Granville Arts Center: May Schedule

May 7 – June 27
“In Spirit” Art Exhibit by Faith Artists
Granville Arts Center – Gallery Space

Beginning May 5 we invite you to come and explore the newest exhibit by Faith Artists, “In Spirit.” This body of work is inspired to instill courage or life into those who view it. Faith Artists is a regional group of artists whose main mission is to produce and present faith based, scripture inspired art for the ages. Faith Artists Inspiring Truth and Hope.
For more information regarding art tours or group information contact 972-898-0478 or visit FaithArtists.com. The Gallery Space of the Granville Arts Center is open Monday through Friday 10am – 4pm and during all performances on weeknights and weekends.

May 9 – 8 pm
Garland Symphony Orchestra Concert VIII
Brownlee Auditorium

It is likely that the very earliest music ever created was for dance; the first time our distant ancestors first banged on a log with a stick, someone undoubtedly broke into the Neanderthal shuffle! Things have come a long way. From ballet to break dancing, music and dance are now inseparable partners. The Garland Symphony Orchestra will be featuring Alex McDonald, piano performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Pianist Alex McDonald gave his orchestral debut at age 11, and has since then soloed with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico in Toluca, Mexico, the Utah Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Fort Worth Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, the Mississippi Symphony, and others. Mr. McDonald is currently a doctoral student at the Juilliard School, studying under Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin. He also holds a Masters at Juilliard, and he did his Bachelors under Russell Sherman at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance. In addition to Mr. McDonalds’s performance the GSO will be performing Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. To purchase tickets call 972-205-2790 or visit www.GarlandArtsBoxOffice.com. For more information on the GSO visit GarlandSymphony.org.

May 25 – 7 pm
“Mexico y sus Danzas” by Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico
Granville Arts Center – Brownlee Auditorium

México 2000 Ballet Folklórico (M2KBF) proudly invite you to attend its newest production, “México y sus Danzas” presented by México 2000 Folklórico Dance School at the Granville Arts Center in downtown Garland, TX. This spectacular folk dance concert, presented on May 25, 2014, is a series of stories of different traditional indigenous ethnic groups still in existence in México and how they had preserve their dance and musical traditions that were transformed with the Spanish conquest. Dances will include: Danza de Concheros, Negritos, Matlachines, Siembra, Danza de los Viejitos, Pescado, Danza de Quetzales, among others. These dances represent ethnic groups such as: Chichimeca, Nahuatl, Totonaca, Tarasco, Mayan and Purepecha. This is a must see production! Tickets will be on pre-sale beginning Apri1 14. General Admission tickets are $15. Seniors and Children under 6 are $12 (pre-sale only). For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.Mexico2000.net