Chick Corea and Gary Burton Duet
Sunday, September 17, 2006 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets $40 - $50
12-time Grammy Award Winner Chick Corea’s four decade career is the stuff of jazz lore- his groups are hotbeds of imagination, seething with the joy of making music while creating influential, limit-stretching musical experiences. His duets are intricate dances of personality, grace, and intuition. Throughout it all, Chick’s music continues to break new ground.
Gary Burton’s innovations in jazz, especially his approach to the vibraphone and his mastery of simultaneous four-mallet playing, have been the hallmark of a career that has also spanned four decades. His five Grammy awards and 13 Grammy Nominations cross multiple categories and attest to the high regard his music has achieved amongst his peers.
“There’s a kind of logic and magic that happens when Chick Corea and Gary Burton duo.” jazztimes
“Corea is at his most lyrical when Gary Burton joins him to revisit the pianist’s masterpiece, the shimmering, ‘Crystal Silence’.” musicmatch
“Their interplay was virtually telepathic, however, and they tossed off dovetailing sections, counterpoint lines, and thorny unison patterns with preternatural ease…the exhilaration shone from their faces as they chased and tussled each other like a pair of capering kittens.” downbeat
The Cashore Marionettes
Saturday, September 23, 2006 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets
$12-$15
The Cashore Marionettes are unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement. The internationally acclaimed Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America.
“Simple Gifts” is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven, and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, these original vignettes provide a sensitive vision of what it is to be human. From humorous to serious, the performance spans a range of emotions with characters and actions that are amazingly lifelike. The Cashore Marionettes are so well conceived and projected, the movement so convincing, the illusion so powerful, that the result is a compelling, unforgettable theatrical experience.
“Simple Gifts” is recommended for adults and children no younger than 8.
“Amazing…a once in a lifetime event…” – Sunrise Theatre, NC
“A powerful theatrical evening.” – University of Notre Dame
Shout, Sister, Shout!
A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Featuring: Odetta, The Holmes Brothers, and Marie Knight
Saturday, October 7, 2006 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets $20-$30
This is a special tribute concert to Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), one of the greatest sanctified gospel singers of her generation. A charismatic performer who accompanied herself on guitar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe combined spirituals with blues and swing music of the 1930’s and 40’s and became one of the most popular artists of the time. This concert features the historically important and continually vital artists who appear on the M.C. Records CD titled Shout Sister Shout! which has received numerous rave reviews.
A fine gospel singer, with a ringing, signifying voice, there isn’t a single vocalist worldwide better able to evoke the spirit of Sister Rosetta Tharpe than her famous singing and songwriting partner, the one and only Marie Knight.
The Holmes Brothers have been bringing their brand of gospel-inflected, spiritually moving and funky music to audiences all over the world since 1979, and on this tribute show, they serve as Marie Knight’s backing band, as well as performing their own stirring set.
Odetta is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. Before Odetta, no solo woman performer (let alone an African American woman!) had toured the world singing folk, blues, Negro spirituals, jazz, work and protest songs, while telling the stories of America’s Southern experience.
Laurie Anderson
The End of the Moon
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets $20 - $30
The End of the Moon is the second in a trilogy of solo performance works that combines stories and music in an intimate setting. The End of the Moon includes music for violin and electronics creating a duet between the spoken work and Laurie’s signature sound. This performance draws upon Laurie’s recent experiences and research as the first artist-in-residence at NASA in 2003. Part travelogue, part personal theories, history, and dreams, The End of the Moon looks at the relationships between war, aesthetics, the space race, spirituality and consumerism.
“It’s wry, witty, provocative, slyly inventive and hypnotic-Anderson, once again, at the top of her captivating form.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“Laurie Anderson is a necessary artist and the End Of the Moon is an important work for this moment in American culture, [it] is as touching as it is beautiful.” –Miami New Times
Jane Eyre
Fridays and Saturdays, November 10,11,17,18, 2006 at 7:30pm
Sundays, November 12 & 19, 2006 at 2:00pm
Tickets $10 - $15
Written by Charlotte Bronte
Adapted for the stage by Willis Hall
Directed by Jackie Pualani JohnsonA fictional tale of a penniless, plain girl becomes a work of great emotional force in the most complete adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel. Whilst having retained all the familiar passionate qualities of the novel, Willis Hall has managed to successfully transpose the nineteenth century world of Jane Eyre to the stage.
