Share Your Vision of America- New West Symphony, Photo Contest

NEW WEST SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES

“SHARE YOUR VISION OF AMERICA” COMMUNITY PHOTO CONTEST

The public is invited to participate in a community-wide photography contest, “Share Your Vision of America,” sponsored by the New West Symphony.  The contest is being held in conjunction with the Symphony’s Masterpiece Series concert Visions of America – A Celebration of Democracy.  The concert will take place January 25, 26 and 27, 2013.  Submissions of original photography are being accepted now through January 17, 2013.

The concert, which is subtitled “A Photo-Symphony” will feature a stunning multimedia portrait of America as seen through the images of “America’s Photo Historian” Joseph Sohm. Mr. Sohm, a former high school history teacher, spent 30 years traveling across America photographing his vision of democracy. An Ojai resident, he is internationally recognized for his work which is reproduced around the world from his stock photo library more than 20,000 times per year.  Further concert details may be found at www.newwestsymphony.org.

Contest Details

The photo contest is open to all ages.  Residents must live in Ventura or Los Angeles counties. Submit your best original photo, accompanied by a paragraph of 100 words or less explaining why it is an expression of your personal vision of America.   Be sure to include your name and address on each entry.  There is no cost to participate.

Photo contest entries will be judged by Joseph Sohm and the top three winners will be invited to attend and have their work displayed at the Visions of America concerts.

Winners will receive:

First Place Winner

·      A Subscription to New West Symphony’s 2012-2013 “Spring Quartet” 4-Concert Series

·      VIP seating for the winner and one guest at a performance of the Visions of America concert on January 25, 26 or 27, 2013

·      The First Place photograph exhibited in the Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Santa Monica theatre lobbies during the Visions of America concerts

·      The First Place photograph displayed on the New West Symphony website

·      A copy of Joseph Sohm’s photography book, “Pan America – The Grand Picture”

Second Place Winner

·      VIP seating for the winner and one guest at a single performance of the Visions of America concert on January 25, 26 or 27, 2013

·      The Second Place photograph exhibited in the Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Santa Monica theatre lobbies during the Visions of America concerts

·      The Second Place photograph displayed on the New West Symphony website

·      A copy of Joseph Sohm’s photography book, “Pan America – The Grand Picture”

Third Place Winner

·      Seating for the winner and one guest at a single performance of the Visions of America concert on January 25, 26 or 27, 2013.

·      The Third Place photograph exhibited in the Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Santa Monica theatre lobbies during the Visions of America concerts.

·      The Third Place photograph displayed on the New West Symphony website.

Honorable Mention

·      The Honorable Mention photograph exhibited in the Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Santa Monica theatre lobbies during the Visions of America concerts.

·      The Honorable Mention photograph displayed on the New West Symphony website.

Submission Guidelines

Submit entries to the New West Symphony between now and January 17, 2013. Winners will be announced on January 21, 2013, when the winners’ names and winning submissions will be published on the New West Symphony website at www.newwestsymphony.org. 

Photographs

Essays or photographs (color or black-and-white) must be submitted digitally as a .jpg to marina@newwestsymphony.org with Share Your Vision of America Contest in the subject line. Participants may also submit mounted photography to the New West Symphony office 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. The office is located at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite D in Thousand Oaks.

Inquiries may be directed to Marina Kelly at 805-497-5800.  Further information about the New West Symphony and Visions of America may be found at www.newwestsymphony.org. and www.VisionsofAmerica.com.

