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Event

Title:: Days of '47 Pops Concert
When:: Friday, July 9 - 2010 - Saturday, July 10 - 2010 19.30
Where:: Abravanel Hall - Salt Lake City
Category:: Upcoming Concerts

Description

Days of ‘47/KUTV Pops Concert

With the

Choral Arts Society of Utah

with the Utah National Guard 23^rd Army Band

Featuring Guest Artist Alex Boyé and Repertory Dance Theater (RDT)

Two incredible nights of a Salute to the American Pioneer Spirit at the Pops with the Choral Arts Society of Utah performing with the Utah National Guard 23^rd Army Band and outstanding guest artists. This year’s line-up includes Utah vocalist Alex Boyé, and dancers from the Repertory Dance Theater. KUTV 2News Anchors will host the Concert. Admission is free, but for guaranteed admission, send SASE to: Days of ‘47 Pops, PO Box 2623, SLC, UT 84110.

Alex Boyé, Best of state award recipient for "2009 Performing Artist of the Year", has been entertaining audiences worldwide for over 15 years. Born and raised in London, England, he has hits in over 15 countries, selling over half a million CDs He recorded two solo songs on the new Tabernacle Choir release, ”Come Thou Fount" which has garnered rave reviews and reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts. Alex is DYNAMITE!! You need to see him live to believe it!

Utah’s Repertory Dance Theater (RDT) was founded in 1966 as a fully professional modern dance company through a cooperative effort involving the Salt Lake City community, the University of Utah and a major grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. RDT is the oldest and most successful company of its kind, a living museum representing 100 years of dance history, preserving the largest and most significant collection of American dance in the world.

Organized in 1924 to provide music for military ceremonies, the 23^rd Army Band performed twice at the prestigious Worldwide Bandmasters Conference in Norfolk, VA., and was invited by the Mayor of St. Petersburg, Russia, and the U.S. State Department to perform a series of joint concerts with the Leningrad District Army Band during the summer of 1992. In 2004, the Band traveled to Germany to welcome home soldiers from the Middle East and to support the USAREUR (U.S. Army Europe) Band & Chorus, in addition to welcoming home troops here in Utah.

Now in its 25^th year, The Choral Arts Society of Utah Master Chorale’s 100-voice mixed choir is based in Salt Lake City. Many of their performances are benefit concerts for schools and organizations providing humanitarian services to local areas.

Venue

Venue:: Abravanel Hall - Website
Street:: 123 W. South Temple
ZIP:: 84110
City:: Salt Lake City
State:: Utah
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Description

Abravanel Hall is home to the Utah Symphony and part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. Adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street this architectural masterpiece has become a landmark. Besides symphony performances the hall also hosts numerous concerts and special events.

Abravanel Hall was created specifically to provide an environment of acoustical excellence by Dr. Cyril M. Harris who was the acoustical consultant for the remodeled Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Abravanel Hall, formerly known as Symphony Hall, was so named in May of 1993 for the beloved Maestro Maurice Abravanel, conductor of the Utah Symphony and advocate for all the arts in Utah. Abravanel Hall is actually a concrete building within a brick building. Inside these two outer shells stands the beautiful concert hall. Designed strictly as a concert hall the stage has no proscenium - rather, it is an extension of the audience. The form of the hall is rectangular which is characteristic of the world's finest symphony halls (the Grosser Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Symphony Hall in Boston.)

To reach the hall patrons pass through sound lock corridors which are designed to prevent confusion and noise from the lobby from spilling into the concert hall. The interior of the hall is dominated by convex curved surfaces for both the walls and ceilings. Not only these designs, but also the basic materials were carefully chosen by Dr. Harris and the architects for acoustical purposes. Suspended from the ceiling are six 16 x 16 foot brass chandeliers with 18,000 hand cut beads and prisms of Bohemian crystals imported from Austria and Czechoslovakia. The four story lobby is crowned with a ceiling of white oak and solid brass. To compliment this the hall is adorned with more than 12,000 square feet of 24-karat gold leaf that was brushed on by hand. With 5,400 square feet of tempered glass made in England the lobby of the hall orients itself toward the East and the former home of the Utah Symphony, the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square. Abravanel Hall is home to the Utah Symphony & Opera.

Abravanel Hall first opened its doors in September 1979