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I Musici de Montréal. Photo provided by Jonathan Wentworth Associates.

OXFORD, Ohio – I Musici de Montréal will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27th at Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in a concert that features the Mussorgsky classic “Pictures at an Exhibition” in a production traveling with the award-winning film of choreographed surreal paintings by Natasha Turvosky.

I Musici de Montréal, known for its gutsy and passionate music-making, has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras. Since its founding in 1983, the orchestra’s more than forty recordings have been distributed in 48 countries around the world. They have been awarded many honors, including “Best Chamber Ensemble of the Year” in addition to Fanfare magazine’s recent praise of “one of the best chamber orchestras in North America.”

Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks.

The centerpiece of this towering program features the Mussorgsky classic with digitally animated projections of the fifteen large-scale paintings by Natasha Turovosky. The film, co-created with digital animator Gael Hollard, is featured on-stage via large screen projection above the orchestra and has left audiences speechless. In 2007, the film won an Excellence in Cinema Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

Natasha Turovsky is an acclaimed artist whose work has been seen in solo exhibitions around the world. Her work has been commissioned by diverse requests from record labels, chamber music ensembles, and more. Among the major press generated by her remarkable paintings is a new BRAVO Documentary, “Pictures at a Concert”, and honors for the choreographed paintings at several film festivals.

Program:
Aziz Shokhakimov, Guest Conductor
Special Project with film: Natasha Turovsky’s Award-Winning Film of Pictures at an Exhibition
Janacek String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”
Shostakovich Chamber Symphony op. 110a
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (with film)

I Musici de Montréal is presented by the Miami University Performing Arts Series and sponsored by Gil & Joyce Gordon and the Havigurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies with media partners 88.5 WMUB, 91.7 WVXU. Tickets are $18 for adults, $17 for senior citizens, and $9 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, order online at http://www.muohio.edu/PerformingArtsSeries or call the Miami Box Office at (513) 529-3200.

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Robert Parsons as Abraham Lincoln. Photo by Matt Petit.

Just in time for the 2012 election campaign, L.A. Theatre Works returns to the Miami University Performing Arts Series with its acclaimed radio-theater production of The Rivalry, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7th at Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Shannon Cochran directs Robert Parsons and Josh Clark as Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, heated rivals for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois. Rebecca Mozo co-stars as Adele, the young wife of Senator Douglas through whose lens we witness the proceedings.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 tackled the day’s most passionate issue – slavery. Taken directly from the transcripts, The Rivalry recreates the face off between Abraham Lincoln, rising Illinois legislator and abolitionist candidate of the newly formed Republican party, and Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the Democratic incumbent and champion of states’ rights. The series of seven debates that took place in seven Congressional districts were conducted in a fever of partisanship as the nation listened. Brass bands played, and the press vilified or glorified theopponents, depending on which side they took.

“What is so heartbreakingly different from today’s political scene is how principled they both were, putting the nation before their own hopes,” notes L.A. Theatre Works Producing Artistic Director Susan Loewenberg.

Although Douglas was re-elected Senator from Illinois, the debates brought Lincoln into the national consciousness and helped send him on to the presidency.

For three decades, L.A. Theatre Works has been the leading radio theater company in the UnitedStates, committed to using innovative technologies to preserve and promote significant works of dramatic literature and bringing live theater into the homes of millions. The company’s public radio series, featuring stage plays performed by America’s top actors augmented by interviews with the artists and others, can be heard in over 100 markets nationwide and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org. Over 9,000 libraries carry LATW’s plays on audio, and recordings and teaching materials are used by over 2,000 middle and high schools across the country.

L.A. Theatre Works’ The Rivalry is presented by the Miami University Performing Arts Series and sponsored by Kona Bistro and the Western College Alumnae Association, with media partners 88.5 WMUB and 91.7 WVXU. Tickets are $20 for adults, $19 for senior citizens, and $9 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, order online at http://www.muohio.edu/PerformingArtsSeries or call the Miami Box Office at (513) 529-3200.

The Miami University Performing Arts Series will host its 22nd annual Wine Tasting Gala and Auction to benefit arts education efforts, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Millett Hall, Oxford.

Tickets for general admission to the Wine Tasting are $59 per person. Reserved tables for four, which includes admission, sparkling wine and chocolates, are $316 and available on a limited basis. Tickets for the Premium Pour Section are an additional $5 each, six for $25 or 15 for $60, and are available in advance or at the door.

This year’s event, sponsored by Kona Bistro, features a long list of wines from affordable to rare; a special Premium Pours section featuring bottles out of area wine collectors’ private cellars; and a delicious variety of hors d’oeuvres provided by Kona Bistro. The silent auction includes vacation getaways, event tickets, private dinner parties, and many other items.

We have partnered with local hotels to offer a special $75 hotel rate. Make reservations by Jan. 7 at the Baymont Inn & Suites: 523-2722 or Best Western Sycamore Inn: 523-0000. Free shuttle to and from the event is provided for hotel guests.

Check our website at http://arts.muohio.edu/performing-arts-series/annual-wine-tasting for up-to-the-minute information on these exciting auction items and other wine tasting details!

Proceeds from the Wine Tasting are used to fund outreach activities such as workshops, master classes, coffee houses and discussions with the visiting professional artists appearing on the Series. These events are provided for regional students and area community members at no cost to the participants. During our 2010-2011 season, over 3,000 students and community members from Miami University, Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown and Cincinnati participated in these free events. We could not provide these valuable services to our campus and community without the proceeds we earn from the Wine Tasting.

Tickets are on sale now at the Miami University Box Office in Shriver Center, 513-529-3200 or at https://tkt.xosn.com/tickets/TicketHome.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26100&_MODE_=PERFORMERCATEGORY&SALE_TKT_PERFORMER_ID=83376&SALE_TKT_SALE_CATEGORIES_ID=83536.