#thisweekatpvcc: Free Film Festival, Music Festival and Food Trucks!
FILM FESTIVAL @ PVCC - THE ARTS AND ARTISTS THROUGH FILM PRESENTS:
Mrs. Henderson Presents (Great Britain, R; 103 min.)
Wednesday, September 30th @ 6:30pm. Free Admission. CPA-Mainstage Theater.
First Saturday Outdoor Concert Series: October 3, 2015 at 6:00pm, Free Admission
Paradise Valley Community College’s Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) will host a series of music concerts on the first Saturdays in September, October and November 2015. These free performances are presented on the CPA’s outdoor amphitheater stage from 6-8 p.m., and audience members are invited to bring a folding chair or blanket as the space accommodates lawn seating only. Several of Phoenix's most popular Food Trucks will be on site to serve concessions. Cash donations will be accepted. Kids Craft Area supervised by students in PVCC's Education Program.
October 3rd Event Features:
Music: Rebel Heart (Country/Blues/Rock)
Food Trucks: Frites Street - Gourmet Pomme Frites and Tom’s BBQ
Fine & Performing Arts Student Spotlight Video - Lindsay, Dance
A short video highlighting PVCC's dance program and the experiences of student Lindsay Bush. Learn more about PVCC's dance program at: www.paradisevalley.edu/dance
Free First Saturday Concert Series at PVCC
This fall, the First Saturday Concert Series returns to PVCC with free outdoor concerts every First Saturday of the month in August, September, October and November of 2015.
These free performances are presented on the CPA’s outdoor amphitheater stage from 6-8 p.m., and audience members are invited to bring a folding chair or blanket as the space is lawn seating only. Several of Phoenix's most popular food trucks will be on site to serve concessions.
August 8th, 2015: An Evening in Brazil with Grupo Liberdade| 6pm | Free Admission
Featuring exciting music and dance performances by GRUPO LIBERDADE and the SAMBAZ DANCERS. Grupo Liberdade is a performance group dedicated to freedom of expression through Culture, Movement & Sound. They promote COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY & EMPOWERMENT drawing upon the traditional & contemporary rhythms of Brazil and beyond while bringing an original sound & energy to our desert metropolis.
September 5th, 2015: The Cal Tjader Tribute Band| 6pm | Free Admission
With exciting performances of Mambo, Cha cha cha, and other grooves, The Tjader Tribute Band pays homage to one of the most important Latin-jazz artists of the last century.
October 3rd, 2015: Rebel Heart: Country Rock| 6pm | Free Admission
Rebel Heart is a 5 piece band from Arizona consisting of seasoned stage veterans covering percussion, lead guitar, bass, and lead vocals. The dual vocalists carry a powerful and soulful sound and presence. They offer a variety of country, rock, and blues ranging from old to new.
November 7th, 2015: A Night on Broadway| 6pm | Free Admission
Featuring vocalists Kristen Drathman and Tommy Strawser, enjoy a night on broadway with your favorite show tunes.
For more information about events at the Center for the Performing Arts, view our Fall 2015 Events Calendar or call 602-787-7738. Box Office hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday and one hour prior to show.
The Center for the Performing Arts is conveniently located at 34th Street and Union Hills at the east end of the campus of Paradise Valley Community College in North Phoenix. Parking is free.
Hands-On Music Series - Free Events & Workshops at PVCC
The music department at Paradise Valley Community College is pleased to present a new series of hands-on and interactive musical opportunities for students, staff and members of the community. All events in this series are FREE and only require an interest to learn something new and have fun. No Experience Necessary!
Tuesday Evenings: Afro-Latin Drum and Dance Workshops
6:30p-8:30p, KSC 1000A • June 16, 23, 30 • July 7, 14, 21
Learn to play and dance to the exciting rhythms and music from Cuba and Brazil.
All Drums will be provided. Featuring Guest artists Joe Goglia and Jesse Joaquin Parker.
Thursday Afternoons: Concerts with Faculty and Guests
11:00a-12:00p, Studio Theater/M-East Bldg
June 18: The Rattler Hot Jazz Orchestra
June 25: Paradise Winds (Location TBD)
July 2: PVCC Faculty Jazz Ensemble
July 9: Dr. Ashley Oakley, piano
July 16: Tribute to West Coast Jazz
July 23: GCC Guitar Ensmbles, under the direction of Chuck Hulihan
Concerts are family-friendly. Bring your lunch and enjoy the music!
June Events at PVCC - Two Theater Productions, Drum Workshops and Free Concerts
UNDER THE BED (a play for children and families). DIRECTED BY CRAIG KOSNIK
June 11th and 12th at 11:00am, June 12th and 13th at 7:00pm, June 14th at 2:00pm.
