Princeton University Museum 2008-2009
Upcoming
Strangers in a Strange Land:
Chinese Art From the Imperial Palaces
September 27, 2008 - December 14, 2008
Frank Gehry: On Line
October 4, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Jasper Johns: Light Bulb
October 4, 2008 - January 4, 2009
Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist
October 10, 2008 - February 22, 2009
RVCC TO HOLD ANNUAL HOLIDAY ART SHOW, SALE
Raritan Valley Community College’s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will present its annual Holiday Art Show and Sale, Tuesday through Friday, December 2-5. The exhibition will be on view in the Art Gallery at the College’s North Branch Campus.
The Holiday Art Show and Sale will feature a varied display of ceramics created by RVCC students, instructors and several alumni. The ceramic work ranges from low-fire smoked and Raku vessels to high-fire functional and sculptural pieces in porcelain and stoneware. The ceramics program at RVCC is known for its wide range of glazes, so the display is expected to be especially colorful and bright.
This year the show also will feature hand-painted silk scarves by artist Vera Tarantino, handmade books by Maria Pisano and drawings and pottery by RVCC adjunct faculty member Sarah Roche.
An opening reception will be held Tuesday, December 2, at noon. Refreshments will be served. Show hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-6 p.m. For further information, call 908-218-8876.
CENTRAL JERSEY SYMPHONY WELCOMES NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR; SETS RVCC CONCERT
For the first time in more than 20 seasons, the Central Jersey Symphony will open its concert season with a new music director, Michael Avagliano. A New Jersey native and longtime Edison resident, Avagliano will lead the orchestra in its first performance of the 2008-09 season, Sunday, November 23, at 3 p.m., in the Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch.
The program will include the “Scottish” symphony by Felix Mendelssohn, as well as Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4 in G. Internationally renowned pianist Adonis Gonzalez, a native of Cuba, will join the orchestra as soloist.
Avagliano previously led the orchestra during 2004-2005 season, when the group’s music director, Dr. Roger Briscoe, was on sabbatical leave. Avagliano had also served as the orchestra’s concertmaster for several seasons.
The concert also marks a new association with the RVCC as its “orchestra-in-residence.” This enables students to become members of the symphony for college credit, as the Visual and Performing Arts Department seeks to broaden its opportunities for its music students.
“We’re very happy to be in partnership with the College,” Avagliano said. “The chance to perform at an excellent venue like the Nash Theatre allows us to expand our audience and benefit the student body as well as the community at large.”
Composed primarily of volunteer musicians, the Central Jersey Symphony rehearses on Tuesdays evenings at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra is still seeking musicians, primarily string players. For additional information, visit www.cjso.org.
Tickets to the November 23 concert cost $20, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. For tickets, call 908-725-3420 or visit www.cjso.org.
PRINCETON PRO MUSICA PRESENTS HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Princeton Pro Musica will perform Handel’s Messiah on Sunday, December 14, at 3 pm, at Patriots Theater in the Trenton War Memorial. Frances Fowler Slade, Founder and Music Director, will conduct chorus, orchestra, and a stellar cast of soloists including Christine Brandes, soprano; Elena McEntire, mezzo-soprano; Steven Brennfleck, tenor; and Christopher Burchett, bass. Tickets are $45, $38, and $25, with group rates available. To purchase, call 609-683-5122 or order online at www.princetonpromusica.org.
Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Princeton Pro Musica first performed Messiah in 1982, at the War Memorial. Since then, these acclaimed Messiah performances have become a Central New Jersey tradition. Slade comments, “We are always delighted to perform in the wonderful space at Patriots Theater.”
Noted for her radiant, crystalline voice and superb musicianship, soprano Christine Brandes brings her committed artistry to repertoire ranging from the 17th century to newly composed works. Last season, Brandes performed the Mozart Requiem with the Handel and Haydn Society under John Nelson, and the Bach St. Matthew Passion with Music of the Baroque under Jane Glover. She has also recently performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This season, she will perform Handel’s Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra shortly after her Princeton Pro Musica appearance.
Elena MacEntire, mezzo-soprano, has also received acclaim for a wide range of styles. She has performed the title role in Carmen with Opera in the Heights and Eolo in Vavalli’s Giasone at the Aspen Music Festival. She has sung many contemporary works, including the Western premier of Ned Rorem’s Our Town at the Aspen Music Festival. McEntire was a winner of the American Art Song Competition and Vienna’s AWA Hannah Adler Music Award. An avid concert artist and recitalist, she has appeared in San Francisco’s Herbst Theater and with Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Widely known as a rising star in our region, tenor Steven Brennfleck has been acknowledged as a young singer with great potential by some of the country’s top vocal competitions: Classical Singer Magazine’s AudComps, The Marion Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists and the Metropolitan Opera National Council. His concert appearances have included Honneger’s King David, the American premiere of Caldara’s Maddalena ai Piedi di Christo with the Princeton Baroque Orchestra, JS Bach’s Magnificat in D, and in Britten’s Cantata Misericordium and Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Joseph Flummerfelt.
