Performing Arts
Cimarron Circuit Opera Company
Under New Artistic Director
International Opera Singer and OU Faculty Member
BRADLEY WILLIAMS Announces AUDITIONS!
For the 2008-09 Season
When and Where: Auditions will be held Sunday, September 14, from 2-6pm in Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall at OU’s Catlett Music Center.
Call 405-364-8962 to schedule an audition.
Audition Requirements: Be prepared to sing two arias. One must be in English. One musical theater piece may be substituted. Opera, Musical Theatre, Drama, and Instrumental students and those who enjoy singing and performing are encouraged to audition. Selections should demonstrate the applicant’s ability to sing lyrically. An accompanist will be provided.
Tulsa Awards For Theatre Excellence
Awards for Theatre Excellence
Announced for 2008-2009 Season
Tulsa, OK – The Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence (TATE) announces it will reward $20,000 for Tulsa's most outstanding plays in the upcoming 2008-2009 theatre season.
Funded and supported by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the awards will be given annually to Tulsa-based, non-profit theatre groups and companies to publicly recognize and promote excellence in the theatre arts. The goal of the awards is to foster a broad-based, community-wide appreciation for theatre excellence within the city. Stanton Doyle, a spokesperson for the George Kaiser Family Foundation said, “Many may not realize the level of talent we have in our city. The Foundation believes that an awards program can help provide deserved recognition and support for Tulsa's theatre artists.”
Awards will be given for:
First Place for Outstanding Play: $10,000
Second Place for Outstanding Play: $5,000
Third Place for Outstanding Play: $2,500
Outstanding Children’s Theatre Production: $2,500
TATE Committee Chair Shirley Elliott said, “We hope the TATE initiative will give our local theatre companies both the resources and encouragement to create the next level in theatre production. Tulsa has a wealth of talented actors, directors and designers whose quality works deserve recognition. In addition, we hope the attention the awards receive will inspire the public to support these companies and to come out and enjoy the experience of live theatre.”
Only non-profit, non-equity groups and companies based in the City of Tulsa are eligible. Qualified companies may submit up to two productions opening between September 1 and May 31 each season for consideration. Applications must be received no later than four weeks prior to a production’s opening night, and the application fee is $25 per production. A select panel of anonymous judges will critique productions based on an established ballot that considers direction, acting, scenic and lighting design, and marketing, to name a few. Excepting children's theatre, musical productions are not eligible.
Committee member Ken Busby explains, “For now the TATE awards will focus on non-musical productions because we feel both the genre of straight plays and that audience deserve attention and cultivation.”
Winners will be announced during the first TATE awards ceremony in August 2009.
Applications will be available beginning September 1 online at www.tateawards.org and also at the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa offices in Harwelden, 2210 S. Main, Tulsa, OK 74114.
For more information, email info@tateawards.org or call Ken Busby at 918 584-3333 x13.
New venue in Tulsa for songwriters and artists
Call for artists: If you are interested in performing your “original acoustical songs and music” and or “art” through a new an exciting Tulsa venue, free of charge, please contact Craig or Kathy with “Songwriters & Artist Showcase” at 918.497.8755 or boilla1@aol.comto set a time to screen your work for a potential booking date.
NEA American Masterpieces grants now available
http://www.arts.gov/national/masterpieces/index.html
Guidelines for American Masterpieces grants for Chamber Music, Presenting and Visual Arts Touring are now available. American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.
Call to Performance / Visual Artists
The Arts Council of Oklahoma City is developing an
exciting roster of performing and visual artists who will share their
talents in dynamic urban settings. Can be solo
or groups and all performances / demonstrations are paid. Email:dwatson@artscouncilokc.com 405-270-4803
The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions
Annual Deadlines are January 16, May 2, and September 5.
The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions (The Fund)
is a public-private partnership established to help ensure that the excellence,
diversity, and vitality of the arts in the United States are represented at international
festivals and exhibitions. The Fund is supported by two federal agencies, the
National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of State, and by two
foundations, The Pew Charitable Trusts and The Rockefeller Foundation. It is
administered by Arts International (AI), a not-for-profit organization committed
to promoting and supporting global connection and interchange in the arts. The
Fund mades grants to individual performing artists and to organizations that
have been invited to participate in international festivals outside the United
States. The Fund also helps support the creative and professional development
of U.S. artists through the presentation of their work at significant international
festivals worldwide. Applications forms are available on Arts International's
website at: www.artsinternational.org. For more information contact: The Fund
for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions, Arts International,
251 Park Avenue South, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10010-7302, Phone: 212.674.9744
or fax 212.674.9092 E-mail: thefund@artsinternational.org