Visions of America- New West Symphony, Oxnard/ Thousand Oaks

NEW WEST SYMPHONY TO PRESENT WEST COAST PREMIERE OF
VISIONS OF AMERICA - A CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY

Multimedia “Photo-Symphony” to Feature Images by Photographer Joseph Sohm, Music by Roger Kellaway, Lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman,
Vocals by Steve Tyrell & Judith Hill, and Recorded Narration by Clint Eastwood

Pianist Norman Krieger to Make New West Symphony Debut in

Gershwin’s Concerto in F Major for Piano and Orchestra

           

The New West Symphony will present the West Coast premiere of Visions of America: A Celebration of Democracy on the third concert of its 2012/2013 Masterpiece Series.  The multimedia work features projected photographs by Joseph Sohm accompanied by music of composer Roger Kellaway.  Mr. Kellaway, who will serve as pianist for the work, will be joined by vocalists Judith Hill and Steve Tyrell, and the New West Symphony Chorus. Pianist Norman Krieger, in his New West Symphony debut, will be the soloist for George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major.

Music director Marcelo Lehninger will conduct three performances of the concert. The first performance will take place on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, located at 800 Hobson Way in Oxnard.  The program will be repeated on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 8:00 pm at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, located at 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Thousand Oaks and on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:00 pm at Santa Monica’s Barnum Hall, located at 601 Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica.

Tickets:  Tickets priced from $25 to $100 are available by phone, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at 1-866-776-8400.  Tickets are also available in person at the New West Symphony office, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday and through the Symphony web site at www.newwestsymphony.org, 24/7.   Tickets are also available at the respective concert hall box offices. Student Rush tickets priced at $10 are available at the concert hall box offices beginning 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Hear & Now Live:  This lively and informative, pre-concert discussion about the music on the program begins at 7:00 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and 3:00 pm on Sunday afternoon.  The programs are free and open to ticket holders for the respective performances.  

New West Symphony

2012/2013 Masterpiece Series Concert No. 3

Friday, January 25, 2013  8:00 pm

Oxnard Performing Arts Cener

800 Hobson Way, Oxnard

Saturday, January 26, 2013  8:00 pm

Bank of America Performing Arts Center at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks

Sunday, January 27, 2013  4:00 pm

Barnum Hall, Santa Monica

601 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor

Norman Krieger, piano

Roger Kellaway, piano/composer

Judith Hill, vocalist

Steve Tyrell, vocalist

Joseph Sohm, photographer

Alan and Marilyn Bergman, lyricists

New West Symphony Chorus, Leslie Leighton, director

Gershwin                   Concerto in F Major for Piano & Orchestra

Kellaway/Sohm         Visions of America: A Celebration of Democracy

"We're Moving! Join Us By The Sea!"- Elite Theatre Company, Oxnard

WE'RE MOVING! JOIN US BY THE SEA!

