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Year 31, No. 34
Celebrating 31 Years of Community News
April 27 – May 3, 2016
Dance Illusionist Troupe MOMIX Delaware County Symphony Fourth Full Symphonic Concert Performs “Opus Cactus” Two week run May 11 - May 22 at the Prince Theater
Symphony Performs Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with Guest Soloist Audrey Emata May 1
he Delaware C o u n t y Symphony (DCS) will present the fourth full symphonic concert of the 2015-2016 season on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 3 p.m. in the Meagher Theatre of the Thomas A. Bruder, Jr. Life Center at Neumann University. Ms. Audrey Emata nown worldwide is the winner of the for creating multiDCS Youth Concerto media works of Competition. She exceptional began studying flute inventiveness at age 6 with Re and astounding becca Simon. Audrey physical beauty, MOMIX brings has won first prizes its full-length theatrical specat the Mid Atlantic tacle “Opus Cactus” concludFlute Fair and Pocono Known worldwide for creatFlute Festival, and ing multi-media works of is a two time winexceptional inventiveness ner of both the New and astounding physical York Flute Club and beauty, MOMIX brings its fullPhiladelphia Flute length theatrical spectacle Society competi“Opus Cactus” to Prince DCS Youth Concerto Competition tions. She has perTheater May11-15 and winner, Ms. Audrey Emata, will be formed at the KenMay 18-22, 2016. performing the soothing, cheerful and nedy Center in Washington DC as a win- fluid sounds of the “Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra in D Major” by ner of the Asian ing NextMove Dance’s inauWolfgang Mozart. American Music gural season at the Prince Society’s InternationTheater, 1412 Chestnut Street. al Competition, and has been a soloist with the Allentown, Twelve performances are Lansdowne, Ambler, Warminster, and Old York Road symscheduled May11-15 and phony orchestras. May 18-22, 2016 to accommoShe has been featured on NPR’s From the Top, and received date this popular presentation. a full scholarship to play for Sir James Galway in his master Conceived and directed by classes at the 25th Galway International Flute Festival in MOMIX’s artistic director Moses Pendleton, “Opus Cactus” is a visual journey into the splendors of the American Weggis, Switzerland and an additional full scholarship to the Southwest. Ten exceptionally-talented dancer-athletes bring the desert landscape to life, 2014 Scottish International Flute Summer School in Perth, set to an hypnotic music score ranging from Bach, to tribal, to new age, to contemporary. Scotland. Audrey has performed in master classes for James
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See MOMIX’s “Opus Cactus” on page 12
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Main Line Art Center Brings Glamour and Stardust to the Gallery for David Bowie-Inspired Fundraiser “Spring Gala Exhibition” April 30-June 5, 2016 “Bauhaus to Bowie” Preview Party: Friday, April 29, 6:30-10 p.m. • Tickets Available Artist Reception & Sensory Garden Party Saturday, June 4, 1-3 p.m. • Free xpect glitz and glamour, a sprinkling of stardust, and a lot of art to fall in love with at Main Line Art Center’s 2016 Spring Gala Exhibition and Fundraiser Preview Party, “Bauhaus to Bowie.” Inspired by David Bowie, the highenergy party on Friday, April 29 from 6:30 to 10 p.m., kicks off the Center’s main fundraiser, the “Spring Gala Exhibition,” which opens to the pub- Leslie Friedman’s “James,” 2013. lic April 30 and runs through June 5. At first glance, a David Bowie-inspired gala might seem like a surprising choice for Main Line Art Center, located in Haverford. Certainly his music and colorful style has inspired thousands of people, but it is what inspired him that truly moved the committee. An avid art collector and a visual artist himself, Bowie once told a reporter, “Art See “Spring Gala Exhibition” on page 12
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