This Thursday - Carnegie Hall!

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Yuri Temirkanov (pictured at left). Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 8 PM.

The “sound ... seems to emanate out of the stage floorboards and throb.” Or so says the New York Times about the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Let's see for ourselves on Thursday. It's an all-Russian program, featuring Sviridov's "Small Triptych," Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death," and Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky." Click here for more about the music, the artists, and to listen to samples.

Thursday's itinerary: We'll spend class discussing the rest of the "Tings Dey Happen" reviews, and then talking about review structure and classical music criticism.

Then we'll walk over to the hall (at 57th Street and 7th Avenue) together after class for the preconcert talk at 7pm. (That won't give us much time to stop to eat, so bring a snack if you think you'll need one, or some money to pick up something quick.) The speaker is Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University. The concert starts at 8pm and should be over by 10pm.

So what did everyone think of Danny's talk on Thursday? Did he say anything that made you view his performance, or your job as a critic, differently? Let's get some thoughts out here.

Tings, Dey Happening on Thursday

Dan Hoyle will stop by Multi TRaC!

A little about him...

Dan Hoyle is an actor and writer based in San Francisco. His first solo show Circumnavigator, directed by Charlie Varon, ran for three months at The Marsh in Fall 2004 before touring colleges throughout the country. His second solo show, Florida 2004: The Big Bummer, had a sold-out run in Winter 2005 before he had to leave for Nigeria. While in Nigeria on a Fulbright scholarship, Dan performed at the U.S. Embassy and at the University of Port Harcourt’s theater, The Crab. He has served as an artist-in-residence for San Francisco’s School of the Arts High School, and has been commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe and the Aurora Theatre Company. In 2003 he graduated from Northwestern University with a double degree in Performance Studies and History. His essays have been featured in The San Francisco Chronicle and on Sports Illustrated.com and Alternet.org. He has also performed with his father, actor and comedian Geoff Hoyle.

To learn more about Dan, check out his website: http://www.danhoyle.net/

When you're writing your reviews, jot down questions you have about the show, his writing/acting process, his trip....anything. He'll be in class for an hour, at your disposal.
(oh, yeah, and we're going to videotape it, so be prepared!!!)

~eric

1st Class and show details!

Hey Multi TRaC!

You get started this Thursday and will kick off the TRaC season with a show that night! Make sure to mark your calendars and plan accordingly ... meaning bring something to eat or a few bucks to pick up some food before the show.

Where and when to meet for class....
You meet every Thursday, from this one until the last class in December, from 4:30 to 6:30 (don't be late!) at the Jacob Blaustein Building at 165 East 56th Street on the corner of 3rd Avenue. **You are required to bring Photo ID.** (Please note: we are not always in the same room. Ask the guard behind the glass what room to be sure.) Take the 4, 5 or 6 train to 59th street and walk south down to 56th on Lexington and make a left. OR take the E, V, or 6 train to 51st street and walk north.

Immediately following class you will head down, as a group, to the Culture Project to see the one-man show, Tings Dey Happen, written and performed by Danny Hoyle.

Here's a little about the show from the Culture Project website:

Dan Hoyle tells the comic and profound story of Nigeria's oil madness in Tings Dey Happen, based on Hoyle's year in Nigeria as a Fulbright Scholar.

Media-savvy warlords, pacifist militants, Africanized Texas oilmen, and prostitutes turned anti-Chevron activists confront the audience with their stories of survival on the West African Oil Frontier.

Already supplying 10% of American oil, Nigeria and its surrounding Gulf of Guinea region has been targeted as the "new Middle East" of oil security.

However, militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta are blowing up pipelines, warlords are threatening rebellion, and oil company employees are being kidnapped with alarming frequency...

The show is at 8pm and runs about an hour and a half. The Culture Project theater is at 55 Mercer St. (between Broome St. and Grand St.). Click here to check out their website for directions.

If you get lost, contact Eric at High 5: 212-750-0555 ext.208 or ext. 200 (if there's no answer at 208) Print out this post or write this down.

And don't forget to bring a pen and notebook on Thursday!

enjoy
~eric