SOPAC Announces June Schedule Feat. Loudon Wainwright, Kicks Off June 3

South Orange Performing Arts Center is located at One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079. All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office at 973.313.2787 (ARTS)

Jazz House Kids Featuring Esperanza Spalding
Kids Education/Music
Thursday, June 3 at 1:00 - 2:30pm (JHK Improvisation Masterclass) and 3:00 - 5:00pm (Guest Artist Super Masterclass)
Tickets: For 9-12 Grade Band and Choir Students; $10 sign-up fee per student

In partnership with WBGO Radio, JAZZ HOUSE KIDS hosts its 3rd Annual High School Band Super Masterclass. This year's program features the bass and vocal sensation Esperanza Spalding. From 1:00 - 5:00pm, 9-12 grade high school band and choir students receive Improvisation and Guest Artist Masterclasses. This meets the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards. To learn more, visit www.jazzhousekids.org. Register before May 19th.

Lydia Johnson Dance 10th Anniversary Season
Dance
Saturday, June 12 at 8pm
Tickets: $35, $25 (Students, Seniors, and Dancers)

Lydia Johnson Dance has been consistently praised for its distinctive choreography, which uses components of ballet woven seamlessly into a contemporary dance vocabulary. The Company has received an extraordinarily positive level of critical acclaim from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Oberon's Grove and Backstage Magazine for its annual New York Season. Lydia Johnson Dance has performed at the world renowned Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. LJD's Tenth Anniversary Season performance at SOPAC will include the preview of a dynamic new work, last year's critically acclaimed Dusk, set to music by Henryk Gorecki, as well as favorites from the repertory such as Dream Sequence set to music sung by Dean Martin, The End of The Movie set to songs by Cake and In Conversation set to Philip Glass's Violin Concerto.

Marc Broussard
Soul Music
Sunday, June 27 at 7:00pm
Tickets: $48, $38

"Next time you hear a soul-music fanatic say, 'They don't make 'em like that anymore,' let them hear Keep Coming Back...Broussard gives what amounts to a master class in soul singing."
- Performing Songwriter
Son of acclaimed Louisiana Hall of Fame Guitarist and former member of The Boogie Kings Ted Broussard, singer/songwriter Marc Broussard was seemingly destined for a life as a music man. This Louisiana-based bayou soul troubadour has exploded out of the roots music scene and onto the top 40 pop charts. Marc Broussard is a true soul singer with a rock 'n roll flare, and his latest album Keep Coming Back marks his debut release on Atlantic Records. This set of original tunes was recorded in just 11 days at Nashville's historic Ocean Way Studios. Keep Coming Back confirms Broussard's position as an artist with a unique gift of channeling the multiple spirits of classic R&B and soul into contemporary terms, and is the pivotal album of his rocketing career.

The back-to-basics performance will be highlighted by songs from Broussard's earlier material on Momentary Setback, Carencro, and the most recent album Keep Coming Back. In addition, fans will be treated to a preview of new tunes! He is joined by several Louisiana music veterans for this electrifying, vibrating, live performance. With infectious energy, Marc and his "dirty brass band" will undoubtedly bring the house down!

Loudon Wainwright III

Music

Friday, June 4 at 8:00pm

Tickets: $35, $28

"Mr. Wainwright has proved to be far and away the most candid diarist among the singer-songwriters who...brought confessional poetry into popular song...Mr. Wainwright wrings more human truth out of his contradiction than any other songwriter of his generation." - The New York Times

SOPAC proudly presents 2010 Grammy Winner for Best Traditional Folk Album, Loudon Wainwright III for an unforgettable night of music!

Loudon Wainwright III is one of America's most cherished music icons, a darkly witty and touchingly personal songwriter and storyteller. With a recording career spanning over twenty albums, including 2009's High Wide & Handsome, a musical tribute to Charlie Poole, this legendary singer and banjo player's songs have been recorded by son, Rufus, Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, and Mose Allison, among others. He started out in the folk clubs of Boston and New York before going on to parallel music and acting careers, acting in a long list of productions from M*A*S*H to The 40 Year Old Virgin. Loudon combined careers in the film 28 Days as both actor and singer, while also acting in and collaborating on the soundtrack for Knocked Up. Music fans won't want to miss Loudon as he comes to SOPAC to celebrate past albums and his brand new release, 10 Songs for the New Depression!

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