Center Stage
Prestigious honorees and nominated performances fill the 10th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts.
By
David Lee Simmons
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Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dean Angeles of Loyola
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The honoring of both ends of the teaching spectrum is but one of the highlights of the 10th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts, which will be held Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Hotel Monteleone.
Dean Angeles, Director of Orchestra
and String Education at Loyola University since 1980, will receive the Lifetime
Achievement Award. Angeles' love of music helped him rise to university professor;
he has former string students teaching around the world. The Greater New
Orleans Youth Orchestra, celebrating its 10th anniversary,
will receive the Arts Education Award for training young classical musicians
in New Orleans and on the Northshore.
Benefactor Jeri Nims -- whose recent donations to UNO and NOCCA made her Gambit WeeklyÕs
2002 co-New Orleanian of the Year -- will receive the Arts Patron Award.
And finally, Moses Hogan -- best known for bringing the American Negro spiritual
to symphony orchestras around the world -- will receive the Outstanding Contribution
Award. Southern-New Orleans' Roger Dickerson will present the award to Hogan's
parents; Hogan was recently felled by a serious stroke.
WDSU-TV anchorman Norman Robinson will serve as master of ceremonies for the luncheon, which provides 14 awards honoring achievement in classical music, opera and dance for the previous year. The Tribute is made possible through the support of Gambit Weekly, WWNO 89.9 FM Radio, the Hotel Monteleone, WerleinÕs for Music, Coleman E. Adler & Sons, Uptown Costume & Dancewear, and Smith & Wollensky Restaurant. Tickets are $25 and seating is at tables for 10. Reservations may be made by calling Gloria Powers at 486-5900, ext. 136. Seating is limited.
SPECIAL HONOREES
Lifetime Achievement Award for 2003 -- Professor Dean Angeles Arts Patron Award -- Jeri Nims Arts Education Award -- Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra Outstanding Contribution Award -- Moses Hogan
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Arts Patron Award winner Jeri Nims
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CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA NOMINATIONS
Best Classical Music Performance
Piano Perfection
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel, conductor; Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Beethoven and Blue Jeans
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Klauspeter Seibel, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Oliveira Plays Brahms
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
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The Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, winner of the Arts Education Award
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Klauspeter Seibel, conductor; Elmar Oliveira, violin
Best Chamber Music Performance
Program of Beethoven, Baker and Schumann Loyola Piano Trio
Valerie Poullette, violin; Allen Nisbet,
cello; H. Jac McCracken, piano
'The
Complete Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven'
Peter Collins St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church
'From Holy Week to Easter: A Concert
of Music for Solo Trumpet and Organ'
Gary Benoit (trumpet) & Rev. Carl Davidson (organ) St. Louis Cathedral
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Outstanding Contribution Award honoree Moses Hogan
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Best New Classical Music Performance
(Contemporary -- written in the past 25 years)
'Symphony No. 4' (world premiere), from Psalm of Peace
Stephen
Dankner, composer Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre
'A Concerto for Flute and Orchestra,' from Giants of the Night David Amram, composer Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra featuring James Galway and David Amram
Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts
'Water Night'
Eric Whitacre, composer
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Stephen Dankner's "Symphony No. 4" is nominated for Best New Classical Music Performance.
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Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale; Sara Lynn Baird, conductor Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Best Opera Production
Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss) Directed by David Morelock for the Loyola Opera Workshop
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin) Directed by Dorothy Danner for the New Orleans Opera Association
Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) Directed by David Morelock for the New Orleans Opera Association
Creative Achievement in Opera
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Xavier's production of Gianni Schicchi earned director John Ware a Creative Achievement in Opera nomination.
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Don Darnutzer
Lighting design for Tosca
New Orleans Opera Association
John Ware
Direction of Gianni Schicchi Xavier University Opera Theater
Jay Lesenger
Direction of Salome New Orleans Opera Association
Best Choral Arts Presentation
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Die Fledermaus (by the Loyola Opera Workshop) is nominated for Best Opera Production.
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Brahms German Requiem Loyola Chorus Meg Hulley, director Roussel Hall, Loyola University
A Silver & Blue Christmas UNO Privateer Chorus & UNO Chorale Sean Wallace, director Recital Hall, UNO Performing Arts Center
Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) Symphony Chorus of New Orleans
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NOCCA/Riverfront Annual Dance Concert receives a nod for Best Ballet Production.
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Steven Edwards, music director Orpheum Theatre
DANCE NOMINATIONS
Best Ballet Production
Fall Concert
Loyola Ballet Laura Zambrano, director Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Giselle Jefferson Performing Arts Society Harvey Hysell and Diane Carney, artistic direction
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Jeanne Jaubert's "Bourbon Street Story," from nominated Ready ? Set ? Flow! production, is nominated for Best Choreography (new work).
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Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Hansel & Gretel Delta Festival Ballet Joseph Giacobbe, director Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts
NOCCA/Riverfront Annual Dance
Concert
Miguel Lopez, Dance Dept. chair; Jan Miller, classical ballet instructor Lupin Hall, NOCCA/Riverfront
Best Modern Dance Production
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Meg Gavin and her Devyani Dancers' work at Passions of Juno earns a nod for Best Ethnic Dance Performance.
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An Evening of Dance Newcomb Dance Company Dixon Hall, Tulane University
Humid: A Confederacy of Dances 4
A Confederacy of Dances Contemporary Arts Center
Ready ... Set ... Flow! Happensdance, Spring Concert Lupin Hall, NOCCA
Best Ethnic Dance Performance
Alianza Flamenca
Saturday nights at El Matador
Devyani Dancers at Passions
of Juno
TwiRoPa Mills
'Mohini Attam,' from Dramarama
Sunanda Nair and disciples Contemporary Arts Center
Best Choreography (new work)
Megan Zuchowski 'Gold' Loyola Fall Concert
Adele Myers & Dancers 'Swallowed by Lipstick,' from An Evening of Dance Newcomb College
Jeanne Jaubert 'Bourbon Street Story,' from Ready É Set É Flow! Happensdance Lupin Hall, NOCCA/Riverfront
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