Posts Tagged ‘Mason Bates’

Single Ticket Sales Off and Running

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Ticket sales are off-and-running and who’s the fairest of them all? Is it über-diva Meow Meow or Elevator Repair Services’ adaptation of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises or perhaps it is María Pagés spicy Flamenco dancing? Let us know who you think is in the lead by sending us a comment.

Other performances include:

• Azure & Artists World Premiere of Busk performed with OtherShore’s Snowfalls in Winter
• Ella Hickson’s award-winning theater production Eight
• Peter Brook’s U.S. Premiere of Love is my sin
• Israel’s shining star Deganit Shemy & Company
• Chamber “A” and Chamber “B” featuring a piece by rising-star Mason Bates

You can help drive your favorite up in the polls by purchasing your tickets now. Single tickets and festival packages are available online or by calling the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office at 941.360.7399.

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“The B-Sides” by Mason Bates

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Mason Bates will unveil his new commissioned orchestral suite, “The B-sides” this week along with Yuja Wang and the San Fransico Symphony. Excitement for the performance has been raging as once again Bates’ showed off his adroit ability to blend the classical and the hip last month as the YouTube Symphony Orchestra played part of the “The B-sides” during its debut. Check it out. Can’t wait to see what he will put together for the Ringling International Arts Festival.

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So Much to Experience!

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

In less than five months, the Ringling International Arts Festival will be alive in Sarasota. The rich diversity of scheduled performances, exhibitions, and special events will provide an enriching experience for any arts enthusiast. The Festival will include world and US premieres, plus several works commissioned specifically for the Ringling International Arts Festival.

But who and what to see? Your choices include: contemporary art paired with Old Masters paintings, orchestra and chamber music, cabaret, traditional and experimental theater, Flamenco dance, contemporary dance, and so much more. Before single performance tickets go on sale this Friday, visit the Ringling International Arts Festival YouTube channel to preview video clips of the artists’ performances.

Then be sure to let us know who you plan to see.

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Chamber Music

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Mason Bates

Mason Bates

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Eric Ruske, horn

Program A
C. Debussy,  Sonata for Violin and Piano
Mason Bates,  Horn Trio (world premiere);
F. Mendelssohn, Piano Trio in D Minor, op. 49

Thursday, Oct 8: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct 9: 5:30 p.m.
Historic Asolo Theater
Tickets: $30, $25, $20, $10

Program B
Mason Bates,  Horn Trio
A. Dvořák,  Piano Trio in F Minor, op. 65

Saturday, Oct 10: 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 11: 11:00 a.m.
Historic Asolo Theater
Tickets: $30, $25, $20, $10

These hour-long programs of masterworks of chamber music include a new addition to the horn trio repertoire by the acclaimed composer Mason Bates.  These works are performed by an exceptional ensemble of internationally renowned musicians – pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violinist Jennifer Frautschi, cellist Edward Arron, and French horn player Eric Ruske. Mason Bates music has been performed by The National Symphony Orchestra (both at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall), San Francisco Symphony, and the Atlanta and Phoenix Symphonies.

“At a time when symphony orchestras nationwide are trolling for audience magnets – the type of new material that can lure members of generations X and Y along with older subscribers – Bates just might have that bait.”  – The Los Angeles Times

Mason Bates’ new work is commissioned by the Ringling International Arts Festival.

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