(Read
A Petoskey
Story for Rick's blog on the week.)
Tuesday, January 30th,
2001 8pm
Central
Michigan University School of Music Master
Series
CMU School of Music Recital Hall in Mt.
Pleasant, MI 48859
Program of Russlan & Ludmilla Overture,
Menuetto from Mendelssohn's Symphony
#4, The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
Espana Rhapsody, Fur
Elise, Pictures at an Exhibition
+ a surprise encore!
For ticket information, call toll-free 1-888-CMU-0111
or 517-774-3000
Saturday, February 24th,
2001 Noon-1pm
Abayomi Community
Development Corporation Cultural Playhouse
McGregor Memorial Conference Center at
Wayne State University
This
collage program runs from
noon to 3pm, starting with CutTime Players
performing Peter and the Wolf with
guest narrator WDIV-TV news anchor Emery
King, and concludes with
the Animal Circus Suite danced
by several children choreographed by Jacqueline
Townsend!
Program continues with Pippin' Puppets,
the Step in Time Dance Group, African
Folk Stories and Hands-on African Art
and Jewelry Making!
For ticket information, call 313-541-9828
Sunday, February 25th,
2001 3pm
River
Raisin Centre Concert Series
114 S. Monroe St. in Monroe, MI 48161
Program of Russlan & Ludmilla Overture,
Fur Elise, The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
William Tell Gallop, The Entertainer
Rag, and Peter and the Wolf with
guest narrator actor Bill Smith!
For ticket information, call 734-242-7722
Saturday, March 3rd,
2001 11am
DSO
Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd.
Dance program featuring classical
music inspired by eastern-European folk
music including Enesco Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
and Smetana Wedding Dance from
The Moldau and MORE.
Guest artist - Pointe Repertory Dancers
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Saturday, April 7th,
2001 11am
DSO
Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd. in
Beverly Hills
Puppet program featuring
Kabalevsky The Comedians Suite
and Weinberger Polka and Fugue from
Schwanda the Bagpiper.
Guest artists - Atlantis Expedition Puppets
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
April 16 - 20, 2001
Regional Tour of Upper Peninsula of Michigan
evening concerts, school concerts and
workshops in Calumet, Ironwood and Escanaba
For more information, call or visit:
Calumet Theater - 906-337-2166
Ironwood Theatre - 906-932-0618
Bonifas
Arts Center - 906-786-3833
Saturday, May 19th,
2001 11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Parcells Middle School
20600 Mack Ave. and Vernier in Grosse
Pointe Woods
Dance program featuring classical
music inspired by eastern-European folk
music including Enesco Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
and Smetana Wedding Dance from
The Moldau and MORE.
Guest artist -
Pointe
Repertory Dancers
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Thursday, June 28, 2001
7:30pm
Concerts in the Courtyard Series
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Evening program featuring violinist Geoff
Applegate and flutist Sharon Sparrow
call 313-881-7511 for information
Thursday, July 12, 2001
7:30pm
Concerts in the Park Series
Shain Park in downtown Birmingham, MI
Light program featuring
Geoff
Applegate on violin,
Sharon
Sparrow on flute and Ike McKinnon
narrating Peter and the Wolf
Free admissions!
July 30-31st, 2001
2 Waterfront Concerts for
Crooked Tree Arts Center of Petoskey,
MI
Petsokey Waterfront Park July 30 at 7:30pm
Boyne City Waterfront Park July 31 at
7:30pm
These concerts are FREE and FUN!
Variety program of famous classics and
cool jazz by composer Claude Bolling featuring
violinist Geoff Applegate and flutist
Sharon Sparrow.
For more information, call Crooked Tree
Arts Center at 231-347-4337
Friday, November 9th,
2001 8pm
River
Raisin Centre Concert Series
114 S. Monroe St. in Monroe, MI 48161
Program featuring Dance of the Comedians,
Espana Rhapsody, Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Bolling Suite excerpts,
Mozart Symphony #25 and Pictures
at an Exhibition and more!
For ticket information, call 734-242-7722
Sunday, November 11th,
2001 7:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Introducing CutTime Players program
featuring Russian Sailor's Dance, Vivaldi's
Spring Concerto with Geoff
Applegate, Fur Elise, The Comedians
Suite and Pictures at an Exhibition
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Tuesday, December 11th,
2001 8:30pm
Debut performance of the NEW
CutTime Players Workshop
ensemble
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Brand new Christmas program featuring
excerpts from The Nutcracker, a
Christmas medley, the Carnival of Venice
trumpet variations featuring Kevin
Good, a Charlie Brown Christmas
and more!
