Continuing Tradition: Luminaria 2012

TheFund CEO Rod Rubbo and committee
 planning food and beverage booth locations

Plans are turning into action at Hemisfair Park for Luminaria 2012, set for March 10^th from 6 p.m. to midnight.  TheFund and representatives from the other organizations behind planning the festival met to discuss their plans recently.  Luminaria’s 5^th anniversary shows promise to be the best yet.

 

                                                                  TheFund has had a huge role in Luminaria’s success since its introduction in 2008.  From its humble beginnings of a small handful of volunteers made up of theFund Board members, it has since grown to include over 200 volunteers, 48 food vendors, 4 beer, 4 soda/water, and 2 t-shirt booths all serving to benefit the Arts in San Antonio.  It has grown to become one of the few festival celebrations to incorporate all forms of art, performance, and multi-media into a breathtaking display of innovation and creativity - all for free. 

TheFund has been consistently dedicated throughout the years to provide support for this unique experience that benefits those who really make it possible - the artists and upcoming artists of San Antonio.  TheFund coordinates volunteers, generates interest, and makes sure the proceeds from Luminaria go exactly where they should to better serve the San Antonio Arts - to Luminaria and theFund.  For more information on theFund and its affiliates, go to thefundsa.org

Rock ‘n Roll Broadway

San Antonio Symphony POPS features Rock ‘n Roll Broadway 

When:     Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, 2012 @ 8 p.m.  

Where:    Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium 

Tickets:     Individual concert tickets range from $8 to $65 and are available to purchase at the Symphony Box Office or by calling (210) 554.1010 or visiting www.sasymphony.org.  Patrons can also visit the Laurie Auditorium Box Office, any Ticketmaster location, www.ticketmaster.com or call (800) 745-3000 for concert tickets.

The San Antonio Symphony’s new Assistant Conductor, Akiko Fujimoto will make her debut with the Symphony in a Pops program called “Broadway Rocks.” Three Broadway stars will join the orchestra onstage with music from Mamma Mia!, Tommy, Rent, The Lion King and The Phantom of the Opera.

Akiko Fujimoto begins her appointment as Assistant Conductor of the San Antonio Symphony in January 2012. Hailed as “a very talented conductor who knows her score and her musicians” (Virginia Gazette), Akiko Fujimoto has most recently served as the Conducting Associate for the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the William & Mary Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Williamsburg Youth Orchestras. A native of Japan, Fujimoto attended high school in California and graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in music and psychology.  She holds Master of Music degrees in conducting from the Eastman School of Music and Boston University.

The Broadway singers for “Broadway Rocks” are Capathia Jenkins, Rob Evans and Anne Runolfsson. Jenkins Jenkins made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, and her television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2. Rob Evan starred in the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde, playing the title roles for three years on Broadway and over 1,000 performances worldwide. He has also appeared on Broadway as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. Anne Runolfsson completed a two-year run on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and she starred in the national tour of Victor/Victoria.

The POPS series includes six different programs—three at Laurie Auditorium and three at the Majestic Theatre. Future programs on this series include the Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, Fiesta Pops and Star Wars and other Space Odysseys.

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