[NEohioPAL] AHa! Performance series kicks off with Menges & Woda!

[carolyn jack]

Feel a song coming on? Must be the opening of the 2013-14 AHa! (At Home with the Arts) season!
The performance series presented by the Shaker Arts Council opens Friday, Oct. 11 with “Serate Musicali,” a delightful program of vocal selections from the classical Italian repertoire performed by Cleveland-area artists Diane Menges, soprano, and Jennifer Woda, mezzo soprano.
The evening will feature songs, arias and duets from works by favorite composers, including excerpts from Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” beloved arias of Puccini, ariettas and duets by Donaudy, and finally, canzonettas and duets from Rossini’s“Soirées Musicales.” “Serate Musicali”will be presented in a memorable setting: a handsome Shaker Heights home whose address will be provided to ticket buyers. 
AHa! performances have a special quality that makes them unique experiences for audiences, said Shaker Arts Council President Leslye Arian“There's an interaction between the artist and the audience that's different from the club experience or a venue like a bar,” she said. “It's more intimate.”
Events on the AHa! series begin at 7 p.m. with a reception, featuring fine food and drink that are included in the ticket price; the performance follows at 7:40 p.m. 
Tickets for the Oct. 11 AHa! reception and performance are $30. Subscriptions for the entire 2012-13 AHa! series of four events are $90 and include the Oct. 11 “Italian Song”program as well as the literary drama of WordStage (Jan. 24), pop and Americana guitar performances by Victor Samalot and Bruce Jennings (April 25), andan al fresco concert by noted Cleveland contemporary troupe MorrisonDance (July 18). To purchase, go to www.shakerartscouncil.org; call 216-916-9360 or e-mail aha at shakerartscouncil.orgfor further information. 
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