Bozeman Daily Chronicle music & arts march 2015

March 3, 2015 | Music & Arts | Big Sky Publishing

A year in the works: A newly renovated Willson Auditorium is now open MUSIC THEATER & FILM VISUAL ART DANCE LITERARY EVENTS

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Featuring “Winter Sun,� a new piano trio by Mr. Aaberg, the Prokofiev Duo for Two Violins, and the immortal Brahms G minor Piano Quartet.

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CO N T E N T S MARCH 3, 2015

A Creative “Genius” Explains the Process............................................3

Symphony Conductor Matthew Savery to Perform at NYC Carnegie Hall with Alexander Markov................................................................................ 4

Montana Chamber Music Society Special Concert........................................ 5

Willson Auditorium . ................................................................................ 6–7

Gruppo Trevisio............................................................................................ 8

Oklahoma! in Livingston............................................................................... 8

Chicago Lyric Opera Getaway Raffle............................................................. 8

James Sewell Ballet in Encore Performance: Minnesota Company Returns to Big Sky........................................................ 9

Yellowstone Ballet Company presents “The Little Mermaid”....................... 10

Avenue Q................................................................................................... 10 MSU Celebrates ‘Creative Nations’ during 2015 Presidents Fine Arts Series....11

Directory of Events.................................................................................... 11–12

Electric Premiere with the Bozeman Symphony..................................4

On the cover: Ribbon cutting at the Willson Auditorium

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RadioLab’s Jad Abumrad to Speak in Big Sky

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nnovation is a buzzword for our times, but what does it really mean, and how does it feel to make something truly new in the world? Jad Abumrad, co-host and creator of Radiolab, a public radio program broadcast more than two million times a month as a podcast, is uniquely qualified to answer this question, and he’ll do just that on Saturday, March 7 at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky. Abumrad, who won a MacArthur Fellowship for his explorations of these kinds of questions, will describe how ‘radical uncertainty’ is an essential part of any creative process that will ultimately result in something authentically innovative. Fans of the Peabody awardwinning Radiolab will hear examples from the show’s own evolution as Abumrad explains how negative feedback can offer significant positive results, and how this influenced the unique audio format and style of Radiolab, which arguably drastically altered the landscape of radio forever.

Thirteen years ago, Abumrad began tinkering with an idea for a new kind of radio program, and his lecture will explore the personal story of how he invented the new aesthetic in audio that is Radiolab.

In doing so, he’ll also offer the audience a kind of clinic in the art of storytelling, and perhaps most profoundly, offer listeners the results of his three-year investigation into the science, philosophy and art of uncertainty.

Specifically, he’ll explore the questions all artists and innovators face as they embark on previously unknown paths: Do negative feelings have a place in the creative process? And if so, do they slow us down—or actually propel us forward? Warren Miller Performing Arts Center Artistic Director said the decision to bring Abumrad to the center was an easy and logical one.

“Jad is a composer by training,” said John Zirkle. “And his work really revolves around the intersection of arts, culture and science. As such, I think our audiences will find that his views on innovation and creativity will really expand how they reflect on what they’ve seen so far at WMPAC, and how they’ll process what they’ll see in the future.

I expect that people will be talking about what they’ve heard for a long time. And listening to a lot more Radiolab.”

Tickets for the show sell for $20 to $46 and are available at warrenmillerpac.org.

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Electric Premier with the Bozeman Symphony The Bozeman Symphony returns to a newly renovated Willson Auditorium and back to their normal schedule of two performances this March.

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Symphony Conductor Matthew Savery to Perform at NYC Carnegie Hall with Alexander Markov

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he Bozeman Symphony returns to a newly renovated Willson ozeman Symphony Orchestra’s conductor Maestro Matthew Auditorium and back to their normal schedule of two Savery will perform in New York City at Carnegie Hall this performances this March. Taking place on Saturday, March 7 summer with solo violinist Alexander Markov and a string at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 8 at 2:30 p.m., the Bozeman orchestra.

