Sunday,
October 8th, 2000 3pm
St. Clair County Community College Fine
Arts Theatre
323 Erie St. in Port Huron, MI 48060
Program of Russlan & Ludmilla Overture,
Menuetto from Mendelssohn's Symphony
#4, The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
Espana Rhapsody, Fur
Elise, Pictures at an Exhibition
+ a surprise encore!
For ticket information, call 810-989-5722
Monday, October 30th,
2000 7:15pm-8:30
The Community House of Birmingham
380 S. Bates St. in downtown Birmingham,
MI 48009 (next to public library)
A SPECIAL HALLOWEEN FAMILY CONCERT
Danse Macabre, Dead Elvis, The
Sorcerer's Apprentice
and The Soldier's Tale
featuring DSO Bassoonist Bob Williams,
and actors Pat McElroy, Harry Wetzel and
Chuck McGraw
With COSTUME PARADE!
To order tickets & for more information,
call 313-438-0244
November 13th-20th,
2000
Regional Tour for
Crooked
Tree Arts Center of Petoskey, MI
7 School workshops and 6 Evening concerts
in Beaver Island, Boyne City, E. Jordan,
Pellston, and Petoskey
For ticket information, call Crooked Tree
Arts Center at 231-347-4337
(Read
A Petoskey
Story for Rick's blog on the week.)
Tuesday, January 30th,
2001 8pm
Central
Michigan University School of Music Master
Series
CMU School of Music Recital Hall in Mt.
Pleasant, MI 48859
Program of Russlan & Ludmilla Overture,
Menuetto from Mendelssohn's Symphony
#4, The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
Espana Rhapsody, Fur
Elise, Pictures at an Exhibition
+ a surprise encore!
For ticket information, call toll-free 1-888-CMU-0111
or 517-774-3000
Saturday, February 24th,
2001 Noon-1pm
Abayomi Community
Development Corporation Cultural Playhouse
McGregor Memorial Conference Center at
Wayne State University
This
collage program runs from
noon to 3pm, starting with CutTime Players
performing Peter and the Wolf with
guest narrator WDIV-TV news anchor Emery
King, and concludes with
the Animal Circus Suite danced
by several children choreographed by Jacqueline
Townsend!
Program continues with Pippin' Puppets,
the Step in Time Dance Group, African
Folk Stories and Hands-on African Art
and Jewelry Making!
For ticket information, call 313-541-9828
Sunday, February 25th,
2001 3pm
River
Raisin Centre Concert Series
114 S. Monroe St. in Monroe, MI 48161
Program of Russlan & Ludmilla Overture,
Fur Elise, The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
William Tell Gallop, The Entertainer
Rag, and Peter and the Wolf with
guest narrator actor Bill Smith!
For ticket information, call 734-242-7722
Saturday, March 3rd,
2001 11am
DSO
Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd.
Dance program featuring classical
music inspired by eastern-European folk
music including Enesco Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
and Smetana Wedding Dance from
The Moldau and MORE.
Guest artist - Pointe Repertory Dancers
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Saturday, April 7th,
2001 11am
DSO
Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd. in
Beverly Hills
Puppet program featuring
Kabalevsky The Comedians Suite
and Weinberger Polka and Fugue from
Schwanda the Bagpiper.
Guest artists - Atlantis Expedition Puppets
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
April 16 - 20, 2001
Regional Tour of Upper Peninsula of Michigan
evening concerts, school concerts and
workshops in Calumet, Ironwood and Escanaba
For more information, call or visit:
Calumet Theater - 906-337-2166
Ironwood Theatre - 906-932-0618
Bonifas
Arts Center - 906-786-3833
Saturday, May 19th,
2001 11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Parcells Middle School
20600 Mack Ave. and Vernier in Grosse
Pointe Woods
Dance program featuring classical
music inspired by eastern-European folk
music including Enesco Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Brahms Hungarian Dance #5
and Smetana Wedding Dance from
The Moldau and MORE.
