FluteMoon2 - A multi-media experience at Fiske Planetarium

Dr. Chris Potter presents a multi-media presentation about the many faces of the moon as seen by scientists, composers, painters and poets at Fiske Planetarium on March 12 and 13. She will be performing on eflat flute, c flute, alto flute, bass flute and conta alto flute. Pieces to be performed include Clair de Lune by Debussy, Moon River by Henry Mancini and Blue Moon of Kentucky as performed by Elvis Presley. Tickets are $7.50 for students and seniors and $15 for adults. Saturday's performance is at 7:30pm; Sunday's at 2pm. Fiske Planetarium is located on Regent Drive on the CU Boulder campus. For more information, visit www.altoflute.net.

Dr. Potter, an international performing artist, has a teaching studio in Boulder. She is also a frequent contributor of teaching related articles to national flute magazines and Chair of the Low Flutes Committee of the National Flute Association. Several of her students have performed at National Flute Association conventions and for the Colorado Flute Association of which she is a founding member.

Chris Potter with a contra alto flute

A Cappella "Zing for Zonta” A Gift of Song for Women and Girls, January 23

On Sunday, January 23, Zonta Foothills will bring some of the best a cappella singers from Boulder County and beyond together on one stage to benefit women and girls. Boulder’s own Three Story Limit, The New Wizard Oil Combination, CU Extreme Measures, Wonder Voice and the Princeton University Footnotes will be among the groups singing a Cappella from Cole Porter to Duke Ellington to Squeeze. Doors open for a silent auction at 1:30 pm and the performances will begin at 2:00 pm.

Music brings people together, and the sounds of these talented singers will raise money to benefit local and international service agencies that advance the status of women in Boulder and around the world.

Where: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3485 Stanford Court, Boulder, CO.

Ticket Information
Tickets are $20.00 per person and can be purchased at www.zontafoothills.org or calling

About Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County
Zonta Foothills awarded nearly $15,000 in grants to local organizations and over $7,600 in international projects and scholarships in both 2009 and 2010. A local chapter of Zonta International, Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County is an all-volunteer non-profit organization committed to improving the status of women and children in our community and around the world. In 2010-2012 Zonta Foothills is partnering with Boulder Valley School District Teen Parent Program, Care Connect and There with Care to provide needed grant money and service hours. In addition, Zonta supports American Association of University Women (AAUW), Attention Homes, Boulder Reads! and Imagination Library. Zonta established and endowed the Bev Hackbart Scholarship for single parents attending the University of Colorado and supports international efforts to promote women’s economic stability and health, end violence against women and prevent HIV/AIDS.

An unique classical organ and Phantom of the Opera concert at Boulder High

Boulder High Orchestras present their Winter Concert featuring Saint-Saens "Organ" Symphony No.3. A special digital church organ, which gives the experience of a real pipe organ--in stereo!--has been brought in for this event. It will be played by BHS senior Ambrose Soehn. Under the direction of Dr. Katherine Mason, the three BHS orchestras will also perform music by Vivaldi, Dvorak, and Schubert as well as selections from Phantom of the Opera.

7p.m. Tuesday, November 30, Boulder High Auditorium. Free.

'What's your song?' Songwriting Workshop and Concert THIS Saturday, April 10

What's Your Song? Songwriting workshop & concert
Boulder Canyon Theater
900 Canyon Boulevard
Saturday, April 10
Workshop: 2-3:30pm
Concert: 4pm

Calling all songwriters! Join artist-in-residence Kailin Yong along with Megan Burtt, Melissa Axel, James Jacoby and John Common in this workshop sure to inspire your inner song.

For more information, visit the Boulder Public Library concerts page

Pictured: Boulder Public Library's artist-in-residence Kailin Yong.

Bach Cantata project this weekend

Bach's Cantata "Gottes Zeit"
First United Methodist Church
1421 Spruce Street in Boulder
Dress rehearsal (open to the public): 11am
Performance: 11:45am


The first "Cantata Project" event is taking place this weekend. The chorus singers are from The Renaissance Project, The Boulder Bach Festival, and other area choruses. The soloists are CU voice students, and the instrumentalists are some of the top baroque players in the area.

