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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, July 20, 2012
PNME Concert 03
Kevin Noe conducts a program featuring guest soloist Timothy Jones, bass-baritone. The Anvil Chorus by David Lang, Quicksiler by Randall Woolf, Triple Crown by David Stock, Silence Must Be by Thierry de Mey, The Life of Birds by Mason Bates, Klingende Buchstaben by Alfred Schnittke, and Silences by Jeffrey Nytch.
07/20/2012 - 07/21/2012
City Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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Humor in Craft
Highly ironic, sarcastic and just plain amusing artworks by 32 artists. Everything can be made fun of and why not laugh at the human foibles, the banana-peel jokes and the politicians? Hardly any topic is off-limits for the artists in this exhibition.
07/20/2012 - 10/27/2012
2100 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA
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Cuban Music and Art Festival
Founder, captain, and conductor Robert Boudreau leads the AWSO in a free concert of Cuban music aboard the Point Counterpoint II, designed by architect Louis Kahn. Cuban art will be on display in the gallery below deck. The concert will feature Leo Brouwer's Cancion de Gesta, composed as a gift for the AWSO by Cuba's Leo Brouwer.
07/21/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA
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Freya String Quartet
Beulah Presbyterian Church presents The Freya Quartet String Quartet a professional ensemble dedicated to a wide range of repertoire spanning from Vivaldi to Glass, and Cole Porter to Radiohead.
07/21/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Beulah Presbyterian Church, 2500 McCrady Rd., Pittsburgh, PA
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Big Band Jazz Concert
In its 8th season, the North Suburban Symphonic Band is a classic "big band" performing arrangements from The Stan Kenton Orchestra, big band charts of well-known George Gershwin melodies, and music by Pittsburgh's own Ray DeFade, among others, with vocals by Tony Venneri and Jessie Wills.
07/21/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland, 311 Cumberland Rd., Pittsburgh, PA
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River City Brass
Each year, as many as 100,000 people thrill to the signature sound of the River City Brass. From Pasadena to Pensacola to Pittsburgh, River City Brass provides high quality entertainment that is fun and meaningful to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Free admission.
07/22/2012
Time: 10:30 am
Mellon Park, Fifth & Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Luke Mayernik, organ
Luke Mayernik of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling, WV. Freewill offerings accepted.
07/22/2012
Time: 4:00 pm
St. Paul Cathedral, 108 N. Dithridge St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Sunset Boulevard
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. Featuring Broadway's Liz Callaway.
07/24/2012 - 07/29/2012
Location: Benedum Center
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Justin Wallace, organ
Justin Wallace, organist and assistant director of music at Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, plays a 30 minute recital on Westminster's Austin organ.
07/26/2012
Time: 5:00 pm
2040 Washington Rd., Upper St. Clair, PA
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PNME Concert 04
Kevin Noe conducts a program featuring To the Earth by Frederic Rzewski, Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen, 4'33" by John Cage, and Idyll for the Misbegotten by George Crumb.
07/27/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
City Theatre, 1300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PA
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