Baritone Christopher Burchett has sung with Glimmerglass Opera, the New York City Opera, and the Opera Orchestra of New York. His concert appearances include engagements with the Boulder Bach Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, the Bethlehem Bach Festival, and the Louisville Orchestra. This season he will sing Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Christmas Carol with the New York Choral Society. He has won numerous competitions, including awards from the National Federation of Music Clubs, and American Bach Society/Bethlehem Bach Festival.
The War Memorial is a barrier-free facility. Persons requiring special assistance or accommodations are asked to contact Princeton Pro Musica two weeks in advance of an event to alert staff to any special needs. Call 609.683.5122 with any questions or requests for special assistance. Every effort will be made to accommodate special needs at any time.
This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Princeton Pro Musica exists to perform choral masterworks and other works of the choral literature with energy, passion, and uncompromising artistic excellence. We believe in the power of choral music to uplift and transform present and future audiences, performers, and communities.
Tickets are $45, $38, and $25, with group rates available. To purchase, call 609-683-5122 or order online at www.princetonpromusica.org.
Species on the Edge at D&R Greenway Gallery
D&R Greenway’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery announces “Species on the Edge”, prize-winning art by fifth graders of each New Jersey County. This art, chosen from over 2000 entries, creates the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey’s annual calendar. Each year’s winners are displayed annually at D&R Greenway Land Trust, to further their mission of preservation and stewardship. Mercer County’s winner is Elizabeth Teng’s Vesper Sparrow, created under the tutelage of Ms. Adele Hagadorn, at Princeton’s Riverside School.
For this project, the children became temporary wildlife biologists, studying endangered and threatened New Jersey wildlife, writing essays on chosen species. The artworks, in a broad range of media, (even feathers) feature the animal, bird or reptile in its preferred habitat. The young artists studied the creature’s current needs, as well as threats clouding their future. Also mounted are the winning essays. The show is available for public viewing in D&R Greenway’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery until December 1. Guests are welcome from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days.
There will be an evening reception for the Garden State Watercolor Society Exhibition on Friday, Nov. 21, from 5:30 – 7:30, while the Species on the Edge Exhibition is on display. Visitors are requested to call 609-924-4646 to attend. www.drgreenway.org
The Olivia Rainbow Gallery was named in memory of young Olivia Kuenne. It connects the lobby of D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center to the Evelyne V. Johnson Room on the main floor at One Preservation Place, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540. 2009 Conserve Wildlife Species on the Edge Calendars may be ordered at $10: http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/assets/pdf/calendarord
December Arts Calendar
Montgomery Center for the Performing Arts
Family Fun. December 13 at 7 pm, special performance by world famous physical comedian Avner the Eccentric. Avner has performed in films and plays including Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Lincoln Center, starring the Flying Karamazov Brothers, and in his own long running one-man Broadway show. Tickets for Family Fun Time Series seats are $25 for orchestra and $20 for loge. All seating for these series is reserved, so early reservations are suggested. For more information, MPAC.org.
Raritan Valley Community College
RVCC Art Show and Sale Dec. 2 – 5, Art Gallery at RVCC North Branch Cam,pus.
Opening Reception Dec. 2 at noon. Tues – Thurs., 12 – 8 pm. Fri., 12 – 6 pm. For more information, call 908-218-08876
RVCC Chorale Holiday Concert. Saturday, December 13, at 8 p.m.
The RVCC Chorale will perform its annual holiday concert. The performance will be held in the Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College’s North Branch Campus.
A Christmas Carol The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in North Branch will present Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s staging of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol, Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $37 and $42. Subscriptions are available. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Box Office, 908-725-3420, or order online at www.rvccArts.org. Senior citizen, student and group discounts are also available for a variety of performances.
Gallery 14
Joint exhibit of photographs. Paranormal Perfumerie by Martha Weintraub, and Light and Dark in the Small Gallery, photos by Karilyn Johansen. Through Dec. 21. Open Sat and Sun, 12 – 5. 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, NJ. Gallery14.com.
McCarter Theatre
Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic returns to Princeton with McCarter Theatre Center’s 28th annual production of A Christmas Carol, playing December 7–December 28 in the Matthews Theatre. The musical, featuring an adaptation by David Thompson and direction by Michael Unger, will begin previews Sunday, December 7 and will runs through Sunday, December 28. (Opening Night: Friday, December 12) McCarter Theatre Center is located at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ.
