The Fred, Peachtree City’s premier 2500 seat outdoor amphitheater, continues the Lexus of South Atlanta Summer Concert Series on June 5th and 6th with country music super-star LeAnn Rimes. Tickets are still available and may be purchased at the Fred Box Office (770-631-0630) or by ordering online at www.amphitheater.org.
Always mature beyond her age, the 13-year-old girl with the Patsy Cline twang earned two Grammy Awards for Blue, her 1996 major label debut. RIAA-certified multi-platinum, the album has sold 8 million copies and the title track remains one of her signature songs. She followed that impressive bow with a series of best-selling albums and hit singles (23 total for a combined sales of 15 million units) like the chart-topping "How Do I Live," the longest running single on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Can't Fight the Moonlight," one of four songs Rimes contributed to the multi-platinum soundtrack album Coyote Ugly. The album spent more than 100 weeks on Billboard's pop and country album charts, peaking at #1 and #10 respectively on Billboard's Top Country Album and Top 200 Album charts. LeAnn Rimes has gone from that "little girl with the big voice" to a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to fight to get it.
LeAnn Rimes has sold more than 37 million albums, won two GRAMMY Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and twelve Billboard Music Awards. Rimes is the youngest GRAMMY Award-winner ever and was the first country recording artists to win the GRAMMY”S “Best New Artist” category. Rimes also became the first artist to have a song on Billboard’s Country, Adult Contemporary and Dance charts simultaneously.
Earlier this year, her heartfelt self-penned song, “What I Cannot Change,” was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance this year. The remix of the song is currently climbing the Billboard “Hot Dance Club Play” chart as well.
Aside from the Summer Concert Series, The Fred hosts a full schedule of events from May – October including Flicks at the Fred, a Family Sock Hop, spotlight concerts and more. For a complete listing of events visit the web site at www.amphitheater.org.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Bluegrass Around Georgia
Wednesday, May 27 - Kentucky’s The Last Frontier, headed by J. P. Mathes of Hazard Community College will bring Tokyo Japan’s well known performer,Takeharu Kunimoto, to the Redlight Café for a very special and entertaining bluegrass music performance. The show kicks off at 8pm and you do not want to miss it. For more information: www.myspace.com/japanesebanjo or www.RedLightcafe.com.
Thursday, May 28 – Bluegrass Thursday at the Redlight Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306, will feature the returning Mayhem String Band from Oxford, MS. Jams start at 7pm, Show starts at 9pm. For more info, go to www.RedlightCafe.com or www.mayhemstringband.com.
Saturday, May 30 – Potter's Clay, Kirkland & Friends, Honey Creek Boys, Mark Hall & Filmore House Band will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 30 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Tuesday, June 2 - Appearing at Eddie's Attic, 515-B North McDonough St, Decatur, GA 30030 will be Pert Near Sandstone from Minneapolis. Show starts at 8:00, $10 tix. This ole timy band is a riot to see. Fore more info: www.eddiesattic.com, eddie@eddiesattic.com or call 404-377-4976 x 0.
June 6, 2009 – Everetts Music Barn Benefit – The annual “Singing All Day and Dinner on the Ground” fund-raiser for the Everetts Music Barn. Performances will include many local bands and musicians plus some special onstage reunions. Stage show starts at 1:00 and continues until all bands have performed. Bring your favorite food or dessert for the covered dish dinner which starts at 5:00. All donations will benefit the Everetts Music Barn to help defray some of the annual operating expenses of the barn (taxes, insurance, etc.) The Everetts Music Barn (courtesy of the Everett Family) has been offering bluegrass shows every Saturday night for approximately 45 years. Please join us to say “THANKS” for the Everett Family’s dedication to the bluegrass community in Georgia. To volunteer or donate please call Diana Dunaway at 770-945-5628 or Connie Morris at 404-918-6217. www.everettbrothers.com or e-mail conniem1999@aol.com
Effective immediately: All shows at the Newborn Opry have been cancelled while the roof is repaired due to the heavy rain. An announcement will be made when the Opry starts again.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at bluegrass@australianbakery.com .
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 7 – 9 pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, new station on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the American Flag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREE Contact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Friday night before the second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Sacred Sounds Fridays at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Gospel concert begins at 7:30 p.m., Donation of $5 at the door. Share America Foundation, Inc. event benefits the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship Fund. Randall Franks, "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night" emcees. For more information and talent info: www.shareamericafoundation.org.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Wanted – 1 old Gibson F4 Mandolin (1914 to the 20's). Please contact Tom Tyson or Jack Masters, JackMasters@mindspring.com
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Thursday, May 28 – Bluegrass Thursday at the Redlight Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306, will feature the returning Mayhem String Band from Oxford, MS. Jams start at 7pm, Show starts at 9pm. For more info, go to www.RedlightCafe.com or www.mayhemstringband.com.
Saturday, May 30 – Potter's Clay, Kirkland & Friends, Honey Creek Boys, Mark Hall & Filmore House Band will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 30 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Tuesday, June 2 - Appearing at Eddie's Attic, 515-B North McDonough St, Decatur, GA 30030 will be Pert Near Sandstone from Minneapolis. Show starts at 8:00, $10 tix. This ole timy band is a riot to see. Fore more info: www.eddiesattic.com, eddie@eddiesattic.com or call 404-377-4976 x 0.
June 6, 2009 – Everetts Music Barn Benefit – The annual “Singing All Day and Dinner on the Ground” fund-raiser for the Everetts Music Barn. Performances will include many local bands and musicians plus some special onstage reunions. Stage show starts at 1:00 and continues until all bands have performed. Bring your favorite food or dessert for the covered dish dinner which starts at 5:00. All donations will benefit the Everetts Music Barn to help defray some of the annual operating expenses of the barn (taxes, insurance, etc.) The Everetts Music Barn (courtesy of the Everett Family) has been offering bluegrass shows every Saturday night for approximately 45 years. Please join us to say “THANKS” for the Everett Family’s dedication to the bluegrass community in Georgia. To volunteer or donate please call Diana Dunaway at 770-945-5628 or Connie Morris at 404-918-6217. www.everettbrothers.com or e-mail conniem1999@aol.com
Effective immediately: All shows at the Newborn Opry have been cancelled while the roof is repaired due to the heavy rain. An announcement will be made when the Opry starts again.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at bluegrass@australianbakery.com .
