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2004
Performances •
“This
Land is Your Land”
A
Lecture Across Time and Culture
A
Century of Music and Activism with Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert
Friday,
November 4, 7 pm
Center Gallery,
Free of charge
Musical
partners and life-long activists Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert (of
the legendary folk group, The Weavers) share stories of their lives
as artists working for change. They'll discuss historical events
that have inspired songs, as well as songs that have inspired change.
Join us as these artist-activists integrate history, music and spiritual
resolve into a presentation on the power of folk music. This evening
will include a sing-a-long featuring the music of the Woody Guthrie.
A
Concert with Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert
Saturday,
November 5, 7 pm
Liberty
Theatre, Hailey
Tickets
$15 adults, $5 students
Join powerhouse
singers Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert (of The Weavers) as they take
audiences on a compassionate, humorous, reflective musical journey
that affects the soul as well as the mind. “Music of social and
political commitment never dies, it simply moves in mysterious cycles
of energy and acceptance. Gilbert and Near prove that music and
politics can be successfully combined without either being subordinate
to the other.” The Washington Post
The 2005 Sun Valley Center
Summer Concerts were
Oliver Mtukudzi
and Black Spirits
June 24
An evening with
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
July 6
Arlo Guthrie's
40 Years of Alice's Restaurant Tour
August 23
Sun Valley Center
Summer Concerts were generously sponsored by:
Bank of America Private
and Consumer Banks
Nationwide Mortgage
Premier Resorts
ResortQuest Sun Valley
Sun Valley Magazine
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Arlo Guthrie’s 40 Years of Alice’s Restaurant Tour
Tuesday, August 23, 7pm
River Run Lodge, Ketchum
$35 Adults, $10 Children 12 and under
"You can get anything you want..." at the 40th Anniversary
Celebration of Arlo Guthrie’s epic ballad "The Alice’s
Restaurant Massacree." It all started on Thanksgiving
Day in 1965, in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, when
Arlo first began working on the song that took more than a
year to complete and inspired a whole generation’s commitment
to social consciousness and activism. Join Arlo and his band
featuring Guthrie family and friends for an inspired journey
across this land.
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Additional
FREE concert at the Arts & Crafts Festival
Ruthie Foster
Fri, Aug 12, 5:30pm
Ruthie Foster’s songs are a remarkable hybrid of blues, gospel,
roots and folk music. With honest spirituality and emotion,
her amazing vocal abilities have critics comparing her to Ella
Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin. Ruthie’s passionate songs and
scintillating live performances attract both young and old for
an uplifting experience of dancing, listening, laughing and
even some crying; especially when Foster rounds out the occasion
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an Evening with
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Wednesday, July 6, 7pm
A return of a summer favorite: long, tall Texan Lyle Lovett is one of the most respected artists of our time – part country, part big-band jazz, part bluesy Texas crooner and 100% singer-songwriter. Lovett is a master of musical genres ranging from western swing, cowboy ballads, country two-steps to gospel and blues. He has pioneered his own style of American alt-country style. Lyle Lovett brings his rowdy 20-piece “Big Band” back to the Wood River Valley to give what promises to be this summer’s most anticipated performance. |
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Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
Friday, June 24, 7pm
Hop Porter Park, Hailey
$20 Adults, $5 Children 12 and under
Oliver Mtukudzi is the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa. Lovingly called “Tuku” for short, Oliver began recording in the mid-1970s and has secured an essential place in contemporary African music. While his music is undeniably contagious, it is his lyrics that have captured the hearts of people around the world.
According to his sometime musical partner Bonnie Raitt, "I have tremendous respect for Oliver, not just because of his amazing body of music, but the commitment of raising people up in all the work he does...it is high time the rest of us have a chance to see what has made Tuku such a treasure in his homeland."
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Winter
Concert Series
Series
Sponsors:
The Katherine
A. Abelson Fund of the Lester S. Abelson Foundation
Ireene
S. Barnett Foundation
Marybeth
Flower and Joe Bauwens
Boise
State Radio
Tapestry
Gallery & Wine
Our
thanks to these additional sponsors:
Artist
housing provided by ResortQuest
Sun Valley
Lobby
flowers courtesy of Floral Designs by Kathy
Water
provided by Nationwide Mortgage
 Trio
Medieval
Sun,
Apr 17, 7:30pm
Founded
in Oslo in 1997, the brilliant young sopranos of Trio Medieval specialize
in Norwegian ballads and songs, and polyphonic medieval music from
England and France. This sleek ensemble from Scandinavia brings
grandeur to music that at first seems simple: exploring the subtle
shadings in the unaccompanied melodic lines that are the hallmark
of the early music style. “These three women have astonishingly
beautiful voices, with individual timbres that nonetheless mingle
seamlessly…Trio Medieval sings with feeling, depth, and dare I say?
– soul.” Stereophile
 St.
Lawrence String Quartet
Sat,
Mar 12, 7:30pm
Known
for “melt in your seat” gorgeous music, the St. Lawrence String
Quartet conveys the richness of classical music, promising a sumptuous
evening of chamber music delivered with elegance and panache. Increasingly
recognized as one of America's brightest and most exciting chamber
groups, having won The Banff International String Quartet Competitions
and Young Concert Artists Auditions, the quartet's youthful intensity
and mature interpretations are dazzling listeners around the world.
According to The New York Times , the quartet produces
“a sound that has just about everything one wants from a quartet,
most notably precision, warmth and electricity.”
