18 April 2011

Sixth Anniversary of Vivace Sponsored by Utah Symphony | Utah Opera

Society For Young Classical Music-Goers
Celebrates Six Years

This month will mark the sixth anniversary of Vivace, a vivacious group of young classical music-goers established and sponsored by Utah Symphony | Utah Opera.

They will celebrate six years as an official group at an after-party in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall, following a Utah Symphony performance of Michael Tippet’s “A Child of Our Time,” conducted by Keith Lockhart on April 23 at 8 p.m.

“From a small beginning on April 30, 2005, we have grown to become one of the largest young professional groups at a classical music institution in the country,” said Crystal Young-Otterstrom, Audience Development Consultant at Utah Symphony | Utah Opera who organized the group in 2005 and has led its efforts ever since. “Vivace is fun and funky, and we get to hear incredible classical music and party with the performers. If you haven’t made it to Vivace yet, it’s about time to check us out.”

Those who purchase special Vivace ticket packages sit in the group’s reserved seating section at select concerts and receive Vivace’s award-winning behind the music primer to supplement their experience at performances. Following each concert included in the Vivace season, members can then enjoy free food, beverage and good company at an after-party sponsored by various local restaurants.

The catering sponsor for Vivace’s sixth anniversary party is Frida Bistro, and the group’s libation sponsor is SandyLee & David Griswold. Attendees must show ID to enter.

Vivace single tickets for “A Child of Our Time” and the sixth anniversary party are $35 and can be purchased by calling (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Season tickets for Vivace’s 2011-2012 season are also on sale. For more information, visit www.usuo.org/vivace.

About Vivace:
Vivace is Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's group of single/partnered/married 20 - 50 somethings who just happen to get their groove on to classical music and opera. Purchase a Vivace ticket and you'll get great discounted seats with other Vivace members, attend the famous after-parties, get the award-winning behind the music primer, and shmooze with the guest artists, cast members and orchestra members.


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"Walk this Way" to the Neighborhood Business Conference



"Walk this Way"
Neighborhood Business
Conference





On Friday, May 6, the Salt Lake Office of Economice Development, along with Local First Utah and Westminster College are proud to present the Second Annual Neighborhood Business Conference.

The conference, held from 7:30 to noon at Westminster College, will feature Steve Bercu and Rebecca Melancon, both from Austin, Texas as keynote speakers discussing how Austin developed its strong and vibrant independent business community. The conference will also feature a special announcement fron the Mayor, informative breakout sessions regarding loan resources for small businesses, developing buisness district identity and nagivating through the red tape of creating a business district.

       • Find out what the city is doing to support local business.
       • Learn how to successfully use city services.
       • Uncover effective strategies to improve local business and
          business districts.
       • Discover what is happening in your local district.
       • Get informed on how to form a business district.
       • Network with other business owners.

The conference is free, but seating is limited, so please, RSVP today!

Local First Utah is also looking for volunteers to help with registration and hospitality during the conference. If you’d like to lend a hand, please e-mail Kristen Lavelett at intern@localfirst.org.

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Snowbird Master Development Plan Proposal Accepted



Snowbird Master Development
Plan Proposal Accepted





Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Accepts Latest Snowbird Master Development Plan Proposal For Further Study.

The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Service recently announced that it has accepted Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort’s updated Master Development Plan (MDP) proposal. Snowbird’s MDP is a detailed document that outlines short- and long-term resort development plans, including the potential to modify Snowbird’s skiing boundaries in Utah County, outside Salt Lake City’s watershed area

“The acceptance of our proposal is an exciting step as we plan for the future of providing world-class skiing and snowboarding as well as year-round recreation,” said Snowbird President Bob Bonar. “We look forward to working with the Forest Service and other stakeholders in creating sustainable outdoor recreational opportunities for our community that provide jobs for Utahns, attract tourists to our state and maintain Snowbird’s viability in a competitive marketplace.”

Acceptance of Snowbird’s MDP proposal is the first step in a process involving thorough environmental study and analysis by governmental agencies, engineers, scientists and stakeholders of all aspects and impacts of the proposed projects.

“Whether it was part of the MDP process or Congressman Jim Matheson’s wilderness bill, we have taken input from city, county, state and federal leaders as well as local environmental organizations on many of the proposed improvements,” said Bonar. “We are very encouraged that there is widespread support for watershed-friendly proposals that continue to provide sustainable recreation opportunities in our community.”