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 7 – 9 pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, new station on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the American Flag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREE Contact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Friday night before the second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Sacred Sounds Fridays at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Gospel concert begins at 7:30 p.m., Donation of $5 at the door. Share America Foundation, Inc. event benefits the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship Fund. Randall Franks, "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night" emcees. For more information and talent info: www.shareamericafoundation.org.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Wanted – 1 old Gibson F4 Mandolin (1914 to the 20's). Please contact Tom Tyson or Jack Masters, JackMasters@mindspring.com
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Southern Nights Chorale to Share Great Music at Annual "Friends and Family Concert" June 19th
The Southern Nights Chorale presents its season-ending “Friends & Family Concert” on Friday, June 19th at 7:30 p.m.. The Chorale will introduce its 2009 repertoire, which include special crowd-pleasers “You Raise Me Up” and “Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho.”
Everyone is invited to enjoy a melodic evening of popular, sacred and patriotic music performed by this precision, men’s a cappella chorus.
Founded in 2004, the Southern Nights Chorale is achieving widespread recognition, and has been invited to sing at the Governor’s Mansion, Clayton County Performing Arts Center, and Atlanta Braves’ stadium.
As an added feature, locally-acclaimed classical guitarist, Alex Smith, will entertain with several selections that you'll find very moving.
This year’s concert will be held at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Hwy 54 @Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree City. Admission is free, and the performance will be followed by coffee and dessert.
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Everyone is invited to enjoy a melodic evening of popular, sacred and patriotic music performed by this precision, men’s a cappella chorus.
Founded in 2004, the Southern Nights Chorale is achieving widespread recognition, and has been invited to sing at the Governor’s Mansion, Clayton County Performing Arts Center, and Atlanta Braves’ stadium.
As an added feature, locally-acclaimed classical guitarist, Alex Smith, will entertain with several selections that you'll find very moving.
This year’s concert will be held at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Hwy 54 @Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree City. Admission is free, and the performance will be followed by coffee and dessert.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Opens Second Classical Season
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Music Director Robert Spano
and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to perform excerpts from Barber of Seville, and Carmina Burana
Concert To Feature Soprano Georgia Jarman,
ASO Debuts of Tenor Nicholas Phan and Baritone Matthew Worth,
and the Gwinnett Young Singers
Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will open the second classical season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Orchestra’s new 12,000-seat state-of-the-art facility located in Alpharetta, GA (north of Atlanta), on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. The concert will be led by Mr. Spano and feature Soprano Georgia Jarman, the ASO debuts of Tenor Nicholas Phan and Baritone Matthew Worth, and the Gwinnett Young Singers in excerpts from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, and Orff’s complete Carmina burana. Mr. Spano, who is currently rehearsing for Seattle Opera’s Ring Cycle in Seattle, is making the trip back to Atlanta especially to open the season.
“The Orchestra’s inaugural season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park last summer was exhilarating. Audiences reaching far across North Georgia, and into neighboring states, have greatly expanded our footprint, with our attendance averaging at double the capacity of Atlanta Symphony Hall,” said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President & CEO Allison Vulgamore. “This summer, we look forward to again offering the best musical talent on stage, and co-creating anew, with our committed new audiences, great concert experiences of all kinds in our new summer home.”
The Amphitheatre — nominated by Pollstar Concert Industry Awards as 2008 “Best New Major Concert Venue” and “Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue,” — serves as the outdoor home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The scope of Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park has brought a new dimension to the region’s seasonal artistic offerings by featuring concerts with the internationally-recognized Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, leading popular presentations, as well as an emphasis on community events — including high school graduations, local fundraising events, and collaborations to create family-themed days, high school music concerts, and competitions.
Additional Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concerts
In addition to the June 20 opening concert, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform seven concerts in the summer of 2009:
· On Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., an all-Mozart evening will be led by Grant Llewellyn in his ASO debut, and feature pianist Pedja Muzijevic in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor. Also on the program is the Overture to Marriage of Figaro, and Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter.”
Music Director Robert Spano
and The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to perform excerpts from Barber of Seville, and Carmina Burana
Concert To Feature Soprano Georgia Jarman,
ASO Debuts of Tenor Nicholas Phan and Baritone Matthew Worth,
and the Gwinnett Young Singers
Music Director Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will open the second classical season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Orchestra’s new 12,000-seat state-of-the-art facility located in Alpharetta, GA (north of Atlanta), on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. The concert will be led by Mr. Spano and feature Soprano Georgia Jarman, the ASO debuts of Tenor Nicholas Phan and Baritone Matthew Worth, and the Gwinnett Young Singers in excerpts from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, and Orff’s complete Carmina burana. Mr. Spano, who is currently rehearsing for Seattle Opera’s Ring Cycle in Seattle, is making the trip back to Atlanta especially to open the season.
“The Orchestra’s inaugural season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park last summer was exhilarating. Audiences reaching far across North Georgia, and into neighboring states, have greatly expanded our footprint, with our attendance averaging at double the capacity of Atlanta Symphony Hall,” said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President & CEO Allison Vulgamore. “This summer, we look forward to again offering the best musical talent on stage, and co-creating anew, with our committed new audiences, great concert experiences of all kinds in our new summer home.”
The Amphitheatre — nominated by Pollstar Concert Industry Awards as 2008 “Best New Major Concert Venue” and “Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue,” — serves as the outdoor home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The scope of Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park has brought a new dimension to the region’s seasonal artistic offerings by featuring concerts with the internationally-recognized Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, leading popular presentations, as well as an emphasis on community events — including high school graduations, local fundraising events, and collaborations to create family-themed days, high school music concerts, and competitions.
Additional Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Concerts
In addition to the June 20 opening concert, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform seven concerts in the summer of 2009:
· On Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., an all-Mozart evening will be led by Grant Llewellyn in his ASO debut, and feature pianist Pedja Muzijevic in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor. Also on the program is the Overture to Marriage of Figaro, and Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter.”