"A Christmas Carol" at McCarter Theatre
Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic returns to Princeton with McCarter Theatre Center’s 28th annual production of A Christmas Carol, playing December 7–December 28 in the Matthews Theatre. The musical, featuring an adaptation by David Thompson and direction by Michael Unger, will begin previews Sunday, December 7 and will runs through Sunday, December 28. (Opening Night: Friday, December 12) McCarter Theatre Center is located at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ.
MPAC’S HOLIDAY SEASON FEATURES AVNER THE ECCENTRIC
The Montgomery Performing Arts Center, or MPAC, has scheduled a holiday treat for families on Saturday, December 13 at 7 PM. Avner the Eccentric will be appearing in his new show “Exceptions To Gravity” as part of the Family Fun Time Series at the MPAC.
Avner broke into the top level of the entertainment scene as one of the “new Vaudevillians.” These performers defied simple classification because they combined numerous skills with characters that pull audiences into the performance in a warm and happy way.
Avner is probably best known for his endearing portrayal of The Jewel, the scene-stealing holy man, in “The Jewel Of The Nile”, co-starring with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. He was also featured in the film “Brenda Starr”, and the television series “Webster” and “Mathnet”.
Avner’s one-man show, “Avner the Eccentric”, played over a year on Broadway. Joel Siegel from ABC-TV said of this performance that “Avner the Eccentric is a brilliant comic…hurt yourself hysterically funny. I laughed for 2 solid hours. The show only lasted an hour and a half”.
Avner co-starred with the Flying Karamazov Brothers in Lincoln Center’s production of Shakespeare’ “A Comedy of Errors”. He returned to Broadway for a principal role in “Ghetto”, playing a ventriloquist, for which his dummy received a TONY nomination.
“Exceptions to Gravity,” Avner’s new show, defies the barriers of language and culture and has toured extensively all over the US and abroad. In it, Avner weaves a spell of poetic simplicity in a show of hilarious predicaments.
In addition to a busy performance schedule, Avner has taught master classes in clowning and Eccentric Perfroming in the US, France, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Japan and Spain.
“Avner the Eccentric, Exceptions To Gravity” will be performed at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center, located at Montgomery High School, 1016 Route 601, Skillman. Tickets are $25 for orchestra seats, and $20 for loge seating. Tickets can be purchased on line at MontyPac.org, and by phone at 1-800-595-4TIX. Tickets can also be purchased in person at Montgomery High School from 1 to 3 pm on days that the school is open. For information and directions call 609-466-7194.
December Arts Calender
MPAC
Family Fun. December 13 at 7 pm, special performance by world famous physical comedian Avner the Eccentric. Avner has performed in films and plays including Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors at Lincoln Center, starring the Flying Karamazov Brothers, and in his own long running one-man Broadway show. Tickets for Family Fun Time Series seats are $25 for orchestra and $20 for loge. All seating for these series is reserved, so early reservations are suggested. For more information, MPAC.org.
Raritan Valley Community College
RVCC Art Show and Sale Dec. 2 – 5, Art Gallery at RVCC North Branch Cam,pus.
Opening Reception Dec. 2 at noon. Tues – Thurs., 12 – 8 pm. Fri., 12 – 6 pm. For more information, call 908-218-08876
RVCC Chorale Holiday Concert. Saturday, December 13, at 8 p.m.
The RVCC Chorale will perform its annual holiday concert. The performance will be held in the Welpe Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College’s North Branch Campus.
A Christmas Carol The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in North Branch will present Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s staging of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol, Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $37 and $42. Subscriptions are available. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Box Office, 908-725-3420, or order online at www.rvccArts.org. Senior citizen, student and group discounts are also available for a variety of performances.
Gallery 14
Joint exhibit of photographs. Paranormal Perfumerie by Martha Weintraub, and Light and Dark in the Small Gallery, photos by Karilyn Johansen. Through Dec. 21. Open Sat and Sun, 12 – 5. 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, NJ. Gallery14.com.
McCarter Theatre
Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic returns to Princeton with McCarter Theatre Center’s 28th annual production of A Christmas Carol, playing December 7–December 28 in the Matthews Theatre. The musical, featuring an adaptation by David Thompson and direction by Michael Unger, will begin previews Sunday, December 7 and will runs through Sunday, December 28. (Opening Night: Friday, December 12) McCarter Theatre Center is located at 91 Univ
McCARTER Theatre to feature A CAST OF TALENTED CHILD ACTORS
Princeton, NJ—In what has become a much-loved community tradition, McCarter Theatre Center once again casts children from the greater Princeton area in its annual production of A Christmas Carol. These 14 young actors make up the children’s ensemble and also play additional crucial roles, including the Cratchit children, Scrooge as a boy, and Christmas Past.
