The Dubuque Youth Symphony and Symphony orchestras’ 2008 Concerto Competition is open to students in grades 8-12 who live within a 75-mile radius of Dubuque.
Completed applications are due Friday, Feb. 29, at the Dubuque Symphony Office, 2728 Asbury Road.
The Concerto Competition will be at 8 a.m., Saturday, March 8, at Jansen Music Hall, Clarke College.
A panel of judges, including William Intriligator, music director and conductor of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, will evaluate performances. One participant might be selected to perform as a soloist at an upcoming Dubuque Symphony Orchestra or Dubuque Youth Symphony Orchestra performance.
For information about the competition, including rules and regulations, contact the symphony’s education coordinator, Paul Alan Brenner, at 563-557-1677 or pbrenner@dubuquesymphony.org.
plants developed from cuttings are available in a variety of colors in various-sized pots and hanging baskets. In addition to geraniums, accent plants including spikes, vinca vines, asparagus fern and trailing white bacopa will be offered.
New this year is osteospermum ecklonis, a daisy-like flower in white, yellow, and purple, which blooms continuously from spring to fall. Flowers ordered by Thursday, April 17, will be ready for pick-up on May 5 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dubuque.
Proceeds benefit the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. For information call Ginny Gordon at 563-582-3487 or Lu Nicholson at 563-583-4854.
Greg Orwoll, executive director of the Colts Youth Organization, was elected to the nine-member board of directors of Drum Corps International during annual meetings in Orlando, Fla., recently.
Drum Corps International will operate 115 competitions this summer for nearly 50 corps. The organization has an operating budget of more than $10 million. Competition finals are scheduled for Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 7-9, in Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. It will be the first event in the new home of the Indianapolis Colts.
The Dubuque Area Writers Guild will publish “Celebrating the Art and Ethos of Dubuque,” in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Dubuque Fest, May 16-18.
Both experienced and previously unpublished writers are invited to participate, as well as participants who wish to share their oral histories through an interview process. The interviews will be transcribed and excerpts published in the anthology.
Fiction, nonfiction, poetry and memoirs on the theme of life in Dubuque can be submitted to the guild, care of Paula Neuhaus, 378 Main St., Dubuque, IA 52001 or e-mailed to dubuqueareawritersguild@gmail.com. The deadline is Monday, March 31.
Manuscripts should be 1,500 words or less (30 lines for poetry), typed double spaced or attached as word documents. Include a
50-word maximum biography and author name, address, e-mail and telephone number on each page.
For information, call 563-557-1767.
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Pioneer Players will present “Glengarry Glen Ross” Friday through Sunday, under the direction of UW-P theater professor, Ann Farrelly.
This 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by David Mamet centers around two days in the lives of four Chicago real estate agents who push the boundaries of ethics and morality.
All three performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts on the UW-P campus. Tickets will be $7 for general admission, $5 for senior citizens and those younger than 18 . For ticket information, contact the Box Office at 608-342-1298.