This event is an experiment in putting together an informal performance of a Bach Cantata with a minimum of rehearsal. With almost 60 high-caliber participants in the project, including singers and instrumentalists, The Renaissance Project (the presenter of the project) is expecting to offer future workshops on other great Bach cantatas.

Many people do not know that the choruses in Bach's cantatas are as great as the choruses in his large works (in particular the passions and the masses). With "Gottes Zeit" there are three of these great choruses. The first chorus "God's own time" has three parts, an opening exposition, a fugue, and a closing adagio. The second chorus "This is the ancient law: man, thou must perish!" is a fugue for the lower three voices overlaid with the soprano solo begging "Come quickly Lord Jesus." The final chorus combines the chorale "Glory, laud, praise and majesty" with a triumphant closing fugue.

The dress rehearsal will start a bit after 11:00am, followed by the performance iat about 11:45am. Audience members might find it interesting to attend the dress rehearsal plus the performance, allowing the opportunity to hear the work twice and to observe the rehearsal process. A donation of $5 to help fund future Cantata Project events is requested.

"Bach was probably only 22 years old when he composed the opening sonatina, in which two obbligato alto recorders mournfully echo each other over a sonorous background of viola da gambas and continuo. The cantata ranks among his most important works. Inspired directly by its biblical text, it exhibits a great depth and intensity. Alfred Dürr called the cantata "a work of genius such as even great masters seldom achieve ... The Actus Tragicus belongs to the great musical literature of the world". [Wikipedia]

Learn more about The Renaissance Project on their website: www.renaissanceprojectboulder.org

CU Theatre Presents: CABARET, THE MUSICAL

University Theatre
April 8-10 & April 14-17 at 7:30pm
Matinee: April 8 at 2:00pm

Book: Joe Masteroff
Composer: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb

John Kander and Fred Ebb’s legendary musical turns 1931 Berlin into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence during a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Cabaret opened on Broadway in 1966 and won eight Tony Awards.

Young American writer Clifford Bradshaw moves to Berlin and falls in love with 19-year-old English performer Sally Bowles at the sleazy Kit Kat Klub. As his writing progresses so does the chaos in the world around them, and he discovers the dark side of human nature through Sally’s callousness, the debauchery of the seedy cabaret, and glimpses of the impending horrors of Nazi Germany.

Cabaret is for Mature Audiences only.

High School Students: $5
General Public: $17
Seniors: $15
Box Office:
On-Line Tix: http://www.cutheatre.org

Music Review: Black Eyed Peas Rocks the Pepsi Center

By Hilary Stojak
Photos (except Bacardi BEP Highball) by Soren McCarty, taken at Bacardi's official after party for the Black Eyed Peas at Beta Night Club in Denver


The Black Eyed Peas came to Denver this past Saturday and blew the roof off the Pepsi Center. Rolling in with LMFAO and Ludacris on the international E.N.D Tour, the Peas had the place bouncing, rocking and fist-pumping in one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. My husband and I had one of our first “date nights” since the birth of our daughter in November and decided to let loose. The drink of the night was a delicious Bacardi Rum and Coke. Bacardi is the official spirit of the tour, and who can resist a good rum drink?

The night started with the crazily high-energy, afro’ed, fluorescent-wearing LMFAO. The only way I'm familiar with LMFAO is from The Real World, but they were highly entertaining and their music was catchy. Jumping around the stage, they got the crowd all jazzed up for the night. Ludacris did the same and the crowd just got crazier, creating the perfect recipe for the big entrance of the Black Eyed Peas.


The Peas burst on stage in individual elevator shafts and busted out "Let's Get It Started" and "Meet Me Halfway," two songs that always get your body moving. Luckily for Denver, Saturday was Fergie's birthday, which cranked up the energy of the show as high as it could be. The crowd serenaded her with a huge Happy Birthday song led by many-talented band member will.i.am. The speakers were booming and the music felt like it would never stop. Of course, everyone in the stadium went wild when Fergie busted into "My Humps." Having had that as my ringtone for a while, I jumped up and down like a teenage girl. As a big music fan, but mostly of jam bands, I was blown away by this big-production show. I'm used to a single band on stage in jeans and Birkenstocks, only leaving for a set break. This was a whole new world, with costume changes, spectacular choreographed dancing, stage props, amazing light shows and sound so loud I thought the place would combust. will.i.am stole the show, as he usually does, with his freestyling rapping. The band encored with "I Gotta Feeling" as a storm of confetti poured down out of cannons. This was one of the best live shows I've ever seen, from the music (could not stop dancing!) to the stage performance to the pure excited energy of the crowd.