Tiny Tim will be played by Matthew Kuenne, a resident of Princeton, who makes his first appearance in A Christmas Carol. The other young ensemble members new to the production include Ben Baumann, Ethan Blackwelder, Lindsay Gloriana Bohon, Michael Edenzon, Mariel Edokwe, Alphonso Jones, Anna Kralik, Reed Christine Schmidt, and Adjenai Elizabeth Worrell.
The children’s ensemble also features a few members returning to the cast from previous productions. They include Kalyn Altmeyer, Elisabeth Edokwe, Danny Hallowell, and Harmony Kingsley.
All in all, this year’s ensemble features seven children from the town of Princeton itself. The other cities housing this year’s talent include Belle Mead, Columbus, Flemington, Mercerville, Skillman, Trenton, and Edison (marking the first time a young ensemble member has hailed from Edison in the 28-year history of A Christmas Carol.)
Here is a complete list of the A Christmas Carol children’s ensemble and their hometowns:
Kalyn Altmeyer (Princeton), Ben Baumann (Princeton), Ethan Blackwelder (Princeton), Lindsay Gloriana Bohon (Flemington), Michael Edenzon (Belle Mead), Elisabeth Edokwe (Princeton), Mariel Edokwe (Princeton), Danny Hallowell (Skillman), Alphonso Jones (Trenton), Harmony Kingsley (Princeton), Anna Kralik (Mercerville), Matthew Kuenne (Princeton), Reed Christine Schmidt (Columbus), Adjenai Elizabeth Worrell (Edison)
McCarter Theatre Center’s 28th annual production of A Christmas Carol—Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his magical journey into Christmas past, present, and future—is adapted by David Thompson and directed by Michael Unger. It runs in McCarter’s Matthews Theatre from December 7 through December 28. This year's production welcomes a brand-new Scrooge: acclaimed Irish actor Dermot Crowley.
For tickets to A Christmas Carol, call the McCarter Theatre Center Ticket Office at (609) 258-2787 or visit www.mccarter.org. McCarter Theatre Center is located at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ.
Artists’ Reception Dec. 2 at Cultural & Heritage Gallery
Exhibition Runs Through Jan. 2
SOMERVILLE – The Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission and the Board of Freeholders will host a reception honoring the exhibiting artists in the C&H Gallery on Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The gallery is located on the first floor of the county administration building at 20 Grove St. Free parking is available in the adjacent Bernie Field Parking Deck; the entrance is off East High Street. Gallery hours are weekdays, except holidays, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The exhibition, which runs through Jan. 2, features the winning entries in the commission’s recent Juried Photography Contest. The contest was open to individuals who live or work in the county or who are members of an organization headquartered in the county.
First prize went to David Des Rochers of Cranford for his photo, “White Cedars.” He also is exhibiting “Sunrise at the George Washington Bridge.” Second prize was won by Sandra Brunarski of Manville for “King of the Shade.” She also is exhibiting “Chiang Portrait.” Third place went to Charles West of Hillsborough for “Sunrise Surf Fishing.” He also is exhibiting “Morning Rays.”
Honorable mentions went to Roman Barniak of Bernards (“Pine Trees Among Hoodoos”), Thomas E. Becht of Bernards (“Swamp Foggy Morning”) and Veronica Beckwith of Somerville (“Gordon”).
Also exhibiting are Greg Backman of Keansburg, Jordan Basem of Parsippany, Michelle Croft of Ringoes, John M. DeCristofaro of Warren, Linda Brady Deutsch of Readington, Gloria Dezuzio of North Plainfield, George M. Dousis of Hillsborough, Kathy Faulks of South Bound Brook, Casey Franke of High Bridge, Pamela Frueh of Bridgewater, Martin Honig of Franklin, Dom Ioele of Cranford, Hannah Kerwin of Bound Brook, Barbara Lawrence of Franklin and Aruna Mettler of Franklin.
Other exhibitors include Diane Mihalow of Bernards, Debra Miller of Hillsborough, Ron Morris of Millstone, Sara Parmigiari of Cranford, Brenda Peabody and Milton Peabody of Somerville, Andy Phillips of Flemington, Dan Pullen of Hillsborough, Bindia Puri of Watchung, John Reid of North Brunswick, Tania Volochine of Franklin and Barry White of Hillsborough.
For more information about the exhibition or the reception, contact Sallie de Barcza in the Cultural & Heritage Commission office at (908) 231-7110.
Morven's Festival of Trees!
