{"id":61890,"date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-offers-opera-symphony-chamber-ensembles-concerts-april-15-17\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"uri-offers-opera-symphony-chamber-ensembles-concerts-april-15-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/uri-offers-opera-symphony-chamber-ensembles-concerts-april-15-17\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 offers Opera, Symphony, Chamber Ensembles Concerts, April 15-17"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 4, 2011 \u2013This year the \u201cend-of-semester rush\u201d of concerts at the 溏心vlog免费B站 begins with a sampling of opera, chamber works and orchestral works being offered on the weekend of April 15, 16, 17. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Opera Theater will perform twice this weekend, with bookend performances at the start and the end. First, they will perform on Friday April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Edward King House, 35 King St., Newport, as part of a concert to be held under the auspices of Opera Providence, \u201cOpera and Broadway Theatre \u2013 Tenors vs. Divas\u201d. They will perform with featured soloists Diana McVey, Georgette Hutchins, child soloist Alexis McKinnon and Rene de la Garza, the new Artistic Director of Opera Providence, who is also a voice faculty member and the director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Opera Theater. Ticket prices and more information on the event are available from Opera Providence, 585 Elmgrove Avenue Providence, RI 02906, 401-331-6060.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 group will close out the weekend with \u201cComedy Tonight\u201d in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fine Arts Center Concert Hall at 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, on Sunday April 17 at 7:00 p.m., offering a partial encore of the Friday concert with some of the same opera and Broadway selections (without the guest soloists), and some different ones. The program will include some arias and duets from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi, and two selections from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury. Also on the program are “That’s Entertainment”, “Comedy Tonight!” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum and “New Music” from the musical Ragtime. The show will be directed by Rene de la Garza with choreography by Denise Lachowski, and accompanied by pianist Patrice Newman with 溏心vlog免费B站 student percussionists Charles Kalajian and Zach Friedland. General admission, $10, students, $5.<\/p>\n


\nIn between, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Symphony Orchestra, directed by Ann Danis, will perform at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Chamber Music Ensembles, coordinated by Jane Murray, will perform at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. Both concerts will be in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.<\/p>\n


\nThe orchestra concert will offer G. F. Handel\u2019s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Mendelssohn\u2019s Symphony #5 Finale, When Angels Weep by Shaffer, arranged by Catherine Gagnon, a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumna; With Quiet Courage by Daehn, and Vivaldi\u2019s Concerto for Two Cellos. 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty artist Susan Robison and guest artist John Kaboff, founder of the Kaboff Cello School in Arlington, VA, and a noted international performer, will be the featured cello soloists. Tickets are general admission, $10, students, $5, and are available 45 minutes before the concert starts.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Chamber Music Ensembles will present a full afternoon program of music in a variety of styles and periods. The various small group combinations include the clarinet ensemble, flute ensemble, several string ensembles, and many others, each coached by individual faculty members of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Music. The concert is open to the public for free admission.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Concert Hall is handicap-accessible, and parking is available in the lot behind the Fine Arts Center, off Bills Road. <\/p>\n


\nFor more information, please contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Music, 874-2431, or check the website: www.uri.edu\/artsci\/mus.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 4, 2011 \u2013This year the \u201cend-of-semester rush\u201d of concerts at the 溏心vlog免费B站 begins with a sampling of opera, chamber works and orchestral works being offered on the weekend of April 15, 16, 17. The 溏心vlog免费B站 Opera Theater will perform twice this weekend, with bookend performances at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}