Back to School Ball at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

Free Admission for Educators

-Friday, September 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm-
(Philadelphia, PA) – August 30, 2010 – On September 10, 6:00pm-9:00pm, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG) hosts its first annual Back to School Ball exclusively for teachers and educators. This free event will invite local and regional educators to learn more about PMG and the mosaic environments of Isaiah Zagar.  Participants will also create projects directly applicable to the classroom in a variety of subject areas including art, history, and social studies.

Guests will enjoy a guided tour through the glittering mosaics from a seasoned PMG tour guide, watch a screening of the Monumental Mosaics instructional video, view and make beautiful crafts, and kick up their heels on the tiled dance floor!  Free raffle tickets will be given for over $800 of prizes including a mosaic by Isaiah Zagar, an autographed In A Dream DVD, a free intensive weekend Mosaic Method Workshop voucher, tile-inspired jewelry, Monumental Mosaics: The Isaiah Zagar Method DVD, and more!

PMG’s FREE Back to School Ball Celebration will include the following activities:

• Refreshments and light fare from local restaurants
• Free tours of PMG led by trained Garden Guide interpreters
• Mosaic and PMG themed hands-on activity tables
• DJ Captain Ridiculous spinning music all night long
• Over $800 of raffle prizes
• Mosaic Mural Teacher’s Scholarship information
• Take-away PMG lesson plans featuring State Curriculum Standards
• Screening of Monumental Mosaics: The Isaiah Zagar Method
• Gifts from Dick Blick art store

Space is limited. To reserve your spot RSVP to khealy@phillymagicgardens.org with your name and organization’s address and phone number.

Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens is located at 1020 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147.  For more information, please call 215-733-0390 or view our website at www.phillymagicgardens.org.

PMG’s Back to School Ball is generously supported by Dick Blick, Lovash Indian Restaurant, Philadelphia Brewing Company and other local restaurants.

CLICK HERE TO BE REDIRECTED TO GROUPON.COM TO PURCHASE THE DISCOUNTED TICKETS

Click above to buy a $34 second-tier ticket to “Mattila Debuts” on 1/15/10 at 8 p.m., “The Firebird” on 2/14/10 at 2 p.m., or “Philadelphia Premieres” on 2/18/10 at 8 p.m. ($71 Value).

• Buy here for a $47 front or center orchestra ticket to “Mattila Debuts” on 1/15/10 at 8 p.m., “The Firebird” on 2/14/10 at 2 p.m., or “Philadelphia Premieres” on 2/18/10 at 8 p.m. ($96 value).
• Buy here for a $52 first-tier rear box-seat ticket to “Mattila Debuts” on 1/15/10 at 8 p.m., “The Firebird” on 2/14/10 at 2 p.m., or “Philadelphia Premieres” on 2/18/10 at 8 p.m. ($106 value).

This Valentine’s Day, give the classical music buff in your life a gift that makes up for last year’s gift of tickets to see Composerbot, the music-composing automaton that went “a little caca” immediately after completing its Ninth Symphony and devoured an innocent Ford Tempo. Today’s deal gets you a seat at your choice of three differentPhiladelphia Orchestra performances at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center, with second-tier, front or center orchestra, and first-tier box seats available for all three shows. Prices start at $34 for second-tier seats ($71 value), go up to $47 for front or center orchestra seats ($96 value), and end at $52 for box seats ($106 value).

You’ll have your choice of three stellar performances:

• On Friday, January 15, at 8 p.m., enjoy “Mattila Debuts”. For this show, Finnish soprano Karita Mattila will be singing Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Martinu’s Symphony no. 3, and the Adagio from Mahler’s Tenth.
• On Valentine’s Day at 2 p.m., Andrey Boreyko will be conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra through “The Firebird”, featuring Barber’s Night Flight, Chopin’s second piano concerto, Kancheli’s “Morning Prayers,” and Stravinsky’s legendary Firebird suite.
• On Friday, February 18, at 8 p.m., conductor Rossen Milanov will be at the helm for “Philadelphia Premieres”, which features a little Barber and Rachmaninoff, as well as Richard Danielpour’s A Woman’s Life, which focuses on the life of American soprano Angela Brown.

If you can’t decide, then don’t. You can buy Groupons for all three concerts. Verizon Hall can house hundreds, so buy one for everyone in your scrappy, punk-rock marching orchestra.

You must bring your Groupon to the box office at least 48 hours ahead of your chosen show to receive your seats.

Thursday, December 10th – 7:00 PM
THE CONNOISSEUR SERIES:
Taylor Stayton, tenor & Steven LaBrie, baritone

at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

Philadelphia Art Alliance | 251 S. South 18th Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19103

Admission: $15
PAA Members FREE

Award-winning Academy of Vocal Arts residents Taylor Stayton and Steven LaBrie present a joint concert of solos and duets from the opera and Broadway stages.  Don’t miss these two young rising stars destined for major careers in the music world.

RE{gogreengo]MIX by Composer Joseph Hallman Available on iTunes!

You can pick it up on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id340718534

It includes some awesome remixes by Paul Pinto, Dj Carl Michaels,
Jamie Johnson, Gemini Wolf’s Megan Cauley, Peter (Prince of New York)
Clement, Michi Wiancko (Kono Michi), and of course Joseph Hallman!

Go grab your copy!, the album is a diverse mix of really superb mixes.
Each artist brings something totally unique to the table from Michi’s
violin layerings and Megan’s dark glitchies to DJ Carl MIchaels and
Jamie Johnson’s energetic house mixes!

Curtis Chamber Orchestra
Mischa Santora, conductor
Sarah Kwak, violin
Fora Baltacigil, double bass
Friday, December 4, 2009 | Perelman Theater
Brahms • Bottesini • Stravinsky
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Conductor Mischa Santora leads the always excellent Curtis Chamber Orchestra in a program of Brahms, Bottesini and Stravinsky.  Two Curtis graduates – Sarah Kwak, violin and Fora Baltacigil, double bass – join the group as soloists.