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Year 33, No. 22
Celebrating 33 Years of Community News
Theatre Philadelphia Debuts Philly Theatre Week 70+ Organizations, 80 Events and 268 Performances February 8-18, 2018 heatre Philadelphia debuts Philly Theatre Week with 70 organizations, 80 events and 268 performances between February 8 to 18, 2018. This new 10-day celebration will showcase the vibrant and diverse theatre scene in the tri-state region, and help make theatre even more accessible
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to the community. Participating organizations range from professional regional theatres, to local community theaters, to self-producing artists, and everything in between. Events will include full performances, workshops, panels and more in Philadelphia and suburbs, plus in New Jersey and Delaware. All tickets for participating shows are free, $15 or $30. Philly Theatre Week tickets are available at www.phillytheatreBiello Martin Studio presents “Crossing Borders” – an evening of musical theater, art song, and electronic music at the magical Biello Martin Studio in Old City, Saturday, February 17, at 8 p.m. Performers include renowned Canadian soprano Maureen Batt. See Philly Theatre Week on page 5
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February 7 – February 13, 2018
Mina Kawahara as Quincy/Bart, in “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play,” running February 6-18, 2018 at Villanova Theatre in Vasey Hall. Photo/Kimberly Reilly and Ann Marley illanova Theatre presents Whiting Award winner Anne Washburn’s wildly imaginative “Mr. Burns, a post electric play,” directed by Jill Harrison and on stage February 6-18, 2018. Set against the backdrop of The Simpsons, this rocking, rollicking musical mythology with score by the late Michael Friedman is “so smart it [will make] your head
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Isabella Florendo to Perform with Ambler Symphony Orchestra Young Musician Studies at the Nelly Berman School of Music Berman School of Music. With books n Sunday, Februar y 11, and tapes from the Luddington Isabella Florendo, age ten, library she learned to speak and a piano and violin student write 150 Russian words. at the Nelly Berman School of Music will perform Mozart’s Piano ConIsabella Florendo, age ten, a certo in C Minor No. 24 with the piano and violin student at the Ambler Symphony Orchestra. Nelly Berman School of Music, Isabella earned this opportunity will perform Mozart’s Piano to perform when she won the ConConcerto in C Minor No. 24 with certo Competition last year at the the Ambler Symphony Orchestra age of nine. on Sunday, February 11. Isabella taught herself to play For info or tickets, Bach’s Minuet in G on a toy keyvisit www.amblersymphony.org. board, a $1 find from a garage sale. Her delighted parents recognized It is rare when a young child deher fascination with music, and votes an unlimited amount of time decided she should start regular, to their instrument. When asked weekly piano lessons. When the how many hours Isabella practices Florendos’ train on their regular on weekends, her mother simply commute was late, they decided shrugged her shoulders and reto take a walk in Haverford. They plied that Isabella is there the ended up at the Nelly Berman School whole day. of Music, and the rest is history. At nine, Isabella heard an advanced violin student play at an NBS perforIsabella was 6 at the time. At 7, she desired to learn such a vast amount of music, she started taking mance class. The violinist played with soul and passion and ignited a familtwo one-hour lessons a week. She also started to teach herself Russian, the iar curiosity in Isabella. She told her parents she wanted to take violin lessons native language of her teacher, the late Nelly Berman, founder of the Nelly See Young Musician Isabella Florendo page 4
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