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Vistas Series
Kronos Quartet
February 25, 2012, 8:00 pm
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $45 • Orchestra $35 • Front Loge $30 •
Rear Loge $25 •
Discounts available for William Paterson University alumni, faculty, staff,
students, and seniors. Call the box office for details.
For more than thirty years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet has pursued a singular artistic
vision with a spirit of fearless exploration. This Grammy-winning acclaimed string quartet
specializes in new music and contemporary classical music and is one of today’s most
celebrated ensembles. Kronos performs thousands of concerts worldwide and releases
more than forty-five recordings of extraordinary breadth, commissioning more than seven
hundred new works and collaborating with renowned artists of myriad disciplines.
www.kronosquartet.org
Click for the music line up of the performance
Celtic Crossroads: World Fusion Tour
March 8, 2012, 8:00 pm
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $40 • Orchestra $35 • Loge $30 •
Discounts available for William Paterson University alumni, faculty, staff,
students, and seniors. Call the box office for details.
Celtic Crossroads is critically acclaimed as “the most exhilarating and authentic show
to come from Ireland in decades - not to be missed.” It is an explosion of youthful energy
and dazzling musicianship. The new World Fusion Tour abounds with fusions of traditional
Irish music, bluegrass, gypsy, and jazz—while pulsating with the rhythms of exciting Irish
dance percussion. Spontaneous mid-show ovations are the norm, and enraptured Celtic
Crossroads audiences are always compelled to shout, and SHOUT for more.
www.celticcrossroads.ie
Red Horse
Featuring Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky
March 10, 2012, 8:00 pm
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
Gold Circle $30 • Orchestra & Front Loge $25 • Rear Loge $20
Although they have been friends for years and recorded on each other’s albums, the new folk supergroup, Red Horse, is the first truly collaborative effort by Eliza, John and Lucy. Red Horse’s sparse instrumentation allows these three wonderful singers to carry the magic of great songwriting. Each of these legendary artists solos on classics first made famous by the other two members. Displaying their impressive talents, Red Horse shows why Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky are three of folk music’s most popular artists and why their music speaks to fans of all generations.
www.redhorse.com
JC Productions and Vistas Series in conjunction with the Cross-Cultural Arts Festival present
Eva Ayllón
March 30, 2012, 8:00 pm
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
$50 Orchestra & Near Loge • $40 Rear Loge
For over thirty years Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón has been an international phenomenon performing in front of sold-out audiences in her native Peru as well as North America. Emerging in the early 70s Eva immediately set a landmark by establishing herself as the leading exponent of Afro-Peruvian music. Eva’s recording career spans over 20 albums including a double Latin Grammy nomination in 2003 and a double Platinum album in Peru.
www.evaayllon.net
Star Promotions and Vistas Series in conjunction with the Cross-Cultural Arts Festival present
Johnny Ventura
March 31, 2012, 8:00 pm
Shea Center for Performing Arts
Admission:
$75 Orchestra • $60 Near Loge • $40 Rear Loge
A discount is available for the WPU Community-please call the box office at 973-720-2371 for more information.
The Father of Modern Merengue Johnny Ventura brings his unique brand of merengue to the Shea Center. Throughout his artistic life that spans over five decades, Johnny has performed all over the world and given the highest honors from countries up and down the western hemisphere. Considered the most proliferous Dominican artist, his repertoire includes 28 Gold Records, 2 Platinum Albums, a Latin Grammy in 2004 and a Grammy of Excellence in 2006 for his trajectory. Rewarded as the “Merengue Artist of the Century” by the Dominican Congress and the first artist ever invited to a United States Presidential Inauguration for former President Jimmy Carter, there is only one Johnny Ventura.
Watch Johnny Ventura on YouTube
About the Vistas Series
The William Paterson University Vistas Series was created in 1998 to supplement the existing academically based series with professional touring artists. The series strives to bring to campus high caliber touring artists across a range of disciplines including acoustic and world music, contemporary folk music, theatre, dance, family programming and other eclectic fare. The series is built on a foundation of excellence and continuously seeks innovative programming to serve the campus, and the community.
A multitude of artists including David Crosby, Aimee Mann, DMC, Cherish the Ladies, The Last Poets, Dar Williams and John Gorka, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Livingston Taylor, Patty Larkin, and The Machine have graced our stage. We have presented works from national theatre tours of Imago Theatre, Aquila Theatre Company, El Repertorio Español, and the National Theatre of the Deaf. Family Scene programming has included participation in New Jersey Family Week at the Theatre, outreach programs with The Pushcart Players, Connecticut Children's Theatre, and Surflight Theatre Company. Many of our visiting artists conduct educational outreach programs, for both the community at large and the University.
The series is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
