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For Immediate Release
Fantasy Opera Returns to Philadelphia in February, 2011
Philadelphia, PA--- Sephro, a science fiction fantasy opera in two acts, will be presented by Fantasy Weavers Original Theatre and Opera for Children and Adults, a new Production Company affiliated with Quinn Compositions, another unique company that specializes in writing music, operas and musicals for commission. Both the book and the music of Sephro were written by Kate Quinn, President of Quinn Compositions and Fantasy Weavers.
Sephro took Kate Quinn fourteen years to write and compose, having first began the project in 1996. Arias and duets from Sephro were premiered with such musical groups as the Main Line Opera Guild, BCV Performing Opera and Concert Artists, Delaware Valley Opera Company and Kit Crissey's Composer Showcase. After much hard work and dedication, Quinn finally finished the opera in December of 2009. This past September, she presented the full opera to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, at the Rotunda. It was very well received, boasting a fine sized audience, one of whom said that the whole experience was like "a preview to a Met performance." Quinn is thrilled to reprise Sephro again in February, 2011 for those who never got to see it with the Fringe. Quinn's operatic and science fiction background are combined in this unique story, which should be fascinating to audiences looking for something a little different from the usual fare. Both children and adults alike will appreciate the fantasy and reality dichotomy and the melodious music that keeps the story moving.
Sephro, a fantasy opera, uses the healing power of music, the universal language, to take us on a journey of the great mystical mysteries of life, love, death, salvation and transformation. When a coven of pagan witches unite with beings from another planet, divine spirituality of humankind triumphs over evil. Crystonian, the father of the coven, has saved Planet Sephro from certain destruction, and is asked to further aid them, as evil threatens. His wife, Aera, is a realist and does not believe in Sephro. Their son, Cryss, is in love with Craela, a mysterious young girl from the planet. Amidst their conflict, each character must make a decision that will change the course of his or her destiny.
The production will take place on Wednesday, February 2nd and Wednesday, February 9th at 7:30 pm. The venue will be the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Admission is $15.00 for the general public. $12.00 for seniors, and $8.00 for children under thirteen. Reservations can be made by calling 610-389-9572, Fantasy Weavers' main number, or, you may just purchase admission at the door.
Featured in the cast are, among others, soprano Eve Edwards(Corianna), Tenor James R. Longacre(Jondu), Soprano Elizabeth Oliver(Craela) , Bass-Baritone John Rudolph(Crystonian), and Mezzo-Soprano Kate Quinn(Cryss). Production is by Fantasy Weavers Original Theatre and Opera for Children and Adults, Directorship is by Dorothy Cardella, and Musical Direction is by Kate Quinn with keyboard accompaniments by William Gatens and Barbara Browne. Choreography is by Patty Nasuti, Digital and Special Effects are by Echo Shi, and Costumes are by Amy Chmielewski.
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
What: Sephro, a science fantasy opera.
Where and When:
Wednesday, February 2nd and Wednesday, February 9th, 7:30 at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
About Fantasy Weavers, visit www.fantasyweavers.org
About Quinn Compositions, visit www.quinncompositions.com
About the Rotunda visit www.therotunda.org
About the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, visit www.livearts-fringe.org
About the Main Line Opera Guild, visit www.mainlineopera.org
About BCV Performing Opera and Concert Artists, visit www.bcvartists.org
About the Delaware Valley Opera Company, visit www.dvopera.org
About Kate Quinn, visit http://kate19119.tripod.com
Media Contact: Kate Quinn
Hazelkate67@msn.com
610-389-9572
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7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Reverberations
Hip-hop, funk, classical fusion, and neo-punk musicians share the stage.
The Philadelphia-based Leeway Foundation supports women and transgender artists in the Delaware Valley who create social change through their artwork. Reverberations features performances by four musicians who have received grants from the Leeway Foundation.
The performances are:
Qian Li (ACG ’10)
Indonesian gamelan and Japanese taiko percussion blended with Western classical music.
Earth-fx (ACG ’07)
Conscious neo-funk and soul .
Ethel Cee (ACG ’10)
Hip-hop stylings backed by DJ Ultraviolet.
Camae Dennis (ACG ’07) and Selina Carrera (ACG '09)
Funky, heavily punk-inspired hip-hop sound that defies traditional music standards.
Each of these performers brings a unique story to their musical practice: creating space for women in a heavily male dominated hip-hop music industry, creating more visibility for people of color in a predominantly white punk music scene, or reworking traditional cultural practices through a fusion with other genres. ''Reverberations is what each of these performers is a creating: a new rhythm or vibration that continues beyond their own work, creating new patterns and ways of seeing the world'' says Leeway Executive Director Denise Brown.
