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I Musici de Montreal chamber orchestra combines Mussorgsky’s compositions with large-screen animated projections of Yuli Turovsky’s paintings. The artwork accompanies the movements of the musical piece, and the paintings have been digitized into melodic movement. This is a multi-sensory musical experience.
Five young and talented musicians, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, have captured the attention of music lovers across several genres. As the San Francisco Chronicle asks, “Why didn’t someone think about mixing bluegrass, jazz and classical music together sooner? Chris Thile…is doing it with his new outfit, Punch Brothers, and the result is totally mind-blowing.” Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile performed in the award-winning bluegrass band Nickel Creek. His new project showcases hot young modern bluegrass players with a cutting-edge sound that seamlessly blends bluegrass traditions with innovative compositions. They bring it all to Beaver Creek 7:30pm Sunday January 17.
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra has been a fixture for 43 years at the famed New York
nightclub the Village Vanguard. On Thursday, January 14 they come to Beaver Creek. Said to be the “influential jazz big band of the contemporary era: This is the band in which every student musician dreams of playing, the band that virtually every college jazz orchestra tries to sound like,” (The Sun). Boasting a 16-piece ensemble of swinging sound, creativity and experimentation. Critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning, these legendary artists bring the hard swinging sounds straight from New York to the VPAC stage.
Pianist Angela Au returns for her third performance on the VPAC stage on March 22 at 6:30pm with a recital of romantic classics. Au began piano lessons at age six and won her first prize, a grand championship, nine months later. In 1987, she became the first Hong Kong-born pianist accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music and in January 1990, Au appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.488. Ms. Au was chosen to play for H.M. Queen Elizabeth II to honor her Royal visit to Hong Kong.
Ready to reminisce and listen to some favorite songs of the 80s?Coming to the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Beaver Creek, Colorado is Grammy award winner, Rick Springfield. Springfield has sold over 19 million records and has 17 Top 40 Hits. He has performed for millions of devoted fans over the last three decades and plays over 100 shows a year. He is most famous for the 1981 #1 single ”Jessie’s Girl,” now a Grammy Award-winning landmark of 1980s pop-rock. It established the emerging music video age. The VPAC Summer Series is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation; contact www.vilarpac.org or call 888.920.ARTS (2787). Write here and tell us what you like about visiting Vail. Use the Reply Box below or click on Submit Comment.
Michael Bolton plays the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado on August 20 at 8pm. He has sold more than 53 million records, won multiple Grammy Awards and countless other honors, earned a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and sold out arenas worldwide. He’s collaborated with Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles, written songs with Bob Dylan, penned hits for Barbra Streisand and KISS, played guitar with B.B. King and been sampled on a track by hip-hop superstar Kanye West. He makes his VPAC debut at the VPAC Summer Series, a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more details, contact www.vilarpac.org – 888.920.ARTS (2787). Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek $95/145/175
When the Vail International Dance Festival comes to town, it provides an opportunity to see the best ballet has to offer in the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and Vail, Colorado. Many of the dance performances are outdoors with others in the intimate surroundings of the Vilar Performing Arts Center, on the Vail Mountain School stage, or in private homes. On August 3, get an UpClose look at the career of one of America’s greatest dance heroes, Edward Villella. The evening features performances by the Miami City Ballet and special guest artist, Ethan Stiefel, with examination of the many works created for and made famous by Villella, including masterpieces by George Balanchine© and Jerome Robbins. Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek, is sponsored by the Vail Valley Foundation www.vaildance.org – 888.920.ARTS (2787)
The Vail Performing Arts Academy will sing their version of “The Pirates of Penzance” on Saturday, August 15 at 6:30pm and August 16 at 2pm and 6:30pm. The show will be at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, and the cost is $10.
The Academy presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s most beloved operetta in a special adaptation for younger voices. Wacky, irreverent and entertaining, “The Pirates Of Penzance” spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric Major-General, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty. Written in 1879. For details and tickets, www.vilarpac.org – 888.920.ARTS (2787)
Hear Peter Frampton on August 12 at 8pm at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek. From his days as a British teen sensation with Herd to those as a hard rock hero with Humble Pie to his solo success, Peter Frampton has enjoyed a career full of accolades and top hits including “Baby I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do” and “Show Me the Way.” His 2007 all-instrumental album Fingerprints earned him his first Grammy Award. Make your reservation at Vilar Performing Arts Center, Beaver Creek – $65/90/125 www.vilarpac.org – 888.920.ARTS (2787). See the listings in Funafar’s Calendar of Events for other Vail Summer Concerts in Vail, Colorado. Beaver Creek is a wonderful place to wander and explore in summer as well as winter.
Along with talented musicians such as Diana Krall dishing up fine concerts, check out Funafar’s list of things to do on your Vail Summer Vacation. Acclaimed jazz musician Diana Krall won a Grammy Award with her album, When I Look in Your Eyes, the first jazz album in 25 years nominated Album of the Year. Her follow-up recordings include The Look of Love, The Girl in the Other Room and From This Moment On. Her 2009 Quiet Nights boasts a sensual, Brazilian-inspired sound. The concert will take place August 2 at 8pm at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek. Tickets are $120/155/180. VPAC Summer Series and the Vail Valley Foundation. For information contact www.vilarpac.org – 888.920.ARTS (2787)
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