Denison University Poets Ann Townsend and David Baker Featured

For Immediate Release: Contact: Elizabeth Jewell, Executive Director
April 27, 2006 614.431.0329

Acclaimed Denison University Poets are Featured Guests
Worthington Arts Council’s “Art of the Written Word” Series Continues

Worthington, OH—Ann Townsend and David Baker will read and discuss their works on Thursday, May 11 beginning at 7 pm as part of the Worthington Arts Council’s “Art of the Written Word” series. The reading will be held in the community room of the Griswold Center, 777 High St., on the northwest corner of the village green in Worthington.

Ann Townsend is the author of two collections of poetry and three chapbooks (small books or pamphlets containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts.) She is also the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, as well as the Five Points magazine James Dickey Prize in Poetry. A member of the Creative Writing program at Denison University, she has read her poems and lectured on poetry throughout the country. Her most recent published work is The Coronary Garden (Sarabande Books, 2005).

David Baker has been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and Ohio Arts Council, to name a few. His eleven books include the recently published Midwest Ecologue (W. W. Norton, 2005). Baker serves as Poetry Editor of The Kenyon Review, and is Chair of Creative Writing at Denison University.

The readings will be followed by a question and answer period, as well as a book-signing reception. For more information or to purchase tickets ($10, $5 for students and seniors), please call the Worthington Arts Council office at 614.431.0329 or visit www.worthingtonarts.org.

MUSIC IN THE CHAMBERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: April 25, 2006
Contact: Emily Cable, Arts Coordinator
Phone: 614-583-5311
Email: ecable@uaoh.net

MUSIC IN THE CHAMBERS

(Upper Arlington, OH) – The Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division is pleased to partner with members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for Music in the Chambers, a series of chamber music concerts. Enjoy Camarata on Tuesdays, May 2 and 30. All concerts begin at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road. Ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students, and free for those 12 years and under.

The musicians of Camarata are eagerly preparing evenings of classical creativity, with musical offerings scheduled that promise to inspire audiences. Camarata is a group of musicians dedicated to performing chamber and orchestral works of all types and sizes. Camarta, under the directorship of Luis Biava, features musicians Cynthia Stolba, John Pellegrino and Robert Nims of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Camarata will perform an all Mozart program on Tuesday May 2, featuring Oboe Quartet in F Major K.370, Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, K.16,Per questa bella mano, K. 612 bass aria and Symphony No. 27 in G Major, K. 199. Camarata previously performed Brandenburg Concertos, duos, Stravinsky L'histoire du soldat, Bartok Divertimento, Pulcinella Suite, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestra works.

Invite friends and family to share the experience of listening to live music close to home in the Upper Arlington Council Chamber. Join us for another delightful evening of chamber music Tuesday May 30 at 7 p.m. as Camarata performs Mozart Dissonance Quartet and Brahms Sextet. For more information regarding the Music in the Chambers Spring concert series visit www.ua-ohio.net, under Parks, Recreation and Leisure / Cultural Arts. Please call the Cultural Arts Division at 614-583-5310 to purchase tickets.