Symphony will be celebrating with their Electric Premier

Now in his 21st season as Music Director of the Concert Series.

Bozeman Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir and continuing Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” trumpets in the occasion in his seventh season as Music Director of the Wyoming Symphony for the special concert event. Next, commissioned by the Bozeman Orchestra, Savery enjoys an expanding reputation Symphony in honor of Maestro Savery’s 20th anniversary as for his multi-faceted career as an electrifying Music Director, and inspired by the beautiful panoramic performer, dedicated orchestra builder and vistas of Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks, the charismatic teacher. An internationally Symphony presents the world premiere of American acclaimed conductor, Savery will be joined composer Kenneth Fuchs’s “Glacier (Concerto by world-renowned violin virtuoso for Electric Guitar and Orchestra).” The and the hippest violinist on the Program concludes with the second suite planet, Alexander Markov, as part of of Prokofiev’s powerful interpretation of Savery’s Carnegie Hall debut. Markov Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” most recently visited Bozeman Tickets are available for purchase online at in September 2014 as part of the www.bozemansymphony.org or by phone at Bozeman Symphony’s 47th concert 585-9774. Adult tickets start at $25. Save up to season and the Discover the Wild 40 percent by purchasing a season subscription performance featuring Paganini’s to the Symphony, new subscriber discounts second violin concerto. available, student discounts are also available.

Savery and Markov perform Celebrate the return to Willson Auditorium at Carnegie Hall on June 5 at 8 p.m. with the Homecoming Package and save when you in the Stern/Perelman auditorium purchase tickets to Electric Premier on March 7th (881 7th Ave, at 57th Street, New and 8th at 2:30 p.m., and Ode to Joy on April 11 and York), collaborating with Heike Doerr 12. Receive a $10 discount when purchasing tickets to on harpsichord performing Vivaldi’s epic both the March and April performances as they conclude “Four Seasons.” Other masterpieces on the their 47th concert season. Rush tickets will be available and program include Tchaikovsky Serenade and Vitali may be purchased based on availability at the following locations Matthew Savery Chaconne. on Friday, March 6 for Electric Premiere and Tickets are priced from $25-$120 and may be purchased by calling Friday, April 10 for Ode to Joy: Eckroth Music Carnegie Charge at (4-6 p.m.), ERA Downtown (4-6 p.m.), MSU 212-247-7800 or online at www.carnegiehall.org.

School of Music Lobby (3-5 p.m.). Rush tickets Tickets for this performance are now on sale. Please call the Bozeman are available first-come, first-served. Tickets Symphony at 585-9774 with questions regarding this debut. are non-refundable and are distributed at random. Rush ticket prices are $10/adult, $5/ student.

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Montana Chamber Music Society Special Concert

By Michael Reynolds: Artistic Director, Montana Chamber Music Society

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and Professor of Music at Boston University.

The other works featured in this program are the lively and challenging Prokofiev Duo for two violins, as well as the immortal Brahms G minor Piano Quartet with Zazofsky performing on viola and Aaberg on piano.

“The Brahms quartet is one of the most popular and enduring works in the entire chamber music literature,” said Reynolds.

“The Finale, a rollicking Gypsy rondo, always brings the audience to their feet.”

“The addition of Angella Ahn to the regular performers for the Montana Chamber Music Society is a fantastic addition”, added Reynolds, also a Montana native (who grew up in Bozeman before embarking on his career of nearly four decades with the Muir Quartet, based in Boston).

“Angella, in addition to being a great violinist, is a fantastic communicator with the audiences. She has incredible focus and great intuitions, and is a truly remarkable musical conversationalist and collaborator. We are all quite blessed to have her among us in Montana”.

Tickets are available on-line at www. montanachambermusicsociety.org and at Cactus Records and ERA Landmark Realty on East Main. The concert is at MSU’s Reynolds Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on March 21.

