Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Dreamweaver Marketing News, FINNISH CONDUCTOR JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE JOINS PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY




For Immediate Release
December 22, 2016

FINNISH CONDUCTOR JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE JOINS
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY FOR FIRST BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS CONCERTS OF NEW YEAR

PITTSBURGH—Acclaimed Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste returns to Heinz Hall for the first time since 1999 to lead the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Seventh and Sibelius’ Fifth symphonies during the BNY Mellon Grand Classics weekend on January 13 and 15.
First performed in 1813, the remarkable, energetic Seventh Symphony from Beethoven was met with immediate acclaim and, over the years, many different interpretations of its meaning, including a recent critically acclaimed recording from the Pittsburgh Symphony on the Reference Recordings Fresh! label.
Composed a little more than 100 years after Beethoven’s symphony, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5 premiered in celebration of the composer’s 50th birthday in 1915. The work opens with a four-note theme in the horns that is developed seamlessly throughout, expanding into an exhilarating rush of energy to the end. 
A pre-concert talk, open to all ticketholders and led by Assistant Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong, will occur on stage one hour before each concert. Program notes for the weekend are available online at pittsburghsymphony.org/Seven and on the PSO mobile app the day of the concert.
The Youth Chamber Connection ensemble will perform in the Grand Lobby beginning one hour prior to the concert start on Sunday, January 15. This performance is free to ticketholders.
The concert begins at 8 p.m. on Friday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets, ranging in price from $20 to $94, can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412-392-4900 or visiting pittsburghsymphony.org/Seven.
The Pittsburgh Symphony would like to recognize and thank BNY Mellon for its 2016-2017 title sponsorship of BNY Mellon Grand Classics. Fairmont Pittsburgh is the official hotel of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Radio station WQED-FM 89.3 and WQEJ-FM89.7 is the official voice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

About the Artists
JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE has established himself as one of the outstanding conductors of his generation, demonstrating remarkable musical depth and integrity.

Born in Heinola, Finland, he began his career as a violinist before training as a conductor with Jorma Panula at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. An artist of exceptional versatility and breadth, Saraste feels a special affinity with the sound and style of late Romantic music. Equally, he maintains a strong connection with the music of our time, such as that of Dutilleux, Lindberg, Salonen and Saariaho, among others. He recently conducted world premieres by Wolfgang Rihm, Friedrich Cerha, Pascal Dusapin, Philippe Schoeller and Carmine Emanuele Cella.

Saraste has served as chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, since 2010. In April 2015, he extended his contract until the 2018-2019 season. He was music director and chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra from 2006 to 2013, and at the end of his tenure there was made conductor laureate, the very first such title bestowed by that orchestra. His previous positions have included BBC Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He founded the Finnish Chamber Orchestra, of which he is still artistic advisor, and the orchestra´s annual Tammisaari Festival, of which he is artistic director.

His guest engagements have led him to the major orchestras worldwide, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and the leading Scandinavian orchestras, among others. In the United States, he has conducted the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic.

Saraste´s extensive discography includes the complete symphonies of Sibelius and Nielsen with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has made a number of critically acclaimed recordings for Toronto Symphony Orchestra of works by Bartók, Dutilleux, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev for Warner Finlandia, most notably a recording of Dutilleux’s Second Symphony. His recordings of Mahler´s Sixth Symphony with the Oslo Philharmonic and Mahler´s Ninth Symphony with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne have received widespread acknowledgement. His recordings with WDR Symphony Orchestra for Hänssler have earned him high critical praise, and include Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande, Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Brahms’ Symphonies No. 1 and 3 as well as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

Saraste has received the Pro Finlandia Prize, the Sibelius Medal, and the Finnish State Prize for Music. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from York University, Toronto and an honorary doctorate from the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki.


The PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, known for its artistic excellence for more than 120 years, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens. Past music directors have included Fritz Reiner (1938-1948), William Steinberg (1952-1976), André Previn (1976-1984), Lorin Maazel (1984-1996) and Mariss Jansons (1995-2004).  This tradition of outstanding international music directors was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony. The orchestra has been at the forefront of championing new American works, and gave the first performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah” in 1944 and John Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine in 1986. The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. Its “Pittsburgh Live!” series with Reference Recordings has resulted in back-to-back Grammy Award nominations in 2015 and 2016. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast on the airwaves coast-to-coast and in the late 1970s it made the ground breaking PBS series “Previn and the Pittsburgh.” The orchestra has received increased national attention since 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International, produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3, made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. With a long and distinguished history of touring both domestically and overseas since 1900 — including international tours to Europe, the Far East and South America—the Pittsburgh Symphony continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras.



HEINZ HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is owned and operated by Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc., a non-profit organization, and is the year-round home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The cornerstone of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, Heinz Hall hosts many events that do not feature its world-renowned Orchestra including Broadway shows, popular touring artists, comedians, speakers and much more. For a full calendar of upcoming non-symphony events at the hall, visit heinzhall.org.

Editors Please Note:

Friday, January 13, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 15, at 2:30 p.m.

Heinz Hall
BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS: Beethoven’s Seventh
JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE, conductor

Ludwig Van Beethoven                                      Symphony No. 7 in A major, Opus 92
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
II. Allegretto
III. Presto
IV. Allegro con brio

Intermission

Jean Sibelius                                                         Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Opus 82
I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto
II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
III. Allegro molto – Misterioso       

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Contact: Louise Sciannameo, Vice President for Public Affairs
Phone: 412.392.4866 | email: lsciannameo@pittsburghsymphony.org
Contact: Joyce DeFrancesco, Director of Media Relations
Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: jdefrancesco@pittsburghsymphony.org
Twitter: @pghsymphony |Facebook: facebook.com/PittsburghSymphonyOrchestra


About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Dreamweaver Marketing News, DECADES REWIND "A MAGICAL ROCK-MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA" in Pittsburgh




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Lily Rybarczyk, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 412-471-5196 / Rybarczyk@TrustArts.org





DECADES REWIND “A MAGICAL ROCK-MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA” (EXAMINER)PERFORMS AT THE BYHAM
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
 

Sunday, January 22, 2017 | 7:00pm
Pittsburgh, PA– Experience the greatest music of the 60s, 70s and 80s with Decades Rewind - a new concert extravaganza featuring a live 14-piece band performing medleys of hit songs spanning 30 years. 

Featuring over 60 songs, Decades Rewind effortlessly blends unique medleys from the most prominent decades in music history and “had the audience singing along, dancing in their seats and down the aisles” (Examiner) all night long. This fully live concert experience features an 8-piece rock band and 6 vocalists surrounded by rock and roll stage lighting, poignant videos of American culture, and over 100 costume changes.  From Abba to Aretha, Cyndi to Chicago, Madonna to Marvin Gaye, Decades Rewind delivers an unforgettable soundtrack and pays tribute to the biggest and best hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.



Decades Rewind comes to the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh on Sunday, January 22 at 7:00pm. Tickets ($46.75 - $51.75) are available online at TrustArts.org, by phone at 412-456-6666 and in person at the Box Office at Theater Square, 665 Penn Avenue.
Based in Tampa, Decades Rewind made its stage debut in November 2015. Since then, the production has toured all across Florida and has planned its first extensive tour along the East Coast to New England in 2017.
Decades Rewind Promo Video: https://youtu.be/yn90k8IbDUk




Itinerary
1/6 Ormond Beach, FL  Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center
1/19   Glenside, PA  Keswick Theatre
1/20   Easton, PA   State Theater
1/21   Williamsport, PA  Community Arts Center
1/22   Pittsburgh, PA  Byham Theatre
1/25 & 26 Concord, MA  Capital Theater
1/27  Lynn, MA Lynn Auditorium
1/28  Worcester, MA  Hanover Theater
1/29  New Haven, CT  Shubert Theatre
2/15  Syracuse, NY Crouse Hinds Theater
2/16  Binghamton, NY  Broome County Forum
2/17  Rochester, NY  Auditorium Theatre
2/18  Red Bank, NJ  Count Basie Theatre
2/22  Charlottesville, VA  Paramount Theater
2/23  Hagerstown, MD  The Maryland Theatre
2/24  Norfolk, VA  Harrison Opera House
2/25  Richmond, VA  Carpenter Theatre
2/26  Manassas, VA  Hilton Performing Arts Center - Merchang Hall
3/9    Memphis, TN The Orpheum Theatre
3/17  Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place
3/19  Dubuque, IA Five Flags Center
3/25  Rockford, IL  Coronado Performing Arts Center


