FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Billy Elliot: The Musical
This is a joyous celebration of one young boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls BILLY ELLIOT “The most inspiring show I've seen in Years.” Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. Based on the hit film, BILLY ELLIOT has a cast of 45, a Tony Award-winning creative team, and music legend Elton John, who has written what the New York Post calls "his best score ever."
02/01/2012 - 02/12/2012
Benedum Center, 237 7th St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra
Ronald Zollman conducts Frank Martin's Overture in Homage to Mozart, featuring Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, Michael Colgrass' A Letter from Mozart, and Mozart's Symphony #40. (Wednesday at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh; Friday at Palace Theater, Greensburg)
02/01/2012 - 02/03/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
02/01 - 8:00 pm
02/03 - 8:00 pm

Location: various
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Romeo and Juliet: State Ballet Theater of Russia
From Voronezh, this company of 65 brings a brand-new production of Romeo & Juliet set to the classic score by Prokofiev and chorographed by Mikhail Lavrosky, former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, and now a choreographer for the Bolshoi and other companies.
02/01/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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Mid-Strut
When her longtime husband, Jack, has an affair, Wendy finds herself at a crossroads. Then, an admirer from her baton-twirling glory days three decades earlier seeks to once and for all kindle his unrequited love. Also named Jack, this charming man sweeps the former majorette off her feet. Funny, real and poignant, Eric Burns' world-premier play strikes a very human chord. Ronald Allan-Lindblom directs the world premiere of this 2010 Eudora Welty Emerging Playwrights' Award winner.
02/02/2012 - 02/19/2012
222 Craft Avenue Pittsburgh, PA
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Brahms' Requiem
Grammy Award-winning American baritone Thomas Hampson makes a long-overdue return to the PSO in Dvořák's beautiful Biblical Songs, based on various psalms. Hampson then joins soprano Chen Reiss, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck and the PSO in Brahms' A German Requiem (in German), filled with quiet moments of tenderness and sweetness as wll as powerful peaks of emotional intensity.
02/03/2012 - 02/05/2012
02/03 - 8:00 pm
02/04 - 8:00 pm
02/05 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Richard Egarr: The Harpsichord's Golden Century
R&B proudly welcomes back stellar harpsichordist Richard Egarr, who highlights the 17th century briliance of the harpsichord. Suites by Couperin, Froberger, Purcell and Blow will dazzle with the elegance, power and beauty that we have come to expect from Egarr's fingertips.
02/04/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Synod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA
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Adventures of the Heart
Music Director Daniel Meyer conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto #5 with soloist Noé Inui, Beethoven's Symphony #2, and Aaron Jay Kernis' Musica Celestis.
02/04/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Palace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PA
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Consolidation
The Pitt Men's Glee Club and Oakland Girls' Choir join the Bach Choir in a capella music ranging from 16th-century madrigals to works by Benjamin Britten, Morten Lauridsen, Mozart and Pittsburgh's Sean Pack in an ideal acoustic for antiphonal harmonies.
02/04/2012 - 02/05/2012
02/04 - 8:00 pm
02/05 - 4:00 pm

Location: Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall, 5th Ave. & Tennyson, Pittsburgh, PA
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Duquesne Wind Symphony
The Duquesne Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Robert C. Cameron, has received national attention through its performances at the Eastern Division College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) conferences. Using the player pool concept, the ensemble performs music ranging from works requiring as few as eight players to as many as 45.
02/05/2012
Time: 8:00 pm

Location: Power Center Ballroom, 1015 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Ain't-a That Good News
A free concert of spirituals in honor of Black History Month, with singers from the ELPC Music Ministry, featuring sacred music by Harry Burleigh, Hall Johnson, and William Dawson.
02/05/2012
Time: 4pm
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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