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Summarized by Deseret Book Press Release
Utah's Stars Shine Bright, Only for One Night
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- Utahns will have the unprecedented
opportunity to enjoy three favorite performers in residence during
one concert event when MICHAEL MCLEAN, LEX DE AZEVEDO and KURT BESTOR
share the Kingsbury Hall stage during the Shadow Mountain Showcase
2000 concert scheduled for August 22.
Also scheduled to perform is violinist JENNY OAKS BAKER. Earlier this
summer, 25-year-old Baker, a Salt Lake City native, won a coveted
chair in the violin section of the National Symphony Orchestra in
Washington, DC. Her most recent Utah performance was at "An Evening
of Celebration" in honor of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley's
ninetieth birthday.
The concert is an activity of the LDS Booksellers Association
Convention, held annually in Salt Lake City, but a generous number of
tickets are being made available to the general public.
Says Laurel Christensen of Shadow Mountain, "Our customers are the
reason we and our booksellers remain in business. We would never
consider producing such a great show without providing them the
chance to enjoy it with us."
Guests will also be treated to performances from Pearl Award winners
Hilary Weeks and Brett Raymond, tenor George Dyer, classical
guitarists The Small/Torres Guitar Duo and newcomers soprano
Christina England and singer-songwriter Doug Walker.
MICHAEL McLEAN is perhaps best known for his Christmas story, The
Forgotten Carols, and its accompanying soundtrack, so much so that
attending a McLean performance of The Forgotten Carols has become a
Christmas tradition for thousands of McLean's fans. He has released
19 other musical albums, while his commercial work has been honored
with the advertising industry's prestigious Cleo Award and the Cannes
Film Festival's Bronze Lion.
While KURT BESTOR is also best known for a series of popular
Christmas concerts and for his innovative interpretation of seasonal
carols on the albums Kurt Bestor Christmas, Volumes One and Two, his
credits include more than 30 film scores and over 40 themes for
national TV programs and commercials. Bestor's music has introduced
Good Morning America, NFL Monday Night Football, and ABC's Sunday
Night Movie.
Contemporary classical composer LEX DE AZEVEDO made history in 1999
with the world debut performance of his epic oratorio The Life of
Christ: Gloria at the Citadel, Tower of David Museum, within the Old
City of Jerusalem. The concert was later televised on Hallmark's
cable station, the Odyssey Channel, and Utah's KSL-TV. The soundtrack
recordings he has composed for the popular Saturday's Warrior and My
Turn on Earth have both been certified Gold by the Recording Industry
Association of America, indicating sales in excess of 500,000 copies
each.
All three headliners will release albums through Shadow Mountain
within the next 12 months: Michael Sings McLean, by Michael McLean;
The Life of Christ: Hosanna, by Lex de Azevedo; and Lamb of God,
Motion Picture Soundtrack, by Kurt Bestor.
Shadow Mountain Showcase 2000 begins at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 22
at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. Tickets are $15
and $12, and may be purchased at the Kingsbury Hall box office and at
all Art Tix outlets (801-355-ARTS). For more information, please call
801-517-3300.
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Source:
Utah's Stars Shine Bright, Only for One Night
Deseret Book Press Release 7Aug00 A3
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