Two musicians who performed in the center’s past two seasons will return with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 60 th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, March 22. “She is at the top of my go-to list when learning a jazz tune.” “To this very day, whenever I hear an Ella recording, it grabs me at my core,” Carter said. 31, Carter celebrates the jazz vocalist’s 100 th birthday and the inspiration Carter derived from the legend’s career. Virtuoso violinist Regina Carter returns to the center with a program based on her recording of “Ella: Accentuate the Positive.” With “Simply Ella,” on Thursday, Jan. “For a wholly original take on big band’s past, present and future, look to Darcy James Argue,” wrote a critic for Newsweek. The program will feature a repertory of music from the contemporary big band’s 11 years together. “Alone Together” is a program anchored by a vocal setting of the poem “We Two” by Walt Whitman, the world premiere of a work by prolific contemporary composer Libby Larsen and other songs that aim to make meaningful connections in the modern world.ĭarcy James Argue’s Secret Society, familiar to some patrons for the Grammy-nominated ensemble’s 2017 visit to Eisenhower with its multimedia production “Brooklyn Babylon,” will return for a retrospective performance Tuesday, Oct. The ensemble’s repertoire includes vocal renditions of music by Simon and Garfunkel, Pentatonix, Leonard Bernstein, Dave Matthews and Bang on a Can co-founder David Lang. Minnesota-based a cappella octet Cantus will return to the center’s lineup with “Alone Together” Tuesday, Sept. “I try not to imitate, but emulate,” especially in reference to phrasing and tempo, Swift said. She acknowledges comparisons to rhythmic singer Anita O’Day and “Queen of Jazz” Ella Fitzgerald. Born into a family of jazz musicians (father Hod O’Brien and mother Stephanie Nakasian), Swift speaks the language of bebop. 20, with an event featuring jazz vocalist Veronica Swift. “I think the arts are such a powerful way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.” “I’m especially excited about this season’s events that allow us to magnify the voices of people we sometimes don’t hear,” said Amy Dupain-Vashaw, audience and program development director. In addition to various free community engagement and Classical Coffeehouse events, the center will devote much of the season to its Diversity and Inclusion Collaborative, which aims to introduce different cultures and art forms to the community. Visit Center for the Performing Arts online for complete details about the events. Tickets for the other 25 presentations, plus the Penn the School of Music’s annual “Mosaic” concert, will go on sale at 8 a.m. Tickets for “Beautiful-The Carole King Musical” are already on sale to the public. “The coming season offers opportunities for people to come together and share engaging performances by world-renowned artists who both entertain and enrich our life experiences, allowing us to see ourselves and the world around us in new and illuminating ways,” said center Director George Trudeau. UNIVERSITY PARK-The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State 2018–19 season features a variety of critically acclaimed Broadway hits, dance troupes with a message, a couple of center co-commissions, celebrations of figures in American pop culture, Montreal-based cirque, strong female forces and sounds from almost every corner of the world.
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