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special chamber concert will be hosted by the Montana Chamber Music Society(MCMS), and local musicians will play pieces that are bound to bring “the audience to their feet,” according to MCMS Artistic Director Michael Reynolds.

The MCMS will present a special chamber concert on March 21 at Reynolds Hall, MSU campus, featuring Phil Aaberg, piano; Michael Reynolds, cello; Angella Ahn, violin and Peter Zazofsky on viola and violin.

The centerpiece of the concert is a new piano trio by Montana native and piano superstar Aaberg. Entitled “Winter Sun,” the work is evocative of early morning sunrise on the northern Montana plains that Aaberg grew up on near Chester (where he still lives and which served as the inspiration for the piece). The music captures the varying light and color that Montanans can relate to, with a virtuosic and lively story line.

Aaberg and cellist Reynolds have performed many times together, with such bodies of work as the Complete Beethoven Sonatas for piano and cello and the complete Gamba Sonatas of JS Bach. They are joined on this concert by the internationally touring violinist Ahn, Professor of Violin at Montana State University, and by Muir Quartet first violinist Zazofsky, a regular visitor to Montana

Angella Ahn

Michael Reynolds and Phil Aaberg (photo submitted by Michael Reynolds)

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A year in the works: A newly renovated

Willson

Auditorium is now open

Photo courtesy of Mary Jo O’Donnell

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he renovation of the Willson Auditorium has been long awaited, and, now, a year after the plan for the renovation was first approved by the Bozeman School Board, the Willson will be reopening this month.

“It’s already booked,” said Executive Director of the Bozeman School Foundation Mary Jo O’Donnell of the Willson’s upcoming performance schedule.

Intermountain Opera Bozeman (IOB) was a consistent user of the venue and is excited to bring their performances back to its stage.

“Our May production of Puccini’s ‘Suor Angelica’ and ‘Gianni Schicchi’ (two one-act operas) is a perfect showcase for what the remodeled Willson can do,” said Jackie Vick, Executive Director of IOB. “’Suor Angelica’ will have the beautiful traditional opera sets with hand-painted drops shipped in from New York. ‘Gianni Schicchi’ will be designed

by Michael Hillenius at the Willson using all the bells and whistles of the new lighting and technical system.”

Renovations to the Willson include acoustical updates, behind the stage wiring, enhanced lighting, adequate dressing rooms,

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a green room, new box office, safer catwalks, an updated reception area with a ticket booth, more comfortable seating, elevator access, wheelchair access to the stage and up-to-date air controls.

While the finishing touches won’t be completed until the end of March, the Willson held its first event on Feb. 26: it’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, where approximately 150 people were in attendance.

“It feels great,” O’Donnell said. “We’re still putting the finishing touches on the lobby, but now [The Willson] feels modern and it feels safe. Everyone worked really hard and the outcome is just amazing.”

The total project cost for the renovation was $3.5 million. The Bozeman Public School District raised $1 million and the Bozeman School Foundation raised another $2.5 million. Construction began in June 2014 with phase one of construction, which renovated

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the auditorium and the back of the house. Phase two of construction began in November 2014, which renovated the lobby, the reception area and the elevator, according to the Bozeman Schools Foundation’s website.

The Willson, which was built in 1936 by noted architect Fred Willson, was part of a federal emergency Public Works Administration project and hasn’t been renovated since the 1950s, according to O’Donnell. The Willson is currently Gallatin Valley’s largest performance facility next to Montana State University’s field house.

“Mr. Willson’s structures were meant to last,” said O’Donnell in a document given to Music and Arts, “and we will now have an easier job of maintaining the Willson and its architectural integrity.”

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Chicago Lyric Opera Getaway Raffle

Gruppo Trevisio

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Samuel Park, Paul Leenhouts and Elliot Figg

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ruppo Trevisio, one of the leading interpreters of 17th–18th century chamber music repertoire, will be performing in Bozeman this month. The group is comprised of Samuel Park (baroque violin), Paul Leenhouts (recorder) and Elliot Figg (harpsichord).

