GO 4 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 THE MORNING CALL

Parkland student enriched by Tanglewood

Institute summer music program
By Shirley Berman
Parkland High School sopho-
more Alexander Tang took his
love of music on the road this
summer while earning some
valuable experience along the
way.
Tang, a Fogelsville native,
studied and sharpened his skills
at Boston University’s Tangle-
wood Institute (BUTI) — a
premier training program in
Lenox, Massachusetts. The
accomplished clarinet and piano
player earned his slot after ris-
ing to the top of a competitive
pool of national and interna-
tional applicants.
CALL BOARD
Touchstone seeks
volunteers
Festival UnBound, Touch-
stone Theatre’s 10-day festival of
original art and community
conversation, is looking for
energetic, fun-loving individuals
to join the team of volunteers for
the festival, scheduled Oct. 4-13.
Festival UnBound is the big-
gest undertaking Touchstone
has ever dared dream up, using
the arts to explore Bethlehem’s
journey, from Moravian roots to
the heyday of Bethlehem Steel,
and what kind of future we want
to create and build together.
Three years in the making,
the festival will celebrate the
Hilary Respass, executive
director of BUTI, commented,
“The community should be very
proud to have someone chosen
for this highly selective, top
ranked program in the country.
You have to love music enough
to do this because you work
seven hours a day.”
BUTI is located in the Berk-
shire Mountains, close to the
Tanglewood music center and
the summer home of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. Because
of this proximity, students learn
from some of the world’s most-
renowned musicians and teach-
ers.
Tang is 16 years old, and is the
diverse voices and stories of our
community with dozens of
performances, original theater
pieces, music new and old,
community meals, interactive
arts, installations, visiting re-
gional and international artists,
panel discussions, the festival
cabaret, opening and closing
ceremonies, street spectacle,
and much more.
To help create this extraordi-
nary celebration, Touchstone is
putting out the call for volun-
teers to join the Festival Un-
Bound team. Volunteer tasks
offer something for everyone,
from ushering to wrangling
folding chairs, helping audience
members dance their way down
son of Jie Tang and Yi Chen. His
sister Claire is a student at MIT.
“I was interested in music
ever since I was 5,” he said. “I
remember studying piano with
Ms. Darlene Ziegler. In 2016 I
was selected into the District 10
Band as a seventh-grader, the
youngest member ever selected
into the district band. I got to
experience a whole different
level of music.
“My peers were dedicated to
music. It was a very positive
experience, which solidified my
love of music.”
In 2018, Tang became a mem-
ber of the Philadelphia Sinfonia
Youth Orchestra and every
the South Bethlehem Greenway,
or being a closing ceremony
ambassador.
To join the team, visit the
Festival UnBound website to see
a full list of volunteer opportuni-
ties and sign up at: https://festi-
valunbound.com/volunteer/, or
email Michael Duck at
mike@touchstone.org
Students called to
audition for
‘Nutcracker’
Moscow Ballet’s “Great Rus-
sian Nutcracker” is coming to
the State Theatre and the com-
pany is looking for local ballet
Saturday travels to rehearse
with the award-winning orches-
tra.
At Parkland, Alexander plays
clarinet under the direction of
Jason Lerew and Brian Mishler.
“The social component of this
program I thought might be
difficult but I found it very easy
to make friends because every-
one had similar interests,” he
said of the four-week Tangle-
wood program. “I became more
confident both musically and
socially. From the first rehearsal,
I realized this was an amazing
program.”
The highlight of Tang’s BUTI
experience came when he won
students to fill children’s roles.
Children ages 6 to 18 can
audition to be Party Children,
Small Mice, Snowflakes, Russian
Snow Maidens and more roles
through Moscow Ballet’s com-
munity engagement “Dance-
with-Us ” program. Auditions
are led by a Moscow Ballet
company member/pedagogue
in each performance city this
fall. The “Dance-with-Us” pro-
gram has brought over 100,000
aspiring ballerinas and balleri-
nos on stage with the profes-
sionals over the past 27 years.
Auditions will be held 5 p.m.,
Oct. 7 on the State Theatre stage
at 453 Northampton St, Easton,
and are led by Moscow Ballet’s
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Alexander Tang
the principal clarinetist and solo
position for Gershwin’s “Rhap-
sody in Blue.”