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Sunday, February 24th,
2002 4:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry
Ford Estate at University of Michigan
Dearborn Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn,
MI 48128
Claude Bolling's very popular Suite
for Solo Violin and Jazz Septet featuring
Geoff Applegate, and Suite for Solo
Flute and Jazz Septet featuring Sharon
Sparrow
(Note: 4:30pm IS the correct start time!)
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Saturday, March 9, 2002
11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd. in
Beverly Hills
PACK YOUR BAGS! Discover the instruments
of CutTime Players in a unique program
exploring the instruments of this miniature
orchestra with music from around the world!
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Sunday, April 7th, 2002
7:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Popular Spanish program featuring Espana
Rhapsody, famous Adagio by
Rodrigo, The Three-Cornered Hat,
Bolero and the new Carmen Suite!
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Saturday, April 13,
2002 11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Edsel Ford High School Auditorium
20601 Rotunda Dr. at Pelham Rd. in Dearborn,
MI
Puppet program featuring
Kabalevsky's The Comedians Suite
and Weinberger's Polka and Fugue from
Schwanda the Bagpiper.
Guest artists - Atlantis
Expedition Puppets
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Wednesday, August 7,
2002 7pm
Concerts in the Courtyard Series
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms,
MI
Evening program featuring trumpeter Kevin
Good in Carnival of Venice Variations.
Also slow mvmt of Mahler Symphony #1,
Scherzos of Shostakovich #5 & Brahms
#4, opening mvmt. of Mozart #25, and the
NEW CARMEN SUITE by Bizet!
call 313-881-7511 for information
Sunday, August 11, 2002
11:30am
DIA
Brunch With Bach Series
Detroit Institute of Art Kresge Court
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
Lite program of music by Mozart, Beethoven,
Bolling, and Ravel.
Trumpeter Kevin Good will be featured
in Carnival of Venice Variations
For tickets & information call 313-833-4005
Thursday,
October 5th, 2006 7:30pm
CutTime Players to appear on pilot episode
of Detroit Symphony Orchestra's
RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC show on local Detroit
PBS station WTVS (Ch. 56)
This episode is about the importance of
conductors and features CTP playing Ride
of the Valkyries under the direction of
passersby at Campus Martius Park.
Catch the fun!
This episode will be rebroadcast again
soon. Check back again for date and time.
Sunday,
December 10th, 2006 4:00pm
First Presbyterian Church of
Fostoria
201 West Fremont St. Fostoria OH 44830
HOLIDAY SHOW
This full holiday program will celebrate the
church's 150 year anniversary in the warm
acoustics of its German style sanctuary.
CutTime Players invokes the Christmas
spirits of giving, reflection and life
with
everything from sleigh rides to The
Nutcracker to The
Hallelujah Chorus to a movement from Rick's
latest composition.
Tuesday,
December 12th, 2006 8:30pm
Fair Lane Music Guild Annual Holiday
Concert
Henry Ford Estate 4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI
ANNUAL
HOLIDAY SHOW
For it's sixth annual 60-minute program
(no intermission), Rick brings
out his usual post-dinner fireworks...
everything from sleigh rides to The
Nutcracker to The
Hallelujah Chorus to a preview of Rick's
latest compositions. Celebrate the Christmas
spirit with the whole CutTime family and sing
along with joy! Expect pleasant surprises
and enjoy the fun of a very intimate evening
with 8 master musicians! Geoff Applegate
plays Vivaldi's Winter and Sharon Sparrow
is featured for Variations on Adeste
Fidelis! The program includes a movement
from Rick's
latest composition.
For ticket information
and/or dinner
reservation, call 313-593-5330
Sunday,
February 18th, 2007 12:00 noon
WRCJ
90.9FM
DSO UNMASKED
Director Rick Robinson
talks with lively WRCJ Host Jimmy Rhoades
about his favorite recordings and a life
in music; includes a
selection of CutTime Players.
This interview is now available anytime
online at WRCJ's
website. Select #109 Part 2.
