GOVAC Partners with the TPAC Open Studio Tours November 8 & 9th!
Modern art and mountain views are the perfect mix for the weekend.
Open Studios Tour weekend, that is: Saturday and Sunday, November 8th and 9th,
noon to 5pm. The public is invited to get out of the city space and
take in the desert-scape at this 10-acre, northwest foothills live-work
site of artists Aureleo Rosano and Angela Rose. In their fifth
year as fixtures on TPAC Open Studios Tour, these artists have not only
constructed a new sculpture garden, studio, and gallery to delight
visitors; but they have also invited artist Rebecca Bushner to join
forces to give the viewers a contemporary art stop that is well worth
the drive. Continue reading...
CONCERT SCHEDULE
Join Oro Valley for an interactive
experience that joins together the ART of Music, Dance, Theatre and
Instruments in a one of a kind performance series that is designed for
the whole family!
October 25, 2008 -"The Musical Adventures of Peer
Gynt" presented by Laszlo Veres, Frances Veres and Deena Reedy.
Experience through the music of Eduard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen's timeless
masterpiece about charismatic Peer Gynt's bold, raucous and satirically
funny journey to find his place in the world. Children are
encouraged to come dressed in their Halloween costumes to help get in
the spirit of the storytelling grandeur of this timeless
masterpiece. All children attending in costume will receive a
special gift!
November 15, 2008 - Civic Orchestra of Tucson - The
Civic Orchestra of Tucson presents "Made In America", part of Musical
Magic for Kids. This program will introduce children different
ways to make sound: banging, plucking, and buzzing.
Orchestra members will open with a short introductory number.
Participants will make their own musical instruments out of everyday
household objects such as paper towel tubes, soda straws, rubber bands,
shoeboxes, empty soda bottles and coffee cans. After the
participants play some music on their instruments, orchestra members
will demonstrate the home-made instruments on actual orchestral
instruments. Participants will next have the opportunity to try
out the actual instruments. The session will close with orchestra
members playing a short concluding number.
December 20, 2008 - Old Arizona Brass Band - Enjoy an
morning of music featuring a variety of 19th Century National and
Holiday Airs, Quicksteps, Gallops, Marches, Waltzes, Operatic
Potpourri's, Overtures, Rags. Children will be taken on a narrated
journey through history about the music, the composers, and other
historical information about the period of the music. A special
Holiday Gift will be given to all children attending.
January 10, 2009 - Music & Dance Academy presents
"Peter and the Wolf". Get to know Peter and the Wolf in this fun
and interactive concert where children and their families get to explore
the story through movement, and play with the music of the characters
in this classic tale of adventures! Music & Dance Academy wind,
strings and dance faculty will perform this unique child-oriented
concert, part of the Magic Rug Concert Series, presented by the Music
& Dance Academy.
February 21, 2009 - Live Theatre Workshop presents
"King Arthur". Written by Richard Gremel and Michael Martinez of
Live Theatre Workshop, the performance is the classic tale of King
Arthur in search for the Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur,
Merlin, and Sir Gawain battle against the terrible Morgan La Fey who
wants to destroy all of England. King Arthur is a fun interactive
new musical that is fun for the whole family.
|
The Greater Oro Valley Arts Council
is a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting and preserving
the Arts for years to come. With an annual calendar of over 40
events and programs, GOVAC creates avenues for individuals to engage
themselves with the Arts as well as opportunities for artists and the
art community to interact with the community. We hold true to our
belief that the Arts should be elevated with equal and permanent access,
for everyone!
|
Old Arizona Brass Band in Concert
On Friday, November 14, 2008 the
Greater Oro Valley Arts Council will present the Old Arizona Brass Band
in concert at CDO Baptist Church, featuring music of the Western
Frontier!
CONCERT DETAILS
Friday, November 14, 2008
Canyon Del Oro Baptist Church
9200 N Oracle Rd
7pm
TICKETS ONLY $10
Enjoy an evening of music featuring a
variety of 19th Century National Airs, Quicksteps, Galops,
Marches,Waltzes, Operatic Potpourri's, Overtures, Rags, including a
number of vocal numbers featuring members of the band. You will be taken
on a narrated journey through history about the music, the composers,
and other historical information about the period of the music. Continue reading.
The Greater Oro Valley MasterWorks Series
GOVAC celebrates the Tucson Symphony Orchestra's 80th Season with the 2008-2009 Masterworks Concert Series in Oro Valley, AZ.