Olga Pasternak. Auditions are
free, hand-sewn costumes are
provided, and dress rehearsal is
on stage with the Russian com-
pany the day of the perform-
ance. Sign-in begins at 4:30 p.m.
with the auditions beginning at
5 p.m. Sign up at https://
www.nutcracker.com/your-city/
get-tickets/easton
The performance will be held
2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.
Tickets are $43/$38/$33 (Chil-
dren 12 and under) and can be
purchased by visiting the State
Theatre Box Office, 453
Northampton St, Easton, by
calling 1-800-999-STATE,
610.252.3132 or online at www-
.statetheatre.org.
ARTS NEWS
Museum Day to be
held Saturday
Get free admission Sat-
urday to museums across the
country and in the Lehigh
Valley on Smithsonian maga-
zine’s 14th annual Museum
Day.
Tickets are available on
the Museum Day website.
You can download one free
ticket, good for two people.
Local and regional muse-
ums include the Allentown
Art Museum, Liberty Bell
Museum in Allentown,
America on Wheels Museum
in Allentown, museums of
Historic Bethlehem, Na-
tional Museum of Industrial
History in Bethlehem, Na-
tional Canal Museum and
Sigal Museum in Easton,
James A. Michener Art Mu-
seum and Mercer Museum
in Doylestown.
This year, Museum Day
celebrates the Smithsonian
Year of Music, an institution-
wide initiative celebrating
the Smithsonian’s vast musi-
cal collections and resources
through 365 days of music-
related programming. The
Smithsonian Year of Music
crosses disciplines, bringing
together music-related re-
sources in art, history, cul-
ture, science and education.
The Smithsonian has invited
participating museums to
create programming to sup-
port this initiative and high-
light the world’s rich musical
heritage.
For a list of participating
museums and download a
ticket, see: www.smithsoni-
anmag.com/museumday/
museum-day-2019/

ART EXHIBITS

OPENING
Kacper Abolik: Year of the Dog: Kacper
draws inspiration from the flow of Chinese
characters, Eastern ideology and spir-
ituality, and iconic art and artists through-
out history, which he intertwines with
modern figures. The exhibit includes a wide
range of subject matter and a debut city-
scape of Allentown. Opening reception, 6-8
p.m. Sept. 19. Portrait sittings, 10:30 a.m.-2
p.m. Sept. 23, 5-8 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 14, 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 7. Through Oct. 18. Baum
School of Art, 510 W. Linden St., Allentown.
610-433-0032, baumschool.org.
John Cunningham: Hypostyle: Explo-
ration of form, scale, materiality and tec-
tonic expectations. Opening reception, 4-6
p.m. Sept. 19. Through Nov. 10. Marlin and
Regina Miller Gallery at Kutztown Uni-
versity, 15200 Kutztown Road, Kutztown.
610-683-1575. kutztown.edu.
Space of Play, Play of Space: Ronny
Quevedo. Opening reception, 5:30-7 p.m.
Sept. 18; artist talk, 7 p.m. Oct. 15. Through
Nov. 2. Muhlenberg College, Martin Art
Gallery, 2400 Chew St., Allentown. 484-
664-3467, muhlenberg.edu.
ONGOING
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, 31 N. Fifth
St., Allentown. 610-432-4333. Fresh Per-
spective: Modernism in Photography:
Works by well-known artists such as Ed-
ward Weston, Walker Evans, and Margaret
Bourke-White as well as less-recognized
artists. Through Sept. 22. allentownartmu-
seum.org.
AMERICA ON WHEELS, 5 N. Front St.,
Allentown. 610-432-4200. Nicola Bulgari:
“Lifetime Devotion to the American
Automobile”: Nine classic cars including a
1951 Nash-Healey Sports Car Roadster, 1935
Buick Model 96S Sport Coupe, 1942 Nash
Ambassador 8 Sedan, 1922 Oldsmobile
Model 47-F Super Sport Touring. Through
Oct. 19. Automotive Portraits by Bill
Bravo: A sampling of various themes as the
cars are meticulously photographed out-
doors under prevailing lighting conditions.
Through Dec. 21. americaonwheels.org.
ART SCHNECK OPTICAL COMPANY, 720
Harrison St., Emmaus. 610-965-4066.
Kathy LaRose: Through Oct. 31.