For interview requests, images, or more information please contact Sara Zia Ebrahimi at (215) 545-4078, ext. 14 or email sarazia@leeway.org.
Admission is FREE.
RSVP (not required, but preferred) to rsvp@leeway.org
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Puppet Uprising
hosts
DARB TV: A Kid's
TV Show about Insects!!!
(darb tv is actualy a play about incest.)
Birthed by Rebecca Nagle.
Raised by Natalya Brusilovsky,
Monica Mirabile and Sarah Tooley.
Note: This play is not good for children.
It's time for an educational, magical, mystery-solving TV adventure! What does the note trapped in the magic bottle read? How do you break its spell? Why did Rebecca throw up? And how many people in the audience have been raped? With puppets, musical bits, dreams sequences and audience participation, our family will tackle these questions and so much more in this dark and disturbing comedy. Be delighted by bug movies, healthy snacks and commercial breaks while learning how to eat bruschetta, douche vaginas, and heal from childhood sexual abuse. Grounded in feminist critique and delivered with colorful puppets, Darb TV is a sexy, subversive satire you need to see.
Click here for an in-depth review of Darb TV in the Baltimore City Paper.
Note: No matter what it says above, this play is still inappropriate for children.
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8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Puppet Uprising
hosts
DARB TV: A Kid's TV Show about Insects!!!
(darb tv is actualy a play about incest.)
Birthed by Rebecca Nagle.
Raised by Natalya Brusilovsky,
Monica Mirabile and Sarah Tooley.
Note: This play is not good for children.
It's time for an educational, magical, mystery-solving TV adventure! What does the note trapped in the magic bottle read? How do you break its spell? Why did Rebecca throw up? And how many people in the audience have been raped? With puppets, musical bits, dreams sequences and audience participation, our family will tackle these questions and so much more in this dark and disturbing comedy. Be delighted by bug movies, healthy snacks and commercial breaks while learning how to eat bruschetta, douche vaginas, and heal from childhood sexual abuse. Grounded in feminist critique and delivered with colorful puppets, Darb TV is a sexy, subversive satire you need to see.
Click here for an in-depth review of Darb TV in the Baltimore City Paper.
Note: No matter what it says above, this play is still inappropriate for children.
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8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
No Wavelength
presents
a Benefit for Girls Rock Philly
with:
TROPHY WIFE
WHORE PAINT (Providence)
CAT VET
SLUTEVER
Admission is $5.00 with all proceeds benefiting Girls Rock Philly
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For Immediate Release
Fantasy Opera Returns to Philadelphia in February, 2011
Philadelphia, PA— Sephro, a science fiction fantasy opera in two acts, will be presented by Fantasy Weavers Original Theatre and Opera for Children and Adults, a new Production Company affiliated with Quinn Compositions, another unique company that specializes in writing music, operas and musicals for commission. Both the book and the music of Sephro were written by Kate Quinn, President of Quinn Compositions and Fantasy Weavers.
Sephro took Kate Quinn fourteen years to write and compose, having first began the project in 1996. Arias and duets from Sephro were premiered with such musical groups as the Main Line Opera Guild, BCV Performing Opera and Concert Artists, Delaware Valley Opera Company and Kit Crissey’s Composer Showcase. After much hard work and dedication, Quinn finally finished the opera in December of 2009. This past September, she presented the full opera to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, at the Rotunda. It was very well received, boasting a fine sized audience, one of whom said that the whole experience was like “a preview to a Met performance.” Quinn is thrilled to reprise Sephro again in February, 2011 for those who never got to see it with the Fringe. Quinn’s operatic and science fiction background are combined in this unique story, which should be fascinating to audiences looking for something a little different from the usual fare. Both children and adults alike will appreciate the fantasy and reality dichotomy and the melodious music that keeps the story moving.
Sephro, a fantasy opera, uses the healing power of music, the universal language, to take us on a journey of the great mystical mysteries of life, love, death, salvation and transformation. When a coven of pagan witches unite with beings from another planet, divine spirituality of humankind triumphs over evil. Crystonian, the father of the coven, has saved Planet Sephro from certain destruction, and is asked to further aid them, as evil threatens. His wife, Aera, is a realist and does not believe in Sephro. Their son, Cryss, is in love with Craela, a mysterious young girl from the planet. Amidst their conflict, each character must make a decision that will change the course of his or her destiny.
The production will take place on Wednesday, February 2nd and Wednesday, February 9th at 7:30 pm. The venue will be the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Admission is $15.00 for the general public. $12.00 for seniors, and $8.00 for children under thirteen. Reservations can be made by calling 610-389-9572, Fantasy Weavers’ main number, or, you may just purchase admission at the door.
