Strings with Song
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Returning to Queen’s Hall for yet another year is
Trinidad’s lyric soprano Natalia Dopwell who will
present 2006 Strings with Song at Queen’s Hall from June
23rd through June 25th, 2006.
Soprano, Natalia Dopwell
is no stranger to Trinidad audiences. Her successes at
the Music Festival of Trinidad & Tobago were
outstanding. She is now studying in Manhattan, New York
and earlier this year was invited to perform at the
prestigious Holders’ Season in Barbados in ‘A Tribute to
Mozart’. |
Oliver
Lewis, one of Britain’s foremost violinists, who
performed with Ms Dopwell in 2005 will also be on stage
in the 2006 production. As a child prodigy he made his
concerto debut at the age of 12 with the National
Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain. His international
solo career has taken him throughout Europe, United
States of America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand,
China, Taiwan, Brazil and South Korea.
His numerous recordings are played
continuously on radio stations world wide, He plays a
violin made by J B Guadagnini in 1760. Concert pianist,
accompanist and chamber musician Jeffrey Middleton
completes the trio. Mr. Middleton is the Music Director
of the Opera Theater Workshop at the Harlem School of
the Arts and a teaching artist with the New York City
Opera
GALA PERFORMANCE
Friday 23rd June -
Reception 6.30pm
Performance 7.30 pm
Contribution $500
Patrons of Queen’s Hall $300 (part proceeds to the St.
Finbar's Pastoral Center).
Saturday 24th June
Performance 7.00 pm
Sunday 25th June
Performance 7.00 pm
Reserved seating rows A-R $180 Balcony and promenade
$150
Patrons of Queen’s Hall $170 & $140 respectively
Tickets on sale at Just CDs |
Mainly Mozart
This year
the world celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the composer Wolfwang
Amadeus Mozart’s birth on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg,
Austria. The Marionettes Chorale commemorate this milestone with a
concert on Friday 7th July at 8.15 pm and Saturday 8th July at 7 pm
at the Queen's Hall. The concert includes Mozart’s Mass in C Major,
the Coronation Mass, and excerpts from, The Marriage of Figaro,
one of his most famous and celebrated operas and the popular The
Magic Flute. It is fitting that the programme should include
Haydn’s Te Deum who Mozart considered his ‘dear friend’ and who
told Mozart’s father that Mozart was’ the greatest composer known to
me in person or by name’. Tickets go on sale at the Queen’s Hall Box
Office on Monday 26th June.
Admission $100 reserved seating, $75 unreserved
seating.
Patrons of Queen’s Hall receive a 10% discount.
The Queen’s Hall Theatre Camp 2006
The Queen’s Hall Board of Management and the
Patrons of Queen’s Hall have organized the immensely popular Annual
Theatre Camp from Monday 10th July to Thursday 27th July. This camp
is an important feature of the Out Reach Programme of Queen’s Hall
and the Board has made the Theatre available for the Camp for the 3
week period. Artistic Director of the Camp is Noble Douglas and the
Camp Manager is Charlene Harris, they are supported by professional
tutors in Dance, Drama, Singing and Set Design. A full-fledged
production will be presented at the end of the Camp.
Children of Patrons of Queen’s Hall enjoy a 10%
discount.
Address enquiries to:
Queen’s Hall Theatre Camp
Patrons of Queen’s Hall
P.O. BOX 3005 Tragarete Road Post Office
Port of Spain
or call Margaret 637 4028 or Shirley 623 7627
The Chicken Comes Home
The Patron’s Annual BAR-B-QUE returns to Queen’s
Hall on Saturday 15th July, 2006 from 11am to 4 pm. It’s a TAKE AWAY
but you can also sit and eat your BBQ in the Queen’s Hall
environment , scout the used book stall and its novelty items, have
a desert of ice cream and cakes, chance your hand at a raffle and
other games and just socialize with other Patrons.
Probably the only caterers in town who really
provide a Half-A Chicken fare, Fish or Jerk Chicken will also be
available on a first come first serve basis. The cost of a BAR B QUE
remains at $30.
Patrons should have already received their tickets
in the mail and are reminded that the cut off date for
payment or return is 7th July, 2006. Of course additional tickets
can be obtained from the Patrons’ super sales person, Shirley
Kelsick.
