PERFORMANCE NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Families can get up close with youth orchestras The difference in size between a piccolo piccolo, small transverse flute pitched an octave higher than the standard flute. Its tone is bright and shrill, and it can produce the highest notes in the orchestral range. The piccolo is used in orchestras and especially in military bands. See fife. and a bass viol bass viol (bās vī`əl), properly, the largest instrument of the viol family. The term now refers most often to the double bass. will be readily apparent to audience members who go on a "symphonic safari" during Arts Umbrella's annual "Community Guide to the Orchestras" at the Lane County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The doors will open at 5:45 p.m., with carnival games
Carnival Games is a video game for Nintendo's Wii console. It is published by Global Star Software, which is a division of Take-Two Interactive. and food available. Along with a program that includes the children's favorite "Tubby the Tuba," the concert will allow audience members of all ages to walk through the orchestras to see and hear the musicians up close. Five youth ensembles under Arts Umbrella's guidance - Eugene Youth Symphony, Eugene Junior Orchestras, Cadet Orchestra, Encore Strings and students from the String Academy classes - will perform. Among the student soloists will be Zach Knight, who won first place in several percussion divisions at the Oregon State Solo Contest last year. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for students in middle school through college (others will be admitted free) or $25 for a family ticket (two adults and two students). Tickets will be sold at the door. Information: 484-0473. Sheldon High jazz chorus to give free noon concert The Dublinaires, a vocal jazz Jazz Singing can be defined by the instrumental approach to the voice, where the singer can match the instruments in their stylistic approach to the lyrics, improvised or otherwise, or through scat singing; that is, the use of nonsensical meaningless non-morphemic syllables to imitate the ensemble from Sheldon High School Sheldon High School may refer to:
A dance piece that promotes world peace The ZAPP ZAPP - Zero Assignment Parallel Processor. A virtual tree machine architecture in which a process tree is dynamically mapped onto a fixed, strongly connected network of processors communicating by message passing. Dancers will present a "Peace by Piece" concert at 2 p.m. today in the Hult Center's Soreng Theatre. Tickets are $12 at the Hult Center box office (682-5000). The youthful ZAPP Dancers will set forth the idea that world peace is a giant jigsaw puzzle that is achieved piece by piece. Set on a time line, the high-energy dancers will explore human relations, love, anger, prejudice and politics from the 1940s to the present, mostly through contemporary hip-hop and rap music. Nominations due for Arts & Letters award Nominations are due Friday for the 2003 Eugene Arts & Letters Award. The award was established in 1982 by Lee and Hester Bishop to honor a person who has contributed significantly to the enrichment of Eugene's cultural life through involvement in the arts and letters Arts and Letters (1966-1998) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by American sportsman, and noted philanthropist Paul Mellon, and trained by future Hall of Famer Elliott Burch, the colt began racing at age two. . It has been given to Marin Alsop, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, David Joyce, Ken Kesey, LaVerne Krause, Barry Lopez, Anne Kutka McCosh, Toni Pimble, Ed Ragozzino and Royce Saltzman, among others. Mayor Jim Torrey will present the award during the City Club's luncheon at the Eugene Hilton at 11:50 a.m. June 6. Nominations may be sent to: Fran Curtis, coordinator, Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund, the Oregon Community Foundation, 401 E. 10th Ave., Suite 240, Eugene, OR 97401. Nominations should include the nominee's name, a description of his or her accomplishments and the name and address of the person making the nomination. Information: Fran Curtis (686-8280) or Doug Blandy, selection committee chair (346-3683, dblandy@darkwing .uoregon.edu). ACE's `La Cage aux Folles' extended until May 10 The Actors Cabaret of Eugene production of the musical "La Cage aux Folles" has been extended for an additional weekend. The hit Broadway musical, in which a gay couple's life is shattered by the son they raised together, will now be presented at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 10. Tickets: 683-4368. Fund-raising feast set for Shakespeare in the Park Shakespeare in the Park is a concept used across the world, as a form of free public presentation of William Shakespeare's works. Such performances exist in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Free Shakespeare in the Park will present "The Bard's Birthday Banquet," an evening of Elizabethan feasting and theatrical merriment at 7 p.m. April 23 at Amazon Community Arts Center, 2700 Hilyard St. The doors will open at 6:45 p.m. A five-course Shakespearean banquet will be served, complemented by scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The cost is $25. Proceeds from the event will support Free Shakespeare in the Park's summer 2003 production of "Two Gentleman of Verona." Reservations are required; call Beautifully Yours Salon at 686-2110. Shakespeare Festival announces '04 lineup Four adaptations will be the centerpieces of the 2004 season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. in Ashland. Heading the list is an adaptation of Sophocles' "Oedipus" that incorporates Sigmund Freud's writings about the Oedipus complex Oedipus complex, Freudian term, drawn from the myth of Oedipus, designating attraction on the part of the child toward the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry and hostility toward the parent of its own. . The work is by Frank Galati, who won two Tony Awards for adapting and directing "The Grapes of Wrath" on Broadway and another for directing Broadway's "Ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand ." The '04 lineup: William Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" (February to November); Friedrich Durrenmatt's "The Visit," adapted by Kenneth Albers (February to July); Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman's "The Royal Family" (February to November); Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The story is based upon Hansberry's own experiences growing up in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. " (April to November); "Oedipus Complex," adapted by Galati (July to November); Suzan-Lori Parks' "Topdog/Underdog" (February to July); Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part One: Talbot and Joan," adapted by Scott Kaiser (April to November ); and Shakespeare's ``King Lear,'' "Henry VI, Parts Two and Three: Henry and Margaret," adapted by Kaiser and "Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it was likely first performed in the winter of 1598-1599,[1] and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays on stage. " (June to October for all three). Tickets: (541) 482-4331. |
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