Weekly arts calendar:

EVENTS FROM 02/08 - 02/15

• Organization: Duke Music
  Event: FREE Faculty/Guest Recital: Akanda Robinson Memorial Concert
  Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, Duke University
  Information: 919-660-3333 Featuring works by Bill Robinson performed by Penelope Jensen, soprano; Eric Pritchard, violin; Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet; Randall Love, piano and others.



• Organization: Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Event: Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer
  Date: February 4-21, 2010; Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 2 pm
  Location: Meymandi Theatre, Murphy School
  Information: burning coal.org; 919-834-4001 The play is about Sharky (Holden Hansen), a basically decent though troubled handyman, and his older brother, Richard (Peter Haig), who has drunk himself blind. They gather on Christmas Eve in their dilapidated house in Dublin to play poker with a couple of friends, the ever-ebullient Ivan (David Dossey) and the shifty Nicky Giblin (Stephen LeTrent). But on this night, Nicky has brought along a man he met in a nearby pub, Mr. Lockhart (Randolph Curtis Rand). Lockhart has come to claim something promised him twenty years before.



• Organization: North Carolina Symphony
  Event: Mozart and Tchaikovsky
  Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 11:30 am
  Location: Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
  Information: 919-733-2750; ncsymphony.org Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks leads featured soloist Brian Reagin in three works by the two giants of classical music, whose remarkable careers, though separated by a century of turmoil and change, offer an inspiring glimpse at the perseverance of creative innovation. *Additional performance in Cape Fear Valentine’s Day weekend at Kenan Auditorium, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 8:00 p.m.



• Organization:Duke Music
  Event: FREE Concert: The College of Charleston Concert Choir, dir. Robert Taylor
  Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Duke University Chapel
  Information:919-660-3333



• Organization: Theatre in the Park
  Event: Don’t Cry for Me, Margaret Mitchell
  Date: February 12 - 14 & 18 – 21, 2010
  Location: Theatre in the Park, 107 Pullen Rd., Raleigh
  Information: TheatreInThePark.com; 919-831-6936 x 35 Seventy years ago, "Gone With The Wind" won an unprecedented ten Academy Awards including Best Picture. In celebration of this historic film, Theatre In The Park, brings a bit of "Gone With The Wind" to the stage here in Raleigh. Don't Cry For Me, Margaret Mitchellby Duke Ernsberger & Virginia Cate, is a hilarious, historically based, behind-the-scenes look into what might have happened during the screenwriting process of "Gone with the Wind."



• Organization: Duke Music
  Event: FREE Faculty Recital – Susan Dunn, soprano and David Heid, piano
  Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Baldwin Auditorium
  Information: 919-660-3333 The program includes Berg's Seven Early Songs, Chopin/Viardot mazurkas, and other works. Susan Dunn is Professor of the Practice of Music and director of Duke's Opera Workshop.



• Organization: North Carolina Symphony
  Event: A Broadway Romance
  Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 7:30
  Location: Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
  Information: 919-733-2750; ncsymphony.org Broadway veterans Patty Goble and Stephen Bogardus perform 37 great love songs from more than a dozen of your favorite Broadway hits. Bring your special Valentine to this one-night-only event, and listen as our love story unfolds on stage. You’ll be thoroughly entertained as Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks leads the orchestra in popular songs from West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Chicago, South Pacific and many more. Ah! Romance!

FREE EVENTS

• Organization: Kirk of Kildaire
  Event: A Touch of Brass and Drums Concert
  Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 4 pm
  Location: Kirk of Kildaire, 200 High Meadow Dr., Cary
  Information: 919-467-4944 BRASS AND PERCUSSION! Come and get in the ‘mood’ with a Valentine’s Day concert by Chris Peffley and his group ‘A Touch of Brass & Drums.’ The concert is free and open to the public but donations will be accepted. Meet the artists at the reception following the concert. Please contact the church to reserve free childcare (for children 5 and under).

ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF INTEREST

• Organization: Carolina Performing Arts
  Event: Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano
  Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:30 pm
  Location: Memorial Hall; UNC-Chapel Hill
  Information: 919-843-3333; carolinaperformingarts.org Supercharged American mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore, who has parlayed operatic success in Europe into international stardom, presents a Valentine’s program of songs on the art of love by Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Ravel, Bizet and others.



• Organization: Louisburg College
  Event: American Big Band
  Date: February 12, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Seby Jones Performing Arts Center
  Information: 866-773-6354; Louisburg.edu Special Valentine's Dinner before the show in the Jordan Student Center, 6-7pm. Call the box office for details.



