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Ten Again
The annual Tribute to the Classical Arts enters its second decade with a fresh set of honorees and nominees.
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David Lee Simmons
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NOCCA/Riverfront Department of Dance's PaloMoba
is nominated for Best Original Choreography.
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The Tribute to the Classical Arts begins a second decade
of honoring achievement in classical music, opera and dance with an awards ceremony
Feb. 16 in the La Nouvelle Ballroom of the Monteleone Hotel (214 Royal St.).
Along with the competition awards, there will be four special awards given at
the luncheon, which runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Raquel Cortina, music professor
and Seraphia D. Leyda University Teaching Fellow at the University of New Orleans,
will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award; Cortina started UNO's voice programs.
Carol Beck, who has been Loyola's ballet costumer for 10 years, will receive a
Special Recognition Award. NOCCA/Riverfront, Louisiana's premier public arts training
center for high school students, will receive the Arts Education Award. Hibernia
Bank, which donates approximately $3.5 million to nonprofit organizations and
approves more than 2,000 funding requests, will be honored with the Arts Patron
Award.
WGNO-TV Channel 26 news anchor Liz Reyes will serve as master of ceremonies. Tickets
to the luncheon are $30 each or $300 for a table for 10. Seating is limited. For
information and reservations call Gloria Powers at 486-5900, ext. 136. The event
is sponsored by Gambit Weekly, WWNO Radio, the Monteleone Hotel, Bitsie
Werlein Piano Company, Uptown Costume & Dancewear, Adler's Jewelers, and Smith
& Wollensky Restaurant. Proceeds from the event benefit the Foundation for Entertainment
Development and Education, which gives grants and gifts to programs and projects
that nurture the future talent of our area.
SPECIAL HONOREES
Lifetime Achievement Award for 2004 -- Raquel Cortina
Arts Patron Award -- Hibernia Bank
Arts Education Award -- NOCCA/Riverfront
Special Recognition Award: Carol Beck
DANCE NOMINEES
Best Classical Ballet Production
A Dance Fantasy
Jefferson Performing Arts Society and Ballet Hysell
Jefferson Performing Arts Center
Loyola Ballet Holiday Concert
Loyola Ballet
Roussel Hall, Loyola University
Spring Concert
NOCCA/Riverfront Department of Dance
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Auditorium
Best Modern Dance Production
Five Pieces
Confederacy of Dances
Contemporary Arts Center
Dreams and Slipstreams
Happensdance
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Auditorium
Dance and Music From the Heart
Lula Elzy's New Orleans Dance Theatre
Dillard University, Samuel Dubois Cook Theatre
Best Ethnic Dance Production
Cultures in Motion: A Festival of Ethnic Dance
UNO Downtown Theatre
UNO Downtown Theatre
Devyani American Tribal Style Belly Dance
Devyani Dancers
Blue Nile
Annual Spring Concert
Komenka Ethnic Dance & Music Ensemble
Loyola University, Roussel Performance Hall
Best Original Choreography (new work)
High Heels & Grits, presented at Confederacy of Dances
Choreography by Nicole Boyd
Contemporary Arts Center
Orisha Suite, presented at Cultures in Motion
Choreography by Michelle Gibson
Efforts of Grace/Ashe Community Arts Center
UNO Downtown Theatre
PaloMoba
Choreography by Elisa Monte, Robert Battle, Miguel Lopez
NOCCA/Riverfront Dance Department Spring Concert
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Auditorium
Riches of Ragtime
Choreography by Cheryl O'Sullivan
Komenka Spring Concert
Loyola University, Roussel Performance Hall
CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA NOMINEES
Best Classical Music Performance
A Triumphant Fifth
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Opening Night
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel, conductor
Orchestra Stars
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Marco Parisoto, conductor
Best Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59, UNO Musical Excursions Series
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Players: Yuki Tanaka, Elizabeth Overweg,
Amy Leonard, David Rosen
Sticks and Strings, Part II
Loyola Orchestral Faculty Ensemble, featuring Nobue Matsuoka and Valerie Poulette
Loyola College of Music
Find the Phil
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Players
David Amram, conductor
Vespa Showroom
Best New Classical Music Composition
(Contemporary -- written in the past 25 years)
A Joyful Fantasy
Richard Harrison, composer
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra
John Fairlie, conductor
No Toussaint, No Purchase
Hannibal Lokumbe, composer
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel, conductor
Symphony #6
Stephen Dankner, composer
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra
John Fairlie, conductor
This New, Immense, Unbounded World
Robert Kapilow, composer/conductor
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Best Opera Production
Cosi Fan Tutti
Loyola Opera
David Morelock, director; Carol Rausch, conductor
Don Giovanni
New Orleans Opera Association
Matthew Lata, director; Robert Lyall, conductor
Pontalba
New Orleans Opera Association
Jay Lesenger, director; Robert Lyall, conductor
Creative Achievement in Opera
Jay Lesenger
Stage direction for Pontalba
New Orleans Opera Association
Erhard Rom
Scenic design for Pontalba
New Orleans Opera Association
Ania Schmidt
Editor, New Orleans Opera Student Guides (specifically for Pontalba)
New Orleans Opera Association
Best Choral Arts Presentation
Christmas at Loyola
Loyola Women's Chorale
Meg Hulley Frazier, conductor
In Praise of the Virgin: In Search of the Black Madonna
St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Women's Ensemble
Stephen Blackmon and Marijim Thoene, co-directors
Misa Sacris Solemnis
Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale
Sara Lynn Baird, director
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