The Scene In and Around Boston . . .
By Hilda M. Morrill
April 20, 2007
 Lindsey Kaplan, daughter of “Key Gala” co-chair Melanie Kaplan, is pictured with a beautiful auction puppy, which went to a loving home for a high bid of $12,000. All for a worthy cause! (Photo by Roger Farrington)
In last week’s column, we featured The American Cancer Society's “Key Gala” fundraiser, which was recently held at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston. Susan Burbage and Melanie Kaplan were the co-chairs of the elegant event enjoyed by more than 300 guests.
This week, we would like to share one more picture from the fun and successful gala. Also, we encourage you to call the Boston offices of the American Cancer Society at 617-556-7400 to find out about upcoming events, such as the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kick-Off Breakfast,” which is taking place this summer on August 15. We will keep you updated.
Anti-War Music Scheduled for Symphony Hall
Nearly four hundred musicians and singers will take the stage of Boston’s Symphony Hall on Friday, April 27 at 8 p.m. when the Yale School of Music, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and the Yale Glee Club present one of the greatest works ever written for orchestra and chorus, Benjamin Britten’s rarely-heard “War Requiem.”
Shinik Hahm, music director of the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, the graduate orchestra of the Yale School of Music, will conduct the performance. The anti-war work interweaves the Latin Requiem with grim poetry from the trenches of World War I, written by Wilfred Owen, who was killed a week before Armistice. Originally written for the re-consecration of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction by bombs in World War II, this massive work remains a powerful testament to the horrors of war.
Established in 1894, the Yale School of Music has a long tradition of leadership in the training of professional performers and composers. It is a graduate-professional school and the only school of music in the Ivy League. Highly selective, with approximately 200 students who come from the finest American and international conservatories and universities to study with a distinguished faculty, the school received an anonymous gift of $100 million in the fall of 2006, enabling it to strengthen programs and faculty, explore international partnerships, offer all students full-tuition scholarships, and become leaders in music education and technology. The school’s alumni are found in major positions in virtually every sphere of music making and administration.
The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale is the largest performing group at the Yale School of Music, offering training in orchestral playing and repertoire to its members, many of whom have gone on to join the ranks of the nation’s leading professional orchestras.
Founded in 1985, the Yale Camerata is a vocal ensemble sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. The group’s approximately sixty singers are Yale graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and singers from the New Haven community.
Tickets are available by calling SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 or online at
www.bso.org.
Livingston Taylor to Perform at Benefit Event
On Saturday, April 28, Livingston Taylor will perform “In Concert” at The Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord.
The concert benefits “Animals As Intermediaries,” a non-profit organization that brings nature, animals and the arts to people in hospitals, nursing homes and special- needs schools, providing educational and therapeutic nature-based programs to people whose access to the natural world is limited. This benefit performance will raise funds to support youth, elder and education initiatives.
The event begins with an hors d’oeuvres reception at 7 p.m., with a guest appearance by Mr. Taylor, followed by the concert at 8 p.m. For tickets and more information, including premium seating, call 978-369-2585; e-mail janey@aai-nature.org; or visit
www.aai-nature.org.
Chita Rivera at The Colonial Theatre
Chita Rivera will appear in “The Dancer's Life” at The Colonial Theatre in Boston from May 1 through May 6.
“Newsweek” hails her as "the greatest musical dancer ever!" Now, direct from Broadway, two-time Tony Award® winner Chita Rivera is coming to Boston in a dazzling new musical that celebrates her astonishing career.
Written by four-time Tony Award® winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony nominee Graciela Daniele, and featuring a cast of Broadway’s most talented dancers and singers, “Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life” charts Chita's amazing journey from a 17-year old aspiring ballerina to the Broadway legend she is today.
In story and song, she relives fascinating moments from the years she spent working with such greats as Leonard Bernstein, Bob Fosse and Stephen Sondheim. See her perform the song and dance numbers she made famous in some of her biggest hits including “West Side Story,” “Chicago,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”
“America,” “Somewhere,” “All That Jazz,” “Put On A Happy Face,” “Big Spender” and more – they’re all performed live by Chita and her company.
For ticket information, call 617-931-2787, or visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com.
Enjoy!
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