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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Sunday, July 1, 2012
Carnegie Brass
The Carnegie Brass is a Pittsburgh-area chamber group of rare musicianship. They have performed throughout the northeastern United States, and have toured the South Pacific and Australia with the River City Brass Band. Free admission.
07/01/2012
Time: 10:30 am
Mellon Park, Fifth & Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Summer Sparklers
Artistic Director Daniel Meyer conducts a free outdoor concert of classics and popular music featuring Tchaikovsky's famous 1812 Overture. Composers include Mozart, Berlioz and Elgar, and there will be medleys from The Music Man, Star Wars, and Disney film scores, as well as patriotic favorites.
07/01/2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: St. Clair Park, Greensburg, PA
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Fabric Fantasies
Fantasy and Historical Costumes by Sally C. Fink, featuring award-winning entries from CostumeCons 2011 & 2012.
07/03/2012 - 07/28/2012
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Independence Day Concert
Istvan Jaray leads the full orchestra in patriotic and well-loved musical selections. There will be a salute to military veterans, a Marine Corps honor guard, and for Tchaikovksy's 1812 Overture, a PA National Guard howitzer unit. Johnstown-area student singers will perform, and the JS Youth Orchestra Brass Ensemble will play big band favorites. Free admission.
07/04/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Point Stadium, Johnstown, PA
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The Chautauqua: History Lives
Chautauqua 2012 takes place at six sites in Maryland. Garrett County's event focuses on the War of 1812, honoring the bicentennial of America's second war of independence, an important event in Maryland history.
07/05/2012 - 07/07/2012
Time: 7pm
Location: Garrett College, McHenry, MD
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Gretchen Franz, organ
Gretchen Franz, Music Director of Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, plays a 30 minute recital on Westminster's Austin organ.
07/05/2012
Time: 5:00 pm
2040 Washington Rd., Upper St. Clair, PA
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First Fridays: River City Brass
James Gourlay directs America's only full-time professional brass band in virtuoso marches, jazz, classical and pop transcriptions, and brass masterworks.
07/06/2012
Time: 7:00 pm
7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Nightcaps
Fun. Comical. A little naughty! A newly-commissioned series of mini music dramas by six composers, all set in the same hotel. Catch a signature Night Caps cocktail, a glass of wine and some cabaret on the patio before your Night Cap, a 15-minute finale of absolutely unique “grown-up” entertainment! New, different, edgy. Meet metro-opera!
07/06/2012 - 07/15/2012
Location: Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel, PA
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PNME Concert 01
Kevin Noe conducts a program including Fantasy Etudes by Fred Lerdahl, Piece pour Ivry by Bruno Maderna, Fertility Rites by Christos Hatzis, Deep by Alex Shapiro, and the premiere of Taking Charge by Joseph Schwantner.
07/06/2012 - 07/07/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
City Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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Relative Positions
Shana Simmons Dance presents over 20 artists - choreographers, musicians, writers/poets, installation artists, and visual artists – all commissioned to create 5-20 minute pieces which will continue on a loop through the evening. Semi-guided tours will lead the audience to experience the space and the artists in a comfortable explorative way. Audiences may stay to view a piece multiple times, or move through the venue at their own pace.
07/06/2012
Time: 7:00-9:30 pm
Location: Union Project, 801 North Negley Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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