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PHSECTION 2 IXSOUNDS LIKE FUN!A Hands-on Exhibition About Sound and MusicOpens Sunday, September 28,1986 atThe BrooklynChildren%u2019s Museum145 B rooklyn A v en u e a t St. M arks A v e n u e (718) 735-4400 (718) 735-4402 (TTY)Sounds Around has been made possible by generous gilts lrom the Booth Ferris Foundation and the Charles Hayden FoundationD r D r / o r ~ l lU V . U U 3 I Cl IEm * % %u00ab %u00ab %u00ab i m a r ~ %u25a0 -Ci c m u i m a n t e s m e %u25a0 nr ~ %u201ei u iAnBY TRACY GARRITYYou don%u2019t have to go to Atlantic City, oreven Manhattan to catch popular headlinerslike comedian Alan King, and the Temptations. They%u2019re all making stops in Brooklynthis seasons as part of the fall program atthe Brooklyn Center for the PerformingArts at Brooklyn College (BCBC).The Brooklyn Philharmonic will kick-offthe BCBC season October 11 in an allAmerican music extravaganza. Featuredwill be George Gershwin%u2019s Rhapsody inBlue, Aaron Copland%u2019s, A Lincoln Portrait,and Leonard Bernstein%u2019s, On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite. The performancestarts at 8pm, and features Augustin Anievason piano.The Temptations take the stage for twoperformances, October 31 and November 1,both at 8pm. The Temptations will befollowed November 2 by Aprile Millo, ayoung American soprano, in a solo recital.Performance starts at 2pm.For those who like the dance, BCBC offers several selections. The Maria BenitezSpanish Dance Company with guest artistJose Greco will perform Flamenco dances.Performances are November 8 at 8pm andNovember 9 at 2pm. That performance willbe followed by Israel%u2019s in-residence dance%u25a0/!___IVIIIgcompany, Batsheva Dance Company ofIsrael. The group will perform works ofMark Morris and Robert North in additionto Israeli choreographers.Comedian Alan King will lighten thingsup on November 22 at 8pm. King has entertained nightclub and television audiencesfor more than three decades with his ownbrand of New York humor. The followingday at 2pm, Roberta Alexander and SimonEstes will recreate selections from their acclaimed version of Porgy and Bess, performed by the Metropolitan Opera. BCBCwill round out the year with PeterMaxwell%u2019s Ballroom Dance Theater wheredances made famous by those wearingtophats and tails will be the order of thenight. On December 6 and 7 the audiencewill be treated to performances of thetango, the waltz, fox trots, the Jitterbug andmore. Saturday performance is at 8pm;Sunday at 2pm.Tickets vary, but run between $8 and $14for balcony seats; $10 and $16 for mezzanine seats; $12 and $22 for rear orchestral and $16 and $22 for front orchestra. Students and seniors get $2 off.BCBC is located on the Brooklyn Collegecampus, Avenue H and Nostrand. For information or reservations, call 434-1900.Arts At St. Ann's Gets In The 'Spirit' Of FallThe stone-walled interior of St. Ann%u2019sChurch in Brooklyn Heights is the perfectsetting for a Halloween night of chambermusic %u2014 at least that%u2019s the thought behindthe opening night performance of the fallseries at the Arts at St. Ann%u2019s. %u201cHalloweenChamber (of Horrors) Music%u201d kicks off theseason October 31 at 8pm with both eeriemusic and horror-filled readings.The chamber group includes Rolfe Schulte,violin; Toby Appel, violin; Toby Hoffman,viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Emily Mitchell,harp, and Michael O%u2019Donoghue as the narrator. The program consists of Stravinsky%u2019sConcertino and Trois Pieces; Wuorinen%u2019sString Trio; Schubert%u2019s Quartet Satz; andCaplet%u2019s Conte Fantastique. The eveningwill be topped off with O%u2019Donoghue narrating Edgar Allan Poe%u2019s %u201cThe Masque ofthe Red Death%u201d to music by Capulet.Tickets are $10 for the season opener.The next offering will be a program ofmusic from the last four centuries, eachcentered around a Bach cantata performedin conjunction with the St. Ann%u2019s Schoolchorus. Scheduled for November 8 and 9 isConcerto in E major for violin and stringsby Bach, Concerto Rondo in D major, K. 382by Mozart