Arts in the City / Musical homage to a painting hero

INDEFATIGABLE 2013 “CityNews” Artist of the Year, Chris Latham, is behind a concert at the NGA called “Invocations: Eight meditations on paintings by Arthur Boyd”. Performers will include Louise Page, David Pereira and Virginia Taylor. Latham says he’s paying homage to Boyd and his favourite Aussie curator, the NGA’s Dr Deborah Hart. At James O Fairfax Theatre 7pm-8pm Friday, October 31, bookings to online.nga.gov.au/eventbookings

QUEANBEYAN Players are all optimism with Janetta McRae’s coming production of “The Sound of Music”, at The Q from November 1 to 15. The first two shows on November 1 and 2 start at 5pm. Bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

“COME Alive”, Canberra’s popular schools festival of museum theatre, is moving from its original home to Questacon. Director Peter Wilkins says students from Orana, Stromlo High, Canberra College, Girls’ Grammar School, St Clare’s, Narrabundah College, Lake Ginninderra College and St Francis Xavier College will select an exhibit/character/object/event on which to research and devise a piece of theatre or dance. Performances at Questacon, October 27-November 2 each day at noon and 6 pm. Free event.

TO celebrate 30 years of music-making, Canberra Brass (once Hall Village Brass Band) is staging a concert with the Canberra Burns Club Pipe Band and the Strange Weather Gospel Choir. The finale will see all the musicians on stage – pipes, drums, brass and voice. Canberra Girls’ Grammar Concert Hall, 3pm, on November 2, bookings to trybooking.com/FZSR, and tickets at the door.

CLEVER bassoonist David Whitbread is jumping into Wesley Music Centre’s “Wednesday Lunchtime Live” series with a reprise of his show, “Things You Shouldn’t Do on a Bassoon”, Wednesday, October 29, 12.40pm-1.20pm. Entry by donation of $5 or $2 concession. No need to book.

THE ANU Choral Society’s concert at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,  Forrest, 7.30pm, on November 1 has called that show “a somewhat faltering progression from despair to hope”. Bookings to trybooking.com.au/FWJW and tickets at the door.

THE National Capital Orchestra’s next concert, “Passion and Power” (Albert Hall, 3pm, October 26), features the premiere of Canberra composer Sally Greenaway’s “The Blue Mountains”, Tchaikovsky’s “The Tempest” and “Nutcracker Suite”, and Dvorak’s Symphony no 7.  Bookings to nco.org.au or tickets at the door.

 

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