The Denver show has come and gone, but I would definitely recommend going to see the Black Eyed Peas the next time they’re around. An A+ show—and that's a lot coming from this Boulder hippie.


Bacardi V.I.Pea

Miss the show but still want to pay homage to the Black Eyed Peas? Try this drink!


Recipe:

2 parts Bacardi Superior1 part freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tsp. Black Sugar (Fortnum & Mason)
1 dash egg white

Garnish:
4 dried black-eyed peas

Preparation:

Put all ingredients into a shaker and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Fill the shaker with half cubed ice and half crushed ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into chilled or frozen coupette or cocktail glass.

THIS WEEKEND: Four For Tango String Quartet

Join the Four For Tango String Quartet for two Chamber Music Series concerts this weekend, one at Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, the other at Chautauqua's Community House.

Saturday, March 20, 7:30 pm - Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts, Lafayette

Sunday, March 21, 2 pm - Chautauqua Community House, Boulder

The Quartet, featuring Anna Elashvili, violin; Mikylah Myers McTeer, violin; Matthew Dane, viola; Greg Sauer, cello, will perform pieces by Kernis, Mozart, Schumann and Piazolla.

Chamber Music Series concerts feature Colorado Music Festival Orchestra musicians, tea and cookies, and a chance to meet the musicians.

PROGRAM
Kernis: Mozart en Route or a Little Traveling Music (1991)
Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K428
Schumann: Quartet in a minor, Op. 41 No. 1
Piazzolla: Four for Tango

Tickets may be purchased online at the CMF website.

For a sample of this exciting program, watch the YouTube Video of Piazolla's "Four for Tango" performed by Kronos Quartet (for whom the piece was written).




DIRECTIONS TO RMCMA

Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts
200 East Baseline Road
Lafayette, Colorado 80026

RMCMA asks your consideration and cooperation in understanding that their facility is situated within a residential area and near a public school. Please use caution and a slow driving speed.

In addition to on-street parking adjacent to their building and on neighboring streets, there is parking available after hours at Pioneer Elementary, and other nearby businesses. Pedestrian and bicycle traffic, car-pooling, and use of the RTD public transportation system (there are nearby stops on Baseline or Public Roads) is also encouraged.

Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts is on the SE corner of Baseline Road (Hwy 7) and Harrison Ave. in Lafayette.

Appassion-whata?

What to listen for in Beethoven's Appassionata with pianist Lisa Harrington, Saturday, March 6, 4pm.

One of the greatest works for the piano, the Sonata Op. 57, “Appassionata” is much more than a beautiful piece of music: it is Beethoven’s metaphysical study on good and evil, his treatise on humanity’s capacity for kindness and cruelty. Epic in scale and intensity, the sonata is also a wonder of ingenuity. Understanding the logic of Beethoven’s musical ideas can make listening to the Appassionata an even more powerful experience.

Pianist and Musicologist Lisa Harrington will bring to light the workings of Beethoven's creative genius in a down-to-earth and lively demonstration, followed by a complete performance of this most beloved masterpiece.

Whether the word “Appassionata” evokes fond memories of the great performances of Rubenstein and Horowitz, or mere curiosity (Appassionwhata?) this concert is for you!


Canyon Theater
Boulder Public Library - Main Branch
1001 Arapahoe Avenue
303-441-4492


For more information about the Canyon Boulder Public Library Concert Series, visit www.boulderlibrary.org/events/concerts.html

Boulder Chamber Orchestras "Sounds of the Countryside" is this weekend

"Sounds of the Countryside"
Friday, February 26 – 7:30 PM
First Congregation Church of Boulder
1128 Pine Street, Boulder

and

Saturday, February 27 – 7:30 PM
Broomfield Auditorium
3 Community Park Road, Broomfield

Tickets: $15.00 Students/Seniors, $20.00 General Admission, FREE for children under 12
Box Office: Call (303) 583-1278 or visit the Boulder Chamber Orchestra website for tickets.

