TRANSFORMATIONS, MARKS GROWING CONCERT COLLABORATION BETWEEN CWRU DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND CHURCH OF THE COVENANT
The Case Western Reserve University Department of Music and the Church of the Covenant will present Transformations, a collaborative concert event featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region and Saint-Saën’s, Organ Symphony in the newly renovated sanctuary of the Church of the Covenant on March, 2 and 3, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Transformations marks the second major collaborative performance between the Case/University Circle Symphony Orchestra, Case Concert Choir and Church of the Covenant Choir. Tickets will be available at the doors the night of performances and will also be available for advance purchase at the Church of the Covenant and the CWRU music department beginning February 6, 2012. General admission tickets are $5 and all students are admitted free with a valid ID.
After a standing-room-only performance of Mozart’s Requiem, Case Concert Choir, Church of the Covenant Choir, and Case/University Circle Symphony orchestra join forces once again for an evening of 19th and 20th Century musical masterpieces. This year, Transformations, will expand to two evening performances in Church of the Covenant’s newly renovated sanctuary. Combined choirs and orchestra present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, conducted by Dr. Matthew L. Garrett which uses text from Walt Whitman’s major work, Leaves of Grass. Church of the Covenant Music Director and Organist, Dr. Jonathan Moyer, joins Case/University Circle Symphony Orchestra for Camille Saint-Saëns’ historical masterpiece Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) in C Minor, op. 78 conducted by Dr. Kathleen A. Horvath. The concert performance will also include Behold! I Build An House by Lukas Foss and Never, Weather-beaten Sail by Charles Hubert H. Parry.
Both performances will include a pre-concert lecture by Susan McClary, CWRU professor of music history. The lectures will begin at 6:45 in the main sanctuary of the Church of the Covenant on March 2 and 3, 2012.
Free parking will be available both performance nights at the Church of the Covenant and the Ford Road parking garage.
Advance ticket purchases can be made at the Church of the Covenant located at 11205 Euclid Avenue – Cleveland, OH 44106 and the CWRU music department, located on the second floor of Haydn Hall at 11118 Bellflower Road on the CWRU campus.
Eldred presents TOP GIRLS
- Hillary Wheelock in Top Girls, photo by Peter Jennings
Theater at Case Western Reserve University presents one more week of performances of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill. The second week of shows run February 23, 24 and 25 at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on February26 at 2:30 p.m. Eldred Theater is located at 2070 Adelbert Rd., on the Case Quad behind Millis Science Center.
Set in Thatcherite Britain, this play is the story of Marlene, a strong, successful career woman who finds herself doubting her past choices. Churchill’s ground-breaking play explores the struggles that women have had since entering the industrial age workforce: can you have a career and a family?
The eight-member undergraduate ensemble cast is directed by Catherine Albers, professor for the department of theater at CWRU. The design team for the production includes scenic design by Jill Davis, lighting design by Joseph Burke, costume design by Angelina Herin and sound design by Jason Kuster.
General admission is $10, with discounted prices of $7 for adults over 60 and Case personnel, and $5 for students. For ticket reservations or information, call the box office for the department of theater and dance at 216-368-6262.