Performances held in the Studio Theater/M-East Building, Seating is limited. $5 adults/seniors/staff/students/military; $2 children
Click HERE to purchase tickets
Mo and Jo are staying with their Aunt Flo as their mom is on her honeymoon with the new man she has married. Mo and Jo cannot fall asleep because they think that there is something (or someone) under the bed. They hear strange sounds from under the bed. They smell strange odors from under the bed. That means that there must be something under the bed, right? Suddenly, a Hot Water Bottle comes to life and tries to help the siblings go to sleep. He suggests that they travel somewhere else so that they can escape whatever is under the bed. In their travels, the trio visit Antarctica and meet a Spanish Penguin that recites poetry, and a Monkey in the South Seas. Will they ever be able to fall asleep? For all ages!
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: AFRO-CUBAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOP
June 16th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, KSC 1000A, Free Admission
Learn to play and dance to the exciting rhythms and music from Cuba and Brazil.
All Drums will be provided. Featuring Guest artists Joe Goglia and Jesse Joaquin Parker
LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES: THE RATTLER HOT JAZZ ORCHESTRA
June 18th, 11:00am-12:00pm, Studio Theater/M-East Bldg, Free Admission
Local Phoenix Musicians Jordan Tompkins, Greg Lloyd, Kevin Bock, Eric Wells, and Josh Bennett invite you to enjoy the sounds of Traditional New Orleans Jazz with The Rattler Hot Jazz Orchestra! From classic Hot Jazz standards, to the music of Louis Armstrong, and even new popular songs RHJO brings the spirit of New Orleans to the Phoenix valley. So bring your friends and family and join us at Paradise Valley Community College on June 18th in the Black Box Theater as we celebrate the music that launched a new musical movement in America!
SPAMALOT (musical). DIRECTED BY ANDREA ROBERTSON
June 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th @ 7:30pm. June 21st and 28th @ 2:00pm.
$15 adults; $12 seniors/staff; $10 students/military; $8 children
Click HERE to purchase tickets *4 additional ticket fee at the door 1hour prior to performance.
Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony Awards, including "Best Musical," and received 14 Tony Award nominations.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: AFRO-CUBAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOP
June 23rd, 6:30pm-8:30pm, KSC 1000A, Free Admission
Learn to play and dance to the exciting rhythms and music from Cuba and Brazil.
All Drums will be provided. Featuring Guest artists Joe Goglia and Jesse Joaquin Parker
LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES: PARADISE WINDS
June 25th, 11:00am-12:00pm, Location is TBD, Free Admission
The Paradise Winds are a collection of artists presenting chamber music concerts, educational programs, benefits, fundraisers and community events in Greater Phoenix, AZ. The variety of artistry provides a diverse background of other specialties, but each artist appearing with the ensemble has accomplished great feats in music performance, research and education. The Paradise Winds represent the past, present and future of wind chamber music.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: AFRO-CUBAN DRUM AND DANCE WORKSHOP
June 30th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, KSC 1000A, Free Admission
Learn to play and dance to the exciting rhythms and music from Cuba and Brazil.
All Drums will be provided. Featuring Guest artists Joe Goglia and Jesse Joaquin Parker
For additional information about any of the listed events, please contact the Center for the Performing Arts Box Office at 602-787-7738 or email boxoffice@paradisevalley.edu.
Acts Creative: Introduction
Dr. Brett Reed, Music Faculty
Long-time friend, collaborator, and schlagzeuger, Doug Nottingham, greeted me last week with the declaration, “I’m committed to doing a creative act every day of the summer break.” I wasn’t surprised at this comment, its a great idea, but I was at first puzzled - how is this different than our usual practice? Most days of an active musicians life has to be this way to teach, present concerts, make recordings and get better at our craft.
After mulling it over for some time here are the ways this proclamation is different than our typical modus operandi. First, for those of us whose body clock shares DNA with the academic calendar, this statement suggests that the summer break is not for finding the nearest couch and the remote that is sure to be on the arm rest. Second, and more importantly, the concept is rooted in commitment, in acknowledgment, in some form of accountability. There is a lot of power in owning something no matter if in the arts or any other aspect of life. Lastly, the pledge also suggests priority; to pull it off would take energy, planning, and active participation.
Consideration over, because it is a great idea and for how it coincides with other current things I have been chewing on about what it means to be a successful artist I, and fellow music faculty member Keith Kelly, have decided to take the same oath as Doug. Over the coming weeks each of us are going to post on weekly basis about what we get up to and share with you our progress, sources of inspiration, finished works or anything else that illustrates our acts creative.
I hope that at least you will find it interesting, better still it might encourage you to take the plunge with us and do the same, no matter your field, area of the arts, or otherwise. As a warmup here is clear documentation of a creative act, shared by Keith and I in the making of his most recent record:
Enjoy the music, see you next week.