Friday,
March 30th, 2007 8:00pm
Kerrytown Concerthouse
415 N. Fourth Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
SYMPHONIC
STRING SEXTETS
Director, bassist and arranger-turning-composer Rick Robinson takes on
NEW challenges in the spirit of CUTTIME! DSO
colleague violinist Hai-Xin Wu, violinist
Kyoko Kashiwagi, violists John Madison
& Eva Stern, and cellist Sarah
Cleveland join Rick to launch a NEW string
sextet ensemble. For the 1st half Rick has transcribed
lively classics from the lively symphonic to the lightly jazzy: Chabrier's España
Rhapsody,
Enesco's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1,
Bolling's Tango plus a popular surprise! Download
this flyer!
The 2nd half features
the premiere of Rick's dramatic SEXTET FOR STRINGS in
A major (subtitled Mighty Love). This emotional
5-movement work will
have you falling out of your seat as he
proves his ability to create highly-polished,
sonata-form classical music! It's INSPIRATIONAL to
witness Rick combine his many years of experience
performing and arranging with this, his 1st chamber
work! You won't believe your ears!
Listen to this synthesized
performance of the 1st (11.0
Mb) and 3rd (8.0
Mb) movements and IMAGINE just how
wonderful the LIVE performance will be!
Tickets $30/20/15/10 Seating is limited so
reserve your seats soon!
Call 734-769-2999
This event is sponsored by CutTime
Players.
(CutTime Players does not
appear at this concert.)
April 1st, 2007 at noon in Detroit/Ann
Arbor WRCJ 90.9FM broadcast
Note: If
you already enjoy director Rick Robinson's
transcriptions for CutTime Players, you'll
also enjoy HEARING the première of his
first orchestral composition as performed
by the DSO March 2006. Essay
No. 1 (After Sibelius) is a
gripping 20-minute musical drama for full
orchestra.
Click here
for the DSO press release.
Click here
for Mark Stryker's Review.
This performance along with the fabulous Kathleen
Battle will be broadcast in Detroit/Ann Arbor on April 1st at noon on WRCJ
90.9 FM.
Thursday,
July 26th, 2007 7:00pm
Grosse Pointe War Memorial Fries
Auditorium
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
48236
BOLLING
JAZZ PROGRAM
For it's 7th annual
summer program, CutTime Players features
violinist Geoff Applegate and flutist
Sharon Sparrow in a CHARMING collection of
jazzy-classical works by the French
jazz-pianist Claude Bolling, whose jazz
suites recorded with Jean-Pierre Rampal,
Pinchus Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Alexander
LaGoya, etc. actually topped the Hit
Parade two years running! In fact,
millions of people enjoy his music EVERY
weekday... The theme music for NPR's Diane
Rehm show ARE Mssr. Bolling and Maurice
Andre on trumpet!
Other highlights will
include trombonist Randy Hawes rendition
of I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
and SURPRISES to get your toes tappin'!
Call 313-881-7511 for tickets and
information.
Friday, December
7th, 2007 7:00pm & 8:30pm
DIA
Fine Arts Fridays Series
Detroit Institute of Art in the Diego
Rivera Court
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
This interactive holiday program will feature several
top DSO musicians in grand CELEBRATION.
Come hear violinist Kim Kaloyanides
Kennedy performing Vivaldi's Winter from
The Four Seasons, flutist Sharon
Sparrow play variations on Adeste Fideles,
familiar dances
from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker,
and Tyzik's Hannukkah Medley. Join
in on a Christmas sing-a-long including Handel's
Hallelujah Chorus. Nick Hansinger and Randy
Hawes feature on Christmastime
Is Here, and a sleigh ride by
Prokofiev. It'll be all heart-warming
music and stories to put your family in
the mood for the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF
THE YEAR!
$8 per adult, $5 per youth (ages 6—17),
$6 seniors. Members and Detroit residents
with ID get in free. Click
here for more information about
becoming a DIA member.
Friday,
June 27th, 2008 7:00pm
Oakland
Township MUSIC IN THE MEADOWS Series
Cranberry Lake Park
388 W. Predmore Road, 1/4 west of Rochester
Road
This FREE outdoor concert series takes
place on the porch and lawn of a historic farmhouse.
Following the 6 o'clock dedication of the
restored henhouse, the concert will feature
DSO Assistant Concertmaster Kim
Kaloyanides Kennedy performing Spring from
Vivaldi's Four Seasons and
newly-appointed DSO PRINCIPAL FLUTIST
SHARON SPARROW performing the Fantasie
on Themes of Bizet's Carmen. Don't
miss this mixed program which also
includes Russlan and Ludmilla, Dance
of the Comedians, On the Trail from
Grand Canyon Suite, Chicken Reel,
The Swan, Baroque
and Blue from Bolling's Flute Suite, Ride
of the Valkyries, America the Beautiful
and Stars and Stripes Forever and
even MORE!!