Enjoy the elegant galleries in the historic Morven mansion beautifully adorned for the holidays by local organizations and garden clubs. The festive trees, decorated in colonial themes, are set amid Morven's landmark exhibition Picturing Princeton 1783: The Nation's Capital. This extensive exhibit employs the power of portraiture to bring to life the people and events of this important chapter in Princeton and the nation's history. In addition, Morven's Museum Shop is stocked with unique and affordable gifts for the holidays - be sure to stop in during your visit. www.morven.org
December 3, 2008-January 11, 2009
Festival of Trees Open House
Wednesday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday Noon-4 p.m.
Admission: $5 Seniors/Students: $4
Reservations recommended for groups of 10 or more.
Free on site parking.
RVCC SLATES JURIED SHOW FEATURING STUDENT ARTWORK
RVCC SLATES JURIED SHOW FEATURING STUDENT ARTWORK
Raritan Valley Community College’s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will present the 5th Annual RVCC Art Students Juried Exhibition, November 7-25, in the Art Gallery at the College’s North Branch Campus. An opening reception will be held Friday, November 7, from 6-8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
The show is being coordinated by RVCC Art Gallery Coordinator and Adjunct Instructor Darren McManus.
Artwork completed by RVCC students in the College’s Visual and Performing Arts Department during the past year—since the Fall 2007 semester—will be featured in the juried show. The artwork will include a wide variety of media, including ceramics, painting, drawing, sculpture, graphics, photography, illustration and printmaking.
Each student was permitted to submit up to three pieces of artwork for consideration. Sid Sachs, director of Exhibitions at The University of The Arts in Philadelphia, will evaluate all the entries and make the final selections for the exhibition.
Gallery hours are Mondays, 3-8 p.m.; Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m.; Wednesdays, 3-8 p.m.; Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.; and Fridays, noon-3 pm. The gallery will not be open on Friday, November 7, until the opening reception.
For further information, call the Visual and Performing Arts Department, 908-218-8876.
RVCC, located on Route 28 and Lamington Road in North Branch, NJ, and serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for 40 years, offers more than 90 associate degrees and certificates. In addition, customized training programs and non-credit courses are available for those seeking personal and professional development.
The College is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community’s businesses and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.
PSO Presents A Cello Master Class
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra education program BRAVO! will present a cello master class led by world renowned cellist Steven Isserlis, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, from 3 - 5 pm in the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center. Four gifted cello students will perform advanced classical repertoire, while Ms. Isserlis coaches and provides interpretive guidance. A reception with refreshments for the artists and audience will immediately follow the class. For master class reservations or more information, call the PSO at (609) 497-0020 or email kklaverkamp@princetonsymphony.org.
Princeton High School sophomore and cellist
for the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, Philip Chan will play the 3rd movement (Andante) of Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor, Opus 19. Princeton High School senior Aaron Deutsch and cellist for the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, will perform the 1st movement of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major. Meredith Bates, at one time a BRAVO! strings ensemble performer, and presently a student at Rice University, will play the 2nd movement of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1, and Kenneth Han-wei Kantzer, a recent graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School and now a Princeton University student, will play the 1st movement of Schumann's Cello Concerto.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton Adult School Join Forces
Guest Conductors to Lead
More Than A Concert Lecture Series
Classes offer an intimate look at PSO’s Guest Conductors
Princeton, NJ, September 29, 2008… Princeton Adult School, in a joint program with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, is once again offering its popular lecture series, More Than A Concert. Held on two Wednesday evenings, November 5, 2008 and January 14, 2009 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the lectures will examine the repertoire to be performed at the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s classical subscription series concerts. This year’s lectures will be given by the guest conductors who will lead PSO’s 2008-2009 classical concert series. With the PSO in the second phase of its search for a new music director, these lectures provide an opportunity to explore the individual philosophies of these conductors as they present their interpretation of the works they have chosen to perform at PSO’s classical concert series.
Offered in two ways (with PSO concert tickets included, or without for those who have already purchased their own), the lectures will be held at Princeton United Methodist Church, on the corner of Nassau and Vandeventer Streets. Enrollees may also attend the Saturday morning dress rehearsals for the concerts. Rehearsals and concerts are held at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University. To enroll for the fall lecture series, call the Princeton Adult School at 609-683-1101, or visit the website at www.princetonadultschool.org, click on Lectures, and scroll down to page 2. Just click Enroll Now and follow the instructions.
For the first lecture, on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, Tito Muñoz, Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra and Conducting Fellow of the League of American Orchestras, will talk about PSO’s November 9th concert, Princeton, It’s Revolutionary! A musical celebration of the 225th anniversary of the year 1783 when Princeton was the nation’s capital, works by Haydn, Verdi and Shostakovich have been programmed to illuminate what it was like to be in Princeton that year. Highlighted by Steven Isserlis’ performance of Haydn’s 1783 masterpiece, Cello Concerto in D Major, this concert will also include the overture to Verdi’s opera La Forza Del Destino, and Shostakovich’s monumental Tenth Symphony.
