[IMC] Krannert Center 2014-15 Season Announcement

Thu May 15 14:04:03 EDT 2014

For Immediate Release: May 15, 2014

For more information, logos, or photography, please contact:

Bridget Lee-Calfas, Advertising and Publicity Director

KrannertCenter.com<http://KrannertCenter.com>

bklee at illinois.edu<mailto:bklee at illinois.edu>

217/333-6282

KRANNERT CENTER ANNOUNCES 2014-15 SEASON

High energy, contemplative, unexpected, reverent, inspiring, and esteemed—on the heels of its 45th anniversary celebration, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts presents the 2014-15 season. Artful encounters that cross genres and uplifting discoveries that span generations await all in the vibrant season of performances that lie ahead.

The Opening Night Party will sizzle with excitement as Mariachi Sol de México® de José Hernàndez, Tiempo Libre, and Samba Soul fill the lobby with hot Latin sounds. Big names like Renée Fleming, Cassandra Wilson, Rosanne Cash, and Wynton Marsalis are sure to thrill. A trio of performances in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I will let history reverberate, while commissioning projects with Gil Shaham, Ragamala Dance, and the Mark Morris Dance Group will propel the future of the arts. Exciting classical repertoire will ring anew in the Foellinger Great Hall as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Jupiter String Quartet, and young artists of the Salon Series—Emerging Artistry take to the stage. Families and audiences of all ages will relish the exuberance of Circus Oz and the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, and there’s sure to be thunderous applause when KODO leads the lineup of artists for the March 14 Day of the Drum. The dynamic performances by the University of Illinois School of Music, Illinois Theatre, and Dance at Illinois, as well as those from Sinfonia da Camera and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra are also featured in the listing below. The new season is chock full of diverse artists, consistent excellence, and uncommon creativity across a multiplicity of genres and from throughout the globe.

More details will be available right here on Thursday, July 24.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Saturday, August 16.

Planning Calendar 2014-15

September

12 Fr 6pm | Opening Night Party with Mariachi Sol de México, Tiempo Libre, Samba Soul, and others

13 Sa 7:30pm | Rosanne Cash: The River & the Thread

14 Su 7:30pm | St. Louis Symphony

23 Tu 7:30pm | Susan Marshall & Company: Play/Pause

26 Fr 7:30pm | The Pygmalion Festival

27 Sa 7:30pm | Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

30 Tu 5:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Rush Hour—Youthful Impressions

October

2-3 Th-Fr 7:30pm | Isango Ensemble: The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo)

2-4 Th-Sa 7:30pm | Polaroid Stories

7 Tu 7:30pm | Sphinx Virtuosi with Catalyst Quartet

7-11 Tu-Sa 7:30pm | Polaroid Stories

11 Sa 7:30pm | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

12 Su 3pm | Polaroid Stories

16-18 Th-Sa 7:30pm | The Skin of Our Teeth

17 Fr 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: A Richard Strauss Celebration

18 Sa 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Skin of Our Teeth

18 Sa 7:30pm | Broadway Smash featuring Todd Ellison and Friends

22 We 7pm | National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China: Cirque Peking

22-25 We-Sa 7:30pm | Blind Summit Theatre: The Table

23-25 Th-Sa 7:30pm | The Skin of Our Teeth

25 Sa 7:30pm | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Voyages

26 Su 2pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Skin of Our Teeth

26 Su 3pm | The Skin of Our Teeth

29 We 7:30pm | The Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir

30 Th 7:30pm | Jupiter String Quartet with James Dunham, viola

November

4 Tu 7:30pm | Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra: The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

