raff, and Rocky Horror himself, The Rocky Horror Show has been a theater favorite since in premiered in London in 1973.
03/27/2009 - 04/11/2009
Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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Carpathian Music Ensemble
Adriana Helbig, Director, and the Carpathian Ensemble perform Gypsy, Armenian, Moldavian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, and Klezmer music.
03/27/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
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Puccini's "La Boheme"
Love blooms again for Pamela Armstrong and Frank Lopardo as Mimì and Rodolfo, and Rhoslyn Jones and David Adam Moore as Musetta and Marcello. Pittsburgh’s own funnyman Kevin Glavin sings the dual roles of Benoit and Alcindoro in David Yeargan’s gorgeous Parisian production, conducted by Antony Walker.
03/28/2009 - 04/05/2009
Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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Three's a Charm
A concert featuring Bernstein's Three Dances from On the Town, a Dvorak Slavonic Dance, a movement from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and winners of the Young Artists Solo Competition: Alvin Zhu, Stacey Chen, Krishna Hegde, and Paul Matz.
03/28/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Upper St. Clair H.S., 1825 McLaughlin Run Rd., Upper St. Clair, PA
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