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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Sunday, February 12, 2012
Concerto Competition Concert
Directed by Jeffrey Turner, the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra develops the understanding, technique, and discipline required of the professional orchestral musician through a broad range of repertoire from the Baroque to contemporary. Soloists often include principal and section players from the world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony.
02/12/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Power Center Ballroom, 1015 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Sunday Afternoon Vocal Series
An Italian Valentine featuring the best of Verismo opera, featuring Amelia D’Arcy, soprano, Kelly Lynch; soprano, Enrique Bernardo, tenor and Robert Frankenberry, tenor with pianist Walter Morales.
02/12/2012
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Campbell Memorial Chapel, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
George Vosburgh and Stephen Story conduct a program including the Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble by Chad Robinson (who studied with Leonardo Balada) featuring CMU concertmaster Emma Steele, and Leonardo Balada's Concerto for Piano, Winds, and Percussion with pianist Enrique Graf. The Wind Ensemble will record Balada's concerto for release on the Naxos label.
02/12/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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A Romantic Afternoon
Istvan Jaray conducts Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture, Mozart's Concerto for flute and harp with Tara Yaney, flute, and Christine Mazza, harp; and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite #2.
02/12/2012
Time: 2:30 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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A Bach Tryptich
Alan Lewis directs Chatham Baroque, the Pittsburgh Brass Ensemble, the Calvary Choir and soloists in three Bach cantatas and the trumpet showpiece "Jauchzet Gott" with soprano Kathy Linger and baroque trumpeter Rick Murrell. Cantatas include #21 "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis," and #77, "Ich sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben."
02/12/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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Wine & Chocolate Tasting
Renaissance & Baroque and the Pittsburgh Camerata offer a variety of chocolate and wine pairings to celebrate Valentine's Day and support these two arts organizations.
02/12/2012
Time: 4-6:30 pm
Location: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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NPR's "From the Top" at Carnegie Mellon
Christopher O'Riley hosts a live taping of "From the Top," NPR's showcase of the best young musicians in America. Celebrate Valentine's Day with a show of love for Pittsburgh's wealth of musical talent as outstanding young artists from CMU's preparatory school and from around Pittsburgh perform for a nationwide radio audience.
02/14/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Shen Yun Performing Arts
Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music -- traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization. Award-winning vocalists perform with piano, and with the two-stringed erhu, also known as the Chinese violin. Shen Yun's one-of-a-kind orchestra and its all-original compositions, blend East and West like no other. Presented by Greater Philadelphia Falun Dafa Association.
02/15/2012 - 02/16/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
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A Winter Overture
Recently named Ensemble in Residence at Heinz Chapel, OvreArts presents new works by founding composers Blake Ragghanti and Luke Mayernik as well as three other composers, with improvisational dance by the Pillow Project Dance Company. Free admission.
02/16/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Heinz Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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The Song of the Horse
Poet Samuel Hazo joins the River City Brass Quintet for a memorable evening of poetry and music.
02/16/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: LeMont Restaurant on Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, PA
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