UPB's Subscription Series Unveiled
BRADFORD, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s 2008-09 Season Subscription Series will feature world-renowned musicians, a full-scale ballet and the traveling production of a beloved musical.
The university’s premier arts series kicks off with melodic folk pianist George Winston Oct. 22, then continues with the divas of D’Vine gospel group that will perform as a Martin Luther King Special Event Jan. 24.
The Russian National Ballet will perform a full-length version of Tchaikovsky’s mesmerizing ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” March 24, and the season will end with a performance of the popular musical “Bye Bye Birdie” April 30. Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.
“This season is exciting in its diversity,” said Randy Mayes, director of arts programming. “A modern pianist; an Atlanta-based gospel trio for the Martin Luther King special event; a huge ballet company that we were able to get largely because we are one of the few stages in the region that can hold them; and a Tony Award-winning musical with live music. I believe this season demonstrates our commitment to make all the arts disciplines available to people in and around McKean County. Each group is of stellar quality and the prices and discounts make them all affordable.”
New this year are pre-show buffet dinners, which will take place in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons prior to the performance by George Winston and in the KOA Art Gallery before “Bye Bye Birdie.” There is a fee and reservations are required.
“The addition of the pre-show dinners is something that has worked well at other universities,” Mayes said. “They are well-priced, unique dinners in a comfortable setting that have a dual advantage. Patrons only have to park once on campus instead of at a restaurant and then later at the theater. The dinner patrons also know they can’t be late for the curtain, because we won’t begin the show until the last shuttle bus from the University Room has arrived at the Bromeley Family Theater.”
Winston is best known for his Seasons recordings, Autumn, Winter, Winter Into Spring and Summer.
Winston is active musically in four areas: performing live; working on the three instruments he plays as a solo instrumentalist -- piano, guitar and harmonica; making recordings; and recording many of the musicians who have inspired him for many years. In September 2005, Winston started recording an album of piano solos titled “Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions – A Hurricane Benefit” to be released on Sept. 5, 2006. Winston also made all of his September and October 2005 piano concerts benefits for the hurricane relief effort. Winston will be working with the YWCA of Bradford Food Pantry to conduct a canned food drive as part of the concert. In addition, Winston will donate to the food pantry a portion of the money from merchandise purchased the night of the show. Tickets for the public will be $26 and $22; for all students, $11 and $9.
Atlanta-based Gospel trio D’Vine will honor the life, legacy and vision of King through inspiring music and testimonies. The two sisters and a friend sing a capella and with accompaniment and have performed for the second inauguration of President Bill Clinton and as part of the 1996 opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, for former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu and Hank Aaron. Formed 13 years ago, the group performs more than 150 concerts annually in addition to maintaining full-time jobs. They have shared their voices with standing-room-only audiences during repeat tours in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Spain and Greece. Tickets for the public are $10. Students are free.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty,” familiar to fans of the Brothers Grimm, ballet and even Walt Disney, will be presented as a full-length ballet in three acts. The Russian National Ballet’s production is a grandiose presentation of the fairy tale replete with a king and queen, fairies both good and evil, a beautiful princess and dream prince, magical stage effects and courtly splendor.
The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company that would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.
Tickets for the public are $29 and $24; for students of all ages, $12 and $10.
The final event in the series will be “Bye Bye Birdie,” presented by Windwood Theatricals. Long a favorite production of high school and community dramatists, the show is best known for the popular numbers “The Telephone Hour,” “Put on a Happy Face” and “Kids.”
The original Broadway production in 1960 was the earliest musical about the rock-and-roll phenomenon and the effect of its idols on impressionable teenagers. The attitude, however, was generally sympathetic toward adolescent emotions, offering something of a fresh-air antidote to the picture of modern youth conveyed by “West Side Story.”
Tickets for “Bye Bye Birdie” are $29 and $24 for the public; $12 and $10 for students.
Those purchasing tickets to George Winston, the Russian National Ballet and “Bye Bye Birdie” will also get free tickets to see classical guitarist Sharon Isbin perform as part of the university’s Spectrum Series at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Bromeley Family Theater.
Isbin is a frequent radio guest on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and “A Prairie Home Companion” and has been profiled on television, including CBS’s “Sunday Morning” and the Arts and Entertainment network.