· On Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., Bridget Reischl will lead the Orchestra in an Independence Day concert featuring The U.S. Army Chorus. Fireworks will follow the concert.
· On Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., ASO Assistant Conductor and League of American Orchestras Fellow Mei-Ann Chen will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in the music of Star Wars. Also on the program is R. Strauss’s Prelude to Also sprach Zarathustra, and Holst’s The Planets, which will feature NASA footage of the solar system.
· On Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., Hugh Wolff will lead the Orchestra in an all-Beethoven concert featuring pianist Juho Pohjonen in his ASO debut performing the Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program will be Leonore Overture No. 3, and the Symphony No. 3.
· On Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 8:30 p.m.¸ Richard Kaufman will lead the ASO in “Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies,” a Turner Classic Movie Night hosted by TCM Host Robert Osborne. The program will feature footage from Rodgers and Hammerstein classics such as State Fair, The King and I, South Pacific, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, and Carousel.
· On Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., sixteen-year-old conductor Ilyich Rivas will make his U.S. debut leading the ASO in Verdi’s Vespri Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto featuring Elena Urioste as soloist.
· As part of the annual Starbucks Free Parks Concerts, the ASO will perform a free concert for the community at the Amphitheatre in September 2009. Details will be announced.
* The gates for all ASO concerts will open one hour before the start of each concert.
Community Concerts and Events
As part of the annual Starbucks Free Parks Concerts, the ASO will perform a free concert for the community at the Amphitheatre in September 2009. Details will be announced.
On Saturday, May 23, 2009, the local Alpharetta High School Class of 2009 will hold their graduation at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, one of a number of community events planned to take place at the venue.
On Saturday, April 18, 2009, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce held its 36th Annual Chairman’s Gala at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park.
The Amphitheatre Experience
“When a cool breeze whisked away the muggy air at sunset, the north Atlanta suburbs felt a little like summer classic music festivals at Tanglewood, Aspen or Santa Fe,” said The Birmingham News after the ASO’s all-Beethoven concert last summer.
The Amphitheatre opened on May 10, 2008 with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, including a 700-musician grand-finale performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. The 2008 inaugural classical concert season also featured Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in an array of programs including a concert-staged production of Puccini’s La Bohème, a 4th of July spectacular, a free concert for the community, and artists including Garrick Ohlsson, Robert McDuffie, Julie Andrews, Robert Osborne (Turner Classic Movies), and the Marcus Roberts Trio.
Each Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park offers table-seating in the main Orchestra section of the venue, reserved seating throughout the pavilion, and lawn seating. Complementing this seating variation is an experience influenced by the repertoire and theme of the Orchestra: Live on-site broadcasts, Top of the Lawn conversations, and themed cuisine allow audiences to create their own unique evening of enjoyment at the ASO’s summer home.
Live On-Site Broadcast & Text-Message Questions from Audience
The Atlanta Symphony continues the tradition of introducing members of the ASO to the audience with an evening-long live, on-site broadcast of the concert on large 15′x20′ screens, which are permanently affixed on either side of the stage. The live feed will include a pre-concert show, as well as live intermission interviews of guest artists and musicians from the Orchestra, fueled by text-message questions sent by the audience the night of the concert.
Top of the Lawn
Pre-concert Top of the Lawn events will continue in 2009. ASO Insider and Program Annotator Ken Meltzer will take his pre-concert conversations to the tree-lined lawn of the Amphitheatre prior to each Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert at the venue. Mr. Meltzer’s conversations with ASO musicians will take place at the top-center of the lawn one hour before each concert, and include a Q&A with the audience. All Top of the Lawn events begin at 7:10 p.m. before each 8:00 p.m. ASO concert. This event will begin at 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 (Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies) when the concert begins at 8:30 p.m.
Themed Cuisine
Ovations, the on-site caterer for Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, will offer themed cuisine to complement the programming of all ASO concerts at the Amphitheatre. For the ASO’s June 20 concert, Spanish-themed cuisine will complement the regular fare offered at the venue. Concertgoers may pre-order a $30 picnic basket (which serves two people) of traditional Gazpacho, marinated olives, Manchego cheese, fresh baked bread, and almond cakes in advance of the concert. Concertgoers may also enjoy almond cakes from the concessions the night of the concert.
To pre-order a picnic basket, or to view the full menu available for each concert, visit the General Info/Food and Beverage section online at http://www.vzwamp.com/planvisit/food-and-beverage.php..
Popular Concerts
The ASO recently presented two sold-out concerts of the Dave Matthews Band on April 27 and 28, 2009. Other scheduled concerts include a sold-out Kenny Chesney performance on May 28, 2009; Chicago/Earth Wind & Fire on June 6, 2009; Styx and REO Speedwagon on June 21, 2009;Stevie Wonder on June 24, 2009; StarFest featuring Jason Mraz on July 27, 2009; Incubus on August 14, 2009; Judas Priest/Whitesnake on August 20, 2009; O.A.R on August 21, 2009; and Journey on September 19, 2009, among others. Additional concerts will be announced. For up-to-date concert listings and information, visit vzwamp.com.
The 2009 venue sponsors include Verizon Wireless, Bud Light, AirTran Airways, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Georgia Natural Gas, Belvedere, Vineyard Brands, Publix, Shoreline Limousine and North Fulton Regional Hospital.
Artists
Music Director Robert Spano, currently in his eighth season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors today. Since 2001 he has invigorated and expanded the Orchestra’s repertoire while elevating the ensemble to new levels of international prominence and acclaim.
The Orchestra and audiences together explore a creative programming mix, recordings, and visual enhancements, such as Theater of a Concert, the Orchestra’s continuing exploration of different formats, settings, and enhancements for the musical performance experience, including the first concert-staged performances of John Adams’s Doctor Atomic in November 2008. The Atlanta School of Composers reflects Mr. Spano and the Orchestra’s commitment to nurturing and championing music through multi-year partnerships defining a new generation of American
composers, including Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Christopher Theofanidis, and Michael Gandolfi. Since the beginning of his tenure, Mr. Spano and the ASO have performed nearly 100 contemporary works (composed since 1950), including seven ASO-commissioned world premieres, two additional world premieres, and one U.S. premiere.
