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We sometimes have this parenting dilemma in our house. We will tell a child to put their shoes in the closet. Child picks up a marker off the floor. "This?" the child will say? "No. Your shoes. Right there. Put those in the closet." It's a task that happens every single time that the children walk in the door and sometimes when we ask them to do it, they look at us like we have 6 eyeballs. Kid then picks up the shoes and puts them on the couch. "Here?" the child will say. "Is that the closet?" I reply. The kid then looks at me like maybe the couch will turn into the closet. Kid finally decided that no, the couch is not the closet and walks away. "Wait! Come put your shoes in the closet!" Kid runs back in and finds a ball of lint on his shirt and holds it up. "This? I put this in the closet, mom?" Grrrr... even Dr. Spock has nothing in his book about this. I've looked. I even tried to look it up under different things, such as "kid develops inconvenient amnesia" and "kid attempt to kill parents with slow mind numbing idiotness." Nothing. Which tells me one of two things- 1) kids in the 60's,70's and 80's didn't do this or 2) Dr. Spock knows nothing about raising children.
This phenomenon of crazy behavior carries in to all other areas of parenting as well. For instance, exhibit B- the bathtub. When one is in the bathtub, nudity is fantastic. When one is out of the bathtub, nudity is also fantastic, however, do not take your private parts and put them all over the couch. Or lay body parts down on the pillow that I sleep on. I can tell the children a million times to please put on their undies and still, I find small kid private parts touching just about everything in the house 10 minutes later. Or an hour later. Now- I'm all for little kids being free and uninhibited with their bodies, but I do not allow them to do that at the kitchen table which seems to come as a HUGE shock to every one every single day that you don't sit nekkid at dinner. Or that we have to wear clothes at all. Truly, they act like they've never worn clothes before and act all blind sided when I announce that they need to get dressed before we go somewhere. Their inner dialogue screams, "Clothes? What are those? Really, we have to put clothes on?" Yes, tiny humans. We do this every day. Do you remember yesterday?
And then there is the homework. "Did you do your homework?" I will say. "All but the reading" is the standard reply. To which I always say, "Finish the reading." Somehow this gets interpreted into- get out the crayons and draw, or make a sandwich or paint your nails or get nekkid so mom will scream about how we don't sit at the table nekkid and will forget that I'm supposed to be doing my reading!
I don't get it. They are smart kids. They are really sweet and good. But, oh. my. gosh. This "inability to process information" on purpose from all of them drives me up the wall. If they were adults, I would blame it on the a a a a a alcohol, but since they are kids, I'm blaming Little Debbie. She's responsible. I'm scheduling her tarring and feathering as we speak.
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55th Denver Debutante Ball
"Tradition" is a word that pops up frequently whenever talk turns to the Denver Debutante Ball.
And no wonder.
For 55 years, this benefit for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Association has reigned as the social event of the year. More than one person has told me that a bid to be presented is as coveted admission to one of New York City's top kindergartens, the ones to which parents start angling for their daughter to be admitted almost from the moment of her birth.
With the utmost discretion, of course.
The first Denver Debutante Ball was held in 1956 at the Brown Palace Hotel, which remains its home today. Katie Stapleton was the first to chair it, and she was among those in attendance for the 2010 edition held on Dec. 21. Betty Lynn Jackson, the chair in 1998 and 1999, was this year's honorary chairman and was attending her 49th ball. Her gown, by Brooks Ltd. of Denver, was made from red and silk brocade that she had purchased on a visit to Damascus.
As honorary chair, Jackson was invited to be part of the receiving line to which the 20 debutantes curtsied. She was joined by her husband, attorney Dennis Miles Jackson; 2010 chairwoman Dawn Wood and her husband, Willis Wood; co-chair Judy Grant and her son, Newell McIntyre Grant Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Frederick Anschutz.
Judy Grant's husband, Newell McIntyre Grant, is the ball's master of ceremonies.
Also attending for the 49th time was Don Greco, the father of a former deb. "I'm afraid not to go," he said, "but I think after next year, my 50th, I can hang up the dancing shoes and go home."
In the ball's first year, debutantes were escorted by cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. This year, debutante Kathleen Dermody paid tribute to that tradition by asking cadet Erik Hamilton Smith to serve as her escort.
Twins Chapin and Paige Duke are fifth-generation Coloradans with deep ties to the ball. Their grandmother, the late Virginia Dunklee, chaired it in 1978 and 1979; their mother, Vivi Dunklee Duke, was presented in 1974, and their cousins, Rettie and Taylor Duke, were introduced as post-debutantes, having made their debuts in 2009.
Fourth-generation Coloradan Emily Clinton is the granddaughter of Jane Yale, who chaired the ball in 1984 and 1985. Emily's mom, Sue Yale Clinton, a deb in 1977, has served on the ball committee for 25 years. Another fourth-generation Coloradan, Kaylin Dines, is the granddaughter of Allen Dines, who served 18 years in the state legislature.
The presentation begins at 8 p.m. sharp in the Brown Palace's rotunda lobby. Following the traditional father-daughter waltz, guests adjourn to the various dining areas for a three-course meal (this year's menu included mozzarella and tomato salad, filet of black Angus beef and bing cherry jubilee) and dancing.
Following is a list of the 2010 debutantes, with biographical notes prepared by the ball committee:
Caroline Clair Ammons, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Anders Ammons (LeeAnne) of Cherry Hills Village, escorted by William Anders Ammons and John Martin Ammons
• Attends Texas A & M University
• Awarded NCAA scholarship, Texas A & M Equestrian Team
• College volunteer, Student Athletic Advisory Committee
• Summer volunteer with Connecting, a therapeutic horseback riding program for children with autism
• Spring 2010 recipient of the Kent Denver School Thayer Award in lacrosse
• Sister Sarah was presented at the 2008 Denver Debutante Ball
Julianna "Jules" Marie Broz, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Stephen Broz (Jeanette) of Denver, escorted by Nicholas Joseph Broz and Seamus Graham Mulvihill
• Attends University of Delaware
• Member of the Journalism Club
• Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
• Spent the summer of 2010 as an intern in the fashion department of O, the Oprah Winfrey Magazine
• Her grandfather, the late Dr. John S. Broz, established his medical practice at the Denver Clinic in 1984. Her paternal ancestors include pioneering ranching homesteaders from the Sandhills of Nebraska
• Julianna's cousin, Walker Cannon, was presented in 2009
Vivian "Vivi" Brooks Carlson, daughter of Joy Sanborn Johnson of Denver and Stephen Bruce Carlson of Bozeman, Montana. Escorted by William Tuttle James and John Elliot White
• Freshman at Brown University
• Volunteer, Brown Arts Mentoring Program
• Arts Editor, Brown University's Catalyst Publication
• Recipient of the Cellular Bio-Tech Award and Hilary H. Carlson Prize for Scholarship, Kent Denver School
• Spent the past summer as a fashion design intern in Italy
• In the summer of 2011 she plans to study at St. Martins in London with fashion internship
• Her presentation gown was designed by Vera Wang and is the same as the one Chelsea Clinton wore for her recent wedding
• Family involvement in community includes: Children's Hospital, Rose Community Foundation, Denver Community Foundation, Women's Foundation of Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Women's Forum, Colorado Children's Campaign and Kent Denver School
Caitlin "Cait" Pharis Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hawley Clark (Kim) of Littleton, escorted by Sean Robert Hercher and Christopher Coleton Clark
• Business major at Colorado State University
• Member of the CSU lacrosse and polo teams
• Sponsors a child in the Tumaini Orphanage in Kenya
• Plans to visit Kenya and volunteer at the Tumaini Orphanage next summer
• Sister Britain was presented in 2005 and mother Kim Pirkey Clark was presented in 1971
• Her presentation gown was by Paula Varasalona
Emily Suzanne Clinton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lundy Clinton III (Sue) of Denver, escorted by Jonson Robert Berman and Tanner Seamus Ryan
• Business systems engineering major at the University of Colorado Boulder
• Pledged Alpha Chi Omega sorority
• Part of the B 3 Business Program, lives in the business dorm and has the opportunity to interact with faculty as well as meet with community business leaders
• Recipient of the Chet Preisser Swimmer of the Year award, Denver Country Club, summer 2010
• A fourth-generation Coloradan. Her paternal grandfather, Lou Clinton Jr., started Centennial Airport; her maternal grandmother, Jane Yale, was the Denver Debutante Ball Chair in 1984 and 1985 and serves as an advisor to the committee. Mother Sue Yale Clinton was presented in 1977 and has served on the ball committee for 25 years.
