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14 The north Star Monthly March 2006Master Pianists To Performat Lyndon State CollegeDonn-Alexandre Feder andElisha Gilgore, husband and wifeduo pianists, will perform atLyndon State College’s AlexanderTwilight Theater on Saturday,March 11, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.Their performance will featureAn American in Paris byGeorge Gershwin and theCarnival of the Animals byCamile Saint Saens. The OgdenNash verses will be read byDonna Dalton, dean of the college.The program will includeDavid Noon’s Art deco inspiredby scenes of the 1925 World’sFair in Paris.Feder and Gilgore haveenjoyed notable solo careers.Each has performed to criticalacclaim throughout NorthAmerica, Mexico, Europe,England and the Far East. Eachhas appeared as soloist with majorsymphony orchestras, includingthe Philadelphia Orchestra, NewYork Philhar-monic, BostonSymphony, Berlin Symphony andthe Netherlands National RadioPhilharmonic.As a duo-piano team theymade their New York debut atLincoln Center in May 1982.New York Times critic EdwardRothstein wrote, “The Feder-Gilgore Duo was at its best … atAlice Tully Hall...all emergedwith ease and aplomb. The artistsenjoyed their work and sharedtheir pleasure.”Feder and Gilgore made theirEuropean debut that summer inRome, where their performancesof Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianosand Percussion were hailed as“breathtaking and memorable”by the Rome Daily American. “Amagnificent Duo...Stravinsky athis most electric...full of fire andpanache” reported the Hamilton(Ontario) Spectator of their performanceof the composer’sConcerto for Two Solo Pianos atMcMaster University. The artistswere immediately re-engaged forthe school’s Celebrity Series thefollowing year.The Duo’s recording forChandos Records ofGeorge Gershwin’s “AnAmerican in Paris” (together withmusic by Samuel Barber andAaron Copland) was a best sellerin England and Europe when firstreleased in 1986.Here in Vermont, Feder andGilgore were featured at the openinggala concert celebrating the40th anniversary of the foundingof the Vermont Arts Council.Currently, Feder and Gilgoredevote their primary time toteaching and presenting masterclasses in Korea, Japan andTaiwan.Photo Courtesy of the Artistsdonn-Alexandre Feder and elisha Gilgore, husband and wife duopianists, will perform at the Alexander Twilight Theater at LyndonState College on Saturday, March 11.Richard P. Barrett Insurance Agency309 Portland Street, Suite 102St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819(802) 748-5224theMarchall month - Paintings andsculpture by Peter Miles ondisplay at Backroom Galleryof Northeast KingdomArtisans Guild, St.Johnsbury.3 Tom Rush, Middle EarthMusic, Bradford.3 Roseann Cash, The Egg,Albany, NY.3-9Brokeback Mountain (2005,U.S.) [R] Director: Ang Lee.Two young, poor-as-dirtcowboys are hired to tendcattle on top of BrokebackMountain, Wyoming’s mostpicturesque grazing slope.The film is ultimately aboutlove of the most evocativekind - impossible, lustful,all-consuming, passionatelove, born in a place of overwhelmingbeauty at a timeof great innocence and hope.Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury. (802) 748-2600.4 Glengarry Boys, MiddleEarth Music, Bradford.4 World Music PercussionEnsemble, Hopkins Centerfor the Arts, Hanover, NH.7 Mavis Staples with TajMahal, Opera House,Lebanon, NH.8 Taj Mahal with MavisStaples, Flynn Theater,Burlington.10 Ringbone, Middle EarthMusic, Bradford.10 Woods Tea Company, MorseCenter, St. Johnsbury.10-16 Syriana (2005, U.S.)[R] Director: StephenGaghan. A political thrillerthat unfolds against theintrigues and corruption ofthe global oil industry andARTS aroundthe human consequences ofthe fierce pursuit of wealthand power. Catamount Arts,St. Johnsbury.11 Donn-Alexandre Feder andElisha Gilgore, pianists,Alexander Twilight Theater,Lyndon.11 Gandalf Murphy & theSlambovian Circus ofDreams, Middle EarthMusic, Bradford.12 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon,Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury.12 Emmylou Harris, The Egg,Albany, NY.17 Bellatrix, Middle EarthMusic, Bradford.17 Barbary Coast JazzEnsemble, Hopkins Centerfor the Arts, Hanover, NH.17 St. Patrick’s Day concertwith Ralph Aldrich, PatSager, Stephen Herreid andWindrose. Celtic vocal andinstrumental music.Alexander Twilight Theaterat Lyndon State College.Noon. (802) 626-644517-23 Capote (2005, U.S.) [R]Director: Bennett Miller.Fascinating story of TrumanCapote’s authoring in ColdBlood with restrained, quietelegance, concentrating onthe writer’s tortured relationshipwith the doomed killer.Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury.18 Homer and Hopper, Slidesand Lecture by BobManning, Catamount Arts,St. Johnsbury.18 Driftwood Citizens, MiddleEarth Music, Bradford.24 Harvey Reid and JoyceAnderson, Middle EarthMusic, Bradford.24-30 Memoirs of a Geisha(2005, U.S.) [PG-13]Director: Rob Marshall. AJapanese child blossoms intoa beautiful and legendarygeisha and captivates themost powerful men of herday but is haunted by hersecret love for the one manwho is out of her reach.Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury.25 New Nile Orchestra, LyndonState College.25 Willie Edwards Blues Band,Middle Earth Music,Bradford.25 Northeast KingdomClassical Series presentsViolinist Christina Castelliand Pianist Grant Moffett,South CongregationalChurch, St. Johnsbury.(802) 748-5451.26 Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon,Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury.30 Los Cojolites & Son DeMadera, Hopkins Center forthe Arts, Hanover, NH.30 Gypsy Swing Quintet,Middle Earth Music,Bradford.31-april 6 The New World(2005, U.S.) [PG]Director: Terrence Malick.When British adventurerJohn Smith meets a nativewoman named Pocahontas, abalance based upon centuriesof intertribal harmony withthe environment is rattledforever. Catamount Arts, St.Johnsbury.31 Limon Dance Companypresents Chiaroscuro Project,Hopkins Center for the Arts,Hanover, NH.31 Session Americana, MiddleEarth Music, Bradford.“We Get The Point! Do You?” 95.7