Gruppo Trevisio was founded at the International Baroque Chamber Music Festival in Ilhabela, Brazil, where the three musicians met as artists in residence during the summer of 2013.

The members specialized in early music at renowned institutions such as the University of North Texas, The Juilliard School of Music, Yale University and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.

Gruppo Trevisio is one of leading interpreters of 17th-18th century chamber music repertoire and is widely appreciated for its innovative presentation of specific musical projects focusing on great works by unfamiliar composers and unfamiliar works by great composers from the baroque era.

Gruppo Trevisio will be performing on Sunday March 15 at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church Bozeman. Tickets will be sold only at the door: $20 General Admission, $15 seniors and students.

The notorious unlucky number 13 worked in the favor of Intermountain Opera supporters Jack and Karen Day last year. While out of the country, the couple received a call that from the 13 raffle tickets they purchased in the Intermountain Opera’s “Chicago Lyric Civic Opera House Opera Getaway,” contest that they had Zoran Orlic/ZeroStudio Photography been named the lucky winners.

This year, Intermountain Opera Bozeman is looking to take two more winners to the Windy City for a night at the Lyric Opera in Chicago.

Intermountain Opera is raffling away tickets for two to see a Lyric Opera show in Chicago along with airfare and three nights lodging. Only 1000 tickets will be sold and all proceeds go toward supporting Intermountain Opera’s productions.

The Days were extremely excited when they received the notification they had won last year’s raffle contest. The couple was given a schedule of Lyric Opera performances and was able to pick—according to their schedule and based on the shows they wished to see—when they would take the trip to Chicago.

The couple, who have been supporters of the Opera in Bozeman for many years, decided to see world-renown singer Renee Fleming in “Capriccio” and “Don Giovanni.”

“It was so enjoyable to see Renee Fleming,” Jack said, who sat in orchestra-section seats. “We had never seen her before.”

This year, Intermountain Opera is offering a deal for 13 lucky tickets at $200, six tickets for $100 or $20 for one. Tickets are available by calling 587-2889 or at 104 E. Main St. (US Bank Bldg.) Ste 101 or by contacting an Intermountain Opera board member. The drawing will be held at “Suor Angelica/Gianna Schicchi” on May 17 during the performance intermission. For complete details on the contest, please contact Intermountain Opera.

Oklahoma! in Livingston Rodgers and Hammerstein’s groundbreaking masterpiece hits the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts in Livingston as “Oklahoma!” takes the main Stage. Directed by Russ Lewis, who is in his 14th season at the Shane Center, this will be the first time “Oklahama!” has been to this stage.

“This musical has the most compelling story. It’s simple, but phenomenally compelling,”

said Lewis. “I want people to remember how good it is.”

Featuring a cast of approximately 50 people from Bozeman, Livingston and even as far as Gardiner, Lewis picked this production mainly for its ability to showcase local talent.

“When you get lots of people involved, it builds community,” he said.

Lewis is also excited about the score. “Oklahoma!” was the first

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collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and it smashed all box office records when it opened in 1943.

The play takes place in Oklahoma Territory at the turn of the 20th century with two young cowboys vying with a surly farmhand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.

“Oklahoma!” runs in the Dulcie Theater at the Shane

Center from March 6-29, playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.

Special “Sing-Along” Saturday matinees will be presented at 3 p.m. on March 14, 21 and 28.

Tickets to all shows are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and college students and $10 for youth 17 and under and are available at theshanecenter.org or by calling the box office at 222-1420.

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AVENUE Q [JEFF WHITTY’S TRIPLE TONY WINNER!] 8PM FRI–SAT MARCH 20–APRIL 4 This puppet-filled adult musical comedy about 20-somethings seeking their purpose in big city life is “part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.” All seats $12 [RATED 17+]

IMPROV ON THE VERGE

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7PM MONDAYS MARCH 9, 23 + 30

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James Sewell Ballet in Encore Performance: Minnesota Company Returns to Big Sky

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he choreographer the New York Times calls “one of American ballet’s most inventive” returns with his company to Montana to present a new work, the madein-Montana “Silk Road,” as well as a perennial favorite of the Minnesota-based company, an homage to Garrison Keillor’s fictional character, “Guy Noir.”