• 2010 Debutante Bailey McHugh's aunt, Erin McHugh, was a debutante with Sue Yale Clinton in 1977
• Debutante dress is from The Bridal Collection and was selected with assistance from her sister Jennifer, a junior at East High School
Kathleen "Katie" Theresa Crowley, daughter of Mrs. Peter Charles Crowley (Melissa) of Denver and the late Mr. Crowley. Escorted by Patrick Heard Crowley and Evan Striker Gart
• Freshman at the University of Colorado Boulder, majoring in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and Studio Art/Photography
• Involvement at CU includes: Radio 1190, Photography Club, Intramural Ultimate Frisbee and Intramural Dodge Ball
• Volunteered last summer for CU's Radio 1190 and the Archdiocese of Denver
• Kathleen's late father was a third-generation Colorado native and owned the Berthoud Pass ski resort, Timberline. The Crowley family also owned the Crowley Brothers Florist where Katie's grandfather invented a hybrid pink carnation known as the "Crowley Sim."
Kathleen Margaret Dermody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Patrick Dermody (Mary Beth) of Denver, escorted by James David Robison and Cadet Erik Hamilton Smith
• Communications major at Santa Clara University
• Pledged Alpha Phi sorority
• College volunteer: teaching at-risk 3rd grade children in the Santa Clara area
• Member, Santa Clara's Women's Varsity Lacrosse Team
• Recipient of the Cody Hickerson Memorial Scholarship and Wells Fargo Educational Scholarship
• Awards at Mullen High School: National Honor Society and Spanish National Honors Society; graduated with honors; captain of lacrosse team both junior and senior years of high school
• Played on a lacrosse select team with Chapin and Paige Duke and won Vail Shoot Out Tournament
• Mother Mary Beth served on the board for the Colorado Symphony Association from 1997-2000
Kaylin Kay Dines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Allen Dines (Connie) of Greenwood Village, escorted by Cortland Barett Dines and Alejandro Rivera Katz
• Freshman at Franklin & Marshall College, majoring in political science
• Spent the fall studying for private pilot's license and continuing her advancement as a 3-Day Eventing horseback rider
• Earned one of four places on the 3–Day Eventing team for Area IX, to compete in the North America Championships against Mexico and Canada
• Published in Scholastic Magazine's Top 10 national young poets
• Internship with Envision Leadership Prep School, arranged through the Donnell-Kay Foundation
• Graduated with honors from Colorado Academy; member of National Honors Society
• Summer volunteer, Horizons Program at Colorado Academy
• Kaylin has been friends with debs Sarah Emery and Bailey McHugh since kindergarten
• Aunt Lucy Dines was a debutante in 1966
Chapin Banks Duke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Perrin Duke (Vivi) of Dedham, Mass., escorted by Reeve Byron Waud and William George Woodward
• Attends Boston College Carroll School of Management, finance major
• NCAA Division I varsity field hockey player, Boston University
• Awarded All-American for Field Hockey, 2009
• Selected to Olympic Development Team by USA Field Hockey Association, 2009
• Volunteer, Tenacity and Squash Busters Inner-City Sports Program
• Intern, Dedham County Day's Horizon Summer Camp for at-risk children and Dedham Women's Exchange
• Grandmother Virginia Ballantine Dunklee chaired the Denver Debutante Ball in 1978 and 1979. Mother Vivian Dunklee Duke was a debutante in 1978, as were two aunts and four cousins between 1963 and 2009
• Grandfather David Dunklee served on the former Denver Symphony board as well as many other Colorado non-profit boards
• Grandfather Ben Duke was chairman of Gates Corporation and served on many boards including Vail Associates, Denver Public Library, Boys & Girls Club; Grandmother Maud Duke is actively involved with the Denver Zoo, Denver Art Museum and Greenwood Conservation Board
• Debutante dress was worn by cousin Laurette Duke in 2009
• Parents Lester and Vivian are Denver natives; twin Virginia will also be presented this year
Virginia "Paige" Duke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Perrin Duke (Vivi) of Dedham, Mass., escorted by Perrin Fairbanks Duke and Harper Ballantine Thomas
• Economics and art history major at Trinity College
• Member of varsity field hockey team, Trinity College
• Member of Outdoor Club at Trinity
• Honorable Mention, All League Award for field hockey, squash and lacrosse, Middlesex School, 2009-10
• Selected to All Star Team at College Connection Field Hockey Recruitment Camp
• Attended High Mountain Institute, Leadville, CO; summer lifeguard, Dedham, MA
• Volunteer, Tenacity and Squash Busters Inner-City Sports Program
• Intern, Dedham County Day's Horizon Summer Camp for at-risk children and Dedham Women's Exchange
• Debutante dress was worn by cousin Margo Duke in 2003 and was purchased at D'Annellis Bridal. Twin sister Chapin is also a 2010 deb
• Chapin and Virginia are fifth-generation native Coloradans on their mother's side of the family and third-generation natives on their father's side. Their great-great grandfather settled Colorado in the late 1880s.
Avery Isabella Paez Duncan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Vincent Duncan (Leanne) of Cherry Hills Village, escorted by Alexander Nolan Watson and Samuel Fitzgerald Bauer
• Whittier College
• Traveled to Croatia last summer and will study in Barcelona, starting in January
• Sister Sydney Marguerite was presented in 2007
• Father Kevin, chair of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra board, escorted Laurie Koelbel when she was presented in 1980
Sarah Stuart Emery, daughter of Frederica Allen Froelicher of Denver and Bart Randall Emery of Arvada. Escorted by Zachary Shane Watson and Eric Martin Hopfenbeck
• University of Kansas, majoring in language/international studies and business
• Pledged Sigma Kappa sorority
• Plays on Sigma Kappa's intramural volleyball team
• Spent time in Texas and at Colorado's Chico Basin Ranch this past summer
• Debutante dress was purchased at Priscilla of Boston in Denver
• Grandmother Jane Stuart Froelicher was a debutante in Boston
Tenney Hearst Espy, daughter of Mrs. George William Hagerman (Lisa) of Denver and Thomas Pierson Espy, also of Denver. Escorted by John Hearst Espy and William Christopher Baur
• University of Colorado, studio art major
• Had a summer internship in the editorial department of Seventeen Magazine in New York City
• Volunteer Entrepreneur: Tenney designed and sold t-shirts to raise money for Doctors without Borders and Haiti earthquake relief efforts
• Presentation gown was purchased at Vera Wang in New York City
Sydney Elizabeth Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dale Ford (Joy) of Aurora, escorted by Jerimiah James Wright and Mahtias Dean Wright
• University of Denver
• Pledged Delta Delta Delta sorority
• Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
• Spent last summer touring the western United States with the Bands of Vans Warped Tour
• Internship with Leventhal, Brown and Puga
• Debutante gown designed by Jim Hjelm
• Mother Joy Cawood Ford was presented in 1981
Laura Grace Gilbert, daughter of Mrs. Christopher Trotter Gilbert (Joan) of Denver and the late Mr. Gilbert. Escorted by Theodore Connor Schlegel and Augustus William Lang
• George Washington University
• Favorite classes include: mass media, communications, and photography
• Pledged Alpha Phi sorority
• Summer '10, road trip to California and Grand Canyon
• Debutante gown was selected at Priscilla of Boston
• Former debutante relatives include Clara Combs Moore and Eleanor Moore Wrench
Morgan McKnight Jolliffe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cumings Jolliffe (Mancy) of Greenwood Village, escorted by John Christian Jolliffe and Alexander Douglas Barclay
• Drake University double major in math and actuarial science
• Pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority as a fourth-generation legacy
• Founded DECA Club at Drake, fall 2010
• Elected freshman representative for Drake's Actuarial Science Club
• Fall 2010, traveled to Chicago for leadership conference
• Presidential Scholarship Award at Drake
• Graduated from Cherry Creek High School with high honors and received Faculty Honor Award for Business
• Summer '10, worked as a lifeguard and math tutor; traveled to Mexico and New Orleans
• Volunteered at Johnson Center Christian Living Center
• Ball legacies include sister Katherine in 2008 and three Aunts: Margaret Crosby in 1979, Olive Crosby in 1984 and Blair Crosby in 1986
Bethany Josephine Koelbel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Alfred Koelbel, Jr. (Sherri) of Cherry Hills Village, escorted by Carl Norgren Koelbel and Dean Merrill Koelbel
• Miami University of Ohio, strategic communication and Spanish major
• Worked for Footers Catering last summer
• Volunteer, the Denver Santa Claus Shop. The Koelbel family has been involved with the Santa Claus Shop for more than three generations.