December 2012      Dear Friend of Elite Theatre, We have exciting news…after over 19 years in our current location at the Petit Playhouse, the Elite Theatre Company is MOVING!  For our 2013 season we are relocating to the former site of the Maritime Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf in the Channel Islands Harbor.  We are thrilled with the prospect!  There are more dining choices for you before or after the show, easier parking, no steep stairs, and spectacular views.  Speaking of spectacular views, we don’t just mean the view of the sun setting over the harbor, (hold on to your hat, brace yourself, maybe you should sit down for this) you will be able to enjoy our shows with a spectacular and unobstructed view of the stage because there are NO PILLARS!!!! However, the necessity of moving descended upon us abruptly with the sale of the Petit House.  As such, we were caught unprepared and in danger of having to go dark.  But the County of Ventura kindly made the former Maritime Museum site available to us as we seek a permanent home.  But there are costs involved in moving the theater in about a month’s time.  The current show will close on December 23, the last of an era in the Petit Playhouse. We start our 2013 season — our 20th— in the new location with our 4th Annual One-Act Play Festival on January 11.  Please, consider helping us move by becoming a season sponsor or a new season ticket holder.  The sponsorship/ticket form is below.  As a sponsor, not only will you receive season tickets, but your donation will help us with all the unexpected and unbudgeted costs of moving.  If you respond by December 23, you will also receive a ticket to the One-Act Play Festival.    We have planned a tremendous season for 2013 entitled CATHARSIS, and you don’t want to miss it!    Opening on February 22 is The Last Five Years, a contemporary song-cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up…or break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. This is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress told from both points of view.    The second show will be God of Carnage. A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, the gloves come off…well, do I need to say more?    The third show will be the Elite’s version of William Shakespeare’sA Midsummer’s Night Dream.    The fourth show of 2013—a World Premiere—is all wet and good clean fun. Is it possible to sell soap and find love? In Selling Lovethe definitive answer (after some mishaps and misunderstandings, of course) is YES!    We will close our 2013 season with The Diviners, a period piece set in 1930’s Indiana where we find a young man haunted by his mother’s death by drowning and a preacher trying to escape his calling by working for the boy’s father as a mechanic. Will the need of the boy to find peace about his mother’s death help the preacher see his true destiny? You will have to come to find out! Please review the sponsor opportunities below and consider supporting us in this move. As always, we appreciate your patronage and look forward to seeing you at the harbor! Sincerely, Pat Lawler President Theater by the Sea Sponsorship Opportunities Harbor Master - $1000 Receive FOUR season tickets to our regular 2013 season PLUS reserved seating for each show! Receive FOUR tickets to our multi-generational production of A Christmas Carol in December 2013 Concession coupons redeemable for complimentary drinks and cookies * Respond by December 23 and receive FOUR tickets to the One-Act Play Festival Recognition in our program book and on our website Fisherman - $500 Receive TWO season tickets to our regular 2013 season Receive TWO tickets to our multi-generational production of A Christmas Carol in December 2013 Concession coupons redeemable for complimentary drinks and cookies *Respond by December 23 and receive TWO tickets to the One-Act Play Festival Recognition in our program book and on our website Deck Hand - $250 Receive ONE season ticket to our regular 2013 season Receive ONE ticket to our multi-generational production of A Christmas Carol in December 2013 Concession coupons redeemable for complimentary drinks and cookies *Respond by December 23 and receive ONE ticket to the One-Act Play Festival Recognition in our program book and on our website Season Tickets Adult Season Tickets $75, Seniors/Students $62

Elite Theatre Company 730 So. B St., Ste. 20, Oxnard, CA 93030 (805) 483-5118 Non-Profit #77-0334169 www.elitetheatre.org info@elitetheatre.org Follow us everywhere !

The Three Gifts of Christmas- Elite Theatre, Oxnard

THE THREE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS PREMIERE AT ELITE THEATRE

The Elite Theatre Company in Oxnard announces the world premiere of The Three Gifts of Christmas written by Ojai playwright Jeffrey Scharf and directed by Gai Jones. 

The intergenerational production is a collection of three one act plays based on The Gift of the Magi, The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of the Poinsettia. 

Show times are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. from November 30 through December 23, 2012.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors/students and $5 for children under 12. To reserve tickets call the Elite Theatre at 805-483-5118.

The intergenerational cast of The Three Gifts of Christmas comes from all over Ventura County, ranges in age from seven to seventy and includes fathers and their daughters or siblings acting together.

Participants from Oxnard include Serena Barron, Torie Bell and her dad Allen, Rachel Brand, Christine Canonizado, Jessica Fox and her sister Soraya, Anissa Herrera, Gabriel Lackey, Imani Lannis, Clara Nese and Todd Tickner. Camarillo is represented by Gianna Gentilli, Ariana Solorio and her sister Jenna, and Roseanna Strickland. In addition to the playwright and director, from Ojai are Hannah Eubanks and Maryann Shilo, From Ventura are Ed Buckle, Claudia Davoli, Steven Hill, Amanda Malotte, David White and Julia Wilson and lastly, Gordon Bohn from Port Hueneme.

The Elite Theatre Company performs at the Petit Playhouse located in the historical Petit House in Heritage Square. Since 1993, the all-volunteer Elite Theatre Company has brought affordable live theatre to downtown Oxnard.

Visit www.elitetheatre.org for more information and performance schedules.