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO), featuring Jerome Fleg, Clarinet will present “Sounds of the Countryside” on Friday February 26th, 7:30 pm at the First Congregational Church, Boulder and on Saturday February 27th, 7:30 pm at the Broomfield Auditorium in Broomfield, Colorado.

“Sounds of the Countryside” is a celebration of exquisite music by: Komitas, Five Armenian Songs and Dances; Finzi, Clarinet Concerto; Parry, An English Suite.

Mr. Fleg is currently on the faculty of the University of Wyoming. He has presented master-classes and clinics throughout the country and abroad at places such as the University of Kansas, Iowa State University, Archipelago Summer Festival and Carleton College. Jerome has been featured as an adjudicator in competitions such as the National MTNA Competition, Aurora Symphony Concerto Competition, and Colorado Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in clarinet performance and music education from the Peabody Conservatory and a Master's degree in clarinet performance from the University of Northern Colorado.

General admission tickets are $20.00, $15.00 Students/Seniors and admission for children under 12 is free. For more about concert locations, information and tickets please call: (303) 583-1278 or visit the Boulder Chamber Orchestra website.

About the Boulder Chamber Orchestra

The Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) is a non-profit organization committed to providing exceptional chamber music programming, education, and outreach, as well as an outlet for talented local artists in the Boulder community.

Live Music and Dance of Bali, Indonesia

An Evening in Bali
at DecorAsian, Denver

Saturday, February 27
Concert at 7:30pm, Pre-concert at 6:45pm
DecorAsian, 1787 South Broadway, Denver, CO

Immerse yourself in the rich culture of Bali, Indonesia when Gamelan Tunas Mekar, under the direction of I Made Lasmawan, brings to DecorAsian's magical atmosphere authentic music and dance from the island of Bali. Enjoy the unique, tropical sounds of shimmering compositions and dynamic flurries of percussion performed on the exotic bronze instruments of the Balinese gamelan.

Balinese dancers Ni Ketut Marni and Luh Made Didik Dwi Wahyuni will perform the dances Taman Sari (Flower in the Garden), a contemporary welcome dance; and Margapati (Hungry Tiger), the popular dance-drama depicting the life of the ruler of the forest. Full costumes and world-class dancing give American audiences a true glimpse of this beautifully refined art form.

FINE THINGS ASIAN

Arrive early to enjoy DecorAsian's stunning collection of "Fine Things Asian". The "Asian" aesthetic embodied in DecorAsian's collection and sense of style adds peace and harmony to our individual lives and through that, in a small way, to peace and harmony within the world.

DecorAsian will kindly donate 10% of any purchases made during the evening of the performance to Tunas Mekar. You are encouraged to visit their showroom the week before the event so that you may finalize your purchase that night, and thereby facilitate a further donation to Tunas Mekar. DecorAsian is open every day, from 10:30am-6:00pm. Call 303-998-5632 for more information.

PRE- AND POST-CONCERT EVENTS

Pre-concert music will be performed on the sublime gender wayang by the quartet Catur Eka Santi. Gender wayang is an ensemble of instruments that traditionally accompany the shadow puppet plays (wayang kulit) of Bali.

Doors open at 6:45pm, music and dance performance starts at 7:30pm. A light reception will follow the concert, with an opportunity to meet the performers and see the intricately carved instruments up close.

TICKETS

Tickets are $15; $10 students, seniors & children 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased in advance at either the Denver or Boulder DecorAsian location, or online at Tunas Mekar's website.

DecorAsian is located at 1787 South Broadway in Denver. Visit their website to view their collection online and for more information: www.DecorAsianStyle.com

Photos: Top:Ni Ketut Marni performs Taman Sari welcome dance. Photo by Marc Sabatella. Above: Gamelan Tunas Mekar performs on the traditional gamelan angklung instruments at the Denver School of the Arts, Denver, Colorado.

