Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announces 2010 Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College announces 2010 Winter/Spring Performing Arts Series
DURANGO, Colo. – Tickets for the Winter/Spring 2010 Performing Arts Series at The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will go on sale November 9, 2009, available on the web at www.durangoconcerts.com, by calling 970.247.7657 or 877.282.9992, or visiting the Ticket Office in Downtown Durango at 7th and Main Ave. The line-up of confirmed shows for Winter/Spring, including brief show descriptions, follows below.
The Community Concert Hall is located in the growing arts complex of Fort Lewis College. It operates through a partnership with the college, a state-supported, independent institution of higher education, as well as the city of Durango, and with financial and in-kind contributions from generous members of the community.
Robert Earl Keen
Sunday, January 10, 2010
7 p.m.
$27/$35
Widely considered the founding father of Texas country music, Robert Earl Keen is said to blend the fugitive spirit with a taqueria reality, writing about the West from his soul. He has forged a line between wry literary delicacy and fiery roadhouse fervor, the latter which has earned him the reputation as a “yee-haw party boy.” Coming off of the 20th Anniversary of his “Road Goes on Forever” tour, Keen is now touring in promotion of his latest studio album “The Rose Hotel,” released Fall 2009.
CB-3 (Chris Berry Trio)
Featuring Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident
Friday, January 15, 2010
7 p.m.
$27/$35
Chris Berry, whose musical roots trace back to the ghettos of Zimbabwe, is a widely-celebrated Mbira player, singer, percussionist and songwriter. With CB-3, he’s created a sound that is a mix of the modern and the ancient. Old rhythms from the motherland are played through heavy electronics and otherworldly effects. The dynamic trio has a rotating list of world renowned artists it features at each showing. For Durango, Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident will join CB-3.
“Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway”
Thursday, January 21, 2010
7 p.m.
$20/$28/$40
“Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” recreates the greatest moments from the top shows of the century as a host of Broadways stars perform songs from popular musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, CATS, Chicago, Wicked, Jekyll & Hyde and more. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of Broadway classics and thrilling numbers from Broadway’s newest hit shows.
The Lovell Sisters
Friday, January 22, 2010
7 p.m.
$18/$24
The Lovell Sisters – Jessica (fiddle), Megan (dobro) and Rebecca (mandolin) – offer up a fusion of folk, country and contemporary acoustic in the spirit of Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek. Originally from Calhoun, Georgia, the Lovell Sisters won the Prairie Home Companion’s National Teen Talent Contest in 2005, and have become a growing musical sensation. They are on the road promoting their much acclaimed recent studio release, “Time to Grow.”
MOMIX
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
7 p.m.
$30/$38/$45
Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a troupe of dancer-illusionists, which for 25 years – under the direction of Moses Pendleton – has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body. The troupe is currently touring presenting the “Best of MOMIX,” bringing back to the stages the most popular aspects of the company’s extensive repertoire.
Béla Fleck
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
7 p.m.
$40/$44/$50
Durango favorite Béla Fleck, returns to the Community Concert Hall with more than just his banjo, showcasing “The Africa Project.” A result of Fleck’s exploration of the origins of the banjo, the prototype of which was brought to American by African slaves, “The Africa Project” took Fleck to on-location collaborations with musicians in Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Mali and more. The concert tour, featuring Fleck with guest musicians from Africa, offers a generous sampling of the eclectic sounds the banjoist discovered on his journey.
April Verch
Thursday, February 4, 2010
7 p.m.
$15/$20
April Verch is a dynamic Canadian fiddler, singer and stepdancer. With her band, she plays a traditional and original repertoire that is deeply rooted in the style of the Ottawa Valley region of Ontario. There she was raised with the rich, distinctive musical and stepdancing tradition shaped by the diverse roots of the immigrants drawn to the region’s lumber camps. Touring with world-class musicians Clay Ross on guitar and Cody Walters on upright-electric bass and banjo, Verch has established a reputation as a consummate performer, winning over audiences not only with musical virtuosity, but also with charm, humor and boundless energy on stage.
Eric Bibb
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
7 p.m.