• Denver Debutante ties include aunts Carlyn Koelbel Stambaugh, 1969, and Laurie Koelbel Chahbandour, 1980, and cousins Kari, Carlee and Stacey Stambaugh
• Bethany's grandparents, Walt and Gene Koelbel, stood in the ball's receiving line in 2007
Bailey Anne McHugh, daughter of Malcolm Burke McHugh of Cherry Hills Village and Anne Monahan McHugh of Englewood. Escorted by Liam Thomas McHugh and Dillon Cogswell Roy
• Santa Clara University, business/finance major
• Pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
• Volunteers through Santa Clara's community service program
• Volunteer coach for girls city lacrosse team in lacrosse tournament
• Debutante gown purchased at The Bridal Collection in Denver
• Aunts Erin, June and Anabel McHugh and cousin Holly McHugh were all presented at the Denver Debutante Ball
Lindsay Gerte Laughlin O'Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dennis O'Neal (Pamela) of Cherry Hills Village, escorted by MacKenzie Wright Richardson and Brian Scott Maierhofer
• University of Colorado, psychology and business major
• Pledged Chi Omega sorority
• Volunteer for Beacon Youth & Family Center
• Honors: received 2010 Torch Award, J.K. Mullen High School's highest award for superior scholastic achievement; 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award in English IV; honor roll, 2006-10
• Summer travel included New York City, Boston and Marblehead, Mass., for sailing and visiting family
• Sister Brooke was presented in 2009 and is a post debutante this year
Mary Dawson Rassenfoss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dominick Rassenfoss (Caroline) of Denver, escorted by James Kurtz Rassenfoss and Joseph Allen Rassenfoss
• University of California, Berkeley
• Pledged Alpha Chi Omega sorority
• Internship at the Cal-Berkeley radio station, fall 2010
• Kent Denver School awards include: The Boothman History Cup; Head Master's List (4.0 gpa) for four years, the Cum Laude Society, the Prix Sevigne award for excellence in French; National Merit Commendations
• Summer 2010, floral designer at Plumb Gallery
• Mary is a fifth-generation Coloradan
• Debutante gown is from Priscilla of Boston
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Michael Jackson pulled in an estimated $145 million last year from beyond the grave--tens of millions more than any living musician. A big part of that: his Immortal World Tour, a joint venture between the Michael Jackson Estate and Cirque du Soleil. It grossed $160 million in its first leg, tops among North American tours in 2012.
On the heels of that success, Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soliel have announced another endeavor: Michael Jackson One, a brand-new show set to run indefinitely at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, set to debut in preview form on May 23rd, 2013. The official premiere will follow on June 29th, 2013.
"Michael Jackson is an all-time phenomenal artist, both timeless and contemporary," said Cirque chief Daniel Lamarre in a statement. "As a creative challenge, this project is the ultimate. Through the use of cutting edge technology, we will produce a new Cirque du Soleil theatrical experience not only respectful of Michael's legacy but also very distinctive from Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour."
The new show means that Michael Jackson will soon be able to do something that no artist has ever done before: play two arena shows at the same time. Even as fans gather for the first performance of One in Vegas on May 23rd, the same thing will be happening on the other side of the world as the Immortal World Tour rolls into Nagoya, Japan. Just hours after the official Vegas premier the following month, Immortal will take the stage in Taipei, Taiwan.
Directed by Jamie King, the plot of Michael Jackson One will follow four misfits as they embark upon a musical, visual, theatrical adventure. The title of the show reflects its inspiration and recurring theme--unity and peace--the sort of themes Jackson explored in songs like "Man In The Mirror" and "Heal The World."
Said estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain in a statement:
We are guided by Michael's own philosophy in all that we do. In preparing for this production, Michael's message to the cast and crew for his This Is It concerts was foremost in our minds. He counseled them on what the audience experience should be: 'They want wonderful experiences. We want to take them places that they've never been before. We want to show them talent like they've never seen before. We're putting love back into the world to remind the world that love is important. WE'RE ALL ONE. That is the message.' We feel the same, and that is what we are delivering both to lifelong fans and those just discovering his artistic genius with Michael Jackson One."
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He outmaneuvered billionaires and music executives to acquire ATV, the company that owned the Beatles' publishing catalog, for $47.5 million in 1985. That investment is now worth somewhere around $1 billion.
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I have a few lessons that will based on some easy figures but before I get to the good ones, here is a tutorial on "how to draw Wario easy", step by step. I don't know much about Wario because I haven't really played games with him in. I guess you could say I'm not a big fan. Anyways, I know there are a lot of people out there that like this character which is why I chose to help you guys draw Wario in a very easy manner. Some may have difficulty replicating his face, but others should be able to draw him pretty easy. Whenever I make these how to draw easy lessons I know I have to make them in the simplest form. So here it is, have fun, and let me know what you think by leaving a comment or rating. Adios people and enjoy!
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The Fresh & Onlys, besides presenting in name one of the best bandtonym-worthy word combinations, are without a doubt one of the most pimped-out live performers reppin the Bay Area these days. Currently on tour, and they tour a lot, The Onlys pack plenty of dirty raw party rockin' vibes into every sweaty show. I'd go so far as to say they bring a guaranteed good time to any venue; unadulterated fun at it's most arrested stage of development. What's more, the minds that inform the Fresh and Onlys' sound are like rich wells of music knowledge, deeply dug and flowing wide. I can say this with a certain degree of confidence having known and worked with three quarters of the band off and on for many, many years. That being the case, as happens with colleagues of any sort, their opinions on all things music, film, Amoeba or otherwise have abutted, aggravated, enhanced and influenced mine over time. It's one of those really good things about the working-at-Amoeba experience that I wish we could share more easily. But I suppose that territory best captured and exposed via our What's In My Bag video vignette series.
