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November 11th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page B-6 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Sweeney Todd to hit stage all weekend at Bardo Arts Center Bayleigh Davis, Contributing Writer Sweeney Todd: The De- mon Barber of Fleet Street, was written by Hugh Wheel- er and the play won eight Tony Awards and two Gold- en Globe Awards. It is one of the most popular theatrical works of the 20th Century and it will take center stage at WCU this weekend. A part of this years Uni- versity Theatre Mainstage schedule, Sweeney Todd will show at 7:30 p.m. to- night (Nov. 11) and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday at the John W. Bardo Fine and Per-: forming Arts Center. Sweeney Todd is the story of a man who was for- merly exiled and recently returned to 19th Century London. A barber, he set out to take revenge on his cus- tomers for past wrongs. Its a tale of greed and how it can crush the human spirit. Sweeney Todd will be played by Mitch Hutchings, a WCU graduate. Balancing two shows at once has been the hardest struggle for me, Hutchings said. When asked about the opening night, Hutchings expressed excitement. This is a really great piece to bring to this part of the country and Im very ex- cited about being able to per- form it in such a great hall, he said. Tierney Cody, a sopho- more at WCU, will be play- ing the role of Mrs. Lovett. Rehearsals started back in September, and we are now having four a week in preparation for the opening, Cody said at a practice last week. We are ninety-per- cent ready, but Im glad we have another week. Dr. Brad Martin, director of the musical theater pro- gram, is looking forward to the audiences reaction. _ T hope the audience un- derstands how talented the students are, Martin said. T hope everyone takes note of the in-depth human emo- tions that are not usually shown in musicals. Terrence Mann, WCUs Plemmons ba a Professor of Musical The- atre, is directing the play. Tickets are still available and can be purchased online or at the box office. They are $20 for adults, $15 for facul- ty, staff and seniors and $10 for sent Tickets on From Staff Reports Western Carolina Univer- sitys original radio. broad- cast adaptation of Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracu- la will be staged at the John W. Bardo Fine and Perform- ing Arts Center on Tuesday, Jan. 24. - Tickets to the event, - which begins at 7:30 p.m., are $10 and went on sale Tuesday, Nov. 1. This generation of young people is really in- terested in vampires, thanks to the Twilight series, and it is time they learned the truth about Dracula, said Don Connelly, head of WCUs communication | department, who wrote the script and is producing the show. Although many of us think of the story of Dracula as a vampire jumping out from behind a tree and bit- ing someone on the neck, Stokers noyel is truly an involved, dark and fascinat- ing mystery one in which Dracula does do terrible things, but also pays dearly in the end. Our 60-minute radio show will authenti- cally reflect the time period in which the story is set and is true to the original 1897 novel. All of the patcreuneeh planned for the evening will hearken back to the golden age of radio, featuring a live orchestra and sound effects, said Connelly. The first act features music from the realm of darkness arranged by musical director Bruce WCU Concert Choir, Asheville Symphony to perform WCU News Services The Western Carolina University Concert Choir will team up with the Ashe- ville Symphony Orchestra and Asheville Symphony Chorus for a joint perfor- mance of Resurrection Symphony by Gustav Mahler on Sunday, Nov. 20. The performance will be- gin at 3 p.m. in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on the Western Carolina campus. Admission to the event at WCU is $10 for adults and $5 for students. The musical groups also will perform Resurrection Symphony at 8 p.m. Sat- urday, Nov. 19, at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in down- town Asheville. ; sale for WCU radio broadcast production of Dracula H. Frazier, the WCU Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Commercial and Electronic Music. The music will be selected to set the mood for the second act the broadcast. Frazier is composing an entirely new musical underscore for the broadcast featuring a haunt- ing theme for Dracula. Steve Carlisle, a stage and screen veteran who is associate dean of WCUs Honors College, is directing the show and said everything the audience sees from a pipe or casket prop selected for the event. This is research-based - entertainment, so authentic- ity is a huge factor in every- thing we do, said Carlisle. What makes this produc- tion unique to Western Car- olina is the way we work together across disciplines from music to stage and screen to English to create a product that is authentic, truthful and entertaining, and shows other universities what is possible. We think this project is at the heart of WCUs QEP. The QEP is Western Car- olina Universitys Quality Enhancement Plan, which _ is titled Synthesis: A Path- way to Intentional Learning and is designed to empower students to. integrate knowl- edge