Sewell’s association with the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (WMPAC) began when they opened the inaugural season at the new center last year.

“Our audience loved them,” said WMPAC Artistic Director John Zirkle, “and, I’m happy to say, they really liked us as well.”

Enchanted by the small mountain community’s beauty

Recover from your weekend with hilariously unscripted comedy! All seats $5 [RATED 17+]

The GREATEST FAiRYTALE NEVER TOLD 2PM SATURDAYS MARCH 21–APRIL 11 In this funny new Verge puppet show, a fairytale wish turns out quite unexpectedly for a puppet girl born to human parents.

Fairyland, ho! $5 [ALL AGES]

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and welcome, the famed choreographer and several dancers returned to Big Sky last summer for the first Twin Sky Dance Intensive, a dance residency where they developed the core of what would become Silk Road.

“Our time in Big Sky really made Silk Roads what it is,” said Sewell. “Nature has always been a huge inspiration for me, and there we were dancing on the amazing WMPAC stage with the doors thrown open, looking at the mountains and the clouds rolling by. It provided this sense of space that somehow permeated things.”

The match of Sewell’s style with Big Sky’s sensibility has driven the enhanced connection between the company and the new performing arts center, according to Zirkle. “James is an

adventurer in mind, body and spirit. Other choreographers might gain inspiration in a studio; James really responds to the thrill of jumping off the green bridge or skiing Challenger. He wants to interact with the world physically, on stage and off.”

Zirkle’s assessment is echoed

by Francis Mason of New York City’s Classical Station. “Sewell’s work is different from everyone else’s: it’s energetic, direct and full of musical zest; its movement vocabulary is ballet as it could be performed on the playing fields.”

Sewell returns with his company to WMPAC on Saturday, March 28, and then returns again this summer for another Twin Skies dance residency. Tickets are available from warrenmillerpac. org from $20–50.

RAFFLE

Chicago Getaway for 2 Airfare, 3 Nights’ Lodging, and 2 Pairs of Chicago Lyric Opera Tickets 2015–2016 Season

Drawing at Suor Angelica/ Gianni Schicchi Performance on May 17, 2015

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$ 00 Single Ticket 6 for $10000 3 for $20000 Tickets Available at 406-587-2889 104 E. Main (US Bank Bldg.), Ste. 101 OR from IOB Board Members

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Molly Huempfner, photo courtesy of YSBC

Yellowstone Ballet Company presents “The Little Mermaid”

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athleen Rakela, YBC artistic director and Montana Arts Council Fellowship in the Performing Arts recipient, has created a multi media presentation for the production including magical choreography, sea creatures and projected ocean images that will delight young and old. Daniel Parker, former conductor or Hartford Ballet, composed a compelling score and Robert Worobec narrates the Hans Christian Anderson tale.

Avenue Q This puppet-filled comedy follows a group of 20-somethings seeking their purpose in big-city life. Winner of the TONY “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, “Avenue Q” is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college graduate named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem

nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood.

Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, “Avenue Q” is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children’s show; a place where puppets are friends, monsters are good and life lessons are learned.

Every child who attends the ballet will receive a free stuffed dolphin, stuffed sea horse or seashell. After the performance, parents can take pictures of their child in a Little Nemo or starfish costume with the little mermaid and various sea creatures. CDs signed by the composer of “The Little Mermaid” audio book will be on sale at the event.

Included in the performance are professional guest artists Molly Huempfner, Randy Herrera, and YBC alumni Fiona Lee dancing alongside performers from Yellowstone Ballet School, The Dance Center and Main Street Dance Theatre.

