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Show ftHE TIMES ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ixUTAH VALLEY EDITION ySM DECEMBER 1997 a afl. O gggbgm no dgM r 00 Of all the many wonderful pieces in the classical repertoire, Handel's Messiah has garnered itself a special place in the hearts of listeners all the world over. No other musical work is so closely connected with a season or even as Messiah is to Christmas. Handel's great oratorio, written in 1741 in only 24 days, is somehow some-how both familiar and inspiring, accessible and magnificent. On Saturday, December 13. A" 7 l: M. d FHIZE PilGilfllifl 60ne night stay at Courtyard by Marriott (for 2 people) 0 Dinner for 2 at Carvers 63 months membership to Golds Gym 0 $20.00 Gift Certificate fromk-Tec 0 $10.00 Gift Certificate from Earport 6 A wood rocking horse from D&B Woods O SCERA pass to a up coming Encore Event 6 A Coupon for 2 (1 hour massage) from Utah College of Massage Therapv C 2 (2 week Membership) from Curves for Women 150- (Frames Only) : s50m Bunk goe2 Beds h; - Provo Fue 450 Vest the Provo Arts Council in partnership with the Utah Valley Val-ley Choral Society will present their annual Messiah Sing-In in the Provo Tabernacle at 7:30 p.m. Admission to this much anticipated an-ticipated event is $6 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available in several locations: Media Play, Summerhay's Keith Jorgensen's, Provo City Mayor's Office, and Best in Music (both locations). A ti:i?i::fflly-: 6 One night stay at Residence Inn by Marriott (for 2 people) O Dinnerfor2atMagelbys O 3 months membership toGoldsGym 6 $20.00 Gift Certificate fromK-Tec 6 $10.00 Gift Certificate from Earport O One Banana Chair from Ideal Mattress & Furniture Store O SCERA pass to a up coming Encore Event 6 A Coupon for 2 (1 hour massage) from Utah College of Massage Therapy 62 (2 week Membership) from Curves for Women 0;,! JL. - 4 If V '-if Day Beds i1 7KQ0 EE Center Quick Financing Available 90 Day Same As Cash 0AC limited number of scores will be available for rental or purchase that night. "After all these years we still keep bringing people to it," says Lois Johnson, director of the Choral Society. "I think that's kind of special, that people are interested and want to be part of it." This year's soloists will be soprano Carolyn Talboys-Klas-sen. alto Colleen Butler, tenor 7 mm S 7 PulZE 6 One night stay at Quality Inn (for 2 people) Dinner for 2 at Thanksgiving Point Great Wall Restaurant 6 3 months membership at Golds Gym 6 $20.00 Gift Certificate from K-Tec O $10.00 Gift Certificate . from Earport $50.00 Gift Certificate from Red Wing Shoe in Orem ' SCERA pass to a up coming Encore Event ' A Coupon for 2 (1 hour massage) from Utah College of Massage Therapy 2 (2 week membership) from Curves for Women X, LA' r Glider Rockers m9m to I By Towne Square Lifetime Warrantee ,7 ' l Michael Ballam, and baritone Clayne VV. Robison. Carolyn Tol-boys-Klassen received both her bachelor's and master's in music at the University of Utah, where she was active in the opera program. pro-gram. She had her Utah Symphony Sym-phony debut in a performance of the Vivaldi Gloria and has presented recitals for the Westminster Promenade Series and the Chamber Music Society of Salt T.ake City. Talboys-Klas- natm it I l&i milium nn n?T eJtV if 0 One night stay at La . Quinta (for 2 people) Dinner for 2 Restaurant Roy at 0 3 months membership at Golds Gym C $10.00 Gift Certificate from Earport 6 $20.00 Gift Certificate fromK-Tec i 6 Cinderella's! Limb; v Service from Hotel to' Restaurant and Back 6 SCERA pass to a up coming Encore Event 6 A Coupon for 1 (1 hour massage) from Utah College of Massage Therapy 0 2 (2 week membership) from Curves for Women V f Rocker Recliner -.... t !5399M sen has twice won the Sylvia Learner Wollman Award at the Utah District Metropolitan Opera Auditions. For the past five years she has been a soloist in the Opera-In-the-Schools Program. Pro-gram. Alto Colleen Butler took her bachelor's in music at Brigham Young University. She was chosen as a state finalist for the regionals in both the 92 and 94 auditions for the Metropolitan Opera, where she was awarded the Sylvia Learner Wollman Award. In September of D2 she won first prize and was awarded the title of Meistersinger at the Mozart Festival. The following month she became a finalist in the San Francisco Opera regional auditions. Butler is a member of the Utah Opera's Opera-In-the-Schools Program and Young Artists program and performed the comprimario role of Second Witch in Utah Opera's production of Macbeth. Tenor Michael Ballam has had a professional operatic and recital career spanning two decades and three continents. A native of Logan, he has performed per-formed in the major concert halls of America, Europe, Asia and the Soviet Union, with the command performances at the Vatican. His operatic repertoire includes more than 600 performances of over 70 major roles. He has shared the stage with the world's greatest singers, including Joan Sutherland, Suther-land, Kiri Te Kanawa, Birgit Nilsson, and Placido Domingo. At the age of 24, Ballam became the youngest recipient of the degree de-gree of Doctor of Music with Distinction Dis-tinction in the history of prestigious pres-tigious Indiana University. He is a professor of music at Utah State University and an ac- 'HSAKTANPHOMe GIFTS AMP CRAFT? 302 South 500 West - Provo 373-3394 Big selection of Salt Thanksgiving Decomtions snovmen K Christmas Decorations Camille Eeciman Also Mattresses, Bunkehs, Dayeeds, Banana chairs, sofa's, Loveseats, etc. For all of your Holiday needs come see us! M-F 9am -6pm 1 v.i " V J BERNINA 1CO S&Zi 'V&zl Czr.lzr I E2Q PTl r i Prsvo LJ Kj L-J EJd this Crift is Sen Perfect for tpm IVife! Put a new Eemlna 170 cr ICO ca ycur Christ-r.p Christ-r.p list now sr.d get &z best cf sewing sri co.::: suznu. op oun om:n complished pianist and oboist Currently he serves as General Director of the Utah Festival Opera, a company he founded in 1993. In only three years the company has become one of the nation's major summer opera festivals, fes-tivals, with growing national critical acclaim. Clayne Robison's splendid baritone voice is well known to Utah audiences. Robison took his master's and doctorate in orchestral or-chestral conducting and opera production at the University and sang with the Boston Opera while taking a degree in law at Harvard. A professor of music at Brigham Young University, he continues to perform regularly with professional symphonies, opera companies and choruses, including performances with the Moscow and St. Petersburg symphonies, sym-phonies, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Salt Lake Chamber Orchestra and the Utah Opera. His own innovative BYU production produc-tion of Messiah was broadcast extensively ex-tensively on the Intermountain Educational Television Network. The orchestra will be conducted con-ducted by musician end conductor conduc-tor extraordinaire Ralph G., Laycock, a professor and conductor conduc-tor at Brigham Young University for 32 years and former conductor conduc-tor of the Utah Valley Symphony, "The sound of the Tabernacle filled with people singing some of those glorious choruses is really a world-shaking event for me. It's just absolutely thrilling," said Laycock in an interview. "The whole production, so far as I am concerned, is just a real beautiful, beauti-ful, meaningful musical .highlight .high-light of my life." City Cuhdles t, Holders Sat. 9am -4pm r. ,-' JLbO-L 5 ? Open: Mon.-Sat. 10am - 6pm Fri. 10am - 7pm 15y Catnapjer & Douglas |