The updated MDP Proposal describes potential terrain expansion options to the south of Snowbird’s existing resort area, a majority of which would be on Snowbird’s private property in American Fork Canyon in Utah County and outside of the Salt Lake City Municipal Watershed area. Proposed resort expansion projects include a lower capacity Tram to the top of the American Fork Twin Peaks, a chairlift from Mary Ellen Gulch that would return skiers to the Mineral Basin area of the resort, and an extension of the existing Mineral Basin Express chairlift, improvements that would offer exciting new terrain options for skiers and riders. Snowbird is also considering adding beginner skiing terrain adjacent to the Baby Thunder area, upgrading some existing chairlifts, providing night skiing from the Gadzoom chairlift, an expansion of the Adaptive Sports facilities and a handful of other resort improvements.

Snowbird is not proposing to put ski lifts in the White Pine area, located directly west of the current resort boundary. The Little Cottonwood Canyon resort supports the White Pine area maintaining its backcountry characteristics, and is proposing to work with stakeholders to limit summer and winter access to the area from its proposed Twin Peaks installation. Snowbird is also considering donating its significant private property within the White Pine/Red Pine areas into a conservation easement to help ensure this area maintains its pristine, watershed nature.

“We understand and are sensitive to the concerns of backcountry user groups and local environmental organizations. The top terminal of the proposed tramway to the American Fork Twin Peaks would be positioned in such a manner that it would not be visible from the Salt Lake Valley,” said Bonar. “The expansion area would be accessed from the existing resort footprint.”

Through vigilant work with Salt Lake City Municipal Water and the U.S. Forest Service, Snowbird has maintained superb Little Cottonwood Canyon water quality in its nearly 40 years of operation, including award-winning mine clean-up projects in American Fork Canyon that considerably improved water conditions for the surrounding environment.

“In tandem with this updated MDP, Snowbird pledges to continue to be an active, engaged ally in efforts to protect Little Cottonwood Canyon’s diverse values, support wilderness areas, and protect Salt Lake County’s watershed areas while offering sustainable, managed, year-round recreational opportunities to our community on private and adjacent public lands,” said Bonar.

Snowbird is a two-time recipient of the nation’s highest ski resort environmental honor, the Golden Eagle Award, most recently in 2007 for its mine clean-up efforts in American Fork Canyon. Snowbird was one of the first resorts to partner with and contribute to the National Forest Foundation, which funds public and private partnerships such as the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation and their mission of environmental education, interpretive centers, Tour with a Ranger programs, trail work and outreach programs. Snowbird is also a founding member and continued supporter of the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation, which offers a wide array of preservation and education programs during all seasons in Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons.


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Utah Symphony Classical Countdown with Big Budah




Big Budah to Host
Utah Symphony Program of
Classical Music Favorites






Big Budah to Host Utah Symphony Program of Student-Selected Classical Music Favorites.

At the end of February, music students across the state voted on which classical masterworks they would like to see performed by the Utah Symphony.

FOX13 News personality Big Budah will announce the students' top 13 picks, and the Utah Symphony will perform these symphonic favorites under the baton of Associate Conductor David Cho on Tuesday, April 26 in Abravanel Hall at 7 p.m. Utah Symphony | Utah Opera is keeping voting results a secret, so audience members will be the first to find out at this family-friendly performance of some of the most well-known and loved orchestral works of all time.

Utah Symphony education staff, along with other symphony administrators and an orchestra member, began developing a list of repertoire to serve as voting options for the students last November.

“We consulted orchestra directors and high school music teachers, and came up with a long list of pieces we thought would be appealing to high school students,” said Beverly Hawkins, Utah Symphony Education Manager.

Once the list was narrowed down to a manageable number, Utah Symphony Youth Guild members and students in area youth orchestras were invited to submit their votes online.

Tickets for the evening’s performances range from $8 to $20 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.usuo.org. Students can purchase discounted tickets with a student ID. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $2 when purchased the day of the performance.

About Big Budah

Big Budah utilizes his big personality to lighten the mood as FOX13’s Features Reporter.

In 1996, Big Budah began his radio career in Sacramento, CA, working for KSFM 102.5 before moving to Utah in 2000. Resuming his radio career here in Utah, he was part of the morning show that replaced the Fisher, Todd & Erin show on KISN 97 and began filling in for FOX13 as a features reporter in 2002. He was voted City Weekly’s Best TV Personality in 2006 and City Weekly’s Reader’s Choice Best TV Features Reporter in 2007.

