2015-2016 Fine Arts Season Brochure
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30 North Brainard St., Naperville, IL 60540 We want to hear from you! northcentralcollege.edu/shows We need your help to make our Fine and Performing Arts season even better! Please take a few moments to complete our survey online at surveymonkey.com/s/ northcentralfinearts. Connect with us! Rodney Atkins Rodney The Tenors The Leahy Donnell and MacMaster Natalie Tammy McCann Brothers Doobie The Photo by Mary Reaferty Spider Saloff The 2015-2016 North Central College Fine & Performing Arts Season is welcome shaping up to be exciting for everyone! SanbornDavid Photo by Scott Chernis to North Central College’s Thanks to our many contributors, world-renowned artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Wynton Marsalis, Celtic Woman and many more have performed in our venues. But the cost of performance tickets only covers half Fine & our expenses to bring these great artists to the College’s stages. The generous support from the Friends of the Arts ensures the College can continue to bring world-class Performing Arts performers to our world-class venues. 2015-2016 Season Join Friends of the Arts today and receive exclusive beneftis. We are thrilled to present our new lineup of artists for our 2015-2016 Fine and Performing Giordano Dance Chicago Arts season at North Central College. I’m certain many of you are also noticing the completely Photo by Gorman Cook Photography new look to our brochure. We’re always striving to bring you the best and most current events in the arts and our physical look is just as important. In these pages you’ll find a new, crisp, bold look to some of the greatest world-class artists in the industry. From artists we’ve Sneak Name Name Premier Reception Presidents Backstage Dinner at preview recognition recognition viewing for the with North Club pass to all North wanted to bring you for a while to some new performers on our radar, we offer you our best of next in program in Wentz Schoenherr Central Membership performances Central season to date! year’s Concert Gallery College (when College season Hall lobby openings special available) with special We are thrilled to present The Doobie Brothers on November 15 in Pfeiffer Hall. Tickets for and receptions guest guest this concert are sure to sell out quickly so please, do not wait! The same holds true for The MAESTRO Tenors on December 18, Rodney Atkins on May 14 and so many others in between. We’ll $10,000+ once again be presenting something for everyone in our great venues. The season opens BRAVO with 4 Girls 4, the modern-day spin-off on the performance started by the legendary Rosemary Clooney, featuring four of $5,000 - $9,999 Broadway’s finest ladies on the same stage! Any one of these four magnificent performers would be worth the price of STANDING OVATION admission, but you will see all four on the same stage! $1,000 - $4,999 IMPRESARIO SOCIETY ENCORE This year would have marked the 100th birthday of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, the great Frank Sinatra. So to celebrate that $500 - $999 centennial, we are bringing you Sinatra Forever, direct from Las Vegas. Hear those great big band songs that provided the PERFORMANCE backdrop to one of the most famous voices in the industry with a man who sounds for all the world like Sinatra himself, Rick $250 - $499 Michel. And, as you will see, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra is back by popular demand with Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred OVERTURE Music as our closer to the College’s annual celebration of Black History Month. $100 - $249 AUDIENCE One of my favorite moments since the Wentz Concert Hall has opened was the ending of David Benoit’s performance with $25 - $99 The Young Naperville Singers in the choral balcony. They had just finished a classic Christmas song when they all rang out with “Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!” That was it! I was so excited to see this live! Well, David is back again this Holiday Season. We also have two performances of the Canadian Brass with its holiday show, something I have been trying to book since we started bringing shows to you. And how about one of, if not the greatest flamenco troupes in the world, Compañia Flamenca José Porcel! The best of the best in the greatest performing arts facilities in the area. HEAR WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT And that’s just the beginning of what North Central College has to offer. Combine that with the greatest staff, the most generous sponsors and Friends of the Arts and, of course, the greatest audiences we could hope for, and we once again have something truly special to bring to you this season. We hope to see you frequently throughout the coming months. Welcome back and enjoy! WENTZ CONCERT HALL Brian Lynch “What a beautiful, beautiful room. Fine Arts Director, North Central College It sounds amazing. I love this hall.” YO-YO MA Look for these symbols... ...throughout this brochure to indicate