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, ;v a . . .«. „ > «fît >•< X .;• a • .•.I- P a g e B3 » 7 * » r ^ * » l'z T . . »• M A R . 3 , 1999 ïlfp {forthm fr f l t a r r i w •’< •< FOCUS </• i,. rS : g Min fai'Waren ■ ((ir/ri/te C A U FO R N » CUITAR TRIO CREATES TOC POWER The California Guitar Trio brings its daring musical adventurism to the Portland area on March 5,h for a performance the Portland Guitar Festival, taking place at the Lincoln Hall Auditorium at Portland State University. Featuring lavish ar rangements o f classical works, orginal compositions and surf mu sic, the stopping virtuosity and a sly sense of humor. The concert starts at 8:00 p.m Call 503-725-3003 for ticket information. Fresh from recent tours with King Crimson and John McLaughlin, the California Guitar Trio is supporting their recently-released third album. Pathways is a head brew o f well- known classic and contemporary material, with everything from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to surf guitar classic “Misirlou” (of Pulp Fiction fame) to newly-commis sioned avant garde pieces, all inven tively played on three acoustic gui tars. “A California Guitar Trio perfor mance is like a night at the theatre: Drama, passion, humor, joy, pathos, it’s all there," writes Terri Horak in Acoustic Musician magazine. The California Guitar Trio owes its genesis to the guitar craft con cept of Robert Fripp. The three members met in 1987 during an ad vanced guitar craft course offered by Fripp at his home in the British countryside. After several tours with Fripp and his League of Crafty Gui tarists, Bert Lams from Brussels, Belgium, Hideyo M oriya from Rokyo and Paul Richards from Salt *.«*• i/c/w o f Wte.ieni.i OF AN ORCHESTRA WITH THREE ACOUSTIC 6 UITARS AT UNIQUE PORTEAN® CONCERT K ’.- S hakespeare ’ s M acbeth Thursdays and Fridays March 4'k and S"' and March 11"" and 12"" 7:00pm Brooklyn/WinterHaven Auditorium 3830 SE 14"' Ave. Ticket Prices fo r March 4, 5, and 11 $2.00 Students and Seniors/$4.00 Adults March 12"1 Fundraiser fo r The WinterHaven Drama Program $6.00 Students and Seniors/$ 10.00 Adults For more information or advanced ticket sales call 916-3313 Lake City decided to form a trio in late 1990. Lams’ extensive classical music background plays a key role in shap ing the trio’s instrumental approach. “Bert really has a conductor’s ear for arranging the material,” says Richards. “Eben through Hideyo The HiT Fact o r Y and 1 don’t have classical training, we have an interesting it. Bert is the one who really brings that to a real ization. More and more, our origi nal pieces have taken on a collabora tive nature, where everyone helps shape and define the composition.” The trio has two previous CDs, on the 1994 debut Vamanashi Blues and 1995’s Invitation. All of their releases are available on Robert Fripp’s Discipline Global Mobile label. Opening for the Trio will be label mate Tony Geballe, whose exquis ite 12- string guitar LifìE W in terH av en is an a c c e le r ated P o rtla n d p u b lic sch o o l with special focus in m ath em at ics, science, and tech nology for grades K-8. M iddle S chool S tu d en ts to present S h ak esp ear's M acbeth. W interH aven M iddle School faculty today announced perfor- m ances o f S h a k e s p e a re ’s M acbeth to b e g in M arch 4, 1999 and run through M arch 12, 1999 at W in terH av en , located within B rooklyn School at 3830 S.E. 14lh in P o rtlan d . T he full- len g th co stu m e d p ro d u c tio n featu res 29 W in terH av en s tu dents in v ario u s ro les. “ T his is the first tim e th at I ’m aw are o f th at 12, -1 3 -, and 14-year o ld s in the P o rtlan d p u b lic sch o o ls h ave attem p ted a full p ro d u c tio n o f M a c b e th ,” ?■* stated T oni K ennedy, d ire c to r o f the play and h u m an ities in stru c to r at W in terH av en . "It w ill be a real co m m u n ity e f fort. S tu d en ts and p aren ts w ill be involved in all aspects o f the p lay , in clu d in g tw o stu d en ts from C lev elan d High School who are w o rk in g w ith us on lig h tin g and s e ts .” P rev io u s efforts o f the W interH aven stu dents include The Tam ing o f the Shrew. P erform ances w ill be at 7:00 on Thursdays and Friday, March 4 and 5 and M arch 11 and 12, in the B rooklyn/W interH aven au d ito riu m . F or m ore in fo rm a tio n ab out tic k e ts sales call 9 1 6 -3 3 1 3 . 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From the Performing Arts Cen ter at Portland’s Jefferson High School and under the direction of Julane Stites, this m ulti-ethnic company of advanced dance stu dents performs extensively from the Western United States and Canada to Russia. “These kids are artists...they D hetörh to the ( lshore T heatre i r a s take the audience with them into a world o f illusion where movement is the vocabulary that persuades us to suspend our disbelief.” (Martha Ulman West, Dance Critic). The dancers come from through out the Northwest to study dance in-dept and to work with profes sional choreographers. Alumni of The Jefferson Dancers are cur rently performing professionally in many U.S. and foreign cities, including New York, Los Angeles, M ontreal, D enver, K yoto and Milan. The Theatre opens at 6 pm for a social hour. Tickets are $7/youth, $12/adult, and $30/family (max 5) and are available by visiting or call ing M id-V alley A rts C ouncil FASTIXX at 170 High St SE, (370- 7469). Tickets are also available through any Fred Meyer FASTIXX (1-800-992-8499). For more in formation about group rates, call 375-ELSI (3574). Students and senior “rush tickets are on sale for $10 on a space available basis the day before show at Mid-Valley Arts Council FASTIXX box office only. wM,-" Kd l ': 0 V THURSDAY APRIL 1 st 9PM • 21 6 OVER LA LUNA SE 9T H & PIN E T IC K C T S A T A l t T IC K C T M A S T C N O U T t t T S O N C H A N C I BV NHOM C 3 3 » « » O O I 'Akn.':?. -f.V - .v t . .. . ' a v í ' MS;