Last season, Mr. Spano conducted and recorded the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini’s La Bohème, the first American recording of the opera since 1956. It was released by
Telarc in conjunction with the semi-staged performance he led at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, the Orchestra’s new state-of-the-art 12,000-seat venue in Alpharetta, GA, where he conducted all of the orchestral concerts in the venue’s inaugural season.
Mr. Spano continues to expand the discography of the Atlanta Symphony to include the music of Atlanta School composers Christopher Theofanidis, Jennifer Higdon, and Michael Gandolfi, as well as John Adams, David Del Tredici, Sibelius’ Kullervo, Brahms’s Requiem, a recently-released live recording of La Bohème and the Grammy® Award-winning recordings of Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony and Berlioz’s Requiem. Mr. Spano and the ASO have also recently
recorded two discs of the music by Atlanta School composer Osvaldo Golijov for Deutsche Grammophon: one including Three Songs and Oceana, and the other including the chamber opera Ainadamar, which was awarded two Grammys. In 2008, Robert Spano was named Musical America Conductor of the Year.
Soprano Georgia Jarman has been hailed by the New York Times for her “luminous, appealing, and agile voice, and crystalline coloratura.” She now returns to New Orleans Opera for the role of Violetta in La Traviata, and to the Opera de Colombia for Mimi in La Bohème. She also sings the Three Heroines in Les contes d’Hoffmann with Boston Lyric Opera, in a return to Polish National Opera and Rozenn in Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys with the American Symphony Orchestra in her Avery Fisher Hall debut, and joins the Metropolitan Opera roster. Ms. Jarman most recently performed with the ASO at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park for a concert-staged production of Puccini’s La Bohème — she also appears as Musetta on the Telarc recording with the Orchestra.
Tenor Nicholas Phan joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for performances of Stravinksy's Pulcinella both in Chicago and in New York and appeared with the Music of the Baroque in
performances of Hercules. He will also be presented in recital by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation), and the University of Chicago. Upcoming engagements include his debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, returns to the Marlboro Festival and the Rheingau Festival, and his debut at the Edinburgh International Festival. These performances will mark his Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut.
Baritone Matthew Worth has been noted for his “dashing, fine bright baritone” by the Dallas Morning News, and by the The New York Times for a voice that is “fully powered and persuasively expressive.” His engagements in 2008-09 include the title role in Britten's Owen Wingrave in a return to Chicago Opera Theater, Silvio in I Paglacci with Opera Company of North Carolina, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore with Opera Grand Rapids, Danilo in The Merry Widow with Dayton Opera, and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Syracuse Opera. These performances will mark his Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut.
The Gwinnett Young Singers of Atlanta was organized in 1990 to provide an advanced choral opportunity for singers in second through twelfth grade. Under the direction of Founder and Music Director, Lynn Urda, the choir is a nationally recognized children's chorus, well-known for its mastery of challenging repertoire and high musical standard. The Gwinnett Young Singers have performed for ten holiday seasons with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Christmas with the ASO, and are featured in the PBS National Television Broadcast of Christmas with Robert Shaw. Other performances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra include Bizet's Opera, Carmen, Kid's Holiday Concerts, Hallelujah Handel, Carl Orff's Carmina burana, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, Pucinni's La Bohème, Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings, and John Adams' El Nino and On the Transmigration of Souls. The Young Singers will be featured on the upcoming CD release of La Bohème and On the Transmigration of Souls with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The choir has performed for thousands of music educators at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conferences in Charleston, South Carolina and Nashville Tennessee. They have also had the distinct privilege of performing three joint concerts with the world renowned American Boychoir of Princeton, New Jersey. The new Georgia Young Men's Ensemble, under the direction of Phillip Shoultz, has gained accolades from Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, Music Director of the American Boychoir who states, “I am so very impressed with your new young men's ensemble. In such a short time they have become an excellent choir!”
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Bluegrass Around Georgia
Thursday, May 21 – From Tallahassee, FL, Blue Shades of Grass will be performing at the Redlight Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306, Jams start at 7pm, Show starts at 9pm. For more info, go to www.RedlightCafe.com or E-mail blueshadesofgras@earthlink.net
Saturday, May 23 – Blue Jam, Roiella & Friends, Lakeshore Quartet and BlueBilly Grit will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 24 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Friday and Saturday May 22-23, From Ringgold, Ga. 1890s Day Jamboree in downtown Ringgold features gospel music on Friday evening, and bluegrass and a fiddle contest on May 23 following the annual parade at 11 a.m. Food, children rides, arts and crafts are part of the event. Admission is free. For more information visit www.cityofringgold.com.
Sunday, May 24 – Bluegrass Sound will be featured at the SEBA Hiram Chapter, which takes place each 4th Sunday at the Loving Shepherd Lutheran Church, 4211 Hiram Sudie Road, Hiram, GA 30141. Show starts at 3pm with jamming ‘til 6pm. For more info: http://members.soundclick.com/sebahiram
Thursday & Friday, May 21 & 22 - Tom Gaston & The Wild Heard will entertain at Clem’s Shoal Creek Music Park Festival, 3191 Providence Church Road. Lavonia, GA. For more info Call Clem at 706 356 1092.
May 22-23 - Armuchee Bluegrass Festival - $5.00 for 2-day pass. For more info email OneJoeyJ@aol.com.
Effective immediately: All shows at the Newborn Opry have been cancelled while the roof is repaired due to the heavy rain. An announcement will be made when the Opry starts again.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at bluegrass@australianbakery.com .
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 6 – 10pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, newstation on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the AmericanFlag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREEContact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Friday night before the second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Sacred Sounds Fridays at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Gospel concert begins at 7:30 p.m., Donation of $5 at the door. Share America Foundation, Inc. event benefits the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship Fund. Randall Franks, "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night" emcees. For more information and talent info: www.shareamericafoundation.org.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Ringgold Opry at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Bluegrass concert begins at 7 p.m. Pickers are welcome for jam sessions. Donations are received.
