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Show [THE CAMPUS] Piano trio opens Summer Evening · Concert Series he 1994 Summer Evening Concert Series gets under way this Sunday, July 10, at 7 p.m. in the Randall L. Jones Performing Arts Theatre. T he series will run every Sunday evening this summer through August 28 . The series will open with a trio of performers who have performed individually at thousands of concerts and recitals worldwide. In its premiere season, the piano trio Vista, consisting of Loi Anne Eyring on violin, Ellen Bridges on the cello, and Mark Neiwirth on the piano, performs works from the classical, romantic and contem porary chamber literature. In addition, they offer various combinations of solo and duo repertoire for T 1994 Summer Concert Series July 10-The piano trio, Vista. July 17-Ricardo Cobo, classical guitarist. July 24-Side Street Strutters, dixieland jazz band. July 31-Marta Aznavoorian, classical pianist. August 7- Yankee Clipper, ballads, sea chanties. August 14- Jacquelyn Helin, classical pianist. August 21- Andean folk group Andes Manta. August 28- La.rs Bjomkjaer, violinist, and pianist Rohan De Silva. . violin, cello and piano. Eyring was the youngest musician ever to join the Utah Symphony (16). She won the Miss Utah Title and Most Talented Musician award at the Miss America pageant. She also won the National Congress of Strings Competition. She has performed extensively as a soloist, recitalist and with orchestras. Eyring has been performing on the Utah Performing Arts Tour since 1988. In addition to the Utah Symphony, Eyring has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera Company, the Oakland Symphony, Western Opera and the Springfield Symphony. Ellen Bridger began her cello studies at the age of seven in Baltimore at the Peabody Institute of Music. After receiving the Bezazian Award at Oberlin Conservatory, she continued her studies with George Neikrug in Boston and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Her numerous awards include First Place in Music Teachers National Association Competition, Outstanding Musician Award at Interlachen, Atlanta Symphony Youth Auditions winner and finalist in the Washington In tern a tional Competition. She has soloed under conductors Ling Tung at the Grand Teton Music Festival, and Joseph Silverstein in Boston. Bridger currently resides in Salt Lake City, where she is a frequent guest on NOVA and Kol Atni chamber music series, and at the Park City International Chamber Music Festival. Mark Neiwirth is well known to the eastern Idaho audiences for his guest appearences as piano concerto soloist with the Idaho State Civic Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony and Elkhorn Music Festival Orchestra in Sun Valley. He divides his time between teaching privately in Pocatello and performing throughout the country with the California Trio and as a recitalist and accompanist. A graduate of Manhattan School of Music, he returned to his native Idaho in 1985 and has been an enthusiastic advocate of the arts throughout the states. Presently he serves as president of Musicians West and is the founder of Studio 110, a multi-purpose arts facility. The fifth annual Concert Series will offer exceptional music, according to Marla Bingham, manager of the Summer Concert Series for the sponsoring SUU Special Projects Office. A Thunderbird nest on cll111pus1 A family of robins nested in a Moraine Honey Locust tree adjacent to the Administration Building last week, catching t.h e attention of many a student and SUU employee. USF named in top 100 events l;JJJ he American Bus Association :Ji.';S. ' (ABA) has chosen the Utah , ,,. Shakespearean Festival for its 1994 Top 100 Events in North America. This is the sixth year the Festival has been named to this prestigious list. The trade organization of the intercity bus industry, the ABA annually selects events that showcase North America's rich cultural diversity. The U.S. and Cana~an events from almost every state and province celebrate everything from heritage to sports to music and more. The list also contains popular internationally known events. According to the ABA, the list is published in a full-color brochure and is a selection of festivals and events that celebrate rural folkways, ethnic diversity, historic. commemoratives, and life at its finest. "This is a one-of-a-kind selection and is the industry's most useful tool for tour companies to choose events for their itineraries, 11 said ABA President and CEO George T. Snyder, Jr. A committee comprised of motorcoach operators and travel industry officials chooses the Top 100 based on their appeal to wide audiences and, in particular, to motorcoach groups. The selection is based on nominations submitted by state and provincial tourism offices. "It's a difficult task for committee members," said Snyder. "There are so many wonderful events submitted that the choice of only 100 is often daunting to the group. The events they designate, though, are definitely the cream of the crop." The only other Utah event named is the Christmas Lights at Salt Lake City's Temple Square from November 25 to January 2. "Because this is the sixth year we have received this honor, we tend to forget just how important it is," said Douglas T. Kirchner, Festival director: of marketing and public relations. "However, it's not just handed out automatically, and we are delighted to be named to this prestigious list again. "We also feel the people of Cedar City and Iron County should be honored, 11 added Kirchner. "Part of the criteria in choosing the Top 100 Events is community support, and we have·always had tremendous support from the community." The 1994 Festival runs through September 3, with six plays in daily rotation in two theatres. The 1994 plays are William Shakespeare's As You Like It, Richard III, and Love's Labour's Lost; Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear; Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday; and Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Tickets and further information are available by calling 801 -586-7878. |