TWILIGHT CONCERT
PRESENTS KALO'S
BLUES AND R&B BAND

Join us for KALO at this Sunday's Twilight Concert, presented by Devon Energy!  Known for their distinct sound, KALO is a genre bending band consisting of Israeli-born singer, songwriter and guitarist, Bat-Or Kalo, and bassist Mack McKinney. Formed in 2012, KALO is a blues and R&B tinged band that is no stranger to the state of Oklahoma. KALO has made numerous television appearances and has won the prestigious Wichita Blues Challenge. KALO's unique history leads to an infectious sound that continues to leave fans across the country wanting more.  The concerts take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the Great Lawn Stage at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Bring a blanket, picnic, and the whole family!    The 35th annual Sunday Twilight Concert Series is presented by Devon Energy with additional support from Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and Magic 104.1 - KMGL.  For more information please visit  www.artscouncilokc.com

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OU SUMMER DANCE
PERFORMS PIECES BY
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL
BALLET AND
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
OKLAHOMA

The University of Oklahoma School of Dance (SOD) is hosting Summer Dance performances in Reynolds Performing Arts Center, studio 3002 on June 26 at 8:00 p.m., June 27 at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. and June 28 at 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma Festival Ballet and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma will participate in the production and the performances will be followed by a champagne and dessert reception with the dancers and choreographers.

The 2015 Summer Dance choreographers include SOD professors Ilya Kozadayev, Austin Hartel, and SOD director Mary Margaret Holt, as well as graduate student Tye Love. Lighting design will be by Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis. Each summer, students from the School of Dance spend four weeks learning and perfecting original and traditional choreography as well as participating in intensive technique classes. Director Holt has said, “We greatly enjoy the opportunity to expand our companies’ repertoires during the summer, often experimenting with works that have a lighter or more experimental feel as well as a more intimate connection with the audience.”

These performances provide a unique opportunity for the audience because they take place in Studio 3002, which is transformed by theatrical lighting from a studio space to a performance space. The audience sits only feet from the performers, in a more intimate environment, requiring dancers to communicate with more subtly than would be the case on a traditional proscenium stage. Following the performance, the audience has the opportunity to discuss the production with both the dancers and choreographers over dessert and champagne.

Chelsea Walker, SOD senior, describes Summer Dance: “It is an opportunity to expand my performance skills while training at the University. After two years of Summer Dance I can honestly say these have been my favorite performance opportunities at OU.”

Tickets for the performance and reception cost $27 for adults and $15 for students and are available for purchase with credit card by calling the OU Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Tickets will also be available for purchase one hour before each performance by cash or check only. Due to limited seating advance purchase is recommended.

The University of Oklahoma’s program in dance was founded in 1963 by Yvonne Choteau and Miguel Terekhov, former principal dancers with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. What had been a department became the School of Dance in 1998, with Mary Margaret Holt as Director. Undergraduate and graduate dance majors, along with general education students, total approximately 1000 enrollees in dance classes per semester. The School of Dance's state-of-the-art facility in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center was completed in 2005.

From staff sources 

DEAD CENTER FILM
FESTIVAL IN PROGRESS

 Because of the press of time, please see this link for the Dead Center Film Festival information:
http://www.deadcenterfilm.org/festival/2015-festival-schedule.

Join us for an EXTRA dose of Sunday Twilight Concerts, presented by Devon, TONIGHT and tomorrow! Before enjoying the outdoor movies at the deadCENTER Film Festival, stake your claim early at the Myriad Gardens for a Sunday Twilight Concert, presented by Devon Energy! TONIGHT, Good Company will be rockin' out to your favorite 80's tunes before the film This Is Spinal Tap. The Push, a 70's rock band, will take the stage introducing Being Evel, a film about Evel Knievel, on Saturday evening! The concerts take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the Great Lawn Stage at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Bring a blanket, picnic, and the whole family!    The 35th annual Sunday Twilight Concert Series is presented by Devon Energy with additional support from Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and Magic 104.1 - KMGL.  For more information please visit www.artscouncilokc.com

