2004/2005 2010/2011 October 23, 2004 – R. Carlos Nakai September 16, 2010 – Trombone Shorty and Orleans December 10, 2004 – Tab Benoit Avenue January 29, 2005 – Eisenhower Dance Ensemble October 16, 2010 – Israeli Ethnic Ensemble February 19, 2005 – Kenny Garrett Jazz Band November 5, 2010 – Liz Carroll March 19, 2005 – Leon Redbone February 12, 2011 – Los Pinguos April 9, 2005 – Patty Larkin March 21, 2011 – Dala March 31, 2011 – Mauvais Sort 2005/2006 October 8, 2005 – Allison Brown Quartet 2011/2012 November 19, 2005 – David Wilcox September 15, 2011 – Michigan’s Eisenhower Dance January 28, 2006 – Magic Slim and the Teardrops Ensemble February 17, 2006 – Odetta October 1, 2011– Frigg March 18, 2006 – Danilo Perez Trio November 11, 2011– Digging Roots April 19, 2006 – Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble February 10, 2012 – Yid Vicious 2006/2007 March 22, 2012 – Luciana Souza, Romero Lubambo, October 18, 2006 – Pianist Andreas Klein and Cyro Baptista April 12, 2012 – Rupa & the April Fishes November 18, 2006 – Cathie Ryan December 8, 2006 – Billy Branch and The Sons of International Performing Arts Series becomes Blues Northern Nights January 27, 2007 – Hubbard Street 2 2012/2013 March 23, 2007 – African Guitar Summit September 7, 2012 – Susan Werner April 14, 2007 – Mose Allison October 13, 2012 – Homemade Jamz Blues Band NMU Performing Arts Series becomes NMU November 16, 2012 – Frontier Ruckus International Performing Arts Series March 16, 2013 – Cimarron April 18, 2013 – Tiempo Libre 2007/2008 September 28, 2007– Kamasa 2013/2014 October 26 2007 – Santa Cruz River Band September 21, 2013 – Alash November 15 2007 – Tinariwen & Mamadou Diabate October 12, 2013 – St. Louis Brass November 29 2007– The Boys of the Lough October 25, 2013 – BlackMahal Christmas Concert November, 16 2013 – Young Dubliners 2008/2009 February 14, 2014 – The Holmes Brothers October 17, 2008 – Frigg March 21, 2014 – Markus Nordenstreng and Tuomo Prättälä November 13, 2008 – Joanne Shenandoah January 22, 2009 – Les Yeux Noirs 2014/2015 February 6, 2009 – Adam Solomon September 13, 2014 – Sumkali March 12, 2009 – John Williams and Dean Magraw October 4, 2014 – Carlos Nunez April 22, 2009 – Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de November 20, 2014 – African Guitar Summit Veracruz Traditional January 31, 2015 – Jonathan Rundman/Erik Koskinen/ 2009/2010 Charlie Parr October 1, 2009 – Junoon February 13, 2015 – Jeremy Kittel Band October 23, 2009 – Beauty and Melody March 14, 2015 – Elaine Elias April 16, 2015 – Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort November 19, 2009 – Baye Kouyate February 4, 2010 – Alex Torres y su Orquesta 2015/2016 March 12, 2010 – Kahurangi Maori Dance Theater September 29, 2015 – A Moving Sound April 17, 2010 – Hiromitsu Agatsuma November 6, 2015 – Wisaal February 11, 2016 – Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project March 9, 2016 – Dervish List compiled by Elizabeth Fust, Programming Assistant, Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center. Dervish 1994/1995 1999/2000 Dervish is a multi-award winning Irish folk group first started in 1989. The seven piece ensemble includes September 20, 1994 – Chick Corea Quartet with John September 18, 1999 – Baaba Maal African band Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola), Shane Mitchell accordion), Liam Kelly Patitucci, Bob Berg, and Gary Novak October 16, 1999 – The Marriage of Figaro October 6, 1994 – Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir (flute, low whistle), Séamus O’Dowd (guitars, harmonica), Michael Holmes (bouzouki) and Brian McDonagh November 12, 1999 – Leo Kottke & Leon Redbone “Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares” December 1, 1999 – Canadian Brass (mandola, mandolin). Dervish concert performances are a myriad of tones and moods ranging from high December 5, 1994 – John Anthony Singers with the January 29, 2000 – Martha Graham Modern Dance energy tunes, played with fluidity and intuitiveness, to beautifully measured songs, from charming lyrics of life Marquette Choral Society and love, to inspiring melodies that lift audiences from their seats. All the elements are drawn together by January 14, 1995 – Dance Gallery Peter Sparling & Co. Cathy Jordan’s masterful stage-presence. Her stories to the songs and her interaction with the audience Co. February 19, 2000 – Mike Stern draws people into the music in a way very few performers can achieve. From the Great Wall of China to March 11, 2000 – Jimmy Thackery February 18, 1995 – Spencer Barefield String Sextet packed auditoriums in the Holy Land and more recently being the first Irish band to perform at the greatest March 11, 1995 – The Secret Garden 2000/2001 music festival in the world, "Rock in Rio" on front of an estimate audience of two hundred and forty October 9, 2000 – Joan Baez 1995/1996 thousand people, Dervish have come a long way in twenty-seven years. November 14, 2000 – Peter Schickele October 1, 1995 – Inti Raymi Music of the Andes November 