Cuyahoga Community College
Performing Arts
2008-2009 season of performances
in music, dance and jazz

Cuyahoga Community College Performing Arts announces its 2008-2009 season of performances in music, dance and jazz. A premiere performing arts series in Cleveland, Tri-C showcases arts and cultural performances, Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, Showtime at High Noon, The Song is You!, as well as offerings sponsored through a continuing partnership with DANCECleveland.

New this season is the Piano Recital Series, the only one of its kind in the area, featuring internationally acclaimed and rising young stars.

One of the world's foremost modern dance companies, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company comes to the Ohio Theatre on November 1 at 8 p.m. as the company celebrates its 40th anniversary with a national tour. Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the ten best choreographers in the world," Lar Lubovitch's company will present masterful works that include Concerto Six Twenty-Two. This performance is co-presented with DANCECleveland.

Presented by Tri-C in 2002, Laurie Anderson returns to the Ohio Theatre at 8 p.m. on February 7 for a solo performance of The End of the Moon. A work that Anderson describes as journalistic in essence, documents the results of her experiences as artist-in-residence with NASA. Anderson's 90-minute monologue is described by New York Magazine as "essentially a hushed meditation on the imponderables that inhabit space, both near and far."

Two performances by Ballet Hispanico on February 20 at 8 p.m. and February 21 at 2 p.m. will fill the stage of the Ohio Theatre with dazzling dance and sizzling music. Ballet Hispanico fuses Latin dance, classical ballet and modern dance to create a new style of dance with lots of theatricality and passion. This performance is co-presented with DANCECleveland.

New Orleans' own Hot 8 Brass Band on March 6 at the Ohio Theatre at 8 p.m. infuses the funk and energy that have made the music of the Big Easy loved around the world. Featured by Spike Lee in the documentary, When the Levees Broke, expect a performance by Hot 8 that is complete with second line and like no other performance during our season.

The all new Piano Recital Series features 3:30 p.m. Sunday performances at First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Road, Cleveland. Recitals by internationally acclaimed pianists include: Konstantin Soukhovetski on November 16, a rising young Russian pianist known for captivating audiences and first prize winner of the 2007 New Orleans International Piano Competition; Christopher Falzone on December 7, recent winner of the Gilmore Young Artist Award; Pierre Réach on February 15, one of the best interpreters of the Goldberg Variations; and Cleveland's own critically-acclaimed Daniel Shapiro on March 15.

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland presents The Song Is You! that features the work of composers and songwriters from the great American Songbook. The series is conceived, written and hosted by Bill Rudman, who is joined by jazz pianist Joe Hunter and others. The Song Is You! is a musical love affair that takes you on an entertaining, multimedia journey filled with music. This year's series will focus on the work of Hoagy Carmichael, James Van Heusen and others.

Tri-C's "Showtime at High Noon" series returns this season with performances by Project, Ballet Hispanico, Hot 8 Brass Band, Tri-C JazzFest Preview and others. These noontime performances are open to the public and are presented free of charge at Playhouse Square's Ohio Theatre.

The 30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland will round out the 2008-2009 Tri-C Performing Arts season with a wide array of internationally renowned performers April 23-May 3, 2009. More information will be available on this year's line-up in the upcoming months.

To order individual tickets to the Cuyahoga Community College Performing Arts 2008-2009 Season, call 216-241-6000. For more information or group rates, call 216-987-4400, or go online at www.tricpresents.com.

Cuyahoga Community College Performing Arts presents significant contemporary artistic programs of the highest quality for its diverse multicultural audiences. These experiences are designed to stimulate, enlighten, educate and mutually enrich the artists and the community. A variety of free enriching performances, workshops, and residencies will be offered throughout the 2008-2009 season to complement our wide array of the Performing Arts programs held at the Tri-C campuses, Playhouse Square and other locations around the city.

The 2008-2009 Tri-C Performing Arts season of performances are made possible through the generous support from Arts Midwest, The Cleveland Foundation, National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, The George Gund Foundation, Kulas Foundation, Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation; and our media partners Scene, WCLV and WKSU.

NOVEMBER

Saturday, 1, 8 p.m., Ohio Theatre Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

$45/$35/$30/$20

Friday, 14, 8 p.m., Ohio Theatre-$25/$20/$10 Project

Sunday, 16, 3:30 p.m., First Baptist Church Piano Recital Series: Konstantin

$10-adults, $5-seniors, free-students Soukhovetski

under 18 accompanied by an adult*

Sunday, 7, 3:30 p.m. First Baptist Church Piano Recital Series: Christopher Falzone

$10-adults, $5-seniors, free-students under 18 accompanied by an adult*

Saturday, 7, 8 p.m., Ohio Theatre-$30/$20/$15 Laurie Anderson

Sunday, 15, 3:30 p.m. First Baptist Church Piano Recital Series: Pierre Réach

$10-adults, $5-seniors, free-students - under 18 accompanied by an adult*

Friday, 20, 8 p.m. Ohio Theatre Ballet Hispanico

$40/$35/$30/$20; $10 for Youth

Saturday, 21, 2 p.m., Ohio Theatre Ballet Hispanicio

$40/$35/$30/$20; $10 for Youth

MARCH

Friday, 6, 8 p.m., Ohio Theatre-$30/$20/$15 Hot 8 Brass Band

Sunday, 15, 3:30 p.m., First Baptist Church Piano Recital Series: Daniel Shapiro

$10-adults, $5-seniors, free-students - under 18 accompanied by an adult*

Saturday, 21, 8 p.m., Tri-C Eastern Campus

The Song Is You! Jimmy, Frank and Bing: Performing Arts Center

-$17-adults, $15-seniors The Songs of James Van Heusen

Sunday, 22, 3 p.m., Tri-C Metro The Song Is You! Jimmy, Frank and Bing:

Campus Theatre-$17-adults, $15-seniors The Songs of James Van Heusen

April 23-May 3, 2009 30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

Ticket prices vary

MAY

Sunday, 17, 3 p.m., Tri-C Metro The Song Is You!: "Let's Take A Trip To…"

Campus Theatre--$17-adults, $15-seniors

* Ticket for the Piano Recital Series will be sold at the door.

Friday, November 14 Project

Wednesday, January 28 University of Akron Steel Drum Band

Friday, February 20 Ballet Hispanico

Thursday, March 5 Hot 8 Brass Band

Wednesday, April 29 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Preview

All artists and programming are subject to change.

For group reservation or information on Showtime at High Noon call 216-987-4940 or visit www.tricpresents.com.