Lehigh Valley Arts Council

Student Recital
Lauren Greene, saxophone, & Michelle Whelan, flute
7:30 PM – Friday, October 13, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
No admission charge

Senior music majors, Lauren Greene, saxophone, and Michelle Whelan, flute, will include a unique variety of music – solo for each instrument, and duets between the two woodwinds – representing the Baroque to the 20^th Century.  Rebekah Ruth, piano, will accompany.

Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra’s not-just-Art Auction
original art & intriguing indulgences
affordable & one-of-a-kind items

6:30 p.m. Preview/Reception/Music
pasta station, butlered hors d’oeuvres, soft drinks, cash bar, socializing
music by Parkland Senior High String Quartet
Silent Auction begins

7:30 p.m. Live Auction begins
Auctioneer Catherine Keys
following, dessert and coffee

Brookside Country Club
901 Willow Lane, Macungie, PA  18062

$45 admission

Student Recital
Isabella Holland, flute, & Joseph Yavorski, baritone/bass
7:30 PM – Saturday, October 14, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
No admission charge

Senior music majors, Isabella Holland, flute, & Joseph Yavorski, baritone/bass, share their talents with colleagues & friends on this fall evening.  Music will include:  Quantz’ Concerto in G Major, Martinu’s First Sonata, & Taktakishvili’s Sonata.  Pianists Eileen Wescoe & Justen Blackstone will accompany.

4:00 PM – Sunday, October 15, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Moravian College’s chapter of Delta Omicron, the international music honors fraternity, will offer their Fall Musicale.  Vocal & instrumental music will be showcased, as well as many combinations of them.  Come enjoy a fall afternoon in the stained-glass splendor of Peter Hall.

On Wednesday, October 18th from 5:30-7:30 pm the National Museum of Industrial History will host the Lehigh Valley Arts Council’s 12th annual ArtsCOUNT – an award ceremony, arts rally, and membership reception. Join us and meet the producers of the next community arts projects coming to the region!

Presenting grant awards – big check style – is the event’s defining spectacle, but equally enticing will be the interactive exhibits around every corner of the museum.

This is a free celebration for Lehigh Valley Arts Council members and 2017-18 Project Stream grantees. Otherwise, entry is $10.

Directed by Christopher Shorr

A chilling clown show set in Chicago in the 1930’s. A bit of music, a bit of blood. A two-bit thug from New York takes advantage of hard times, and weasels his way into politics. The more he gets, the more he wants. After watching Germans acquiesce to Hitler’s rise, Brecht wrote this play for an American audience as a warning about the ongoing threat of fascism, and the danger of complacency.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Directed by Christopher Shorr

A chilling clown show set in Chicago in the 1930’s. A bit of music, a bit of blood. A two-bit thug from New York takes advantage of hard times, and weasels his way into politics. The more he gets, the more he wants. After watching Germans acquiesce to Hitler’s rise, Brecht wrote this play for an American audience as a warning about the ongoing threat of fascism, and the danger of complacency.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Soloist: Cheryl Bishkoff, oboe   

Wolfgang Mozart– Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Antonin Dvorak- Serenade in E Major, Op. 22
Edvard Grieg- Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Franz Haydn– Symphony 88 in G

Ticket prices:
Preferred Seating-  Adult $35;   Senior 62+ $30
Standard Seating- Adult $25;   Senior 62+ $20

Directed by Christopher Shorr

A chilling clown show set in Chicago in the 1930’s. A bit of music, a bit of blood. A two-bit thug from New York takes advantage of hard times, and weasels his way into politics. The more he gets, the more he wants. After watching Germans acquiesce to Hitler’s rise, Brecht wrote this play for an American audience as a warning about the ongoing threat of fascism, and the danger of complacency.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Directed by Christopher Shorr

A chilling clown show set in Chicago in the 1930’s. A bit of music, a bit of blood. A two-bit thug from New York takes advantage of hard times, and weasels his way into politics. The more he gets, the more he wants. After watching Germans acquiesce to Hitler’s rise, Brecht wrote this play for an American audience as a warning about the ongoing threat of fascism, and the danger of complacency.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Student Recital
Patrick Kerssen, jazz piano
“It’s a Whole Thing”
7:30 PM – Friday, October 27, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
No admission charge

Come out and join Patrick and his friends for an entertaining night of jazz – in all kinds of settings.  With an exceptional group of talented local students and professional musicians, this promises to be an exciting and memorable show!