Piano Performance and Pre-concert Lecture

Pianist Dr. Robert Dusek will perform sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, and Ives in recital Saturday, November 7th at 7:00 PM at Rivendell College.  The pre-concert lecture, beginning at 6:00, will focus on the Second Piano Sonata by Charles Ives.  Also known as the "Concord Sonata," this piece is a landmark in piano literature and is rarely heard live.  Rivendell College East Campus is located at 5495 Baseline Road, just East of Foothills Parkway in Boulder.  General admission is $10 (suggested) at the door.

Early Music Colorado’s Fall Festival Returns October 24th and 25th

Whether you sing, play an instrument, or simply enjoy hearing early music, there will be something for you at the Festival! Join Early Music Colorado for a day of music, workshops, and presentations at the Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Boulevard, on Saturday, October 24. Here’s this year’s line-up:

• 10:15am - Trillo, appoggiatura, anticipation, acciaccatura: What to use and when: Lecture/Demonstration by Evanne Browne
• 11:15am - Recital: The Renaissance Project
• 1:30pm - Bringing Early Renaissance Music to Life: Lecture/Demonstration by Sylvia Rhyne and Eric Redlinger of Asteria
• 2:30pm - Recital: Quintessence and Rose Garden Recorder Ensembles
• 3:30pm - Various Agreeable Sounds: A Continuo Guide for All Musicians: Lecture/Demonstration by Frank Nowell
• 4:30pm - Recital: Baroque Youth Ensemble

The excitement continues Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon with concerts by internationally-known early music artists Asteria and The Rose Consort of Viols.

Saturday, October 24, 7:30 pm
Concert by Asteria
Un Tres Doulx Regard: The Blossoming of the Burgundian Spirit in Song, 1390–1440
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder
$15/$10 Students/Seniors; $12 EMC members; children 7-12 free.
Tickets online at the Early Music Colorado website or at the door.

Asteria burst onto the national Early Music scene in 2004, winning Early Music America’s first Unicorn Prize for Medieval and Renaissance Music with a performance heralded by the New York Times as “intimate and deeply communicative ... meltingly beautiful.” This engaging duo brings out the passion and emotional impact of late medieval vocal and instrumental music by giving a narrative quality and emotional immediacy to timeless love songs of wide appeal, transporting their listeners back to the age of chivalry.

Sunday, October 25, 4:30 pm
Concert by the Rose Consort of Viols
From Bologna to Britannia
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 3700 Baseline Road, Boulder
$15/$10 Students/Seniors; $12 EMC members; children 7-12 free.
Tickets online at the Early Music Colorado website or at the door.

With its unique blend of intimacy, intricacy, passion and flamboyance, the Rose Consort’s repertory ranges from Taverner and Byrd, to Lawes, Locke and Purcell. The Rose Consort has received awards for its research and performance of original programs, some of which have been featured on Britain’s Early Music Network. The Consort performs extensively throughout Britain and the European continent, appears regularly on the BBC and in the major London concert halls, and has made a number of highly acclaimed recordings

Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the delights of early music.

Missa Tariro: Mass of Hope Fuses Latin Mass with African Music Traditions

Kutandara & The Longmont Chorale perform the Missa Tariro: Mass of Hope today, October 17, at 7:30pm, Calvary Church, 21st & Gay Streets in Longmont.

An electrifying and energetic concert fusing the ancient African music traditions of the Shona peoples with Latin, jazz, gospel, classical, and world folk influences, both ensembles will perform their separate repertoire for the first part of the concert. It will then conclude with both groups combining to perform two selections from Missa Tariro - Mass of Hope, written by R. Seaton McIntosh, founder and director of Kutandara.

"My friends and colleagues in Zimbabwe live a much different life than I do. Today, everyone in Zimbabwe is suffering. Life expectancy is 37. Inflation is horrendous. One out of every four people is infected with HIV/AIDS. There is no gas. There is no food. Make-shift orphanages house thousands of children. Every year I receive news from friends that not one or two, but several, members of the family have passed away. Yet somehow the living press onward.

