News from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County

UT to hold Music Festival with Samuel Adler November 12 - 13
The University of Tampa Music Festival with Samuel Adler will present free concerts that will feature music by the world-renowned composer.

Composer and conductor Samuel Adler will visit the University of Tampa to perform, teach and observe during a two-day festival devoted to his music November 12-13.

Adler, who is often compared to Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, is known for his work as a composer and conductor and has written compositions for the Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony,American Brass Quintet, Ying Quartet, and the American String Quartet, among many others.

The festival will feature three public events, all open to the public and free of charge:
· On Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Fletcher Lounge in Plant Hall, UT music faculty will perform Adler's chamber music.
· On Friday, November 13, at 4 p.m. in the Ferman Music Center on campus,Adler will lead an orchestration seminar.
· On Friday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Fletcher Hall, the UT Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Glee Club, and Collegiate Chorale will perform Adler's music.

Libor Ondras, UT professor of music, said Adler's visit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students and the public to see Adler perform and teach first hand.

"Adler is one of contemporary American music's giants, and we are lucky that he is willing to come to UT to perform for the public and teach our students," Ondras said.

Adler, a professor emeritus of the Eastman School of Music and current member of The Juilliard School's composition faculty, has served in a variety of positions, ranging from conductor of the U.S. Army's Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, music director of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas, and professor of composition at the University of North Texas.

His catalog includes more than 400 published works in all media, including five operas, six symphonies, eight string quartets, works for wind ensemble and band, and chamber music.

Adler's visit and the festival are sponsored by The University of Tampa's College of Arts and Letters and the Department of Music.

For more information, contact Libor Ondras at (813) 257-3762.

Additionally, the UT Department of Music will present two other concerts this fall celebrating Adler's work. The public is invited to all concerts, and admission is free.

· On Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Salon, the Quartet deMinaret's fall concert will feature Adler's Quintet for Piano and Strings. Nancy Chang, guest violinist from the Florida Orchestra, will join the quartet for the performance.
· On Monday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Salon, Ondras will present a viola recital, which will feature Adler's Sonata for Viola.
Web site: www.ut.edu

MOSI offering $5 Admission in Honor of Veterans Day
In celebration of Veteran's Day, November 11 - 15, 2009, the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) will be offering $5 admission* to all active and retired military personnel,EMTs, firefighters and police officers.

Admission includes MOSI exhibit galleries and one standard IMAX Dome Theatre film.

MOSI, Museum of Science & Industry is located at 4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida.

*Must present Military Photo ID to receive offer. Cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts. Excludes special engagement exhibitions and films.


WMNF presents Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles - Tickets on Sale NOW!
On Friday November 20th, WMNF will present Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles with The Eileen Jewell Band opening.

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles' members claim influences as far-reaching as Mahalia Jackson, Sid Vicious and Merle Haggard, so it's no surprise that the band boasts a unique sound. The group's 2005 debut, Silver City, showcased an unusual knack for mixing alternative rock with country, earning an impressive assortment of critical raves. Some folks make music because they want to -- others do it because they have no choice. Sarah Borges clearly falls into the latter category, the kind of person whose DNA would read like a musical chart if you mapped it out on paper. Diamonds in the Dark, Borges’ second album -- and first for Sugar Hill -- spells that out in lush detail, with every plaintive vocal twist and every rollicking guitar turn offering up proof that the Massachusetts native knows her way around American music’s roots (and has her own roots planted firmly in some mighty fertile soil). While Borges readily acknowledges devouring songs from recordings made decades before she was born -- Wanda Jackson, Bob Wills and vintage Merle Haggard have all been in heavy rotation on her stereo -- she has always offset those influences with the music of the here-and-now. www.sarahborges.com

The Eileen Jewell Band will open. Boise-born and Boston-based, Eileen Jewell has quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots, country, folk-blues musicians. Her first two albums, Boundary County (self-released, 2006) and Letters from Sinners and Strangers (Signature Sounds, 2007) were astonishingly assured efforts, which matched Jewell’s understated yet insightful songs with a rugged blend of Americana styles. They were met with a great deal of acclaim, with No Depression raving that “Jewell is showing she can wander with the best of them, and write riveting song-stories about her adventures along the way.” Indicative of Jewell’s strong following in Europe, The Word in the UK described her as “A voice of real distinction [that] manages to transcend some powerful influences and pierce the fog long enough for her own point of view to emerge.” www.eileenjewell.com

Two of the outstanding acts at the 2009 Tropical Heatwave come back for a powerful double bill of roots rock. November 20, 2009 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit www.wmnf.org.