Cole to perform
The 2009 Lexus Song Quest winner, Aivale Cole, is to perform in Dunedin.
"Leontyne'n'Ella" consists of two 45-minute mini-concerts dedicated to the Wellington-born lyric soprano's favourite singers - soprano Leontyne Price and jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald.
Aivale Cole performs with Australian pianist David Wickham at 7.30pm on Thursday, August 13, in the Glenroy Auditorium.
The Otago Daily Times has five double passes to give away to the concert.
To enter the draw, write your name, address and daytime phone number on the back of an envelope and send to: Lexus Song Quest, Editorial Features, Response Bag 500011, Dunedin, or email playtime@odt.co.nz with "Lexus" in the subject line, to arrive before August 6.
Concerts resume
The University of Otago Department of Music lunchtime concert series at Marama Hall has resumed.
Pianists Terence Dennis and Tom McGrath performed Schubert's Rondo in A major, D.951 and Mendelssohn's Andante con variazioni, op.83a and Andante and Allegro assai vivace, op.92 yesterday.
Next month there will be performances of "Haydn in London" by Dr Alan Davison and performance staff on August 5, works by Alexander Reinagle and Joseph Haydn performed by fortepianist John Van Buskirk on August 12, works by Albeniz, Schubert, Marshall, Domeniconi and Monnot performed by guitarist Matthew Marshall on August 19 and "Balkans and Beyond", featuring piano works by Enesco, Tajcevic, Bartók and Dohnanyi performed by university piano students on August 26.
Cromwell collaboration
Dunedin artist Pauline Bellamy and her son, artist Manu Berry, have collaborated on a joint exhibition opening in Cromwell this weekend.
"A Central Wedding" features a series of mono prints that celebrate Berry's March wedding to Kim Crook in Bannockburn.
"Crepuscular Chart" chronicles Berry's past eight months working in Lyall Bay in Wellington.
The exhibitions open at 3pm in Hullabaloo Art Space in the Old Cromwell precinct on Saturday and run till August 23.
Recycling to music
Balmacewen Intermediate staged the world premiere of Recycled yesterday.
The musical has been adapted by Dunedin author Sandy McKay and Balmacewen music teachers Sue Frame and Sue Mepham.
It is directed by St Hildas Collegiate School drama teacher Sylvia Duff.
Recycled tells the story of 12-year-old Colin Kennedy and his attempts to get his family to recycle its rubbish.
The musical features a cast of nearly 40 Balmacewen pupils, the school orchestra and choir and hip-hop dance group.
Recycled continues at 10.30am and 6.45pm today. New works on show
An exhibition of new works by emerging Dunedin artist Gavin Ashworth opens in the Sew Hoy Gallery in Stafford St tomorrow.
"New Works by Gavin Ashworth" has been inspired by expressionistic and outsider artists, including Maddox, Bill Hammond, Jenny Scarf, Basquiat, Tony de Latour and Jeffery Harris.
The exhibition opens at 1pm tomorrow and runs until August 25.
The Communist Rainbow Relationship will play at the opening.
The Sew Hoy Gallery is open from 1pm-4pm weekdays.
Weston Frizzell collusion
New Zealand pop artists Mike Weston and Otis Frizzell unveil their latest exhibition in Queenstown tomorrow.
"We Are Weston Frizzell" is an Andy Warhol-influenced collusion of art and branding in an exhibition of paintings and prints.
The two Auckland artists have been using the Weston Frizzell moniker for their collaborative works over the past nine years.
"We are Weston Frizzell" opens at 5.30pm tomorrow at Toi O Tahuna fine art gallery in Queenstown and runs till August 26.
