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Roster of artists for upcoming Performing Arts season announced | |
| By Bobby Tyler |
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Timothy A. Bartholow,
director of the Office of Performing Arts, has announced the roster
“We will celebrate music from great orchestras,” Bartholow says, “with two appearances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, including the Athens debut of principal guest conductor Donald Runnicles, along with orchestral music by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, and the International Sejong Soloists with guest cellist Lynn Harrell. For something completely different, I have booked an amusing evening of classical music parodies with Peter Schickele’s alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach.” The Performing Arts Center will celebrate Black History Month with two performances of note. “I am particularly proud that we were able to schedule the Princely Players, who will offer a stirring tribute to the history of black music in America,” Bartholow said. “We will also present a concert version of the ground-breaking American Broadway opera Porgy and Bess.” Other notable events scheduled include Lewis Grizzard: In His Own Words, a one-man show by Bill Oberst Jr. that pays tribute to the UGA graduate who went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist. The Performing Arts Center will offer a rare holiday presentation with A Scottish Christmas, featuring Bonnie Rideout and other legendary Celtic musicians from North America and Scotland. The current 2003–2004 season proved to be another year of record-breaking success for the Performing Arts Center, which surpassed the 2,500 mark in subscriptions for the first time in its eight-year history. The total number of season subscriptions for the 2003–2004 season was 2,567, including 351 student pass holders. The center also set a record for overall percentage of seats sold. That percentage currently stands at 76.6 percent, with the final total expected to reach over 77 percent by the end of the season on May 1. The Performing Arts Center is completing its sixth year of concert broadcasts on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, heard by 1.5 million listeners across the country. With the support of the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, the Performing Arts Center continued to expand its educational programs, offering master classes and lecture/demonstrations to public school students throughout the state of Georgia. Subscriptions to the upcoming season are on sale now. Subscribers save up to 24 percent off single ticket prices and are entitled to flexible exchange privileges if they are unable to attend one of their regularly scheduled concerts. For a subscription brochure, call the box office at 542-4400. |
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