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President's Letter to our Community Winter 2007
Appropriately for the gift-giving season, the Cadillac Broadway Series kicks off our season with a musical which began life as a gift to a loving couple from their friends. The Drowsy Chaperone was initially presented at a couple’s bachelor party as a gift from their theatrically inclined colleagues. From its modest beginnings, Drowsy Chaperone went on to win more Tony Awards® than any other musical that year; what a remarkable fate. Our Broadway series continues that Tony-winning trend in January as we present RENT and Avenue Q—two winners of the Tony Award® for Best Musical. We also have an amazing season in store for you with Kimmel Center Presents. This month KCP features programming that reflects four different continents. I’m very excited to present Yo-Yo Ma’s first recital at the Center; born in Paris to Chinese parents and moving to America shortly thereafter, Ma’s biography covers three continents in nearly as many years. Next up is a night of superb Russian classical music: Stravinsky’s two great works performed by one of Russia’s heralded ensembles and led by one of Russia’s most renowned conductors, Valery Gergiev. The Salzburg Marionettes make this month a perfect time for families to visit the Center. I’m thrilled that we offer performances like these to foster a love of the arts in the next generation. I’m looking forward to the KCP holiday programming too—from the return of the Vienna Choir Boys to the Blind Boys of Alabama’s Christmas show. We culminate our holiday offerings with the night when our voices are the stars of the show—the Sing-Along Messiah. The Kimmel Center’s resident companies all promise excellent programs this winter as well. Of course, there are the time-honored traditions of the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Nutcracker, Philadanco’s Xmas Philes, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops’ Holiday POPS! and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Glorious Sound of Christmas performances. The Orchestra will also present a festival early next year, honoring the music of Leonard Bernstein. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia continue to present their fine programs in Perelman Theater. The PCMS will host concerts from the Tokyo Quartet and the Mendelssohn Quartet while the Chamber Orchestra will present a concert of Baroque music and a concert with Randall Scarlata as their guest soloist. As the days grow shorter and chillier, I hope you’ll spend your evenings at the Academy and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts enjoying the warmth of the season with family and friends. Please consider the Kimmel Center part of your extended circle. Your support makes all that we do possible.
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