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One
of Broadway's hottest musicals about an English singer and American
writer who meet at a nightclub in Berlin in the 1930s. Celebrate
opening night with a gala evening of food, prizes, and theatrical
excitement. Performances of Cabaret continue on June 15-17
and June 22-26.
The core of Nakai's work is reflected in solo
flute albums such as Earth Spirit, Emergence, and
Canyon Trilogy. The mid-1994 release Island of Bows
is a collaboration with a Japanese group using acoustic and traditional
Japanese instruments. Nakai also performs with Jackalope,
a culturally diverse jazz ensemble with several recordings to
their name. He was a 1994 Grammy Award finalist for "Best
Traditional Folk Album" for Ancestral Voices, a collaboration
with guitarist and luthier William Eaton. Since 1990, Nakai has
also collaborated with pianist Peter Kater including Sky and
Migrations (winner of the 1992 Indie Award).
The
Myrna Loy Center is throwing a summer Saturday Block Party on
July 8 to thank the Helena community for its support and to reconnect
with Helena audience members of all ages. The Helena High X-Cel
Club is helping to coordinate the event, which is sponsored by
TARGET. This day promises to bring some of the best local
and regional music and entertainment to the Myrna Loy. The Block
Party begins at 1 PM and lasts until 7:30 PM. Food vendors will
be providing good food throughout the day. The highlight of the
afternoon will occur at 3:30 PM, when everyone is invited to
help "Give Myrna a Great Big Hug" by being part of
a human chain wrapping the building. Come join us for a fun day.
Free!
Come hear the nationally known Montana
Logging and Ballet Company singing and review comedy revue. Some
of the humor is satire, much of the satire is musical, and all
of the music is original.
The
Ying Quartet, whose dynamic interpretations of classical and
modern string music has captivated Helena audiences in concerts
and workshops over the past three years, will present a free
"thank you" concert in Helena at St. Mary's Catholic
Church. The Quartet will play works from Beethoven and Prokofiev.
This past winter, the Ying Quartet completed a three-year Audience
Development residency at the Myrna Loy Center. One of the most
highly regarded string ensembles in America today, the Ying Quartet
is composed of siblings Timothy and Janet Ying on violin; Philip
Ying on viola; and David Ying on cello.During the concert, there
will be an opportunity to make a donation to the Myrna Loy Center.
Past musical winners of the Myrna Loy
Grants-to-Artists program perform an evening of solo and collaborative
works to celebrate and raise funds for Helena's Myrna Loy. The
evening will feature the world premiere performance of Greg Bolin's
song cycle entitled "The Orpheus Cycle," commissioned
under the grants program in 1997 but never before performed.
The song cycle will be performed by vocalist Anne Basinski and
pianist Steve Hesla, both on the music faculty at University
of Montana. Composer Bolin will also premiere an original solo
piano work inspired by a painting by Helena artist Doug Turman.
An
evening of professional dance under the direction of Sallyann
Mulcahy. This event opens two weeks of dance with performances
(see below), including special weekend matinee performances of
Peter and the Wolf for children.
With
its roots in the Second Story Cinema, the Myrna Loy has been
instrumental in developing the voice of Montana writers for over
20 years. This voice will be loud, strong, rich, and original
as writers gather to share their work -- and speak up -- for
the Myrna Loy.
Phil Aaberg, acclaimed
solo keyboardist, and Roy Rogers, innovative slide guitarist,
will perform at the Myrna Loy Center. From gypsy towns in the
south of Spain to clubs in San Francisco's fabled North Beach,
Roy Rogers and Phil Aaberg have knocked out blues audiences with
the depth, virtuosity, and joy of their slide guitar and piano
interplay. Roy, three-time Grammy nominee, has had career unmatched
by any white blues player of his generation, playing with John
Lee Hooker and producing John Lee's "The Healer", the
best-selling blues record of all time. USA Today has called him
a "modern guitar god". Phil has recorded a series of
critically-acclaimed and influential solo albums. The latest
is "Field Notes", released in July of 2000. "Live
From Montana", (recorded in Phil's home town of Chester)
will be released in October of this year. Together, Roy Rogers
and Phil Aaberg bring their knowledge of the great American art
form, the Blues, into play with their tasteful but exhilarating
chops and peripatetic ensemble playing. This is blues for the
new millennium. For more information on Roy Rogers, go to 
Born and bred in Montana, where his grandfather
homesteaded at the turn of the century, Stuart Weber has steadfastly
resisted the temptation to pack up his guitar and head for more
"civilized" surroundings. Inescapably committed to
the rugged history and bittersweet romance of the Montana he
loves, Weber imbues his music with a sense of place that is,
uncannily, almost visual. Stuart has appeared as a guest soloist
with symphony orchestras, as well as chamber groups. He has performed
with flamenco great Réné Heredia. Stuart's composing
talents continue to develop, making his music pleasing and accessible
to the casual listener and yet absorbing and rich for more thorough
listening. In his music, one can sense the character of the artist:
warm, sincere, compassionate. This is a musician who accepts
and embraces his heritage.
Jazz
trombone legend Curtis Fuller and trumpeter Darren Barrett play
with Barrett's quartet in what promises to be the hottest jazz
event in Montana this winter. Fuller's fluid style and whiplash
phrasings first hit the jazz charts when he began recording for
Blue Note label in the late 1950s. He played with Art Blakey's
Jazz Messengers in the early '60s, toured Europe with Dizzie
Gillespie, and pioneered an electronic hard-bop sound in the
1970s, heading a group with Bill Washer and Stanley Clarke. Considered
today one of a select circle of jazz horn players, Fuller tours
Europe and records regularly.
What performance artist Christian
Swenson calls "human jazz"-his own mixture of vocalizing,
dance, drama, mime, bodyslapping and song-defies boundaries but
attracts ever-larger audiences in the U.S. and abroad. "I
like to play my bodyvoice like Jimi Hendrix played the guitar,"
Swenson says. "I create shows where freedom is more important
than conflict, and within which continual transformations can
take place."