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May 4 – 17, 2013
Orchestra, jazz quintet in free concert
The 55-member La Forza Chamber Orchestra of Scottsdale will present a free concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Fri., May 17 at Valley Presbyterian Church, 6947 E. McDonald Dr., Paradise Valley. The orchestra will be led by Music Director Frank Darmiento. LEADING MAN: Frank Darmiento will conduct Featured with the the 55-member La Forza Chamber Orchestra of orchestra is a jazz Scottsdale during a special free concert May 17 quintet including: at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley. Dick Poccia from the Photo courtesy of Frank Darmiento Amherst Jazz Orchestra, Darmiento on trombone, Armand Boatman on piano, Ben Hedquist on bass and Dom Moio on drums. The quintet will perform with the orchestra on two pieces by Darmiento, “Brandenburg Brew,” based on J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 1,” and “Concerto for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra.” The program also includes “A London Symphony” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This dramatic piece is a tone poem of early 20th century London. The jazz quintet will venture into the realm of “Third Stream” music, as defined by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957. Schuller defined “Third Stream” as a new genre of music located about halfway between jazz and classical music. One of the key elements is improvisation. The pieces composed by Darmiento leave the improvisation to the jazz quintet and allow the orchestra to play complementary classical elements. The concert will be in the church’s sanctuary on the south end of the campus. Parking is also free in the large lot south of the sanctuary.
Arts Chronicles Soleri recently highlighted at museum
Innovative artist and thinker Paolo Soleri spent decades examining how architecture could support people in beautiful and efficient ways. That vision recently was on display at MAN OF VISION: Paolo the Scottsdale Museum of Soleri—architect, urban Contemporary Art (SMoCA) theorist, craftsman, in the exhibit, “Paolo Soleri: philosopher—was one of Mesa City to Arcosanti,” America’s most visionary which closed on April 28, just cross-disciplinary artists. a few weeks after Soleri’s He passed away on April 9, passing. It highlighted Soleri’s 2013. Photo courtesy of the focus on large-scale urban Scottsdale Convention and planning with three seldomVisitors Bureau viewed works representing the best of Soleri’s vision of urban design. Soleri received international recognition for his work from the American Institute of Architects, the Union of International Architects, the Venice Biennale and the National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt/ Smithsonian Museum. SMoCA Museum Director Tim Rodgers described Soleri as someone who “inspired Arizonans to examine the beauty of the desert landscape, to consider the adaptability of the early desert inhabitants and to think wisely about our impact on future, finite resources.” “Architecture was the vehicle he used for his broad thinking about social, economic and ecological issues that define and delimit the world we have created and in which we live,” Rodgers added.
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On stage Venue index DBG – Desert Botanical Garden 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix Tickets: 602-381-1096, Ticketmaster.com DST – Desert Stages Theatre AC – Actor’s Café 4720 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale Tickets: 480-483-1664, DesertStages.org FUMC – First United Methodist Church 15 E. 1st Ave., Mesa Tickets: sonorandesertchorale.org HCT – Hale Centre Theatre 50 W. Page Ave., Gilbert Info: 480-497-1181, haletheatrearizona.com IMPROV – Tempe Improv 930 E. University Dr., Tempe Info: 480-921-9877, tempeimprov.com KOGLC – King of Glory Lutheran Church 2085 E. Southern Ave., Tempe Info: 480-838-0477, kogaz.org MAC – Mesa Arts Center Ikeda – Ikeda Theater; Piper – Piper Theater 1 E. Main St., Mesa Tickets: 480-644-6500, MesaArtsCenter.com MCC – Mesa Convention Center 201 N. Center St., Mesa Info: aztattooexpo.com
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