Faculty Recital – The Betty Aierstock Moore Memorial Concert
Frank Giasullo, jazz piano
7:30 PM – Saturday, October 28, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$15 general admission / $10 seniors & students

Composer, arranger, & jazz pianist Frank Giasullo, will be joined by Neil Wetzel, saxophone, Paul Rostock, bass, & Ron Glick, drums, for this evening of jazz music.  Frank has performed throughout the USA and UK to critical acclaim.  His various CDs include many of his compositions, as well as numerous jazz standards.  This concert will be offered in memory of Betty Aierstock Moore, honoring her substantial contribution to Moravian College’s All-Steinway initiative.

“Unbroken Circle: The Celts in America”
Alison Gillespie & John Arnold, directors
7:00 PM – Sunday, October 29, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Two of Moravian College’s most popular student ensembles will join together in this evening of music.  The Celtic Ensemble will explore the rich body of Appalachian music rooted in Irish and Scottish traditions as a result of emigration.  This story will be presented through, song, instrumental melody, and dance!  For up-to-date details on this concert, please visit: 

Entrepreneurial Thinking and Tactics for Artists

November 3 and 4, 2017 (Friday and Saturday)
9AM-NOON and 1-4PM (both days)
Tuition: $265
25% discount for LVAC members

Location: Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley PA 18034

This workshop was developed by Thomas Mann to answer a continuing demand from artists for access to small business management know-how and career development. Tom has been presenting his DƒS workshop continuously since 1989 for schools, universities, guilds, art councils and art centers all around the US and Canada. The content of these workshops and lectures is applicable to ALL artists working in ALL MEDIUMS.

Most recently, in June 2017, Mann led 12 participants through a two weeks long Design ƒor Survival – Designer Boot Camp at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland NC. He produced for the first time in the summer of 1989 at Penland and has been there on 3 other two-week workshop occasions since then.

The two-day version of the two-week DƒS workshop is a distillation of all of the salient information contained in the longer form into a focused, valuable, info delivery.

DAY 1: Participants will witness a daylong series of three lectures: Design Vocabularies: what are they and how to use them; De-Mystifying Public Relations; and Pricing your Work: the Pivot Point of Success.
DAY 2: The second day allows participants to make presentations of their own work and business practice for a positive critique by Tom and fellow workshop members.

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER TO ADVANCED ALL ART/CRAFT MEDIUMS

THOMAS MANN, an Allentown, PA native, and icon of the American Craft Jewelry movement, has been a full-time practicing professional artist for over 40 years. He describes himself as an artist working in the medium of jewelry and sculpture. He works with a variety of metals, thinking of them as painters think of their palettes -Each metal having its own color and luster. He’s inspired by parts from machines, electronic instruments, costume jewelry, and old postcards & photos.

His recurring but always changing parts give Mann’s work its storytelling quality and theatricality. He calls this design vocabulary, which combines industrial aesthetics and materials with evocative themes and romantic imagery, “Techno-Romantic”. Thomas Mann developed Techno.RomanticTM after years of experimenting with the idea of incorporating 20th-century collage and assemblage techniques into jewelry making -Attempting to humanize technology and provide raw material and inspiration for our imaginations. Thomas Mann lives and works in New Orleans where he oversees a jewelry design and production studio, a sculpture studio, a gallery and most recently a teaching space.

Student Recital
Kurtis Reif, tenor voice & composition
“Mozart to Mandolins”
7:30 PM – Friday, November 3, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
No admission charge

Join senior music education and music composition major, Kurtis Reif, for an evening of vocal selections and original composition ranging from Opera to Opry, from Mozart to Mandolins.  The evening will feature Graeme Burgan (piano) and The Cedar Routes (folk/gospel band).

Haydn String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33, No. 5
Barber String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
Schubert String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde”

Adult $27, age 25 and younger with ID Free

Entrepreneurial Thinking and Tactics for Artists

November 3 and 4, 2017 (Friday and Saturday)
9AM-NOON and 1-4PM (both days)
Tuition: $265
25% discount for LVAC members

Location: Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley PA 18034

This workshop was developed by Thomas Mann to answer a continuing demand from artists for access to small business management know-how and career development. Tom has been presenting his DƒS workshop continuously since 1989 for schools, universities, guilds, art councils and art centers all around the US and Canada. The content of these workshops and lectures is applicable to ALL artists working in ALL MEDIUMS.

