Announcing the 2009-2010 Concert Season
2009-2010 Concert Season
The 5th Essential
We celebrate our fifth season of neighborhood music making by reflecting on the quintessential elements of life - earth, fire, air, water and art! As unavoidable, inevitable and irreplaceable as the other four elements, art is communication, expression, essential food for the soul. Join us as we use The 5th Essential element to explore all the others in four separate concerts series at venues around the Puget Sound area.
Earth
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Two of Seattle’s most exciting young arts organizations, Simple Measures and Seattle Dance Project present an exciting and symbiotic collaboration featuring SDP’s dancing to Rock-n-Roll music arrangements and Classical selections, played by Simple Measures musicians. Original choreography by James Canfield and Betsy Cooper will be unveiled. Feel the earthy beat of the Rock music, and how it harmonizes with the classics, and experience the thrill of live modern dance, right in front of your nose.
Spectrum Dance Theater at Madrona Dance Studio
Friday, November 6, 7:30pm
Saturday, November 7, 4pm matinee
Sunday, November 8, 2pm matinee and 7pm evening performance
Freemont Abbey
Friday, November 13, 7:30pm
Saturday, November 14, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 15, 7pm
Fire – February 12-15, 2010 at Various Neighborhood Venues
Alex Klein, world-renowned oboist and former UW faculty member pairs his fiery music making with the signature Simple Measures string quartet. Special guest artist Mark Salman joins to play piano with the ensemble as they present Britten and Bolcom sonatas.
Friday, February 12, 7:30pm at Q Café
Saturday, February 13, 4pm at Mercer Island Community Center
Sunday, February 14, 7pm at Good Shepherd Center
Monday, February 15, 7:30pm at Mount Baker Community Club
Air – April 16-19, 2010 at Various Neighborhood Venues
Clarinetist Sean Osborn leads an uplifting program featuring composer Stephen Albert’s piece “13 ways” inspired by the Wallace Stevens Poem “13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Avian artwork will line the walls as musicians play other pieces inspired by the airborne creatures.
Friday, April 16, 7:30pm at Bitter Lake Community Center
Saturday, April 17, 4pm at Nordic Heritage Museum
Sunday, April 18, 7pm at Kenyon Hall (formerly Hokum Hall)
Monday, April 19, 7:30pm Location TBD
Water – May 14-17, 2010 at Various Neighborhood Venues
Watch the narrative flow of film shown in scenes from The Red Violin and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon then listen as they come to life when the Corigliano String Quartet performs the music of composers John Corigliano and Tan Dun.
Friday, May 14, 7:30pm at Fremont Abbey
Saturday, May 15, 4pm at Golden Gardens Bathhouse
Sunday, May 16, 7pm at Bastyr University Chapel
Monday, May 17, 7:30pm at Mount Baker Community Club
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