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Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary, Performs Music with a Message of Humanity at Soka Performing Arts Center
Aliso Viejo, CA – Folk legend and humanitarian Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary performs at Soka Performing Arts Center on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $45 for adults; $37 for students, seniors, and active military families; and $33 each for groups of 10 or more. Purchase tickets online at PerformingArts.Soka.edu or by calling 949-480-4ART (4278).
Yarrow’s talents as a creative artist—both with Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer—are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs that Peter, Paul & Mary recorded including “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done,” “Light One Candle,” and “The Great Mandala.” As a member of the renowned musical trio, he earned many gold and platinum albums, and was awarded numerous Grammys and nominated for several more. More important to Yarrow, however, is the acknowledgment of the central role that he and his partners have played in bringing the folk renaissance of the 1960s to the hearts and homes of the American public. Yarrow’s son Christopher will join him for this concert playing the washtub bass.
Over the years, many issues have moved Yarrow to commit his time and talent: equal rights, peace, the environment, gender equality, homelessness, hospice care, and education. All have utilized his skills as a performer and organizer. Along with his singing partners, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, Yarrow participated in the Civil Rights Movement, which brought them to Washington, DC, in 1963 to sing for the historic march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as the equally historic Selma-Montgomery march in 1965. He went on to produce and coordinate numerous events for the Peace/anti-Vietnam War movement, including festivals at Madison Square Garden and Shea Stadium. These efforts culminated in his co-organizing the 1969 Celebration of Life, a now-famous march on Washington, in which over half a million people participated.
Yarrow’s life and work culminated in the founding and leadership of Operation Respect, a non-profit education and advocacy organization dedicated to transforming schools, summer camps, and other youth-serving organizations into respectful, safe, and compassionate climates of learning, free of bullying, ridicule, and violence.
For more details and ticket information, see PerformingArts.Soka.edu.
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Soka Performing Arts Center is located at 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo on the campus of Soka University of America. The 1,000-seat concert hall features world-class acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, acoustic designer of noted performance venues like Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Designed to truly reflect the university’s commitment to sustainability, the concert hall and adjacent Maathai Hall (featuring a black box theatre and dance studio) have been built to Gold LEED standards and feature vegetated green roofs. Photo voltaic cells on the Soka Performing Arts Center roof generate approximately 15% of the facility’s electrical needs. Soka University of America is a private, non-profit, four- year liberal arts college and graduate program. The campus is rated in the Top 50 National Liberal Arts Colleges in US News and World Report’s “Best Colleges 2018.” The university is open to top students of all nationalities and beliefs and was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life. For more information: www.soka.edu.
Peter Yarrow
Video Link: Peter and Paul sing “Blowin’ in the Wind”
Event Info: An Afternoon with Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. Soka Performing Arts Center Soka University of America 1 University Drive Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Tickets: $45/$37 Event URL: http://tinyurl.com/SokaPeterYarrow