In addition, Big Budah has been in several full-length movies including “The RM,” “American Pastime” and “Forever Strong.” He loves being able to show people that there is more to Utah than just the arches and snow. Big Budah continues to entertain and inform the people of Utah every weekday morning on FOX13’s Good Day Utah. Big Budah lives in Sandy, UT with his family.


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New Urban Farm ~ New Roots of Utah


Groundbreaking Ceremony of
New Urban Farm
New Roots of Utah



After a year of hard work and community dedication, the refugee “Field of Dreams” is turning into a reality. Join Salt Lake County, the Utah Refugee Coalition and the International Rescue Committee for a groundbreaking ceremony and news conference to celebrate a new beginning for A New Roots Farm.

Event: Ground Breaking
What: A New Roots Farm
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: 3100 South Lester Street
           behind the Redwood Recreation Center

The public is invited to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new urban farm in West Valley City. New Roots seeks to build a healthier community through the development of small-scale, urban farms and community gardens in Salt Lake County. This program focuses on the unique skills that many refugees bring from their home countries, which include an agrarian background with extensive farming expertise. The goals of this program are to:
       •  Provide communities with access to local, healthy, fresh, affordable and familiar foods. Expand nutrition of refugees.
       • Facilitate self-sufficiency and greater economic independence through market gardening and the direct sale of produce to consumers.
       • Identify, build and foster the strengths of refugee communities.

The public is invited to bring extra garden tools to donate to another gardener in need.

New Roots of Utah is partnership between Salt Lake County, the Utah Refugee Coalition and the International Rescue Committee. Funding for this project comes through the Office of Refugee Resettlement RAPP grant and GE Capital. Land is made available through the Salt Lake County Urban Farming Initiative. We also like to thank the hundreds of individual and businesses who have donated their time and resources in making project possible.

The Utah Refugee Pathways to Self Sufficiency offers refugees the opportunities to earn supplemental income through part-time entrepreneurial activities. Pathways project consists of three divisions:
       • Global Artisans, which produces refugee arts and crafts for retail sales
       • The New Roots of Utah (New Roots), which engages the community in market gardening and direct sales to consumers.
       • The Refugee Kitchen Alliance, which focuses on food ventures.


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11 April 2011

Utah Symphony Premiere of Tippet's “A Child Of Our Time”


Keith Lockhart
The Utah Symphony Premiere of
Tippet's “A Child Of Our Time”

Keith Lockhart to conduct The Utah Symphony premiere of Tippet's “A Child Of Our Time."

The Utah Symphony and Music Director Emeritus Keith Lockhart will bring Michael Tippet’s moving oratorio, “A Child of Our Time,” to Abravanel Hall for the first time, Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m.

The Utah Symphony Chorus and guest vocalists Indra Thomas, Marietta Simpson, Russell Thomas and Derrick Parker will join them in performing this musically versatile work. Tippet’s use of African spirituals and other elements reflective of the large scale works of Bach and Handel support the themes of this musical, political, spiritual and philosophical expression.

Inspired by the harsh anti-Semitic persecution and suffering caused by Nazi Germany’s infamous Kristallnacht, the oratorio reflects Tippet’s pacifism, focusing on Jungian themes and the universality of human oppression.

"The work deals with the general state of oppression in our time,” Tippet said in an essay. “[It] presents the particular story of a young man's attempt to seek justice by violence and the catastrophic consequences."

Tickets for the evening’s performances range from $15 to $85 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office or by visiting www.usuo.org. Students can purchase discounted tickets with a student ID. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performance.

These performances will not include an intermission, but there will be a short pause to fill late seating after Part I of the oratorio, approximately 25 minutes into the performance. The approximate running time of the complete oratorio is 75 minutes.

Patrons may attend a free pre-concert lecture each night, 45 minutes prior to the start of the performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall, located at 123 W. South Temple.

Artist Bios:

Keith Lockhart currently serves as Conductor of the Boston Pops and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the summer institute and festival at the Brevard Music Center. He recently completed his highly successful 11-year tenure as Music Director of the Utah Symphony. where his leadership of the symphony allowed him to stand at the front of that organization’s historical merger with the Utah Opera to create the first-ever joint administrative arts entity of the Utah Symphony and Opera. Since the merger, arts institutions nationally and internationally have looked to Maestro Lockhart as an example of an innovative thinker on and off the podium. Lockhart has conducted the Symphony Orchestras of Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Louis, Nashville, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Singapore, Toronto and Vancouver as well as the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.