For additional press information, please contact:Renee Pfefer, On Tour PR203-724-9919Renee@ontourpr.com
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About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer

Monday, December 12, 2016

Dreamweaver Marketing News, PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES CHRIS ROCK THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Media Contacts:Live Nation:
Mikayla Moyer / MikaylaMoyer@LiveNation.com 
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust:
Diana Roth, Communications Manager, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717 / Roth@TrustArts.org 
Images available at: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Press Room
Search name: Second Show: Chris Rock 2017 

PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES 
CHRIS ROCK
THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017 
The Acclaimed Comedian’s First Tour in 9 Years Starts February 14 in Durham, North Carolina 
COMING TO PITTSBURGH IN MAY, 2017!



SECOND SHOW ADDED
 
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | 8:00PM | BENEDUM CENTER
TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 10:00AM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016
 
Pittsburgh, PA–Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Chris Rock, announced today a highly anticipated return to live comedy with an all-new tour. The TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017kicks off on February 14, 2017 in Durham, NC at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The first leg of the TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017 will be the acclaimed comedian’s first tour in over 9 years and will visit cities throughout the U.S. including Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, Detroit and more. More dates will be announced soon.  A full list of tour dates is below.  Tickets go on sale Friday, December 9 at www.livenation.com and other outlets.  This event is presented by Live Nation.  

In Pittsburgh, Chris Rock The Total Blackout Tour 2017 will perform on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. (sold out), and a second show has been added by overwhelming demand for Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 8:00 p.m., at the Benedum Center, 237, 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.  Tickets go on sale for the second show on Friday, December 9, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. ($49.50-$125.00) and will be available through the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s ticket sources online at www.TrustArts.org, by calling 412-456-6666, or in person at Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 
Lauded by peers and critics alike, Chris Rock is one of our generation’s strongest comedic voices. As an actor, director, producer and writer he has created many memorable moments. 


Rock returned in 2016 to host the 88th Annual Academy Awards. In the past year, he has directed HBO’s comedy special “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo.” 
With a career spanning more than three decades, Rock has enjoyed ongoing success in both film and television as a comedian, actor, writer, producer and director.  In 2014 he led the ensemble cast of “Top Five,” a critically acclaimed comedy feature that he also wrote and directed.  In 2009 Rock ventured into the documentary world as a writer and producer of “Good Hair,” and in 2014 he executive produced “Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of the Comic Strip,” a documentary recounting the history of one of New York’s most famous comedy venues.  His feature acting credits include the “Grown Ups” and “Madagascar” franchises, “Head of State,” “Nurse Betty,” “CB4”, “Death at a Funeral,” “I Think I Love My Wife,” “2 Days in New York,” “Dogma” and “New Jack City.” 

His television work includes serving as executive producer, writer and narrator for the series “Everybody Hates Chris,” which ran from 2005 to 2009, and as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” from 1989-1993. 


from Chris Rock, "Everybody Hates Chris."


Rock has won four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and is a New York Times Best-Selling Author. In addition, he received two nominations for the 2016 Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Director for a Variety Special for “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,” and Outstanding Special Class Program for the 88th Annual Academy Awards. 


