BG community band present first cabaret-style concert
The Bowling Green Area Community Band with special guests The Tower Brass Quintet will present its first
cabaret-style concert March 24 at 8 p.m. at the Bowling Green Training and Community Center on Newton
Road.
This concert is a departure in venue and format from the band’s traditional auditorium style settings.
Using the multi-purpose room the community center will be transformed into a nightclub featuring a wide
array of entertaining music. It is the desire of the Bowling Green Area Community Band board to have an
intimate atmosphere where people can share desserts with their friends while listening to great music.
The band, under the direction of Thom Headley, will perform a variety of dance tunes from swing to
ballet.
The Tower Brass Quintet will join the band in several show-stopping numbers including Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s "The ‘Carousel’ Waltz", "America" from Leonard Bernstein’s
"Westside Story," "The Floral Dance" from the movie "Brassed Off" and
"A Sousa Collection".
Tickets are $10 and include light refreshments with reserved seating at tables of eight. Advance tickets
are available at Grounds For Thought. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Canadian designer to speak on ‘Canadian by Design’
Influential Canadian designer Dave Mason will speak on "Canada by Design" at Bowling Green
State University’s 25th annual Reddin Symposium. March 21 at 7 p.m. in 206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
The symposium is free and open to the public.
Canada is not just a producer of design. It is a product of design. What does it mean to make a country?
Mason will examine the choices that have shaped Canada into the nation it is today.
The Reddin Symposium is designed to improve community understanding about Canada. The Reddin family of
Bowling Green originally suggested the idea of an annual Canadian symposium and has funded the event
every year.
Born in England and raised in Canada, Mason co-founded Chicago/Vancouver-based SamataMason Inc.,in 1995,
which subsequently became smbolic in 2010. He was named a Fellow by the Society of Graphic Designers of
Canada.
PRIZM presenting embossing workshop
TOLEDO – A workshop on Embossing Techniques with Monoprint taught by Mania Dajnak will be presented March
24, 1:00-4:00 p.m. for at Studio M Printmakers 3rd floor studio, 320 North Michigan Ave by PRIZM.
Class participants will arrange shapes, and textures, on Plexiglas, in preparation for embossing
wonderful textures into damp paper. Participants should bring objects no thicker than 1/8 inch such as
coins, plants, shapes, craft sticks, lace, yarn or string, to incorporate into their personal work.
Experimental techniques will be explored such as multiple layers of color and embossing by multiple
passes through the press. The outcome will be own unique works of art or rich textured papers that may
be used in future art projects.
Fees for the workshop are $25 for PRIZM members and $30 for guests and include costs of print making
paper, tools and inks. Registration is required. Contact workshop chairman Norma Meier at (419) 865-6993
or [email protected].
Online:
www.myprizm.com
UT professor performs recital at Toledo museum
TOLEDO – University of Toledo professor of piano Dr. Michael Boyd will perform in the Great Gallery at
the Toledo Museum of Art, Sunday at 3 p.m. This concert is free and open to the public.
His program will include: J.S. Bach’s "English Suite No. 2 in A minor," Frederic Chopin’s
"Prelude in C# minor," Etude in B minor and four mazurkas; and Maurice Ravel’s
"Introduction And Allegro (transcribed for solo piano)," "La vallee des cloches"
from "Miroirs" and the toccata from "Le Tombeau de Couperin."
Firelands chamber groups featured in Terra show
FREMONT – Ensembles from the Firelands Symphony will perform Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Room
D-122, Arts and Health Technologies Center on the Terra Community College campus.
Featured performers for the Music on Sunday concert will be The Firelands String Quartet and The Phoenix
Project, a wind quintet.
The final concert of the 2012 Music on Sunday series will be a performance by Terra’s Jazz Combos and
Contemporary Music Ensemble on April 15.