AURADELL GALLERY AT STROUDSMOOR
COUNTRY INN, 257 Stroudsmoor Road,
Allentown. 570-476-4460. En Plein Air:
Local Inspiration: Paintings with down-
town Stroudsburg, area parks and historic
neighborhoods as the subject/inspiration.
Through Nov. 3. poconoarts.org.
BETHLEHEM HOUSE GALLERY, 459 Main
St., Bethlehem. 610-419-6262. Summer
Show: Arturo Cabrera, Jessica Bastidas,
Domenick Naccarato, Marlow Rodale,
Barney Stone, Ward Van Haute, Susan
Washington. Closing reception, 6-9 p.m.
Oct. 5. bethlehemhousegallery.com.
BRADBURY-SULLIVAN LGBT COMMUNI-
TY CENTER, 522 W. Maple St., Allentown.
610-347-9988. Rising Above: Works by
current and former clients of Turning Point
of Lehigh Valley. Through Oct. 25. bradbury-
sullivancenter.org.
BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM, 1 Hoff-
man’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford. 610-388-
2700. N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives: 70
paintings and drawings selected from
major museums and private collections.
Through Sept. 15. brandywine.org.
BRICK + MORTAR, 1247 Simon Blvd., Eas-
ton. Vast Expanses: Mariejon de Jong-
Buijs and Katrina Bello take inspiration
from their experiences with immigration,
and the vast expanses of landscape that
simultaneously connect and separate.
Through Oct. 6. brickandmortar-
gallery.com.
CORPORA GALLERY, LEHIGH VALLEY
CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS,
321 E. Third St., Bethlehem. 610-868-2971.
Myron Barnstone: Master Student,
Teacher and Artist: 38 original works.
Through Oct. 18. CharterArts.org.
DR. JEFFREY GROVE, 184 Main St., Em-
maus. 610-967-4600. Linda Kreck-
el:Through Oct. 31.
EAGLE NEST GALLERY, NAZARETH AREA
HIGH SCHOOL, East Center Street, Naza-
reth. 610-759-1730. Paint Box Art Club
Membership Show: Works in oil, watercol-
ors, acrylics and other media. Through
Sept. 20.
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY,
MADELON POWERS GALLERY, FINE AND
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Normal and
Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.
570-422-3532. White & Black-Jill & Jack:
Pocono artists Jill and Jack Swersie.
Through Sept. 27. esu.edu.
FOX OPTICAL & GALLERY, 28 E. Third St.,
Bethlehem. 610-332-2400. Lori Frohn-
heiser: Drawings in pastel and charcoal.
Through Oct. 26. foxoptical.com.
GALLERY 840, 840 Hamilton St., Allen-
town. 484-866-2972. Layers of Artistic
Process: Painting, sculpture and mosaic by
John-Carl Brew, Hershel Dorney and Jill R.
Snyder. Through Oct. 5. gallery840.net.
GALLERY ON FOURTH, 401 Northampton
St., Easton. 610-905-4627. Dan Welden:
Aesop’s Fables: 22 etchings on paper.
Gallery talk, 2 p.m. Oct. 6. Through Oct. 6.
galleryonfourth.org.
GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, 1001 Cathedral
Road, Bryn Athyn. 267-502-2990. Hex
Signs: Sacred and Celestial Symbolism
in Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Stars: Ex-
plores themes of sacred and celestial
imagery in the traditional arts of the Penn-
sylvania Dutch, with special emphasis on
the decorated barns of southeastern
Pennsylvania. Through Nov. 3. glencairnmu-
seum.org.
HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY, 1700
Hawk Mountain Road, Kempton. 610-756-
6961. The Old and the New: Fred Wetzel’s
old and new paintings of and around the
mountain and wildlife. Through Sept. 30.
Spirit of the Sanctuary: 30 pieces of art
Kacper Abolik: Year of the Dog opening reception will be held Sept. 19 at The David
E. Rodale and Rodale Family Galleries at Baum School of Art, Allentown. The exhib-
it is on display through Oct. 18.
by wildlife artist Fred Wetzel. Through Sept.
30. hawkmountain.org.
JOANNE’S FRAME SHOP AND GALLERY,
406 W. Broad St., Quakertown. 215-804-
5612. How I Spent My Summer Vacation:
Christine McHugh’s original oil paintings,
recalling the joys of summer vacation.
Through Sept. 28.