Come early to enjoy the park, set up
blankets or folding chairs and enjoy an
evening picnic. Food and non-alcoholic
beverages are permitted. (Bring your
insect repellant too!)
For more information, contact Becky
McLogan, Parks and Recreation Deputy
Director, at 248-651-7810, ext. 3 or
by email at bmclogan@oaklandtownship.org
In case of bad weather, concert will be
held indoors at:
First Baptist Church of Rochester
6377 Orion Rd.
Call 248-651-4440, ext. 299 the day of the
concert to verify location.
Wednesday,
December 2nd, 2009 7:30pm - 9:05
Fair
Lane Music Guild Christmas Program
@ Henry Ford Estate
on University of Michigan Dearborn Campus
- 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI 48128
CutTime Players returns to the pool room
at the beautiful and ORIGINAL Henry Ford
Estate... with a FULL concert program
featuring dances from The
Nutcracker, dances for toy soldiers, two Christmas
sings-a-long,
a cool Chanukah medley, Christmas Time Is Here, the
famous Hallelujah Chorus sing-a-long,
sleigh rides with VOLUNTEER reindeer and many
fun surprises! The Pool Room is conducive
to some GREAT audience interaction so come
join the fun as you meet Mr. CutTime and
his merry band of minstrals!
Seating is at tables with service
available. For ticket information, please call
313-593-5330.
Saturday, December
5th, 2009 8:00pm - 8:45
UCCA
NOEL NIGHT
@ Detroit Institute of Art in
Rivera Court
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
This quick holiday
set will feature principal DSO musicians
blending rich symphonic splendor with
humor and warmth that RENEWS the spirit.
Classic Nutcracker
dances to dance and carols to sing... including the
Hallelujah Chorus, A Charlie Brown
Christmas, a cool Chanukah medley and surprises!
And they always need VOLUNTEERS for
REINDEER for SLEIGH RIDE!
This event is FREE and FUN for the
whole family! Mr. CutTime himself will be
hosting and there'll be HIGH MERRIMENT in
the house!
Sat.
MAY 8, 2010 8:30pm
SIMFONICA INAUGURAL CONCERT & FUNDRAISER
in the new VIRGIL H. CARR CULTURAL ARTS
CENTER
(link)
The Carr Center is an incubator for
black artists which has chosen Rick Robinson to become
a RESIDENT COMPOSER!
The center is located in downtown Detroit
overlooking Harmonie Park.
This full-length program will feature
premieres for their debut CD, transcriptions
of Beethoven, Bach and Ellington, and the
comic Introduction
to
his grand opus MIGHTY LOVE Sextet for
Strings.
Joining Robinson are these PRINCIPAL DSO PLAYERS:
Geoff Applegate,
Kim Kennedy, Jim
VanValkenburg, Caroline Coade
and superstar cellist Robert
deMaine
who will be featured in a beautiful
Adagio by J. S. Bach's. Michigan Opera
Theater Oboist Sally Pituch
will premiere the Gigue Rondo.
Proceeds will fund the commercial
RECORDING to be released in early 2011. Checks
for tickets and tax-deductible
contributions must be made out to ARTS LEAGUE OF
MICHIGAN.
To add your name to the mailing list or comment,
please email info@cuttime.com.
Here's an interview
on WDET with Craig Fahle May 6, 2010.
Here's a 2010 Detroit News article
on the Carr Center.
And here's 2009 MetroTimes article
on the Center.
Tues.
November 9, 2010 8:00pm
CRANBROOK
MUSIC GUILD
at
Christ Church Cranbrook
This
program features Glinka's Russlan and
Ludmilla Overture, Beethoven's Pathetique
Piano Sonata, Robinson's
adventurous Gitcha Groove On and
the WORLD premiere of his pastoral homage
to Mahler, the Idyll for Solo English
Horn featuring Michigan Opera Theater
oboist Sally Pituch. Superstar cellist Robert
deMaine will perform Bach's famous Adagio
from Toccata BWV 564! Three movements
from Robinson's 2007 masterpiece SEXTET
FOR STRINGS in A-Major entitled MIGHTY
LOVE will open the 2nd half. This
delightfully fresh work is a modern love
story for strings told in the grand
romantic style with some modern twists.
