When January Feels Like Summer Presenter: City Theatre By Cori Thomas. Homeboys become heroes, a gallant garbage man rescues a shopkeeper in distress, Irfan transforms into Indira with the swipe of a lipstick, and unexpected love heats up the new year in this culture-colliding comic whirlwind. A hit at both Momentum 08 and Sundance, When January Feels Like Summer, receives its world premiere at City Theatre.
03/20/2010 - 04/11/2010 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Musica Pacifica: Dancing in the Isles Presenter: Renaissance & Baroque Society With rousing Baroque folk and dance music from Scotland, Ireland, and England, this program includes arrangements of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes, dance suite from English theater, Jacobean masque music, sonatas by Oswald, McGibbon, Matteis, Veracini, and Purcell's famous "Three Parts upon a Ground."
03/20/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Aleksandr Haskin, flute Presenter: Saint Vincent College Concert Series Born in Minsk, Haskin has played with the Bolshoi Theater orchestra and Moscow Conservatory Orchestra. He is co-principal flute of the Qatar Philharmonic and a prize winner at the 2009 Young Concert Artists competition.
03/20/2010 Time: 8:00 pm Saint Vincent College, 300 Fraser Purchase Rd, Latrobe, PA website | map
Bizet's "Carmen" Presenter: Pittsburgh Opera Met Opera mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich is "the Carmen of this generation;" Roger Honeywell and Kelly Markgraf, as Don Jose and Escamillo, fall for Carmen and suffer the tragic consequences. Yalì-Marie Williams, as gentle Micaela, is another victim of Carmen’s love affairs. Antony Walker conducts.
03/20/2010 - 03/28/2010
Location: Benedum Center, 7th St & Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA website
Duquesne University Tamburitzans Presenter: Duquesne University The Tamburitzans present their exciting show of Eastern European songs, music, and dance on Saturday at 7:30 pm at Gateway High School in Monroeville, and Sunday at 3:00 pm at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center in Johnstown. Witness a kaleidoscope of sight and sound with footwork in dozens of styles and songs in many languages and dialects.
University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club Presenter: Chamber Music Series of Greater Johnstown Founded in 1890, the professional-sounding group directed by Richard Teaster has had many Johnstowners as members. An exciting collaboration with local high school choral groups is planned.
03/20/2010 Time: 7:00 pm 309 Lincoln St. Johnstown, PA map
A Musical Postcard Presenter: McKeesport Symphony Circle the globe with Duke Ellington's Caravan and Coates' London Suite, then Beethoven's Piano Concerto #2, music from Miss Saigon, Harry Potter, and more. Guests include Xiaoyuan Huang, winner of Western PA Steinway Society Competition, and flutist Audrey Whartenby, winner of the McKeesport Symphony Young Artists Competition.
03/21/2010 Time: 2:30 pm McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Boulevard, McKeesport, PA website | map
Jane Parker Smith Presenter: Organ Artists Series This British organist made her Westminster Cathedral debut at age 20, and at 22 made her solo debut at the BBC Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. She's recorded solo repertoire for RCA, Classics for Pleasure, L’Oiseau Lyre, EMI, ASV, Collins Classics, and AVIE. She collaborated with Maurice André in a renowned duo recording of music for trumpet and organ.
03/21/2010 Time: 4:00 pm
Location: East Liberty Presbyterian Church website
Songs of Healing and Forgiveness Presenter: Westmoreland Choral Society The WCS draws its members from Westmoreland, Fayette, Allegheny, Armstrong, and Somerset Counties under the direction of Marvin Huls.
03/21/2010 Time: 4:00 pm
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 300 S Main St, Greensburg, PA website