The second lecture, on Wednesday, January 14, 2008, will feature guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen, Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony. She will discuss PSO’s January 18, 2009 concert, Princeton Commissions a Concert!, when soloist David Krakauer will premeire Paul Moravec’s Clarinet Concerto. The PSO recently received a Citation of Excellence from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for commissioning and presenting this piece. This concert also includes Dvorak’s delightful Wind Serenade in Op. 44 in D minor, Rossini’s dramatic La scala di seta and Mendelssohn’s masterful Fourth Symphony.
The More Than a Concert lecture series will continue in March and April, 2009 for the winter term of the Princeton Adult School, again tracking the Princeton Symphony’s classical concert series. Registration for the winter term will be posted at the PAS website. For more information about the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, please go to www.princetonsymphony.org.
November Arts Calendar
Princeton Arts Council
The exhibition presents 20 works of art in diverse media by members of the Princeton Artist’s Alliance, a group of professional artists from the Princeton region. Earlier this year, the PAA was invited to create contemporary works in dialogue with the Princeton University Art Museum’s renowned permanent collection, recently on display in the exhibition An Educated Eye, presented on the occasion of the PUAM’s 125th anniversary. PAA artists were asked to select a work from the PUAM’s permanent collection that they found particularly resonant and create a new work in response. Participating PAA artists include: Joanne Augustine, Hetty Baiz, Anita Benarde, Rajie Cook, Clem Fiori, Thomas Francisco, Carol Hanson, Shellie Jacobson, Magaret Kennard Johnson, Nancy Lee Kern, Lore Lindenfeld, Marsha Levin-Rojer, Charles McVicker, Lucy Mc Vicker, Ruane Miller, Harry Naar, Barbara Osterman, Madelaine Shellaby, Marie Sturken, and Barbara Watts.
Gallery 14
New photography at Gallery 14 - through Nov. 16
Through the Looking Glass, John Blackford and Rhoda Kassof-Isaac
In the Small Gallery: Czech Details, Marty Schwartz
November 21-Dec. 21 Paranormal Perfumerie, Martha Weintraub
In the Small Gallery: Karen Johanesen
14 Mercer Street ; Hopewell, NJ, 609-333-8511
www.photosgallery14.com
Montgomery Performing Arts Center
“Sophisticated Ladies" Brings Style To MPAC
White ties and tails, stylish 1940's gowns, and lots of classic jazz will visit the Montgomery Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 22 at 8 pm, as a touring production of Sophisticated Ladies sets up for an elaborate evening of song and dance, highlighting the music of the jazz great, Duke Ellington.
From his days in the Cotton Club to his jazz suites, this review is packed with audience favorites.
Montgomery Performing Arts Center is located at Montgomery High School at 1016 Route 601 in Skillman. Ticket information is available by calling 609-466-7194. Tickets can be purchased on-line at MONTYPAC.ORG, or by phone at 1-800-595-4TIX., and in person at the Montgomery Township Schools Board Office.
Princeton University Museum
Strangers in a Strange Land:
Chinese Art From the Imperial Palaces
Through December 14, 2008
Frank Gehry: On Line
Through January 4, 2009
Jasper Johns: Light Bulb
Through January 4, 2009
RVCC Sets Student Production Of Barefoot In The Park
Raritan Valley Community College’s (RVCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department will stage a student production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, November 5-8, at 8 p.m., in the Welpe Theatre at the College’s North Branch Campus. The comedy is being directed by Gloria Trombley of Bridgewater, RVCC adjunct professor.
New Photos at Gallery 14
Gallery 14
Exhibit Opening November 21, 6-9 pm
Meet the Photographers, November 23, 1–3 pm
Gallery 14 is pleased to announce a joint exhibit by member Martha Weintraub and guest photographer Karilyn Johanesen.
Paranormal Parfumerie, Martha Weintraub
Dance has certainly been an important part of ceremony, ritual, celebration and entertainment since before the birth of civilization. One of the earliest structured uses of dance may have been in the performance and in the telling of stories.
In her series of photographs exhibited two years ago at Gallery 14 Martha Weintraub explored the idea of flowers as dancers. She made images with flowers that conveyed the many varieties, colors, and moods of dance. To show the motion of dance, she photographed flowers twirling. These photographs married her love of flowers and of dance.
In this new body of work she takes that exploration further by placing her flower dancers in different settings. You might think of these works as small worlds that Weintraub created where stories took place briefly in front of her, were seen quickly and with great intensity.