• Organization: Carolina ArtsFest
  Event: The Glenn Miller Orchestra
  Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Duplin County Events Center
  Information: (910) 275-0009; ticketmaster.com The Glenn Miller Orchestra, the most sought after Big Band in the world today, is considered the greatest band of all time-with its unique sound loved by all who love to dance! Swing back to the glamour and excitement of the 1940's spending the evening with The Glenn Miller Orchestra.



• Organization: Winston-Salem & Greensboro Symphony
  Event: Broadway Magic with Bob Moody f/. vocalists Jenn Raithel-Newman & Joe Cassidy
  Date: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Westover Church, Greensboro
  Information: 336-335-5456 x 224; ticketmaster.com



• Organization: Carolina Philharmonic
  Event: Chamber Music “In the Name of Valentine”
  Date: February 12 & 13-14, 2010
  Location: Fri, February 12: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Fayetteville
  Location: Sat & Sun, Feb 13-14: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Pinehurst
  Information: 910-687-4746; CarolinaPhil.org Enjoy this special program including works by Strauss, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Piazolla. Call for more information about the Champagne and Chocolate Reception before the Pinehurst concerts.



• Organization: The Clayton Center
  Event: Destino Concert
  Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: The Clayton Center
  Information: theclaytoncenter.com Canadian classical crossover sensation Destino blends pop and opera, infused with romantic flair- romance just in time for Valentine's Day. The Vancouver-based tenor trio performs their unique blend of "popera" - pop with an opera flair. Destino's music is best defined as pop infused with a little soul, R&B and jazz, and their repertoire includes everything from operatic classics such as Leoncavallo's "Mattinata" to "Mac the Knife" to the modern day songs of Marc Anthony.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

• Organization: Choreo Collective
  Event: Second & Forth Tuesday for dancers and choreographers
  Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
  Location: Barriskill Dance Theatre in Durham
  Information: ChoreoCollective.org; 919-345-6736



• Organization: American Dance Festival
  Event: Summer Internships in all areas of arts administration and production
  Information: Internships | Production a

Weekly arts calendar:

EVENTS FROM 02/01 - 02/07

• Organization: Duke New Music Ensemble [dnme]
  Event: Lunch with New 2
  Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 12 pm
  Location: Biddle Music Building Lobby, Duke University
  Information: 919-660-3333 In this short (under one hour) concert, [dnme] is offering three lesser known works by some of the masters of the 20th century and two new works by members of the Duke Music Department: Olivier Messiaen's "Merle Noir" (1952) for flute and piano; Peter Maxwell Davies's"Little Quartet No. 1" (1980); a movement from George Crumb's "Celestial Mechanics" (1979) for amplified piano four hands, the fourth part of his Makrokosmos series; a new duo for flute and violin titled "New Baroque-ish Miniatures" (2010) by first year Duke composition graduate student Jamie Keesecker; and "Contrafunktus," a structured improvisation by Duke composition professor Anthony Kelley.



• Organization: Duke Music
  Event: So Percussion
  Date: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 1 pm
  Location: Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University
  Information: 919-660-3333 So Percussion performs readings of new works by graduate student composers David Kirkland Garner, Youngmi Cho & Tim Hambourger. The So Percussion residency is made possible by a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Duke University.



• Organization: Duke Music
  Event: Lecture/Demonstration- Joseph Robinson
  Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010; 4-6 pm
  Location: Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building, Duke University
  Information: 919-660-3333 Former principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic presents Marcel Tabuteau's analysis of the creative dimensions of the Interpretive art of Music. Joseph Robinson, Artist-in-Residence at Duke University 2005-2009, was principal oboist of the New York Philharmonic from 1978-2005 and studied directly with Marcel Tabuteau, great progenitor of the American School of oboe playing.



• Organization: Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Event: Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer
  Date: February 4-21, 2010; Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 2 pm
  Location: Meymandi Theatre, Murphy School
  Information: burning coal.org; 919-834-4001 The play is about Sharky (Holden Hansen), a basically decent though troubled handyman, and his older brother, Richard (Peter Haig), who has drunk himself blind. They gather on Christmas Eve in their dilapidated house in Dublin to play poker with a couple of friends, the ever-ebullient Ivan (David Dossey) and the shifty Nicky Giblin (Stephen LeTrent). But on this night, Nicky has brought along a man he met in a nearby pub, Mr. Lockhart (Randolph Curtis Rand). Lockhart has come to claim something promised him twenty years before. ** Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 2 pm is Audio Described for the Hearing Impaired and 'Pay What You Can' day.



