Pat Metheny Creates THE ORCHESTRATION TOUR, Arrives At The Phillips Center 4/11

World-renowned Jazz musician Pat Metheny said he's fulfilling a lifelong dream with his creation of The Orchestrion Tour, at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 11.

For this tour, Pat moves from brilliant solo guitar improvisations to the unveiling of a completely new technology for the presentation of acoustically driven music he has dubbed "Orchestrionics." With a guitar, pen or keyboard he is able to create a detailed compositional environment or a spontaneously developed improvisation, recontextualizing the idea of what constitutes a solo performance by a single musician.

In the jazz tradition of exploring fresh musical concepts, the project creates a new, open-ended platform for musical composition, improvisation and performance. The New York Times described The Orchestrion Tour as "beyond the obvious technical feat - thousands of moving parts, executing a programmed score - the performance dazzled."

Born into a musical family in 1954, Pat Metheny was soon working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age. At the age of 18, Pat Metheny was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. At 19, he became the youngest teacher ever at the Berklee College of Music, where he also received an honorary doctorate more than 20 years later.

Pat Metheny has won 17 Grammy Awards spread out over a variety of different categories including Best Rock Instrumental, Best Contemporary Jazz Recording, Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and Best Instrumental Composition.

At the time of this writing, he continues to be one of the brightest stars of the jazz community, dedicating time to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike, helping them to reach their audience as well as realizing their own artistic visions.

Pat Metheny - The Orchestrion Tour
Sunday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

There will be a pre-performance discussion at 6:45 p.m.

The performance is sponsored by Sarkis Clinical Trials and Blue Water Bay.

Ticket Prices: $28.50 - $44.50

Web sites:
University of Florida Performing Arts: www.performingarts.ufl.edu
www.patmetheny.com

To Purchase tickets, call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or 800-905-ARTS (toll-free within Florida) or call Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 (toll-free). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, the University Box Office at the University of Florida Reitz Union or from any Ticketmaster outlet, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Cash, checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

UF students may purchase $10 tickets (with a valid student ID) at the Phillips Center Box Office and the University Box Office at the Reitz Union. Other students may purchase $10 student tickets (in the balcony) at the Phillips Center Box Office.

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