Weintraub invites viewers to enter these fleeting, captured moments that exist somewhere between imagination and memory to sense that which is visible to the eye, but also may only be felt with the heart.
The space in these small worlds is bounded by earth and sky, mind and heart. Here, things happen we might not fully understand, but without which the world would be a grayer place.
Martha Weintraub's photographs have been included in the Focus on Sculpture, Philips Mill, and Artsbridge juried shows. She has been a member of Gallery 14 since 2005.
In the Small Gallery: Black and Light. Karilyn Johanesen
In this exhibit of 10 black and white photographs, Karilyn Johanesen explores the camera's unique ability to capture the absence of light.
She asks the question: if photography is drawing with light, can the absence of light be just as important as the recorded light (or perhaps more important)? Each photograph is a narrative--a scene--and perhaps even a mystery. The chosen light source illuminates clues as to what is in the blackness.
Ms. Johanesen believes that often the true gift of a photograph is not the record of reality, but what must be interpreted and imagined from this record.
Karilyn Johanesen is a student at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
Gallery 14 continues its 7th season with this exhibit. This cooperative photographic Gallery was established in 2001 by a group of central New Jersey photographers as a center for photographers in the area. It was then probably the only gallery in New Jersey dedicated solely to photography. In its seven years of operation Gallery 14 has become a center for regional photographers, a place where photographers can come to meet their public and their peers, and where they can exhibit their work, many for the first time. This is a gallery where experimentation is encouraged, and where photographers can grow into their own artistic selves by exchanging ideas, by experimentation and having their peers respond to their experiments.
The Gallery is run by its members who create, operate and exhibit at the gallery along with guest photographers of local and international reputation as well. Its exhibits have been wide ranging, from classical black and white studies of flowers and other still-lives, dance and nude photography, to travel and street photography in exotic locations such as Japan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and Laos. Exhibits at Gallery 14 have been featured in local newspapers and on local radio and television stations and its exhibits are regularly reviewed in the Newark Star Ledger, The Trenton Times, and listed in the New York Times.
The members encourage guest photographers to exhibit developing projects, based on a portfolio review. Gallery 14 is also the site of a monthly meeting of local photographers who share their work and invite discussion and criticism, to increase their understanding of their own and others’ photographic work.
All exhibits open with a Friday evening reception for the public at the gallery. A “Meet the Photographers” session is also held, usually during the first weekend of an exhibit.
The Gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm and by appointment.
Gallery 14 Meet the Photographers,
Gallery 14
Exhibit Opening November 21, 6-9 pm
Meet the Photographers, November 23, 1-3 pm
Gallery 14 is pleased to announce a joint exhibit by member Martha Weintraub and guest photographer Karilyn Johanesen.
Paranormal Parfumerie, Martha Weintraub
Dance has certainly been an important part of ceremony, ritual, celebration and entertainment since before the birth of civilization. One of the earliest structured uses of dance may have been in the performance and in the telling of stories.
In her series of photographs exhibited two years ago at Gallery 14 Martha Weintraub explored the idea of flowers as dancers. She made images with flowers that conveyed the many varieties, colors, and moods of dance. To show the motion of dance, she photographed flowers twirling. These photographs married her love of flowers and of dance.
In this new body of work she takes that exploration further by placing her flower dancers in different settings. You might think of these works as small worlds that Weintraub created where stories took place briefly in front of her, were seen quickly and with great intensity.
Weintraub invites viewers to enter these fleeting, captured moments that exist somewhere between imagination and memory to sense that which is visible to the eye, but also may only be felt with the heart.
The space in these small worlds is bounded by earth and sky, mind and heart. Here, things happen we might not fully understand, but without which the world would be a grayer place.
Martha Weintraub's photographs have been included in the Focus on Sculpture, Philips Mill, and Artsbridge juried shows. She has been a member of Gallery 14 since 2005.
In the Small Gallery: Black and Light. Karilyn Johanesen
In this exhibit of 10 black and white photographs, Karilyn Johanesen explores the camera's unique ability to capture the absence of light.
She asks the question: if photography is drawing with light, can the absence of light be just as important as the recorded light (or perhaps more important)? Each photograph is a narrative--a scene--and perhaps even a mystery. The chosen light source illuminates clues as to what is in the blackness.
Ms. Johanesen believes that often the true gift of a photograph is not the record of reality, but what must be interpreted and imagined from this record.
Karilyn Johanesen is a student at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
Gallery 14 continues its 7th season with this exhibit. This cooperative photographic Gallery was established in 2001 by a group of central New Jersey photographers as a center for photographers in the area. It was then probably the only gallery in New Jersey dedicated solely to photography. In its seven years of operation Gallery 14 has become a center for regional photographers, a place where photographers can come to meet their public and their peers, and where they can exhibit their work, many for the first time. This is a gallery where experimentation is encouraged, and where photographers can grow into their own artistic selves by exchanging ideas, by experimentation and having their peers respond to their experiments.