But before we get into that, get into this:
A lovely, pastoral portrait of the boys in pastels, looking petal fresh and Easter Sunday garden party pretty in contrast to the live-action, imagery of sloshed, sudorific revelry, above left. Say what you will about the Fresh & Onlys workaday aesthetic, they clean up nice. And though Fresh & Onlys frontman and guitarist Tim Cohen is caught trashing Amoeba SF's Hip Hop section in the video below (for the record: tending said section used to be his responsibility) and bassist Shayde Sartin's picks skewed towards "white guy rock" and his years spent living in Florida on the day this little scene was recorded, I cannot speak more highly about these two dudes' astronomical taste levels when it comes to music, nevermind their particular genus of dusty, road tested rocker species. BUt don't take my word for it, find out for yourself -- check out the video below:


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Major League Baseball declares April 15 Jackie Robinson Day03/03/2004 4:54 PM ET
MLB Press Release
To honor the enduring impact of Jackie Robinson and his legacy, Major League Baseball has established April 15 as "Jackie Robinson Day" throughout the Major Leagues, it was announced today.
Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig made the announcement with Sharon Robinson, daughter of Rachel and Jackie Robinson, and former National League President Leonard C. Coleman, the Chairman of the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
The announcement further honors Robinson's legacy by establishing April 15 as a day each year when every Major League Baseball Club will recognize the important social contributions Robinson made to our country. Jackie Robinson Day is one of the first programs to result from The Commissioner's Initiative: Major League Baseball in the 21st Century. The Commissioner's Initiative, which was formed last year, has been charged with examining the current state of Major League Baseball and determining ways to improve it for the fans.
"I have often stated that baseball's proudest moment and its most powerful social statement came on April 15, 1947 when Jackie Robinson first set foot on a Major League Baseball field," said Selig. "On that day, Jackie brought down the color barrier and ushered in the era in which baseball became the true national pastime. Fifty years after that historic event, in April 1997, I was proud to join Rachel Robinson and President Bill Clinton at Shea Stadium to honor Jackie by retiring his uniform number 42 in perpetuity. By establishing April 15 as 'Jackie Robinson Day' throughout Major League Baseball, we are further ensuring that the incredible contributions and sacrifices he made -- for baseball and society -- will not be forgotten."
"On behalf of our family and the Jackie Robinson Foundation, I would like to extend my thanks to Major League Baseball for creating an event that ensures Jackie's legacy will continue to live on in the hearts and minds of each new generation of Major League Baseball players and fans," said Rachel Robinson, wife of Jackie Robinson and Founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. "April 15, 1947 was a day of great significance, not only for Major League Baseball, but in the fight for equality in this country. It is only fitting that the anniversary of this groundbreaking event should become a day for celebration and reflection at Major League ballparks."
On April 15, 1947, Robinson became the first African American player in Major League Baseball, shattering a barrier that had kept players of color from playing in the Major Leagues for more than half a century. Robinson's courageous act opened the door for others, and by the late 1950s every Major League Baseball team had players of African and/or Latin descent. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Robinson breaking the Major League color barrier, Robinson's uniform number 42 was retired throughout the Major Leagues.
As part of Jackie Robinson Day 2004, special pre-game ceremonies are being planned for each ballpark hosting a game on April 15. Jackie Robinson Foundation scholars will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to each game. Other details about Jackie Robinson Day events -- including a national celebration planned for Shea Stadium in New York that will air on MLB rightsholder TBS -- will be announced later this month.
Founded in 1973 by Rachel Robinson, The Jackie Robinson Foundation is a public, not-for-profit, national organization that awards four-year college scholarships to academically gifted students of color with financial need. Jackie Robinson scholars also participate in the Foundation's comprehensive support system that includes leadership development, mentoring programs and career counseling. The graduation rate among Jackie Robinson scholars is 92 percent. Major League Baseball supports scholarships to select Jackie Robinson/Major League Baseball Scholars and contributes to the Jackie Robinson Foundation scholarship endowment campaign. (http://www.jackierobinson.org)
In addition to its support of The Jackie Robinson Foundation, Major League Baseball operates and/or supports a number of other youth programs focused on game development and educational initiatives, including: Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI), the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Initiative and Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Breaking Barriers: In Sports, In Life is a multi-curricular character education program developed by Sharon Robinson in conjunction with Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Player's Trust for Children, and Scholastic Inc. The program utilizes baseball-themed features, activities and lessons to teach children in grades K-12 the values and traits they need to deal with the barriers and challenges in their lives. Using baseball as a metaphor for life, the curriculum is based on nine values demonstrated by the late Baseball Hall of Famer and barrier breaker, Jackie Robinson: Determination, Commitment, Persistence, Integrity, Justice, Courage, Teamwork, Citizenship, and Excellence.
Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) is a youth outreach program designed to promote interest in baseball, increase the self-esteem of disadvantaged children, and encourage kids to stay in school and off the streets. Managed in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, RBI programs exist in more than 190 cities worldwide, giving more than 120,000 boys and girls the opportunity to play baseball and softball.
The Major League Baseball Urban Youth Initiative is a comprehensive program to grow the game of baseball, promote diversity, make meaningful contributions to inner-city communities, provide safe and organized recreational activities for urban youth, and prepare high school players for college and professional baseball and softball. A major component of the Urban Youth Initiative is the Major League Baseball Youth Academy program. The first baseball academy is being constructed on the campus of Compton Community College in Compton, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles. Major League Baseball contributed $3 million to build four fields on more than 20 acres on the Compton Community College campus.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America is the official charity of Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball has generated more than $15 million in direct and indirect funding for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America since 1997. (http://bgca.org/)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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| February 14, 2010, 9:01 pm
On Dec.30, a man allegedly connected a German Shepherd mix dog to his rear bumper and dragged the animal up the Colorado National Monument until it was dead.
As of last Saturday, more than 246,000 people had joined a Facebook page called Demand Justice for Buddy, and more than 114,000 of them signed a petition asking for the harshest possible penalties against the driver.
The Denver Post regularly carries stories about infants being injured or killed by parents or other caregivers. There are probably dozens every year. So there should be Facebook pages for each of them with scores of members, right?
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"We believe the wild land fire season has begun," County Administrator Rick Bailey told the San Juan County Commission at their June 4 meeting. Bailey reported that seven fires were started by lightning strikes on public lands between Monticello and Blanding over the weekend.
Bailey said smoke jumpers, air tankers, and helicopters were used to keep the fires under control. "I anticipate it will be a hard wild land season for us," said Bailey.
Bailey went on to advise the commission that he feels the county is in the midst of a severe drought. He recommended the commission consider declaring a state of emergency in order to make services for assistance available to farmers and ranchers.
Commissioner Bruce Adams said they should notify the governor's office of the situation as most of the farmers he has been in contact with are already having their crops burning in the sun and will suffer heavy losses.
Bailey also reported to the commission that they will be completing the final phase of the Lisbon Valley road project this year. Bailey said Commissioner Adams had been successful in getting the Joint Highway Commission to transfer $183,000 that is left over from a previous phase back to the county for the final phase.
Bailey said the project is $700,000 short of the engineers estimate on funding. The county plans to go to the transportation district to secure the funding so no B road funds, general fund money, or borrowing of funds will be needed to complete the road.
Commissioner Phil Lyman asked Sheriff Rick Eldredge about cameras and invasion of privacy issues. Lyman had a trail camera owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that a member of the public brought to him. Lyman questioned the use of cameras where people have an expectation of privacy.
Eldredge said the BLM and Forest Service routinely use cameras in areas where there has been vandalism or similar issues. Eldredge said his understanding is that they can be used as long as it's not on private land.
Lyman said that if cameras are being used by the BLM, there should be signs placed at trail heads to inform the public that they may be photographed. Lyman said he ask the BLM about the camera at an upcoming coordination meeting.
Commissioner Lyman also asked for clarification regarding commission responsibility for oversight as it relates to the San Juan Health Care Board. Lyman specifically expressed concern over the district borrowing money and if that type of activity should be approved by the commission.
Adams expressed his understanding that the health care board is a separate entity from the commission, and the only authority the commission has is to approve members to the board. Lyman said his understanding is that the health district has complete control of their actions and the management of health care, except for levying taxes and borrowing money.
