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2009 Festivals - ongoing:
Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival (Raleigh, Cary, & Durham) through July 11;
NC Symphony: Summerfest (Cary) through July 18;
Swannanoa C-M Fest. (Charlotte, Waynesville, & Swannanoa) through July 21;
American Dance Festival (Durham) through July 25;
Appalachian Summer Festival (Boone) through July 25;
Duke Summer Music (Durham) through July 29;
Eastern Music Festival (Greensboro) through August 1;
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (Brevard) through August 9;
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Fest. (Highlands/Cashiers) through August 9;
Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (Snow Camp in Alamance County) through August 22;
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh) through September 20;
Outdoor Dramas through October 4;

Rocky Hock Playhouse (Washington) through December 19

2009 Summer Festivals - by starting date:

Carolina Summer Music Festival (Winston-Salem) August 19-29
[UNCSA Summer Performance Festival (Manteo) cancelled for 2009]


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  • Through Saturday July 11
    ADF: Pilobolus
    Program: Redline (Jonathan Wolken); World Premiere (Avshalom Pollak and Inbal Pinto); Rushes (Avshalom Pollak and Inbal Pinto); Ocellus (Robby Barnett, Lee Harris, Moses Pendleton, Jonathan Wolken); & Walklyndon (Robby Barnett, Lee Harris, Moses Pendleton, Jonathan Wolken)
    Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham. 8:00 p.m. Children's matinee 7/11 @ 1p - program t.b.a. Post-performance discussion 7/10. Community day at Nasher Museum of Art 7/11 @ 2p. Dancing for the Camera 7/10-12 location & time(s) t.b.a.
    $. 919/680-2787 or http://www.dpacnc.com/. Information 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/.
  • Saturday July 11 - Cary
    Concert Singers of Cary Chamber Choir & NC Symphony, Andy Brick, conductor (replacing Joan Landry, previously announced)
    Program: Play! A Video Game Symphony
    Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Regency Park, Cary. 7:30 p.m.
    $. 919/733-2750 or http://www.ncsymphony.org/

  • Sunday July 12
    MusiCoal Summer Series: Fleur de Lisa, female acapella vocal group
    Meymandi Theatre, Murphey School, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
    $10. 919/834-4001

  • Sunday July 12
    Cinema, Inc.
    Program: The Postman (Il Postino) (France/Italy/Belgium, 1994, color, Rated PG, in Italian with English subtitles, 115 minutes, directed by Michael Radford, starring Massimo Troisi, Philippe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, & Linda Moretti)
    Rialto Theatre, 1620 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
    Admission by season ticket ($20) only..., but ask about a pro-rata deal for this show & the August one.... 919/787-7611 or http://www.cinema-inc.org/

  • Monday July 13
    QRB: Tommy Edwards and the Lonesome Heart band with Ben Runkle, LaNelle Davis, & Stan Brown (bluegrass)
    Program: Selections from their new CD, "Heartbroke and Lonesome"
    Quail Ridge Books & Music, Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh. 7:30 p.m.
    Free. 919/828-1588

  • Monday July 13 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Mathieu Dufour, flute, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi & Alan Gilbert, conductors
    Program: Weber: Oberon: Overture; Nielsen: Flute Concerto; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; & McPhee: Tabu-Tabuhan
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Monday-Wesnesday July 13-15
    ADF: Doug Elkins and Friends
    Program: Fräulein Maria (Doug Elkins)
    Reynolds Industries Theatre, West Campus, Duke University, Durham. 8:00 p.m. Post-performance discussion 7/15.
    $. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu. Information 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/.

  • Thursday July 14
    Nathan Heath*, violin, & Justin Sturz, piano
    Program: Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor; Franck: Sonata in A Major; Mozart: Sonata in E minor, K.304; & Heifetz-Gershwin: Prelude
    Bösendorfer Hall, Ruggero Piano, 4720 Hargrove Road, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/839-2040
    *A 16-year-old student of the NCS' Dovid Friedlander.