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Wanted – 1 old Gibson F4 Mandolin (1914 to the 20's). Please contact Tom Tyson or Jack Masters, JackMasters@mindspring.com .
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Saturday, May 23 – Blue Jam, Roiella & Friends, Lakeshore Quartet and BlueBilly Grit will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 24 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Friday and Saturday May 22-23, From Ringgold, Ga. 1890s Day Jamboree in downtown Ringgold features gospel music on Friday evening, and bluegrass and a fiddle contest on May 23 following the annual parade at 11 a.m. Food, children rides, arts and crafts are part of the event. Admission is free. For more information visit www.cityofringgold.com.
Sunday, May 24 – Bluegrass Sound will be featured at the SEBA Hiram Chapter, which takes place each 4th Sunday at the Loving Shepherd Lutheran Church, 4211 Hiram Sudie Road, Hiram, GA 30141. Show starts at 3pm with jamming ‘til 6pm. For more info: http://members.soundclick.com/sebahiram
Thursday & Friday, May 21 & 22 - Tom Gaston & The Wild Heard will entertain at Clem’s Shoal Creek Music Park Festival, 3191 Providence Church Road. Lavonia, GA. For more info Call Clem at 706 356 1092.
May 22-23 - Armuchee Bluegrass Festival - $5.00 for 2-day pass. For more info email OneJoeyJ@aol.com.
Effective immediately: All shows at the Newborn Opry have been cancelled while the roof is repaired due to the heavy rain. An announcement will be made when the Opry starts again.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at bluegrass@australianbakery.com .
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 6 – 10pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, newstation on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the AmericanFlag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREEContact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Friday night before the second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Sacred Sounds Fridays at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Gospel concert begins at 7:30 p.m., Donation of $5 at the door. Share America Foundation, Inc. event benefits the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship Fund. Randall Franks, "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night" emcees. For more information and talent info: www.shareamericafoundation.org.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Second Saturday of each month except October and December - From Ringgold, Ga. Ringgold Opry at the Ringgold Depot, U.S. 41 and Depot Street, Ringgold, Ga. Bluegrass concert begins at 7 p.m. Pickers are welcome for jam sessions. Donations are received.
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Wanted – 1 old Gibson F4 Mandolin (1914 to the 20's). Please contact Tom Tyson or Jack Masters, JackMasters@mindspring.com .
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Spivey Hall to Conclude 2008/2009 Season with Young Artists
Youth will be served at Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall this weekend, as the 2008/2009 season comes to a close with three performances by outstanding young singers.
On Friday, May 15, the Spivey Hall Young Artists and the Spivey Hall Children's Choir, conducted by Craig Hurley and Dr. Martha Shaw, and accompanied by Steven Wooddell and Judy Mason on the piano, will perform at 7 p.m.
This spring concert showcases the achievements of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, who sing with spirit and beauty under the direction of Hurley and accompanied by Wooddell. To cap off their year, the Young Artists give a program that includes performances with the Spivey Hall Children's Choir under the direction of Shaw, marking another successful season of extraordinary music making for all 170 students - the finest young singers in Georgia.
Tickets to this performance are $20 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff). For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
On Saturday, May 16 and Sunday May 17, the Children’s Choir and the Spivey Hall Tour Choir, conducted by Shaw with Mason at the piano, will bring its year and the 2008/2009 Spivey Series to a close with two wonderful concerts - demonstrating once again why the Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence. Both concerts will start at 3 p.m. The advanced singers of the Tour Choir, Spivey Hall's marvelous musical ambassadors, give a preview of selections to be performed on their annual summer concert tour.
Tickets to these performances are $20 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff). For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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On Friday, May 15, the Spivey Hall Young Artists and the Spivey Hall Children's Choir, conducted by Craig Hurley and Dr. Martha Shaw, and accompanied by Steven Wooddell and Judy Mason on the piano, will perform at 7 p.m.
This spring concert showcases the achievements of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, who sing with spirit and beauty under the direction of Hurley and accompanied by Wooddell. To cap off their year, the Young Artists give a program that includes performances with the Spivey Hall Children's Choir under the direction of Shaw, marking another successful season of extraordinary music making for all 170 students - the finest young singers in Georgia.
Tickets to this performance are $20 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff). For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
On Saturday, May 16 and Sunday May 17, the Children’s Choir and the Spivey Hall Tour Choir, conducted by Shaw with Mason at the piano, will bring its year and the 2008/2009 Spivey Series to a close with two wonderful concerts - demonstrating once again why the Spivey Hall Children's Choir Program enjoys an international reputation for artistic excellence. Both concerts will start at 3 p.m. The advanced singers of the Tour Choir, Spivey Hall's marvelous musical ambassadors, give a preview of selections to be performed on their annual summer concert tour.
Tickets to these performances are $20 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff). For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Green Day Coming to Gwinnett August 1st
Green Day are touring in support of their long-awaited eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown, which will be released globally by Reprise Records on Friday, May 15th, 2009.
Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool have been at work writing, arranging, and recording 21st Century Breakdown since early 2006 with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The first single, “Know Your Enemy” is the No. 1 track at Alternative radio — the band’s ninth No. 1 single at the format, making them the artist with the second most No. 1’s of all-time at Alternative.
Green Day recently performed 21st Century Breakdown in its entirety during a series of club shows for hometown fans in the Bay Area. In its review of a show at Oakland’s Fox Theater, Rolling Stone commented that the band, augmented by guitarists Jason White and Jeff Matika, and keyboardist Jason Freese, had the “Quadrophenia-like hang of 21st Century Breakdown’s classic rock melodies and lifetime-punk drive down solid” and that the album is “rock opera in which the rock always comes first.” “21st Century Breakdown is Green Day’s best album,” the reviewer concluded, “and at the Fox, they proved that the rock opera can be as punk as a Clash 45.”