Herrera, former Houston Ballet principal dancer, dances the role of the prince. He has won numerous awards, including the Princess Grace Award in 1999 and in 1998, received fourth place in the International Ballet Competition held in Jackson, Miss.

The title role of the little mermaid will be danced by Lee of Bozeman. She has trained at Yellowstone Ballet School for nine years. Last summer, she attended the School of American Ballet (SAB) intensive on full scholarship. She

With all of the talk of affordable housing going on in Bozeman, Verge Theater is bringing its own brand of urban angst and quirky neighborhoods to the stage in March.

“Avenue Q” takes over Verge Theater on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. from March 20 - April 4. Reservations are $12, and available online at www. vergetheater.com or in person at Cactus Records in downtown Bozeman. Verge Theater is located on North 7th in the strip mall across from Murdoch’s. “Avenue Q” is rated 17+.

has been given special permission from SAB administration to return to Montana to dance the leading role in this production.

The role of the beautiful bride who steals the love of the prince will be danced by Huempfner, Main Street Dance Theatre alumni currently dancing with Colorado Ballet. She spent last year dancing with Milwaukee Ballet II before joining the trainee program at Colorado Ballet Company. Karen Stengel of Main Street Dance Theatre performs the role of the Sea Witch.

General seating tickets for the Saturday April 4 Willson Auditorium performance at 1 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. of “The Little Mermaid” are $12 children/students and $23 for adults. A limited number of premiere child/adult reserved seats are available for $28.

Tickets can be purchased online at yellowstoneballet.org or at Eckroth Music in Bozeman or Conley’s Books and Music in Livingston. For more information or group rates email yellowstoneballet@gmail. com or call 223-4664 or 222-0430.

A $2 processing fee will be added to tickets purchased on the day of show.

Photo courtesy of Bennett Drozic

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MSU celebrates ‘Creative Nations’ during 2015 Presidents Fine Arts Series

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If you want to be listed in the April edition of Music and Arts, email scroisant@dailychronicle.com or call 406-5822612. Include details, dates, times, address of venue, contact information and admission price, if any for events taking place April 7–May 4. The deadline for submissions is April 2.

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he Montana State University Office of the President and the College of Arts and Architecture present “Creative Nations,” a series of engaging events held from February through the first week of April to celebrate Native arts and creativity. All events are free and open to the public.

Among the highlights are: a lecture by celebrated Indian author Sherman Alexie on March 28 in the Emerson’s Crawford Theater; a performance of the Sun Dance Opera Recital on March 24; a screening of the film “Winter in the Blood” with Alexie, film directors Alex and Andrew Smith and actor Chaske Spencer, star of the film on March 29; and a screening of a documentary April 1 about Native activist LaDonna Harris followed by a panel featuring Harris, MSU President Waded Cruzado, professor emeritus Henrietta Mann and Denise Juneau, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. MSU graduate Joe Horse Capture, associate curator of the Collections Research and Documentation Department at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will lecture on March 31.

“We have planned for this year’s President’s Fine Arts Series since my arrival at MSU,” said Nancy Cornwell, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture. “It feels timely, important, and absolutely humbling to present such caliber of artistic work. Whether you attend a performance, a lecture, a film or art exhibits, you will leave this year’s President’s Fine Arts Series with a sense of wonder and an a deeper appreciation for the creative contributions of Native American artists.

Cruzado said the theme for this year’s series is in keeping with MSU’s continued commitment to Native students, programs, scholarships and issues.

“Each event in the series demonstrates the beauty and strength of the Native American communities through authentic stories, creatively told,” Cruzado said.

The series ends with the MSU Pow Wow, April 3-4. For a full schedule and more information, visit: http://www.montana.edu/caa/pfas/index.html

The Ellen Theatre 17 W. Main St, Bozeman (585-5885, theellentheatre.com) • Celtic Rock with Carlos Nunez: Wednesday, March 4 at 8 p.m. $17. Worldrenowned musician and Grammy winner Carlos Nunez will be played high-energy Celtic Rock with his band.

