The Birdland Big Band
Live at Birdland with Tommy Igoe“A completely unique NYC experience. There isn’t another band like this anywhere... a music experience you simply must witness”—Time Out New York.The Birdland Big Band will transport you to the jazz mecca of New York City. Featuring New York's finest musicians and directed by Tommy Igoe, one of the world's greatest drummers, The Birdland Big Band has become New York City's most popular weekly musical attraction.
Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m., Hansen Theatre
The Good Lovelies
The Good Lovelies“They had me at bup-bup buttup bah…all sun, serotonin and retro-radio…” —Globe and MailImagine the Andrews Sisters crossed with the Roche Sisters with a twist of Earl Scruggs thrown in. The Good Lovelies are a bluegrass-folk-girl-group whose witty banter, sassy upbeat rhythms and tight three-part harmony will keep you smiling all night long. Since forming their group in 2006, they’ve won a Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy) for Roots Album of the Year!
Thursday, November 15, 7:30 p.m., Gaede Stage
Daniel Bernard Roumain with DJ Scientific
Daniel Bernard Roumain with DJ Scientific“…Daniel Bernard Roumain is creating a miracle…”—The New York TimesDBR’s genius for fusing classical music, hip-hop, concert violin, and progressive electronic beats has led to collaborations and performances with everyone from The Seattle Symphony Orchestra to Lady Gaga. This event features DBR on a six-string amplified violin accompanied by DJ Scientific, who beatboxes on the mic, spins and scratches away at two turntables and an Apple laptop. Curious? You should be. You’ll come away from this performance with new sounds stuck in your head and something to talk about!
Thursday, January 31, 7:30 p.m., Gaede Stage
The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Complete World of Sports, performed by The Reduced Shakespeare Company“I laughed so much I didn’t take enough notes to write a review” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For sports lovers AND haters! From the earliest cavemen playing “Neanderthal in the Middle” to your own kid’s soccer practice, the entire history of athletic competition will be regurgitated in a tour de France of physical theater, at a level of sophistication and pathos that only the Reduced Shakespeare Company can muster. It’ll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the world’s great sporting events are shrunk down to theatrical size.
Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m., Hansen Theatre