Indra Thomas, Soprano
In the 2010-2011 opera season, Ms. Thomas has already performed in the United States a gala concert with the Artist Series of Sarasota, a recital at Weill Hall in New York, and the Verdi Requiem with the Flint Symphony. Internationally she will sing the title role in Aida with Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain, and Choregies d’Orange in Orange, France. She will also be singing Chausson’s Poémes de l’amour et de la mer in La Corñua, Spain.

Engagements in the 2009-10 season included performances of the Verdi Requiem in a tour of four cities in Spain with the Euskadi Orchestra under the direction of Andres Orozco Estrada, Britten’s War Requiem with the Orchestra de Paris, and Aida at the Avignon Music Festival and the Bregenz Festival. Engagements in the U.S. included a recital with the Atlanta Opera Guild, a Christmas concert with Little Orchestra Society of New York, the Verdi Requiem with the Vermont Symphony, and a last-minute performance of the title role of Aida with Atlanta Opera.

Marietta Simpson, Mezzo-Soprano
Marietta Simpson has sung with major orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist in Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody under Robert Shaw with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and her New York Philharmonic debut under Kurt Masur in Mendelssohn’s Elijah. She has performed Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater under Sir Simon Rattle with both Vienna and Berlin philharmonics, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Daniel Barenboim with Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Recent highlights include Mahler’s Rückert Lieder (Memphis Symphony Orchestra); Verdi’s Requiem (Louisville Orchestra); Messiah (Detroit Symphony); Mendelssohn’s “Die Erste Walpurgisnacht” and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (Alabama Symphony); a recital at the Kennedy Center; Hindemith’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed” (Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC); Bach’s Cantata No. 78 and Christmas Oratorio (Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival); Dominga de Adviento in Eotvos’ Love and Other Demons (Glyndebourne Festival Opera, world premiere); Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Singing City/Philadelphia); and McCollough’s Let My People Go (Master Chorale of Washington). She has performed Maria in Porgy and Bess with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Birmingham, and Washington National Opera, as well as at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in concert performances with Philadelphia Orchestra under Lorin Maazel.

Russell Thomas, Tenor
Tenor Russell Thomas is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting vocal and dramatic talents on the international opera and concert scene, most recently as the winner of the prestigious “Viñas Competition” in Barcelona (First Prize, Audience Favorite and Best Tenor).

Russell Thomas’ current season begins with the Duke in Rigoletto in Santiago de Chile, followed by Tamino in The Magic Flute and Andres in Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera, Faust in LA Damnation de Faust in Frankfurt, the title-role in Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with the Boston Symphony and James Levine, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Atlanta Symphony and the Prince in A Flowering Tree with the Cincinnati Opera. Other notable concert appearances include the Mozart Requiem with the Milwaukee Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Dallas Symphony. Future plans include debuts with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and the Canadian Opera Company.

Derrick Parker, Bass-Baritone
Derrick Parker has previously sung Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Santa Rosa Symphony and Santa Cruz Symphony. In the 2010-11 season, he sings Handel’s Messiah (Memphis Symphony Orchestra) and Bach’s Mass in B Minor (Butler University) as well as returns to Houston Grand Opera for its production of Lucia di Lammermoor. Recent engagements include Alidoro in La Cenerentola (Portland, Utah, Fort Worth); Colline in La Bohème (Fort Worth, Kansas City, Cleveland); Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia (Chicago Opera Theatre); Crown in Porgy and Bess (Cape Town Opera); Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Achilla in Giulio Cesare (Utah Opera); Lucifer in La Resurrezione, Claudio in Agrippina, and Polyphemus in Acis and Galatea (Chicago Opera Theatre); Antinoo in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria and Claudio in Agrippina (Glimmerglass), Masetto in Don Giovanni (Houston, New Orleans), and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor (St. Louis, Fort Worth). Concert performances include Haydn’s Creation (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), Handel’s Messiah (San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony), Mozart’s Requiem (Utah Symphony), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Dallas Symphony, Pacific Symphony), Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 (Rochester Philharmonic), Bernstein’s Mass (Utah Symphony, Virginia Arts Festival), and his first performances of Porgy in Porgy and Bess in concert with Marin Alsop conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.


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Six Feet of Snow at Snowbird



Six Feet of Snow
so Far in April
at Snowbird




Recent storms push season total to 52.5 feet, 180” mid-mountain base.

April has picked up where last year left off at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort thanks to six feet of snow in the first 10 days of this month. With snow banks piled high and a mid-mountain base depth of 180 inches, Snowbird is half way to matching the 144 inches that fell last April, the snowiest month of the 2009/10 season.

