Newman Center Presents series 2007-2008

Diavolo was founded by Jacques Heim to create large-scale interdisciplinary performances which examine the funny and frightening ways individuals interact with their environment. Constantly changing the image presented to the audience, Diavolo has developed a movement vocabulary that creates an almost cinematic experience of powerful images that develop abstract narratives of the human condition. The sets created are sometimes outrageous and surrealistic and form an intrinsic part of each piece. Tonight’s performance will include Foreign Bodies. The work was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa Pekka Salonen, Music Director, co-commissioned with additional support from The Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal-State Long Beach, CA and the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, University of Denver.

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Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

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Recognized as one of today’s most inspiring and sought after violinists for her impassioned performances and mastery of a wide-ranging selection of music, Meyers, who plays a Stradivarius violin dated 1730, is hailed by critics, media, conductors and audiences worldwide. Her concerts of classical standards and new music are continually sold out. Her passionate and enchanting communication with audiences of all ages has inspired composers to write works for her. Ms. Meyers will work in residence with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Golan, conductor, culminating in this special performance featuring Angelfire, fantasy for amplified violin & orchestra, a work written for Ms. Meyers by Pulitzer-prize winning American composer Joseph Schwantner.

Click here for more information about Anne Akiko Meyers.

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General Admission $15


Newman Center Presents - Season Extra

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Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

 

From Nara, Japan, “the land of Yamato,” said to be the birthplace of Japanese culture, Yamato travels all over the world with dozens of traditional drums, including an odaiko made from a huge tree over 400 years old. These unusual instruments have a sound that stirs the hearts of people everywhere, and their performances are infused with the idea that the drumbeat, like the heartbeat, is the very pulse of life.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

Recognized as one of jazz’s pre-eminent vocalists, Grammy® winner (and Denver resident) Dianne Reeves is one of the most significant singers in jazz. While her singing is steeped in tradition, her rhythmic virtuosity and improvisational ease are breathtaking. Reeves was awarded the Grammy® for “Best Jazz Vocal Performance” for three consecutive recordings—a Grammy® first in any vocal category. Her singing draws upon a world of influences, and as with Carmen McRae and Billie Holiday, Reeves is tied to a powerful storytelling instinct.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

Andrew Manze has been described as “the first modern superstar of the baroque violin,” (San Francisco Examiner). He brings a rare flamboyance to the violin repertoire and is a performer with a highly developed spirit of adventure. Richard Egarr has worked with all types of keyboards ranging from the 15th-century organ to the fortepiano, harpsichord and modern piano. He is director of The Academy of the Begijnhof, Amsterdam, and is in great demand both as soloist and as accompanist for many of today’s finest artists. Together, Manze and Eggar will re-create an evening of Mozart and Schubert as you would have heard it in a 19th century home, using a period violin and fortepiano, forerunner of today’s grand piano. Mr. Eggar will play a Zuckermann fortepiano, modeled after the Stein-Dulcken fortepiano at The Smithsonian Institution, lent by Alfred Born.

Click here for more information about Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

The trademark of Boston, an a cappella ensemble of four women (plus instrumental guests) is combining medieval repertory and contemporary compositions in bold conceptual programming. The ensemble made its debut in 1995, with a performance which The Boston Globe deemed “a knockout,” and critics have since hailed the ensemble’s rich distinctive voices, technically spot-on singing and emotionally charged performances. Tapestry’s holiday offering explores the lush Renaissance harmonies of Boston composer Patricia Van Ness and 16th-century Spanish composers, spiced with lively folk songs and dances. The program includes selections from Tapestry’s award-winning CD Sapphire Night.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

A member of the celebrated Lebanese-Brazilian Assad family that also includes brothers and fellow acoustic guitar masters Sergio and Odair, Badi Assad is a veritable one-woman band, accompanying her virtuoso guitar playing with lilting vocals and a thrilling arsenal of body percussion effects. Since winning the Villa-Lobos International Guitar Competition at age 18, she has gone on to worldwide acclaim through concert appearances and a series of discs, including her latest CD release Wonderland, featuring a repertoire that spans from Brazilian classics to the Eurythmics.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

The legendary Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo bring to life some of the greatest moments of classical ballet… in size 12 pointe shoes! Dancing a fine line between high art and high camp, the Trocks’ 15 professional male dancers combine a loving knowledge of dance with a wicked sense of fun. With gleeful leaps, poses and plunges, dancers display a startling mastery of technique that appeals to dance aficionados and novices alike. Featuring extracts from many beloved classics, this is a hilarious homage to classical ballet – with just a pinch of naughtiness.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Newman Center Presents - Season Extra

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A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

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The Russian National Orchestra has been in demand throughout the music world ever since its 1990 Moscow premiere. The first Russian orchestra to perform at the Vatican and in Israel, the RNO maintains an active international tour schedule, appearing in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The orchestra has made over 50 recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and PentaTone Classics, recorded under such acclaimed conductors as Mikhail Pletnev, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Jurowski and Kent Nagano. In 2004, they were described by the Miami Herald as “a living symbol of the best in Russian art,” and “as close to perfect as one could hope for” (Trinity Mirror).

