Winter & Spring Happenings In the Spotlight
With colder weather and darker days, it may be tempting to stay inside, but Pittsburgh’s exciting arts and culture offerings can help brighten your winter gloom. Here are just a few musical highlights that will have you singing a different tune until spring arrives.
Dervish CON• SOL• I• DA•
Chris Norman and David Greenberg
On January 18, Attack Theatre brings its unique collaborative dance and performance style to Stravinsky’s timeless L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale). Musicians from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra join the company for this intimate one- night only performance at the Attack Theatre studios in the Strip District. Tickets can be purchased through donation only. For more information, visit
www.attacktheatre.com or call 412-281-3305.
Bach Choir celebrates its 77th season with Convergence, a series of three performances exploring the nature of contra- diction and juxtaposition through musical style, expres- sion and instrumentation. On February 4, Bach Choir is joined by the Pitt Men’s Glee Club and the Oakland Girl’s Choir in
tures a cappella music ranging from 16th century madrigals to works by Aaron Copland, Morten Lauridsen and Leonard Bernstein. Pitt’s Alumni Hall is ideal for antiphonal singing and har- monies, offering listeners the chance to hear the human voice in its purest form. Purchase tickets at
ProArtsTickets.org, or call 412-394-3353.
On April 14, Calliope: Pittsburgh Folk Music Society presents Dervish, one of the world’s most respected acts of the modern time in world/roots music, featuring a myriad of tones and moods ranging from high energy tunes played with fluidity and intuitiveness, to inspiring melodies that lift audiences from their seats. All Calliope concerts are held at the Carnegie Lecture Hall at 7:30 pm. Purchase tickets
T ION, which fea-
at
ProArtsTickets.org, or call 412-394-3353.
Two of Pittsburgh’s favorite stars, Chris Norman and David Greenberg, return with a constellation of Celtic and North American folk music as well as Baroque tunes on April 21 in a performance of A North American Tapestry. Greenberg has been lauded as "one of the most impassioned folk-fiddlers you'll ever hear," Winnipeg Free Press, and Norman "a flute player of spectacular & imaginative vir- tuosity" in The New Yorkermaga- zine. See and hear these stars of pipe and violin as they shine again on the stage of Synod Hall in Oakland, presented by the Renaissance & Baroque Society. Purchase tickets online at
rbsp.org, or call 412-361-2048.
Bach Choir
This feature was contributed in part by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, which expands the reach, influence and effective- ness of the region’s diverse and vibrant cultural community through programs, services and advocacy.
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