“This past weekend was unquestionably some of the best skiing of the season,” said Snowbird Vice President Dave Fields. “La Nina storms keep lining up for Little Cottonwood, and at this rate we could be topping our snowiest and longest season on record.”

Standing at 631 inches on April 11, Snowbird is fast approaching the record 688-inch mark that was set during the 1983/1984 season. The latest closing date in the history of the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort is July 4 (in 2005). Snowbird plans to offer skiing and riding til Memorial Day Weekend this year and potentially beyond if the impressive snowpack holds. This is the fourth consecutive season Snowbird has topped 600 inches.

April is full of non-skiing activities for young and old, including an Easter Sunrise Service on 11,000-foot Hidden Peak, followed by an Easter Egg Hunt on Chickadee and a special brunch at the Aerie Restaurant (details for the April 24 holiday activities can be found at www.snowbird.com/events/easter.html). Après ski fun includes free live music on the Plaza Deck, Saturday and Sunday afternoons through the end of April (weather permitting) along with daily food and drink specials.

Live shots of the current storm’s snow accumulation can be seen using Snowbird’s SnowCam at www.snowbird.com/snowcam.

SKI UTAH ~ The Greatest Snow on Earth!


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Hale Centre Theatre Presents “The Hasty Heart”

Hale Centre Theatre
To Present Wartime Classic
“The Hasty Heart”

Center-Stage Theatre to Transform into a Jungle Medical Unit for Comedy.

Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah’s premier family theatre, will present 1940s classic play “The Hasty Heart” April 16 through May 28. Blending comedy, romance and drama, the production returns to HCT after being selected as an audience favorite. The theatre’s unique center stage will provide an intimate setting for the play, as actors are confined in the beds of a military medical unit and remain on stage throughout the show.

“It gives you a different feeling to be so close to the actors as they are exposed on stage throughout the play,” said veteran HCT director John Adams. “This show is not a spectacle with moving parts, it’s about people. And seeing it in this format will provide a profound experience for the audience.”

HCT’s center stage will transform into a Burmese jungle medical unit reminiscent of the TV show “M*A*S*H.” Bamboo paths weave between huts and medical buildings that are raised off of the ground as they would have been in World War II to avoid snakes and insects. With veteran HCT actors and some new additions joining the cast, the production leans heavily on strong acting and showcases exceptional local talent.

Written in 1944 and first staged in 1945, “The Hasty Heart” is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick’s experiences in an ambulance unit on the Burma front in World War II. The story follows six patients in an English war hospital including Lachlen McLachlen (“Lachie”), a Scottish soldier with one barely functioning kidney and only a few weeks to live. Unaware of the severity of his ailment, Lachie proves to be difficult, abrasive and unfriendly. The other patients and staff attempt to gain his affection, which results in a surprisingly layered tale, less about death and more about how to live and celebrate life.

“The Hasty Heart” ran on Broadway for 204 performances and had an off-Broadway revival in 2004. The 1949 movie version starred Ronald Regan and earned two Golden Globes and an Academy Award nomination. The 1983 TV movie also earned a Golden Globe nomination. Playwright Patrick won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his play “The Teahouse of the August Moon.”

HCT’s “The Hasty Heart” is directed by John Adams. The show stars Rusty Bringhurst and Cameron Asay as Yank; Amy Stocking and Alexis Boss as Margaret; and Jeffrey Whitlock and Magarin Hobson as Lachie. Costumes were designed by Peggy Wilis; scenic design by Kacey Udy; lighting design by Adam Flitton; props by Michelle Jensen; and sound design by Dan Morgan.

Performances are Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with matinées each Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. and occasional weekdays at 4 p.m. Ticket prices for Monday through Thursday evenings and matinees are $23 per adult and $15 per child (5-11 years); for Friday and Saturday evening shows tickets are $26 per adult and $16 per child (5-11 years). Tickets may be purchased online at www.halecentretheatre.org, via telephone at (801) 984-9000 or at the Hale Centre Theatre box office at 3333 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, Utah.

Hale Centre Theatre
3333 South Decker Lake Drive
West Valley City, Utah
801-984-9000


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"Shred It, Forget It" Day at Whitmore Library

Salt Lake County Library
is pleased to provide a free
"Shred It, Forget It" Day

Salt Lake County Library, in partnership with Columbus Secure Shredding, is pleased to provide a free "Shred It, Forget It" day in the Whitmore Library north parking lot, Saturday April 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event will provide secure shredding and recycling of documents, and computer hard drives. The Whitmore Library is located at 2197 E. Fort Union Boulevard. Limit of five boxes for document shredding and paper recycling (remove any binder clips). Hard drives to be punched must be the metal drives from inside the computer (no computers, please). No plastic or glass.

