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Shokoto: African Music and Dance
Friday, October 26, 7pm
Sitka Performing Arts Center
Tickets $20 adults, $15 students/seniors
Okaidja Afroso and friends will kick off the 2012-2013 Performing Art Series with the dynamic energy of Ghanaian music and dance. Characterized by "exultant compositions, soulful vocals, and energetic dancing," Okaidja's Shokoto Music & Dance Project fuses traditional and contemporary African rhythms with the diverse music of the African Diaspora. Okaidja worked with the legendary Obo Addy, serving as a lead dancer at major festivals and performance venues such as the Kennedy Center and the Newmark Theater. He has performed throughout Africa, Europe and the U.S., and it is our pleasure to welcome him to the Sitka stage.
Holiday Brass Concert
Monday, December 17, 7pm
Sitka Performing Arts Center
Tickets $25 adults, $20 students/seniors
Whether hearing popular holiday tunes or trumpet fanfares from the Italian Renaissance, nothing rings in the holidays like brass music! Celebrate the warm sounds of the season at the 9th annual Holiday Brass Concert. Musicians from national orchestras join local musicians in a ten-piece brass ensemble, playing a variety of classical, traditional and holiday music. Buy your tickets early for this sell-out show!
Alexander Tutunov Solo Piano
Saturday, January 26, 7pm
Sitka Performing Arts Center
Tickets $20 adults, $15 students/seniors
Pianist Alexander Tutunov is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding virtuosos of the former Soviet Union. He studied under famous American pianist Joseph Banowetz, who described Tutunov as displaying "dazzling virtuosity and an impassioned, fiery temperament." His accomplishments include first prize-winner of the Belarusian National Piano Competition and winner of the Russian National Piano Competition. Come to hear Russian pianism at its best and celebrate the Performing Art Center's extraordinary Steinway piano.
Grace Kelly
Saturday, May 18, 7pm
Sitka Performing Arts Center
Tickets $20 adults, $15 students/seniors
Musician and NPR's Day to Day contributor David Was said, "I've heard the future of Jazz and it is Grace Kelly." To say that this 20 year-old saxophonist/vocalist/composer/lyricist/arranger is an emerging talent would be disrespectful to how much she has already accomplished. Grace released her first CD at age 12 and has since performed over 500 concerts - many at prominent venues such as the Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and in venues as far away as Europe and Asia. She has set her own alto sax along jazz legends Lee Konitz and Phil Woods. Don't miss the opportunity to catch this bright new star!
Jazz on the Waterfront
Saturday, June 29, 7:00pm
Allen Hall
Tickets $65, includes dinner
Step back in time to a 1920's jazz club in historic Allen Hall. Featuring swing, ragtime, and jazz, our 20-piece professional big band brings you the sound track to the original American dance party. Enjoy a delicious catered dinner, lively music, dancing, and a prohibition-themed no-host bar. Dust off your party dress and your dancing shoes and join us for a sensational party to celebrate the best of Sitka summer!
TEDx Sitka
Saturday, July 20, 1-7pm
Allen Hall
Tickets $25
Mark your calendar for the second annual TEDxSitka. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, a series of live speakers from around the world will share an afternoon of ideas, each speaking in 18 minutes or less. Similar to TEDxSitka 2012, we will bring presenters from a diversity of fields and backgrounds to examine themes relevant to our community and to use Sitka as a laboratory for sparking discussion, ideas, and connection between presenters and attendees. Prepare to be inspired.
Dee Daniels
Sunday, July 21, 7pm
Sitka Performing Arts Center
Tickets $20 adults, $15 students/seniors
Dee Daniels transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues flavoring, to the stage. Widely known for her enthralling four-octave range, "Daniels can create an amazing range of sounds, from the most gentle and sweet to elemental growls that tear at the core of being. The Earth is in her voice." Whether she's performing in an intimate jazz club or fronting a big band, her unique talent, ease and artistry steal the show.
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