"Our Shona friends exemplify the joy of life as they continue to live and love, give thanks, make music, dance and persevere. That is why I have named this work Misa Tariro: Mass of Hope." ~ R. S. McIntosh

Work began on this massive undertaking in 2001, shortly after composer Randy McIntosh returned from Zimbabwe. While there, Randy attended ceremonies and witnessed how villages use music to create and sustain community. The music Randy now writes is inspired by what he experienced in Zimbabwe. In composing his Misa Tariro, he used Shona poetry and proverbs combined with Latin and Greek texts from the ancient form of the mass. The marimba ensemble provides the energetic pulse in this amazing composition. Randy has truly captured the responsive flow of spirit in the music and worship he witnessed in Zimbabwe.

Beyond this beautiful musical form and the dynamic power inherent in a large chorus and the marimbas themselves, Randy stresses that the ultimate inspiration for this work lies in the resiliency of the Zimbabwean people in the face of their unbelievable hardships.

Tickets are available locally at the Twin Peaks Mall Information Booth, at the King Soopers tickets sales counter, at the Daily Times-Call main office (350 Terry St., Longmont)and at the door.

Ticket prices

Single concert price - available at the door:
Adult: $15
Senior: $12
Student: $10
Family Package: $40 (2 adults + up to 4 children)

Season tickets to the Longmont Chorale are also available.

MindSpiral: Live Space Music & Laser Star Show Comes to Fiske Planetarium, Oct 3

There was a day, anyone with a tape machine, a synthesizer and some effects called themselves "electronic musicians."

But, the genre of ambient/space and electronic music has grown up. MindSpiral, a fine example of thoughtful, musical, soulful electronic space music will be at Fiske Planetarium this Saturday, October 3 at 7pm. This must see, must hear event, complete with the laser show magic of the planetarium, is a kid friendly show and tickets are only $10.

MindSpiral is the name given to a series of collaborations between Boulder resident Mike Metlay and various members of the worldwide electronic music community. This year's project pairs Metlay with ambient/space music pioneer Tony Gerber.

Gerber has been in the electronic music scene for many years. He built his first synthesizer in 1975 at age 14, and began experimenting with recording sounds using cellophane covering the erase head of a reel-to-reel tape deck. He continues to be a pioneer both through his continually maturing music and evolving soundscapes, which now include Native American flutes and new digital technology, and through his involvement in the 3D virtual world of Second Life.

Gerber's reputation as performer Cypress Rosewood in Second Life has marked him as one of the most successful musicians to use the virtual world to catapult his career––spawning a real world/virtual world radio show, hundreds of in-world concerts, television interviews and numerous CDs released under his "avatar's" name. This is Gerber's first visit to the Denver/Boulder area, where he already has a solid fan base from his Second Life work. His music has a reputation for uplifting, healing and relaxing on a very deep and profound level.

Metlay brings a battery of sampled and digitally generated sounds wrapped up in his laptops. I've heard some of mindSpiral's earlier offerings (there have been eight previous collaborations) and this is some solid, great electronic space music played with intelligence and intent.

Metlay's 30-year career is as an artist, producer, bandleader, community-builder, and event organizer in the realm of experimental music. While Mike is most famous for the Different Skies concerts at Arcosanti, Arizona, he has gained critical and popular acclaim for the concerts he does at home for his local audience under the name mindSpiral. Metlay also performs in Second Life under the avatar name Sprial Sands.

The evening promises to be full of soaring, uplifting spiritual space music of a sort rarely heard in Colorado, fun and exciting for listeners of all ages, with the Fiske’s famous visuals providing an inspiring backdrop for mindSpiral’s live music... including a guest appearance by Fritz, the Fiske’s famous Zeiss planetarium projector, who will rise from his hibernation pit to join Tony and Mike under a starry and laser-lit sky.

It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before. It’s not to be missed. It’s mindSpiral!

GET THE SCOOP

mindSpiral
Fiske Planetarium
Saturday, October 3, 7pm
Tickets: $10. On sale now at the Fiske Planetarium box office.

Sponsored by Sonorant VR2L Media™, bringing the worlds music to virtual worlds...and back!


