Hey, folks,

More interesting and fun offerings around town this week. Hey, before you
go to the open house on Thursday, come to the Fine Arts Center for a
glimpse at the beautiful and the macabre.

Are you interested in bats, wolves, silent classics, Dracula or opera? At
1:40 on Thursday the 29th, composer Alva Henderson and poet/lyricist Dana
Gioia will appear in the Hayes Concert Hall as part of the Cadek Dept of
Music Seminar series. Thanks to Suntrust Chair of Humanities Dr. William
McClay, the Music Dept and the Patten Series, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Gioia
will discuss their opera, Nosferatu, based on the F.W. Murnau film. We will
also listen to selected segments from previews of the opera, which we hope
to produce as a world premier on campus next season.

Dr. McClay will lead the discussion, and Marianna Allen, from our Fine Arts
Center staff, will perform the "Salve Regina," which leads to the climax of
the work. Ms. Allen will be accompanied by Martha Summa-Chadwick, from the
Cadek Dept of Music.

I hope many of you will come to learn about the creation of an opera, from
the first idea to mounting the production.

If you have any questions, write me back or call me at 755-4379.

Thanks,
Kim


>Subject: ArtsChatt for the week of November 26, 2001
>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:09:00 -0500
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>Hang on to your hat-here comes Christmas!  Seems like we barely finish
>Thanksgiving before the abundance of December arts events is upon us.
>
>This week brings several of those holiday arts events, like the 39th annual
>Singing Christmas Tree presented by the Chattanooga Boys Choir (not too many
>of the original boys still left, as they like to say) in two performances
>this coming Saturday.
>
>If you want to get in the holiday spirit before then, check out the
>All-Member Holiday Exhibit at the Association for Visual Artists' gallery on
>Frazier Avenue.  It opens Tuesday, with an opening reception scheduled for
>Friday, November 30.
>
>Of course, "A Taffetas Christmas" at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre will set
>your toes tapping, Thursday through Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon.
>You'll want to bring the children to the Theatre Centre this weekend, too,
>for "A Cinderella Christmas,"  written by Allied Arts' own (and former CTC
>Youth Theatre Director) Rodney Van Valkenburg.
>
>Another very special holiday tradition also takes place this week at
>Covenant College, the 35th annual Madrigal Dinner.  It's the perfect setting
>for a medieval English feast, with great food and music.
>
>There's lots more happening this week.  For more information on times,
>locations, and ticket purchasing for these and many more of the week's arts
>events, or to link to other arts groups, check our website at
>www.alliedartschattanooga.org.
>
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Kim Edward Renz
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
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