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THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013
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Come dancing with Cascade Winds
Library hosts talk on Mexican murals
Right on the heels of conducting Central Oregon Symphony's first concert of the season, Michael Gesme returns to the stage to lead the Cascade Winds S y mphonic Band in its season opener, a concert featuring classics, marches and recent compositions with a dance theme, at 2 p.m. Sunday at Summit High School, 2855 N.W. Clearwater Drive, in Bend. The concert begins with an overture basedon themes in Jacques Offenbach'sopera "La Belle Helene." The first half of the concert also features the John Philip Sousa march "Bullets and Bayonets" and Percy Grainger's "Lincolnshire Posy." The second half of the concert featuresJewish dance music — "Rikudim,"by Jan van der Roost, and Adam Gorb's five-movement work, "Yiddish Dances." Sandwiched between the two will be Kenneth Alford's tasty British march "Army of the Nile." Admission to the concert is free; no ticket required. Tax-deductible donations to the Cascade Winds
Portland teacher and m u ralist Hector H. Hernandez will present two talks this weekend on the role of murals in Mexican and MexicanAmerican visual art. "In Mexico, since pre-Columbian times, murals have been an art form that unifies architecture, sculpture and painting," said Hernandez, who painted his first murals in Mexico City for a social anthropology study project under the guidance of the Mexican master p ainter A r n old Belkin. Hernandez has taught courses in art history and Mexican culture, and now teaches mural painting at Portland State University and Chemeketa Community College. The talks will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Redmond Public Library, 827 S.W. Deschutes Ave., and 2 p.m. Sunday at Sisters Public Library, 110 N. Cedar St. They are free and open to the public. Contact: www.deschutes library.org or 541-312-1032.
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Cascade WindsSymphonic Band members, from back left, Bob Hitzhusen, Nick Thomas and Hannah Noble rehearse for Sunday's concert at Summit High School in Bend. Symphonic Band Association will be accepted. Contact: www.cascadewinds.org or 541-383-7516.
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www.karendandy.com From previous page "I wanted to do it because ... this is Britten's centenary; he was actually born on Nov. 22, 1913, which is less than a month away," Thompson said. During their further talks about programming, Retallack decided to go 100 percent red, white and blue. "With (Lauridsen) being the centerpieceof our program ...I decided to expand mine to all American music. The music that I've chosen has got very fine poetry, really beautiful poetic texts, and it's very passionate and romantic," she said. The Vocal Arts Ensemble's portion of the concert will open with a "lighthearted ditty," then move into choral settings of fine poetry by the likes of American poet Emily Dickinson. When he learned of that plan, Thompson said, "'Ah, we'll do all British music,' and the piece by Benjamin Submitted photo Britten will be the featured piece in Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble leader Diane Retallack poses with famed Amerithat. We can play off the idea of their can composerMorten Lauridsen, who wrote "Les Chansons des Roses." coming over the Santiam Pass, and me doing music from Britain across the Atlantic Ocean. It's just kind of a African-American spiritual by Bran- They're coming two hours early, so we're going to have a good half-hour cutesy tie-in." don Waddles. "We're just throwing (it) in ... at His 42-voice Mastersingers will to rehearse the pieces together. That fire the first shot, opening the con- the end of our set, purely for our own will be our first time ever together, cert with Peter Philips' "Ave Verum pleasure — and for the pleasure of the and it'll be a lot of fun." Corpus," which dates back to 1612, audience," Thompson said. On Nov. 3, the Mastersingers will followed by the Henry Purcell chorus The two choirs will join forces in bridge the divide once again by head"Soul of the World," part of his "Ode the end. ing to Eugene, where the two choirs "We've picked outtwo pieces we're will repeat the concert at Beall Conto Saint Cecilia" (who's the patron saint of music, by the way). going to do with combined choirs," cert Hall at the University of Oregon. — Reporter: 541-383-0349, The Mastersingers will wrap up Thompson said. "We've kept them their set with "Ride in the Chariot," an fairly simple. They're not hard pieces. djasper@bendbulletin.com
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