Ars viva symphony orchestra
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A RS VIVA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Alan Heatherington, Music Director 1560 Rudd Court, Libertyville, IL 60048 1 855 ARS-VIVA (277-8482) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Contact for Ars Viva: Gayle Heatherington, info@arsviva.org, 855 277-8482; 224-383-4164 (cell) Additional Photos available upon request Ars Viva Symphony features Stephen Colburn and Carmen Suite Skokie, IL: The Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, recent winner of the 2013 Skokie Fine Arts Award for Excellence, continues its 19th season at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on February 9th at 3:00 p.m. Music Director Alan Heatherington, recipient of Chicago Classical Review’s 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award is known for his creative programming and entertaining comments to the audience, illuminating the music. He will lead one of Chicago’s finest professional orchestras in a program featuring the string orchestra music of Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky and Bizet. The concert will feature Ars Viva’s principal oboe, Stephen Coburn, in Vaughan Williams’ rapturously beautiful concerto for oboe and orchestra. Also on the program is Tchaikovsky’ stunning Serenade for Strings, arguably the most important and best known work for string orchestra. Completing the program is a riveting arrangement of Bizet’s Carmen Suite by the gifted Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin. The Ars Viva strings in their performance last March were named #4 out of the top 10 performances in Chicago for 2013 by Lawrence Johnson of Chicago Classical Review. Heatherington responded, “It is a thrill and a joy to conduct the musicians of Ars Viva. The music-making is at the very highest level and audiences are swept away by the beauty and virtuosity of their playing.” Founded in 1995 by Music Director Alan Heatherington, the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra is composed of the finest professional musicians in the Chicago metropolitan area, including many members of the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Thoughtful, challenging programming demonstrates a commitment to excellence and artistic vitality that sets Ars Viva apart from other orchestras. With diligent attention to detail and a profound knowledge of style and musical history, Maestro Heatherington commands a wide variety of repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. It is the goal of Ars Viva not only to present an interesting variety of music at the highest level of performance quality, but to help audiences engage with the music in new ways. The popular Music for Life program accompanies each of Ars Viva’s concerts. The program concept is simple: parents (or grandparents) bring their children to the concerts and sit together in the audience to hear the orchestra. After the first piece on the program, children ages 4 to 7 leave the auditorium with professional educators from the Music Institute of Chicago to go to their classroom right in the building. At intermission, the older children (8 to 11) go to their classroom. The children learn more about the music they have heard, the composer or the historical and cultural setting. Instructors use visual arts, drama, storytelling, and movement to stimulate the children’s imagination and creativity. With an accompanying adult, the children are admitted to the concert and Music for Life free of charge. This concert will also feature a special “On Stage” dinner after the performance. Join Maestro and members of the orchestra on the stage after the concert for an informal buffet and panel discussion. Separate reservations are required and seating is limited. $75/person. Call (855) ARS-VIVA, email info@arsviva.org, or go online to www.arsviva.org to reserve your place at the table. Single tickets are $32–70 with discounts for seniors and youth. The concert and the Music for Life program begin at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Ample free parking is available and the building is handicapped accessible. For complete information, call 855 ARS-VIVA (277-8482) or purchase tickets at http://www.arsviva.org. Directory: press press -> Produced by: Nick Barton Produced by: Joe Oppenheimer Staring press -> Draft I film Screening press -> The milk carton kids press -> Embargoed until 15 december 2005 15H00 gmt press -> Press Release world meteorological organization press -> Introductory Text press -> The project is part of the wider cooperation between Eni and Rosneft sanctioned under the Strategic Cooperation Agreement entered into by the parties on 25th April 2012 press -> El Niño’s Effects May Be Limited This Winter press -> I am particularly pleased that my last year at Kunsthaus Bregenz was so successful. There are very few institutions in which the architecture, the staff, and the art encounter each other so productively Download 8.85 Kb. Share with your friends:
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