MICHIGAN PREMIERE! 3 PERFORMANCES ONLY!

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Gradimir Pankow, Artistic Director

April 7-9, 2000

Mixed Repertory Includes:
Six Dances/Bella Figura/Forgotten Land
Friday, April 1, 8:00 pm
Saturday, April 8, 8:00 pm
Sunday, April 9, 2:00 pin

"Breathtaking!

-John Rockwell - Chief Dance Critic,
The New York Times

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Performing Today's Most
Adventurous & Incisive Works!

Please be advised that portions of this program contain nudity
as a form of artistic expression. Discretion is advised.

For Tickets call 313-237-SING
or visit www.michiganopera.org

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degree in piano performance from the
University of Tennessee and a master's
degree in piano from the University
of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music,
is an adjunct faculty member at
Pellissippi State Technical Community
College in Knoxville, where she teaches
private students.
The couple's oldest son, Michael,
a bass trombonist and euphonium
player majoring in music, holds a
bachelor's degree from the University
of Michigan and is pursuing a mas-
ter's degree from Rice University in
Texas. A winner of a scholarship to
Interlochen Arts Camp, he has per-
formed with the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra and the Detroit Civic
Orchestra.
Daniel Brown, a high school senior
who plays bass, performs with sym-
phonic, marching and jazz bands.
Rachel Brown, a sixth-grader who
plays tambourines, appears with the
Knoxville Children's Choir.
Ken's brother Steve, a relief percus-
sionist with the Knoxville Symphony
Orchestra, plays drums, while former
Michiganian Dr. Jeff Hecht, affili-
ated with the University of Tennessee
Medical Center, takes on the mandolin.
"One of our biggest thrills has been
the number of non-Jews who have
enjoyed playing in our band:' Ken
Brown says. "They've become attached
to the music, and we have become
attached to them.
"Brandon Armstrong holds the

distinction, by virtue of being [my
son] Michael's best friend, of having
responsibility for Dor L'Dor's char-
acteristic two-or-more trombones
sound, because Michael never would
have agreed to do anything as dorky
as play in his parents' band unless he
had a friend to keep him company.
"In our view, trombone has been an
underused klezmer instrument, and
we've changed that. Because children
and students eventually leave home,
we've had a steady flow of players from
the University of Tennessee trombone
studio?'
Brown, who plays the shofar in a
Conservative synagogue, brings the
shofar into concerts. He says living .
in ari area where there is only a small
Jewish population inspires his family
to explore and express their Jewish
heritage. - -
"Because of Michael's connection
to the University of Michigan, we've
invited his trombone professor, David
Jackson, to perform with us in Ann
Arbor," Ken Brown says. "We've also
asked the University of Michigan
Tuba/Euphonium Quartet to join us
for a heavy metal arrangement of

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`Hava Nagila!"

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Dor L'Dor performs 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 2, at the Ark, 316
S. Main, in Ann Arbor. $15.
(734) 761-1451.

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Dinner: Mon - Thurs 4:00 - 10:00, Fri & Sat: 4:00 - 11:00, Sun: 3:00 - 8:30

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