Concluding the program will be Georges
Enesco's juggernaut the Romanian Rhapsody
No. 1.
Here is the program.
Call 248-644-6352 to reserve tickets.
Friday,
December 3rd, 2010 7:30pm - 9:15
CutTime
Players® JOY
TO THE WORLD
@
the VIRGIL H. CARR CULTURAL ARTS
CENTER
(link)
located at 311 E. Grand River downtown
Detroit 48226 across from D. A. C.
CutTime Players® first appearance here is a FULL
holiday program
featuring dances from The
Nutcracker, Jesu Joy of Man's
Desiring, a Christmas
sings-a-long,
a zippy Hanukah medley, Christmas Time Is Here, the
famous Hallelujah Chorus, Lo How
a Rose Erblooming, Greensleeves,
sleigh rides and many
fun surprises! Featured soloists will be
flutist Sharon Sparrow, violinist Geof
Applegate and trumpeter Kevin Good. The Ballroom is conducive
to some GREAT audience interaction so come
join the fun as you meet Mr. CutTime and
his merry band of virtuoso DSO musicians!
Following the performance is a Classical
Christmas Jam in the
Rathskeller hosted by Mr. CutTime. Bring
your instruments, your best voices, some music,
to play and sing together! If we're lucky,
we can have a Messiah sing-a-long!
Concert tickets are $25, discounts for
families. For ticket info and
reservations, please call 313-965-8430.
Monday,
December 13, 2010 7:30pm - 11
Classical
Revolution Detroit Kickoff
@
Cadieux Cafe 4200 Cadieux Rd. Detroit
48224 (link)
CutTime String Quartet will lead the first
mission across the frontline of the
culture wars with refreshing Top 40 from
their lively symphonic playlist. Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5, Beethoven 5th
Symphony, Mozart Symphonies 25, 40 and the
Divertimento in F, Bach Orchestral Suite
No. 3, Robinson City of Trees and
Pork 'n Beans, Sibelius Andante
Festivo and crazy surprises! CTSQ this night will include John
McLaughlin Williams, Velda Kelly, John
Madison and Rick Robinson.
Following them is Amici Strings with Nancy
Chaklos Millen with quartet standards plus
Broadway and rock crossovers.
No cover charge!
Here's an interview on WRCJ
90.9.
Tuesday,
December 14, 2010 7:30pm - 10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit Kickoff Classical Jam
@
Caribou Coffee 401 S. Main St. at Fifth in
Royal Oak 48067
Mr. CutTime will lead this evening of
readings with a dozen string, wind and
piano players sight-reading classical
quartet standards and crossover works. It
should be a hot steamy time as hundreds of
onlookers cram standing room only at the
sound of a symphony in a coffeehouse!
Expect to hear Beethoven's Fur Elise,
Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Bach's
Orchestral Suite No. 3 as well as
Robinson's dramatic Elegy.
Thursday,
December 16, 2010 8:00pm - midnight
Classical
Revolution Detroit Beethoven's Birthday
Bacchanale
@
Majestic Cafe 4120 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit
(link)
CutTime String Quartet will lead a
celebration of the ORIGINAL classical
rebel Ludwig van Beethoven with Top 40
from the lively symphonic playlist.
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5, Beethoven
5th Symphony, Mozart 25 and 40, Robinson
City of Trees and Pork 'n Beans,
spirituals, so much more and many
surprises! Playing bassist Rick Robinson, CTSQ this night will
include John McLauglin Williams.
Following them is Amici Strings playing
Beethoven Op. 18 Surprise plus
Broadway, opera and rock favorites.
Flutist Dennis Carter brings a woodwind
trio while pianist
Doug Scott interludes us with famous
sonatas.
Solo guest stars include clarinetist Brian
Bowman with Mozart and Brahms! While a
surprise violinist charms us with HER
Beethoven surprise!
No cover charge!
Download and share: Event
Poster 1 Event
Poster 2
Here's an interview on WRCJ
90.9.
Friday,
December 17, 2010 7:30pm - 10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit Beethoven's 2ND...
Birthday
@Caribou
Coffee in Royal Oak (Main at Fifth)(bring
quarters for meters!)