  • Wednesday July 15
    Duke Summer Music: The Love Language (band)
    Kirby Horton Hall, Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 7:00 p.m.
    $. 919/684-4444

  • Wednesday July 15
    QRB: Big Medicine (bluegrass)
    Program: Selections from their new CD, "Pine to Pine"
    Quail Ridge Books & Music, Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh. 7:30 p.m.
    Free. 919/828-1588

  • Thursday-Saturday July 16-18
    ADF: Paul Taylor Dance Company
    Program: Beloved Renegade (Paul Taylor); Mercuric Tidings (Paul Taylor); & Scudorama (Paul Taylor)
    Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham. 8:00 p.m. Post-performance discussion 7/18.
    $. 919/680-2787 or http://www.dpacnc.com/. Information 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/.
    Related events: Site-specific work (Golden Belt) by Mark Dendy 7/17 @ 7p & 7/18 @ 2p.

  • Friday July 17
    Third Friday Series: RTOOT - the Really Terrible Orchestra of the Triangle, W. Sands Hobgood, conductor*
    Program: EXPLORE! Rhythm - Everyone Can Play!**
    Durham Arts Council, Durham. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/484-9090 or http://www.thirdfridaydurham.com/events/view/319
    *With the Scene of the Crime Rovers band (Shannon Morrow's group... There is **The concert - such as it will be... - "will be followed by interactive drum and melody circles for [all who wish to participate]. Music Explorium will provide plenty of drums and percussion - [or] bring an instrument of your own if you'd like" - or visit "the found sound instrument making table. The evening will culminate in a rousing performance by YOU in the 'Everybody Plays Instant Orchestra' - a drum circle and melodic instrument jam for community members who would like to join us with their instrument, voice or homemade percussion." (Note: No really terrible critics - or good ones, for that matter - will attend.)

  • Friday July 17
    Chapel Hill Community Chorus (CHCC) Summer Chorus, Sue T. Klausmeyer,
    conductor, & with Native American Tribal Dancers
    Program: The Wild, Wild West - featuring Libby Larsen: The Settlin'
    Years, Stephen Chatman: Prairie Lullaby, Kirby Shaw: Ghost Riders in the
    Sky, Aaron Copland: Ching-a-Ring Chaw, & Randol Alan Bass: Southwestern
    Suite
    University United Methodist Church, 150 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. 8:00 p.m.
    $12, children $6. 919/933-3261 or http://www.chapelhillcommunitychorus.org/

  • Saturday July 18 - Cary
    Summer Pops Series: Buddy West, euphonium, & Triangle Brass Band, Tony Granados, director
    Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary. 7:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/363-8664 or http://www.trianglebrass.org/

  • Saturday July 18 - Cary
    Valentina Lisitsa, piano, & NC Symphony, William Henry Curry, conductor
    Program: Russian Masterpieces by Tchaikovsky, & Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
    Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Regency Park, Cary. 7:30 p.m.
    $. 919/733-2750 or http://www.ncsymphony.org/

  • Saturday July 18
    Triangle Youth Ballet, NY Youth Tap Ensemble, & music by The Rosebuds
    Program: A dance performance in a rock music setting
    Carolina Theatre, Durham. 7:30 p.m.
    Advanxe $17/$15, at the door $21.919/932-2676 or http://www.triangleyouthballet.org/

  • Sunday July 19
    RCMG: Toppin/Heid/Holley (Louise Toppin, soprano, David Heid, piano, & Timothy Holley, cello)
    Program: “More than a Spiritual” - Owens: Heart on the Wall; & Songs by Margaret Bonds, H.T. Burleigh, Leslie Adams, William Grant Still, Undine Smith Moore, Hall Johnson, & others
    NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m. Pre-concert tour of program-related paintings at 2:00 p.m. For reservations, contact Jen Coon at 919/664-6820 or jcoon@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us
    Season membership: NCMA members & students $40; single tickets $10, NCMA members & students $8. 919/821-2030, 919/715-5923, http://www.rcmg.org/, or http://www.ncartmuseum.org/

  • Monday July 20 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano, & Daniel Barenboim, piano, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Daniel Barenboim, & Pierre Monteux, conductors
    Program: A retrospective from commercial recordings: Albeniz: Interlude and Dance from La Vida Breve, El Sombrero de Tres Picos, & Nights in the Gardens of Spain; & Franck: Symphony in D Minor
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Monday-Wednesday July 20-22
    ADF: ADF Dancers
    Program: PAST/FORWARD Infinity (Laura Dean); World Premiere (Faye Driscoll); & Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret (Rosie Herrera)
    Reynolds Industries Theater, West Campus, Duke University, Durham. 8:00 p.m.. Post-performance discussion 7/20
    $. 919/684-4444 or http://www.tickets.duke.edu. Information 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/.
    Related event: Wine-tasting Wednesday 7/22.

