Wyoming Seminary presents A Schubert Festival - This Weekend!

A weekend of free concerts featuring Sophie Till – Violin, Christiane Appenheimer-Vaida – Cello, Ron Stabinsky and Cathy Liu – Piano, Kevin Grace – Baritone, and the Wyoming Seminary Madrigal Singers with John Vaida

Friday, February 20, 2009
8:00 p.m.
Piano Trios Op 99
and Op 100

Saturday, February 21
8:00 p.m.
A Major Duo D 574
“Fantaisie” D 934 for Violin and Piano
“Arpeggione” Sonata D 821
for Cello and Piano

Sunday, February 22
4:00 p.m.
Excerpts from
“Schwanengesang”
Tenor and Piano
Wyoming Seminary Madrigal Singers

This festival is supported by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts and Wyoming Seminary.
All performances are held on Wyoming Seminary’s Upper School campus,
in the Great Hall, 228 Wyoming Avenue, just north of Kingston Corners.

Concerts are Free and Open to the Public.

The Shanghai String Quartet Returns July 6, 2009

We are pleased to announce that the world renowned Shanghai String Quartet will join us this summer on July 6th for a day of masterclasses and an evening performance. We consider the quartet to be very good friends of PAI and we are fortunate that they are so generous with their time and talents.

The Quartet regularly tours the great music centers of North and South America, Asia, and Europe. They have appeared frequently at New York's Carnegie Hall, and their travels have taken them from London, Vienna and Prague, to Australia's Sydney Opera House. Strad magazine recently praised the group saying, “Exquisite taste... stunningly beautiful... their playing of the entire work was one of the most distinguished accounts of a Mozart quartet I have ever heard in concert” -The Strad

More information about the Shanghai Quartet at http://www.shanghaiquartet.com/main.php.

Arrive Early and attend Tim's Dance Masterclass!

PAI Dance faculty member Tim Early will return to the area and join Ballet Northeast from March 6 - 8, as they present "Swan Lake Act II & Other Works." He will be dancing the role of Prince Siegfried and PAI's Julie Degnan will dance the role of Odette.

Tim also will present a masterclass on Saturday afternoon, March 7th for intermediate and advanced dancers, which is included in the price of the student ticket - a mere $7.50!


Like all the best tales of enchantment, "Swan Lake" involves a beautiful princess, a passionate prince, and a really major obstacle to their happiness. Set to Tchaikovsky’s enduring score, this production features the beautiful prelude and second act of this popular ballet.Other Works include "Joplin", original choreography by Artistic Director, Kristin Degnan and her late husband Peter Degnan, set to a Scott Joplin ragtime composition, as well as selected works from Ballet Northeast’s Emerging Choreographers’ Workshop.

Tickets and more information is available at balletnortheast.org,
by phone at 570-287-5802,
or at the box office prior to the performance.

Musical Theater Scholarship Competition - Round One

The Performing Arts Institute Musical Theater Scholarship Competition
First Round: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Buckingham Performing Arts Center

201 North Sprague Avenue

Kingston, Pennsylvania

Five finalists will advance to the final competition at our Gala Benefit (date to be announced) where three winners will be selected.

First Place:
A full scholarship to attend PAI’s 2009 Musical Theater Program

Second Place:
A $1000 scholarship to attend PAI’s 2009 Musical Theater Program

Third Place:
A $500 scholarship to attend PAI’s 2009 Musical Theater Program

More information at: http://www.wyomingseminary.org/pai/mtaudition.htm