Beethoven actually
enjoys 2 birthdays! He was baptized on the
17th but it is speculated that he may have
been BORN on the 16th. Without records in
1770 it is impossible to know. But for the
person who so revolutionized classical
music for the next 100 years, he DESERVES
two birthday parties!
Join us for a conclusion of the Classical
Revolution Detroit Kickoff Week with this
2nd open classical jam session at
coffeehouse yet to be named! One thing is
for sure; it will be BIGGER than the
first! Watch the tempos get faster with
each carmel soy latte! Enjoy LIVE
Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Sleigh Ride, and
hopefully a little Messiah singalong. If you can play Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,
bring your instrument and a music stand!
We will play orchestral HITS... in a
coffeehouse!
Friday,
January 7, 2011 7:30pm - 10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit New Year Open Classical
JAM
@
Caribou Coffee 401 S. Main St. at Fifth in
Royal Oak 48067
Mr. CutTime will lead this evening of
readings with a dozen string, wind and
piano players sight-reading classical
quartet standards and crossover works. It
should be a hot steamy time this January as
dozens of
onlookers enjoy the mellow
sounds of the symphony in a coffeehouse!
Anything goes as musicians come in to
sight-read fascinating music or showcase
upcoming concerts.
Thursday,
January 20, 2011 8:00pm - midnight
Classical
Revolution Detroit Martin Luther King
Birthday
Tribute
@
Majestic Cafe 4120 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit
(link)
CutTime String Quartet will lead a
celebration with music of black composers,
negro spirituals and Detroit-inspired compositions by Mr. CutTime. Following
this will be several tributes to the
famous civil rights martyr who won so much
for impoverished peoples around the world.
James Greer, John Madison, Paul Wingert, ?
While
the DSO strike continues, ask
about a private, weekend concert with
striking DSO musicians in your home,
restaurant or school for a PROFIT!
Friday,
January 28, 2011 7:30pm - 10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit Open Classical JAM
Session
@
the VIRGIL H. CARR CULTURAL ARTS
CENTER
(link)
located at 311 E. Grand River downtown
Detroit 48226 across from D. A. C.
Mr. CutTime leads another surprising
evening of anything goes in the charming
space of downtown Detroit's newest
restored gem. Take the grand TOUR as fine
and fun music making echoes throughout the
former Harmonie Club! Bring your
instrument and any chamber music to share
with players and curious listeners!
Thursday,
February 10, 2011 7:00pm - 8:15
Rick
Robinson - Diversity Week Modes of
Expression
@
Madonna University Kresge Hall 36600
Schoolcraft Rd Livonia MI 48150
Bassist Mr. CutTime returns to Madonna University
for its annual Diversity Week to perform
classical music including some of his own with DSO Musicians. He
will speak about the controversy of
choosing our modes of expression in a
highly individualized society even when
those choices go against the culture of
our native
group.
This event is FREE and open to the public
with Q&A.
Performing with him will be DSO violinists
Hai-Xin Wu, Adam Stepniewski and violist
Hang Su.
Sunday,
February 13, 2011 4:00pm - 6:00
CutTime
Simfonica The Power of Love
@
Majestic Theatre 4120 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit
(link)
CutTime Simfonica launches a new SERIES of
classical music in the large Majestic
THEATRE performing several romantic and
sexy transcriptions and funky new
compositions featuring several Musicians
of Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Mr.
CutTime's complete romantic comedy Mighty
Love will be interspersed with heroic,
humorous and profound works by Glinka,
Bolling and Bach. You will be moved by the
power of love! Performing will be
violinists Kim
Kaloyanides Kennedy and Adrienne Ronmark,
violists Jim VanValkenburg and Hang Su,
cellist Paul
Wingert and bassist Rick Robinson.
The featured guest soloist is DSO
Principal Oboe Donald Baker playing the lively Bach-meets-rock fest
called Gigue Rondo.
Tables, beverage service
and a BRUNCH will be available.
Tickets are $35 at the door. Reservations
may be made at 313-833-9700 x207. Read
more...
Monday,
February 14, 2011 8:00pm - 11:00
Classical
Revolution Detroit Valentine's Day
Flowers
@
Cadieux Cafe 4200 Cadieux Rd. Detroit
48224 (link)
CutTime String Quartet will begin these
Valentine's Day performances of sweet and
timeless romantic classics, including the Suite
for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
featuring DSO flutist Jeff Zook and
pianist Doug Scott. Come find out
what makes classical music
CLASSICAL!