21st Century Breakdown is Green Day’s first studio album since 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
Date:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 2009 AT 7:30PM
Location:
ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER
On-Sale:
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 AT 10:00AM
Ticket Prices:
$49.50, $25.00 + ADDITIONAL FEES
Sales Locations:
Gwinnett Center Ticket Office, All Ticketmaster Outlets, Tickmaster.com, Charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000
Artist Website:
greenday.com
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Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool have been at work writing, arranging, and recording 21st Century Breakdown since early 2006 with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The first single, “Know Your Enemy” is the No. 1 track at Alternative radio — the band’s ninth No. 1 single at the format, making them the artist with the second most No. 1’s of all-time at Alternative.
Green Day recently performed 21st Century Breakdown in its entirety during a series of club shows for hometown fans in the Bay Area. In its review of a show at Oakland’s Fox Theater, Rolling Stone commented that the band, augmented by guitarists Jason White and Jeff Matika, and keyboardist Jason Freese, had the “Quadrophenia-like hang of 21st Century Breakdown’s classic rock melodies and lifetime-punk drive down solid” and that the album is “rock opera in which the rock always comes first.” “21st Century Breakdown is Green Day’s best album,” the reviewer concluded, “and at the Fox, they proved that the rock opera can be as punk as a Clash 45.”
21st Century Breakdown is Green Day’s first studio album since 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
Date:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 2009 AT 7:30PM
Location:
ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER
On-Sale:
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 AT 10:00AM
Ticket Prices:
$49.50, $25.00 + ADDITIONAL FEES
Sales Locations:
Gwinnett Center Ticket Office, All Ticketmaster Outlets, Tickmaster.com, Charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000
Artist Website:
greenday.com
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Forest Park High School Singing Alumni Come Together for Special Concert
Forest Park High School alumni will come together for one night only for a very special concert. On Friday, May 8, the Forest Park High School Reunion Concert Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Jones Memorial United Methodist Church in Lake City, Georgia.
The choir, which includes 75 singers, has been rehearsing every Monday evening at Jones Memorial United Methodist Church. The concert is free and open to the public.
Elaine McCullough Carroll, class of 1978 is serving as Chair-Person for this event, and Ken McCullers, class of ’87, serves as accompanist for the choir.
The concert’s repertoire includes:
River in Judea
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Vive L’Amour[men]
Memory[women]
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Hey, Look Me Over
Bring Him Home
My Wish for You
Rhythm of Life
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
In early January, Marion Williams, the choir’s director, and his wife Julia enjoyed lunch with several former Forest Park High School graduates, who were mostly from the class of 1978. During their time together at lunch, someone in the group suggested that Williams make an effort to get together as many former Concert Choir singers as could be contacted. “Someone then asked if it would be possible to create a singing experience for this group. The rest – up until this second – is history!” remarks Williams.
Williams continues by saying, “I served as Director of Choral Activities at Forest Park High School from the fall of 1976 until my retirement from Clayton County in June 1999. I, therefore, decided to issue an invitation to all Concert Choir singers – 1977 through 1999.”
For more information about the Forest Park High School Reunion Concert Choir, please contact Director Marion Williams at 678-432-5778 or marion_williams@bellsouth.net.
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The choir, which includes 75 singers, has been rehearsing every Monday evening at Jones Memorial United Methodist Church. The concert is free and open to the public.
Elaine McCullough Carroll, class of 1978 is serving as Chair-Person for this event, and Ken McCullers, class of ’87, serves as accompanist for the choir.
The concert’s repertoire includes:
River in Judea
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Vive L’Amour[men]
Memory[women]
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Hey, Look Me Over
Bring Him Home
My Wish for You
Rhythm of Life
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
In early January, Marion Williams, the choir’s director, and his wife Julia enjoyed lunch with several former Forest Park High School graduates, who were mostly from the class of 1978. During their time together at lunch, someone in the group suggested that Williams make an effort to get together as many former Concert Choir singers as could be contacted. “Someone then asked if it would be possible to create a singing experience for this group. The rest – up until this second – is history!” remarks Williams.
Williams continues by saying, “I served as Director of Choral Activities at Forest Park High School from the fall of 1976 until my retirement from Clayton County in June 1999. I, therefore, decided to issue an invitation to all Concert Choir singers – 1977 through 1999.”
For more information about the Forest Park High School Reunion Concert Choir, please contact Director Marion Williams at 678-432-5778 or marion_williams@bellsouth.net.
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Bluegrass Around Georgia
Thursday, May 7 – The highly talented and energetic Shannon Whitworth Band from Brevard, NC will be performing at the Redlight Cafe, 553 Amsterdam Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306, Jams start at 7pm, Show starts at 9pm. For more info, go to www.RedlightCafe.com or www.myspace.com/shannonwhitworth.
May 6th – 10am to Noon - Any and all artists are invited to a “Creative Economies Convocation” at ARTStation on Manor Drive in the Village of Stone Mountain. Jack Sartain, founder of the DeKalb Council for the Arts, Inc. and facilitator of the project will describe how the Arts Incubator works and the financial and other benefits and advantages to the artists who participate. Artists will help plan the incubator. RSVP to jbs5951@aol.com, or call 770-856-1377 so that all attendees might be comfortably accommodated.
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - Celebrate of the Life of Fred MacIsaac - 12pm - 3pm at The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta (the Stone Church across from the Golf Course in Candler Park) 470 Candler Park Dr., NE Atlanta, GA 30307. Please join us to Celebrate the Life of Fred MacIsaac, who passed away April 21st as a result of prostate cancer. Fred was a long time bass player for Cedar Hill and a radio personality at WRFG 89.3 FM. Please bring your instrument and any photos or stories of Fred you would like to share (written stories will be placed in a memory book and there will be an opportunity to share stories with the group as well). Also, a blog has been set up for anyone who would like to leave thoughts and remembrances about Reddy Freddy - so post a memory, story or comment about FRED: http://rememberingfred.blogspot.com/2009/04/welcome.html Pictures of Fred can be found at http://rememberingfred.blogspot.com/ For more information call: 404.378.5570
Saturday, May 9 – Second Coming, the Larios Brothers, Riverdale Travelers and Blue Jam will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 9 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Saturday, May 16 - Tom Gaston & The Wild Heard at the Newborn Opry. The Opry show starts at 6 PM with the house band. www.newbornopry.com
Saturday May 16th – Mars Hill -Annual Bluegrass Music Festival & Jam Sessions for Kenya Orphans Fundraiser - 10am - 6pm at Dallas Landing, an Acworth city park. BBQ-Arts Crafts. Featured performers are Micah and Abbey Dunn, Glory Bound, Grace Band, Terry & Paige Austin, Luther’s Mountain Band, Mars Hill Porch Pickers, and more. For more info please visit www.mhchurch.com/kenya or contact Dickson Lester pdl721@bellsouth.net or call 770-514-8344 or 678-836-4391.