• An Evening with Steve Tyrell: Thursday, March 26 at 8 p.m.$29-38. Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Tyrell and his band will be performing great music.

Beer, wine and refreshments will be available before the concert.

The Bozeman Symphony Society (585-9774, bozemansymphony.org) • Electric Premier: See page 4 for details.

• Meet the Composer: See page 4 for details.

• Symphony Conductor Matthew Savery to perform at NYC Carnegie Hall: Friday, June 5 at 8 p.m. in the Stern/Perelman Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale by calling Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800 or online at carnegiehall.org. Savery and solo violinist Alexander Markov will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City collaborating with Heike Doerr on harpsichord performing Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Other masterpieces on the program include Tchaikovsky and Vitali Chaconne.

Montana Chamber Music Society (508-740-8331, montanachambermusicsociety.org) • Chamber Concert: See page 5 for details The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center 45465 Gallatin Rd., Big Sky (995-6345, warrenmillerpac.org) • Two to Tango: Friday, March 20. Two acclaimed musicians Christopher O’Reilly and Pablo Ziegler, two Steinway D pianos, to artists exploring the nature of modern tango: it’s a not-to-be-missed tour de force of two of the most famous names in classical music today.

The Verge Theater 2304 North 7th Ave., Bozeman (587-0737, vergetheater.com) • Improv on the Verge: Monday, March 9, 23 and 30 at 7 p.m. $5. Enjoy a night of laughter in the form of live improv theater put on by the Verge’s team of SouthWest Alternative Theater Improv Players.

• Avenue Q: See page 10 for details.

The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts 415 E. Lewis St., Livingston (222-1420, theshanecenter.org) • Oklahoma!: See page 8 for details.

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The Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture 111 S. Grand Ave., Bozeman (587-9797, theemerson.org) • Parts of the Whole and Contact: Exhibit in the Jessie Wilber Gallery and Lobby Gallery from now until May 1. Free. Minnesota-based artist John Saurer presents “Parts of the Whole,” a body of work that is made up of different parts with each part dependent upon the other.

• Surface: Exhibit in the Weaver Room Gallery from now until June 5.

Free. Bozeman artist and MSU graduate, Sarah Maki presents “Surface,” a series of acrylic paintings on thin, translucent acetate sheets. Maki calls attention to beauty found in the temporal and overlooked.

• Art Education Classes and Camp: Enrollement begins March 2. Contact education@theemerson.org for more information. This spring, The Emerson will offer adult and teen favorites such as Ceramics, Acrylic Painting, Portrait and Figure Drawing, Casting Basics and Art on the Rocks Series (21+). Life Drawing Sessions held indoors with nude models in the spring and outdoors with clothed models in the summer will also be held at the Emerson. A printmaking workshop taught by current exhibiting artist John Saurer will also be taught.

Loretta Fine Art (539-9528, lorettafineart.com, workshops@lorettafineart.com) • Color Meditation Weekend Workshop: March 27-29 from 5p.m. Friday5 p.m. Sunday. No experience necessary. $285, including all materials and props. Taking place at Montana Lotus Yoga (1119 N. 7th Ave, Bozeman), Loretta Domaszewski is offering a workshop that explores the characteristics of the five senses and natural elements through watercolor painting, guided meditation from Angela Patnode, who shares 12 years of meditation and Buddhist practice and yoga from Anna Ourusoff, a teacher of yoga since 1995 and co-owner of Montana Lotus Yoga Studio.

Montana State University (montana.edu/caa/pfas/index.html) • Creative Nations 2015 Presidents Fine Arts Series: See page 11 for details.

The Warren Miller Performing Arts Center 45465 Gallatin Rd., Big Sky (995-6345, warrenmillerpac.org) • James Sewell Ballet Company: See page 9 for details.

Yellowstone Ballet Company 109 S. B St., Livingston (yellowstoneballet.org) • The Little Mermaid Ballet: See page 10 for details.