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Show DIRECTION: Joseph Silverstein, director of the Utah Symphony leads the nationally acclaimed orchestra. FULL HOUSE: The Utah Symphony plays to a full house in Deer Valley. Symphony 'kicks off summer season The Utah Symphony is due to kick off July 5 through August 18, featuring 17 concerts at Sundance, Symphony Hall, Deer Valley and Snowbird. The season opens with an Independence Day celebration July 5 at Sundance, hosted by actor Robert Red ford. Additional symphony concerts are scheduled 8 p.m. Fridays at Symphony Hall and 4 p.m. Sundays at Snowbird. The orchestra is gearing up for a new four-concert series at Deer Valley 7 p.m. Saturdays. Concerts performed at Symphony Hall range from pop to classical and include repeat performances at Snowbird. Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters will perform Viennese and operatic favorites under the direction of conductor Joseph Silverstein at performances scheduled July 11-13. The classical series also features Beethoven's Fourth Symphony with Charles Ketcham conducting. Also featured is Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and other Russian favorites. Mitch Miller, guest conductor, is featured in the pop series, which highlights selections from Romeo and Juliet and leaps forward to "Stella by Starlight." Hits of the Roaring 20's features a variety of compositions that include "Singing in the Rain," "Strike Up the Band" and the "Charleston." For information on season tickets and prices, call 533-6407. Loggins scheduled to perform Kenny Loggins, singer, songwriter and producer, is scheduled to appear in concert 7:30 p.m. Friday at Park West. His most recent single "Danger Zone" from the movie Top Gun is making a fast break for the top of the charts. In the past 10 years, Loggins has received numerous awards, including one gold and three platinum ablums, producing over 20 chart singles. His number one hit "Footloose" was one of the four biggest-selling singles of 1984, earning him placement on the list of top 10 male pop artists. The concert is part of the Pepsi-PM Magazine Utah Summer Concert Series. Tickets are $14.25 in advance, $16.25 at showtime and are available at Toad Tape in Ogden, the Salt Palace, Special Events Center, Triad ticket office and area ZCM1 department stores. PERFORMANCE: Three members of the Utah Symphony play at a recent performance. Bangerter highlights Utah Musical Theatre To get his Great Salt Lake flood package approved, Governor Norman Bangerter had to do a lot of tooting at the Utah State Legislature. The proposal may have passed, but Bangerter's tooting days aren't over yet. The governor and other dignitaries will gather up as much hot air as they can to help kick off the Utah Musical Theatre at 5:30 p.m., July 3. The "toot off" will begin on the front steps of the Browning Center on campus, featuring Bangerter and other business and political leaders performing a trombone selection from the musical The Music Man. Band members from local schools will supply the trombones and other brass instruments, and afterwards will provide a crash course for invited guests. "After they've tried two or three times to play something, the Bonneville High School Band will march out playing with their cast of 76 trombones," said Joan Hellstrom, assistant to the dean, WSC School of Arts and Humanities and mastermind of the event. The performance of the trombone-tooting dignitaries precedes the opening of The Music Man, scheduled the same day in the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Gypsy will follow on July 17, with Do, I Do scheduled July 31. Principal actors for the three shows draw from states including California, Colorado and New York. The performances also feature participation of several community members and local actors. A WSC student, Tom Looney, is sound designer for each show and Jeffrey T. Crivello, resident lighting designer for the Browning Center, is working on two of those productions. Season tickets are $16 for evening performances and $14 for the matinees. Family season tickets are $60. Prices for the individual productions are $7 for evening performances and $5.50 for matinees. Tickets are available at the ticket office from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 626-6618. |