All Events | Starting Saturday, November 14, 2009Forum 64: Cecil Balmond
Cecil Balmond combines engineering and contemporary architecture in unorthodox and visionary ways. His H_edge has 6,000 aluminum plates suspended between rigid steel chains. What appears to hang like metallic ivy is revealed on closer inspection to stand from the floor. This “trick” allows H_edge segments to turn at will and create a mazelike structure.
11/14/2009
Eric Siepkes, piano
The Pittsburgh native studied at Eastman and debuted at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 2007. His program to benefit the Pgh Compline Choir includes Mozart's Sonata K. 332, Brahms' seven Fantasies, Bach's Partita #1, and Chopin's Scherzo #3.
11/14/2009
Heroes, Villains and Witches
Istvan Jaray conducts popular favorites including Rossini: William Tell Overture; Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King; Gould: American Salute; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (excerpts); Williams: Star Wars.
11/14/2009
Major Winners Recital
Lara Lynn Cottrill, soprano (with Donna Amato, piano); Kathryn Thomas Umble, flute (with Anthony Ruggiero, piano)
11/15/2009
Duquesne Symphony
Sidney Harth conducts Berwald's Symphonie Singulaire and other works.
11/15/2009
Magic and Mystery
Music Director Lawrence Loh leads performances of Dukas: Fanfare from "La Peri," Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Elgar: Enigma Variations.
11/15/2009
Jr. Mendelssohn 23rd Anniversary Concert
The Jr. Mendelssohn Choir represents 16 area schools with singers from 8th to 12th grade. Susan Medley will conduct Fauré's Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, Viadana's Exultate justi in Domino, an arrangement of Malaysian folksong "Ibu," and Dello Joio's A Jubilant Song.
11/15/2009
Jigu! Thunder Drums of China
JIGU! means to 'beat or touch the drum.' From Shanxi province, this world-renowned company of drummers, percussionists and musicians offers an astounding ultra-sensory experience with high-tech lighting and special effects. From the producers of The Peking Acrobats.
11/15/2009
Musicians Among Us
Music of Bach, Saint-Saens, Hoiby, Zahab, and DeBlasio, performed by Barbara Litt (violin), Kris Rust (baritone), and Renate Sakins (oboe), accompanied by William Larson on piano and harpsichord.
11/15/2009
Women's Choir Festival
Pitt's Women's Choral Ensemble hosts choirs from Duquesne University, Seton Hill University, Westminster College, and the Fox Chapel Area High School. The program includes a wide variety of repertoire from classics to folk arrangements, and popular music.
11/15/2009
Michael Unger
Winner of the American Guild of Organists young organist competition, Michael Unger is completing his doctorate studies at the Eastman School in Rochester, has performed across the U.S. as well as abroad, and has won several competitions.
11/15/2009
Drue Heinz Lectures: Junot Díaz
"Hip, irreverent, funny, and above all, fiercely intelligent." The New Yorker named Junot Diaz to its list of 20 top writers for the 21st century. In addition to the 2008 Pulitzer, his long-awaited first novel, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," received the National Book Critics Circle Award.
11/16/2009
American Music
Works by Tuesday Musical Club composers.
11/17/2009
Imagination Movers
The Imagination Movers sing about things they know best: messy rooms, healthy snacks, sibling rivalry and other topics that relate to being a little kid. Self-described as "the Beastie Boys meets Mr. Rogers," the Movers are fast-rising stars thanks to their combination of radio-friendly songs, kid-friendly themes and dynamic live shows.
11/19/2009
The Queens
Written by Norman Chaurette and directed by Sheila McKenna, based on Shakespeare's Richard III with choreography by Andre Koslowski. It's a classic struggle for power and status as six queens vie for the throne: from the aged Duchess of York, who is 99 years old; to young Lady Anne, who must marry Richard III in order to reign; to the Duchess' daughter Anne Dexter who has no hands.
11/19/2009
Classical Mystery Tour - Music of the Beatles!
Experience a recreation of one of the world’s most legendary bands, The Beatles, live and in concert playing each individual note exactly as was written. "Penny Lane" with a trumpet solo, and "Yesterday" with acoustic guitar and string quartet plus live Orchestra!
11/19/2009
Seeds of Light
A solo show of painted silk weavings by textile artist Fuyuko Matsubara.
11/20/2009
A Christmas Carol
11/20/2009
The Capitol Steps
Public radio's best-known political satire and sketch comedy troupe, The Capitol Steps are the winner (for the second year in a row) in the 23rd Annual "Wammie" Awards of the Washington Area Music Association for "Cabaret/Musical Theater." The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and institutions that employed them.
11/20/2009
When Night Falls
A juried show involving a variety of media, presented by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists.
11/20/2009
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