Guest artist -
Pointe
Repertory Dancers
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Thursday, June 28, 2001
7:30pm
Concerts in the Courtyard Series
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Evening program featuring violinist Geoff
Applegate and flutist Sharon Sparrow
call 313-881-7511 for information
Thursday, July 12, 2001
7:30pm
Concerts in the Park Series
Shain Park in downtown Birmingham, MI
Light program featuring
Geoff
Applegate on violin,
Sharon
Sparrow on flute and Ike McKinnon
narrating Peter and the Wolf
Free admissions!
July 30-31st, 2001
2 Waterfront Concerts for
Crooked Tree Arts Center of Petoskey,
MI
Petsokey Waterfront Park July 30 at 7:30pm
Boyne City Waterfront Park July 31 at
7:30pm
These concerts are FREE and FUN!
Variety program of famous classics and
cool jazz by composer Claude Bolling featuring
violinist Geoff Applegate and flutist
Sharon Sparrow.
For more information, call Crooked Tree
Arts Center at 231-347-4337
Friday, November 9th,
2001 8pm
River
Raisin Centre Concert Series
114 S. Monroe St. in Monroe, MI 48161
Program featuring Dance of the Comedians,
Espana Rhapsody, Romanian Rhapsody
#1, Bolling Suite excerpts,
Mozart Symphony #25 and Pictures
at an Exhibition and more!
For ticket information, call 734-242-7722
Sunday, November 11th,
2001 7:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Introducing CutTime Players program
featuring Russian Sailor's Dance, Vivaldi's
Spring Concerto with Geoff
Applegate, Fur Elise, The Comedians
Suite and Pictures at an Exhibition
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Tuesday, December 11th,
2001 8:30pm
Debut performance of the NEW
CutTime Players Workshop
ensemble
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Brand new Christmas program featuring
excerpts from The Nutcracker, a
Christmas medley, the Carnival of Venice
trumpet variations featuring Kevin
Good, a Charlie Brown Christmas
and more!
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Sunday, February 24th,
2002 4:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry
Ford Estate at University of Michigan
Dearborn Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn,
MI 48128
Claude Bolling's very popular Suite
for Solo Violin and Jazz Septet featuring
Geoff Applegate, and Suite for Solo
Flute and Jazz Septet featuring Sharon
Sparrow
(Note: 4:30pm IS the correct start time!)
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Saturday, March 9, 2002
11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Seligman Family Performing Arts Center
22305 W. 13 Mile Rd. at Lasher Rd. in
Beverly Hills
PACK YOUR BAGS! Discover the instruments
of CutTime Players in a unique program
exploring the instruments of this miniature
orchestra with music from around the world!
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Sunday, April 7th, 2002
7:30pm
The Fair Lane Music Guild at Henry Ford
Estate at University of Michigan Dearborn
Campus - 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI
48128
Popular Spanish program featuring Espana
Rhapsody, famous Adagio by
Rodrigo, The Three-Cornered Hat,
Bolero and the new Carmen Suite!
For ticket information, call 313-593-5330
Saturday, April 13,
2002 11am
DSO Tiny Tots Series
Edsel Ford High School Auditorium
20601 Rotunda Dr. at Pelham Rd. in Dearborn,
MI
Puppet program featuring
Kabalevsky's The Comedians Suite
and Weinberger's Polka and Fugue from
Schwanda the Bagpiper.
Guest artists - Atlantis
Expedition Puppets
call 313-576-5120 to reserve tickets
Wednesday, August 7,
2002 7pm
Concerts in the Courtyard Series
Grosse Pointe War Memorial
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms,
MI
Evening program featuring trumpeter Kevin
Good in Carnival of Venice Variations.