This
concert is made possible through the support of:
Lynn
and Frank Whittelsey
Gayle
and Fred Bieker
 Ethel
String Quartet
Fri,
Mar 4, 7:30pm
Ethel
is a 21st century realization of the classical string quartet featuring
NYC uptown and downtown performing stalwarts Ralph Farris, Dorothy
Lawson, Todd Reynolds and Mary Rowell. Unencumbered by convention,
genre or style, the tastes, talents and experience of these four
musicians come together to create a flexible entity that is committed
to exploring new possibilities in the string quartet. Ethel's penchant
for improvisation and theater is instrumental to it' group philosophy
and aesthetic. Their performances are saturated with impassioned
authenticity and are emotionally dramatic, musically bracing and
deeply affecting: a combination of technical virtuosity, vivid artistic
interpretation and contagious exuberance. This is not your average
string quartet!
Ethel's
performance is supported by UBS
 Maya
Beiser – World to Come
Sat,
Feb 19, 7:30pm
Recognized
as a leading performer on the cutting edge of the musical world,
cellist Maya
Beiser
has emerged as a celebrated solo artist, redefining the boundaries
of her instrument. She has received critical acclaim for her solo
CDs and performances, creating a fresh repertoire for the cello
across cultures and genres. Beiser manifests a serious approach
to her work but her warm demeanor and natural expressiveness draw
all audiences to share in her passion for the music. Evocative,
theatrical and spiritual, World to Come is Beiser's new
multimedia solo concert featuring premieres by Steven Reich, Osvaldo
Golijov and David Lang. The evening will challenge the notion of
a solo cello concert encompassing text, vocals, dramatic lighting
and images.
MUSIC
CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY
Opening
Celebration for Confluence
Planetary
Percussion:
Drum
Circle Magic from Around the Globe with Ethos Percussion
Wed, Jan 26, 7pm
At the Center, Free of
charge
Celebrate the opening
of Confluence at Sun Valley Center for the Arts with an
exploration of world rhythms with members of Ethos Percussion Group.
We'll begin with an introduction to Middle Eastern Music and Culture
led by Yousif Sheronick and Jennifer Ladkani Fryns. Global music
specialist Yousif Sheronick has performed throughout the world with
such distinguished artists as Yo-Yo Ma, David Krajauer, Simon Shaheen,
and Philip Glass. Jennifer Fryns completed her graduate studies
in ethnomusicology and spent a year in Jordan as a Fulbright Scholar.
Mr. Sheronick and Ms. Fryns will guide us through the rich cultural
complexions and engaging rhythms of Middle Eastern music. We'll
move on to a community drum circle led by Ethos Percussion Group
who will guide us through various permutations of rhythm, groove
and style from places near and far.
This event is free and open to the public.
The only rule is that all present play and participate. Please bring
hand drums if you have them. The Center will have some percussion
instruments available.
Contemporary
Classical Music 101 with Ethel
Thu, Mar 3, 7pm
At the Center, Free of
charge
What
kind of music is this? It's music of extremes. Music that skirts
the thrilling line between order and chaos? Contemporary classical
composers are mold-breakers, iconoclasts, and pioneers of new sound.
They offer a musical voice for the 21st century, a voice never heard
before, one that reflects a society never experienced before. Other
times have created musical mavericks – Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt.
Today's contemporary composers are their heirs. They speak a language
for a changing world: fundamental, honest, overwhelming. Join members
of Ethel, today's most engaging and experimental string quartet
as they de-mystify the world of Contemporary Music through their
unconventional playing and lively discussion. This event is free
and open to the public.
 Ethos
Percussion Group Sat,
Jan 29
We
had a full house for Ethos - what a great night! Over 100 children
were there for free thanks to Atkinsons' Markets.
Ethos
Percussion Group will be in residence in the Wood River Valley January
23 – 29 and April 17 – 23, 2005. This residency is sponsored in
partnership with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony
and is made possible in part through the support of Western
States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and Atkinsons'
Market.
Ethos
Percussion Group's performance was sponsored by:
Atkinsons'
Markets • Ann and Phil Puchner • Sun
Valley Summer Symphony • WESTAF
Two
Evenings of Film
Wed, Mar
16 & 23, 7pm
at the Center,
free of charge
Three
films will provide further insight into contemporary life in the
Middle East.
Mar 16
Kandahar
Directed
by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2001
Filmed on
the border of Iran and Afghanistan, Kandahar is a politically urgent
story of a young female journalist named Nafas who must return to
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to rescue her sister. The sister, distraught
over the ever-present persecution, has written to Nafas vowing that
she will commit suicide by the next solar eclipse. This austere
and fascinating movie includes a number of seemingly bizarre and
random episodes which combine to paint a picture of the reality
of life in this unreal world. Kandahar has won awards at a number
of international film festivals including 2001 Cannes Film Festival,
Fellini Unesco Award in 2001, and the 2001 Toronto International
Film Festival.
Mar
23
Hollywood
Harems
Directed
by Tania Kamal-Eldin, 1999
A half-hour
documentary that takes critical aim at Hollywood's abiding fascination
with all things Eastern. Juxtaposing film clips from the 20s through
the 60s, 70s, and 80s, Hollywood Harems explores the organization
of gender, race and sexuality in Hollywood's portrayal of the exotic
East and the indiscriminate fusion of things Arab, Persian, Chinese
and Indian. We see how these Technicolor fantasies have worked to
shape and reinforce derogative assumptions about peoples of the
East.
Afghanistan
Unveiled
by Brigitte Brault and
Aina Women Filming Group, 2003
Filmed
by the first-ever team of women journalists trained in Afghanistan,
this rare and uncompromising film explores the effects of the Taliban's
repressive rule and the recent U.S. military campaign. The filmmakers
present Hazara women who have been left to live in caves to fend
for themselves. They also find moving examples of hope and discovery.
Women Who Make Movies says “ Unveiled is a revelatory and profound
reminder of the independent media's power to bear witness and reveal
truth.” The film was recently aired in November by PBS and has been
screened at independent film festivals throughout the world.
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