Join the Arts Council Sunday for Matt Stansberry & the Romance! This Sunday Twilight Concert, presented by Devon Energy, will be followed by the last night of the DeadCenter Film Festival! A ten-piece homage to 1950s and 60s soul and blues, Matt Stansberry & the Romance gives its audience an energetic, electric, and absolutely earth-quaking musical experience. The group's debut, seven-song EP, "Let's Brighten It Up," received two Grammy Award nominations and was mixed by three-time Grammy winner Darrell Thorpe. A huge brass sound, backup singers, and Matt Stansberry's Chuck Berry sensibilities make for a stunning concert experience. The concerts take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the Great Lawn Stage at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Bring a blanket, picnic, and the whole family!    The 35th annual Sunday Twilight Concert Series is presented by Devon Energy with additional support from Oklahoma Arts Council, Allied Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and Magic 104.1 - KMGL.  For more information please visit www.artscouncilokc.com  From staff sources

BRIGHTMUSIC PRESENTS
FESTIVAL OF CHAMBER
MUSIC

America, the Beautiful All Festival Concerts will be at St. Paul’s Cathedral 127 NW 7th Street (at Robinson) Thursday, June 11, 7:30 PM “Adagio for Strings” (Jeannette Sias Memorial Concert) Saturday, June 13, 7:30 PM “Rhapsody in Blue” Sunday, June 14, 4:00 PM “From Sea to Shining Sea” Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 PM “The Red Violin” Admission:  All concerts are free to Brightmusic Season Subscribers with Season Pass and to students with Student ID. Festival Pass for all four concerts are available online here and at the door for $45/person.  Individual concert admission is $15/person. The Festival will celebrate the contributions of American composers to the literature of chamber music.  We will perform works of 18 composers (14 of whom are living and two of whom are OKC composers).  Guest violinist Sean Wang will join fourteen Brightmusic musicians.  Don’t miss this all-American Festival! Concert 1 – “Adagio for Strings” will highlight Samuel Barber’s beloved and enduring work. (This Jeannette Sias Memorial Concert will feature a string quartet composed in honor of Dick and Jeannette Sias by OCU composition graduate student Or Kribos). Concert 2 – “Rhapsody in Blue” will showcase George Gershwin’s iconic masterpiece in an arrangement for piano four-hands. Concert 3 – “From Sea to Shining Sea” will spotlight OKC composer Edward Knight’s recently recorded work, “Sea of Grass, Ocean of Sky.” Concert 4 – “The Red Violin” will feature caprices for solo violin from the haunting film score written by John Corigliano for the film The Red Violin.     Partner up with Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble! Did you know that a significant portion of our support comes from the generosity of Season Members like you?  Brightmusic appreciates—and relies on—any additional contributions members can make to keep the music playing.  We thank you for partnering with Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble to bring outstanding chamber music to central Oklahoma.  It is possible only with your continued support! Please consider making an extra thank-you gift to the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble to help with the cost of our Spring Festival and keep quality chamber music in Central Oklahoma.  It is a gift you give to yourself! Our mailing address is: Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble PO Box 20254 Oklahoma City, OK 73156 Add us to your address book From staff sources

R.A.C.E. DANCE COMPANY
TO PERFORM ENERGY

 

Bishop-McGuinness High School

Tickets available at
http://tickets.racedance.com
 or before the show on

 Friday, June19th and Saturday, June 20th at 7:30pm

Dancers of RACE Dance Company and Men of Race have come together for their final concert of season 6. 

“ENERGY”

Look around you right now…. Can you tell what is happening? Can you hear it, see it or feel it?

There is a potential for power in each of us no matter who we are.  This power or ability to make things happen is called energy. It’s what makes everything possible.  Whether it is kinetic, potential, sound, or electric; energy is transferred through us and between us at all times.  More importantly, it has the power to transform us. 

More than 12 different choreographers from Oklahoma, Los Angeles, and New York have choreographed original works that investigate a variety of energies through movement.  They are unique works that vary in tempo, story, and genre according to each person’s experience with and perspective of energy. The dance styles include jazz, hip hop and contemporary.