Chris Rock at the Oscars


CHRIS ROCK – THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017
All dates, cities and venues below subject to change. 
Tuesday, February 14, 2017Durham, NCDurham Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 16, 2017Cincinnati, OHAronoff Center
Saturday, February 18, 2017Columbus, OHPalace Theatre
Tuesday, February 21, 2017Niagara Falls, ONFallsview Casino Resort*
Wednesday, February 22, 2017Niagara Falls, ONFallsview Casino Resort*
Thursday, February 23, 2017Niagara Falls, ONFallsview Casino Resort*
Friday, February 24, 2017Reno, NVReno Events Center
Saturday, February 25, 2017Phoenix, AZComerica Theatre
Friday, March 3, 2017Denver, COBellco Theatre
Sunday, March 5, 2017Richmond, VAAltria Theater
Friday, March 10, 2017Minneapolis, MNOrpheum Theatre
Friday, March 24, 2017Birmingham, ALBJCC Concert Hall
Saturday, March 25, 2017New Orleans, LASaenger Theatre
Wednesday, March 29, 2017Hollywood, FLHard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*
Thursday, April 6, 2017Tulsa, OKRiver Spirit Casino Resort*
Friday, April 7, 2017Thackerville, OKWinStar World Casino*
Saturday, April 8, 2017St. Louis, MOPeabody Opera House
Friday, April 14, 2017Tampa, FLTampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, April 19, 2017Cleveland, OHState Theatre
Saturday, April 22, 2017Uncasville, CTMohegan Sun*
Friday, April 28, 2017Detroit, MIFox Theatre
Wednesday, May 3, 2017Indianapolis, INMurat Theatre
Saturday, May 13, 2017Sugar Land, TXSmart Financial Centre
Sunday, May 14, 2017Austin, TXBass Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 17 & 18, 2017Pittsburgh, PABenedum Center
Thursday, May 25, 2017Cherokee, NCHarrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Centre*
Friday, May 26, 2017Atlanta, GAFox Theater
Saturday, June 3, 2017Atlantic City, NJBorgata Hotel Casino*
* - Not a Live Nation promoted show 


Pittsburgh Cultural Trust





The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners.  Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization.  A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life.  Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.  For more information, visit TrustArts.org.
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About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer



Sunday, December 4, 2016

Dreamweaver Marketing News, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S ‘MUSIC OF PRINCE’ CONCERT RESCHEDULED



For Immediate Release
November 30, 2016

—MEDIA ALERT—

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S ‘MUSIC OF PRINCE’ CONCERT RESCHEDULED



PITTSBURGH – Due to a conflict with artist availability, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Music of Prince” concert will move from Friday, December 16, 2016 to Saturday, March 4, 2017.
Ticketholders should keep their tickets as they will be honored for the new date. Refunds are available to those who are unable to make the March 4 date by returning tickets to the Heinz Hall Box Office. Please contact the box office at 412-392-4900 with any questions.
The “Music of Prince” is presented with Windborne Music, who also brought the sold-out “Music of Led Zeppelin” and “Music of Queen” concerts to the Pittsburgh Symphony. “Music of Prince” will feature the Pittsburgh Symphony with a live band in a symphonic tribute to Prince’s greatest hits, such as “Purple Rain,” “When the Doves Cry,” “Kiss” and more.
Tickets, which range in price from $25 to $65, are available online at pittsburghsymphony.org/prince, by phone at 412-392-4900 or at the Heinz Hall box office at 600 Penn Ave., downtown.


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Contact: Louise Sciannameo, Vice President for Public Affairs
Phone: 412.392.4866 | email: lsciannameo@pittsburghsymphony.org
Contact: Joyce DeFrancesco, Director of Media Relations
Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: jdefrancesco@pittsburghsymphony.org
Twitter: @pghsymphony |Facebook: facebook.com/PittsburghSymphonyOrchestra

About this Blog:  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates provides this blog as a service to the community, friends, clients and business associates.  Feel free to use this blog as a resource and also to send in your press releases.  Dreamweaver Marketing Associates is a full service marketing company that specializes in online and digital branding.  Run exclusively by Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka TechnoGranny and specializing in organic search content, like blogs, video and audio podcasts and searchable social media.  For additional information you can contact the host of this blog, Joanne Quinn-Smith at 412-444-5197.Podcasts that come under the umbrella of Dreamweaver Marketing are PositivelyPittsburghLive, TheTechnoGrannyShow ,MondayMorningMarketeer