Week NINE at the Logan Tabernacle

For July 30-August 3, 2012

Click to see the HERALD JOURNAL CACHE MAGAZINE  page10 for information on this week's performers. You can enlarge the magazine by clicking on it. You can also click on the Red names in this post for more information.

Monday July 30th at Noon

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

Only two more chances to hear Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Artists this summer at Noon Music!

Pianists: Michael Bunchman, 
              Dallas Heaton and Benjamin Salisbury
Cellist: Barney Culver
Violinist: Darren Sagawa
Singers:
Camden Gonzales
Erica Hamby
Kristopher Irmiter
Sarah Maxwell
Mason Niepp
Jacob Spjute

This information is received weekly from Barbara Day Turner, a Utah Festival Orchestra conductor.

Tuesday July 31st Noon 

       Trenton Chang, Piano Virtuoso

Trenton began piano lessons when he was almost 5 years old. Currently, he studies with Gary Amano 

and Brandon Lee.   He received the Mini Artist award in the USU Piano Festival at age 5 and continued on to win a lots of awards in the USU Piano festivals every year. In May 2010, he was invited to perform the 

entire Mozart concerto No.23, K. 488 in the Beverly Sorenson Young Artists Concert with Utah Chamber Artists. In March 2012, he appeared on NPRÕs From theTop. Last October, Trenton was the winner of the MTNA Utah State Competition. Trenton will be a freshman at Logan High School this fall.

Wednesday August 1st Noon

    The Red Trio   

     MLMS String Young Artists

Raymond Li (viola), Emma Cardon (cello), and David Kim (violin) make up the RED Trio. The three 13-year olds have been performing since autumn 2010 together as a group. 

Thursday August 2nd Noon

       Woodwind Ensembles 

The group, 3's Company,  has a quintet called Quintessence, Dichotomy Duo, Tihai Trio and Mio Trio.  The members are Ali Bailey, Kelli Richardson, Warren Barton, Brad Henrie, Candice Kempton, DeAnn Johnson and Dan Stowell.  Several combinations of instruments will share a spectrum of tonal colors, and an array of music from folk tunes to classics.

Friday August 3rd Noon 

The Old Lyric Repertory Company 

presents previews and vignettes from 

its three productions - 

Steel Magnolias, Private Lives, and Big River 

in repertory from 

June 14 through August 18. 

Click here to find out more about the 2012 Season

The Concert and Lecture Series is sponsored by  Cache Community Connections and is sponsored in part by the RAPZ TAX and the Cache Valley Radio Group  

Week EIGHT at the Tabernacle

FREE TOURS of the Tabernacle given 

on Mondays and Saturday from 10pm-5pm 

and on Tuesday-Friday from 10am- 7pm.

For July 23-27, 2012

Click to see the HERALD JOURNAL CACHE MAGAZINE  page 6 for information on this week's performers. You can enlarge the magazine by clicking on it. You can also click on the Red names in this post for more information.

Monday July 23rd at Noon

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

Classic arias and musical theatre pieces!
Chamber music too.....

Singers:
Laura Boone
Emily Christiansen
Jessica Medoff
Daniel Quintana
Jason West
Krista Rose Wilhelm
Jay Carr

French Horn:   Jennifer Scriggins Brummett
Pianists:   Micheal Bunchman    Dallas Heaton

Tuesday July 24th Noon 

        Today is Pioneer Day, a Utah Holiday

Chris Mortensen

Chris Mortensen is an experienced performer. Starting at age 14, he played bass guitar and sang in many cover bands through the years, playing pop, classic rock, country, blues, and jazz. He has written over 50 songs to date. Some of his song lyrics and poems can be seen on cowboypoetry.com, and some of his original songs can be heard on broadjam.com. If you like thoughtfully crafted lyrics put to music, you will enjoy the stories Chris shares through his songs.

Wednesday July 25th Noon

  

The Crimson Quartet

Daun Kwag, Donna Lee, Gavon Peck, Rebecca Ransom formed the Crimson Quartet in 2010 but the members have been in smaller ensembles and orchestras together for at least 6 years.

All members have been playing their instrument for at least eight years and three of the members have been winners of the Concerto Competition at Logan High. 

Thursday July 26th Noon 

The Treblemakers

They specialize in music from the 20's through the 60's.  Some of the pieces they will sing this year are: Singing in the Rain, Mr. Sandman, Blue Moon 

and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. For a trip down memory lane, 

Come join the TrebleMakers:Becky Olson, Sally Jones and Evelyn Burch and accompanist Lynne Morrey.

Friday July 27th Noon 

The Old Lyric Repertory Company 

presents previews and vignettes from its three productions - Steel Magnolias, Private Lives, and Big River - in repertory from June 14 through August 18. The OLRC was founded in 1966 by W. Vosco Call, Cache Valley theater patron and former department head of theatre at USU.  This year marks Call's 46th season with the Company. 

Click here to find out more about the 2012 Season

The Concert and Lecture Series is sponsored by  Cache Community Connections and is sponsored in part by the RAPZ TAX and the Cache Valley Radio Group  

Week SEVEN at the Tabernacle

  A day lily, added to new landscaping this summer at the tabernacle.

                            

For July 16-20, 2012

Monday July 16th Noon

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

pianist Stephen Carey
violinist Tigran Shiganyan

Singers:
Sara Maria Pardo
Alyssa Martin
Katherine Gunnink
Sarah Nicole Ruddy

Jeremiah Johnson
John Buffett
Nicholas Simpson
Luke Williams

Tuesday July 17th Noon  

         Friendly Strings

This concert showcases the talents of five music performance graduates from Utah State University.