2006 Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 9, 2006 ~ 7:30pm
Sunday, December 10, 2006 ~ 2:00pm
Tickets $10 - $15
The annual UH Hilo Holiday Concert will feature the University Chorus, University Showcase Singers, the Hilo Community Chorus and the UH Hilo Orchestra performing traditional and contemporary music celebrating the Sounds of the Season. Last December both performances sold out so don’t hesitate to get your tickets for this joyous concert under the direction of Maestro Ken Staton.
The Campbell Brothers
present Sacred Steel: African American Music with Electric Steel Guitar & Vocal
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets $20 - $30
The Campbell Brothers present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African-American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, singing and swinging voice of the steel guitar, played as you have never heard it played before.
Critics are raving about the group’s debut album:
“This man (Chuck) is the Jimi Hendrix and the Django Reinhardt of the steel guitar…” – Andy Grigg, Real Blues
“The Campbell Brothers play music that until recently was heard only in gospel churches, with pedal steel guitar lines swooping skyward like a gospel shouter; two Campbell brothers trade off leads, carrying the songs to peak after peak.” – Jon Pareles, The New York Times
Aesop’s Fables
Friday, March 23, 2007 ~ 7:30pm
Saturday, March 24, 2007 ~ 2:00pm
Tickets $10 - $12
The UHH Acting Troupe and the UHH Dance Ensemble will join in a creative effort, bringing to the stage a storytelling version of AESOP'S FABLES and dancing to the descriptive classic, CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS. The Fables will be scripted by the UHH actors under the direction of Jackie Pualani Johnson, in a lively retelling of the timeless, clever tales.The Carnival of the Animals, composed by Camille Saint-Saens, lends itself to delightful creations of imaginative dance as choreographed by Celeste Anderson Staton. The combined event is ideal for families who wish to inspire their young ones--and learn life lessons in the guise of "animal wisdom."
Expressions Dance Company
Flight! & Alone Together
Two Exciting Dance Pieces by Maggi Sietsma
April 3, 2007 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets $20 - $30
The Australian-based Expressions Dance Company will present two spectacular works on the same program, featuring Maggi Sietsma’s dynamic works Flight! and Alone Together.
A bird, a plane, and yes even a superhero join angels and exceptionally gifted mortals as Flight! takes the audience on a whimsical journey to freedom with magical flights of fantasy.
Inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, Sietsma's internationally acclaimed "Alone Together" is a powerful and dynamic modern work that highlights the exceptional abilities and training of the virtuoso dancers that comprise this extraordinary company."Technical brilliance…explosive movement, lively sense of humour..." The Australian
“Yet another superb work of individuality and strength...accolades must flow to all..." The Courier Mail
Juan Carmona Grupo
Virtuoso Flamenco Guitar
Saturday, 04/21, 7:30pm
Tickets $15 - $20
Barely 10 years old when his father gave him his first guitar, the French-born gipsy Juan Carmona has proven to be one of the most creative guitarists of the new flamenco generation. Somewhere between profound awareness of musical genres, traditional styles and a devastating modernity, Carmona stands as an innovator, one of the most powerful links in the musical chain at the close of the 20th century.
Karl Jenkin’s Requiem
Conducted by Maestro Ken Staton
Saturday, May 5, 2007 ~ 7:30pm
Sunday, May 6, 2007 ~ 2pm
Tickets $10 - $15
In his new Requiem (premiered in England in June, 2005) the contemporary Welsh composer Karl Jenkins interpolates the usual movements of the Requiem Mass with a series of haiku settings in Japanese, moving between the liturgical view of death and that observed in the natural world. As the work progresses the contrasting spheres move closer together, with the last two haiku settings appearing within the Benedictus and Agnus Dei. Both are intoned by male voices in a monastic style as a counterpoint to the Japanese text sung by female voices. The instrumentation adopts a deliberate oriental air, with Japanese shakuhachi, Arabic darabuca, Japanese daiko and frame drums. Full of soaring and beautiful melodies the work has been referred to as “…the ultimate in postmodern Requiems…” (Music Week) Choruses from the university and community will join the UH Hilo Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Ken Staton, for the Hawai’i premiere of this exciting composition.
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