Salt Lake Community College's School of Arts, Communication & New Media presents a conversation with five-time Emmy winner James C. Oliverio on March 16, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the Student Event Center on the Taylorsville Redwood Campus.
New York City Ballet announced today that its 2012 Spring Gala on Thursday, May 10 will feature a one-time-only salute to France titled À La Francaise, and will feature two World Premiere ballets, one by NYCB's Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins to a score by the French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavie; and one by French-born choreographer and former NYCB Principal Dancer Benjamin Millepied to a commissioned score by Nico Muhly. The evening will also include a major revival of George Balanchine's Symphony in C, which was created for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 to a score by the French composer Georges Bizet.
To Celebrate Mr. Wynton Marsalis's 50th Birthday Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return to Atlanta Symphony Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. to perform a program featuring popular works from Theolonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.
Following last year's sold-out inaugural season, Dance Under the Influence returns with a schedule packed with groundbreaking newcomers and icons of contemporary dance.
Vocalists Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway star in BOOM!, their sisterly tribute to the baby boom generation, at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23.
The Florida Theatre will be hosting Wynton Marsalis March 4th, Anoushka Shankar March 22nd and Jake Shimabukuro March 30th. Tickets are available for all shows at the Florida Theatre Box office (355.2787) or ticketmaster.com.
The New York Phiharmonic has just announced the 2012-13 season, which is set to include a staged production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Broadway hit Carousel, February 27-March 2, 2013, directed by James Brennan and conducted by Rob Fisher - the same team behind the Philharmonic's acclaimed 2007 production of My Fair Lady. Mr. Brennan, who is also an actor and choreographer, has directed performances on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater. Mr. Fisher is the founding director of New York City Center's Encores! series, and has been a part of numerous productions and projects.
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) presents Orchestra Underground: American Accounts on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. The concert, led by ACO Music Director & Conductor George Manahan, explores uniquely American stories - both in musical content and in the background of the composers - and features works by Aaron Copland, Milton Babbitt, Gabriel Kahane, and Michael Daugherty. (The premiere of Ian Williams' new piece, previously announced as being part of this concert, has been postponed.)
Kravis Center is Offering an Entertainment-Packed March with an Amazing Line-Up of Stars
+ Comedy with The Capitol Steps, Martin Short
& Seth's Big Fat 70's Show
+ Pop Stars Diana Krall, Johnny Mathis & Neil Sedaka
+ Jazz Greats Chris Botti & Wynton Marsalis
+Classical Headliners Itzhak Perlman, The Minnesota Orchestra, Richard Stoltzman, Ariel Quartet & Menahem Pressler
+ Solo Showstoppers Dudu Fisher & Debbie Reynolds
+ Musical Shows Come Fly Away, Taylor's Irish Cabaret & The Pink Floyd Experience
+ Family Fun with HOP & the New Shanghai Circus
Plus African-American Film Festival, Lunch & Learn about Elizabeth Taylor, The Joffrey Ballet, Peppino D'Agostino & The Kravis Center's 20th Anniversary Gala
Grammy-nominated bassist and Duke University Professor John Brown and his 15-piece big band will join forces with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (NCShakes) to present performances of Such Sweet Thunder in March and April of this year.
The American Museum of Natural History celebrates African-American History Month with Global Weekends: The African-American Musical Mosaic on Saturday, February 18, from noon to 6 pm.
Anastasia Barzee, the Broadway, film and television actress, will perform material from her first solo album, 'The Dimming of the Day,' March 5, 7:00 p.m. at Birdland. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.birdlandjazz.com or by phone at 212.581.3080. Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (b/w 8th & 9th Ave).
Paula West, San Francisco's favorite jazz singer returns to the Herbst Theatre for one performance only on Saturday February 11, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Performing with the George Mesterhazy Quartet, she will perform songs from her new CD, "Live at the Jazz Standard." The CD features many of Paula's best loved tunes never before recorded by her.
Miller Theatre At Columbia University School of the Arts 'turns up the heat' on its Jazz series with the Miller debut of Anat Cohen Quartet Saturday, February 11, 8:00 p.m.
Grammy-nominated bassist and Duke University Professor John Brown and his 15-piece big band will join forces with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (NCShakes) to present performances of Such Sweet Thunder in March and April of this year.
To Celebrate Mr. Wynton Marsalis's 50th Birthday Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return to Atlanta Symphony Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. to perform a program featuring popular works from Theolonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.
The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, New Jersey's leading community music school, named a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season.
WILLIE NELSON has been added at the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL for Friday, February 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 12.
Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will perform in Storrs, CT with the Afro-Cuban Messengers on Jan 27 & 28, 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award winning album, Chucho's Steps.