From staff reports | Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:00 am
On stage in Casper
* Autumn Choral Concert
This year's annual Autumn Choral Concert with the Casper College Music Department will feature a little something for almost all musical tastes with musical selections ranging from Italian Baroque to contemporary jazz, including a choral composition by Eric Unruh who will accompany the Casper College Women's Choir in its performance.
The Women's Choir, which recently performed in the first ever Wyoming Women's Choir Festival, will also perform music by the Baroque Era composer Antonio Vivaldi and selections from classical contemporary.
The concert also features the Casper College Men's Choir who will sing barbershop music, '50s doo-wop and other entertaining music. The Casper College Contemporary Singers will perform jazz selections, including classics by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and the music of Sergio Mendez and Brasil '66. The concert will conclude with the Casper College Collegiate Chorale singing selections from "Gloria" by Francis Poulenc.
When: 2 p.m. SUNDAY
Where: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 701 S. Wolcott
Tickets: FREE (donations are accepted at the door)
* NICOLE RINER and FRIENDS
The Casper Chamber Music Society will present a former Wyoming Symphony flutist to open its 2008-2009 concert series. Nicole Riner will bring a flute ensemble composed of University of Wyoming faculty to showcase music by women composers.
When: 4 p.m. OCT. 19
Where: Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, 4600 S. Poplar St.
Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors, $2 students, free for children under 12, available at the door. Admission is free for CCMS season ticket holders. Season tickets are $50 adults, $35 seniors and $12 students.
Info: http://ccms.ramshorn.us
* FRANC D'AMBROSIO
Best known for his role in the stage version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" opera singer Franc D'Abrosio is one of a handful of "Phantom" alumni to crossover from theater to a flourishing solo career.
D'Ambrosio studied at the famed Vocal Academy at Lucca, Italy, and with legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti at his home in Pesaro. He debuted in the first revival of "Sweeney Todd" and was cast by film director Francis Ford Coppola in The Godfather Part III as the opera-singing son, Anthony Corleone. He sung the film's Academy Award-winning theme song, "Speak Softly Love" on the original motion picture soundtrack. He then landed the role in "Phantom" and performed in more than 3,000 performances, including a national tour and San Francisco run of over five years. He also starred as the male lead in the pre-Broadway tour of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana," a performance that earned a nomination for the National Theatre Award as Best Male Performer.
When: 7:30 p.m. OCT. 20
Where: Casper College, Gertrude Krampert Theatre
Tickets: $4 to $12, available at Simply Shelia, Ayres Jewelry, Hill Music, The Shade Tree and Sonic Rainbow
Info: Call ARTCORE at 265-1564 or visit www.artcorewy.com
* THE CANTRELLS
National Public Radio favorites Al and Emily Cantrell are said to weave music and lyrics in such a dazzling way it seems they are locked in a passionate dance where each knows the other so well they have no question where they're going. Emily uses her voice like an instrument, much like Joni Mitchell, while Al's fiddle and mandolin twist around her vivid soprano. The duo puts a pop spin on acoustic folk and bluegrass music, while also tackling Celtic, Western swing and traditional American tunes.
The Cantrells were hand-picked by Robert Redford to play oldtime music on screen in his hit movie, "A River Runs Through It." They met in Colorado and moved to Nashville to be a part of the bluegrass scene there.
When: 7:30 p.m. OCT. 30
Where: Natrona County High School, John F. Welsh Auditorium
Tickets: $4 to $12, available at Simply Shelia, Ayres Jewelry, Hill Music, The Shade Tree and Sonic Rainbow
Info: Call ARTCORE at 265-1564 or visit www.artcorewy.com
* STEVE MILLER BAND
The band behind the 1973 hit, "The Joker," isn't joking when it says it's coming to Casper. The band is on its second leg of a major North American tour that has already covered 37 cities. It will bring its musical range of acoustic solos, hard-driving Chicago blues, R&B and numerous hits to the Casper Events Center stage in November. Tickets are now on sale, so go "Fly Like an Eagle" and swoop them up.
When: 7 p.m. NOV. 2
Where: Casper Events Center
Tickets: $34.50, $44.50 and $79.50, available at the Events Center Box Office, by calling 577-3030 or (800) 442-2256, or online at www.caspereventscetner.com.