"I feel like when it comes to borrowing, the commission, since we are elected by the people who ultimately bear that risk, I think there should be some control from the commission and some accountability for just that element," said Lyman.
Lyman praised the board for their management of the health care system and did not want to micromanage their work, but added, "I would like to see the commission at least assert our interest in the borrowing."
Rick Bailey said special service districts are independent government entities created by the county and have the right to sue and be sued and are insured separately from the county. Bailey said this is to remove the county from any potential liability resulting from actions of those districts. Bailey suggested that the county seek outside advice on the issue of special service districts and their functions and what authority the commission has.
In other business, the commission appointed Guy Denton to the San Juan County Health Care Board and Kristen McKinnon to the Planning and Zoning board.


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text: Bryce Harper has a way of making highlights of normal everyday things, like what's in the trunk of his car or how he answers a reporter's inane question. Then there's tonight, when Harper made everyone stop and take notice of what should've been a plain old home run trot, but Harper instead ran around the bases like a bat out of hell. His 16.2-second trot was the fastest non-inside-the-parker of the year, almost twice as fast as the year's slowest (courtesy of Hanley Ramirez). Sure, he may not be Mike Trout, but Bryce Harper can fly around a field on the wings of #NATITUDE, and that's no small thing. [MASN]


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MALCOLM GILLIES Series Consultant, Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók
Malcolm Gillies is a musicologist and linguist. Among his writings about Bartók are Bartók in Britain (Oxford University Press, 1989), Bartók Remembered (Faber & Faber, 1990) and The Bartók Companion (ed., Faber & Faber, 1993). He authored the 'Bartók' entry for the current New Grove Dictionary (2000), curated a Wigmore Hall series of Bartók concerts (2006) and wrote the Bartók Connections website for Boosey & Hawkes (2007), www.boosey.com/bartokconnections. Another completed volume, Bartók Letters: The Musical Mind, edited with Adrienne Gombocz, remains unpublished for copyright reasons. He is currently completing a biography of Bartók for OUP's Master Musicians series.
He has also written extensively about Percy Grainger, including the volume of letters The All-Round Man (ed. with David Pear, OUP, 1994), Grainger on Music (ed. with Bruce Clunies Ross, OUP, 1999) and Portrait of Percy Grainger (with David Pear, U Rochester Press, 2002). The volume, Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger (ed. with David Pear and Mark Carroll, OUP, 2006), was awarded a Deems Taylor Award for scholarly excellence by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2007.
Since 1997 Malcolm Gillies has been the editor of OUP's Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure and Interpretation series, and during 2000-10 was Chair of the Board of the international contemporary-music ensemble, Elision.
With doctorates in Music from both the University of London and the University of Melbourne, Malcolm Gillies was appointed Professor and Dean of Music at the University of Queensland in 1991. He was subsequently an executive dean and pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Adelaide and, for five years, a vice-president of the Australian National University. Following a period as Vice-Chancellor of City University London he is now Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University.
Malcolm Gillies has been President of the Musicological Society of Australia, the Australian Academy of Humanities and the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He is currently Chair of London Higher, the advocacy body for London's universities. Once a music and opera critic for The Australian newspaper, he now writes a monthly column for Times Higher Education.
DAVID PEAR Series Consultant, Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók
A Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Musical Research, London University and Visiting Professor at City University, London, David Pear is currently writing a biography of Percy Grainger, as well as editing, with Malcolm Gillies, a second edition of Grainger's letters. In 2005, with Brian Allison and Astrid Krautschneider, he co-curated the National Library of Australia's 2006 exhibition, Facing Percy Grainger, which saw over 20,000 visitors. He is also a co-editor of the new e-journal, Grainger Studies.
He was a co-recipient, with Malcolm Gillies and Mark Carroll, of the Deems-Taylor Award of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 2007 for their work Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger, and has also written on issues concerning the training of orchestral musicians, the history of youth orchestras and the history of the Australian Anglican church. He has at various times been Master of a university college, a university academic, a freelance editor and the inaugural Rose House Fellow at Yale University, Connecticut.
YEFIM BRONFMAN pianist
Yefim Bronfman is widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuoso pianists performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his prestigious orchestral engagements or his rapidly growing catalogue of recordings.
Orchestral highlights of the 2009/10 season include two performances at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under James Levine and Michael Tilson Thomas; an appearance at the Lucerne Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen, followed by concerts with the Philharmonia and Christoph von Dohnányi performing both Brahms piano concertos; multiple concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and the Lucerne Academy Orchestra with Pierre Boulez; Artiste Etoile at the Lucerne Festival; a recital tour throughout Japan; a European tour with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert; and subscriptions with the Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Cleveland Orchestra.
Recitals and duos in 2009/10 include appearances at Carnegie Hall, both solo and with Magdalena Kozena; a recital tour through ten US cities; and performances in Rome, Vienna and Warsaw. Mr Bronfman made a recent appearance on live tv with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonia.
Mr Bronfman was born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union on 10 April 1958 and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro, and the Curtis Institute, and with Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin.
Yefim Bronfman became an American citizen in July 1989.
KIRILL GERSTEIN pianist
In January 2010 Gerstein was named the recipient of the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, only the sixth musician to have been so honored. The Gilmore Artist Award is made to an exceptional pianist who, regardless of age or nationality, possesses broad and profound musicianship and charisma and who desires and can sustain a career as a major international concert artist.
Highlights of Mr. Gerstein's 2009-10 North American season include debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, and with the Atlanta Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic; re-engagements with the Detroit, Houston, and Oregon Symphonies; a tour with cellist Steven Isserlis that includes performances at the Kennedy Center and in San Francisco; and Gilmore Artist recital and concerto appearances at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Internationally, Mr. Gerstein appears with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Dutoit in Tokyo, tours Switzerland with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, and performs with Hanover's NDR Orchestra in Austria and Italy. His summer 2009 schedule included appearances at the Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Delft, and Lucerne Festivals; a second performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Saratoga Festival; and a return to Caracas with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra.
Mr. Gerstein's most recent engagements in North America include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, and the San Francisco, Baltimore, Dallas, Indianapolis, Vancouver, Oregon, and Utah Symphonies; the Philadelphia Orchestra at Mann Music Center; the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival and Chicago's Grant Park Festival; and recitals in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Detroit, Vancouver, Kansas City, Portland OR, and Washington's Kennedy Center.
Kirill Gerstein has worked with such prominent European orchestras as the Munich, Rotterdam, and Royal Philharmonics, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Zurich's Tonhalle, the Finnish and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestras, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. He has also appeared in recital in Paris, Prague, Hamburg, London's Wigmore and Queen Elizabeth Halls, and the Liszt Academy in Budapest. He made his Salzburg Festival debut playing solo and two-piano works with András Schiff in 2008.
Born in 1979 in Voronezh, Russia, Mr. Gerstein attended one of the country's special music schools for gifted children and taught himself to play jazz by listening to his parents' extensive record collection. He came to the U.S. at 14 to continue his studies in jazz piano as the youngest student ever to attend Boston's Berklee College of Music. However, he also continued working on the classical piano repertoire. Following his second summer at the Boston University program at Tanglewood, he decided to focus mainly on classical music and moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Solomon Mikowsky and earned Bachelors and Masters of Music degrees. He continued his studies with Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid and Ferenc Rados in Budapest.
In addition to the 2010 Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein was awarded First Prize at the 2001 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, received a 2002 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and was chosen as Carnegie Hall's "Rising Star" for the 2005-06 season. He became an American citizen in 2003 and is currently a professor of piano at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart.
CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF violinist
Equally at home in the classical/romantic repertoire as in contemporary music, Christian Tetzlaff sets standards with his interpretations of the violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky as well as Berg, Ligeti and Shostakovich. He is particularly well known for his incomparable performances of the Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas. 2005 Musical America named him 'Instrumentalist of the Year'.