  • Wednesday July 22
    Duke Summer Music: Erich Bachmann (rock & folk)
    Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 7:00 p.m.
    $. 919/684-4444

  • Wednesday-Thursday July 23-25
    ADF: Mark Morris Dance Company
    Program: Peccadillos (Mark Morris); Excursions (Mark Morris); Going Away Party (Mark Morris); A Lake (Mark Morris); & Candleflowerdance (Mark Morris)
    Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham. 8:00 p.m. Post-performance discussion 7/23.
    $. 919/680-2787 or http://www.dpacnc.com/. Information 919/684-6402 or http://www.americandancefestival.org/.
    Related events: HU/ADF MFA performances 7/24-25, Reynolds Industries Theatre, 8p.

  • Monday July 27 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Gustavo Dudamel, conductors
    Program: Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta; Pärt: Symphony No. 4; Debussy: La Mer (The Sea); & Castellanos: Santa Cruz de pacairigua: Suite Sinfónica
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Wednesday July 29
    Duke Summer Music: Chris Stamey + Peter Holsapple (indie rock)
    Duke Gardens, Duke University, Durham. 7:00 p.m.
    $. 919/684-4444

  • Sunday August 2 - Wake Forest
    PineCone & the Town of Wake Forest: Big Fat Gap (bluegrass)
    E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, Wake Forest. 5:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/664-8333

  • Monday August 3 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Byron Janis, piano, & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Georg Solti, Carlo-Maria Giulini, & Daniel Barenboim, conductors
    Program: Richard Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; & Wagner: Parsifal: Good Friday Music
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Friday August 7
    Hinshaw Music: The Bel Canto Company, Welborn Young, Mark Hayes, & John Rutter, directors
    Program: Annual "Celebration" Concert - several short... works by Mark Hayes conducted by the composer, some new Hinshaw publications conducted by Bill Young (including a new piece by Dan Forrest), and John Rutter conducting several of his shorter works and his edition of the Fauré Requiem.
    Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Raleigh. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/933-1691 or http://www.hinshawmusic.com/

  • Sunday August 9
    Cinema, Inc.
    Program: The 39 Steps (U.K., 1935, b/w, Not Rated, 88 Minutes, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peggy Ashcroft, Lucie Mannheim, & Godfrey Tearle)
    Rialto Theatre, 1620 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
    Admission by season ticket ($20) only..., but ask about a pro-rata deal for this show.... 919/787-7611 or http://www.cinema-inc.org/

  • Monday August 10 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Pinchas Zukerman & Robert Chen, violins, Eugene Izotov, oboe, & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
    Program: Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C (Il distratto), & Violin Concerto in G, H.VIIa:4; Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin, S.1060; Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in B-flat; & Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D.200
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Sunday August 16
    MusiCoal Summer Series: A Jared Paul Production (rock band)
    Meymandi Theatre, Murphey School, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
    $10. 919/834-4001

  • Monday August 17 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Robert Tear, tenor, Dale Clevenger, horn, & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti & Carlo-Maria Giulini, conductors
    Program: A retrospective: music from or about the British Isles from commercial recordings - Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma); Tippett: Suite in D (A Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles); Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31; & Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Monday August 24 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Robert Chen, violin, Mitsuko Uchida, piano, & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
    Program: Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude: Benjamin: Dance Figures (Nine choreographic scenes for orchestra) (premiere); Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; & Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

  • Monday August 31 – broadcast/webcast
    WCPE, 89.7 FM: Bejun Mehta, countertenor, & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frans Brüggen & Nicholas McGegan, conductors
    Program: Rameau: Suite from Naïs; Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, & Orchestral Suite No. 4; & Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
    WCPE-FM, http://www.theclassicalstation.org/. 8:00 p.m.
    Free. 919/556-5178

 

       

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