     

        Nicole Tolson, Violin graduated from Utah State University majoring in Violin Performance, where she studied with William Fedkenheuer. A 2011 winner in USU's Concerto Competition, Nicole performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as a soloist with the Utah State University Orchestra on April 27, 2011.   

      Megan Richards, Cello has been playing the cello for 16 years and graduated from USU with a degree in Cello Performance.  She teaches private cello lessons and plays for Music Theatre West, the Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Company, and the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra.   

     Rebekah Blackner, Violin toured with orchestra, chamber, and solo performances across the United States, Europe and Asia. Having had the opportunity to study with some of the most sought-after and distinguished violin faculty, Rebekah is a passionate violin teacher committed to excellence and maintains a violin studio in Salt Lake City and Logan, Utah.

      Anarie Petroff, piano  has soloed with the USU Symphony orchestra, taught courses for the USU music department and Youth Conservatory program, and directed the USU Summer Piano Clinic. Her private students have received awards in local, state, and national competitions and appeared as soloists with the Utah Symphony, Utah Chamber Artists, and Cache Valley Chamber Orchestra.  

      Holly Morgan Smith, Cello  is a recent graduate of Utah State University in Cello Performance, where she was a student of Anne Francis of the Fry Street Quartet.  Holly is currently a member of the American Festival Orchestra under the baton of Dr. Craig Jessop. An avid teacher, Holly manages a private studio of young cellists and teaches introductory orchestra classes in the Cache County elementary schools through the Mountain West String Academy.

Wednesday July 18th Noon  

Michelle Broadbent

 

Michelle  earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Utah State University, a Master of Music degree from Brigham Young University, and is currently a member of the voice faculty at BYU-Idaho. During her time at USU and BYU she received multiple scholarships and awards, including BYU Singer of the Year, concerto competition winner (at both universities), the Outstanding Opera Performance award, and appeared as soloist with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra, and USU’s Symphony Orchestra. 

Thursday July 19th Noon 

Warren Sallinger:  Antarctica/South America Travelogue

A Summer Citizen with a life of travel and a career in international development, presents a captivating and personal view of the frozen continent, Antarctica, and South America. Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent with the highest average elevation has been a source of fascination for centuries. Since 2006, Sallinger has lectured o South american aboard Holland American Line cruise ships. Aith his family, he escaped Nazi Germany to American in 1939 and his wife came to America in 1955, as a post -war bride from Germany.

Friday July 13th Noon

Cinnamon Creek Singers

The Cinnamon Creek Folk Singers are a group of twelve women from Northern Utah who for nineteen years have arranged, performed, and shared their love for traditional Western Pioneer, Railroad, and American folk songs.  The group was created to preserve and promote the national and regional folk music heritage.    Group members include Ronda Shaffer, director; Janet Hunt, ; Diane Erickson, Annette Barber, Pam Bench, Angela Daugherty, Diane Dunn, Kaye Jacobsen, Tere Moore, Janice Toyn, Eleanor Wellings, Merrilee Wells, and Becky Whittier.

  

The Concert and Lecture Series is sponsored by  Cache Community Connections and is sponsored in part by the RAPZ TAX and the Cache Valley Radio Group  


         

Week SIX at the Logan Tabernacle

For July 9-14, 2012

Monday July 9th Noon

Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre

Jeremiah Johnson
Kimberly Robbins 
Jamie Hartzel
Alyssa Martin
Jacob Spjute
Kacee Cambron
Jennie Litster

With Pianists   Stephen Carey, Rebecca Mordo, Ben Houghton

Tuesday July 10th Noon

Con Allegrezza: String Quartet

The Con Allegrezza quartet is comprised of local musicians and has been performing in Cache Valley for over 15 years.The current quartet is comprised of  Kathleen Lloyd, 1^st violinist, from Smithfield; Linda Kemp, 2^nd violinist, from Logan; Robert Frost, violist, from Smithfield; and Kennita Thatcher, cellist, from North Logan.   This year’s program will feature a quartet by Haydn and Mozart and other arranged light classics.

Wednesday July 11th Noon 

 Sweet Harmony with Sue Baker and Lisa Budge

Sweet Harmony begins when good friends put their hearts together to present a musical program of Broadway tunes, sacred favorites and entertaining operatic melodies. 

Thursday July 12th Noon 

Carol Bentley's Harps

The students of Carolyn Bentley will present a program that will delight, inspire, entertain and soothe. Always a favorite of the Noon Tabernacle series, there will be over 330 strings vibrating and filling the Tabernacle with their unique and brilliant sounds. 

The students are Naomi Clements, Katie Anderson, Samantha Loosli, Sarah Johnson, Sasha Murray Beorchia, Caitlin Johnson, Katie McGregor

Friday July 13th Noon

Old Lyric Repertory Company

The Old Lyric Repertory Company presents previews and vignettes from its three productions - Steel Magnolias, Private Lives, and Big River - in repertory from June 14 through August 18. The OLRC was founded in 1966 by W. Vosco Call, Cache Valley theater patron and former department head of theatre at USU.  This year marks Call's 46th season with the Company.

Special Saturday Evening Concert

July 14, 2012 at 7pm      Salt Lake City Letter Carriers Band

                                                                           Photo by Xoelle

The Salt Lake City Letter Carriers band was organized around 1950 to play for the National Letter Carriers Conventions every other year. They were invited to play for the conventions in Hawaii, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, and many other States. Today, under the direction of Steve Talbot and Allan Cook, the 38 volunteer musicians of the band continue the wonderful traditions that were established so many years ago. Their concert will cover a wide range of music including popular marches and show tunes.  This will be a great show to bring the whole family to.

The Concert and Lecture Series is part of Cache Community Connections and is sponsored in part by the RAPZ TAX and the Cache Valley Radio Group