In the coming seasons he will continue his series of the great violin concertos with the MET Opera Orchestra and James Levine at the Carnegie Hall with the Brahms violin concerto. After a residency at the Gewandhaus Leipzig last season he is Artist in Residence with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt this season. In addition he tours with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen, plays with St. Cecilia Roma and Antonio Pappano in Rome and at the Gran Canaria Festival and in the Far East with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchestra Berlin and Ingo Metzmacher. Christian Tetzlaff's premiere of the new violin concerto by Jörg Widmann is followed this season by the premiere of a new work by Mark-Anthony Turnage with the London and Stockholm Philharmonics as well as with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Christian Tetzlaff is a regular soloist at the major series of the most important US orchestras as well as the major European orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich. He also appears regularly at the major festivals such as BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Salzburg and Lucerne Festival and all major US summer festivals. He plays recitals with Leif Ove Andsnes, Alexander Lonquich and Lars Vogt and performs frequently with his string quartet.
Christian Tetzlaff has recorded for Virgin Classics and other labels, releases including the Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Joseph Joachim, Lalo and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos as well as Sibelius' complete works for violin and orchestra, the Mozart Violin Concertos, Bartok Sonatas for violin and piano with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Bartok solo sonata and the three Brahms Violin Sonatas with Lars Vogt. Christian Tetzlaff received several awards for his recordings: the Diapason d'Or twice, the Edison prize, the Midem Classical Award as well as the ECHO Klassik prize and several nominations for the Grammy. His recent recording of all of Bach's solo Sonatas and Partitas with Haenssler deserves special mention.
Christian Tetzlaff plays a violin by German violinmaker Peter Greiner. He lives with his family near Frankfurt.
ZSOLT-TIHAMÉR VISONTAY violinist
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay began playing the violin in 1988 taking lessons at the music school in Magedeburg and has since gone on to study under Professor Jost Witter at the Schloss Belvedere music school and the Franz Liszt music academy in Weimar.
As a soloist, Zsolt is the recipient of international music prizes including the International Louis Spohr Violin Competition and the International Henry Marteau Violin Competition. Solo engagements include performing with a number of German orchestras. In 2005 he became the leader of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), performing under conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis, and a year later he also became Concert Master of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Altenburg-Gera and led orchestras touring throughout Europe, Russia, Asia and Africa. Zsolt was appointed to the position of Joint Concert Master of the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2007.
MARK VAN DE WIEL clarinettist
Mark was born in Northampton and educated at Merton College, Oxford and the Royal College of Music. On graduating, he was immediately appointed principal clarinettist withWelsh National Opera and subsequently with Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Since 2000 he has been Principal Clarinet with the Philharmonia Orchestra and was appointed Principal with the London Sinfonietta in 2002.
As a soloist he has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, London Chamber Orchestra (at La Scala, Milan), Thames Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Festival Orchestra (on a major UK tour),Welsh National Opera Orchestra, English Classical Players, Arhus Orchestra, Belgrade Strings and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. He is particularly well known for his performances of contemporary music and has given many premières. Solo highlights have included a number of London premières in the Philharmonia's Music of Today series, including Helen Grime's Concerto, Enno Poppe's Holz and Deirdre Gribbin's Celestial Pied Piper; and elsewhere, the European première of George Palmer's Clarinet Sonata in York, the Spanish première of the Elliott Carter Concerto in Madrid, Berio's Sequenza at the Sydney Opera House, the UK première of Sir John Taverner's Cantus Mysticus with the London Sinfonietta at the Proms, the London première of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's Clarinet Quintet with the Brodsky Quartet at Kings Place, Graham Fitkin's Agnostic with the London Chamber Orchestra at St John's Smith Square and the Mozart Concerto with the Mozart Festival Orchestra in the UK and Switzerland.
Mark was principal clarinettist with the Composers' Ensemble from 1992 to 2000, and has been principal clarinettist with the Endymion Ensemble since its formation. He is also principal with the London Chamber Orchestra. He appeared for several years as the clarinet and basset horn soloist in the production of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
Mark has recorded chamber music for EMI, ASV, NMC and Finlandia records, and as a soloist for Olympia and NMC.
Mark's services to music have been recognised with an Honorary Associateship from the Royal Academy of Music, where he is a Professor, and with an Honorary Doctorate from Northampton University.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor
Born in Helsinki, the conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen studied at the Sibelius Academy, and made his conducting début with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1979. He was Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra for ten years (1985-1995) and Director of the Helsinki Festival in 1995 and 1996. From 1992 until 2009 Salonen was Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and was named the orchestra's Conductor Laureate in April 2009.
Since September 2008 Salonen has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra. In his first season in this role he devised and led City of Dreams, a nine-month exploration of the music and culture of Vienna between 1900 and 1935. The project, which presents the music of Mahler, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Berg in its social and historical context, has travelled to 18 cities across Europe, culminating with semi-staged performances of Berg's Wozzeck, with Simon Keenlyside in the title role, in October 2009. A series of recordings from the project will be released on the Philharmonia/Signum label, starting with Gurrelieder in September 2009. Other highlights of the 2009/10 season with the Philharmonia Orchestra include the UK première of Magnus Lindberg's new choral work GRAFFITI, and touring throughout Europe and Japan.
His appointment with the Philharmonia cements a relationship that dates back over 25 years. Esa-Pekka Salonen made his London conducting début with the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 1983 (when he was 25 years old), stepping in at the last minute for an indisposed Michael Tilson Thomas to conduct a now-legendary performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3. The chemistry was immediate, and Salonen formed a strong bond with the players. He was offered the position of Principal Guest Conductor, which he held from 1985-1994, and he has returned to conduct the Orchestra on a regular basis ever since. Some of the Philharmonia's most ambitious and important projects during this time, from Clocks and Clouds (Ligeti, 1996) to Related Rocks (Magnus Lindberg, 2001-2), have taken place under his artistic leadership.
Esa-Pekka Salonen's guest conducting engagements in the 2009/10 season include, amongst others, appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In August 2009, Salonen conducted the Vienna Philharmonic at Salzburg Festival. He will also conduct the new production of Janáček's opera From the House of the Dead at the Metropolitan Opera New York and the Teatro alla Scala under the direction of Patrice Chéreau.
In his time as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, highlights have included residencies at the Salzburg Festival, Köln Philharmonie and at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, as well as numerous European tours and guest performances in Japan. On the occasion of his 17 year-tenure the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated him with a series of concerts in April 2009, including the première of his own violin concerto.
Salonen is the recipient of many major awards including the Siena Prize by the Accademia Chigiana in 1993, the first conductor ever to receive the prize; in 1995 he was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Opera Award and in 1997 received the Society's Conductor Award. In 1998 he was awarded the rank of Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. In May 2003 he received an honorary doctorate from the Sibelius Academy in Finland and in 2005 the Helsinki Medal. Musical America named Salonen as its Musician of the Year 2006. In June 2009 Salonen received an honorary doctorate from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.
Esa-Pekka Salonen is renowned for his interpretations of contemporary music and has given countless premieres of new works. He has led critically acclaimed festivals of music by Berlioz, Ligeti, Schönberg, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky and Magnus Lindberg. In April 2006 he returned to Paris Opéra Bastille to conduct the première of Kaija Saariaho's new opera, Adriana Mater, having previously conducted the Finnish premiere of her first opera L'amour de loin in 2004. In August 2007, he conducted Saariaho's La Passion de Simone in a production by Peter Sellars at the Helsinki Festival (first Finnish performance) before taking the production to the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm.
Salonen is artistic director of the Baltic Sea Festival, that he co-initiated in 2003. As an annual event in August in Stockholm and across the Baltic Sea region, it invites celebrated orchestras, conductors and soloists to promote unity and ecological awareness among the countries around the Baltic Sea.
