Arts & Life REMEMBERING BERNIE Best Bets Master Gerard Le Bours will teach a ballet master class 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the DOH. The cost is $15. To register, e-mail name, address and phone number to dance@motoropera.com and use the subject line "Monte- Carlo Master Class" or call (313) 237-3426. Admission will be charged at the door. Pianist Bernie Katz brought musical joy to Detroit through his performances in local taverns, restaurants, hotels and on many city stages. He played with ama- GAIL ZIMMERKAN teurs as well as professionals, Arts Editor including Itzhak Perlman, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, the Andrew Sisters and the DSO. WHITMAN REVERIE The family and friends of the late well-known pianist, composer and Jewish composer and pianist Fred teacher, along with Wayne State Hersch is widely recognized for his abili- University, honor Katz's life and legacy ty to reinvent the standard jazz reper- on the first anniversary of his passing toire, investing time-tested classics with with the screening premiere of Bernie fresh ideas, while also creating his own and Friends: A Potpourri of Musical unique body of work. The Grammy- Scenes 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6, in the nominated Hersch has released almost Schaver Music Recital Hall, 480 W. 20 albums, as a solo artist and band- Hancock, on the WSU campus. leader. Produced by Richard Huebner, the At 8 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the 90-minute DVD documentary features Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann 25 performances, 50 local musicians Arbor, the musician heads up the Fred and 60 years of music history (copies Hersch Ensemble in an evening of origi- will be for sale for $25). A reception, nal music inspired by the poetry of Walt sponsored by the Katz family, follows Whitman. Leaves of Grass reflects the the event at 3:45 p.m. energy, rhythm and passion of All proceeds from the memorial event Whitman's art and features Hersch's will benefit the Bernard Katz Memorial instrumental octet with vocalists Kurt Scholarship in Piano or Voice in the Elling (named Downbeat and Jazz WSU Department of Music. Times "Best Male Singer" three years Admission is by donation to the running) and Kate McGarry. scholarship fund. Checks may be made Tickets are $30-$40. Call (734) 764- payable to Wayne State University For 2538 or go to wvvw.umstix@umich.edu . information or to make a reservation, call (313) 577-9394. FAIR ISLES FANTASY GLASS SLIPPER Based on the classic original story by Charles Perrault, Les Ballets de Monte- Carlo's stunning 21st-century contem- porary rendering of Cinderella made its American premiere at the Detroit Opera House in 2000. Set to the Prokofiev score and per- formed by a 41-member troupe, the ballet features choreography by Jean- Christophe Maillot, sets by Ernest Pignon-Ernest, costumes by Jerome Kaplan and lighting by Dominique Drillot. It will be staged 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4-6, as part of the 2004/2005 DaimlerChrysler Dance Series at the Detroit Opera House. Tickets are $28-$93/student and group rates available. Call (313) 237- 7464 or go to -wwvv.MichiganOpera.org. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Ballet 3/3 200'5 54 "When I think of the pieces that best express the sheer joy of playing the vio- lin, I would have to put [Bruch's] Scottish Fantasy at the top of the list," says Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky, who will play the difficult and virtuosic work as part of the A2SO's "Fair Isles Fantasy," a concert taking place 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater. The British Isles-Chemed performance also includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture and Elgar's Enigma Variations, "one of the most beloved English mas- terpieces and a personal favorite," says Israeli-born A250 Maestro Arie Lipsky. The conductor will discuss the program and demonstrate passages on his flute at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10-$38. Call (734) 994- 4801 or go to www.a2so.com. ❑ ARTS • calendar • MUSICAL NOTES Martyn Joseph — Singer-songwriter often called the "Welsh Springsteen." The Ark, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m. Friday, March 4. $13.50. (734) 761-1800 or www. theark.org. DSO-Pictures at an Exhibition — A depiction of the composer's impres- sions as he walks through an art gallery, with conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and Horacio Gutierrez on piano: Rossini, Mozart, Mussorgs Ravel. Orchestra Hall, Detroit. 10:45 a.m., 8 p.m. Friday; 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4-5. $112-$27. (313) 576-5111 or wvv-w.detroitsym- phony.com . British Isles Spectacular — Motor City Brass Band with Amy Nelson on cornet presents musical selections from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn. 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5. $12 adults; $10 seniors, students; free for chil- dren younger than 12. (313) 943- 2354 o r www. dearbornfordcenter. corn. DSO-Pictures at an Exhibition — Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director, brings artist Victor Hartmann's paintings on screen to make the con- nection between art and music, with conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev and host Thomas Wilkins: Mussorgsky- Ravel. Orchestra Hall. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6. $42-$23. (313) 576-5111 or www. detroitsymphony. corn. Duo Recital — Violinist Gabriel Bolkosky and pianist Kathryn Goodson perform the music of Kreisler, Sarasate, Bruch and Ives. Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m. Sunday, March 6. $10. (734) 358-2100. Art Garfunkel — Five-time Grammy Award winner entertains. Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, Dearborn. 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6. $39-$35. (313) 943-2354 or www.dearbornfordcenter.com . Solas — A collection of top Irish tal- ent that has served as an incubator for some of the hottest names in Irish music today. The Ark, Ann Arbor. 8 p.m. Monday, March 7. $17.50. (734) 761-1800 or v ■ rww.theark.org . Cranbrook Music Guild Quartetto de Venezia — All-Italian program includes selections by Boccherini, Bazzini, Puccini, Verdi and "Impressioni Venexiane," written by Curt Cacioppo for the Quartetto. Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills. 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8. $30. (248) 644-6352. The Irish Rovers — Celtic-flavored traditional, folk and popular music with toe-tapping tunes and heart- warming ballads. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9. $38, $35, $30 seniors, stu- dents. (586) 286-2222 or www.macombcenter.com . Florestan Trio — One of the world's leading piano trios, the ensemble's nine recordings have all received Gramophone Award nominations. Performance includes Mozart, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff. University Musical Society. Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor. $36-$18. (734) 764-2538 or www. ums.org. Perlman Plays Vivaldi — Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violinist, features Vivaldi, "Spring" and "Summer" from The Four Seasons and Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 "Eroica." Orchestra Hall, Detroit. 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Mar 10, 12, 13. $74- $34. (313) 576-5111 or www. detroitsymphony. corn. Detroit Concert for a Cure — Benefit concert for Broadway Cares- Equity Fights AIDS features the cast of The Phantom of the Opera per- forming their favorites, opera and jazz; silent auction and afterglow with complimentary light appetizers, cash bar and entertainment by Dry Bones Jazz band. Gem Theatre. 7 FYI: For Arts and Life related events that you wish to have considered for Out & About, please send the item, with a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax us at (248) 304-8885; or e-mail to gzimmerman@thejewishnews.com Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be retumed. All events and dates listed in the Out & About column are subject to change.