The Gallery is run by its members who create, operate and exhibit at the gallery along with guest photographers of local and international reputation as well. Its exhibits have been wide ranging, from classical black and white studies of flowers and other still-lives, dance and nude photography, to travel and street photography in exotic locations such as Japan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and Laos. Exhibits at Gallery 14 have been featured in local newspapers and on local radio and television stations and its exhibits are regularly reviewed in the Newark Star Ledger, The Trenton Times, and listed in the New York Times.
The members encourage guest photographers to exhibit developing projects, based on a portfolio review. Gallery 14 is also the site of a monthly meeting of local photographers who share their work and invite discussion and criticism, to increase their understanding of their own and others' photographic work.
All exhibits open with a Friday evening reception for the public at the gallery. A "Meet the Photographers" session is also held, usually during the first weekend of an exhibit.
The Gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 pm and by appointment.
Cage, Cunningham and Johns: Interdisciplinary Alchemy at and after Black Mountain
On Tuesday, October 21 at 5:00 pm, The Arts Council of Princeton, The Princeton Singers and The Princeton University Art Museum present an informal conversation about the interrelationships between the visual and performing arts. Panelists including Steven Sametz, Artistic Director of The Princeton Singers, and choreographer Myra Bazell will consider connections between the works of John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Jasper Johns. The discussion will take place at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. Light reception to follow. Free and open to the public.Tickets are not necessary but your rsvp is appreciated.
This program is in conjunction with The Princeton Singers’ concert, Incandescence, on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at the Princeton University Art Museum. For concert ticket information only, contact Princeton University Ticketing 609-258-9220.
The Princeton Singers is a highly acclaimed professional chamber choir specializing in challenging and diverse repertoire of a capella music from the 16th through 21st centuries.
The Paul Robeson Center for the Arts is located at 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. Parking is available at the Spring Street and Hulfish Street garages as well as at metered parking on Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. For more information call 609-924-8777 or visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
“SOPHISTICATED LADIES” BRINGS STYLE TO MPAC
White ties and tails, stylish 1940’s gowns, and lots of classic jazz will visit the Montgomery Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 22 at 8 pm, as a touring production of SOPHISTICATED LADIES sets up for an elaborate evening of song and dance, highlighting the music of the jazz great, Duke Ellington.
From his days in the Cotton Club to his jazz suites, this review is packed with audience favorites. Envisioned as a musical portrait of Duke Ellington, SOPHISTICATED LADIES opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York on March 1, 1981. Gregory Hines, Judith Jamison, Hinton Battle and Gregg Burge were among the original stellar cast. The touring production recreates the elegance of the time period when Ellington’s band was at its peak.
Act I take us through the early stages of Ellington’s growth as a major musical force, from the Cotton Club era through his travels here and abroad. Act II takes us on a more personal journey, exploring the private man as captured in his music. SOPHISTICATED LADIES brings the suave “love you madly” world of the great Duke Ellington to life with over 20 classics including Satin Doll, Take the A Train and It Don’t Mean A Thing, If It Ain’t Got That Swing.
Harry Kazman, General Manager of the MPAC, is excited to present this first offering of the Center Stage Series. “I saw this production fairly recently, and immediately thought of them as a great opening show for our major artist programming. The production is colorful and elegant, the singers are outstanding, and the music is unforgettable.” The show features a cast of 12 singer/dancers, and a 10 piece band orchestra, multiple costumes and a colorful stage.
SOPHISTICATED LADIES is the first major production of the Montgomery Performing Arts Center in its evening series. “This show has something for all ages, and can be enjoyed by all family members,” says Kazman. Future programs will feature the hilarious comedy of Avner the Eccentric on December 13, and the amazing skill and humor of Circo Comedia on May 15. On April 25, the music of Billy Joel will be performed by the singer/pianist chosen to play the “Piano Man” on Broadway. Henry Haid and his Glass Houses band will present a tribute to Billy Joel based on the MOVIN’ OUT show in which he starred.
Kazman can’t wait to get started with SOPHISTICATED LADIES. “The show is a crowd pleaser for all ‘sophisticated ladies and gents’ and a great way to relive the era of big band jazz.”
Montgomery Performing Arts Center is located at Montgomery High School at 1016 Route 601 in Skillman. Ticket information is available by calling 609-466-7194. Tickets can be purchased on-line at MONTYPAC.ORG, or by phone at 1-800-595-4TIX., and in person at the Montgomery Township Schools Board Office.
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