Esa-Pekka Salonen has a considerable discography. In addition to the Gurrelieder recording, forthcoming releases with the Philharmonia on the Signum/Philharmonia label will include Mahler's 6th and 9th symphonies and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Other recent releases, on Deutsche Grammophon, include a disc of Salonen works performed with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and a DVD of Kaija Saariaho's opera L'amour de loin with the Finnish National Opera as well as two CDs with Hélène Grimaud with works by Pärt and Schumann. In November 2008, Deutsche Grammophone released a new CD with Salonen's piano concerto and his works Helix and Dichotomie. The first recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Salonen for Deutsche Grammophon (Stravinsky's Rite of Spring - first CD recording ever at Walt Disney Concert Hall) was released in October 2006 and nominated for a Grammy in December 2007. After recording for Sony Classical for many years, Salonen has an extensive discography with repertoire ranging from Mahler and Revueltas to Magnus Lindberg and his own works. Most of his works are also available at DG Concerts on iTunes.
MICHELLE DeYOUNG Soprano
Michelle DeYoung was raised in Colorado and California. In opera she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera; the Lyric Opera of Chicago; the Houston Grand Opera; the Seattle Opera; the Glimmerglass Opera; La Scala, Milan; the Bayreuth Festival; Berliner Staatsoper; the Opera National de Paris; the Thèâtre du Châtelet, and the Tokyo Opera. Her many roles include Fricka, Sieglinde and Waltraute (Der Ring Des Nibelungen); Kundry (Parsifal), Venus (Tannhäuser), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Dido (Les Troyens), Eboli (Don Carlos), Amneris (Aida), Marguerite (Le Damnation de Faust), Judith (Bluebeard's Castle), Gertrude (Hamlet), Jocaste (Oedipus Rex), and the title role in The Rape of Lucretia. She also created the role of the Shaman in Tan Dun's The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera.
Ms DeYoung has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The Met Orchestra (in Carnegie Hall), the Met Chamber Ensemble, Vienna Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra, Berliner Staatskapelle, Sao Paulo Symphony, and the Concertgebouworkest. She has also appeared at the festivals of Ravinia, Tanglewood, Aspen, Cincinnati, Saito Kinen, Edinburgh, Salzburg, and Lucerne.
The conductors with whom she has worked include Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Sir Colin Davis, Stéphane Denève, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Manfred Honeck, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Andre Previn, David Robertson, Donald Runnicles, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mariss Jansons, and Michael Tilson Thomas.
In recital, she has appeared at the Lincoln Center; Carnegie Hall; San Francisco Symphony's Great Performances series; Cal Performances in Berkeley; Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto; the Thèâtre du Châtelet; the Gulbenkian; the Edinburgh Festival; London's Wigmore Hall and Brussels's La Monnaie.
Her recordings include Kindertotenlieder and Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony which was awarded the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. She has also been awarded the 2001 Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording for Les Troyens with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra. Her discography also includes a recording of Mahler Symphony No 3 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Bernard Haitink; Bernstein's Symphony No. 1, 'Jeremiah' with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin for Chandos, Das Klagende Lied with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas for BMG, and Das Lied von der Erde with the Minnesota Orchestra for Reference Recordings. Her first solo disc was released on the EMI label.
Recent engagements include her debut at the Basel Opera as Amneris in Aida, concert performances of Das Lied von der Erde with the Met Orchestra in Carnegie Hall and Oedipus Rex and Bluebeard's Castle with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, both conducted by James Levine. Upcoming engagements include performances of Bluebeard's Castle with Esa-Pekka Salonnen and the New York Philharmonic, and concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Next season, she returns to the Houston Grand Opera in the title role of The Rape of Lucretia, and appears with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra.
ATTILA FEKETE Tenor
The young, rising tenor Attila Fekete was born in Budapest (1973) where he finished his studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with diploma. After having joined several masterclasses (e.g. with László Polgár, Anna Reynolds) he soon made his début at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, where he has appeared in several new productions for the past years and built up a huge repertory: e.g. Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, Gustavo in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Duca in Rigoletto, Ismaele in Nabucco, Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème (alongside Ilona Tokody as Mimì), Roberto in Puccini's Le Villi, the title part in Puccini's Edgar, as well as the Puccini heroes Cavaradossi, Des Grieux and Pinkerton and Jason in Cherubini's Médée. Attila Fekete had huge successes as Chénier in a new production of Giordano's Andrea Chenier (in February 2007) and as Gounod's Faust. Besides Attila Fekete has participated in several world premières of Hungarian contemporary Operas.
Attila Fekete made his American début in 2005 when he sang Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème at the Detroit Opera, in 2006 he had his successful début at the Toronto Opera (Rodolfo in La Bohème, followed by Pollione in Bellini's Norma, alongside June Anderson). In June 2006 he had a big success at NY Carnegie Hall with Jason in a concert performance of Cherubini's Médée. In June 2009 he had his début as Arrigo in a new production of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani at the Hungarian State Opera and was highly acclaimed by critics and audiences.
MICHELE KALMANDI Baritone
Baritone Michele Kalmandi started his musical studies in his native country Romania and made his opera début in the age of 24 in the role of Nabucco. Later he moved to Budapest to accomplish his studies with Professor Eugen Sipos, an advocacy of the Italian singing tradition.
Michele Kalmandi is nowadays based in Budapest and is principal guest soloist of the Hungarian State Opera. He is especially known for his big Verdi roles such as Rigoletto, Nabucco, Scarpia, Renato, Macbeth, Conte di Luna, Amonasro and his German baritone repertoire Holländer, Jochanaan, Kurvenal etc. He is also famous for his strong interpretation of Bluebeard by Bela Bartòk.
His international career include performances on many distinguished opera stages such as Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, Teatro del Opera in Rome, Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Palau des Arts of Valencia, Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Hessises Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Essen Aalto Theatre, Grand Théatre de Bordeaux, Prague State Opera, Stockholm Royal Opera, Mikhailovsky Theatre of St Petersburg, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Daejeon Arts and Culture Center, South Korea etc.
Michele Kalmandi has worked with many well known conductors and stage directors to mention Piergiorgio Morandi, Fabrizio Carminati, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Kent Nagano, Osmo Vänskä, Adam Fischer, Tamas Vasary, Bebbe de Tommasi, Pierluigi Pier'Alli, Stefano Vizioli, Henning Brockhaus among others. His concert performances have brought him to England, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Greece and Brazil.
SIR JOHN TOMLINSON Bass
John Tomlinson was born in Lancashire. He gained a BSc. in Civil Engineering at Manchester University before winning a scholarship to the Royal Manchester College of Music. He was awarded a CBE in 1997 and knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2005.
John Tomlinson has sung regularly with English National Opera since 1974 and with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, since 1977 and has also appeared with all the other leading British opera companies. He sang at the Bayreuth Festival for eighteen consecutive seasons as Wotan (Das Rheingold and Die Walküre), Wanderer (Siegfried), Hagen (Götterdämmerung), Titurel and Gurnemanz (Parsifal), King Marke (Tristan Und Isolde), Heinrich (Lohengrin) and Der Fliegende Holländer. Other engagements include Geneva, Lisbon, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin (Deutsche Oper and Deutsche Staatsoper), Dresden, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna and Bilbao and the Festivals of Orange, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Edinburgh and the Maggio Musicale, Florence. His repertoire further includes Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg), Landgraf (Tannhäuser), Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier), Boromeo (Palestrina), Orestes (Elektra), Moses (Moses Und Aron), Green Knight in the world première of Harrison Birtwistle's Gawain And The Green Knight, Claggart (Billy Budd), Rocco (Fidelio), King Philip and Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlos), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Leporello and Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr Miracle and Dapertutto (Les Contes D'hoffmann), Golaud and Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov (Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk), title role and Pimen (Boris Godunov), The General (The Gambler) and the title role in the world première of Birtwistle's The Minotaur.