Most recently, in June 2017, Mann led 12 participants through a two weeks long Design ƒor Survival – Designer Boot Camp at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland NC. He produced for the first time in the summer of 1989 at Penland and has been there on 3 other two-week workshop occasions since then.

The two-day version of the two-week DƒS workshop is a distillation of all of the salient information contained in the longer form into a focused, valuable, info delivery.

DAY 1: Participants will witness a daylong series of three lectures: Design Vocabularies: what are they and how to use them; De-Mystifying Public Relations; and Pricing your Work: the Pivot Point of Success.
DAY 2: The second day allows participants to make presentations of their own work and business practice for a positive critique by Tom and fellow workshop members.

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER TO ADVANCED ALL ART/CRAFT MEDIUMS

THOMAS MANN, an Allentown, PA native, and icon of the American Craft Jewelry movement, has been a full-time practicing professional artist for over 40 years. He describes himself as an artist working in the medium of jewelry and sculpture. He works with a variety of metals, thinking of them as painters think of their palettes -Each metal having its own color and luster. He’s inspired by parts from machines, electronic instruments, costume jewelry, and old postcards & photos.

His recurring but always changing parts give Mann’s work its storytelling quality and theatricality. He calls this design vocabulary, which combines industrial aesthetics and materials with evocative themes and romantic imagery, “Techno-Romantic”. Thomas Mann developed Techno.RomanticTM after years of experimenting with the idea of incorporating 20th-century collage and assemblage techniques into jewelry making -Attempting to humanize technology and provide raw material and inspiration for our imaginations. Thomas Mann lives and works in New Orleans where he oversees a jewelry design and production studio, a sculpture studio, a gallery and most recently a teaching space.

Dr. Larry Lipkis, director
4:00 PM – Sunday, November 5, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

The Early Music Ensembles of Moravian College pay tribute to the 500 th anniversary of Martin Luther’s protestant revolution with a program entitled “Luther and his Legacy.” The program includes several settings of Luther’s signature hymn “Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott,” (“A Mighty Fortress is our God”) along with sacred an secular works by Luther’s contemporaries and later Protestant composers, such as Schütz, Telemann, and Bach. The Monteverdi Ensemble, a one-on- a-part vocal quintet, will be joined by the Baroque Ensemble (flute, cello, harpsichord, and organ) and the Krummhorn Quartet.

Dr. Deborah Andrus & Robin Kani, directors
7:00 PM – Sunday, November 5, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

For up-to-date details on this concert, please visit: 

Student Ensemble
Moravian College BIG Band and the PA Jazz Collective
Dr. Neil Wetzel, director
7:30 PM – Friday, November 10, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$15 general admission / $10 seniors & students
The ever-popular Moravian College BIG Band will be joined in concert by members of the PA Jazz Collective for an exciting evening of big band & jazz music.  This year is the 6^th in the collaborative series.  The featured instrument will be the guitar, with special guest Vic Juris, who has spent most of his professional career working with Dave Liebman.  Join us for this evening of jazz!

Student Recital
Luke Peterson & Eliana Zebro, piano & composition
“From Counterpoint to Chromaticism”
4:00 PM – Sunday, November 12, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
No admission charge

This afternoon will be a unique showcase of the evolution of piano music through the ages – from Mozart to Debussy, from Prokofieff to Liszt – and will include new works by both Luke Peterson & Eliana Zebro.

Special guests:  Pamela Frank, violin & Peter Wiley, cello
Donald Spieth, conductor
7:00 PM – Sunday, November 12, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$15 general admission / $10 seniors & students

Maestro Spieth has programmed an evening of sweepingly beautiful orchestral music.  The program will feature Brahms’ Concerto for Violin, Cello, & Orchestra, Op. 102, in A minor, highlighting guest artists Pamela Frank, violin, & Peter Wiley, cello.  Ms. Frank, a recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, has an active international career across a varied range of performing activity.  Mr. Wiley has been a member of the Beaux Arts Trio & the Guarneri Quartet, and is associated with the Marlboro Music Festival since 1971.  Both Ms. Frank & Mr. Wiley are on the faculty of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music.

Additional repertoire to be heard this evening will be:  Salerni’s Upstream/About Two Miles, Walton’s Crown Imperial, & Ravel’s Bolero.  This concert has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation.

