Performance / Tour News

Annenberg Center Celebrates Four Decades of Advancing the Performing Arts

Source: AAJ Staff
November 18, 2011

By Heather A. Davis for the Penn Current Without the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia's theater landscape would look vastly different. Harold Prince, the renowned Broadway producer and director, has brought shows he directed for the New Phoenix Repertory Company to the Center. Theater producer and director Joe Papp has brought the New York Shakespeare Festival to the stage. The InterAct Theatre Company, based in Philadelphia, grew out of productions staged at the Center. Plus, for the past ...

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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra to Play Duke Ellington's "Nutcracker Suite" for Family Concert on Sunday, November 27

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 18, 2011

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, working in partnership with Jazz St. Louis, will perform Duke Ellington's “Nutcracker Suite" as part of a “family concert" at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 27 at Powell Symphony Hall. The suite, which is Ellington's jazz interpretation of “The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, originally was recorded for Columbia Records and released in 1960. The concert will be conducted by Ware Stare, SLSO's resident conductor and director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra (SLSYO), and also will ...

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Rozanne Levine & Chakra Tuning at CSV Cultural Center, NYC

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
November 17, 2011

ROZANNE LEVINE & CHAKRA TUNING AT CSV CULTURAL CENTER, LOWER MANHATTAN ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

PROGRAM: Evolving Music Mondays presents Creative Sounds of Dissension featuring ROZANNE LEVINE & CHAKRA TUNING: Rozanne Levine: clarinets/bamboo flute; Perry Robinson: clarinets; Mark Whitecage: clarinet/saxophones; Rosi Hertlein: violin/voice.

VENUE: CSV Cultural Center: LES Galleryקst floor; 107 Suffolk Street (between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002

DIRECTIONS: The CSV Cultural Center is located at 107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington Street and Delancey Street, on the ...

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Sunday Jazz in the Garden Series features Guitarist Kevin Hildebrandt

Source: Kevin Hildebrandt
November 17, 2011

Guitarist Kevin Hildebrandt brings his solo guitar interpretations of jazz standards to Siam Garden Restaurant in Red Bank, NJ. He will perform every Sunday during dinner service from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. This versatile guitarist performs regularly with Radam Schwartz and is part of the house band at the long-running jazz jam session at Crossroads in Garwood, NJ. A student of Dave Stryker and the late Ted Dunbar, Hildebrandt offers a new perspective on the jazz repertoire, seeking to expand ...

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Grace Kelly Performing at the Fireplace in Brookline on Wednesday, November 16

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
November 17, 2011

Jazz saxophonist Grace Kelly is performing at the Fireplace Restaurant at 1634 Beacon Street in Brookline on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 9:30 p.m. Grace grew up in the Boston area and recorded her first album at age twelve, then went on to perform around the world and to record with top jazz artists like Phil Woods, George Russell, Jr. and Wynton Marsalis. For a schedule of upcoming live jazz and Latin music at the Fireplace Restaurant on Wednesdays and ...

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Railroad Earth: Thanksgiving Horn-O-Plenty Getaway

Source: JamBase
November 17, 2011

RAILROAD EARTH ANNOUNCE THANKSGIVING BASH IN STROUDSBURG, PA ON NOVEMBER 25-26 This Thanksgiving weekend offers plenty to be thankful for as Railroad Earth debuts yet another exciting destination holiday music event: RRE's Horn-O-Plenty Getaway. Set to take place on November 25-26 in the Pocono's town of Stroudsburg, PA, the event features an incredible weekend of music, art and poetry, along with local food, drink and hotel specials. There's even a parade planned for Saturday evening with roving brass band! Railroad ...

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Jazz This Week: Tony Bennett, Kurt Elling, Peter Martin and Wendell Brunious, "Drum Line II" and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 17, 2011

Along with an assortment of jazz and creative music instrumentalists, this week brings two outstanding male vocalists to St. Louis—one representing the tradition of jazz-influenced popular singing, the other offering what amounts to a survey of the current state of the art in contemporary jazz vocals. The representative of tradition is, of course, the great Tony Bennett, who returns to our city tonight to perform at the Fox Theatre. Bennett is currently enjoying another popular success with his recently released ...

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Vibraphonist Yuhan Su Performs at Langham Boston Hotel on Wednesday, November 16

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
November 16, 2011

Jazz vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su is performing with her quartet at the BOND Lounge | Restaurant at the Langham Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. A native of Taiwan and a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Su is preparing to release her first CD, and continues to perform and compose music. Su's performance is part of the BOND Jazz Experiment, which highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz ...

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