FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, March 9, 2012

A Streetcar Named Desire

03/09/2012 - 03/11/2012
237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Previn, Haydn, and Mendelssohn’s "Italian"
Former PSO Music Director André Previn (1976-1984) gives the premiere of his own Triple Concerto for Trumpet, Horn and Tuba featuring three principals from the PSO brass section. The Grammy, Oscar and Kennedy Center Honoree also conducts Haydn's Symphony #102 “Miracle” and Mendelssohn's vibrant “Italian” Symphony.
03/09/2012 - 03/11/2012
03/09 - 8:00 pm
03/10 - 8:00 pm
03/11 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Masterworks III: Piano Forte with Biegel and Zwilich
Featuring piano soloist Jeffrey Biegel, André Raphel conducts "Shadows," a co-commissioned work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich that reflects the migration of the human spirit. Also scheduled, Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, and Schubert's Symphony #9 (The Great C Major).
03/09/2012
Capitol Theater, 1015 Main St., Wheeling, WV
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Dynamic Women of Dance
Featuring guest choreographers with the August Wilson Center Dance Ensemble, directed by Greer Reed-Jones.
03/09/2012 - 03/12/2012
Time: tba
August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Dervish
Dervish is one of the most respected acts of modern time in world/roots music worldwide. 22 years since first coming together, with four original members still on board, Dervish remains a leading force in traditional Irish music. They've shared stages James Brown, The Buena Vista Social Club, Oasis, Sting, REM, Beck and many more.
03/10/2012
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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A Night of Beginnings
Guest Conductor Thomas Hong, Assistant Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony, will lead a concert that features the symphony’s 2012 Young Artist Competition Winner.
03/10/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PA
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Across the Seas
Walter Morales conducts.
03/10/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Katz Performing Arts Center, JCC, 5738 Darlington Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
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The Monster in the Hall
Rev your engines for a high-octane, comic joyride. Meet Duck, a sassy 16-year-old whose mom died years ago in a motorcycle crash. Her father, nearly blind from MS, cares more for his vintage bike than he does for maintaining a stable home environment. It's up to Duck to hold her dysfunctional world together. The Guardian praises David Greig’s work as "raucous…delivering comedy, pathos, and romance."
03/10/2012 - 04/01/2012
Time: various
1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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Chamber Ensemble
The WSO Chamber Ensemble players showcase their musical virtuosity with a range of classical selections offered to you in a more intimate setting. This year's concert features familiar classics, and is directed by WSO Chamber Conductor William Galvin.
03/11/2012
Time: 3:00 pm

Location: First Christian Church, 615 East Beau St, Washington, PA
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Mark Anderson, organ
Montana native Mark Anderson is the new Director of Music Ministry at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. Mr. Anderson arrived from Philadelphia's Presbyterian Church at Chestnut Hill, where he was Organist and Choirmaster for 15 years, as well as Dean of the Philadelphia Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. He studied at Westminster Choir College, Indiana University, and The Eastman School of Music and has performed on the BBC, NPR, and Icelandic State Radio.
03/11/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 5121 Westminster Pl, Pittsburgh, PA
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