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THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 28, Number 30 Thursday, August 9, 2012 G The Michigan City Chamber Music Festival c MNO Gets “Serioso” This Year MNO by Charles McKelvy The Michigan City Chamber Music Festival is darkest works: “Grosse Fugue.” getting “serioso” (or serious) this August 11 to 19 as Festival Co-Founder and Educational Director they offer their eleventh season of fi ve free concerts Sunny Gardner Orbovich said the Festival is sol- under the theme: “Serious Music.” diering on through trying fi nancial times “because And by serious music, Festival Co-Founder and we just love doing it. Last year, our tenth season, Music Director Nic Orbovich means that “we are go- was a huge blessing. But we are more enriched this ing to play a lot of serious, serious music this year. year than we have ever been with such great friends We will probe deeply into some of the most profound of the Festival. We feel our friends are carrying us musical expressions of human feeling.” and providing an economy of creativity. We will nev- The fi rst concert, er be abandoned by this for example, features creative energy.” Beethoven’s “Serioso” Nic and Sunny are par- string quartet. ticularly thrilled to an- Subsequent concerts, all nounce the return of one of of which will be held in the the world’s premiere oboe air-conditioned and handi- players, Nancy Ambrose capped accessible First King, to the Festival this Presbyterian Church at year. The wife of Festival 121 West Ninth Street, in- clarinetist Bill King, Nan- clude a new “Missa Brevis” cy Ambrose King will be or short chamber mass by featured in the Festival’s composer-in-residence Ru- opener: Antonio Vivaldi’s dolf Haken, Schubert’s ev- “Concerto for Oboe and er-popular string quartet, Strings.” “Death and the Maiden,” She will also be featured and culminating on Sun- in Mozart’s “Quartet for day, August 19 at 3 p.m. in Oboe and Strings,” and she one of Beethoven’s last and Michigan City’s fi rst family of Chamber Music: Sunny Gardner Orbovich will enter into a musical and Nic Orbovich and their daughter Sophie Gardner Orbovich. Continued on Page 2 Robert Auler, piano. Bill King, clarinet. Gabriel Schlaffer, David Peshlakai, cello. Zofi a Glashauser, violin. viola and violin. THE Page 2 August 9, 2012 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.thebeacher.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. Chamber Music Festival Continude from Page 1 dialogue with her husband Bill as they perform Finn Hoffding’s “Dialogues for Oboe and Clarinet.” Opening night concludes with Beethoven’s “Se- rioso String Quartet in f minor.” In addition to Nancy and Bill, you will hear Nic Orbovich and Zofi a Glashauser on violin, Rudolf Haken on viola and Wesley Baldwin on cello. World-renowned pianist Robert Auler makes his fi rst appearance on Monday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m. when he performs Sergei Prokofi ev’s defi ant re- sponse to Stalin’s tyranny: “Sonata Number 7 for Piano.” Gabriel Schlaffer will perform Hindemith’s “Sonata for Viola and Piano” that evening with Rob- ert Auler, and Michigan City’s very own Melisa Bar- rick-Baldwin will give voice that evening to “Songs Soprano Kimberly Jones (left) with Board Member Janet Toyra-Smith. for soprano and cello” by B. Chave. violist Deepu Sengupta will appear as the Senior Soprano Kimberly Jones, cellist David Peshlakai, Division winners. Sophie Gardner Orbovich and and percussionist Kent Barnhartt fi rst appear at Kaelyn Oman won the Junior Division competition this year’s Festival on Wednesday, August 15 in and thus will appear as Violin Blitz. works by Brahams and, of course, Rudolf Haken’s And then the Festival will conclude on a truly se- “Missa Brevis.” rious note with Beethoven’s “Grosse Fugue.” Five talented young string players will perform “It was one of the last pieces he wrote,” Nic noted. on Sunday, August 19 in a concert beginning at 3 “He was living the life of a hermit in Vienna when p.m. as winners of the 2012 Harold A. Smith Me- he wrote this music that was truly a century ahead morial Competition. Trio Veliero, which consists of of its time. There are 32-measure segments that are violinists Michaela Kapala and Jacob Kapala and suggestive of Bartok and Shostakovich. We are so very happy to present this amazing piece