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2009-10 Broadway and More Series

The 2009-2010 Broadway and More Series includes Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano , The Virsky National Ukrainian Dance Company, Camelot, Christmas with Emile Pandolfi, Band of the Irish Guards, The Wedding Singer, Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, and The Moscow Festival Ballet.

All dates and artists subject to change due to availability.

Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano Friday, September 18
8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $26, $24, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

I Love a Piano is an enchanting musical journey spanning seven decades of American history as seen through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of Irving Berlin.

Using 64 of Berlin’s enduring and popular favorites, I Love a Piano captures the spirit of America from the Ragtime rhythms of the early 20th century through the swinging sophistication of the 1920s and ’30s, from the sentimental songs that inspired a nation during two World Wars to the optimism of the 1950s. Timeless classics such as “White Christmas,” “God Bless America,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz” and “There’s No Business like Show Business” do more than define the music of a generation: they define the music of our country.

"Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American Music!" —Jerome Kern

Teachable Moments: Musical History, WWI & WWII History, NC History (Research Berlin’s God Bless America and Kate Smiths’ ties to NC).

Official Show Website

The Virsky National Ukrainian Dance Company
Tuesday, November 3
8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $30, $28, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

The renowned folk dance ensemble named after Pavlo Virsky is famous for its bright colors, the unity of content and form and the vivid embodiment of its stage concept. This magnificent artistic group has embraced the beauty of its native Ukraine, the wisdom of its people as well as the folk tradition of humor and optimism.

Each and every performance is a romantic, elevated, passionate and exciting show. The ensemble’s diverse concert programs presenting the exquisite charm of Ukrainian folk dancing and the wealth of its traditions have been warmly received by audiences all over the world. The history of the ensemble goes back to 1937 when Pavlo Virsky and Mykola Bolotov, well-known Ukrainian ballet-masters, brought together a group of folk dancers.

Teachable Moments: Teachable Moments: Ukraine culture and history, Folk traditions (US and Ukrainian), Folk Dance, the art of ballet and how folk dance and ballet work together

Camelot
Saturday, December 5
8:00 P.M.
Tickets: $35, $33, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

“Timeless” The New York Times

“The ultimate fantasy of the musical stage” Newsweek

Rediscover the grandeur of one of history’s greatest love stories in Lerner and Loewe’s timeless masterpiece, Camelot. A sumptuous tale set in a land where honor and chivalry reign, Camelot follows the love triangle of King Arthur, his Queen Guenevere and the young Lancelot. With one of Broadway’s most enchanting scores featuring the hauntingly romantic “If Ever I Would Leave You," "I Loved You Once in Silence," and "Follow Me", Camelot is the definitive musical theatre fable.

Teachable Moments: Teachable Moments: King Arthur, history of Broadway, Pop Culture (think Richard Burton).

Christmas with EmilePandolfi
Friday, December 11
8:00 pm
Tickets: $25, $23, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

A spirited, fun-filled sleigh ride through seasonal favorites, with the piano’s keyboard in the hands of a true master. In Pandolfi’s holiday celebration concert, the audience basks the most glorious and well-loved songs of the season.

For those hearing Pandolfi for their first time, it’s like being dipped in warm, fine, rich chocolate –it’s just too delectable to leave. For those who are back time after time, it is a joyous return visit to greet a close friend. Pianist Emile Pandolfi has taken a god-given gift of a tremendous musical talent, honed it with years of classical piano study and technique, lightly blended it with his engaging sense of humor and years of doing stand-up comedy gigs – and come out with a hybrid performance unlike any other pianist working today. Part Debussy, part Lloyd Webber. Part Victor Borge, part Broadway classics. But it is all Pandolfi, with lush, luxurious arrangements of popular and classical repertoire that “seems to go to the music’s very soul.” (Stereophile Magazine).

Teachable Moments: Teachable Moments: Classical versus Pop Piano, the evolution of piano as a performing art, piano techniques.

