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The Nashua Commu-nity Concert Association continues its 2010-2011 subscription season with an exciting concert by one of America’s best-known Big Bands, the Artie Shaw Orchestra. The perfor-mance will be at 8;00 PM on Thursday, February 24 at the Elm Street Middle School, 117 Elm Street, Nashua.

Some of the most popular music of all time, hits such as Stardust, Be-gin the Beguine, Moonglow and Ca-rioca, were recorded by Artie Shaw and his band in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. Today the 15-piece Artie Shaw Orchestra continues to be one of the

best of the remaining big bands from the swing era. Although Shaw passed away in 2005, his clarinet virtuosity is now carried on by his successor, band leader Rich Chiaraluce, who grew up as a fan of Shaw and his music. The

Artie Shaw Orchestra continues to tour the world thrilling big band afi-cionados and swing dancers alike.

Call 888-9158 for further infor-mation or to buy tickets. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.cityartsnashua.org. Our web site, www.nashuacommunitycon-certs.org, has information about the entire season’s concerts. A special

discounted pass for the three re-maining spring 2011 concerts is be-ing offered. These include the Artie Shaw Orchestra on February 24, pianist-extraordinaire Alpin Hong

on March 25, and harp/vocal duo Bronn and Katherine Journey on April 26. Call 888-9158 to reserve a ticket to all three of these concerts for just $35.

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Pastoral Monadnock, oil on panel, 35” x 35”, by Erick Ingraham

Valentine’s Day Art Opening for Erick Ingraham at NH Antique Co-Op

MilFORd – Celebrate Valentine’s day with a champagne and

strawberries art opening at New Hampshire Antique Co-op. Bring your valentine, escape the dreariness of winter in New England and enjoy the paintings and illustrations of New Hampshire artist Erick ingraham.

Meet the artist at a festive Valentine’s day reception on Sun-day, February 13, from 1 - 3 p.m. in the Upstairs Gallery at New Hampshire Antique Co-op. The artist will be available to discuss his works, methods and techniques. This exhibit of current and retrospective works by ingraham is on display from February 1 through May 31, 2011 in the Tower Gallery at New Hampshire Antique Co-op.

Erick ingraham, who resides and has a studio in Peterborough, is a well-known and well-established Monadnock region artist. in addition to the exquisite fine art, illustration work and graphic de-sign work that he is noted for, ingraham is also a member of the Three Squared Artists Group and an annual exhibitor on the Mo-nadnock Open Studio Art Tour.

ingraham’s exhibit New Hampshire Antique Co-op will be a ret-rospective of his growth as an artist. “i have always felt i’ve been on a climb through my career, always trying to improve the estab-lished and explore the untried,” states ingraham.

He describes his work as demonstrating the contrast between bold design and effortlessness, as well as the struggle between clarity and ambiguity. Starting with examples of his illustrations for children’s books on the ground floor, visitors will climb the tower as they view the evolution and growth of ingraham as artist. On the top floor, his most recent work will demonstrate a conver-gence of his love of natural phenomena and nature’s textures with human form and emotions.

New Hampshire Antique Co-op is located 1.5 miles west of the Milford Oval at 323 Elm Street/Rte. 101A, Milford. For more in-formation, call 673-8499 or visit www.nhantiquecoop.com. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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“DEJA VU” at East Colony Fine ArtMANCHESTER– East Colony Fine Art Gallery’s Feature Artists

for the month of February are dee lessard and Michelle Beliveau, whose show “déjà Vu” runs from February 1st through 26th. “deja Vu in French means, ‘i’ve seen that before’. “Using color and ele-ments in each of our work to reflect the Old Masters’ style, helped bring this show together ,” reflects dee, an accomplished oil paint-er whose dramatic still lifes are done in the chiaroscuro style. Goffstown artist, Michelle Beliveau, is a collage/mixed media art-ist with a unique approach to this discipline. Her always thought-ful and thought-provoking work is at once whimsical yet serious, uniquely expressing her point of view with ordinary, extraordinary objects and design.

Please join dee, Michelle, and the other East Colony artists on Saturday, February 12th, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. for the gala open-ing of this wonderful new show, which coincides with the Gallery’s “love is for Squares” show on the same evening. The exhibit runs from February 1-26, 2011. Gallery events are free and open to the public with free on-site parking. East Colony Fine Art is located in langer Place, 55 South Commercial Street, Manchester, NH. Reg-ular gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 11-5 and Sat 10-5. Phone: 603-621-7400. Web site: www.eastcolony.com.

From Marlborough to Milford:

Local Artists Demonstrate Talents at Sharon Arts Downtown Galleries Saturdays, January 15th-February 26th

Nashua Chamber Orchestra To Perform in Milford and NashuaThe Nashua Cham-

ber Orchestra, under the baton of david Felt-ner, presents Crossing the English Channel, an eclectic program of works by debussy, Faure, Vaughan Wil-liams, Byrd-Smith, and Franz Josef Haydn. The concert features Pip-er Runnion-Bareford, a talented, young harp soloist. Performanc-es will be on Saturday, February 19, at 8:00 PM in daniel Webster College’s Collings Au-ditorium, and Sunday, February 20, at 3:00 PM in the Milford Town Hall on the Milford Oval. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door, or in advance at darrell’s Music Hall in Nashua, and the Toadstool Bookstore in lorden Plaza, Milford. Prices are $17 adult, $15 senior and $10 student; chil-dren under 12, free.

