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Harriman-Jewell announces 2010-11 season
The Harriman-Jewell Series has just announced its 46th season. The 16-event schedule begins on September 18, with the dynamic dance company, Trey McIntyre Project, and closes on May 5 and 6, 2011, with The Aluminum Show, a shining example of creative movement and theatrical innovation. All 2010-2011 performances will be held at the Folly Theater (12th and Central Sts.) in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
The Harriman-Jewell Series has just announced its 46th season. The 16-event schedule begins on September 18, with the dynamic dance company, Trey McIntyre Project, and closes on May 5 and 6, 2011, with The Aluminum Show, a shining example of creative movement and theatrical innovation. All 2010-2011 performances will be held at the Folly Theater (12th and Central Sts.) in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
The Series continues its long held tradition of bringing the best performers in the world to Kansas City. Returning Series favorites include opera's beloved soprano Renée Fleming on October 9; six a cappella Brits, The King's Singers, in a holiday concert on December 11; violinist Joshua Bell on January 22, 2011; the profound and poetic pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet on January 28, 2011; Kansas City's world-famous mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on February 13, 2011; the ever-thrilling chamber orchestra I Musici de Montréal on April 8, 2011; and the Russian National Ballet Theatre performing the love-story ballet Romeo and Juliet on April 30, 2011.
The Harriman-Jewell Series offers three free Discovery concerts in the new season: British violinist Chloë Hanslip will play on October 15, Italian-born pianist Alessio Bax will perform on November 20, and Russian-born pianist Natasha Paremski will appear on March 21, 2011. In an effort to make artistry more accessible, the "new artists for new audiences" Discovery concerts are free to the public.
Of the 16 performances next season, several are Kansas City debuts including Houston Ballet II in a program that includes the third act of the classic ballet Raymonda and Stanton Welch's The Long and Winding Road on October 30; a duo recital by cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Gabriela Montero on November 5; the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its first American tour on February 25, 2011; and tenor Stephen Costello in his American recital debut on March 5, 2011.
The new season's events are on sale now in the form of two six-event packages or a "Complete Series" option, which includes the 12-subscription performances and advance tickets to the three Discovery concerts. All who order event packages by April 1, 2010, also will receive complimentary tickets to The Aluminum Show on May 5, 2011. (Single-event tickets will be available for purchase beginning on August 10.)
More than 850 performances have come to Kansas City by way of the Harriman-Jewell Series-including 19 American recital debuts by prominent vocalists and instrumentalists. The cumulative impact and enduring quality of its programming has earned the Series recognition as a premier contributor to the region's cultural landscape.
For more information call 816-415-5025 or visit www.harriman-jewell.org
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