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The Miro Quartet will headline Chamber Music Tulsas Beethoven Winter Festival, performing the complete cycle of Beethovens string quartets over a course of six concerts. Courtesy

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Ronald Radford, former Tulsan and flamenco guitar master, teaches students about performing the flamenco during a workshop at Jenks East Elementary School on Tuesday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

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Ronald Radford, a former Tulsan and master of flamenco guitar, presents his program The Power of Practice for students at Tulsas Traice Academy on Wednesday. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

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Ronald Radford, a former Tulsan and master of flamenco guitar, presents his program The Power of Practice for students at Tulsas Traice Academy on Wednesday. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

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Josh McGowen (left), Liz Hunt, Jen Thomas, Steven Lambie, and Tasha McCabe in a scene from Avenue Q. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 12:00 am

Weekend Arts: Find the Beethoven Music Festival, 'Avenue Q' and more in Tulsa this week By James D. Watts Jr. Tulsa World TulsaWorld.com |

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Joshua Gindele, cellist for the Miro Quartet, said in a recent Tulsa World interview: Quartets are somewhat renown for their disagreements. But we took a different approach. We made it our first priority to take care of the personal relationships first. We figured, if we can get along well with each other, the music making would follow.

And so it has for more than two decades as Gindele and his colleagues violinists Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer and violist John Largess have earned international acclaim for their work in classical and contemporary music.

The Miro Quartet has long been a favorite ensemble of Chamber Music Tulsa, which is why the Miro was chosen to headline the organizations Beethoven Winter Festival, performing the complete cycle of Beethovens string quartets in order, over the course of six concerts.

The first two concerts will be devoted to the six quartets that make up Beethovens Opus 18, his first forays into what would become an increasingly personal and expressive form.

Performances: 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday at the Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second St.

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Former Tulsan Ronald Radford is the only individual to be awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in flamenco guitar and is a student of such legendary guitarists as Carlos Montoya and Andres Segovia.

Acknowledged as the American master of flamenco guitar, Radford regularly returns to Tulsa to share his music and story with students of all ages.

He will present a special concert titled The Romantic Guitar of Spain, sponsored by the University of Tulsa and the Arts Foundation.

Performance: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lorton Performance Center, 550 S. Gary Ave.

Tickets: Admission is free.

And at the end of the day

Having to live on Avenue Q might not be all that great, but the musical that takes place along this fictitious street in New York City has been a smash hit with audiences ever since it debuted in 2003.

This satiric look at 20-somethings trying to make their way in the world most of whom are portrayed by puppets ended up winning the Tony Award for Best Musical, beating out Wicked for the honors.

Tulsa Project Theatres production continues through Sunday.

Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Tulsa PAC. 110 E. Second St.

NOTE: Avenue Q is for mature audiences.

Theatre Pops will present Andrew Lippas The Wild Party as the latest of its immersive dinner theater experience shows.

The production stars Tabitha Littlefield as Queenie and Rick Harrelson as Burrs, a pair of vaudeville stars who decide to throw a party that reflects the hedonism of the Roaring 20s but which soon degenerates into tragedy.

The Wild Party, directed by Meghan Hurley, will be staged in and around the audience, putting them right in the middle of the story. Music director Christy Stalcup leads a seven-piece band in swinging songs inspired by the era.

Start the party early with a special four-course dinner before the show, crafted especially for the occasion by Ludgers Catering and Events. Deco-inspired cocktails will be served by IDL Ballroom with a decadent backdrop befitting the era.

Performances: 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday and Feb. 24-26 at the IDL Ballroom, 230 E. First St.

Tickets: General admission, $25. Dinner and show, $60. 918-902-6339, theatrepops.org

A little-known bit of African-American history is the inspiration for the play Court-Martial at Fort Devens, which Theatre North will present as an entry in the Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence.

When a group of young African-American women are denied by a racist commander the training they were promised when they joined the Womens Army Corps, they go on strike. When two women refuse to return to their duties, they are set for court-martial.

Performances: 3 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Feb. 24-25 at the Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second St.

James D. Watts Jr.

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