Classical World Sensation Performs Saturday at JCCC
January 26, 2012
Photo By Lisa Marie Mazzucco
Pianist Simone Dinnerstein, whose recordings have topped the classical charts, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Carlsen Center’s Yardley Hall at Johnson County Community College.
Tickets, which are $35 and $25, can be purchased online or through the college box office at 913-469-4445.
When Telarc released Dinnerstein’s “Goldberg Variations” in 2007, she became a sensation in the classical world virtually overnight. The Telarc recording zoomed to No. 1 on the US Billboard Classical Chart in its first week of sales.
Dinnerstein’s follow-up album, “The Berlin Concert,” also hit that top spot, as did her latest album, “Bach – A Strange Beauty.” The latter one, released in January 2011, also made the Billboard Top 200, which compiles the entire music industry’s top-selling albums in all genres.
Her most recent recording, “Something Almost Being Said,” will be released Jan. 31.
The Kansas City Star recently called Dinnerstein “an ambassador for Bach,” detailing her “educationally enriching Bach invasion” at her son’s school. Read more about her school invasion in the Star.
Dinnerstein will talk with Patrick Neas on Radio Bach between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Thursday. Listen live online.
And, of course, check out the video below to hear a sample of Dinnerstein’s work.
Three Days of Jazz at JCCC
January 20, 2012
For the third year in a row, JCCC is offering three days of jazz in January for the public to enjoy.
Brubeck Brothers Quartet
Two of the nation’s top jazz bands, plus 10 of Kansas City’s best jazz groups, will perform during Jazz Winterlude, which will run from Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Carlsen Center. See the full schedule.
Various forms of jazz will be presented, including contemporary, Kansas City swing and New Orleans style.
The Kansas City Star dubbed Jazz Winterlude this week’s top jazz event.
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet, which will perform Friday, Jan. 20, at 8:30 p.m., likes to integrate straight ahead jazz with influences of funk, blues and world music.
Poncho Sanchez
Read more about the Brubeck Brothers in the Star.
Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, which performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, serves up a medley of sounds that include soul and salsa.
Special Offer!
Buy tickets to the Performing Arts Series event “Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band” and get discounted 2-day passes to Jazz Winterlude.
NBC Action News to Interview ‘Fiddler’ Actress
January 3, 2012
"Fiddler on the Roof"
If you’re eagerly anticipating “Fiddler on the Roof” this weekend at Johnson County Community College, you’ll want to watch NBC Action News Weekend Today show Saturday morning.
Brooke Hills, the actress who plays Tzeitel, Tevye’s eldest daughter, will be interviewed on the newscast at 9:40 a.m. CST.
In the show, Tzeitel sings “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” with Hodel (Sarah Sesler) and Chava (Chelsea LeBel) in the Broadway smash and Tony Award winner.
Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of shtetl life, his Jewish traditions, his wife and daughters, and state-sanctioned pogroms.
In addition to “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” Fiddler’s familiar score includes “If I Were a Rich Man;” “Sunrise, Sunset;” and of course, “Tradition.”
Tickets are still available for this weekend’s performances at 8 p.m. on Saturday and at 7 p.m. on Sunday in Yardley Hall in the Carlsen Center.
Buy your tickets online today or purchase tickets by phone, by fax or in person at the JCCC box office. Online service fees apply.