Featured in the cast are, among others, soprano Eve Edwards(Corianna), Tenor James R. Longacre(Jondu), Soprano Elizabeth Oliver(Craela) , Bass-Baritone John Rudolph(Crystonian), and Mezzo-Soprano Kate Quinn(Cryss). Production is by Fantasy Weavers Original Theatre and Opera for Children and Adults, Directorship is by Dorothy Cardella, and Musical Direction is by Kate Quinn with keyboard accompaniments by William Gatens and Barbara Browne. Choreography is by Patty Nasuti, Digital and Special Effects are by Echo Shi, and Costumes are by Amy Chmielewski.
LISTINGS INFORMATION:
What: Sephro, a science fantasy opera.
Where and When:
Wednesday, February 2nd and Wednesday, February 9th, 7:30 at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
About Fantasy Weavers, visit www.fantasyweavers.org
About Quinn Compositions, visit www.quinncompositions.com
About the Rotunda visit www.therotunda.org
About the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, visit www.livearts-fringe.org
About the Main Line Opera Guild, visit www.mainlineopera.org
About BCV Performing Opera and Concert Artists, visit www.bcvartists.org
About the Delaware Valley Opera Company, visit www.dvopera.org
About Kate Quinn, visit http://kate19119.tripod.com
Media Contact: Kate Quinn
Hazelkate67@msn.com
610-389-9572
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Bern Nix (Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Joe Morris …) is bringing his trio to Philadelphia for an exceptional night of music at The Rotunda.
Bern Nix has played the guitar since the age of 11. Bern studied music and graduated with a degree in music education from the Berklee College of Music. Since 1985, he has led The Bern Nix Trio. Before leading his Trio, Bern performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman from 1975 t…o 1987 as an original member of the Prime Time Band. The Prime Time Band recorded six albums including Dancing in Your Head, Of Human Feelings and Body Meta and performed hundreds of concerts around the world. The Bern Nix Trios first recording, Alarms and Excursions (New World Records) was released in 1993, making many top ten critics lists. Bern has performed with artists such as, Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Jemeel Moondoc, Ronald Shannon Jackson, James Chance, Jayne Cortez and Kip Hanrahan. Hailed as one of the greatest jazz guitarists of our time, Bern was voted among the top ten jazz guitarists poll by Down Beat magazine. Most recently, Bern composed and recorded the score for the feature length documentary, A James Lord Portrait.
Bern Nix: guitar
Francois Grillot: Bass
Jackson Krall: Drums
Archer Spade (Nick Millevoi and Dan Blacksberg) will open the night. Archer Spade is the new music collaboration between composer/performers Daniel Blacksberg and Nick Millevoi that seeks to broaden the repertoire and inspire new sonic possibilities for their unlikely instrumentation of trombone and electric guitar. Together,
Blacksberg and Millevoi bring unique and versatile vocabularies to contemporary classical music as well as extensive individual
experiences that span experimental music, jazz, punk rock, and Jewish music. The duo’s music, formed from over a decade of playing
together, propels beyond the boundaries of the classical tradition into a singular body of work that spans the unique breadth of its
members personal vocabularies.
Dan Blacksberg: Trombone
Nick Millevoi: Guitar
$5 suggested donation
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Come dance to live afro-Brazilian funk! With a sound as rich and diverse as his native São Paulo, Xande (pr. shan-ji) Cruz and the Batukis Band adeptly blends urban and traditional, colors and sounds, together in a soulful way like none other. The music defies genres by mixing afro-Brazilian percussion rhythms with turntables and samples, funk guitars, bass, drums, horns with Portuguese vocals. Cruz's passionate melodies carry subtle hints of influences from MPB (Popular Brazilian Music), electronic, hip-hop and reggae while fluidly blending various traditional Brazilian percussive modes to create an original sound that gets everyone dancing.
Xande is joined by the Batukis band consisting of the talent of Christopher Farrell (guitar), Elliot Garland (bass, keys), Claudio de Pujadas (drums).
BIO:
Growing up in Sao Paulo, Xande has been profoundly influenced from the contrast of the urban and traditional, social injustice, and diversity found in South America's largest city. His early inspiration was from listening to the sounds of Popular Brazilian Music (MPB) and later hip-hop and electronica in the late 80s when he relocated to New York. It was in New York that Xande commenced his project, the Batukis, as an Afro-Brazilian percussive based group, bringing the rhythms of Brazil to the US. Xande has performed as a percussionist with samba schools, touring Japan and South Korea, as well as with Brazilian pop bands, African drum ensembles, dance troupes and theatrical productions.
View videos at www.youtube.com/xandecruzmusic
1. Nublu in NY, April 2, 2009
2. Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, April 9, 2009
Admission is $10
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