$18/$20/$22
Eric Bibb is becoming a familiar face, and voice, in the US acoustic folk-blues scene. Calm and collected, he approaches his craft in similar style to that of Keb’ Mo’. Notes Taj Mahal, “Eric is one of the new, young singers who has appeared on the scene that, much to my delight, has a great voice, is an excellent performer and has a great knowledge about the roots of this music”
“Rave On! The Buddy Holly Story”
Saturday, February 13, 2010
7 p.m.
$22/$28/$35
The world lost the legendary Buddy Holly far too early, but his music lives again in “Rave On! The Buddy Holly Story.” Billy McGuigan, who portrays Holly in this electrifying show, has received national acclaim for his performances. Audiences are awed by his realism, sincerity and talent. For those who still believe in rock ‘n’ roll, this is a step back in time to poodle skirts, carhops, the Twist and more.
Kelley Hunt
A benefit for the La Plata County Family Centers
Saturday, February 27, 2010
7 p.m.
$25 – General Admission
It’s rare when a blues-based artist shows up with both tradition and true originality, but roots R&B singer/songwriter/pianist Kelley Hunt is just such an artist. A woman who muscled her way onto the scene on her own terms, Hunt performs with the passion of Aretha and the intensity of Bonnie Raitt, combining vocal sensuality and sexuality in equal proportions.
Richie Havens
Sunday, March 14, 2010
7 p.m.
$20/$30
Possessing one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, Richie Havens’ poignant, always soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. He is perhaps best known for his intense rhythmic guitar style as well as for his opening performance at the original Woodstock. Havens uses his music to convey messages of brotherhood and personal freedom, once having told The Denver Post, “I really sing songs that move me. I’m not in show business, I’m in the communications business.”
Infamous Stringdusters
Thursday, March 25, 2010
7:30 p.m.
$15
While critics have often declared the Infamous Stringdusters as newgrass torchbearers, the band is actually a broad melting pot of American music. Backgrounds range from training in classical and jazz to hard rock to stints backing country legends and high lonesome heroes. Based in Nashville, Tenn., the band consists of six unique, professional players who are steeped in the tradition of bluegrass vocal harmony as well as the progressive edge of instrumental music.
Vienna Boys Choir
Friday, March 26, 2010
7:30 p.m.
$25/$42/$50
The Vienna Boys’ Choir is one of the oldest boys’ choirs existing in the world. A founding document of Maximilian I in 1498 called the first dozen boys to the imperial court as members of the newly formed court music band. Since then, the choir has been regarded as Austria’s “singing ambassadors.” Today some 100 choristers between the ages of ten and 14 are divided into four touring choirs that give more than 300 concerts and performances each year, always to generous rave reviews.
Swing Fever
Saturday, April 3, 2010
7:30 p.m.
$25/$30
Swing Fever, a California-based swing band with a big band sound, has been entertaining audiences in the San Francisco Bay area since 1978. With members who have cut their musical chops with jazz legends Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett, Swing Fever brings fresh excitement to old favorites. Honored as a California Arts Council touring artist, and called “Toe-tapping and relentlessly swinging,” the band spotlights the vocal stylings of Denise Perrier, one of San Francisco’s most popular performers.
Steve Tyrell
Sunday, April 18, 2010
7:30 p.m.
$28/$37
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell is known in the industry as a Renaissance man – artist, producer, songwriter and performer. Long behind the scenes, Tyrell, with his breakthrough performances in “Father of the Bride” and “Father of the Bride II” with Steve Martin, reinvented and re-popularized classic pop standards for a modern audience. Most recently he brought to the world “Back to Bacharach,” a deeply personal collection of songs from the piano of Burt Bacharach and the pen of Hal David.
LYNX & Janover with Youssoupha
Thursday, April 22, 2010
7:30 p.m.
$18/$25
LYNX and Jamie Janover create a diversified harmonic blend of all original hip-hop and down-tempo electronica grooves combined with folk style song writing, guitar, beat boxing, rhyming, amplified mini-kit percussion and the sounds of the hammered dulcimer. Together they have achieved a balance between the acoustic and the electronic. The pair is joined by the hypnotic Youssoupha Sidibe who fuses traditional West African sounds on the Kora (an indigenous harp) with the Sufi devotional chanting of the Senegalese Baa Faa community.