BONUS: Read the Daily Camera interview with Mike Metlay by Greg Glasgow in April, 2007. NOTE THE TIME OF THE 2007 SHOW WAS 8PM. SATURDAY'S SHOW IS AT 7PM.

Ticket information also available on the CU Events website

Fringe Buzz: Last Day to Fringe It Up!

Today is your last day to Fringe–make the most of it! We've had our ear to the ground and have some staff recommendations from the Fringe buzz. If you plan it right, you can catch at least six shows today!

Death Wore Elevator Shoes, 2:30pm, FUMC Labyrinth (First United Methodist Church), 1421 Spruce St.
The Secret Lives of the Divine, 4pm, BMoCA, 1750 13th St.
Gregg Tobo's Astonishing Magic Show, 4:30pm, FUMC Labyrinth (First United Methodist Church), 1421 Spruce St.
A Murder One Less, 5:30pm, BMoCA, 1750 13th St.
Like a Virgin, 6pm, CU Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, CU Campus
Light As Air, Heavy As Sound, 7pm, Naropa PAC, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.
Bonne Nuit Poo Poo, 7pm, Community Dance Collective 2020 21st St, Unit B
Evolution of Soul 685, 8:30pm, Naropa PAC, 2130 Arapahoe Ave.
The Last Straight Man in the Theatre, 8:30pm, BMoCA, 1750 13th St.
Good Girls Don't, But I Do, 10pm, BMoCA, 1750 13th St.

Check out the Fringe website for more shows with their final runs today and tomorrow. Plus, don't miss Fringe Encore! featuring the best-selling show in each venue.

Boulder International Fringe Festival
Through August 24
www.BoulderFringe.com
Box Office: 720-563-9950

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to Visit Colorado

First Annual DHM Summer Block Party Features Bus, Plus All-Day Music, Free Lessons

Dog House Music (Lafayette, CO) has partnered with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to create a day-long event highlighting the importance of music in the community.

Local teen and adult bands will play on an outdoor stage throughout the day, headlined by Lost Point, and featuring a special guest performance by Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon, Great American Taxi) and his son, Silas.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit mobile recording and multimedia studio, will host free public tours, and attendees can check out the one-of-a-kind Lennon Bus where the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Mos Def and The Pussycat Dolls have laid tracks.

Attendees can also register to win giveaways, including a pair of Mackie MR5 studio monitors and a spot in DHM’s Fall Teen Band Workshop. Dog House Music will provide free guitar, bass and drum lessons, and tours of its studios, including its luxury video-gaming suite.

August 10, 10am-9pm
Dog House Music
525 Courtney Way, Lafayette, CO 80026

About Dog House Music

Dog House Music is a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording studio located in Lafayette, CO. It caters to national and international touring bands, as well as to local musicians. Its summer Rock & Roll Camp attracts students from all over the country, teaching beginners and advanced students technique and songwriting. Special programs during the year provide band coaching to teens and adults, and launch several new teen bands each year.

About the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. Since 1998, the Bus has provided free hands-on programs to hundreds of high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts, conventions and community organizations. Working together with some of the biggest names in music, including the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Wyclef Jean and Natasha Bedingfield, the Lennon Bus encourages students to play music, write songs, engineer recording sessions and produce video projects using the latest audio, video, and live sound equipment. Students write an original composition, record it and create a broadcast quality music video of their song which they take home on a Maxell DVD – all in one day!

The Bus is made possible through the generosity of sponsors including Apple, Maxell Corporation, NAMM, Rock Band 2, Roland, Sibelius, Sonicbids, Godin Guitars, Disc Makers, Edirol by Roland, Mackie, Crate, Ampeg, Boss, Digital Media Academy, The Betsy Hotel, Aphex Systems, Audio-Technica, Glyph Technologies, Neutrik, Music Player Network, Propellerhead, Musician’s Friend, Ableton, Digidesign, Apogee, Sony, Abaltat, Litepanels, McDSP, IK Multimedia, Native Instruments, Gretsch Drums, Bogen Imaging, Noise Industries, The Plutzik Goldwasser Family Foundation and broadjam.com. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by an agreement with Yoko Ono Lennon.