Band of the Irish Guards
(Public Service Providers Night)
Tuesday, January 19
8:00 pm
Tickets: 35, $33, $15 / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

Formed in 1900 on the expressed wish of HM Queen Victoria to commemorate the bravery of the many Irish Regiments who fought in the South African campaigns, the Irish Guards now includes 49 musicians. The Band's main duty is to play, in turn with the other 4 Foot Guards Bands, for the Mounting of The Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace and for State ceremonial occasions and public duties such as Investitures, State Visits, Royal Weddings, Guards of Honour, Royal Garden Parties and, of course, The Queen's Birthday Parade (Trooping the Colour).

There is a fine tradition in the British Army of bands providing musical support to troops on active service. It engenders a unique espirit-de-corps and during both World Wars the Band regularly travelled to active service areas in order to give morale-boosting performances to the troops. During World War II in particular, the commitments of the Band had so intensified that its strength was increased to 65 musicians.

Teachable Moments: Teachable Moments: UK Military History, Military Band History- the need for music in the military and its place in history
Note: From the official website of the band http://www.army.mod.uk/music/corps-band/485.aspx “On 23rd January 1923, the Band made what is believed to be the very first broadcast by a military band, the program was broadcast live on the 2LO station from a studio in Marconi House in The Strand”, English History, History of the Guard, Royal Regalia.

The Wedding Singer
(Legal Professionals Night)
Thursday, January 28
8:00 pm
Tickets: $32, $30, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

Go back to 1985 when rock star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party, until his own fiance leaves him at the altar and he vows to make every wedding as disastrous as his own. With an ‘80s style score, as wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room

It’s one rad party!

“The Wedding Singer’ is among the most ingenious and amusing musical adaptations of a Hollywood film ever to reach Broadway.” – the Wall Street Journal. Sponsored by Allen Orthopedic

Teachable Moments: 80’s Pop Culture, Movie versus Broadway Musical, Bridging the gap between cultures (How the same things we find comical in America make other cultures laugh ) Note: The musical also debuted in Spain, Sweden, Japan, Finland, Germany, Australia, and South Korea.

Official Website / Facebook

Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, February 9
8:00 pm
Tickets: $32, $30, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1978 as an outgrowth of the need for the symphonic repertoire of the 18th, 19th and 20th, centuries to be broadcast throughout Russia for the benefit of its citizens. It was decided that the Orchestra should broadcast performances on a weekly basis. With the fall of Communism, the orchestra now stirs the spirits of audiences around the world.

The Orchestra expanded its activities into Russian television, including projects with Korean KBC and German ZDF. In 1980 the Orchestra created a major subscription series in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. The Orchestra’s first music director was Alexander Mikhailov, who received his education with Evgheny Mravinsky and Ilia Musin. He headed the Orchestra until 1996 before Anatoli Nemudrov (a disciple of Danila Tulin) assumed the music directorship.

Teachable Moments: Classical Music bridges the gap between Russian and American Cultures, European Music Traditions, The evolution of Symphonic Music from the 18th-20th centuries Note: From the CAMI website http://www.cami.com/?webid=618 “The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1978 as an outgrowth of the need for the symphonic repertoire of the 18th, 19th and 20th, centuries to be broadcast throughout Russia for the benefit of its citizens “, Music history of Paganini.

The Russian National Ballet Theatre-Cinderella The Moscow Festival Ballet -Cinderella
Tuesday, March 30
8:00 pm
Tickets: $35, $33, $15* / $12 child or student
$5 UNCP Student / $15 Faculty or Staff

An enchanting fairy tale of everlasting love, this beloved classic is overflowing with lyrical romance and dramatic grandeur. If you appreciate the great tradition of grand ballet, then you will love theMoscow Festival Ballet's production of "Cinderella."

The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.

Leading dancers from across the Russias have forged under Radchenko’s direction an exciting new company staging new productions of timeless classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Paquita and Carmen.

Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Two tours of the United Kingdom, including capacity audiences at London's famed Coliseum, have resulted in re-engagements during the 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons.

Teachable Moments: Teachable Moments: Prokofiev's masterpiece ballet, Cinderella, the intertwined history of Ballet and Russia, Russian Culture, Classical Ballet versus Modern Ballet

OTHER TOURING EVENTS MAY BE FOUND UNDER SPECIAL EVENTS.

*$15 seats for each show may be limited visibility (obstructed view), depending on the set up of the stage for each individual show and this is not determined until the stage is set day of show. These seats are in sections 1, 5, 6 & 14.

Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010

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