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f' PAGE 4 Winston Salem Jouhml Sunday May 8 2005 ARTS Music Briefs chorus to do a Locklair premiere JOURNAL STA REPORT The Winston Salem Chil Chorus will hold its an nual Day concert at 3 pm today at St Timothy's Epis copal Church 2575 Parkway Drive The concert will include the world premiere of Dan The Gift of Music based on a poem by North Car olina writer red Chappell Tickets are available by calling 703 0001 The Web site is wwwwschildrenschorusorg Jazz pianist to perform with arts school groups Jazz pianist Phil Markowitz will perform in a combo with saxophonist Ron Rudkin bassist Steve Haines and drum mer Rick Dior at 7:30 pm Tues day in Watson Hall at the NC School of the Arts Markowitz will also perform at 7:30 pm Wednesday with the NCSA Jazz Ensemble led by Ron Rudkin in Performance Place Thrust Theater Admission is $1210 or tickets call 721 1945 Schuur to be guest artist at wind symphony benefit The Piedmont Wind Sym phony will hold its annual fundraising concert at 7:30 pm Wednesday at the Stevens Cen ter Diane Schuur a two time Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist will be the guest artist Tickets range from $25 to $75 and are available by calling the Stevens Center Box Office at 721 1945 Big band musician to be In med center concerts Gary Lewis a big band and swing musician will perform at 2 pm Thursday at the Sticht Center at Wake orest Universi ty Baptist Medical Center Solar Impulse a jazz group will perform at 12:15 pm May 19 in Davis Memorial Chapel Both performances are part of the Arts Alive! performing arts series at the medical center or information call Jim Steele at 716 3487 Chamber symphony to play Thursday night The Carolina Chamber Sym phony will close its 13th season with "Symphonic at 7:30 pm Thursday at Brendle Recital I lall in the Scales ine Arts Center on the campus of Wake orest University The program will feature Samuel Concerto for Violin Op 14and Symphony No 7 in A Major David Wiley will be the guest conductor: violinist Andy Simionescu will be the guest artist Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors Student tickets available at the door 30 minutes before to the concert are $5 with valid student ID Tickets may be reserved by calling the box office at 682 8524 Tickets are also available at the door an hour before the concert or more information call 682 8524 or visit wwwccsnoworg Highland Camerata to give three concerts The Highland Camerata will present its 26th annual set of spring concerts riday next Sunday and May 1 7 The con certs will be held at 7:30 pm on riday and May 17at the Brush Creek Hall on US 21 The con cert next Sunday will be at 3 pm at the Galax Presbyterian Church in Galax Va Admission is free but dona tions will be appreciated or more information call Annette Evans at 372 1806 in North Carolina or Jerry Ann Hall at (276) 728 2158 in Virginia Wind ensemble to play at the Stevens Center James Kalyn will lead his final concert as the music direc tor of the NCSA Wind Ensemble at 7:30 pm riday at tire Stevens Center The concert will include two premieres by com posers at the NC School of the Arts Lawrence "Blown will open the concert by Dean Thomas Clark will follow The Wachovia Winds a youth orchestra with conduc tor Danny Green will also play The concert will conclude with Kalyn conducting the wind ensemble in Winds of by Michael Colgrass Tickets are $1210 or tick ets call 721 1945 Salem orchestra to play on campus Saturday The Salem Community Or chestra will present its annual spring concert "Suite for Or at 8 pm Saturday in the Salem ine Arts Center at Salem College Admission is free or more information call 722 5972 Music ensemble to play at Covenant Presbyterian The Manhattan Music En semble will be in concert at 7:30 pm next Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church 3627 Kon noak Drive The musicians are Dmitry Kouzov cello Milana Bahl piano and Dmitry Lukin violin or more information call the church at 788 7511 Chorale and brass group to be at St Timothy's The North State Chorale will present its spring concert at 7:30 pm next Sunday at St Episcopal Church The chorus will be joined by the Giannini Brass a brass ensem ble Tickets are 15 for adults $12 for students and seniors and free for ages 12 and under Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more or more information call 725 0858 Audition dates set for chamber singers Piedmont Chamber Singers will be holding auditions for its 2005 06 season May 17 and Aug 20 There are openings for all voice parts or more information call 722 4022 or mail at mlevignepiedmontchambei singcrsorg Dance Briefs estival to celebrate children who dance JOURNAL STA REPORT The Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre and the New Studio of Dance will hold the first Children's Dance estival at the New Studio of DanceThe BeBe Theatre 20 Commerce St in Asheville Performances will be at 8 pm riday and Saturday and May 20 and 21 Workshops will be from 1 1 am to noon I to 2 pm 2 to 3 pm and 3 to 4 pm Saturday and