18, 2000 – Shemekia Copeland October 28, 1995 – Shadowfax The History of Northern Nights January 20, 2001 – Peter Sparling Dance Company November 18, 1995 – Meredith Monk In the 1989, Northern Michigan University created the Cultural Events Series to bring internationally February 9, 2001 – Gaelic Storm February 15, 1996 – Julliard String Quartet recognized performers to campus. Since that time, dozens of legendary musicians have performed as part of February 22, 2001 – Brad Mehldau Trio March 30, 1996 – Koko Taylor this series (see list on this and the next two pages). Over the years, many people have been part of the March 9, 2001 – Jimmy Bosch Salsa Dura Band April 10, 1996 – Pilobolus planning of the series, including a coordinator and a planning committee (which began in 2008). 2001/2002 1996/1997 October 20, 2001 – Siegel-Schwall Band Coordinators: Planning Committee Members: Mark Flaherty, Chuck Ganzert, October 5, 1996 – Michigan Jazz Masters November 2, 2001 – Mass Ensemble Wayne Francis (1989-2007) Steve Leuthold, Mark Shevy, Marge Sklar, Rebecca Tavernini, Margo October 18, 1996 – Christian Swenson Performance November 29, 2001 – Michael Brecker Louise Bourgault (2007-2008) Vroman. Artists January 26, 2002 – Wellspring Dance Daniel Truckey (2008-Present) Former Committee Members: Erin Astle, Katelyn Durst, Dana November 12, 1996 – R. Carlos Nakai February 23, 2002 – Ahn Trio Kim, John Mallo, Martin Reinhardt, Marcello Siles. January 23, 1997 – Eisenhower Dance Ensemble March 22, 2002 – Gaelic Storm February 16, 1997 – National Theater of the Deaf NMU Cultural Events Series April 5, 2002 – Cubanismo perform works by Lewis Carroll 1989/1990 1991/1992 March 14, 1997 – Anonymous 4 Medieval Music 2002/2003 October 12, 1989 – Minnesota Opera Performs Madame September 28, 1991 – Progressive jazz Violinist Sonya April 4, 1997 – Kenny Neal August 28, 2002 – Jamrock Butterfly Robinson and her quartet September 21, 2002 – Cowboy Junkies October 20, 1991 – Swedish Orchestra with cellist NMU Cultural Events Series becomes NMU November 17, 1989 – Kenn Cox and the Guerilla Jam October 12, 2002 – Turtle Island String Quartet Band Torleif Thedeen Performing Arts Series November 10, 2002 – Alley II Dance Company January 16, 1990 – The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra January 22, 1992 – Kronos Quartet conducted by Peter Bay February 4, 1992 – The Omwaie Cultural Society 1997/1998 February 8, 2003 – Chucho Valdez Latin jazz February 7, 1990 - Whitney Biennial Film Exhibition, March 12, 1992 – The 21-member Ohio Ballet Company September 18, 1997 – Jazz trio featuring Joshua February 20, 2003 – Wellspring Dance Company Program #1 This Time Around by Jane Aaron; The Last March 22, 1992 – Italian Classical guitarist David Richter Redman, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade March 20, 2003 – Gaelic Storm Night of Rasputin by Eleanor Antin; Cooperation of Parts October 10, 1997 – Michael Hedges April 12, 2003 – John Gorka 1992/1993 by Daniel Eisenberg. December 3, 1997 – Colorado String Quartet October 3, 1992 – The Christopher Hollyday Quartet 2003/2004 March 7, 1990 – Whitney Biennial Film Exhibition, October 30, 1992 – Milton Nascimento February 20, 1998 – Baaba Maal Program #4 Reverse Transcriptase by Sandy Moore, September 26, 2003 – Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble November 19, 1992 – Lewitzky Dance Company April 24, 1998 – Anonymous 4 The Red Thread by Larry Gottheim; Bosque Del Apache Taiko Drumming February 19, 1993 – Buckwheat Zydeco March 21, 1998 – The Duke Robillard Band & John by Linda Klosky; Aloya by Nathanael Dorsky October 18, 2003 – Mose Allison Jazz March 26, 1993 – The Holmes Brothers Hammond November 1, 2003 – Kate and Anna McGarrigle April 19, 1993 – Claire Bloom presents Henry James’ 1990/1991 1998/1999 November 21, 2003 – Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz October 6, 1990 – Buddy Guy Turn of the Screw October 24, 1998 – Ko-Thi Dance Company Band October 11, 1990 – Essex Trio 1993/1994 October 27, 1990 – Maria Del Carmen Grupo Espana November 19, 1998 – Ahn Trio January 31, 2004 – Hubbard Street 2 Dance October 7, 1993 – Minnesota Opera performs Mozart’s November 19 & 20, 1990 – Minnesota Opera Performs January 20, 1999 – Lonnie Brooks Blues Band Company Don Giovanni Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tute March 13, 1999 – Mark Turner Jazz Quartet February 21, 2004 – C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot October 29, 1993 – Mark O’Connor January 26, 1991 – DanceBrazil March 28, 1999 – Paul Winter Consort Louisiana Band November 9, 1993 – Kiev Chamber Orchestra February 19, 1991 – Brian Bedford April 17, 1999 – Eliane Elais Brazilian Jazz Sextet March 19, 2004 – Shemekia Copeland conducted by Roman Kofman and piano soloist Daria March 23, 1991 – Hugh Masekela Telizyn April 17, 2004 – Ellen McIlwaine February 5, 1994 – David Dorfman Dance March 9, 1994 – Rajeckas & Intraub Movement Theater April 13, 1994 – Salif Keita Continued on the next page. .