Tickets for events are available by calling the Bromeley Family Theater box office in Blaisdell Hall at 362-5113. Box office hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The university’s premier arts series kicks off with melodic folk pianist George Winston Oct. 22, then continues with the divas of D’Vine gospel group that will perform as a Martin Luther King Special Event Jan. 24.
The Russian National Ballet will perform a full-length version of Tchaikovsky’s mesmerizing ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” March 24, and the season will end with a performance of the popular musical “Bye Bye Birdie” April 30. Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.
“This season is exciting in its diversity,” said Randy Mayes, director of arts programming. “A modern pianist; an Atlanta-based gospel trio for the Martin Luther King special event; a huge ballet company that we were able to get largely because we are one of the few stages in the region that can hold them; and a Tony Award-winning musical with live music. I believe this season demonstrates our commitment to make all the arts disciplines available to people in and around McKean County. Each group is of stellar quality and the prices and discounts make them all affordable.”
New this year are pre-show buffet dinners, which will take place in the Mukaiyama University Room of the Frame-Westerberg Commons prior to the performance by George Winston and in the KOA Art Gallery before “Bye Bye Birdie.” There is a fee and reservations are required.
“The addition of the pre-show dinners is something that has worked well at other universities,” Mayes said. “They are well-priced, unique dinners in a comfortable setting that have a dual advantage. Patrons only have to park once on campus instead of at a restaurant and then later at the theater. The dinner patrons also know they can’t be late for the curtain, because we won’t begin the show until the last shuttle bus from the University Room has arrived at the Bromeley Family Theater.”
Winston is best known for his Seasons recordings, Autumn, Winter, Winter Into Spring and Summer. Winston is active musically in four areas: performing live; working on the three instruments he plays as a solo instrumentalist -- piano, guitar and harmonica; making recordings; and recording many of the musicians who have inspired him for many years. In September 2005, Winston started recording an album of piano solos titled “Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions – A Hurricane Benefit” to be released on Sept. 5, 2006. Winston also made all of his September and October 2005 piano concerts benefits for the hurricane relief effort. Winston will be working with the YWCA of Bradford Food Pantry to conduct a canned food drive as part of the concert. In addition, Winston will donate to the food pantry a portion of the money from merchandise purchased the night of the show. Tickets for the public will be $26 and $22; for all students, $11 and $9.
Atlanta-based Gospel trio D’Vine will honor the life, legacy and vision of King through inspiring music and testimonies. The two sisters and a friend sing a capella and with accompaniment and have performed for the second inauguration of President Bill Clinton and as part of the 1996 opening of the Olympic Games in Atlanta, for former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu and Hank Aaron. Formed 13 years ago, the group performs more than 150 concerts annually in addition to maintaining full-time jobs. They have shared their voices with standing-room-only audiences during repeat tours in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Spain and Greece. Tickets for the public are $10. Students are free.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty,” familiar to fans of the Brothers Grimm, ballet and even Walt Disney, will be presented as a full-length ballet in three acts. The Russian National Ballet’s production is a grandiose presentation of the fairy tale replete with a king and queen, fairies both good and evil, a beautiful princess and dream prince, magical stage effects and courtly splendor.
The Russian National Ballet Theatre was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company that would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.
Tickets for the public are $29 and $24; for students of all ages, $12 and $10.
The final event in the series will be “Bye Bye Birdie,” presented by Windwood Theatricals. Long a favorite production of high school and community dramatists, the show is best known for the popular numbers “The Telephone Hour,” “Put on a Happy Face” and “Kids.”
The original Broadway production in 1960 was the earliest musical about the rock-and-roll phenomenon and the effect of its idols on impressionable teenagers. The attitude, however, was generally sympathetic toward adolescent emotions, offering something of a fresh-air antidote to the picture of modern youth conveyed by “West Side Story.”
Tickets for “Bye Bye Birdie” are $29 and $24 for the public; $12 and $10 for students.
Those purchasing tickets to George Winston, the Russian National Ballet and “Bye Bye Birdie” will also get free tickets to see classical guitarist Sharon Isbin perform as part of the university’s Spectrum Series at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Bromeley Family Theater.
Isbin is a frequent radio guest on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and “A Prairie Home Companion” and has been profiled on television, including CBS’s “Sunday Morning” and the Arts and Entertainment network.
Tickets for events are available by calling the Bromeley Family Theater box office in Blaisdell Hall at 362-5113. Box office hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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