The 100-member orchestra will be joined by world-renowned pianist Stephen Hough for Brahms’ Piano Concerto #1 and will then perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #6, Pathétique.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $85, Parterre $85, Mezzanine $60, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski is widely regarded as one of the most exciting pianists of his generation. Since first coming to wide public attention at the 1990 Leeds Piano Competition, he has become a familiar figure on the international concert platform, recognized for the intensity and originality of his interpretations. His prestigious awards include the Szymanowski Prize (1999), Royal Philharmonic Society’s “Best Instrumentalist” (2001) and Gilmore Artist (2002). He has over a dozen recordings to his credit on the Philips, Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi and Accord labels. Tonight’s program will include selections from J. S. Bach’s English Suites.

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General Admission $25

Newman Center Presents - Season Extra

Director's Choice Subscription Package holders receive a 20% discount

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

Twenty-five years ago, Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and institutions that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.

Since they began, Capitol Steps have recorded 26 albums. They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS, and can be heard four times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide. By this point in the primary campaign season, we’ll all need the laughs!

Click here for more information about Capitol Steps.

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Newman Center Presents - Season Extra

Director's Choice Subscription Package holders receive a 20% discount

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

The women of New York’s Urban Bush Women and the men of Senegal’s Jant-Bi join together in a collaboration that explores the importance of landscapes and how we internalize them.

UBW is a dance ensemble that engages a diverse audience by producing bold and life affirming work based on women’s experiences, African American history and cultural influences of the African Diaspora. The company has been commissioned by major presenters nationwide, and includes among its honors a 1992 New York Dance and Performance Award (“Bessie”), 1994 Capezio Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and a 1998 Doris Duke Award for New Work from the American Dance Festival.

Meaning “sun” in Wolof, one of the Senegalese languages, Jant-Bi is a modern dance group that partners other world dance institutions to generate new forms of expression, create programs that link dance with other art forms and organize international conferences to discuss dance relative to the fields of the arts, society, education, health and research.

Click here for more information about Urban Bush Women.

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This project is supported with major funding from The Joyce Foundation, the Multi-Arts Production Fund/Creative Capital Foundation, National Dance Project, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Dance Cleveland is the lead presenter.

Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

On April 25, 2003, Gates Concert Hall in the Newman Center opened to the public. Five years later, we celebrate the contribution of this remarkable venue to the life of our campus and community. We invite you to celebrate with us and enjoy the sounds of the Manhattan Transfer, an iconic name in American jazz and popular music. The Manhattan Transfer has released 24 albums and appeared as guest artist on dozens of other recordings. The winner of eight Grammy® awards, they were the first group to win Grammys® in both popular and jazz categories in the same year. Fan favorites include “Route 66,” “Candy” and “Birdland.”

The net proceeds of our 5th Anniversary Celebration will go to the Newman Center Building and Operations Endowment Fund. (Information will be forthcoming about a Manhattan-themed dinner and party throughout the Newman Center before and after the performance, priced separately.)

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Single-event tickets
Orchestra $180, Parterre $180, Mezzanine $120, Balcony $60

Newman Center Presents - Season Extra

Director's Choice Subscription Package holders receive a 20% discount

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007

Who on earth is Rik Reppe? After years as a performing artist, singer and songwriter, Reppe developed a severe allergy to poverty. He returned to school and earned a PhD in economics. He spent time as a lobbyist, started his own dot-com business, which died an ignominious death, and became a successful management consultant. After the 9/11 attacks, he began to think there might be more to the whole idea of being an American than the relentless pursuit of wealth and conspicuous consumption. With his sleeping bag, tent and pickup truck, he spent months on the road, reacquainting himself with the country. That trip gave birth to his hit one-man show, Staggering Toward America, about the nature and meaning of home.

In his latest theatrical creation, Glorious Noise, accompanied by a piano player, Reppe explores the stories and music of the New Orleans Jazz Fest. Revealing the love, life and loss of the Crescent City in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the stories he tells and the songs he sings reveal a people and a place intent on surviving. A top-seller of the 2005 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Glorious Noise captures the hopeful spirit of a devastated city.

Click here for more information about Rik Reppe.

Join us at 6:30 pm for a FREE Behind the Curtain lecture.

Single-event tickets
Orchestra $49, Parterre $49, Mezzanine $35, Balcony $25

Director’s Choice Subscription Package

Nine concerts Sept – May ; Plus a 20% discount to Season Extras

 

Patron’s Choice Subscription Package

A “create-your-own” series consisting of four or more shows from entire season of 14 performances

 

New subscriptions go on sale May 1, 2007

Non-subscription seats go on sale August 1, 2007