“Energy is never created or destroyed. We are an exquisite collection of trillions of vibrating particles engaged in an intricate dance of energy!”  ~ Anonymous

About RACE Dance Company

RACE Dance Company was just an idea set in motion by Hui Cha-Poos in 2008. Over the years, the company became established and has produced and participated in over 50 performances throughout the city. In 2010, the company was selected as one of the Gazette’s top 5 performance companies in Oklahoma.  In 2011, they received the Great Inspirations Award from Creative Oklahoma. RACE as an acronym stands for Radical Application of Creative Energy and is Oklahoma’s first professional Jazz/Hip Hop/Contemporary Company.  In 2011, Race became an official 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.  They have performed in many venues, festivals, performances and ceremonies and continue to bring dance to a new level of professionalism in Oklahoma.

Executive Director: Hui Cha Poos

Creative Director and Producer of ENERGY: Emily South

Leadership: Hui Cha Poos, Emily South, LaKeysta Goree, Brandi Kelley, Tasha Hinex, John Ariete

Choreographers: Hui Cha Poos, Emily South, John Ariete, Jennifer Martinez Conaughty, Tasha Hinex, Brandi Kelley, Willis Johnston, Jessica Jenkins

Guest Choreographers: Adam Acosta, Shayna Acosta, Will Johnston, Michelle Rambo.

Race Dancers: Sarah Smith Fugett, Brooke Nagy, Audrey Johnston, Amanda Beard, Melissa Sluice, Allison High, Elizabeth Van Horn, Amanda Williams, Sheri Hayden, Cameela Pennington, Tiffany Lemmings, Shaina Wilkins, Taylor Orebaugh, Mariah Moore, Tasha Hinex.

Men of Race Dancers: John Ariete , Brandon (Bg) Graves, Stephen Wafer, Jeremiah Walton,  Christopher Shepard, Jesus Martinez, Lucio Martinez, Austin Nievus,

Junior Race Dancers: Gerardo Avalos, Dominick Brown, Ontario Byrd, Jamie Godinez, Emily Hernandez, Gavin Hounslow, Abigail Idleman, Alfredo Martinez, Parker Millspaugh, Danielle Nickell, Holly O'Neal, Rigo Orozco, Allie Peterson, Alannah Templon, Victor Valdez, Samantha Weaver.

From staff sources

OU SUMMER DANCE
PERFORMS PIECES BY
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL
BALLET AND
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
OKLAHOMA

The University of Oklahoma School of Dance (SOD) is hosting Summer Dance performances in Reynolds Performing Arts Center, studio 3002 on June 26 at 8:00 p.m., June 27 at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. and June 28 at 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma Festival Ballet and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma will participate in the production and the performances will be followed by a champagne and dessert reception with the dancers and choreographers.

The 2015 Summer Dance choreographers include SOD professors Ilya Kozadayev, Austin Hartel, and SOD director Mary Margaret Holt, as well as graduate student Tye Love. Lighting design will be by Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis. Each summer, students from the School of Dance spend four weeks learning and perfecting original and traditional choreography as well as participating in intensive technique classes. Director Holt has said, “We greatly enjoy the opportunity to expand our companies’ repertoires during the summer, often experimenting with works that have a lighter or more experimental feel as well as a more intimate connection with the audience.”

These performances provide a unique opportunity for the audience because they take place in Studio 3002, which is transformed by theatrical lighting from a studio space to a performance space. The audience sits only feet from the performers, in a more intimate environment, requiring dancers to communicate with more subtly than would be the case on a traditional proscenium stage. Following the performance, the audience has the opportunity to discuss the production with both the dancers and choreographers over dessert and champagne.

Chelsea Walker, SOD senior, describes Summer Dance: “It is an opportunity to expand my performance skills while training at the University. After two years of Summer Dance I can honestly say these have been my favorite performance opportunities at OU.”