Directed by Leanna Altenburg

Teddy takes his wife Ruth to his boyhood home for a family visit. His brutish clan of libido-driven brothers, uncle and sadistic father pass their days with one-upmanship and are desperate for change. They think that this young lady may be just the trifle they are looking for…but they may have met their match. Soon, Teddy is prepared to return home, while Ruth has other plans. These characters blur the lines between fallacy and truth; still this Tony award winning play is full of raw honesty.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Directed by Leanna Altenburg

Teddy takes his wife Ruth to his boyhood home for a family visit. His brutish clan of libido-driven brothers, uncle and sadistic father pass their days with one-upmanship and are desperate for change. They think that this young lady may be just the trifle they are looking for…but they may have met their match. Soon, Teddy is prepared to return home, while Ruth has other plans. These characters blur the lines between fallacy and truth; still this Tony award winning play is full of raw honesty.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Soloists: Jordan Dodson, guitar
Elizabeth Mendoza, cello

Astor Piazzolla– The Grand Tango for cello and strings
Alberto Ginastera– Variaciones Concertantes
Heitor Villa-Lobos– Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
Joaquin Rodrigo– Concierto de Aranjuez (guitar and orchestra)

Ticket prices:
Preferred Seating-  Adult $35;   Senior 62+ $30
Standard Seating- Adult $25;   Senior 62+ $20

Student Ensembles
“Everything But the Candles”
Moravian College Christmas Vespers – In Preview
Moravian College Choir, Women’s Chorus, and Chamber Ensembles
Dr. Paula Zerkle & Eduardo Azzati, directors
7:30 PM – Saturday, November 18, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
Free-will Offering

As a precursor to the ever-popular Moravian College Christmas Vespers held at Central Moravian Church, this preview is offered for those unable to attend that annual December event.  All of the music is presented (College Choir, Women’s Chorus, Brass Ensemble, and other music ensembles) – all of the appropriate hymns are sung, and the charming Morning Star, led by a youthful soloist, is presented.  Catch the holiday spirit early.  Remember – the musical prelude begins at 7 PM.

Directed by Leanna Altenburg

Teddy takes his wife Ruth to his boyhood home for a family visit. His brutish clan of libido-driven brothers, uncle and sadistic father pass their days with one-upmanship and are desperate for change. They think that this young lady may be just the trifle they are looking for…but they may have met their match. Soon, Teddy is prepared to return home, while Ruth has other plans. These characters blur the lines between fallacy and truth; still this Tony award winning play is full of raw honesty.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Directed by Leanna Altenburg

Teddy takes his wife Ruth to his boyhood home for a family visit. His brutish clan of libido-driven brothers, uncle and sadistic father pass their days with one-upmanship and are desperate for change. They think that this young lady may be just the trifle they are looking for…but they may have met their match. Soon, Teddy is prepared to return home, while Ruth has other plans. These characters blur the lines between fallacy and truth; still this Tony award winning play is full of raw honesty.

Venue: THE ARENA THEATRE, located on Moravian College’s North campus (1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA) on the lower level of the Haupert Union Building, at the corner of Laurel and Monocacy Streets.

Ticket prices: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens; $5 Moravian College faculty & staff; Students pay-what-you-will at the door

Student Ensembles
Moravian College Jazz Fusion Ensemble & Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Alan Gaumer, director
4:00 PM – Sunday, November 19, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Please check the concert calendar on the Moravian College Music Department website for details – 

Student Ensembles
Moravian College Jazz Combo I & Jazz Combo II
Tony Gairo & David Roth, directors
7:00 PM –Sunday, November 19, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Please check the concert calendar on the Moravian College Music Department website for details –

Lawrence Wright & Ralph Brodt III, directors
7:30 PM – Monday, November 20, 2017
Peter Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Please check the concert calendar on the Moravian College Music Department website for details –

Student Ensemble
Moravian College Saxophone Quartet
Tony Gairo, director
7:30 PM – Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Foy Concert Hall – Hurd Campus, Moravian College
$10 general admission

Please check the concert calendar on the Moravian College Music Department website for details –

Join the Bach and Handel Chorale for their Jim Thorpe Christmas Concert at St. Mark’s, Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 3:00 PM

All tickets $15.00 Children under 10 are free.
Ticket price includes 15% voucher toward entree at our restaurant partners

Marcel Farago: Duo for Violin and Cello
Mozart: Horn Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 407
Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor for piano 4 hands, D. 940
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Adult $27, age 25 and younger with ID Free