Betzwood Silent Film Festival
Nickelodeon Comedy Night
May 1, 2010 at 8 PM
You know you’re in trouble when: 1. You don’t see the steamroller coming; 2. Your engagement ring ends up submerged in custard; 3. One hundred dogs chase you all the way to the cemetery; 4. The maid you just hired is drunk and turns out to be a man. And this is just the beginning of the fun! Join us for an evening of silent comedies made by the Lubin Film Company at its studios in Philadelphia and at Betzwood in the years 1904-1916. Professor Joseph Eckhardt will discuss the films and the stars and directors who made them. And as always, the films will be accompanied live on the organ by the ever-popular Don Kinnier.
Choral Society of Montgomery County
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3 PM
Bobby Zankel and
Warriors of the Wonderful Sound
featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 8 PM
"The Wizards of the Saxophone Meet the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound: Creating a 21st Century Jazz Vocabulary." Bobby Zankel and the ensemble have commissioned composer/alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthrappa to write a piece for Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, the world class Philadelphia-based big band. Rudresh is an emerging jazz master on the alto saxophone, who has his own unique ways of extended the jazz language and range of possibilities. Mahanthrappa’s vast knowledge of a variety on Indian musical styles and forms is combined with a firm grounding in the jazz tradition.
Made possible with support from the Philadelphia Music Project a program of the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Tri-County 68th Annual Youth Festival Concert
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 7 PM
Hear the stars of tomorrow with the winners of Tri-County Concerts' Youth Festival auditions in piano, strings, winds, voice, ensemble, and more. For 68 years, Tri-County has identified talented young musicians who have gone on to famous careers. Former winners include current members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, such as Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English horn, Peter Smith, oboe, Burchard Tang, viola, and former co-principal PO hornist David Wetherill, as well as the late great soprano Anna Moffo. This year's winners perform solo and chamber selections from the great classical repertoire. $10 General Admission