Also slow mvmt of Mahler Symphony #1,
Scherzos of Shostakovich #5 & Brahms
#4, opening mvmt. of Mozart #25, and the
NEW CARMEN SUITE by Bizet!
call 313-881-7511 for information
Sunday, August 11, 2002
11:30am
DIA
Brunch With Bach Series
Detroit Institute of Art Kresge Court
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
Lite program of music by Mozart, Beethoven,
Bolling, and Ravel.
Trumpeter Kevin Good will be featured
in Carnival of Venice Variations
For tickets & information call 313-833-4005
Sunday,
September 21st, 2003 6:30pm
@ Ave Maria School
of Law 3475 Plymouth Rd. at
Green Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105
A SALUTE TO FREEDOM
A special celebration commemorating
the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther
King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
and the famous I Have a Dream speech. Guest
speaker will be Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles
(who was at Dr. King's side when he was
shot). The Birmingham Letter will be read
by Dr. Willis Patterson accompanied by poignant
music by Shostakovich & Bach. The Dream
speech will be accompanied by inspiring
new music from director Rick Robinson. The
program also includes Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address, a spiritual medley, and powerful
music by William Grant Still, Duke Ellington,
W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, Adolphus Hailstork,
and MORE!
For ticket information, call 734-827-8062
Saturday, October 18th,
2003 1:00pm
DAYS OF MUSIC @
Max M. Fisher Music Center Allesee
Rehearsal Room
3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48201
FREE PROGRAM includes Mozart 25 (Allegro),
Russlan & Ludmilla Overture, Fur Elise,
Weber’s Hungarian Rondo, Dance of
the Comedians and Ride of the Valkyries!
Featured soloist is DSO Principal Bassoonist
Bob Williams.
For information, call 313-576-5111
Sunday, October 26th,
2003 7:00pm
@ First Presbyterian Church of Northville
200 Main St., Northville MI 48167
Program includes Mozart 25 (Allegro), Russlan
& Ludmilla Overture, Fur Elise, Weber’s
Andante & Hungarian Rondo, Dance of
the Comedians, The Comedians Suite and ENCORES!
Featured soloist is DSO Principal Bassoonist
Bob Williams.
For ticket information, call 734-349-0911
Tuesday, December 9th,
2003 8:30pm
@ The Fair Lane
Music Guild at Henry Ford Estate
at University of Michigan Dearborn Campus
- 4901 Evergreen in Dearborn, MI 48128
A post-dinner Holiday program of
CutTime
Players Workshop featuring excerpts
from The Nutcracker, a Christmas sing-a-long,
a Hannukah medley, Winter from The Four
Seasons featuring violinist Adam Stepniewski,
the Hallelujah Chorus sing-a-long and more!
For dinner and/or ticket information, call
313-593-5330
Thursday,
October 5th, 2006 7:30pm
CutTime Players to appear on pilot episode
of Detroit Symphony Orchestra's
RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC show on local Detroit
PBS station WTVS (Ch. 56)
This episode is about the importance of
conductors and features CTP playing Ride
of the Valkyries under the direction of
passersby at Campus Martius Park.
Catch the fun!
This episode will be rebroadcast again
soon. Check back again for date and time.
Sunday,
December 10th, 2006 4:00pm
First Presbyterian Church of
Fostoria
201 West Fremont St. Fostoria OH 44830
HOLIDAY SHOW
This full holiday program will celebrate the
church's 150 year anniversary in the warm
acoustics of its German style sanctuary.
CutTime Players invokes the Christmas
spirits of giving, reflection and life
with
everything from sleigh rides to The
Nutcracker to The
Hallelujah Chorus to a movement from Rick's
latest composition.