Canyon del Oro High School Fine Arts Auditorium
25 West Calle Concordia (Oracle and Calle Concordia)
Fridays at 8p.m.
Friday, November 7, 2008 -
MasterWorks I "Beethoven and Asia" will open with his "Overture to the
Creatures of Prometheus" -1801.This God fashioned the first man &
woman from clay and water after the best qualities of animals, but he
couldn't bestow the power of reason until he enlightened them with music
of Apollo. He added a certain lady muse; Music & Love did the
trick!
The excitement of a World Premiere
follows with Arizona composer Daniel Asia's Symphony No. 5. We'll
also hear Beethoven's 8th - 1812, said to be his happiest,
wittiest, and most carefree. Yet, it was written the same year he
penned the "Immortal Beloved" letter. The intended recipient was the
married Antonie Brentano. With a true love affair in progress, as in
past relationships, Beethoven pulled away, writing the famous (but
undelivered) letter wherein he would plea with Antonie not to destroy
her family.
Friday, January 16, 2009 - MasterWorks II Chopin and
Mendelssohn opens with Chopin's Piano Concerto #1 - 1830 with guest
Spencer Meyer. Frederic met Kostancja Gladkowska and wrote, "Perhaps to
my misfortune I have met my ideal and served her faithfully for 6 months
without speaking of my feelings to her." He had finished his Concerto
#1 in which the orchestra is subservient to the solo instrument; Not
unlike his relationship with women, and particularly George Sand.
The first 16 bars of Mendelssohn's
Symphony #3, the Scottish, were written in 1829 after he noted,
"In the twilight today we went to the castle where Queen Mary lived and
loved. I believe I have found there today the beginning of my Scottish
Symphony" - completed in 1842! His attraction to ladies
& royalty was again confirmed as he dedicated the symphony to young
Queen Victoria.
Friday, February 20, 2009 - MasterWorks III Latin
Flair! Fiesta! The beauty of Paris made a vacationing Emanuel de Falla
extend his stay from 1907 to 1914. Inspired by a female singer of the
Opera Comique, he would compose "Seven Popular Spanish Songs."
1914. Mezzo-Soprano Kristin Dauphinais will add her beautiful voice. He
worked on a ballet suggested by yet another lady, Pastora Imperio,
El Amore Brujo - 1915 & "Danza Ritual del Fuego" achieved
greatest success when performed by celebrated dancer, La Argentina in
1925. A North American Premiere will feature "Amanecer" by award winning
composer Paula Prestini.
Alberto Ginastera wrote Variaciones
Concertantes (1953) beginning with an original theme played by a harp
and cello followed by eleven variations, each one dominated by one or
more soloists. He spent considerable time escaping Evita & General
Peron.
Friday, March 20, 2009 - MasterWorks IV Mozart,
Rossini and Strauss The great overture to Gioachino Rossini's
Barber of Seville was first heard in 1816. The dynamics displayed show
why he was nicknamed "Senior Crescendo!" During this period he made
friends with Dorothea Lievin. The Russian Czar said, "It is a shame
Countess Lieven wears skirts, she would make a fine ambassador.
At 81 years of age, Richard Strauss
abandoned his Beethoven-like hero music. Oboist Lindabeth Binkely will
sound the pastoral spirit. In the last moments of the Oboe
Concerto of 1945 we hear hope rising from WWII's ashes and possibly his
wife Pauline's oft heard, "Richard, go compose!"
Following his marriage to Constanze
Weber, Mozart had delayed a visit to his widowed father, correctly
fearing his disapproval of his bride. On the return trip they were
guests of Count Thun of Lintz who invited Wolfgang to give a concert. He
had not brought any symphonic composition. The happy relationship of
Wolfgang and Constanze is reflected in the final, Presto movement. We
detect again the inspiration to greatness by a woman in Symphony 36
(Lintz) of 1783, written-orchestrated in about three days.
Oro Valley MasterWorks Concert Series with the TSO
Pre-Concert chat with Conductor at 7:00pm
All concerts begin at 8:00pm
Canyon del Oro High School Fine Arts Auditorium
Individual Tickets start at only $33
25 W. Calle Concordia
Package Discounts
(Oracle and Calle Concordia)
4 concerts (20% off)
3 concerts (15% off)
For tickets or information, please call us directly at
(520) 797-3959 or purchase tickets on line, www.GOVAC.org
|