* BUCKCHERRY and AVENGED SEVENFOLD
The Casper Events Center announces that hard-rocking California band, Buckcherry, and genre-bending quintet, Avenged Sevenfold, are coming to Casper. Saving Abel will open.
Buckcherry's 2006 Grammy nominated album "15" boosted the band's confidence and inspired them to elevate its game for recent release, "Black Butterfly."
"I think the challenge for us has been just to get back to the headspace we were in three years ago, when it was us against the world and we had to make the record of our lives. I think that's exactly where we're at," said guitarist Keith Nelson in a press release.
Avenged Sevenfold has been called a band of virtuosos in a time when being an accomplished musician means little, a press release said. They are inquisitive and never quite satisfied with their own work, striving always to be better.
When: 7 p.m. NOV. 4
Where: Casper Events Center, 1 Events Drive
Tickets: General floor admission is $35, reserved stand seating is $39.50. Tickets available at the Events Center Box Office, by calling 577-3030 or (800) 442-2256, or online at www.caspereventscenter.com.
[PHOTO: InLightofEternity]->FREE * In Light of Eternity, 7 p.m. TODAY at the Casper Presbyterian Winner Memorial Church, 900 St. John St. A trio of women from Powell sing gospel music, including hymns, contemporary and original music. Call 254-0967.
* Kelly Walsh Choir Concert, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY at Kelly Walsh High School. $3.
FREE * Cory McDaniel, 5:30 to 7 p.m. every THURSDAY at Elixirs above 303 Restaurant at 303 S. Wolcott St. Jazz up your "happy hour" with some blues and jazz, some Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen sounds and some original compositions. Call 233-4303 or visit www.303grill.com ]
FREE * Thursday Night Blues Night, The Jazz Spot, 128 E. Second St., every Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. New martinis will be offered each Thursday, and dinner specials will also be available. Call 235-5299
* State Marching Band Competition takes place OCT. 18 at the Casper Events Center
* Dance with Swingsounds, 7 to 10 p.m. OCT. 18, NOV. 1, 15, 29 and DEC. 6, 20 at the Casper Senior Center, 1831 E. Fourth St. $4 per person, cash only, with the first $25 to benefit the Senior Center. Call 234-7239 or 265-4678.
FREE * Silhouettes of the West, an all-gal band that plays old-time country, bluegrass and Irish music, performs at 8 p.m. on Oct. 25 at The Metro Coffee Company, 241. S. David St.
* Player's Ball Halloween Party is coming Oct. 31 to the 303 and Elixirs Lounge, 303 S. Wolcott St., featuring 10 musical acts, DJ, costume contests, drink specials and more from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Lounge will serve as the 21 and up area, while the banquet area in the basement of the 303 will be for those 21 and under. $10 cover. Call 233-4303 or visit www.303grill.com.
Wyoming Music
FREE * CHUGWATER: The Stampede Steakhouse presents Dan Sherrill from Wheatland playing a folk and blues styles, a coffee-house kind of sound, 7 to 9 p.m. TODAY; Steve, Gretchen and Martin Gilmore will play bluegrass favorites and standards from 7 to 9 p.m. SATURDAY.
* WORLAND: The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra will perform for the first time ever in Worland at 7 p.m. SUNDAY in the Middle School auditorium. General seating, $12; reserved lower level seating, $24, including a reception at Washaki Museum with orchestra members following the concert. Tickets available at Washaki Museum, Hedge Music, Rocky Mountain Framing Gallery and Janet's Boutique. Call (307) 347-4102.
* GILLETTE: Kenny Rogers, the music man and actor behind such hits as "Lady," "We've Got Tonight," "Love or Something Like It" and "The Gambler" is coming to the CAM-PLEX Heritage Center, 7 p.m. on NOV. 13. Tickets are $35 to $50, available at the box office, by calling (307) 682-8802 or 1-877-4CAMPLEX, or visiting www.cam-plex.com .
* Be sure to tell the Weekender about your upcoming concerts and CD releases so we can get the word out about Wyoming's musical events. Send information to features reporter Wes Smalling. E-mail: wes.smalling@trib.com. Phone: (307) 266-0524. Regular mail: Casper Star-Tribune, P.O. Box 80, Casper, WY, 82602.
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