Love is in the air when award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Cole appears at the Capitol Center for the Arts' Spotlight Café on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 7:30PM. This Valentine's Day show is one of several free William H. Giles Concert Series performances during the CCA's 2016-17 season.
With a voice praised as "a deep contralto as smooth and dark as the richest espresso" (Jazz Times, November 2007).
Alexis Cole has made an impressive impact on audiences ever since she first took the stage as a teenager. With seven records so far, she is on her way to becoming the next great singer. She continues to perform regularly at festivals, performing arts centers and jazz clubs throughout the world, as well as in her home base of
New York City.
Tickets for the free February 14 performance are limited to two per patron and are expected to "sell out" quickly. They are available beginning Monday, January 16 at 11AM and may be ordered at
(603) 225-1111 or online at
ccanh.com. Tickets may also obtained at the Capitol Center box office at 44 South Main St., Concord, NH, which is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11AM to 6PM and Saturdays from 11AM to 2PM.
About the Capitol Center for the Arts
The award-winning Capitol Center for the Arts (
www.ccanh.com) inspires, educates, and entertains audiences by providing a quality venue for the performing arts as well as a wide range of professional-level, artistically-significant presentations. It is conveniently located off Rt. 93 in downtown Concord, New Hampshire and is close to several quality restaurants, shopping boutiques, and other area attractions. The facility first opened in 1927 as the Capitol Theatre, a prime stop on the Vaudeville circuit; it later became Concord's premier movie house and concert hall. After closing in 1989, it underwent a multi-million dollar renovation / modernization and reopened in 1995 as the Capitol Center for the Arts. Today, the Capitol Center is home to the 1304-seat Chubb Theatre, the Spotlight Café, The Governor's Hall ballroom, and the Kimball House, a Victorian mansion.
About the Gile Concert Series
The William H. Gile Concert Series opened on December 16, 1960, after a legacy of more than $700,000 was left by Helen B. Gile in 1952 to finance a free concert series for the residents of Concord, New Hampshire. The bequest was made in memory of Ms. Gile's father, William H. Gile, who had resided in Concord for a number of years. Ms. Giles stipulated that the details of the concerts were to be left to a committee of three Concord citizens and that the events were to be "of the highest type in all respects." After much consultation, the first Gile Concert Series was arranged for the 1960-61 season and was held at the Capitol Theatre (now the Capitol Center for the Arts). Over the first few years alone, the Gile Series enabled the Concord community to enjoy choir, dance group, and operatic performances, as well as luminary soloists such as Van Cliburn,
Isaac Stern,
Duke Ellington,
Count Basie and
Victor Borge. While the concert series has been held at various locations over the decades, it is currently being performed again at the Capitol Center. Earlier Gile Series performances this season have included the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players and the U.S. Army Field Jazz Ambassadors. Other performances still to come include the "sold-out" State Ballet Theatre of Russia's Cinderella (January 31) and Drumline Live (March 7).