Tickets for the performance and reception cost $27 for adults and $15 for students and are available for purchase with credit card by calling the OU Fine Arts Box Office at (405) 325-4101. Tickets will also be available for purchase one hour before each performance by cash or check only. Due to limited seating advance purchase is recommended.

The University of Oklahoma’s program in dance was founded in 1963 by Yvonne Choteau and Miguel Terekhov, former principal dancers with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. What had been a department became the School of Dance in 1998, with Mary Margaret Holt as Director. Undergraduate and graduate dance majors, along with general education students, total approximately 1000 enrollees in dance classes per semester. The School of Dance's state-of-the-art facility in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center was completed in 2005.

From staff sources 

69th TONY(R) AWARDS 
BROADCAST AND
STREAMING
SUNDAY NIGHT
  
CELEBRITY ATTRACTIONS 
SHARED THIS EVENT, WHICH
WILL HAVE PERFORMANCES
FROM CURRENT SHOWS

 

 

Click here to view the TONY® AWARDS LIVE STREAM on the Celebrity Attractions website, or watch it on CBS. Check out Celebrity Attractions' upcoming 2015-2016 Broadway Season on the same website!

Also, exciting news! JERSEY BOYS will be featured on the Tony® Awards in honor of the show’s 10^th anniversary on Broadway this fall. The current Broadway company will perform “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night).”

Note that Oklahoma City University's Kristin Chenowith will host with 

Alan Cumming.

 

RECENT ACQUISITIONS
GALLERY AT OKCMOA ACQUIRES NEW
WORK BY CONTEMPORARY
ARTIST LISA HOKE

"Come on down Oklahoma now on view at
the Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Lisa Hoke (American, b. 1952). "Come on Down, Oklahoma," 2015. Cardboard packaging, glue, and hardware. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Museum commission with funds from the Carolyn A. Hill Collections Endowment, 2015.001, © Lisa Hoke

The newest addition to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's permanent collection is an 8-by-8-foot collage created by New York sculptor Lisa Hoke. Commissioned by the Museum, the collage is composed of material from Hoke's 2013 site-specific installation at OKCMOA, "Come on Down," a monumental wall sculpture, measuring 15 feet high and spanning more than 150 feet. 

"It was really important to me that 'Come On Down, Oklahoma' be created from elements extracted one final time from the original installation, representing an emotional response to the enormous, superhuman scale of the installation and the unique opportunity to work with the Oklahoma City Museum of Art," Hoke said. 

"I started with the white shirt boxes that I've always loved-the top left corner of the work-and it was a big section that I've moved around the country from show to show," she continued. "In fact, I didn't want to part with it. However, I soon realized that it should be the section to inspire the entire piece." 

"The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has a strong commitment to supporting contemporary artists through the exhibition and acquisition of their work," explained President and CEO, E. Michael Whittington. "The beauty and monumentality of Lisa's installation 'Come on Down' mesmerized our visitors. We were delighted that she reconfigured her original installation specifically for our permanent collection." 

Hoke began her career by working with found materials such as cast iron, wire and automobile parts, but then turned to the mass-produced, color-saturated cardboard found in consumer culture. Hoke said, "I wanted to show the positive effect of the colorful and attention-grabbing packaging. The negative effect is the tremendously disposable society in which we live." 

She collects items from eBay and discarded materials from local stores and the recycling bins in the basement of her apartment building. She sorts her items by color-after each item has been carefully scrutinized-before cutting them up and reassembling into collages. 

Lisa Hoke has constructed works for many solo exhibitions and has been included in numerous prestigious group shows. She has work in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City, the New York Public Library, the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, and the D'Amour Museum, Springfield, MA, to name a few. Lisa was born in Virginia Beach, VA in 1952. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1974, followed by a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978. Lisa has lived and worked in New York City for over thirty years. She is currently represented by Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY. 

"Come on Down, Oklahoma" is currently on view in the Museum's "Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art" gallery alongside works by Jill Downen, Michael Eastman, Jonathan Hils, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, and Wayne White, who each had exhibitions at the Museum. 

For ticket information and Museum hours, visit www.okcmoa.com.

From staff sources