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"We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened." -Huck Finn, from a raft on the Mississippi Leave your raft tied to a tree on the Chippewa River, and find your way up the hill to Pope Art on Friday, July 30, when Patricia Dorn returns to Terrace. Dreamers and travelers look to the shared night sky for stars, inspiration and direction. Songwriters and singers look to that same night sky, and share songs of hope, courage and love. Starry, Starry Night is Dorn's review of some of her most loved songs about stars, both heavenly and those bound, at least for a short time, to this earth. Songs on the program will include show tunes turned standards (Catch A Falling Star, When You Wish Upon A Star, Impossible Dream and others from Man of La Mancha), American spirituals and folk tunes, and pop songs such as My Lord, What a Morning, Follow the Drinking Gourd, and Vincent (Starry Starry Night). And as in past performances at Pope Art, expect that a guest or two from Dorn's musical family may again lend a hand. |
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Dorn is a choral director and vocalist, and for the past dozen years has taught music education at the elementary, middle school and college levels in the Duluth area. Her current educational home is Lake Superior College, where she teaches music courses, voice and piano lessons and directs the college's choral program. She received her undergraduate degree in voice and music education at the University of Minnesota Morris, and performed in Europe with the UMM Jazz Ensemble at the Montreaux and North Sea jazz festivals. Dorn received her Master of Music in music education from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2005. Since moving to Duluth, Dorn has performed with Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, St. Scholastica Early Music Orchestra, UMD Opera Studio and Arrowhead Chorale, a professional chamber choir made up of singers from the greater Duluth area. In August of 2009 she returned to the musical theatre stage at The Playground in Duluth, performing the role of The Beggar Woman in the revival version of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. In December 2010 she will again appear on stage in Duluth, in the role of Aldonza/Lady Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha, at Teatro Zuccone. Accompanying Dorn this year is Jackie Holstrom, making her first appearance at Pope Art. She is Minister of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Duluth, serving as organist and director of the bell choir. Dorn and Holstrom often work together, as Holstrom is the accompanist for Arrowhead Chorale and the Lake Superior College Choir. Starry, Starry Night begins at 7:30 PM, and ticket price is $15. | |
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