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COMING IN AUGUST
25,26,27
THE ROYAL OPERA
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
IN CONCERT,
PRESENTING TRINIDADIAN
DOMINIQUE LE GENDRE’S
COMPOSITION
TALES OF
THE ISLANDS
BASED ON THE WORK
OF NOBEL LAUREATE
DEREK WALCOTT |
Marlon David plays Tevye
in "Fiddler on the Roof"
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
J U N E
1
We are one with the Environment
Bishop Anstey Junior School
4
SACO
Music Director and Conductor Kenneth Listhrop
16,17,18
Bentley Potter School of Dance
21
Jazz & Gospel
Raquel Marshall
*23,24,25
“Strings with Song”
The Classical Music Development Foundation
Natalia Dopwell, soprano, with Oliver Lewis, violinist Jeffrey
Middleton, pianist
29 thru July 2
“Fiddler on the Roof”
UWI Festival Arts Chorale
Jessel Murray Music Director & Conductor
J U L Y
1,2
“Fiddler on the Roof”
UWI Festival Arts Chorale
Jessel Murray Music Director & Conductor
*7,8,
“Mainly Mozart”
Marionettes Chorale
Greta Taylor Music Director & Conductor
10 – 27
Queen’s Hall Annual Theatre Camp
Patrons of Queens Hall & The Queen’s Hall Board of Management
15
PATRONS ANNUAL BAR B QUE
Patrons of Queen’s Hall
DISCOUNTS
*23,24,25 June
“Strings with Song”
Natalia Dopwell, soprano, with Oliver Lewis, violinist Jeffrey
Middleton, pianist
GALA performance: 23rd - $500; Patrons of Queen’s Hall $300
24th, 25th Reserved $180 Patrons $170 Unreserved $150 Patrons $140
*7,8 July
“Mainly Mozart”
Marionettes Chorale Greta Taylor Music Director & Conductor
Reserved Seating $100: Unreserved $75
Patrons of Queen’s Hall 10% discount
10th – 27th July
Queen’s Hall Annual Theatre Camp
Patrons of Queen’s Hall 10% discount
Celebrating Veronica
Shane Collins sent the following message to Spotlight. “Thank you
all for your patience and kind messages earlier this year. I have
published an area, also a work in progress, on our web site as a
celebration of Veronica's life, her work, and her ideas:
http://www.caribscape.com/veronica/. It’s quite a record of
Veronica’s interests and commitment.
Sophisticated Soul
Denise Williams says Thanks!
“I wish to express my sincere thanks for the invitation to perform
at Queen's Hall this past April. The venue has a gorgeous atmosphere
with excellent acoustics for singing. Besides the professionalism
and precision of your organization, your supreme warmth and
hospitality made my visit to Trinidad a truly unique experience.
Through Joan Pierre, I have donated 25 Sophisticated Soul CDs to
Queen's Hall. This CD includes selections from the program that I
performed in Trinidad as well as a few classics with steel pan
accompaniment. I would very much like to donate a few to your young
'music festival' audience at the concert. I hope you may also find
them useful for your fundraising or other purposes. Please stay in
touch and I do look forward to the opportunity to perform at Queen's
Hall again in the future.” We have had enquiries from music lovers
to purchase CDs of Ms Williams Concert, so please contact Shirley
623 7627 or Margaret 637 4028
The Second International Workshop in Piano
Performance and Pedagogy
The Second International Workshop in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
will be held at the St. Lucia School of Music in Castries from July
23 to 27, 2006. Last year there were participants from Antigua,
Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Canada, and the
USA. You can access information of this year's workshop from the
website www.lcmusicschool.com
or www.rayluck.com. The
Workshop is organized by pianist Ray Luck who welcomes any queries
you might have.
rayluck@rayluck.com.
Welcome New Members
Mr & Mrs. Luc Didon
Mr. & Mrs. John Babb
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Elias
Ms. Catherine Phillips
Dr Corlis Alexander
DONOR
Mrs. Joyanne de Four-Babb
CORPORATE
Digicel (T&T) Ltd
Mrs. Donna Bryden
