ASTER is a small (18-20 voice) women’s ensemble in Broomfield, Colorado, specializing in folk music, music from the Medieval and Renaissance periods, and contemporary music which draws upon these traditions. We honor women who came before us by singing the songs they sang while they worked, the tunes they hummed at home and the pieces they offered in worship and in concert halls.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with ASTER
The Poet Sings will present beautiful choral and solo vocal music, live and recorded poetry readings, portraits and dramatic excerpts to bring the poems of Dickinson and Cummings to the audience in a vivid and memorable way.
It will feature musical settings of poems by Emily Dickinson and E. E. Cummings by Broomfield’s own Alex Craig, along with Vincent Persichetti and other contemporary American composers. The audience will also hear recordings of Cummings reading his own poetry, and see scenes from The Belle of Amherst, a dramatization of the life of Emily Dickinson. Additionally, a self-portrait of E. E. Cummings will adorn the stage during the performance.
This concert will be a collaboration between ASTER and the Mamie Doud Eisenhower (MDE) Library as a part of National Poetry Month and is appropriate for ages twelve and older.
Saturday, April 14th – 7:30 PM
at the Broomfield Auditorium
3 Community Park Road in Broomfield
Saturday, April 21st – 7:30 PM
at Trinity Lutheran Church
2200 Broadway (at Pine Street) in Boulder
Both concerts are free and open to the public.
Donations are gratefully accepted!
A Musical Play by Molly Newman & Barbara Damashek
Music & Lyrics by Barbara Damashek
Christina Lynn-Craig, Artistic Director
Lisa Baird, Stage Director
Featuring Mariena Richards in the role of Sarah
Quilt Blocks and Legacy Quilt made by Karen Edmonds
Friday, November 17,2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
At the Broomfield Auditorium
3 Community Park Road
Broomfield, CO
7:00 PM
Doors open for Quilt Exhibit at 6:00 PM
Both performances are sold out.
Originally developed and produced at the Denver Center Theatre company, this joyous and moving celebration of American Womanhood became a record-setting regional theater success before its presentations on Broadway and at the Edinburgh Festival. Combining music, dance movement and scenes of vivid dramatic intensity, the play pays eloquent tribute to the courage and spirit of our nation’s pioneer woman.
“Who would have thought that quilts, quilting—quilters—had so much joy and pain, laughter and tears, so much life, beauty and drama in them?” ~ Drama-Logue.
“…an unqualified success, as bright as the colors used in the quilts themselves.”
~ Hollywood Reporter.
“QUILTERS is a show pieced together with love and stitched with pride…a thing of beauty, comfort and joy.”
~ NY Post.
“…a tender and moving theatre work, a human patchwork rippling in the breeze of memory.”
~ Newsweek.
QUILTERS celebrates the strength, humor, faith and creativity of the women who helped settle the prairies of the American West. ASTER’s production will feature folk instruments and a larger than usual cast, bringing greater warmth and depth to the musical numbers. Though many scenes are playful and light-hearted, because of the adult nature of some of the shadow blocks, ASTER is rating this production “PG-13″.
