Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth
Fifth Annual Modern Dance Festival at the Modern

2008 Guitar Guild Music Festival
Presented by the Fort Worth Guitar Guild

July 22–24, 8 pm
Admission is $20.
For information and to purchase tickets, visit www.fortworthguitarguild.org or call 817.721.8500.

The Guitar Guild Music Festival, coordinated by Guitar Guild founder Mitch Weverka, presents world-class talents performing unusual and engaging programming in four different programs at the Modern
The third edition of the Fort Worth Guitar Guild’s annual festival at the Modern brings back some familiar faces along with new guests.

July 22
Festival Director Mitch Weverka and special guest Andrew Zohn
Weverka performs contemporary and modern works by Mexican-born composers, including Ernesto Garcia de León and Arturo Fuentes, while Zohn presents a mix of classic repertoire with his own formidable compositions.

July 23
Isaac Bustos and Richard Todd
Bustos and Todd present a program of masterworks from the classical guitar repertoire by such composers as Joaquin Rodrigo and Vicente Ascencio.

July 24
SoloDuo
Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli
Having established themselves as one of the top classical duos in the world, SoloDuo returns for the third consecutive year to dazzle their expanding audience in Fort Worth.

Jubilee at the Modern

Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 pm
Museum auditorium
Free admission

Jubilee Theatre operates as Fort Worth’s only African-American-specific performing arts organization, and one of only two African-American theatres in the state of Texas producing full seasons. The mission of Jubilee Theatre is to create and present theatrical works which represent the African-American experience. Sharing the African-American experience is at the heart of Jubilee’s mission, and one of the theatre’s core principles is to find and present the universal message in the works it presents, in order to attract and affect a diverse and multicultural audience. For twenty-seven years, Jubilee has been recognized as a long-standing cultural gem, a stable and innovative arts leader, and a symbol of pride within Fort Worth’s black community.

In recognition of the Kara Walker exhibition My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, performers from the Jubilee Theatre will present readings from actual slave letters interspersed with traditional African-American music.

Seating is limited. For reservations, please contact Tina Gorski at 817.840.2154 or tgorski@themodern.org.

Reviews

Let’s hear it for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Not only is it a beautiful building and great place to see art and eat, but it’s becoming a terrific community arts center, hosting films, chamber, and more.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The auditorium of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is resounding to new works by American composers, as well as chamber music from the 17th to middle-20th centuries.
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News