i learned to WaitVAN PArKerRecently a woman loaned me a copy of her family history, whichtells about both her mother’s and father’s sides of the family. Writtenby her sister, the book goes back several generations, describing thelives of various family members. They were admirable people but,like any extended family, they went through difficult patches. Shetold of children that died young, broken relationships and painfulmemories, as well as happy childhoods, committed marriages and anabundance of love.At the beginning of the book she quotes “A Psalm of Life” byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow. The “Psalm,” which could as easily becalled “A Song of Life,” ends with these words: “Let us then be upand doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing,Learn to labor and to wait.”What’s this about waiting? Americans in general and perhaps NewEnglanders in particular, are used to extolling the value of hard work.Recent surveys indicate that people in the United States work substantiallylonger hours than their counterparts in Europe. Even ourvacations tend to be strenuous.The virtues of hard work, of using time constructively and ofbeing “useful” were certainly part of my Puritan heritage. And thereis much to be said for all of that. But it’s striking that Longfellow, whoI suspect was something of a Puritan himself, closed his “Psalm” withthe words “Learn to labor and to wait.”Waiting isn’t easy, and it doesn’t come naturally to many of us. Ithink we really do have to learn it. Students wait for the results of atest to see if they passed. Hospitals have “waiting rooms” where relativesread magazines or chat while loved ones go through an operation.Waiting means not having instant answers to a problem, notbeing able to “fix” things. It means learning when to speak and whento say nothing, not getting ahead of yourself, letting solutions slowlyemerge.Farmers, or anyone who lives close to the land, learn to wait. Theyhave to. Over time I’ve learned that it doesn’t do any good to puttomato plants in too early. They might get nipped by a frost. If you doput them out in chilly weather, frost or not, they won’t grow. Plantingis a seasonal thing. You have to wait for the right time.As I thought about the frantic ads for beer or cars or whatever thatpunctuated the recent Super Bowl, it all sounded in Shakespeare’swords like “sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Then to hear oldHenry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem seemed strangely grounding:“Learn to labor and to wait.”It’s as though he were saying, “Do that and you’ll be okay.”Cobleigh Public LibraryLyndonvilleMonday: Noon - 5 p.m.Tuesday: Noon - 7 p.m.Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Thursday: Noon - 7 p.m.Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.The north Star Monthly March 2006 15DANVILLE SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM ROCKSPhotos Courtesy of Matt ClancyUnder the direction of music director Matt Clancy, these danville School music students haveauditioned and been accepted to perform in competitive music festivals, which highlight accomplishedmusicians from across the state.TOP Front (L-r) Alicia Mundinger (tenor sax), Holly Greenleaf (alto sax), Patrick rainville (altosax), Hannah Lazerick (alto sax) and Michael Newman (clarinet). Second row: Molly Moran(voice), Wes Armstrong-Laird (trumpet), Jordan Goss-Snow (percussion), Jenell Green (flute) andMorgan Gray (flute). These seventh and eighth grade music students were accepted to participate inthe Northeast district Middle School Music Festival at North Country Union High School inNewport on March 10. This festival includes the top middle school band and chorus students fromnortheastern Vermont.lOWer lefT Hannah Kitchel (euphonium) is a danville School freshman. Kitchel was acceptedto participate in the Vermont All State Music Festival Concert Band. The All State Festivalincludes top high school music students from throughout the state and will take place at Mt.Anthony Union High School in Brattleboro from May 10 through May 13. Kitchel was also acceptedto participate in the Northeast district High School Music Festival Wind ensemble at NorthCountry Union High School from March 30 through April 1.lOWer riGHT (L-r): Christina Machell (flute), Gabrielle Potts (tenor sax) and Adrianduckett (trumpet). These band students from danville were accepted to perform in the Northeastdistrict High School Music Festival Concert Band. This festival includes the top high school musicstudents from northeastern Vermont and will take place at North Country Union High School fromMarch 30 through April 1.Rest Assured -Sawyer & Ritchie offers:All lines of Insurance Coverage,Professional Prompt Service,Convenient Location andConvenient ParkingOpen 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through FridayWeekends and Evenings by appointmentPO Box 196Danville, VT 05828(802) 684-3411(800) 734-2203 (VT toll free)From left: Cindy White, Donna Percy, John Blackmore, Joan Field, George Coppenrath,Betsy McKay, Sam Kempton, Darlene Pilbin, Sue Coppenrath and Cindy Hastings.
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