LITTLE ROCK — Tenor George Dyer and pianist Stratsimir Pavlov will give a recital of operatic and zarazuela arias, art songs and show tunes at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn, Little Rock.
The program will include "Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert" by Franz Lehar; "Maria" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein; "No Puede Ser (La Tabernera Del Puerto)" by zarazuela composer Pablo Sorozabal; the traditional Irish tune "Danny Boy"; "Sure on This Shining Night" by Samuel Barber; "Lenski's Aria" from the opera Eugene Onegin by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; classic Neapolitan song "O Sole Mio"; "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables (music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer); "Music of the Night" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera; "Time to Say Goodbye" by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto; and "Nessun dorma" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini.
The recital is a benefit for the Chotard Institute of Music's scholarship fund. Tickets are $30, $10 for students. Call (501) 664-7440.
Dyer will also give a master class for institute students and visit music classes in local schools.
Vienna Trio
The Vienna Piano Trio - Stefan Mendl, piano; Wolfgang Redik, violin; and Matthias Gredler, cello - will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Riceland Hall of the Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
The concert is part of the Riceland Distinguished Performance Series.
The program will include the Piano Trio in e minor, Hob. XV/12, by Franz Joseph Haydn; Piano Trio in g minor, op.15, by Bedrich Smetana; and the Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, op.87, by Johannes Brahms.
Tickets are $30 and $20; $23 and $15 for ASU faculty and staff, senior citizens and students in grades K-12; $10 and $6 for ASU students. Call (870) 972-2781 or (888) 278-3267, or visit the Web site, tickets.astate.edu.
UCA winds
The University of Central Arkansas Wind Ensemble will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
The program will include Mother Earth by David Maslanka; After a Gentle Rain by Anthony Iannaccone; Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed; and the Symphony for Band, op.69, by Vincent Persichetti. Ricky Brooks conducts.
Admission is free.
Call (501) 450-5764.
Trumpet studio
The University of Arkansas Trumpet Studio will give a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
With Kristin Harwell at the piano, Will Nash and Adam Vanderbush will play movements from the Concerto in E-flat major by J.B.G. Neruda; Clint Rhodes will play the "Allegro con brio" movement of Sonate by Thorvald Hansen; Kris Still will play The Hollow Men by Persichetti; DougLindsey will play "Nocturne" and "Final" from Concerto by Henri Tomasi; Brian Glass will play the "Allegretto" movement from the Sonata by George Antheil; and Brant Gorham will play The Carnival of Venice by J.B. Arban.
Admission is free. Call (479) 575-4701.
Breast cancer benefit
Dancer/choreographer Melanie Hymel and her modern dance company, lilium, will perform "Woven Lives/Woven Stories," at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Dance Studio, Arkansas Hall, Henderson State University in Arkadelphia.
Hymel will also teach a modern dance master class from 3 to 4:15 p.m.
Admission to the master class and the performance are free, but donations will be accepted for area breast cancer organizations The Witness Project and Esperanza y Vida. Call (870) 230-5168.
Seussical, Jr.
Arkansas Kids, a Northwest Arkansas youth theater group, will stage the musical Seussical, Jr. at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Arend Arts Center, Bentonville High School, 1901 SE J Street, Bentonville.
The musical is a shorter version, primarily for younger performers, of Seussical the Musical, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, book by Flaherty and Ahrens, based on the stories of Dr. Seuss. The cast ranges in age from 5 to 17.
Tickets are $10, $5 for children 3-12.
Call (479) 936-7653 or visit the Web site, www.ar-kids.com.
Comedy at Harrison
The Theatre Company and the Ozark Arts Council will stage the comedy Dearly Beloved by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Lyric Theater, 113 W. Rush Ave., Harrison.
Comedy mayhem ensues when the bride and groom turn up missing for their Fayro, Texas, wedding.
Tickets are $10, $5 for students. Call (870) 391-3504 or visit the Web site, www.thelyric harrison.org.
Weekend auditions
The Weekend Theater will hold auditions for two shows - Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel and Fat Pig by Neil LaBute - at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at the theater, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock.
Auditions will consist of readings from the scripts; the theater will not make scripts available in advance. There are no roles for children.
Production dates are Feb. 22-March 8 for Dancing at Lughnasa, March 28-April 12 for Fat Pig. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit the Web site, www.weekend theater.org.
The theater will also hold auditions for the musical Urinetown, music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 and 7 p.m. Nov. 11.
Prepare a song and bring sheet music for the accompanist or plan to sing "Happy Birthday," as well as to read from the script. Scripts will not be available prior to auditions. There are no roles for children.
Production dates are Jan. 18-Feb. 3. Call (501) 374-3761 or email director John Thompson at stgenesius@sbcglobal.net.
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