The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation will be presented with the Arts Patron Award; Lusher Alternative Elementary School will receive the Arts Education Award. A Special Recognition Award will be conferred on Jenny Thompson, general director of the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance, a partnership of the New Orleans Recreation Department and the New Orleans Ballet Association.
The luncheon, presented by the Big Easy Entertainment Awards, will feature 14 awards divided into the three categories, and will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Queen Anne Ballroom of the Hotel Monteleone (214 Royal St.; www.hotelmonteleone.com). The event is open to the public, seating is at tables for 10; tickets are $30 individual, $300 tables of 10. Call Gloria Powers for reservations at 486-5900, ext. 160. Seating is limited, and major credit cards are accepted. Wendy Rodrigue will serve as master of ceremonies.
The Tribute to the Classical Arts is sponsored by Gambit Weekly, WWNO (89.9 FM), the Hotel Monteleone, Bitsie Werlein Piano Company, Uptown Costume and Dance Company, Smith & Wollensky Restaurant and Adler's Jewelers.
SPECIAL HONOREES
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Muriel Moreland
Arts Patron Award -- Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation
Arts Education Award -- Lusher Alternative Elementary School
Special Recognition Award -- Jenny Thompson, general manager of the NORD/NOBA Center for Dance
CLASSICAL MUSIC NOMINEES
Best Classical Music Performance
An Evening With Nadja and Lynn Harrell
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello; Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel, conductor
Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts
Beethoven and Blue Jeans: "Rachmaninoff & Beethoven"
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
David Alan Miller, conductor; Hee Sung Joo, piano soloist
Orpheum Theater
LPO Classics: Mahler Symphony No. 3
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Klauspeter Seibel, conductor; Symphony Chorus of New Orleans, St. Louis Cathedral Boychoir
Orpheum Theater
Best Chamber Music Performance
Loyola University College of Music Montage Series
Patti Adams, flute; Jan Grimes, piano
Roussel Performance Hall
An Afternoon of Classical Music
New Orleans Chapter of the Links Inc.; Rachel Jordan, artistic director
UNO Performing Arts Center
Trinity Artist Series
Luke Fleming, violist; with Albinas Prizgintas, Katherine White and Edward White
Trinity Episcopal Church
Best New Classical Music Performance
(Contemporary -- written in the past 25 years)
Symphony No. 5
Stephen Dankner, composer
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; Klauspeter Seibel, conductor; soloists Ellen Frohnmayer, soprano, and Philip Frohnmayer, baritone; Symphony Chorus of New Orleans and Loyola University Chorale
Orpheum Theater
Leda and the Swan
Robert Aldridge, composer
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra; Marc Taddei, conductor
Orpheum Theater
Pavane at Giverny
Vernon Valentine Palmer, composer/performer
Trinity Artist Series
Trinity Episcopal Church
OPERA NOMINEES
Best Opera Production
Tales of Hoffmann
New Orleans Opera Association
David Morelock, director; Robert Lyall, conductor
Das Rheingold
New Orleans Opera Association
David Morelock, director; Robert Lyall, conductor
The Magic Flute
Loyola University
David Morelock, director; Carol Rausch, conductor
Creative Achievement in Opera
Carol Rausch
Choral direction and editing of orchestra parts, Tales of Hoffmann
New Orleans Opera Association
Don Darnutzer
Lighting, Das Rheingold and Tales of Hoffmann
New Orleans Opera Association
David Morelock
Staging, The Magic Flute
Loyola Opera Workshop
Best Choral Arts Performance
Christmas on the Northshore
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
The St. Timothy Choir
Robert M. McBain, director
St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Mandeville
Home for Christmas
Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale
Dr. Meg Frazier, conductor
Holy Name of Jesus Church
Orleans Chamber Singers, at Bach Around the Clock
Lauren Buckley, conductor
Trinity Episcopal Church
DANCE AWARDS NOMINEES
Best Classical Ballet Performance
The Nutcracker
Delta Festival Ballet
Supervised and directed by Joseph and Maria Giacobbe
Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts
Symphonic Rock, at An International Evening of Ballet
Jefferson Ballet Theatre; Myra Mier, director
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
NOCCA Spring Dance Concert
NOCCA/Riverfront Department of Dance; Miguel Lopez, department chairman
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
Best Modern Dance Performance
Go!
Tsunami Dance Company; Kettye Volz. director
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
Dances of Evolution
Exhibit Dance Collective; Michelle Gibson, director
Delgado College Student Life Center
Sextette, at NOCCA Winter Dance Concert
Miguel Lopez, department chairman
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
Best Ethnic Dance Performance
Bach Toccata in C Major, DramaRama 11
!Ole Flamenco Ole!; Teresa Romero Torkanowsky, company director
Contemporary Arts Center, Freeport-McMoRan Theatre
The Ka Caper, at DramaRama 11
Betty Karam and the Desert Dancers
Contemporary Arts Center, Freeport-McMoRan Theatre
Tera Talli and Tippani, at DramaRama 11
Sunanda's Performing Arts Center; Sunanda Nair, company director
Contemporary Arts Center, Freeport-McMoRan Theatre
Best Original Choreography (new work)
Dichotomy of Passions
Choreography by Tricia Louque
Loyola Ballet, Loyola University
Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
April 30 and May 1, 2004
Arangetram: A Solo Recital of Bharat Natyam Classical Indian Dance
Choreography by Monika Roy
Southern University New Orleans Auditorium
Where Were You When They Dropped the Pill?, at Balanchine Centennnial Celebration
Choreography by Gregory Schramel and Marjorie Hardwick
New Orleans Ballet Theatre
NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
Mi Corazon, at Go!
Choreography by Kettye Volz
Tsunami Dance NOCCA/Riverfront, Lupin Theatre
