AUREA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS
Dylan Thomas’
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Chris Turner and his harmonica improvisations
Annual Holiday Concert—A Magical Amalgamation of Music and Words
What happens when artists meet at the margins of their disciplines and push the boundaries back and forth? What happens is Aurea, a performance ensemble engaged in a joyous pursuit to investigate and invigorate the harmony of music and the spoken word.
Providence, RI (November 28, 2022)—Aurea Ensemble presents its annual holiday concert, A Child’s Christmas in Wales on Sunday, December 11, 3pm at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 50 Orchard Ave, in Providence.
This heartwarming performance ushers in the season with Aurea’s unparalleled elixir of music and words, weaving together the Dylan Thomas classic story with musical interludes of festive chamber music and traditional English carols. In addition to the Dylan Thomas story, the program includes poetry of Tennyson, Dickinson and Kooser, with chamber music of Britten, Handel and Clarke with traditional English carols. This concert is for all ages, an uplifting event for children and adults alike.
Aurea is delighted to welcome back acclaimed actors/spoken word Malcolm & Elizabeth Ingram, whose appearance with Aurea last season was warmly received. The husband-and-wife team have performed in theater, television, and film, both nationally and internationally. The program will also feature Chris Turner, harmonica virtuoso, who will share his unique improvisations of classic carols.
Consuelo Sherba, artistic director of Aurea Ensemble said, “We are thrilled to welcome Elizabeth and Malcolm back to Providence for our annual holiday concert.” She added, “Their vast experience brings such authenticity to this production, with stage credits that include the BBC, London’s West End, the Royal Court and National Theatres, and in the United States, Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA, numerous regional theaters and even Comedy Central. Audiences can get ready for a holiday trip to another place and time!”
For 19-years, Aurea Ensemble’s programs have attracted a loyal following, largely through word-of-mouth. The audience engages in the ensemble’s joyous pursuit to investigate and invigorate the harmony of music and the spoken word. This amalgam creates concerts that become worlds unto themselves, each event a respite from the distractions and chaos in everyday life.
Aurea is committed to arts access for everyone and is therefore, offering a pay what you can option for this program. Suggested Standard Adult Admission: $30; Students and children: Free. To purchase tickets, go to:
Aurea Ensemble’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales
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A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas
Featuring:
Alexey Shabalin, violin
Jesse Holstein, violin
Consuelo Sherba, viola
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Chris Turner, harmonica and unique improvisations
With Guest Artists:
Malcolm and Elizabeth Ingram, spoken word
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 3:00pm
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
50 Orchard Ave., Providence, RI 02906
MALCOLM INGRAM appeared in the original productions of numerous plays at London’s National Theatre and in the West End, including Tom Stoppard’s Dirty Linen and Newfound Land at the Art’s Theatre, Half Life at the Duke of York’s, and Popkiss at the Globe Theatre. Ingram has performed extensively in British regional theater as well as TV, starring in The Camerons for BBC Time Life, and appearing in many plays for the BBC, including Beloved Enemy, The Story of Ruth, Clapperclaw, and Instant Enlightenment. Broadway credits include The Rivals and Match (u/s Frank Langella). Regional theaters include the Actors’ Theatre, Louisville; the Berkshire Theatre Festival; the North Shore Music Theatre; and numerous productions at Shakespeare and Company including Pinter’s Mirror, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, and Twelfth Night. Ingram has also appeared with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra with Shakespeare at the Symphony; he appeared in This Powerful Rhyme, a program of Shakespeare’s sonnets with music by Andrew Waggoner at the Merkin Hall in New York City; the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Red House in Syracuse. Ingram teaches voice, classical text, and acting at Syracuse University, as well as workshops and classes at the National University, Emerson College and the New York University theater program. Ingram is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association and the British Actors’ Equity Association.
ELIZABETH INGRAM trained at L.A.M.D.A. in London, England, and was an actress in England and Scotland working in the West End (Poor Bitos, The Chinese Prime Minister), London’s Fringe Theatre, The Royal National Theatre, and productions in many Repertory Theatres. She also appeared in several TV productions for BBC and ITV. After coming to the U.S.A., she has been a regular company member of Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts) where she performed in Richard II, Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor, All’s Well that Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Mrs. Klein, Pinter’s Mirror, and The Inner House, a one woman show on Edith Wharton. Elizabeth has performed at Syracuse Stage in A Christmas Carol, You Never Can Tell, My Fair Lady, A Streetcar Named Desire; at The Actors’ Theatre of Louisville in All My Sons; at the Berkshire Festival Theatre in Heartbreak House; and with The Women’s Theatre as Kent in King Lear. Elizabeth is a designated Kristin Linklater voice teacher and an associate professor in the Syracuse University Drama Department. She is also the advisor and faculty person for The All Star C.A.S.T. Drama program for an annual Aurea holiday tradition, A Child’s Christmas in Wales features a delightful reading of the Dylan Thomas classic story, with musical interludes of festive chamber music and traditional English carols. The program includes poetry of Dickinson, Oliver, Mansfield and Longfellow, festive chamber music of Britten, Boyce, Handel and Clarke, with traditional English carols.
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