Tariro: Hope and Health for Zimbabwe's Orphans

Come down to the Boulder Farmers' Market on Wednesday, July 29 from 4-7pm to enjoy music from Zimbabwe performed by local musicians in this benefit concert for Tariro.

Founded in 2003, Tariro works in Zimbabwe to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS by educating young women. Located in the high-density neighborhood of Glen Norah in Harare, Tariro enables young women who have been orphaned by AIDS to complete a secondary school education, thereby dramatically reducing their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

The concert will be held near the corner of 13th and Canyon, and will feature the Kutandara marimba ensemble, VaHera mbira ensemble, the Kutandara Youth Marimba Ensembles and the Kamp Kutandara marimba classes.

Learn more about Tariro and what you can do to help the orphans of Zimbabwe at tariro.org.

Benefit Concert for Tariro
Boulder Farmers' Market
13th/Canyon
4-7pm
Rain or shine!
http://www.tariro.org

Manish Vyas in Concert - Devotional World Music

Local music label White Swan Records presents Manish Vyas' first solo US tour June 24 - July 18 with the closing concert to be held here in Boulder. His performances are billed as "evenings of devotion, meditation and celebration" during which he performs his own much-loved chants and songs in an intimate, live setting. Born and raised in the great musical culture of India, Manish creates an authentic yet accessible form of devotional chant and song, incorporating the celebratory element of India's original Kirtan tradition. Described by Yoga Journal as "the new avatar of devotional pop music," Manish's soulful voice has touched many hearts across the globe.
    
You can listen to sample tracks (and purchase CDs) on the White Swan Records website.

Tickets are available at the door and online at SpiritVoyage.com.

Saturday, July 18, 7:30 pm
Boulder Masonic Lodge
2205 Broadway (at Pine)
Tix: $20 adv/$25 at door

Misa Tariro: Mass of Hope bridges cultures

March 22, 3pm
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood
Tickets: 303-987-7845 or 303-987-7876 or www.coloradochorale.org

A compelling new work of power and beauty, commissioned by the Boulder Chorale, Randall McIntosh’s Misa Tariro (Mass of Hope) combines texts of the traditional Latin mass with sacred Shona poetry. In a performancs dedicated to the plight of those living with AIDS in Africa, Kutandara Marimba will combine with voices of the Colorado Chorale to present Misa Tariro this Sunday, March 22. A variety of selections from the Chorale and Kutandara Marimba are also on the program.

Background

Work on the Misa Tariro began in 2001, shortly after contemporary Colorado composer and Kutandara music director Randall (“Randy”) Seaton McIntosh returned from Zimbabwe. While there Randy attended ceremonies and witnessed how villages use music to create community.

After experiencing an all-night ceremony, Randy wanted to capture the flow of energy and responsive spirit of this type of music and worship in a major composition of appropriate depth and scope. He saw parallels between the Shona ceremonies and the spiritual journey of a Mass.

But beyond the wonderful musical form, beyond the energetic zeal of the instruments and his hopes to widen the horizons of musical capabilities for musicians, singers, and audiences alike, Randy stresses that the ultimate inspiration for this work lies in the impressive resiliency of the Zimbabwean peoples in the face of their unbelievable hardships:

"My friends and colleagues in Zimbabwe live a much different life than I do: today, everyone in Zimbabwe is suffering. Life expectancy for is 37. Inflation is horrendous. AIDS has taken over 40 percent of the population. There is no gas. There is no food. Towns the size of Boulder have orphanages with thousands of children in residence. Every year I receive news from friends that not one or two, but several members of the family have passed away. Yet they go on. The joy of my composition is the artistic expression of the joy of the Zimbabwean—and human---spirit. This continues to live and love, give thanks, make music and dance and somehow persevere. That is why I have named it Misa Tariro: Mass of Hope."

--Randy McIntosh

Other music performances this weekend include Boulder Philharmonic, "Awakening the Imagination" Macky Auditorium on March 21 at 7:30pm; and Boulder Philharmonic String Quartet family concert, at Boulder Public Library on March 22 at 4pm.

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