May 22-23 - Armuchee Bluegrass Festival - $5.00 for 2-day pass. For more info email OneJoeyJ@aol.com.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at johnandrews@bellsouth.net.
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 6 – 10pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, newstation on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the AmericanFlag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREE
Contact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Bluegrass Jam Session @ Vintage Music Store Sat May 2 @ 11AM. Vintage Music Store is located @ 318 Park Ave SE Aiken SC . For more info call 803-644-8399.
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May 6th – 10am to Noon - Any and all artists are invited to a “Creative Economies Convocation” at ARTStation on Manor Drive in the Village of Stone Mountain. Jack Sartain, founder of the DeKalb Council for the Arts, Inc. and facilitator of the project will describe how the Arts Incubator works and the financial and other benefits and advantages to the artists who participate. Artists will help plan the incubator. RSVP to jbs5951@aol.com, or call 770-856-1377 so that all attendees might be comfortably accommodated.
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - Celebrate of the Life of Fred MacIsaac - 12pm - 3pm at The First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta (the Stone Church across from the Golf Course in Candler Park) 470 Candler Park Dr., NE Atlanta, GA 30307. Please join us to Celebrate the Life of Fred MacIsaac, who passed away April 21st as a result of prostate cancer. Fred was a long time bass player for Cedar Hill and a radio personality at WRFG 89.3 FM. Please bring your instrument and any photos or stories of Fred you would like to share (written stories will be placed in a memory book and there will be an opportunity to share stories with the group as well). Also, a blog has been set up for anyone who would like to leave thoughts and remembrances about Reddy Freddy - so post a memory, story or comment about FRED: http://rememberingfred.blogspot.com/2009/04/welcome.html Pictures of Fred can be found at http://rememberingfred.blogspot.com/ For more information call: 404.378.5570
Saturday, May 9 – Second Coming, the Larios Brothers, Riverdale Travelers and Blue Jam will be featured at the Hollonville Opry in Hollonville, GA, A full evening of good bluegrass & country music. Donations accepted. First show starts at 6:30pm. For more info go to www.HollonvilleOpry.com or call 770-228-4832.
Saturday, May 9 – Three bands will be featured at the Williamson Music Barn, 2233 Hwy 362 West, Williamson, GA 30292. Donations accepted. For more info, please contact Dan Kilgore, 706-975-9045.
Saturday, May 16 - Tom Gaston & The Wild Heard at the Newborn Opry. The Opry show starts at 6 PM with the house band. www.newbornopry.com
Saturday May 16th – Mars Hill -Annual Bluegrass Music Festival & Jam Sessions for Kenya Orphans Fundraiser - 10am - 6pm at Dallas Landing, an Acworth city park. BBQ-Arts Crafts. Featured performers are Micah and Abbey Dunn, Glory Bound, Grace Band, Terry & Paige Austin, Luther’s Mountain Band, Mars Hill Porch Pickers, and more. For more info please visit www.mhchurch.com/kenya or contact Dickson Lester pdl721@bellsouth.net or call 770-514-8344 or 678-836-4391.
May 22-23 - Armuchee Bluegrass Festival - $5.00 for 2-day pass. For more info email OneJoeyJ@aol.com.
Every Tuesday – Bluegrass Jam - 7-9 at the Austrailian Bakery on the Square in Marietta, GA with plenty of space for jamming in the square on those fair weather days. For more info, Email John Andrews at johnandrews@bellsouth.net.
Every Tuesday– Bluegrass Jam, 6 – 10pm (on the Antibelum trail between Athens and Macon) in Eatonton Georgia. Keith Rowell, Red Wing Old Time Music Show. For more info: http://redwingmusic.blogspot.com/ or E-mail Rowell@mindspring.com or call 706-923-0031
Every Thursday – 6pm to Dusk - Pickin' In The Park in McCaysville, Georgia (1.5 hours north of Atlanta, 10 miles from Blue Ridge). At Horseshoe Bend Park alongside the beautiful Toccoa River. For more info: www.PickinthePark.com - or - 423-496-4653 - or emai: lisa@pickinthepark.com
Thursday nights - 6:30pm until ?? - Cherry Log Pickin' Whitepath Fire Station #11 (behind Blue Ridge Auto Auction of SR 515. Cross RR tracks, newstation on left. Location @ 3 miles N. of Ellijay on left, look for the AmericanFlag). Bring chairs and friends for family fun. Admission:FREE
Contact: Al or Dana Henderson 706-635-3786.
Every Saturday - Mountain Music Jam, 2-6 p.m. (rain or shine) in Dahlonega at the Gold Museum on the Public Square. For more info: http://www.cityofdahlonega.com/announcements/Appalachian%20Jam%202009.pdf or email dahlonegadda@windstream.net or call Joel Cordle 706-864-6133; join its Facebook group. From the Facebook page, search groups for “Dahlonega Appalachian Jam.”
Last Saturday of each month – Apr through Sept - Eddie Rawlins has organized Pickin in the Grayson City Park. Pickin' starts at 6:30 PM and all pickers and listeners are invited. Shows are free. Bring your own chair.
Bluegrass Jam Session @ Vintage Music Store Sat May 2 @ 11AM. Vintage Music Store is located @ 318 Park Ave SE Aiken SC . For more info call 803-644-8399.