WHO: Salt Lake County Library & Columbus Secure Shredding.
WHAT: Free document shredding.
WHERE: Whitmore Library, 2197 E. Fort Union Blvd.
WHEN: Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Utah Symphony Presents Pop Culture Favorites

The Utah Symphony Presents
Pop Culture Favorites
By Johann Jr. and Richard Strauss

Under the direction of guest conductor Roberto Minczuk, the Utah Symphony will present an evening of masterworks including Richard Strauss’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” which houses one of the most recognizable classical music excerpts used in pop culture today, first made popular by the 1968 science fiction film, “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

Promising young violinist and winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2008, Karen Gomyo will also join the Utah Symphony for Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major during this performance on Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple.

Also on the program is Johann Strauss Jr.’s most famous work, “On the Beautiful Blue Danube.” His Viennese family of composers shared no relation with Richard Strauss, but was well-respected by the German composer. Coincidence would further connect these two composers in 1968, when excerpts from “The Blue Danube” and “Also sprach Zarathustra” were both used in the memorable soundtrack to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” This Utah Symphony performance will again bring the two composers’ popular works together, and will also include Erich Korngold’s “Much Ado About Nothing” suite.

Tickets for the evening’s performances range from $15 to $85 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office or by visiting www.usuo.org. Students can purchase discount tickets with a student ID. Season ticket holders and those desiring group discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 when purchased the day of the performance.

Minczuk will present a free pre-concert lecture each night, 45 minutes prior to the start of the performance in the First Tier Room of Abravanel Hall.


Artist Bios:

Roberto Minczuk, Conductor
Conductor Roberto Minczuk is currently in his fifth season as Music Director of the Calgary Philharmonic. He also uniquely holds two concurrent major posts in the city of Rio de Janeiro Brazil - Artistic Director of the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira and Music Director and Artistic Director of the Opera and Orchestra of the Teatro Municipal Rio de Janeiro.

Until 2005, he served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Brazil – having completed a nine year tenure as Co-Artistic Director of that same orchestra and a two year period as Associate Conductor of the New York Philharmonic.

Maestro Minczuk takes the podium this season for the first time with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony, the Yomiuri-Nippon Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo, and the Odense Symphony as part of the Carl Nielsen International Festival. He makes welcome returns to the Dallas Symphony, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Vancouver Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia as part of a Kimmel Center Festival conducting the world premiere of a new Jonathan Sheffer oratorio with Angelique Kidjo as a major soloist.

Minczuk has also conducted the orchestras of Philadelphia, Atlanta, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Minnesota, St. Paul, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Toronto, Edmonton, Milwaukee, Nashville, Utah, Ottawa, Columbus, and New Jersey. On the international circuit, Maestro Minczuk has also appeared with (in addition to those above) the Halle Orchestra of Manchester, the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lyon and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra among many others.

Mr. Minczuk began his career as a prodigy of the French horn and already by the age of sixteen could count among his significant accomplishments the appointment of Principal Hornist of the São Paulo Symphony. While a student at The Juilliard School, he made solo appearances with the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall and with the New York Philharmonic as part of the orchestra's Young People's Concerts. After his graduation from Juilliard in 1987, Mr. Minczuk became a member of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the invitation of Maestro Kurt Masur. Returning to Brazil in 1989, he pursued conducting studies with Eleazar de Carvalho and John Neschling.

Karen Gomyo, Violin
Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2008, violinist Karen Gomyo first caught public attention after winning the 1997 Young Concert Artists International Auditions at age 15. She has ever since been active as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across the North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

Gomyo's engagements as soloist have included those with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, San Francisco, Saint Louis, Cincinnati, Houston, Montreal and Vancouver Symphonies, and the National Symphony of Washington D.C., to name a few. In Europe she has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, and Den Haag Residentie Orkest, among others. She has worked with such conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, Andrew Litton, David Robertson, David Zinman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andrey Boreyko, Hans Graf, Louis Langrée, James Gaffigan, and Robin Ticciati.

Upcoming highlights include debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra, Hong-Kong Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Malaysia Philharmonic, as well as return visits to the Baltimore, Dallas, Toronto, Indianapolis, and Norrköping Symphonies, among others.


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