6-8 Th-Sa 7:30pm | The Elixir of Love

6-8 Th-Sa 7:30pm | November Dance

7 Fr 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: November Dance

8 Sa 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Elixir of Love

8 Sa 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Menahem and Mozart

9 Su 2pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Elixir of Love

9 Su 3pm | Concert Artists Guild Winner: Lysander Piano Trio

9 Su 3pm | The Elixir of Love

11-15 Tu-Sa 7:30pm | Oh What a Lovely War

16 Su 3pm | Oh What a Lovely War

18 Tu 7:30pm | CultureTalk: Barry Lopez and Deke Weaver

20 Th 7pm | Damine Kabuki

December

2 Tu 7:30pm | Cantus and Theater Latté Da: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

4-5 Th-Fr 7:30pm | The Nutcracker

5 Fr 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Messiah and Mendelssohn

6 Sa 2pm & 7:30pm | The Nutcracker

7 Su 2pm & 6pm | The Nutcracker

11 Th 7:30pm | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: The CUSO Holiday Concert

January

20 Tu 7pm | Russian National Ballet Theatre: Chopiniana/Romeo and Juliet

21 We 7pm | Russian National Ballet Theatre: The Sleeping Beauty

22 Th 7pm | Russian National Ballet Theatre: Cinderella

24 Sa 7:30pm | Ryan Truesdell Presents: The Gil Evans Project

29 Th 7:30pm | Ragamala Dance with Rudresh Mahanthappa: Song of the Jasmine

31 Sa 7:30pm | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Musical Revolutionaries

February

5 Th 7:30pm | Tango Buenos Aires

5-7 Th-Sa 7:30pm | February Dance

6 Fr 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: February Dance

8 Su 3pm | Cleveland Quartet Award Winner: Ariel Quartet

10 Tu 7:30pm | Jupiter String Quartet

12-13 Th-Fr 7pm | Circus Oz: But Wait . . . There’s More

13 Fr 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: El Fuego del Amor

14 Sa 10:30am | Circus Oz: But Wait . . . There’s More

14 Sa 7:30pm | Renée Fleming, soprano

17-21 Tu-Sa 7:30pm | The Sullivan Project

18 We 7:30pm | Step Afrika!

22 Su 3pm | The Sullivan Project

26-28 Th-Sa 7:30pm | The Hot Sardines: Speakeasy Nights

26-28 Th-Sa 7:30pm | The Merry Widow

28 Sa 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Merry Widow

28 Sa 7:30pm | State Symphony Orchestra of México

March

1 Su 2pm | Dessert and Conversation: The Merry Widow

1 Su 3pm | The Merry Widow

5-7 Th-Sa 7:30pm | ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

6 Fr 7:30pm | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Music of the Heartland

6 Fr 7:30pm | The Nile Project: Music of the Nile

7 Sa 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

8 Su 3pm | Young Concert Artists Winner: Yun-Chin Zhou, piano

10 Tu 7:30pm | Kronos Quartet: Beyond Zero: 1914-1918

12 Th 7:30pm | Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth By Day: A Celebration of Billie Holiday

12-14 Th-Sa 7:30pm | ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

12-14 Th-Sa 7pm & 9pm | Studiodance I

13 Fr 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: A Chamber Music Potpourri

14 Sa All Day | Day of the Drum

14 Sa 7pm | KODO One Earth Tour: Mystery

15 Su 2pm | Dessert and Conversation: ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

15 Su 3pm | ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

18 We 7:30pm | BASETRACK

19 Th 7:30pm | Cameron Carpenter, organ

April

7 Tu 7:30pm | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: The Passionate Piano Quartets

9-11 Th-Sa 7:30pm | Not About Nightingales

14 Tu 7:30pm | Jupiter String Quartet with Jon Manasse, clarinet

14-18 Tu-Sa 7:30pm | Not About Nightingales

15-16 We-Th 7:30pm | MOMIX: Alchemia

17 Fr 7:30pm | Sinfonia da Camera: Romanticism and Beyond

18 Sa 7:30pm | Deana Martin and Her Quintet: Tribute to Dean Martin

and Frank Sinatra

19 Su 3pm | Not About Nightingales

23 Th 7:30pm | Gil Shaham: The Bach Project

23-25 Th-Sa 7:30pm | Into the Woods

25 Sa 6:30pm | Dessert and Conversation: Into the Woods

25 Sa 7:30pm | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: The Triumph of Music

26 Su 2pm | Dessert and Conversation: Into the Woods

26 Su 3pm | Into the Woods

May

1-2 Fr-Sa 7:30pm | Mark Morris Dance Group: Acis and Galatea

3 Su 3pm | Krannert Center Debut Artist

Programs and artists are subject to change.

Bridget Lee-Calfas
Advertising and Publicity Director
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
bklee at illinois.edu<mailto:bklee at illinois.edu>
217/333-6282

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