• Organization: North Carolina Symphony
  Event: A Night of “Fire and Ice,” f./ pianist Yuja Wang
  Date: February 4-6, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: February 4: Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill campus
  Location: February 5-6: Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts
  Information: ncsymphony.org; 919-733-2750 Yuja Wang, named “the most important new pianist to appear in recent years” by The Detroit News, will ignite the stage with her performance of Rachmaninoff’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 3. Ms. Wang, although only 22, already exhibits both a mastery of complex technique and a unique, intoxicating eloquence. “The North Carolina Symphony greatly anticipates the wonderful contrast of the pieces in the program,” says Music Director Grant Llewellyn. The addition of Ms. Wang will undoubtedly help the orchestra express the themes of “Fire and Ice” in a manner that will both challenge and excite audiences.



• Organization: Duke Music
  Event: Pilgrimage: A Haitian Benefit Concert
  Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8 pm
  Location: Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University
  Information: tickets.duke.edu; 919-684-4444 Composer, choreographer and Haitian Vodou priest Erol Josue comes to Durham, NC for a special benefit concert. Presented by Duke University with contributions and donations from local artists and businesses, including The Poster Guys, Whole Foods, and more. Josue writes: “This performance of song, drumming and dance is meant to support Haiti in the wake of the earthquake. We take this road in order to sing our country, to embark on a new pilgrimage, and gather together as we seek to change the destiny of our country. All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Red Cross to help provide immediate assistance to those affected by this tragedy.



• Organization: Mallarme Chamber Players
  Event: Sunday Afternoon Concert Series: Historical Bach
  Date: February 7, 2010 at 3 pm
  Location: First Presbyterian Church, Durham
  Information: mallarmemusic.org; 919-560-2788 Music of J.S. Bach performed with baroque performance practices and instruments, featuring the Chamber Choir of the Choral Society of Durham with director Rodney Wynkoop.

FREE EVENTS

• Organization: Cary Town Band
  Event: Wintering in the Middle East
  Date: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm
  Location: Cary Senior Center, Bond Park
  Information: carytownband.org It may cold and wintery outside but the Cary Town Band invites you to come in, warm up, and join the band on a mid-winter tour of the Middle East. Recall all the exotic sights and sounds of that ancient area of the world. You’ll visit Egypt with a march, a waltz, and the Ballet Egyptien. Moving eastward, you’ll find Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and The Sheik of Araby, Arabian, of course. To the north in Turkey, there’s Mozart’s Turkish March and a rubdown with Allen’s Turkish Towel Rag. Farther east find yourself In a Persian Market ŕ la Ketelbey. And even farther east you’ll see The Procession of the Sardar. A marvelous excursion with a few little side trips thrown in for fun. It’s a mid-winter caravan you won’t want to miss.

ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF INTEREST

• Organization: Raleigh Ensemble Players Theatre Company
  Event: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
  Date: February 5-27, 2010; Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 7 pm
  Location: 213 Fayetteville St., Raleigh
  Information: RealTheatre.org; 919- 832-9607 *The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds* is a semi-autobiographical drama, based on Zindel’s own experiences growing up in a single-parent household, that focuses on an eccentric, embittered widow and the two teenage daughters she must raise.



• Organization: Bel Canto Company
  Event: Amore
  Date: POSTPONED until March 13, 2010.
  Location: Revolutionary Mill Event Center, Greensboro
  Information: belcantocompany.com; 336-333-2220 Wine, dinner and music in a fun and intimate cabaret setting. Wine is served beginning at 6:30, dinner at 7 pm, and the concert begins at 8 pm



• Organization: Triad Stage
  Event: Around the World in 80 Days: A Comic Adventure
  Date: February 7 – March 7, 2010
  Location: 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro
  Information: TriadStage.org; 336-272-0160

CALL FOR ENTRIES

• Organization: North Carolina Museum of Art
  Event: Summer Camp for Kids, Ages 6-12
  Date: June 14- July 30, 2010; Monday - Friday 9 am – 4:30 pm
  Information:ncartmuseum.org New galleries, a 164-acre Museum Park with monumental works of art, and vibrant studio spaces await your child this summer at the NCMA. At NCMA camps, children come face to face with nearly 800 masterpieces, from Egyptian treasures to contemporary installations. This unique setting is sure to inspire creativity! Campers explore the collection, hike the Park, and draw, paint, and sculpt. Highly experienced artists and teachers design a variety of artful experiences and work closely alongside campers as each week unfolds with new themes, friends, and fun. Each week is different—sign up for more than one! Camp descriptions, frequently asked questions, and additional details are available online.



• Organization: American Dance Festival
  Event: Summer Internships in all areas of arts administration and production
  Information: americandancefestival.org/internships/artsAdmin.html; americandancefestival.org/internships/production.html