whether or not a performance is part of a series package. “One of the greatest sounding rooms I’ve ever Series subscribers save up to 15%! Can’t fit everything you want to see into one series? Put together your own series by choosing our À La Carte series option! See page 28 for more information. played. Could anything have made my experience better? No, I don’t think so.” P PERFORMING ARTS Cl CLASSICAL Ca CABARET MARC COHN Co CONTEMPORARY J JAZZ January 24 Spider Saloff “Spider Saloff Sings Irving Berlin” $35, $30 18 January 28, 29, 30 “Fragments: A Theatrical Dance Experience” $5, $3 23 January 30 “Sinatra Forever: Salute to Frank Sinatra” $50, $40, $30 12 FEBRUARY 2016 EVENT PRICE PAGE February 5 Revenge of the Rhythm Section with $20, $15 22 Drummer Jack Mouse & Bassist Jim Cox February 6 Jim Brickman $40, $30 13 JULY 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE February 6 28th Annual Gospel Extravaganza $20, $15 22 July 31 Summer Musical Theatre “The Music Man” $18, $12 22 February 11, 12, 13 “The Cherub's Mask” $5, $3 23 AUGUST 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE February 12 Explore the Sound $10, $3 22 August 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 Summer Musical Theatre “The Music Man” $18, $12 22 February 13 Theatreworks USA “Aesop” $12, $6 20 August 20, 21, 22, 23 Organic Theater Company “Tartuffe” $30, $20 21 February 13 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Global Connections” $37.50 - $14.50 26 SEPTEMBER 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE February 14 Tammy McCann “Ella Loves Gershwin” $35, $30 18 September 18 An Evening with Jazz Trumpeter Art Davis $20, $15 22 February 25, 26, 27, 28 “Little Shop of Horrors” (Senior Musical) $15, $10 23 September 26 4 Girls 4 $75, $65, $60 12 February 27 Chicago Jazz Orchestra “Duke Ellington’s First Concert of $45, $40 14 OCTOBER 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE Sacred Music” October 3 Compañia Flamenca José Porcel $35, $30, $25 16 MARCH 2016 EVENT PRICE PAGE October 3 Chicago Sinfonietta “Tap In. Turn Up.” $60, $48, $10 24 March 1 Sounds of New Music Festival, “Spektral Quartet” $15, $5 22 October 8, 9, 10, 11 “A Streetcar Named Desire” $10, $8 23 March 4 An Evening with Jazz Trombonist Bryant Scott $20, $15 22 October 10 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Two Times Tchaikovsky” $37.50 - $14.50 24 March 5 Chords for Kids: Concert for Children with Autism Free ticket required 23 October 16 An Evening with Jazz Pianist Chris White $20, $15 22 March 5 Giordano Dance Chicago $35, $25, $20 16 October 21, 22, 24 “Wasteland” $5, $3 23 March 6 Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael “That ‘60s Show” $35, $30 19 October 22 Peter Frampton “Raw, An Acoustic Tour” $95, $85, $75 10 March 6 Theatreworks USA “Skippyjon Jones Snow What” $12, $6 20 October 23 Homecoming Kickoff Concert Free ticket required 22 March 10 Concert Winds and Symphonic Band Winter Concert $5, $3 23 October 25 Jonny Lang $85, $75 14 March 10, 11, 12, 13 Organic Theater Company “The Good Doctor” $30, $20 21 October 28 Honors Choral Invitational $5, $3 22 March 12 Chicago Sinfonietta “BYOB: Bring Your Own Beat” $60, $48, $10 27 October 31 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Halloween Concert” $15.50 - $7.50 25 March 19 “I Am Ireland” $30, $20 13 NOVEMBER 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE March 20 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Celebrate the Season” $37.50 - $14.50 26 November 1 Chicago Sinfonietta “Día de los Muertos” $60, $48, $10 25 APRIL 2016 EVENT PRICE PAGE November 5, 6, 7, 8 “The Light in The Piazza” $15, $10 23 April 1 An Evening with Jazz Vocalist Janice Borla $20, $15 22 November 7 Davy Knowles $40, $30 15 April 1 The Temptations $75, $65, $55 10 November 13 “Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: Visions from Cape $65, $50 12 April 3 Theatreworks USA “Alexander, Who's Not...Going to Move” $12, $6 20 Breton and Beyond” April 9 David Sanborn $60, $50 15 November 15 The Doobie Brothers $95, $85, $75 10 April 10 Marianne Murphy Orland “Pet Project” $35, $30 18 November 17 Concert Winds Invitational Concert $5, $3 22 April 21, 22, 23, 24 “Late, A Cowboy Song” $10, $8 23 November 18 The Fall Great Evening of Jazz $5, $3 22 April 28 Chamber Singers “Metamorphosis” $5, $3 23 November 21 A Tribute to Benny Goodman: The Julian Bliss Septet $40, $35, $25 13 April 29 Moscow Festival Ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” $40, $30, $25 17 November 21, 22 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Trio and Triumph” $37.50 - $14.50 24 MAY 2016 EVENT PRICE PAGE November 29 Theatreworks USA “Frosty” $12, $6 20 May 5, 6, 7 “God of Carnage” $5, $3 23 DECEMBER 2015 EVENT PRICE PAGE May 6, 7 DuPage Symphony Orchestra “Opera Gala” with Naperville Chorus $37.50 - $14.50 27 December 4 3rd Annual Jazz Faculty Christmas Concert $25, $20 22 May 13 An Evening with Jazz Vibraphonist Brad Stirtz $20, $15 22 December 6 Canadian Brass $50, $40 17 May 14 Rodney Atkins $85, $75, $65 11 December