The music of Gabriel Faure (1845—1924) evokes the muted palettes of his contem-poraries, the French impressionist paint-ers. Faure preferred chamber and solo works to orchestral forms. The Nocturne in e-flat minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (c.1875), was originally written for piano, and later scored for wind ensemble. it is the first in a collection of 13 Nocturnes composed by Faure over a period of fifty years. The melancholy, reflective char-acter of the first section is followed by a con-trasting, more agitated episode with a range of colors. The work concludes with the haunting opening melody.

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872—1958) is a central figure in British music as a composer and mentor to young composers and conduc-tors. Writing in diverse genres, he incorpo-

rated English folk music and song in all his works. Five Variants of dives and lazarus (1939) is a work for harp and string orchestra, based on the folk tune, dives and lazarus. it derives from a biblical story about a rich man, dives, and a beggar, lazarus.

Crossing the Channel back to France, we encounter Claude debussy’s (1862—1918) se-rene danse Sacree et danse Profane, for harp and string orchestra. The work was commis-sioned in 1904 by the Brussels Conservatory. The two dances are an evocation of ancient Greece, the first, stately and slow, the sec-ond, lively and lilting. The harp is prominent-ly featured in both, with the string orchestra twining gracefully around it. debussy’s im-pressionistic, modal style, full of mellifluous sonorities and rich melodic and harmonic texture, creates a dreamlike quality amplified by the piece’s gentle dynamic range.

Harpist Piper Runnion-Bareford debuted with the Nashua Chamber Orchestra at the age of 14. She has since earned degrees from the Royal College of Music, london, and Cur-tis institute of Music. Ms. Runnion-Bareford performs with orchestras throughout New

England, and has ap-peared at the Kennedy Center, and with the Balti-more Symphony and Phil-adelphia Orchestra. She teaches harp and piano at the Manchester Commu-nity Music School.

Robert Edward Smith, composer-in-residence at Trinity College, Hart-ford, says of The Maydens Song (1591), by the great English Renaissance com-poser, William Byrd: “i have loved The Maydens Song since i found it in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book back in 1965. it was

an English folksong, popular at the time Byrd composed the variations, but the words are lost. There is only the beautiful melody. i am attracted to it because Byrd gradually brings the song to such ecstatic heights, and because the counterpoint is so masterful. This is a great work, and rarely played on the harpsi-chord.”

The program comes to a scintillating con-clusion with the Haydn Symphony No. 92 in G major, subtitled “Oxford” (1789). listen-ing to a Haydn symphony is like opening a pirate’s treasure chest, and this one is replete with the sparkling gems of Haydn’s prolific genius. Brimming with restless energy, frol-icking blithely from one key to the next with acrobatic grace, ebbing and flowing through contrasting moods, harmonic transitions and compelling syncopations, the “Oxford” evinc-es Haydn’s deft mastery at its best. The sensual delight of droll repartee between woodwinds and strings belies the technical precision re-quired to execute such intricate dialogue. Vis-it the web site, www.nco-music.org, or phone 566-6024, for details.

Artie Shaw Big Band Orchestra To Perform, February 24

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PETERBOROUGH – Sharon Arts Center’s 63rd Annual Members’ Exhibition will feature live demonstrations by seven of the local par-ticipating artists as they work on-site in Sharon Arts downtown Galleries in depot Square every Saturday from January 15th through February 26th, Noon to 3pm. The public is invited.

The artists and their schedule include:1/15 - Mary Iselin - Oil Painting [Marlborough]1/22 - Rachel Chambers - Weaving [Keene]1/29 - Connie Gray - Polymer [Hancock]2/5 - Jack Dokus Wax Mold Making [Franklin]2/12 - Erin Sweeney- Bookmaking [Peterborough]2/19 - Betty Glass - Oil Painting [Dublin]2/26 - Phil Bean - Oil Painting [Milford]

“it’s a great opportunity for the public to see just how these talented art-ists work and how each me-dium is brought from raw material to final work of art. We’re grateful to these mem-ber artists for their kind dona-tion of time and talent allow-ing Sharon Arts to reach out to the local community with this unique opportunity,” said Gallery and Store director Camellia Sousa.

Hours for the demon-strations are from Noon to 3:00pm, every Saturday from January 15th thru February

26th in Sharon’s downtown Exhibition Gallery in depot Square, Monday - Saturday 11am to 6pm, Sunday 11 - 4 PM.

For further information, call the Gallery at 603-924-7676.

The mission of Sharon Arts Center, a non-prof-it organization, is to engage the community in the artistic process, to support and serve artists and craftspeople, and to foster the relationship

between artists and the com-munity through education, exhibitions, the promotion and sale of art and craft, as well as through special pro-grams and events.

Sharon Arts Center offers a wide variety of art classes and programs in the school facility in Sharon, NH, a Fine Craft Gallery, a Juried Art-ist Member Gallery, and an Exhibition Gallery at depot Square, in downtown Peter-borough.

Artist Mary Iselin of Marlborough, NH allows visitors to watch as she works on an oil painting from a photography taken at her farm.

Connie Gray of Hancock, NH engages visitors in a Polymer Clay demonstration at the SAC gallery.

Piper Runnion-Bareford David Feltner Robert Edward Smith