of music this year.” Just as Sunny is so very happy to offer some “Serious Fun” for children in the form of three Concerts for Children on August 14, 16, and 18. All three are free and the August 14 and 16 events will be held in the undercroft at First Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. and will begin with a light supper so parents and grandparents can join in the fun and music. Sunny said the August 14 concert will feature a fun, interactive presentation based on Rudolf Haken’s new “Missa Bre- vis,” and she credited her teacher and men- tor Amanda Joyner for inspiring her to of- fer an evening of “serious singing and hat making” on August 16 at 6 p.m. Sunny is hoping her hat makers will wear their cre- Trio Veliero will perform August 19. They are (left to right): Michaela Kapala-violin, ations to the Festival concert the following Jacob Kapala-violin, and Deepu Sengupta-viola. day, on August 17. THE August 9, 2012 Page 3 Bill King (left) and Rudolf Haken hang out at the 2011 Festival. The Michigan City Community Children’s Choir will perform at the Michigan City Public Library on August 18 at noon, and Wesley Baldwin will offer a cello class by Skype with a student in Tennessee from the Michigan City Public Library on August 14 at noon. Oh, and don’t forget all the fabulous food from lo- cal restaurants and bakers served at the receptions following each concert. The musicians will be there to sell CDs, talk music and just hang out. Robert Auler shares his love of music with students at Springfi eld Elementary School earlier this year. And speaking of sales, the Festival folks will be selling a DVD of highlights from the 2011 Festival for a mere $25. Those donating $100 or more to the Festival get one free as a bonus. So much great music and fun and fellowship in one short week, so simply make the scene at First Presbyterian Church 121 West Ninth Street on Au- gust 11, 13, 15 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and August 19 at 3 p.m. For more information and the complete event schedule, please visit: www.mccmf.org or Facebook. Michigan City’s own Melisa Nancy Ambrose King is featured Barrick-Baldwin, soprano. on opening night in Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Oboe and Strings.” THE Page 4 August 9, 2012 “Play it Again, Sam” at Canterbury Summer Theatre “Play it Again, Sam,” Woody Allen’s hilarious and touching comedy and the fifth production of the 2012 Canterbury Summer Theatre Season, opens Wednesday, August 8, and continues thru Saturday, August 11, at Michigan City’s Mainstreet Theatre, 807 Franklin Street. Allan Felix (Alex Rogers), a mild mannered film critic, aficionado, and worshipper of Humphrey Bogart (Alex Huff), has recently been deserted by his wife. His friends, Dick and Linda Christie (Matt Carroll and Mary- Margaret Roberts), worry about him and attempt to console him by fixing him up with a variety of eligible young women. Little do they know that Allan is being coached by an imaginary Bogey who tells him what he needs to do to be suave and sexy, but Allan is so awkward that even Bogey’s patience is tried. A major problem is that the only woman Allan feels comfortable with is Linda and as they are forced together more and more by her Mary-Margaret Roberts, Leah Mazur, Alex Rogers, and Katherine Damisch workaholic husband’s neglect and his ill-fated love connections, they begin to fall for each other. In the end, he has to decide whether the true measure of a man is luck with the ladies or loyalty to his friends. The comedy opened in 1969 and ran for 453 performances on Broadway. It was nominated for three Tony Awards and, in 1972 it was made into a movie starring its author, Woody Allen, and Diane Keaton. Allen, an author, screenwriter, director, actor and comedian has won three Academy Awards and has been nominated 21 times. Among his best known works are “Manhattan” and “Annie Hall.” Tickets are $14.00 on Wednesday and Thursday, $15.00 on Friday and Saturday. Senior Citizen, group and student discounts are available as well as group luncheon/dinner theatre packages. Curtain is Wednesday thru Saturday at 8:00 pm with a 2:00 pm Wednesday matinee and an additional 5:00 pm Saturday performance. Reserved seating is available by calling the Mainstreet Theatre box office (219-874-4269), in person at 807 Franklin Street or through e-mail at [email protected].