May 21 The Asheville Contemporary Dance Puss Boots will be performed on riday and May 20 and the performance will include students from the New Studio of Dance Both Saturday nights will feature children from area dance studios students of the New Studio of Dance and others Tickets for the performances are $12 for adults and $10 for all others in advance and $15 and $12 at the door A $2 discount will be given for performances with a ticket stub from a riday performance Workshops are $10 with a ticket stub per formances or more information call Anne Perno at (828) 254 2621 or mail officeacdtorg Writers Notebook Author to sign his book JOURNAL STA REPORT i Craig Marberry will sign copies of his book Cuttiri Up: The Wit and Wisdom from Black Barber Shops at noon Saturday at Special Occasions Bookstore and at 7:30 pm May 19 at Barnes Noble amily travel writers to be at Barnes Noble George and Michele Zavatsky will be the guest authors for a Kids Love NC Interactive amily Travel Discussion and Display at 7 pm May 25 at Barnes Noble They will be telling travel stories doing crafts and sharing ideas for day trips and weekend travel with the children TRIO PLUS: Shostakovich deftly rearranged WINS'KlX 0 I ART ASSOCIATION 5 THE NEW YORK TIMES or tickets call 336 682 8524 no more excuses get out live it up relish life! 0 CALL OR ENTRIES (S3SS3L Yeah this easy "Pints 3 every Thursday in the Winston Salem Journal H441U04V4 Visit wwwjournalnowcom and click on the CarSeeker logo By Allan Kozinn THE NEW YORK TIMES A 1 1 NA CH A II CURTIS (TIGERS md hit IAZZ TRIO Mu MUSIC (mad) MAN Ed Bumgardner Thursday In reSsh ptrpanon doubh occupancy The Carolina Chamber Symphony Presents "Symphonic Dances" Brendle Recital Hall Scales ine Arts Center WU Thursday May 12 7:30 pm rank A Bennack Jr who led the 1 learst Corp for nearly 25 years was nominated for the post of chairman of Lincoln Center last week a position that he will take in June should he be approved by the full board as expected As chairman Bennack will fdevote much of his time and energy to leading Lincoln Cen ambitious redevelopment effort A large scale fundraising campaign for the first phase of the redevelopment project 1 transformingWest 65 th Street is under way Construction work on the project which in 1 eludes a redesigned Alice Tully Hall and Juilliard School is to begin in fall 2006 i In choosing Bennack Lin coin Center appears to be seek ing a leader in the tradition of the current chairman Bruce Crawford a stabilizing elder statesman with a long track record at Lincoln Center Ben nack is 72 and has been a mem ber of the board since 1 1994 and a vice chairman since 1999 as well as a managing di rector of the Metropolitan Opera board Crawford 76 the chairman of the Omnicom Group the ad vertising conglomerate had served as president and general manager of the Met He plans to remain a Met trustee Crawford replaced Beverly Sills who stepped down as chairwoman at the age of 72 after eight years in the job 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on the cello And the en tire ensemble played the opening work Alexander Offering" (2004) a sparkling rich hued tribute to Shostakovich that in a compact six minutes touched on both his dour and his comic sides Sponsored In part b' NEWYORK It has been 30 years since death but it sometimes seems as though the music world is running a perpetual Shostakovich festival An evergreen debate about his complicated place in Soviet cul ture is still a frequent conference topic no matter how thoroughly raked through it has been And between installments of this argu ment the music Thoroughly acces sible but tinged with a tart sometimes bit ter undercurrent it clearly has an inex haustible appeal Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica Soloists a sextet version of chamber orchestra brought music by and about Shostakovich to Zankel Hall on Tuesday evening The focus was on the last years but there was a twist Although the Viola Sonata final work was played as written the pro other main pillar the Symphony what Bruce has put in place Bennack said been a good period for the Given the 12 constituent groups on the campus and the infighting among them spurred by the redevelopment Lincoln Center has been likened to a big dysfunctional family But Ben nack said he was undaunted by becoming Dad "I'm the father of five and in light of my recent marriage added three so I'm not an in experienced he said His wife Luella died in April 2003 Last month Bennack was remarried to Dr Mary Lake Polan the chairwoman of the Stanford University department of obstetrics and gynecology who is leaving her post for New York or a media mogul Bennack is unusually shy of the news media he has been known to avoid returning calls But Ben nack said he is fully prepared to be the public face of Lincoln Center be able to get me on the he said Lincoln Center has wanted Bennack to take more of a lead ership role for some time 1 le was a front runner for the job of Lincoln Center chairman the last time around but 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