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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 MEGAMIND PUBQUIZ AT FLANAGAN’S PROGRAM PROMOTES MENTAL WELLNESS, C-2 www.parkrecord.com FLY FISHING FILM TOUR WADES INTO TOWN, C-3 C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MARCH 6-8, 2019 Interfaith concerts will raise awareness for Summit County Mental Wellness Alliance MegaMind PubQuiz competitions will run from 7-9 p.m. every Wednesday at Flanagan’s, 438 Main St. For information, visit facebook.com/megaMIND.pubQUIZ. RED, WHITE AND SNOW BENEFITS NONPROFIT The National Ability Center’s annual Red, White and Snow fundraiser will be held from Thursday to Saturday, March 7-9, in various venues in Park City. To register for any of the events, visit www.redwhiteandsnow.org. NIGHT SKY NAVIGATION WORKSHOP SCHEDULED Paul Ricketts, director of the University of Utah’s observatory, will lead a night-sky workshop from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. Ricketts will teach the group how to use star maps and telescopes. For information and reservations, visit swanerecocenter.org. PHOTO BY TODD HICKEN/IMPACT PHOTOGRAPHY Park City Community Choir, seen here in 2017, will perform two Concerts With a Purpose at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Temple Har Shalom this weekend to raise awareness about the Summit County Mental Health Alliance. The choir, which will feature 70 members, will perform with the Esperanza Orchestra. St. Mary’s Church and Temple Har Shalom to host performances PETER BECKETT’S PLAYER AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE SCOTT IWASAKI Peter Beckett’s Player will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, and at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 10, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. The band is known for the hits “Baby Come Back” and “Prisoner of Your Love.” Friday tickets are $35-$55; Saturday and Sunday tickets are $39-$60. For information, call 435-649-9371 or visit parkcityshows.com. This spring, the Park City Interfaith Council decided to present a different kind of spring concert than it had in the past. Four years ago, the council — organization that includes representatives from different churches and synagogues that work to build bridges between the faiths — recruited members of various community choirs and performed a “Messiah Sing-In” at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. Since then, the council sponsored two more “Messiah” spring concerts, but after taking a break last year, the council came back with a new vision, said Randy Favero, the concert’s chairman. This year the Park City Community Choir, along with the Esperanza Orchestra, will not perform Handel’s “Messiah,” but has opted to perform John Rutter’s “Requiem” instead. The performances, both dubbed Concert With a Purpose, will raise awareness of the Summit County Mental Wellness Alliance: (See accompanying story) “It’s great to bring different faiths together, but it’s also great to bring greater awareness of this group and do something of value for the com- NEWCOMERS CLUB MONTHLY COFFEE Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will host its monthly coffee at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, at Park City Community Church, 4501 N. S.R. 224, Club members are reminded to bring their Bright Futures donations. The guest speaker will be Jon Green, operations manager at the Alf Engen Ski Museum at Utah Olympic Park. Green will discuss the museum’s exhibits and educational field trip program. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit parkcitynewcomers.org. munity,” Favero said. “We did a choir survey, and onethird wanted to do a concert every year,” he said. “Another third wanted to do something different. The other third wanted to find another project to bring the community together. So, we split the difference and decided to do all of that in one concert.” The Park Record I think this piece raises so many people’s consciousness, because it puts together people of different cultures, faiths and tribes, while respecting those differences...” Debra Cook, Park City Community Choir director There has also been a change in venues. Instead of holding the concert at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, there will be two performances. The first will be on Friday, March 8, at St, Mary’s Catholic Church, 1505 W. White Pine Canyon Road. The second will be performed on Saturday, March 9, at Temple Har Shalom, 3700 Creekside Drive.“We decided to go into a couple of facilities of a couple of our religious congregations, which gave them opportunities to share their own facilities with us,” he said. “It was an intentional move to be more inclusive to members of our faith community.” To accommodate the smaller venues, the choir will be smaller this year, according to Favero. The choir will still be composed of singers from 13 different organizations and 14 local music groups, such as the Park City Treble Makers, Park City Singers, the Utah Conservatory and the American West Chorus, Favero said. “While we were able to get 110 people on the Eccles Center stage, we’ve had to cut the choir down to 70 people for these new venues,” he said. The choir will be joined by Esperanza Orchestra, a new community symphony started by Dr. Don Miller, Favero said. Utah Conservatory co-founder Debra Cook, who will lead the chorus, selected “Requiem” because of the composition’s message. “The piece deals with the passing from this life into the eternities, and the hope that comes from the light on the other side,” Cook said. “There are quite a few dissonant sections that open up into a beautiful harmonious and diatonic light.” Cook feels the piece honors those in the Summit County community who have passed on, especially those who suffered from mental illness. “Those passings have been particularly painful and have awoken the need to address how valuable life is to us, as well as give an understanding and solace for those who are still suffering,” she said. Some of the choir members have Park City Interfaith Council concerts with the Park City Community Choir and the Esperanza Orchestra When: 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8 Where: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 1505 W. White Pine Canyon Roadd When: 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 Where: Temple Har Shalom, 3700 Brookside Court Cost: Free felt those losses firsthand, according to Cook. “There are two singers who had one of their good friends commit suicide a few years ago,” she said. “It was difficult for them to work through, and they have told me that they have to sing in these concerts to honor their friend.” Rutter, an English composer who was born in 1945, wrote “Requiem” when he was 40. Rutter dedicated the work to his father, who passed away a year later in 1986, Cook said. “He originally wrote it for a church choir, and the intent of the piece is to give comfort and understanding of our purpose of existence from those who have passed on,” she said. “Besides feeling this piece was appropriate for an interfaith choir to perform, we also thought it was appropriate to bring a community together.” Please see Concerts, C-2 |