UPCOMING EVENTS
Come celebrate the “Merry Month of May”
MAY 6, 2011: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
NILS PETERSON & ELENA SHARKOVA with the Symphony Silicon Valley Singers at Montalvo Arts Center
The month of ‘yes you may,’
The time for ev’ry frivolous whim,
Proper or “im.”
A.J. Lerner
Come celebrate the “Merry Month of May” with Silicon Valley Poet Laureate Emeritus Nils Peterson, Maestra Elena Sharkova and the Symphony Silicon Valley Singers in a program of poetry and song honoring spring! Nils Peterson is Professor Emeritus at SJSU where he also served as Chair of the Humanities Department. His writing is delightfully humorous, shedding light on the human condition in surprising ways. His collections include The Comedy of Desire, and a Christmas series with the title, For This Day. In 2009, Peterson was chosen as the first Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County.
Under the direction of founder Elena Sharkova, the Symphony Silicon Valley Singers was formed three years ago to explore the more intimate music of the choral repertoire. Sharkova, the conductor of the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale and the Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley, is in great demand internationally as a conductor, lecturer, master teacher and interpreter of Russian music.
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TICKET PRICES : General $15; Members $10
Tickets available through the Box Office, (408) 961-5858
Tickets may be purchased onsite at the Montalvo Box Office. Box Office opens one hour prior to all shows.
PAST EVENTS
Mar 18, 2011, Friday, 7:00 pm: A TRIBUTE TO NILS PETERSON, SANTA CLARA COUNTY FIRST POET LAUREATE at SJST Student Union Ballroom.
FREE ADMISSION.
Feb 7, 2011: LAST CALL OF THE FIRST POET LAUREATE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY for “Haiku-ish” poems about the County. LAST DAY TO SUBMIT “Haiku-ish” poems to Nils Peterson at poet.laureate@ceo.sccgov.org.
Feb 14, 2011: A REVEL OF POETRY, MUSIC, AND WINE at La Petite Trianon, 72 N Fifth St. San Jose, CA.
to celebrate Valentines Day, with Nils Peterson, Sally Ashton, Elena Sharkova and The Symphony Silicon Valley Singers. Come early to share wine or soft drink. The reading starts at 5:30p.m. A Donation of $10.00 is requested.
Dec 12 , 2010, Sunday, POETRY & MUSIC TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
2:00pm at St Marks Episcopal Church
Nils Peterson, Maestra Elena Sharkova, Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale and the Cantabile Singers
Christmas Poetry & Music
A donation of $10.00 is requested. A reception follows.
Dec 14, 2010, Tuesday, POETRY READING by NILS PETERSON & SALLY ASHTON
7:30PM at Capitola Cafe, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola
Dec 16, 2010, Thursday , CHRISTMAS READING by NILS PETERSON
7:00 pm at Willow Glen Public Library, San Jose, CA
Hosted by Poetry Center San Jose www.pcsj.org
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Oct 29, 2010 Friday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NILS PETERSON at 7:00pm at Saratoga Public Library, Saratoga, CA.
Come celebrate with Nils Peterson, Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County
May 1, 2010, Saturday, SHAPING POWER OF PLACE
at 1:00 pm-4:30 pm (Request arrival by 12:45 pm)
A classical music and poetry event with Maureen Draper and Nils Peterson
at The Draper Home in Cupertino, CA 95014. (Click here for details.)
Contact Maureen Draper at modraper1@yahoo.com
April 22, 2010, Thurs. San Jose State UniversityPoetry Legacy Day: all-day collective reading
www.sjsu.edu/reading/poetry.htm
April 18, 2010, Sun. 1:00 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Santa Clara
Poetry and Music Show with Nils Peterson
April 10, 2010, Sat. 1:00 p.m. San Jose Museum of Art
Poetry Invitational Inspired by Real & HyperRealwww.sjmusart.org/event/invitational-poetry-reading
Poet Laureate of Santa Clara County Nils Peterson invites ten local poets to read works inspired by SJMA’s exhibition Real and HyperReal.
Participating Poets: Ruben Alexander Barron, Arlene Biala, J.P. Dancing Bear, Kate Evans, Diem Jones, Phyllis Koestenbaum, Robert Pesich, Alan Soldofsky, Mary Lou Taylor, and Ken Weisner.
