Royal Wedding Singers Performing Here
Acts associated with President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration, the Royal wedding, and even “Forrest Gump” are among the performances in the 2012 line-up of the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts.
Ticket sales for the 37th festival will begin at 10 am on Monday, November 21. The Festival runs from January 17, 2012 – February 26, 2012.
The opening act is male quartet, Blake, whose hit single “All of Me”, recorded to celebrate the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton, topped the music charts globally in April.
Classically trained, the boy-band will be performing a varied repertoire.
Venezuelan, pianist Gabriela Montero who performed with cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, violinist, Itzhak Perlman and clarinetist Anthony McGill at US President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration in 2009, will give a lively Sunday afternoon concert at City Hall.
Ms Montero, renown for her dexterity and improvisation, will be asking the audience for musical selections on which she will improvise.
Soulful songstress Marlena Smalls will weave storytelling with her Hallelujah Singers in a performance celebrating the rich culture of the Gullah people of South Carolina. The Gullah live in the Sea Island, an area made famous with the character Bubba, in the film “Forrest Gump.”
Festival Chairman Ian Davidson said the 2012 programme is outstanding for local art lovers.
“Our 2012 programme is diverse, featuring amazing jazz in the trumpeting stylings of Jon Faddis and his Jazz Orchestra of New York, to the compelling acting of Thembi Mtshali-Jones in ‘Mother to Mother’, to the all French Valentine programme of soprano Carole Farley. There’s even family fun in ‘ZOOZOO’ with animals.”
Festival director Karen Pollard said: “ We have two chamber groups in the lineup, The Schubert Ensemble of London and The Toulouse Chamber Orchestra conducted by the illustrious José Serebrier who will also give a pre-performance talk on The Role of the Conductor. And of course we’re delighted to host Ailey II, the junior company of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.”
For details on performances in the 2012 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts visit www. bermudafestival.org or call 232-2255 for a brochure. Tickets will be available at box office locations and online at starting at 10 am on Monday, November 21. Festival box office locations are: All Wrapped Up Home, Washington Mall and Fabulous Fashions at the Heron Bay Plaza, Southampton.
Visit www.bermudafestival.org or www.bdatix.bm to buy tickets online. For those who prefer, tickets can be purchased by phone for $3 per ticket extra. Call 232-2255 to make your booking.
At $65 for adults and $25 for students, Festival tickets always make great Christmas gifts and a complimentary Festival Souvenir Programme available in December from all box office locations, can accompany your gift tickets.
The Bermuda Festival was founded in 1976 to increase cultural awareness on the island and to share the performing arts with Bermuda residents and visitors. Covering the entire spectrum of the performing arts, the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts showcases a selection of the world’s leading artists.
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