and Cantata No. 201, Der StreitZwischen Phoebus und Pan, by Bach. Themusical duel between Phoebus and Pan willbe staged with masks, puppets and an allstar cast, directed by Barney Carlson andEllis Jacobson. Soloists for the performanceinclude Peter Sarkin on the piano, and IdaKavafian on the violin.Performances are at 8pm on Saturdayand 4pm on Sunday.The Arts at St. Ann%u2019s welcomes dancersto its stage for performances December 3-7.Nina, coproduced with Cornelia Winthrop,allows a choreographer/dancer and an artist from another medium to explore theprocess of collaborations. All three collaborations will be performed nightly. StevePaxton and Danny Lepkoff (actor with text)team up to investigate Einstein%u2019s Theory ofRelatively. Robert Kovitch and JuneSchneider team as composer and dancer;and Kei Takei and Tetsu Maeda interact inhuman joiimey through life%u2019s obstaclecourse. Shows begin at 8pm.The final fall selection at the Arts at St.Ann%u2019s is %u201cJosephine,%u201d performed by theBread and Puppet Theater. The performance looks at art and answers thetheatrical question: %u201cWhat is it good for?%u201dand is based on a parable by Franz Kafka.Performances will be Wednesday throughSaturday, December 10-13 and 17-20 at 8pm;December 14 and 21 at 4pm; and matineesDecember 13 and 20 at 2pm. Single ticketprices are $8.%u201cYou Choose%u201d passbooks are availablefor the preformances, making each ticketas inexpensive as $6. The passes come inbooks of five for $35; 10 for $65; and 20 for$120. All tickets are transferable and aregood on any performance with no restrictions. The Arts at St. Ann%u2019s is located at 157Montague Street, comer of Clinton. Box office is open noon to 6pm. Tuesday throughSaturday. For information, call 834-8794.Brooklyn Celebrates With Eclectic Offerings.%u2022 . ' - - ; ' X- ... i*. - * : \....................................... ................... .........P ag e 8, T H E P H O E N IX /S E C T IO N 2, S e p te m b e r 25, 1986BY TRACY GARRITYBrooklyn has a reason to celebrate allyear long now, as the Celebrate Brooklynprogram continues its fall performanceseries through November. Featured in thefirst concert, October 5, will be the RovaSaxophone Quartet, a musical group thatcombines composition and improvisation tocreate critically acclaimed sounds.Rova draws on a wealth of influences including African drumming, Indian classicalimprovisation, Japanese court music andBalinese Gamelan. The band%u2019s music islikewise influenced by popular Americanartists including John Cage, John Coltraneand Duke Ellington, creating a uniquesound.The Sunday series continues October 12with %u201cAfrerica,%u201d a musical theater work inprogress. Composed and directed byBrooklyn-based Vernon Reid, the musicalexamines the African experience inmodern-day America. The protagonist in%u201cAfrerica%u201d is a young Black urban professional who questions his identity as a blackman in America. A spirit guide leads himon a journey to his roots where he encounters both the life-giving and destructiveinfluences of the Black culture. Sekou Sundiata has written the libretto for the performance and Jawole Zallor has choreographed the dance segments.A second musical theater work %u2014 thistime the collaborative effort of AdrienneTorf and June Jordan %u2014 will be presentedOctober 19. %u201cBang Bang Uber Allis%u201d is amusical about a young integrated troupe ofperforming artists who put aside their personal worries to engage in a non-violentconfrontation with the Ku Klux Klan. Theshow incorporates 26 songs that range instyle from operatic to rhythm and blues togospel. Torf will accompany the actors onthe piano and synthesizer. Recordings of aKlan meeting and interviews with Klanmembers are a part of the show thatpremiered in Atlanta, Georgia earlier thisyear.H if in a n in p n m n n e p r a w ill K o h ig h l i g h t p H inthe October 26 performance as Tania Leondirects the Brooklyn PhilharmonicChamber Ensemble in music created byGarcia, Lacerda, Rosauro, Sanabria,Surinach and Ubieta. Hand drum musicfrom around the world will be featuredContinued on Page 30