Dr. Christopher Scinto honored at Annual Employee Recognition Luncheon
The Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation (MCCF), the fundraising arm of the Maricopa County Community Colleges (MCCC), each year recognizes MCCC employees who have made outstanding contributions to the MCCC District's mission.
This year, five awards were made to individual employees at a luncheon held April 28, 2015 at the Foundation’s offices. Dr. Stephen Helfgot, CEO/President of MCCF presided over the luncheon and remarks were made by Dr. Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, MCCC and Heidi Schaefer, Chairman, MCCF Board.
Congratulations to PVCC's own Dr. Christopher Scinto, Division Chair of Fine and Performing Arts, who was one of the five honorees. Under Dr. Scinto’s leadership students have flourished and demonstrated success in the arts; significant community partnerships and notable scholarships. In just the last five years, PVCC Center for Performing Arts has provided over 625 performances, drawing over 69,000 community attendees. Through various benefit events, more than $40,500 has been raised for Fine and Performing Arts scholarships.
Congratulations!
A B O U T D R . S C I N T O
Christopher Scinto's compositions have been featured on music festivals in Germany, Italy, Spain, and throughout the United States. His works, performed by the ASU Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the NYU New Music and Dance Ensemble, and the Phoenix Chorale, have received awards and grants from the Long Island Composer's Alliance, Meet the Composer, the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, and the National Association of Composers, USA. He holds degrees from Arizona State University (BM & DMA) and Bowling Green State University (MM), where his studies included composition, saxophone performance, and conducting. Currently, he is completing a work for saxophone and percussion, titled Octet, and is collaborating with nationally acclaimed poet and PVCC faculty member Lois Roma-Deeley on an opera, The Ballad of Downtown Jake. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Scinto is the Division Chair of Fine & Performing Arts at Paradise Valley Community College and is the founder and artistic director of the contemporary music ensemble Crossing 32nd Street.
Faculty Jazz Ensemble Performance - Free - Food Trucks
On Sunday, May 17th, PVCC's Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform a FREE community outreach concert at the Aviano Community Center Clubhouse in Desert Ridge.
Food Trucks open at 4pm and the music begins at 5pm!
An Evening of Flamenco Guitar with Daniel Ward
Friday, April 24th at 7:30pm
Performance held in Studio Theater/M-East Building
Click HERE to purchase tickets $5-$10 Admission.
*$4 additional ticket fee at the door 1‐hour prior to performance.
Daniel Ward is an accomplished musician, composer and educator, who has become one of the countries top clinicians and performers on the ‘ukulele circuit’. He is known for his command of Latin styles and teaches right hand techniques, adapting his style and knowledge from the classical and flamenco guitar. He has been a featured performer and workshop instructor at festivals across the country, including: Reno Ukulele festival, West Coast Ukulele retreat, Wine Country Ukulele Festival, San Diego Ukulele Festival, Port Townsend Ukulele festival, Albuquerque Ukulele festival and many More. With his wife, Heidi Swedberg, he has performed as an artist in residence at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix AZ, and performed at Children’s Music Festivals around the country, including concerts in Los Angeles, New York City, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and the Austin City Limits Festival. Heidi and Daniel we also featured performers at Music China in Shanghai in 2012.
As a guitarist, Daniel has toured the world playing flamenco guitar with Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra (1997-2000) as well as performing with the flamenco dance ensembles of Maria Benitez, Dance Espana, and Yjastros (1994-present), and 20 years playing rock-n-roll electric guitar for Celebrity Enterprises corporate entertainment (1994-present).
As a commissioned classical composer, Daniel has penned two string quartets for the Del Sol ensemble of San Francisco, and a four-hands piano piece. He has scored music for film, television and video.
In the field of recording he has won awards (Parent’s Choice NAPPA, NM Recording Arts, Fids and Kamalies) on both albums he collaborated with his wife and is a sought after producer and arranger. His own CD “After the Storm” is an award winning virtuosic performance of original compositions masterfully played on electric and flamenco guitar.
AN EVENING WITH GRUPO LIBERDADE: The Music of Brasil - Fine & Performing Arts Scholarship Fundraiser
The Division of Fine & Performing Arts is pleased to welcome back Grupo Liberdade for an evening of music from Brasil. Held on Saturday, March 28th @ 7:30pm, this event is our annual Fine & Performing Arts Fundraiser with a silent auction beginning at 6:30pm.
>> ADVANCED TICKETS HERE
Grupo Liberdade is a performance group dedicated to freedom of expression through Culture, Movement & Sound. We promote COMMUNITY, DIVERSITY & EMPOWERMENT drawing upon the traditional & contemporary rhythms of Brasil and beyond while bringing an original sound & energy to our desert metropolis. Specializing in Batucada including the Afro-Brazilian styles of Samba, Samba Reggae, Côcos and Maracatu, Grupo Liberdade strives to share the infectious sounds of Brasil with Arizona to further enrich, move & inspire.