and skills from their | academic and co-curricular experiences to become in- . tentional participants in their own learning. Brian Gastle, head of the I hope these perfor- mances will mark the be- ginning of an ongoing collaboration between the universitys choral pro- gram and the Asheville - Symphony Orchestra, said Will Peebles, director of the WCU School of Music. The 25-voice WCU Con- cert Choir is an auditioned group of student vocalists that performs works from the Renaissance to the 21st cen- tury, including major choral _ works such as Orffs Car- mina Burana and Handels Messiah. It is directed by Michael Lancaster, director of choral activities at WCU. Lancaster also conducts the Asheville Symphony Chorus, which will feature soloists Sarah Jane McMa- hon and Ashley: Hill in the 1s be- | ing carefully evaluated and - PHOTO SUBMITTED English department, is serv- ing as the shows research director and working with faculty to verify the scripts and shows authenticity. Meanwhile, related learn- ing initiatives on campus include students in a senior English seminar research- ing and writing papers ex- ploring the novels histori- cal context, major themes and reception. The students findings will be incorporated into the shows student-de- , Signed program and posters to help audience members performances of Resurrec- tion Symphony. The nearly 100-member Asheville Symphony Or- chestra is directed by Daniel Meyer. Among its musicians are WCU music faculty members Shannon Thomp- son (clarinet), Mario Gaeta- _ no (percussion), Brad Ulrich and Amy Cherry (trumpets), Will Peebles (contrabas- soon), Travis Bennett (horn) and Eliot Wadopian (bass). Resurrection Sympho- ny, which is not typically performed by colleges and universities, is considered a powerful work requiring large choral forces. Gustav Mahlers view - of the symphony was larg- er than life, said Meyer. Mahlers sonic bravery came to an incredible wa- learn more about the historic novel. Last years production afforded attendees an op- portunity to view a first edi- tion copy of A Christmas Carol, compliments of the Biltmore House museum, and organizers are working to have similarly significant and relevant items on dis- play in the lobby the night of the performance. Dracula marks the fourth annual faculty-devel- oped broadcast radio show scholarship fundraiser at tershed in his Second Sym- phony, where redemption from mortal struggle could find form in anextended, _ transfigured symphony that ends with the promise ae resurrection. Mahlers concept of res- urrection was complex, en- compassing the Jewish faith of his upbringing, as well as his deep love of the natural world, along with the views of his adopted Catholic reli- gion, he said. Mezzo-soprano _solo- ist Ashley Hill received her bachelors degree in vocal performance from Florida International University and masters degree in vocal performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music. Hill has collabo- rated with composers in, the WCU. The: first three gar- nered four national awards. Tn 2008, the group produced The War of the Worlds, and in 2009 the team put on a Veterans Day tribute titled On the Home Front, Nov. 44, which won two top honors in the Broadcast Education Associations Festival of Media Arts. Last years re-creation of the 1938 Campbells Playhouse radio classic A Christmas Carol garnered a 2011 Ga- briel Award from the Catho- lic Academy for Communi- cation Arts Professionals, as well as an award of excel- lence at the national Broad- cast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. Dracula is being pre- sented by the Department of Communication, Depart- ment of English, Honors College, School of Music and School of Stage and. Screen. The show is appro- priate for adult audiences. For tickets, call the Bardo Arts Center at 828-227-2479 or go to bardoartscenter.weu. edu. Resurrection Symphony premieres and recordings of their works including op- eras such as Liza Seigidos Lamentos de un Presidiar- io and Thomas Benjamins Chicken Little. She has participated in voice pro- grams in the United States and Europe, where she has performed scenes from Der Rosenkavalier, I Capu- leti e i Montecchi and Le Nozze di Figaro. Soprano soloist Sarah Jane McMahon has_ been hailed by The New York Times as bright, active and fastidiously musical and by Opera News as having a golden sound. Other reviews have commented on her beautiful vocal so- phistication and sparkling Stage presence. Recently, she sang a gala concert op- posite Placido Domingo on his newly dedicated stage in New Orleans, and made her debut at the Wiener Konzert Haus and Bremens Die Glocke in their concert pro- ductions of Candide. Tickets for the WCU per- formance of Resurrection Symphony may be pur- chased by calling 828-227- 2479 or online at www.weu. edu/bardoartscenter. Tickets for the perfor- mance in Asheville are avail- able through the Symphony office or the Asheville Civic Center box office, and range in price from $20 to $55 (with discounts available for students, or for Pick 3 subscriptions). Visit www. ashevillesymphony.org or call 828-254-7046 for more information.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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