PSO Announces Neighborhood Chamber Music Concerts

For Immediate Release
Aug. 14, 2014

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S MUSIC FOR THE SPIRIT EXPANDS TO INCLUDE THREE SEPTEMBER NEIGHBORHOOD CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Music for the Spirit program is expanding to include three chamber music concerts at local churches in the North Side, East Liberty and Wilkinsburg in September.

The Music for the Spirit program explores the connection between music and spirituality during free Pittsburgh Symphony concerts, at both Heinz Hall as part of the BNY Mellon Grand Classics series and in rotating community venues. In September, the Music for the Spirit program adds three concerts featuring the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Brass and which follow the Music for the Spirit concert format, melding music, poetry, readings and other spoken word pieces.

Monday Night Neighborhood Concerts will take place at Allegheny Center Alliance Church on the North Side on September 8, East Liberty Presbyterian Church on September 15 and Deliverance Baptist Church in Wilkinsburg on September 22. Each Monday Night Neighborhood Concert will present the same program.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Brass includes Craig Knox, tuba; Murray Crewe, bass trombone; Neal Berntsen, trumpet; William Caballero, horn; Peter Sullivan, trombone; and George Vosburgh, trumpet.

All concerts start at 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made at pittsburghsymphony.org/neighborhoodseries or 412-392-8991.

The annual Music for the Spirit concerts will take place on November 20 at Westminster Presbyterian in Upper St. Clair and November 22 at Cardinal Wuerl High School in Cranberry. More details about these concerts will be released in the fall.

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Contact: Louise Sciannameo, Vice President for Communications and External Relations
Phone: 412.392.4866 | email: lsciannameo@pittsburghsymphony.org
Contact: Joyce DeFrancesco, Director of Media Relations
Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: jdefrancesco@pittsburghsymphony.org
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Quantum Theatre's Mnemonic

July 5-28
Kirkwood Building, East Liberty (215 N. Highland Avenue)
Mnemonic / ni’monik / adj.
1. assisting or intended to assist memory
2. of memory

In 1991 tourists descending a peak in the Alps discover a shriveled, naked body emerging from the ice.
How old is it?

A man alone in his apartment searches for clues to explain the disappearance of his girlfriend. Place and memory collide while stories older than the millennium connect us to each other and to those who came before. Mnemonic, with its ground-breaking performance and production styles examines our understanding of time, our capacity to interpret history, and our attempts to retell the past.

Antonio Marziale, Anand Nagraj, Ken Bolden, Patrick Jordan, Katya Stepanov

STARRING Malcolm Tulip, Carolina Loyola-Garcia, Anand Nagraj, Ken Bolden, Patrick Jordan, Katya Stepanov, and Antonio Marziale.

Carolina Loyola-Garcia, Malcolm Tulip

DESIGN BY Joe Seamans, Joe Pino, C. Todd Brown, Tony Ferrieri, and Albulena Borovci.


TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Purchase online or call Quantum, 412-362-1713


$18 student tickets are made possible through the UPMC Student Ticket Program. Call 412-362-1713 to order student tickets, or to book a group!

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
July 5, Opening Night: post-show champagne reception.

July 7, Post-Show Discussion: post-show Q&A with the cast.

July 10, Ladies Night: A ladies-only reception and viewing. Join us for a pre-show reception at Kiya Tomlin's new boutique at 6:30pm, followed by the performance at 8pm (just two doors down).

July 11, Global Pittsburgh Night: Quantum Theatre is hosting Global Pittsburgh's First Thursday happy hour at AVA Lounge, 6:30pm. Meet people from all over the world in Pittsburgh and learn more about different cultures. Then walk down the street for an 8pm performance!

July 12, Grapenuts Night: A pre-show wine tasting at the venue's courtyard at 6:30pm, followed by the performance at 8pm.

July 26, Young Professionals Night: Join your friends and colleagues at Quantum's first young professionals happy hour, 6:30pm in the courtyard, followed by 8pm performance. Complimentary beer & wine, plus Franktuary and Lomito food trucks!

Regular Run Schedule
Wednesdays-Sundays, all shows at 8pm; NO LATE SEATING
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS
Kirkwood Building, in East Liberty
215 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
The theater's entrance is located on the left side of the Kirkwood building, facing a courtyard. Look for the Q's!
PARKING: Parking is available in several nearby city lots as well as on-street.

This space is wheelchair accessible. To reserve floor level seats, please contact Stevie at 412.362.1713


SUBSCRIBE TO QUANTUM

See all four shows at a discounted rate!
Order your subscription ONLINE or call Quantum at 412.362.1713 to order by phone.
SUBSCRIPTION LEVELS
Opening Nights (including post-show champagne reception) $157
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays $107
Fridays $112
Saturdays $132
Ladies Night (1st Wed. of each run) $125
Grapenuts at Quantum (1st Fri. of each run)  $152
Discussion Sundays (1st Sun. of each run)   $107
 
Photo Credit: Heather Mull

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