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Heritage, Dance, Food and Culture Art and Music In and Around the Hanover Area By Dee Garber, Photos Submitted The days of summer fun are over and everyone is getting back to the “fall of things....” With gladness we remember that “The Arts and Music” are always alive within us. I could not imagine life without them. There’s plenty of inspiration around us and all we have to do is engage in the bounty. Meet Me in Hanover The Arts Artist Millie Noback focuses on her progression as an artist. Her September show “Evolution” is made up of mostly abstract art using watercolor, acrylic, ink on Yupo. Her inspiration comes from her feelings, an emotional place in her imagination she is exploring during her work. Everyone is invited to stop by the Artist Reception on Saturday, September 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibition takes place at the Hanover Area Arts Guild Gallery, 32 Carlisle St., Hanover. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information is available at www.hanoverareaarts.com. York County artist Dan Hendrix will be showing some of his work during the month of September at the Harmony Ridge Art Gallery in the Cross Keys Village, New Oxford, and also in the 2 nd Floor Gallery of the Main Building of Cross Keys Village. Dan has painted people and places in a variety of media throughout his life, he tells the visitor. Painting by Dan Hendrix Currently, the majority of his work is acrylic on board. Some of Dan’s largest work can be at outdoor sites in and around Downtown York in the form of murals. His was the first in the York Murals, Inc. program, a terrific series of painting that tells the story of York and its workers as well as its dreamers and inventors. Smaller works that Dan has completed hang in many private and corporate collections. “I agree with the principle of less is more.” Dan says, “the less I say about my work, the more each viewer can reach his or her own conclusion. All that I ask is that one just looks. Just look.” The Music The Elysian Camerata, an ensemble of seasoned classical music performers, will present a free, public concert on Sunday, September 12, at 2 p.m. in the Nicarry Meetinghouse at Cross Keys Village, The Brethren Home Community in New Oxford referred to above. This concert is part of the 2010 Fine Arts Series, presented by the Brethren Home Community Auxiliary. It initially was scheduled for September 18 but was changed due to a conflict. The members of the Elysian Camerata have been performing throughout the Philadelphia area for years, but their less formal collaboration only recently became a formal ensemble under this Painting by Dan Hendrix name. Their primary goal is to perform music true to the composer’s intent. The members, all veteran performers, are Barbara Jaffe and Jean Louise Shook, violin; Louise Jaffe and Beth Dzwil, viola; Talia Schiff, cello, and Rahel Inniger, piano. Seating is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis. For more information about this or other fine arts events at Cross Keys Village, The Brethren Home Community, call 717-624-5203. FALL BASKET BINGO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD BENEFITS JCC SCHOLARSHIPS harrisburg jewish community center 3301 n. front street • harrisburg, pa 17110 • Doors Open at 11AM • Early Bird Game at 12:30PM • Regular Bingo Begins at 1PM Baskets are filled with gifts and beautifully wrapped! You will NOT be disappointed! Handicap Accesible Non-Smoking Facility Kitchen open with delicious food Tickets are priced at $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Price includes 20 Regular Games and an Early Bird Game! Additional fee for 2 Large Basket Raffles & 2 Specials! All reasonably priced! 8 ShowcaseNow! Volume 7 Issue 8 National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes For advance tickets, please contact Andrea Weikert at 236-9555 ext. 3108 or email at A.Weikert@jewishfedhbg.org Gather up your friends, family & co-workers and join us for an afternoon of Basket Bingo fun! Hope to see you there!
