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Show !THURSDAY, MARCH ll, 1001 PAGE 1S UNIVERSITY JOURNAL ARTS USF planting seeds for growth .Trio to make SU debut BY ANDY BURT SENIOR STAFF WRITER into one building located on the corner of 300 West and Center Street. "This is the first time in 40 years that everything has been under one roof,· Phillips.said. February 22 was important day for the growth The USF Centre will be finished in 2003. of the Utah Shakespearean Festival. That growth began when they tore two buildings down. "It's a very exhilarating time for us,· Phillips Two houses on Center Street between 200 and said. "But I'm terrified. We have to do some 300 West that the festival used for offices were serious fund raising.' The growth of the USF and the Centre will removed as the first visible step toward the proposed Utah Shakespearean Festival Centre benefit the community in several different ways, for the Perforrrrmg Arts. Phillips said. The festival creates a lot of revenue "There were for downtown Cedar . - - - City. emotions from some of the employees •As the festival grows that had been we.will extend our wooong there for season well into the many years,· said R. school year,• Phillips Scott Phillips, said. "Right now we , managing director of run until October, but the festival. eventually we plan to One of the a: have shows through bundings had housed 5 December, starting up the USF ~ ~ again in March." management for the ~ "USF also creates . years. Th e w u " past s,x employment other, home to the - a: opportunities for marketing and students,· he said. publication work of "They can work on ' the festival, had stage crews, as The demolition of two Shakespeare offices paves been used for 17 waiters, security, or In the way for the continued growth of the festival. years. the different shops and "It's a nice sign for audiences coming to the restaurants we will be adding.· festival," Phillips said. "It shows them that we are "It's a good experience for students,· Phillips working toward a goal.· said. "There will be multiple opportunities far The festival plans to landscape the area where students to see world class performances year the buildings were located. round." ·we plan on building a park for patrons. "I'm very humbled by the challenge," he added. comfortable and attractive for people to come ' but everything needs to grow, if it doesn't, it and relax between shows," Phillips said. ?ecomes stagnant. We want the festival to keep The offices were moved from the two houses growing." · On Tuesday, March 27, Cedar City Music Arts will present the · award winning Jerusalem Trio in concert at the Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The Jerusalem Trio was the first prize winner of the 1999 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. The group was formed in 1969 and has been nurture~ by its association with the Jerusalem Music Center. Founded by the famous violinist Isaac Stern and Jerusalem's Mayor, Teddy Kollek, as a meeting point for visiting international masters and talented young -Israeli musicians, the Center helped establish The Jerusalem Trio as Israel's leading piano trio. Performing in more than 50 concerts a year, the trio has travled to Japan, Germany, Israel, Australia , New Zealand , and North and South America. They have been acclaimed around the world for their youthful zest ~nd thought provoking virtuostic passion evoking music filled with myriad colors. The Jerusalem Trio combines the talents of Yaron Rosenthal on piano, Roy Shiloah on violing and Ariel Tushinsky on cello. The group attributes. its success to growing up in families that encouraged dedication and excellence from a very early age, and the fact that they were exposed to some of the world's finest players and teachers. In commenting on why there are so many outstanding musicians <>f Jewish descent, David Tushinksy laughed and said, "It is largely due to the Jewish mother who is pushing her children either to be Jascha Heifetz or a doctor. The atmosphere in the Jewish family encourages a chile to excel." The Jerusalem Trio's program will include an early composition by the Jewish composer Paul Ben-Harm, "Variations on a Hebrew Melody," and the Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 by Dvorak on the first half of the program. The second half of the program will be the Second Piano Trio, Op. 67 by the famed Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. "We feel lucky to have booked The Jerusalem Trio in Cedar City," said Dave Nyman , chairman of the board of CCMA. 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