Tuesday,
December 12th, 2006 8:30pm
Fair Lane Music Guild Annual Holiday
Concert
Henry Ford Estate 4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI
ANNUAL
HOLIDAY SHOW
For it's sixth annual 60-minute program
(no intermission), Rick brings
out his usual post-dinner fireworks...
everything from sleigh rides to The
Nutcracker to The
Hallelujah Chorus to a preview of Rick's
latest compositions. Celebrate the Christmas
spirit with the whole CutTime family and sing
along with joy! Expect pleasant surprises
and enjoy the fun of a very intimate evening
with 8 master musicians! Geoff Applegate
plays Vivaldi's Winter and Sharon Sparrow
is featured for Variations on Adeste
Fidelis! The program includes a movement
from Rick's
latest composition.
For ticket information
and/or dinner
reservation, call 313-593-5330
Sunday,
February 18th, 2007 12:00 noon
WRCJ
90.9FM
DSO UNMASKED
Director Rick Robinson
talks with lively WRCJ Host Jimmy Rhoades
about his favorite recordings and a life
in music; includes a
selection of CutTime Players.
This interview is now available anytime
online at WRCJ's
website. Select #109 Part 2.
Friday,
March 30th, 2007 8:00pm
Kerrytown Concerthouse
415 N. Fourth Ave. Ann Arbor, MI
SYMPHONIC
STRING SEXTETS
Director, bassist and arranger-turning-composer Rick Robinson takes on
NEW challenges in the spirit of CUTTIME! DSO
colleague violinist Hai-Xin Wu, violinist
Kyoko Kashiwagi, violists John Madison
& Eva Stern, and cellist Sarah
Cleveland join Rick to launch a NEW string
sextet ensemble. For the 1st half Rick has transcribed
lively classics from the lively symphonic to the lightly jazzy: Chabrier's Espaņa
Rhapsody,
Enesco's Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1,
Bolling's Tango plus a popular surprise! Download
this flyer!
The 2nd half features
the premiere of Rick's dramatic SEXTET FOR STRINGS in
A major (subtitled Mighty Love). This emotional
5-movement work will
have you falling out of your seat as he
proves his ability to create highly-polished,
sonata-form classical music! It's INSPIRATIONAL to
witness Rick combine his many years of experience
performing and arranging with this, his 1st chamber
work! You won't believe your ears!
Listen to this synthesized
performance of the 1st (11.0
Mb) and 3rd (8.0
Mb) movements and IMAGINE just how
wonderful the LIVE performance will be!
Tickets $30/20/15/10 Seating is limited so
reserve your seats soon!
Call 734-769-2999
This event is sponsored by CutTime
Players.
(CutTime Players does not
appear at this concert.)
April 1st, 2007 at noon in Detroit/Ann
Arbor WRCJ 90.9FM broadcast
Note: If
you already enjoy director Rick Robinson's
transcriptions for CutTime Players, you'll
also enjoy HEARING the premičre of his
first orchestral composition as performed
by the DSO March 2006. Essay
No. 1 (After Sibelius) is a
gripping 20-minute musical drama for full
orchestra.
Click here
for the DSO press release.
Click here
for Mark Stryker's Review.
This performance along with the fabulous Kathleen
Battle will be broadcast in Detroit/Ann Arbor on April 1st at noon on WRCJ
90.9 FM.
Thursday,
July 26th, 2007 7:00pm
Grosse Pointe War Memorial Fries
Auditorium
32 Lakeshore Dr., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
48236
BOLLING
JAZZ PROGRAM
For it's 7th annual
summer program, CutTime Players features
violinist Geoff Applegate and flutist
Sharon Sparrow in a CHARMING collection of
jazzy-classical works by the French
jazz-pianist Claude Bolling, whose jazz
suites recorded with Jean-Pierre Rampal,
Pinchus Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Alexander
LaGoya, etc. actually topped the Hit
Parade two years running! In fact,
millions of people enjoy his music EVERY
weekday... The theme music for NPR's Diane
Rehm show ARE Mssr. Bolling and Maurice
Andre on trumpet!
Other highlights will
include trombonist Randy Hawes rendition
of I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
and SURPRISES to get your toes tappin'!
Call 313-881-7511 for tickets and
information.
Here is a complete list of past
performances!