Wednesday,
February 23, 2011 7:30pm-10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit Open Classical
JAM
@
Caribou Coffee 401 S. Main St. at Fourth in
Royal Oak 48067
Mr. CutTime will lead this evening of
readings with a dozen string, wind and
piano players sight-reading classical
quartet standards and crossover works. It
should be a hot steamy time this February as
dozens of on-listeners enjoy the mellow
sounds of sonatas in a coffeehouse!
Anything goes as musicians come in to
sight-read fascinating music or showcase
upcoming concerts.
Saturday,
February 26, 2011 8:00pm
CutTime
Players and Simfonica MDSO with Members
of Brazeal
Dennard Chorale
@
First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak 529
Hendrie 48067 (link)
CutTime Players will perform the 1st half
of a Black History Month program as a
fundraiser for the striking Musicians
of Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Program
will include a new arrangement of the
Scherzo from Dvorak's American Quartet and the
music of black composers. Members of the
Brazeal Dennard Chorale will sing 3
selections to be announced from the stage.
The 2nd half
will feature CutTime
Simfonica performing powerful new music by
director Rick Robinson, including City
of Trees, Elegy, Pork 'N Beans and Gigue
Rondo featuring Principal Oboist
Donald Baker.
Tickets are $20/$50 and may be purchased
from this
page.
Monday,
March 7, 2011 8:00pm - 12:00
Classical
Revolution Detroit CR Founder's
Night
@
Cadieux Cafe 4300 Cadieux Rd. Detroit
48224 (link)
Classical Revolution Founder, violist
Charith Premawardhana visits the Midwest
and Detroit with music, friends and the
spirit of San Francisco. Check out this video
and make a pledge!
CutTime String Sextet featuring
classical hits plus Robinson's City of Trees and Pork
'N Beans. Amici Strings led by cellist
Nancy Chaklos will play an eclectic
classical mix at 9:30. Open jam starts at
10:30. Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and
Skolkatas. No cover... but suggested donations
$5-20 for Charith. No piano, but
we'll have an oboe and possibly a flutist
or two... but mainly strings!
Wednesday,
March 16, 2011 7:30pm-10:30
Classical
Revolution Detroit Open Classical
JAM
@
Caribou Coffee 401 S. Main St. at Fourth in
Royal Oak 48067
Mr. CutTime will lead this free evening of
readings with strings, woodwinds and
usually piano.
Tuesday,
April 5, 2011 8:00pm - 10
Classical
Revolution Detroit A Schubert+ Evening
@
Majestic Cafe 4120 Woodward Ave. in
Detroit
(link)
Nothing goes better with beer,
wine and all the fine food at the Majestic
Cafe than the great German Romantic
composers. So we will start off with the
entire delicious Goldberg Variations
arrange for string trio by Dimitri
Sitkovetsky as performed by Windsor
violinist Min Xie, violist Roman Kosarev
and cellist Andrew McIntosh... followed by
music of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and
Tchaikovsky. Find YOUR
inner drummer in classical music!
NO cover charge.
Thursday,
June 9, 2011 6:00pm - 9
Classical
Revolution Detroit An Evening with Jeff
Zook
@
Maria's Comida 11411 Joseph Campau in
Hamtramck 48212
CRD RETURNS with an evening of fine
woodwind performances led by DSO flutist
extraordinaire Jeff Zook in a special
restaurant featuring the Mex-Asian fusion
cuisine of Maria's Comida. Jeff is joined
by pianist Doug Scott, bassist Rick
Robinson, flutists Kacey Martin and Julie
Wright as well as clarinetist Sam Martin
in the jazz music of Claude Bolling,
French music of Jean-Michel Damase and
many surprises. Join the fun for a delightful
Thursday dinner. Bring your own wine or
beer for the full effect!
Seating is limited so come early and share
tables!
Friday,
July 15, 2011 7pm - 8
UDetroit.com
Webcast on Ralphe Armstrong Show
@
UDetroit Cafe (in Harmonie Park) 1427
Randolph in Detroit
48226
Rick will interview and repeat First Grief,
a work he wrote the day after his father
died, in a version for solo bass with Urban
Stringz' cellist Cecelia Sharpe. Come
watch the webcast LIVE at Detroit's newest
bar or grab a table! OR you can watch
online at 7pm at www.udetroit.com
!
Here is a complete list of past
performances!
