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We Shall Overcome7:30pm
1/23
We Shall Overcome
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Featuring Damien Sneed
Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., We Shall Overcome showcases repertoire from across the African American music traditions that electrified generations of civil rights activists with interwoven spoken word from Dr. King’s recorded speeches. Producer and Musical Director Damien Sneed ties together a living lineage of music and culture that includes traditional and modern gospel, classical, jazz, Broadway and spirituals. From Duke Ellington to Stevie Wonder; Aretha Franklin to Wynton Marsalis; Nina Simone to Donny Hathaway; and traditional spirituals and music from The Wiz, Sneed covers a lot of musical ground in one evening.
Sponsored by the UConn Office for Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Living Legacy Convocation
Media Sponsor: WFCR/NEPR
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The Tap Pack8:00pm
2/15
The Tap Pack
Saturday, February 15th, 2020
08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
A CABARET EVENT
Doors Open at 7 pm
Cabaret fare & cash bar
The Tap Pack is an entertaining and elegant nod to the Rat Pack era. Complete with live swing music, lots of tap dancing and witty banter, get ready for some high-energy fun. This five-member troupe from Australia wins the audience from the first downbeat and the pace never slows. They sing. They dance. They joke. They bring a new, invigorating energy to a timeless style. Old School Cool from the new Kings of Swing.
"genuinely breath-catching" - http://Timeout.com
Media Sponsors: CPBN cptv | wnpr & Lite 100.5 FM WRCH -
DRUM TAO 20207:30pm
2/20
DRUM TAO 2020
Thursday, February 20th, 2020
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Athletic bodies and contemporary costumes meet explosive Taiko drumming and innovative choreography in a show that has critics waxing lyrical about the group’s extraordinary precision, energy, and stamina. Time Out calls them “powerful, dynamic and unique,” and the Chicago Tribune says they are “extraordinarily talented...[with] incomparable muscular zeal” as they bring non-traditional flair to the rich heritage of Japanese drumming.
Recommended for all ages (4+)
Co-Sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center
Media Sponsor: Lite 100.5 FM WRCH -
Vienna Piano Trio8:00pm
2/22
Vienna Piano Trio
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Concert Talk 7:15 pm
Celebrated for its infectious exuberance, and perennially fresh in its artistry, the Vienna Piano Trio has long been hailed as one of the “world’s leading ensembles of piano, violin, and cello” (The Washington Post). These stellar musicians bring their passion and razor-sharp performance skills to a richly diverse program that includes works by Haydn, Ravel and Mendelssohn.
The Trio was founded in 1988 by the Viennese pianist Stefan Mendl. His partners are the Californian violinist David McCarroll, a member of the trio since 2015, and the Austrian cellist Clemens Hagen, who joined in 2018. Together, the players embody the ensemble’s continuing commitment to bridging the traditions and practice of Europe and America. This philosophy stems from the trio’s early years and its mentoring by such ensembles as the Trio di Trieste, Haydn-Trio Wien, Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri and LaSalle quartets, and by the violinists Isaac Stern and Jaime Laredo.
Both sustaining and expanding the repertoire for piano trio, the ensemble complements the masterworks of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries with new works — the product of collaborations with such leading contemporary composers as Friedrich Cerha, Georg Friedrich Haas, György Kurtág, Johannes Maria Staud and Jörg Widmann.
A Lenard Chamber Series Event
TICKETS: https://jorgensen.uconn.edu -
Pete the Cat2:00pm
2/23
Pete the Cat
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
A Theaterworks USA Production
Everyone’s favorite rockin’ blue cat takes the stage in this musical performance. When the unsuspecting Biddle family takes in the fantastic feline, Pete the Cat rocks the family’s world with his strumming and strutting. Everybody loves Pete the Cat, well, everyone except Jimmy, the planet’s most organized second-grader. That all changes, of course, when Pete the Cat takes Jimmy on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip. Based on the New York Times #1 best-selling children’s books by authors Kimberly and James Dean, Pete the Cat is also a popular animated series on Amazon Prime Video.
Recommended for ages 5 and up
Media Sponsor: 100.9 K-Hits
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Cirque Flip Fabrique - "Blizzard"7:30pm
3/12
Cirque Flip Fabrique - "Blizzard"
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Storrs Campus Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
Guaranteed chills for the whole family! Cirque Flip Fabrique brings a fresh take on contemporary circus, coupled with an uncanny ability to have fun and move an audience. Blizzard is the story of a group of friends, each one different from the other, like snowflakes, exploring the awe and wonder of a winter storm. Take a crazy, fun, poetic and tender journey through winter, and get lost in a moment of white wonder. With some of the most exciting circus performers of the moment and original music performed live.
Recommended for all ages (4+)
Media Sponsor: 96.5 TIC FM
TICKETS: https://jorgensen.uconn.edu
