Rookery Queen sculpture sold to New York surgeon for Montefiore Hospital
A 250-pound black marble sculpture by Jane B. Armstrong titled Rookery Queen has been purchased by a New York surgeon for the Montefiore Hospital Opthamology Center in the Bronx. The piece emerged from Armstrong's Touchables show at Frank Rehn Gallery in New York City, running through November 17, with related works on view at The Lighthouse and tours planned to Washington DC and North Carolina museums, plus a Rutland Vermont display for spring.
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Manchester
Jane B. Armstrong
New York
Opthamology
Montefiore Hospital
Bronx
Frank Rehn
New York City
Armstrong
Lighthouse
WOR
Channel 9
Washington, D.C
Columbia Lighthouse
Art Museum of North Carolina
Vermont Crippled Children’s Association
Rutland Center
Arts calendar lists multiple college and regional music events
Park McCullough House hosts three concerts this week with student ensembles on Tuesday November 13 at 7 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday recital by Rosamond van der Linde’s piano and composition students. Williams Chamber Singers present a cappella Renaissance to 20th century works on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Tefft Rotunda. Handel Messiah performed by Union College and Mount Holyoke College Glee Clubs tonight at 8 p.m. in Union College Chapel with door tickets. The Prague Madrigal Singers appear Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel as part of the International Festival. Schenectady Museum opens fall music season Sunday at 5 p.m. featuring Margaret Aydelotte Mills for $2 admission. Boots Randolph and others perform at RPI Field House Thursday at 8 p.m. Tickets $4-$6.
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North Bennington Park McCullough House
Rosamond van der Linde
Vermont
Williamstown
Mass
Williams Chamber Singers
Kenneth Roberts
Tefft
Williams Museum of Art
Schenectady
N.Y
Union College
Mount Holyoke College
Union College Chapel
Prague Madrigal Singers
Union College Memorial Chapel
Schenectady Music
Schenectady Museum
Margaret Aydelotte Mills
Troy
Boots Randolph
Floyd Cramer
Ray Price
Charlie McCoy
RPI
Ticketron
Stockade Theatre cancels Tiny Alice at Rensselaer arts
Stockade Theatre Productions cancels its Edward Albee play Tiny Alice at the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts due to illness in the cast.
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Troy
N.Y
Stockade Theatre Productions
Edward Albee
Rensselaer County Council For the Arts
Bill Bollinger Exhibit At Bennington College Gallery
An exhibition showcasing seven years of Bill Bollinger’s artworks will be on display at the Asdan Gallery and adjoining lawns at Bennington College through November 26.
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North Bennington
Bill Bollinger
Asdan
Bennington College
Robert Frost On Writing By Elaine Barry
A detailed review of Elaine Barry s selection from Frost s letters lectures and prefaces. The book presents Frost as a critical theorist and practical craftsman with pages from letters and drafts that illuminate his views on writing.
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Robert Frost
Elaine Barry
New Brunswick
N.J
Rutgers University Press
Catharine C. Foster
Frost
Melbourne
Australia
Forst
Regis Michaud
Miss Barry
Barry
Jules Irving shifts from repertory to Broadway producing director
Jules Irving, after 22 years directing resident theatre, becomes a Broadway producer director. He debuted with Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire at the St James Theater, following a long Lincoln Center revival that extended beyond its six week run. He plans an independent career in theatre, film, and TV and will soon produce a film adaptation of Mark Harris’s Killing Everybody in San Francisco.
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Jack Gaver
New York
UPI
Jules Irving
Irving
Broadway
Tennessee Williams
St. James Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theater
Lincoln Center
Mark Harris
San Francisco
Boccherini symphonies in new Das Alte Werke set
The Boccherini six symphonies from Das Alte Werke with Angelo Ephrikian directing the Bologne Philharmonic add to the classic era portrait of Boccherini the cellist and composer. Murray Perahia joins Columbia Records with Schumann works, while Christine Walevsak releases Prokofiev and Khatchaturian cello concertos on Philips.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
New York
UPI
Luigi Boccherini
Boccherini
Angelo Ephrikian
Bologne Philharmonic
Lucca
Haydn
Mozart
Madrid
Christine Walevsak
Serge Prokofiev
Aram Khatchaturian
Philips
Walevsak
Williams Chamber Singers Free Recital At Williams College
Williams College Chamber Singers present a free hour long vocal recital in Tefft Rotunda Lawrence Hall on Tuesday November 13 at 5 pm The program features 16th century music including a parody mass by Tomas Victoria polyphonic songs by Senfl and Praetorius Italian madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo and late 16th century English madrigals The group travels to Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford and Worcester Art Museum later this month Admission is free and refreshments follow the performance with audience members invited to meet the singers afterward.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Chamber Singers
Williams College
Lawrence Hall
Wadsworth Atheneum
Hartford
Worcester Art Museum
Williams Choral Society
Senfl
Praetorius
Death
Monteverdi
Gesualdo
Betty Allen concert date moved to November 18 in North Bennington
The mezzo soprano Betty Allen will perform at the Park-McCullough House in North Bennington on Sunday November 18 at 4 p m The article details her extensive career including performances with Leontyne Price and Leonard Bernstein and mentions an earlier Kennedy Center recital Her Marlboro performance drew praise and encores and the event is free with a stated hope that audiences will contribute to the music fund
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Betty Allen
Park-McCullough
North Bennington
Marlboro
Mahler
Leonard Bernstein
Pierre Boulez
Franz Liszt
Rece
Manhattan Sch
Mendelssohn
Assis
Marianne Finckel
P' Alex Ogle
Alcock
Marlbo
Big House
Music Fund
Saratoga Festival Gift Cert Campaign Nears Kickoff
Saratoga Performing Arts Center plans gift certificate sales for the 1974 Saratoga Festival covering New York City Ballet Philadelphia Orchestra and City Center Acting Company events. Encores of The Nutcracker are planned with a possible world premiere ballet Coppelia. City Center Acting Company will select four July plays with a potential fifth. Philadelphia Orchestra plans an all Russian evening lawn concert Those Fabulous Philadelphians and guest conductors. Notable artists include James Levine Seiji Ozawa Arthur Fiedler Andre Watts Silvia Marcovici Maureen Forre Seth McCoy Douglas Lawrence Norman Cane. Gift certificate brochures available by calling (518) 584-9330.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
New York City Ballet
Philadelphia Orchestra
City Center
Ballet
Saratoga
School For Scandal
Beggar’s Opera
Eugene Ormandy
James Levine
Seiji
Arthur Fiedler
Andre Watts
Appel
Silvia Marcoy
Maureen
Seth McCoy
Douglas Lawrence
Orchestra
Norman Car
Rimsky-Kor
Recs
Fes
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