Concert to mark ARCA’s 16th anniversary

From staff reports

Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts will celebrate its 16th anniversary with a classical cabaret performed by Katherine “Kathy” Soroka & Friends at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in Lincoln Hall at Foxburg.

This “Pops” concert will include an eclectic mix of many genres ARCA audiences have enjoyed over the years — chamber music, piano solos, art song, opera, jazz standards and musical theater — from Bizet, Strauss and Rossini to American composers Gershwin, Bernstein and Sondheim.

At intermission, a champagne toast will be given to honor volunteers, donors, cooperative artists and patrons who have supported ARCA since its inception.

Following the concert, a wine and cheese reception will be held at the Red Brick Gallery for the opening of Jeffrey Calta’s exhibit “Dark Art: Leaded Glass in 2, 3 and 4 Dimensions” and Donna Edmond’s nature watercolors.

Soroka, who is known to audiences as an ARCA board member and for handing out programs or taking photos at the back of the hall, has had a double career both onstage and backstage in the performing arts.

In this reprise of her performance of ARCA’s inaugural concert in 2006, Soroka will be joined by tenor Robert Frankenberry, violinist Monique Mead and pianist Walter Morales.

Tickets for the concert cost $20 for adults and $5 for students and are available by calling (724) 659-3153 or visiting www.alleghenyriverstone.org.

 

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