Harris Center for the Arts | New Season Preview
May 23, 2017 09:34AM ● By Style
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2017-18 HARRIS CENTER SEASON PREVIEW DONOR EXCLUSIVE, JUNE 9 Annual Membership helps to sustain the annual operating budget of Harris Center while providing Members with various benefits. Among the many privileges of being a donor is the opportunity to purchase tickets to all Harris Center "Presents" events before they go on sale to the public. By becoming a donor today, you can ensure that the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College will continue to present world-class artists and comprehensive education programs for the entire community. You will also receive an invitation to attend the exclusive donor preview event on Friday, June 9, before the production of PIPPIN on Stage 1.
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ACROBATIC TAKE ON BROADWAY CLASSIC PIPPIN, THE NATIONAL TOUR This season's Broadway magic concludes at the Harris Center with a thrilling update of the Broadway classic PIPPIN. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, this unforgettable production is full of high-flying, death-defying acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from the composer of Wicked. "Anyone who's seen this production knows how magical the theater can be. This production melds extraordinary circus acrobatics and magical illusions with 'ordinary' virtues like accomplished acting, singing, and dancing" (Boston Globe). "The acrobats dazzle in Diane Paulus's dynamic, high-flying revival... Astonishing. A Pippin for the 21st century. Dazzling and awe-inspiring." (New York Times). Don't miss PIPPIN at the Harris Center. Friday, June 9-Sunday, June 11
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FOLSOM LAKE COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION ADAM TRENT Described as "Justin Timberlake meets David Copperfield," Adam Trent's performances are part magic, part concert, and part stand-up comedy-a new generation of magician. In addition to his regular TV appearances-Good Morning America, America's Got Talent, Disney Channel, ABC, and others-he performs a staggering schedule of over 300 live shows each year. Come spend the evening with "a big creative talent" (Chicago Tribune) and "the next big thing for magic... a genius headed straight for stardom" (Huffington Post). Put another way, "seeing is disbelieving"(New York Times). Sunday, May 28, 2017; 2 & 7pm
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THE FOLSOM LAKE SYMPHONY FESTA ITALIANA Think of Italy and you hear glorious music - serenading gondoliers, impassioned opera heroines, exulting choirs. You don't have to travel to enjoy these beautiful sounds - the Folsom Lake Symphony is devoting its season finale to the music of this inspiring country. Conductor Peter Jaffe has compiled a repertoire that ranges from classical opera - which the Italians virtually invented - to traditional Neapolitan songs such as "That's Amore," movie themes by Italian composers, Gioachino Rossini's Overture to Semiramide and Capriccio Italien, a piece Peter Tchaikovsky wrote to celebrate a visit to Rome. Playlist includes "The Prayer," "O sole mio," "Nessun dorma," and much more. An evening in Italy wouldn't be complete without vocalists, and this performance features three: soprano Yelena Dyachek, lyric tenor Eric Margiore and tenor Bradley Wisk. Saturday, June 3 & 4, 2017
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SACRAMENTO BALLET MODERN MASTERS THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS + THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS George Balanchine's groundbreaking masterpiece, The Four Temperaments, presaged a fresh new direction in dance for generations to marvel. In addition, master storyteller Ron Cunningham creates a dramatic and evocative world premiere based on The Seven Deadly Sins. A third soon-to-be-announced Artistic Director's choice will complete this enthralling trilogy of stunning dance. Founded in 1954, Sacramento's professional ballet company is dedicated to bringing classical and contemporary performances of the highest quality to the Sacramento region. Friday, June 16 - Sunday, June 18, 2017
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KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS® with JEFFREY SIEGEL KEYS TO THE CLASSICS American pianist Jeffrey Siegel has been a soloist with the world's great orchestras and has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time. He has performed his Keyboard Conversations® at the Harris Center every year since the facility opened; the reasons for this are instantly obvious. In presenting these "concerts with lively commentary," Mr. Siegel offers comments on the work, the composer, even the times in which the work was composed, and then gives a virtuosic performance of a piano masterpiece. A lively Q&A concludes the concert. His presentations enrich the listening experience for the avid music lover as well as provide an inviting, instantly accessible introduction to great music for those new to classical music. "An achievement of a sort seldom heard" (New York Times). This concert features Haydn's boisterous, humorous Sonata in D, Mozart's deeply affecting Rondo in A Minor as well as his famous Rondo alla turca, and Beethoven's popular, tempestuous Sonata Pathatique.
Sunday, June 25, 2017; 1 pm
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