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Saturday, May 02, 2009
Fayette: The Fred features local talent at Open Mic Night
Looking for an inexpensive night of great entertainment and fun? The Fred will showcase local bands, musicians and even comedy on Saturday, May 9th beginning at 7 pm. Doors will open at 6:30 and the “ticket” for the night is a Fred wrist band that may be purchased for $5.00 in advance or $10.00 the night of the show at the Box Office.
Eighteen different acts are scheduled to perform so attendees should plan on a full three hour program. Bands are allowed no more than twelve minutes with soloists allotted six minutes each. The bands scheduled to perform include The Reformed Band, Gravity, Almost Covered Band, CTW, Woolsee Creek, Krysta Nick & Gopher Broke, Geezer, Shavaughn, Remedy, and Jed. Soloists include Jeremiah and John Hobbs, Rachael Stanford, Chelsie Boyd, Kevin Carlson, Paige McCauley, Jake Eugene and Sean Thompson. Participants will be judged on stage presence, musical ability, voice quality and overall crowd appeal.
For more information on The Fred Open Mic call 770-631-0630 or visit the web site at www.amphitheater.org
Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
201 McIntosh Trail
Peachtree City, Georgia 30269
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Eighteen different acts are scheduled to perform so attendees should plan on a full three hour program. Bands are allowed no more than twelve minutes with soloists allotted six minutes each. The bands scheduled to perform include The Reformed Band, Gravity, Almost Covered Band, CTW, Woolsee Creek, Krysta Nick & Gopher Broke, Geezer, Shavaughn, Remedy, and Jed. Soloists include Jeremiah and John Hobbs, Rachael Stanford, Chelsie Boyd, Kevin Carlson, Paige McCauley, Jake Eugene and Sean Thompson. Participants will be judged on stage presence, musical ability, voice quality and overall crowd appeal.
For more information on The Fred Open Mic call 770-631-0630 or visit the web site at www.amphitheater.org
Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater
201 McIntosh Trail
Peachtree City, Georgia 30269
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Spivey Hall Schedule for Next Weekend
Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall will feature Friday and Saturday night performances by European artists, followed by a Sunday afternoon program by the Georgian Chamber Players, on the weekend of May 8 to May 10, 2009.
On Friday, May 8, Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená, accompanied by Karel Kosarek on the piano, will give an 8:15 p.m. concert, preceded by a pre concert talk at 7:15 p.m.
Kozená last appeared in Spivey Hall in 2006, when she sang arias by Gluck and Rameau with Les Violons du Roy in performances The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described as "ravishing." A highly sought-after recitalist with many superb recordings to her credit, Kozená was named 2004 "Artist of the Year" by Gramophone, with two different CDs winning "Best Recital" and "Best Vocalist" awards. In addition to appearing regularly at distinguished opera houses such as Milan's La Scala, London's Covent Garden and Berlin's Deutsche Staatsoper, she is a frequent guest artist of the world's greatest orchestras, and this summer opens one of Europe's most prestigious music festivals, in Lucerne, as featured soloist in Ravel's Shéhérazade under the baton of Claudio Abbado.
Her program for this time will include: PURCELL/BRITTEN Love Songs; SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und Leben; DUPARC L'Invitation au Voyage, Extase, Le Manoir de Rosemonde, Chanson triste, Phydile; BERG Sieben fruehe Lieder.
Tickets to this performance are $60 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
On Saturday, May 9, German violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Milana Chernyavska will make their Spivey Hall debuts in an 8:15 p.m. concert. Atlanta Symphony audiences will recall the excitement of her February 2006 performances of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Since then, as the result of her worldwide concert tours and critically acclaimed recordings, 14 million music fans voted the 24-year-old Fischer – the Classic FM Gramophone 2007 Artist of the Year. Her Spivey Hall recital program will feature sonatas by Mozart, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Martinu.
Tickets to this performance are $45 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
The Georgian Chamber Players will perform on Sunday, May 10 at 3 p.m. Their program will include; ARENSKY Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32; TANEYEV Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30.
Tickets to this performance are $40 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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On Friday, May 8, Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená, accompanied by Karel Kosarek on the piano, will give an 8:15 p.m. concert, preceded by a pre concert talk at 7:15 p.m.
Kozená last appeared in Spivey Hall in 2006, when she sang arias by Gluck and Rameau with Les Violons du Roy in performances The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described as "ravishing." A highly sought-after recitalist with many superb recordings to her credit, Kozená was named 2004 "Artist of the Year" by Gramophone, with two different CDs winning "Best Recital" and "Best Vocalist" awards. In addition to appearing regularly at distinguished opera houses such as Milan's La Scala, London's Covent Garden and Berlin's Deutsche Staatsoper, she is a frequent guest artist of the world's greatest orchestras, and this summer opens one of Europe's most prestigious music festivals, in Lucerne, as featured soloist in Ravel's Shéhérazade under the baton of Claudio Abbado.
Her program for this time will include: PURCELL/BRITTEN Love Songs; SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und Leben; DUPARC L'Invitation au Voyage, Extase, Le Manoir de Rosemonde, Chanson triste, Phydile; BERG Sieben fruehe Lieder.
Tickets to this performance are $60 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
On Saturday, May 9, German violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Milana Chernyavska will make their Spivey Hall debuts in an 8:15 p.m. concert. Atlanta Symphony audiences will recall the excitement of her February 2006 performances of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Since then, as the result of her worldwide concert tours and critically acclaimed recordings, 14 million music fans voted the 24-year-old Fischer – the Classic FM Gramophone 2007 Artist of the Year. Her Spivey Hall recital program will feature sonatas by Mozart, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Martinu.
Tickets to this performance are $45 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
The Georgian Chamber Players will perform on Sunday, May 10 at 3 p.m. Their program will include; ARENSKY Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32; TANEYEV Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30.
Tickets to this performance are $40 (50 percent off for Clayton State faculty and staff); Clayton State students pay just $10. For tickets and more information, call the Spivey Hall Box Office at (678) 466-4200. Full-price tickets only are available online at http://www.blogger.com/www.spiveyhall.org (a per-ticket service fee applies).
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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