Engagements in 2010/11 include Hagen in the new production of Götterdämmerung in Hamburg, Hunding in the new production of Die Walküre at La Scala, Gurnemanz for English National Opera, Thomas à Becket in the new production of Assassinio Nella Cattedrale in Frankfurt and concerts throughout Europe. Future performances include returns to the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, English National Opera, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Vienna.
The Coro Gulbenkian was founded in 1964 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. With a full symphonic formation of about 100 singers, it can also appear as a smaller vocal ensemble, according to the nature of the specific performed works. Thus the Coro Gulbenkian may appear as an a cappella ensemble, performing 16th to 18th century Portuguese polyphony, or join the Gulbenkian Orchestra or other orchestras to perform the Classical and Romantic mainstream choral-symphonic literature, as well as 20th century music, having performed (and often premiered) many contemporary works by Portuguese and international composers. It has been frequently invited to collaborate with major international orchestras - the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, the Baden-Baden Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Czeck Philharmonic, the Strasbourg Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, among others - working with conductors such as Colin Davis, Frans Brüggen, Claudio Abbado, Istvan Fischer, Gerd Albrecht, Emmanuel Krivine, Theodor Guschlbauer, Michael Gielen, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos and Franz Welser-Möst.
Besides its regular season in Lisbon and its national tours, the Coro Gulbenkian has repeatedly toured Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macao (under Portuguese administration), Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and Uruguay.
In 1992 a tour of Holland and Germany with the Orchestra of the XVIII Century led to the live recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for Philips, within Frans Brüggen's complete Beethoven cycle. It would be the beginning of a close partnership between the Coro Gulbenkian and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, which resulted in several other international tours in Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom and in China (Hong Kong).
In addition to those tours and the ones that the Coro Gulbenkian has frequently done abroad with either the Gulbenkian Orchestra or other significant orchestras and ensembles, the Choir has collaborated with important music festivals around the world, including presentations in Eurotop Festival (Amsterdam), the Veneto Festival (Padua and Venice), the International Music Festival of Granada and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The Coro Gulbenkian has recorded extensively for Philips, Archiv-Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, Cascavelle, Musifrance, FNAC-Music, performing a wide-spanned repertoire, from Early-Renaissance polyphony to Xenakis, either a cappella or with different orchestras. Several of these albums received international awards such as the Berlioz Prize of the French Académie Nationale du Disque Lyrique, the Grand Prix International du Disque of the Charles Cross Academy or the Orphee d'Or, amongst others.
Michel Corboz has been the Chief Conductor of the Coro Gulbenkian since 1969, with Fernando Eldoro and Jorge Matta as Associate and Assistant Conductors respectively.
Critics have described Meng Yang Pan's playing as 'so fine that time seemed to stand still. Her shading, use of tone colour, and the most brilliantly clear and precise placing of the music in the highest register was a real joy to hear'.
Based in London, Meng Yang regularly performs in some of the most prestigious concert halls throughout the UK such as the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, The National Gallery, St John's Smith Square and Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
Concerto performances with Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy and John Wilson are among the highlights of her career to date. Meng Yang has also received numerous prizes and awards such as First Prize at the 2010 Bromsgrove International Young Musicians Platform and Second Prize and Audience Prize at the Dudley International Piano Competition. Upon graduating from the RCM, HRH Prince Charles presented her with one of the College's most prestigious awards, The Tagore Gold Medal, for outstanding representation of the RCM.
Born in China, Meng Yang was accepted by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, 1996. In 1998, she won First Prize at the MIDO Piano Competition in China followed by Second Prize at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition for Young People in Germany, 1999.
Meng Yang was then awarded a full scholarship by the Wall Trust to study at The Purcell School, where she worked with Professor Tessa Nicholson. During her three years there, she appeared both as a soloist and chamber musician at many prestigious venues including the Purcell Room and the UNESCO in Paris.
Supported by a full scholarship, Meng Yang went onto study at the RCM with Gordon Fergus Thompson and Head of Keyboard, Vanessa Latarche, between 2003 and 2010. During this time she performed in masterclasses with Murray Perahia, John Lill, Barry Douglas, Dimitri Alexeev and Jonathan Plowright. In 2006, she won First Prize in the Robert William and Florence Amy Brant International Pianoforte Competition and in 2009, Mengyang was the winner of the MBF Educational Award.
Meng Yang would like to thank Vanessa Latarche, Gordon Fergus Thompson, Sir Roger Carr and Lady Stephanie Carr for their generous support.
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Yefim Bronfman, piano
Michelle DeYoung, soprano
Attila Fekete, tenor
Michele Kalmandi, baritone
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
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Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, violin
Mark van de Wiel, clarinet
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How bad are financial conditions in Europe? So bad, that European stocks (VGK - News) just touched 18-month highs.
And why are they doing that? It's because of "optimism U.S. lawmakers will agree on a new budget and avoid the so-called fiscal cliff" - that's according to one very trusted media source, with lots of high priced terminals installed you know where.
The other extreme is the Dec. 6 edition of the Wall Street Journal (see below), whose front cover made no mention of S&P's latest Greece downgrade anywhere. Have they run out of words to describe the Greek situation? Or have reporters been bitten with crisis fatigue? Instead of where the Greece news should've ran, the headline "U.S. Gas Exports Clear Hurdle" appeared.
S&P (finally) downgraded Greece to BB+ and no that ugly credit score doesn't qualify as "investment grade." But even here, there's a silver lining. Greece's rating - according to S&P's alphabet soup chart - is nevertheless the highest tier of junk. (Does S&P have F- ratings or is that too real world?)
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Rising Contagion
Economic forecasters have ratcheted down Europe's growth prospects so many times, the velocity of the crisis has made their numbers and assumptions look stupid. After saying the eurozone's 2012 economic activity would contract by just 0.40% in September, the ECB now says the magic number is 0.50%. Likewsie, for 2013, the ECB's original forecasts were too rosy. Instead of 0.50% growth, they now expect just 0.30%. If recent history is any guide, expect more downward revisions.
What's occurring? The problems of over-indebted eurozone nations (FEZ - News) have spread to the healthy regions. Instead of the strong countries helping the weaker ones, as theorists argued would occur, the weak are making the strong weaker. And as a result, economic output throughout the entire eurozone region is decelerating.
Increasing Unemployment
Over the past two months, the unemployment rate in Greece (26%), Spain (26.2%), and Italy (11.1%) has hit record highs. There is no silver lining here. A lack of income means less commerce and less flow of capital. Without jobs, the goal of prosperity inevitably leads to poverty. Unhealthy labor markets always equal unhealthy economies.
Structural Inconsistencies
The eurozone (FEU - News) is supposed to be a union of member countries with the same economic goals and financial interests. But the stark differences between the economic haves vs. the have nots shows a total lack of integration.
Compare and contrast borrowing rates.
Germany pays 1.29% on its 10-year debt, France pays 1.98% on its 10-year debt, while Greece pays 14.37%, Portugal pays 7.35%, and Spain pays 5.44%. In a true union, everyone pays the same borrowing rate and not one basis point more.
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The last time we saw economic conditions this bad in Europe was during the Great Depression. It was in fact a deflationary depression. In other words, prices across the board declined: real estate (RWR - News), stocks (TMW - News), bonds (AGG - News) and commodities (DBC - News).
If this seems far-fetched, consider that the first leg down from the 2007 highs was stronger than the first leg in 1929. The 2009-present counter trend rally was also stronger than the 1929-30. If the parallels persist, the next leg down should be more than a mere flesh wound.
Remember: The Great Depression erased 29 years worth of growth. Interesting enough, if today's market erases 29 years worth of growth, valuations (P/E ratios and dividend yields) would approach levels seen in the early 1930s.
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