Calendar of Events

Doc Severinsen presents Gil & Cartas in El Ritmo de la Vida
September 18, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Clark State / Co-presented with the Springfield Arts Council
Season Extra

EL RITMO DE LA VIDA - ”the rhythm of life” - is classical Spanish with a jazz flair, gorgeous Latino and American ballads, plus great movie music and popular gypsy jazz. Guitarist Gil Gutierrez and violinist Pedro Cartas are both virtuosos. Add the legendary Doc Severinsen and his soaring trumpet, and the experience is indescribably brilliant! Doc, best known as bandleader of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, says "Latino music, along with the blues, has always been among my favorites, and Gil and Pedro do it along with a European style that I love… and so do our audiences!”

$54 - $20 Buy Tickets beginning June 15, 2010.
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Classic Adventure with Martina Filjak
September 25, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Springfield Symphony Orchestra
MasterWorks I
http://www.springfieldsym.org

Martina Filjak, piano
Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (The Little Russian)

An adventure of epic proportions – this musical tour includes three musical giants: Wagner, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.

Croatian pianist Martina Filjak is garnering international praise not only for her poetic passion and galvanizing strength at the keyboard, but also for her charismatic personality and magnetic stage presence. Filjak, 2009 Gold Medalist of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, will perform the Schumann Piano Concerto in this bicentennial year of Schumann’s birth.

Select Three: $30 - $129 | Single Tickets: $12 - $48 Buy Tickets beginning June 30, 2010.
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Forever Plaid
October 2, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Springfield Arts Council
Broadway and Beyond Series
http://www.springfieldartscouncil.org

“A funny, feel-good musical for all ages!” In the heavenly hit musical Forever Plaid, the four members of an all-male singing group get a second chance to fulfill their dream and perform the concert they never got to in life. This quirky, funny and entertaining tribute to friendship, music and the power of following your dream is brought to you by Barter Theatre and has been delighting audiences for over twenty years! Singing in delicious four-part harmony, “The Plaids” - Jinx, Sparky, Francis and Smudge - will serenade you with some of the 1950s greatest hits, including “Three Coins in the Fountain,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Chain Gang,” “Heart and Soul” and “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.”

Buy Tickets beginning June 15, 2010.
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Alison Brown Quartet
October 8, 2010 7:30 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Clark State
Club Kuss Series presented by Plato & Tina Pavlatos

The multi-faceted Alison Brown is a Harvard graduate, record label founder and owner, mother and banjo virtuoso with an instrumental sound that blends jazz, bluegrass, latin and folk music. Brown was nominated for a Grammy for her solo album debut, Simple Pleasures, which was followed by a three-year tour with Alison Krauss and Union Station. She refocused her jazz sensibility and formed the Alison Brown Quartet in 1996 with John R. Burr (piano), Larry Atamanuik (drums) and husband Garry West (bass). Leaving Cottondale, her duet with Bela Fleck, won her a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental in 2000.

Lobby Party begins at 6:00 PM offering a cash bar and delicious free appetizers catered by Simply Delicious!

$25 and $20 Buy Tickets beginning June 15, 2010.
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)

Joey and Rory
October 16, 2010 8:00 PM
Kuss Auditorium
Presented by: Clark State
Season Extra

Joey and Rory are honest, true-to-life country folks, and as singer and songwriter, wife and husband, they are as genuine as they come. Joey grew up on country music with her father playing guitar and her mother singing. In 1998, she moved to Nashville to pursue her music career where she met Rory whose first song writing job was for legendary songsmith Harlan Howards publishing company. Their recent album, "Album Number Two," which garnered them a 2010 ACM Award for Top New Vocal Duo, is led primarily by Joey's honey-laden vocals and showcases their signature tongue-in-cheek style with the title cut "Thats Important To Me," a song that encapsulates the down-to-earth values that define Joey and Rory both as a couple and a duo alike. The deep connection they have doesnt just shine through their music, it's the reason their music shines.

$40 - $15 Buy Tickets beginning August 24, 2010.
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office: 937.328.3874 or toll free 1.866.PAC.TKTS (866.722.8587)