The Folk Trio Red Molly Returns to Harrisburg on September 15 By Jess Hayden Music Soothes, Music Heals Harrisburg – Red Molly, the all-girl folk/bluegrass band known for their lush harmonies, stellar songwriting and dynamic stage presence, pays a return visit to the region on Wednesday, September 15. They will perform at the Stage on Herr, Harrisburg’s newest stage and bar. According to co-owner John Traylor, this venue is perfect for groups like Red Molly because it offers the audience an intimate “listening room” experience not replicated anywhere else in the area. The trio fist came together during the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in New York state where its members discovered a mutual love of country, bluegrass and old-time gospel during a late-night jam. Over the past six years Red Molly’s popularity has skyrocketed; netting them appearances at major festivals throughout the United States, a feature in Sing Out! magazine and several #1 songs on the Folk DJ chart. Fans attending the concert may notice a new face in the band. Last July long-time band member Carolann Solebello left the group to pursue a solo career and spend more time with her family. After an extensive search for a replacement the two remaining members, Abbie Gardner and Laurie MacAllister, settled on Austin-based musician Molly Venter. The newest “Molly” brings strong songwriting skills and an exciting modern musical sensibility to the group. The trio has been busy co-writing together for the first time (aided by the ease of sending MP3s back and forth over the Internet), reinventing fan favorites, and learning new songs. “This is an exciting time for the band; we’re so thrilled that Molly has joined us”, says MacAlllister. Gardner adds, “We couldn’t have even hoped for a more perfect fit.” This is Red Molly’s fourth visit to the Harrisburg region. Previously they played in a collaborative concert with the Susquehanna Folk Music Society at several locales, including the Dauphin County’s Sunset Series at Fort Hunter Park and for Harrisburg City’s Italian Lake Concert Series Red Molly, seen here, returns to Harrisburg Wednesday, September 15. To find out more about Red Molly, visit the web site at http://www. redmolly.com/. Concert Details: Stage on Herr presents Red Molly, 9 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.), Wednesday, September 15, 268 Herr St. in Harrisburg. Admission is $15. Tickets and information available at http://harrisburgarts.com/ About the Writer: Jess Hayden is a musician and concert promoter who programs events for the Susquehanna Folk Music Society. Her vision for “Trad Talk” is to expose readers to the very best tradition-based artists performing in our region and the venues that present them. You can contact her at jessh@ showcasepa.net. Classical Music, 1750 – 1810 By Karen Wix We have now arrived at the era that can truly be called the “classical” age of music. As we have learned the wealthy, the church and the cultured elite were the main support of the musical institutions until the mid eighteenth century. During the Baroque period composers and musicians usually had fixed appointments with a particular city, church or court. By the time Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven came along there was a thriving middle class that was eager to attend public concerts and they were happy to pay for the privilege. Joseph Haydn started his long and illustrious career as the protégé of the Hungarian, Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy. Spending 30 years refining his music, he became world famous even while living a cloistered life on a remote estate financed by Prince Paul and later the prince’s brother, Prince Nicholas. The Princes afforded Haydn the time and money to flesh out what would eventually become today’s symphony orchestra. The Principality became the center of culture in Hungary and rivaled all the great courts of Europe. Haydn finally left to emerge into the real world in 1791 and was able to support himself by selling his music, something that most musicians who were supported by a third party were not allowed to do. The symphony really began with the Italian opera of the Baroque period. In the mid 18th century it became common to stage short musical pieces to introduce operas….these were called overtures. Generally, the overtures had three quite distinct sections, a slow movement sandwiched between two fast ones. This formed the basis of the symphony’s structure. Haydn wrote specifically for these performances and is often called “the father of the symphony.” While the late 18th century symphony orchestra was small by today’s standards it was in its makeup very similar. The string section carried the music’s theme but as the years passed horns and woodwinds became a substantial part of the orchestra which greatly enriched the sound with ever changing tone colors. In the hands of Haydn and later Mozart the new sounds came to define the sound of the symphony. Haydn wrote over 100 symphonies, Mozart half that number and at the end of the 18th century the two musical geniuses were joined later by Ludwig van Beethoven who wrote only 9 symphonies but the subtle changes that he made in the makeup of music written as symphonies and the drama and power he produced, transformed the classical symphony in a way that would dominate for over a century. The opening of his Fifth Symphony with its ominous fate motif is perhaps the best known of all musical passages. Beethoven is considered the most crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras of Western music. In the early 1780’s Mozart began writing opera “buffa.” Opera buffa grew out of the comic intermezzo performed as a filler between acts of the primary dramatic opera. Eventually these pieces joined and became two act comedy operas. These “operas” featured everyday people and situations, not the gods and heroes of the earlier compositions. Arguably Mozart’s most famous opera buffa is “The Marriage of Figaro.” “Don Giovanni” and “Cosi fan Tutte” are two other Mozart comic operas that still enjoy great favor today. The French Revolution in 1789 began a time when music was used to stir patriotic fervor. Marching bands would march through the streets of Paris whipping people into frenzy to change the way they were ruled. Later Napoleon used music in the same way. “La Marseillaise”, the French national anthem was written in 1792 as a marching song but soon captured the imagination of the people that it was played and sung at every opportunity. In the later 18th century religious superstition and authority gave way to rationality and self expression. The “Enlightenment” as it was called had an effect on all the arts, in music it resulted in countless classical masterpieces and the reinvention of opera. Willibald Gluck, a traditional llllllll Do Your Part For The Arts opera composer began to compose so-called “reform operas” which featured women in women’s roles and men in men’s roles (what a concept), before this time castrati were often cast as women and the men’s parts were often sung in the falsetto range. The reform operas became much more realistic and therefore more acceptable to the public. There was a whole new emphasis on naturalistic singing and acting. Concert life during the 18th century reflected the public’s growing taste for musical entertainment. Because money was always a concern the subscription concert was born. It became common for composers to give concerts of their own music in theaters and other public spaces. Concert societies were formed and concerts were open to anyone who could afford the entrance fee. Vienna, Paris and London were centers of music during the 18th century. Composers knew that they could find supporters and approving audiences in these cities. In this atmosphere the classical age flourished and gave us all the music that we have come to love. ShowcaseNow! Volume 7 Issue 8 9
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