KETTLE CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL EDU-
CATION CENTER, 8050 Running Valley
Road, Stroudsburg. 570-629-3061. The
Beauty Around Us: Oil and watercolor
paintings. Through Sept. 30. mcconserva-
tion.org.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, GROSSMAN
GALLERY, WILLIAMS VISUAL ARTS
BUILDING, 243 N. Third St., Easton. Com-
mon Ground: Collected fragments of
space and objects that spark personal
nostalgia form Michael Kondel’s narratives
and Kim Thomas Malm’s investigation of
space and juxtapositions of imagery.
Through Oct. 12. galleries.lafayette.edu.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, WILLIAMS CEN-
TER GALLERY, 317 Hamilton St., Allentown.
610-330-5361. Japanese Prints from the
Taubman Museum of Art’s Permanent
Collection: 24 woodcuts by Japanese
artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, widely recog-
nized as the last master of Ukiyo-e, a genre
of woodblock prints and paintings that
flourished in Japan from the 17th through
19th centuries. Through Dec. 15. galleries-
.lafayette.edu.
LAURA’S CUSTOM FRAMING AND FINE
ART, 1328 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-928-
8622. Betty Allender: Through Sept. 30.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES,
420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-
3615. Crochet Coral Reef: By Margaret
and Christine Wertheim and the Insti-
tute For Figuring: A unique nexus of art,
science, geometry and environmental
activism, the Reef is an ever-evolving archi-
pelago of woolen installations emulating
the naturally occurring hyperbolic struc-
tures of coral reefs through the process of
crochet. Through Dec. 6. The Teaching
Museum: Selections from the Perma-
nent Collection: Works by Pierre Bonnard,
Wifredo Lam, Charles Burchfield, Robert
Mapplethorpe, Pablo Picasso, Romare
Bearden, Berenice Abbott, Salvador Dali,
Robert Rauschenberg, Henri Matisse, and
others. Through Dec. 7. luag.org.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, DUBOIS GALLERY,
MAGINNES HALL, 9 W. Packer Ave., Beth-
lehem. 610-758-3615. The Motion of Light
in Water: Effects ranging from crisp focus
to ghostly blur and moods that span the
playful to the turbulent including photo-
graphs by Weegee, Stoumen, Kertesz,
Porter, Bourke-White, Dassonville, and
others. Through Dec. 6. luag.org.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, FAIRCHILD-MAR-
TINDALE STUDY GALLERY, 8 E. Packer
Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-3615. British
Abstraction: Three Views: Terry Frost,
Patrick Heron, and William Scott. Through
Dec. 7. luag.org.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, SIEGEL GALLERY,
IACOCCA HALL, 111 Research Drive, Bethle-
hem. 610-758-3615. Scale Shift: Large and
Small Works: Visitors are invited to experi-
ence their own changing perception of
relative size and imaginary space as they
view these large and small works from the
LUAG permanent collection. Through Dec.
6. luag.org.
LEHIGH VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM,
432 Walnut St., Allentown. 610-435-1074.
The American Presidency: Portraits,
campaign buttons, commemorative pieces.
How the Lehigh Valley Changed Ameri-
ca: Historic contributions from the founda-
tions of our nation to the present. The Life
& Legacy of General Harry C. Trexler:
Explore the life and legacy of the industrial-
ist, conservationist and philanthropist.
Native Americans: A Diverse & Evolving
History: Artifacts explore what archaeol-
ogy tells us about the Native Americans of
eastern Pennsylvania. lehighvalleyheritage-
museum.org.
LOWER MACUNGIE LIBRARY, 3450
Brookside Road, Macungie. 610-966-6864.
Connie Peters: Through Oct. 31.
LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMU-
NITY, 800 Hausman Road, Whitehall
Township. 610-391-8202. Art Exhibit:
Glenn Steiner and Lynne Yurgel. Through
Oct. 31.
MACK TRUCKS HISTORICAL MUSUEM,
2402 Lehigh Parkway South, Allentown.
Keeping America Clean: The Evolution
of the Waste Industry: Three antique
Mack trucks and an interactive visitor
education display showcase the history of
refuse and recycling collection. Through
June 30. macktruckshistoricalmuseum.org.
MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER, 565
Yoder Road, Harleysville. 215-256-3020.
Food Heritage of Eastern Pennsylvania:
Panels, information and artifacts on local
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