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Enhance your Life with Community Arts and Dance Classes Art is a lifetime of learning and exploration. Foster personal and professional growth with a Community Arts and Dance class. Register now through January 28. Choose from classes in Photography, Printmaking, Pottery, Drawing, Painting, Jewelry/Metal Arts, Quilting, Sculpture, and more taught by experienced working artists. Teen classes in Methods & Media Illustration and Young Artist Painting & Drawing are available. For the teen who is interested in continuing art education, consider a Portfolio Development class taught by PrattMWP faculty, with the opportunity to attend PrattMWP's Open House and portfolio review. Children’s classes develop confidence and artistic skills as students learn about texture, line and color creating their own paintings and drawings. Check out the ArtBox program for ages 6-12 and the Mini-Monet class for ages 4 & 5. Dance classes for adults, teens and children feature instruction in ballet, tap and jazz. Choose from classes that run from five to 14 weeks to accommodate your schedule. Registering is easy. Phone 797-8260 to register using MasterCard, VISA, American Express or Discover, fax your registration to 797-9349, or register in person from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Big Band Sounds Recreate Jazz Mecca Tuesday, January 29, 7:30 p.m. • Stanley Theatre
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he sounds and feel of New York City’s jazz Mecca come to the Great Artists Series with Live at Birdland featuring the Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 29 at the Stanley Theatre.
In a setting designed to recreate the ambience and experience of a night at Birdland, this dynamic ensemble, straight from the jazz mecca of NYC, provides an unforgettable musical event that goes beyond the traditional and sets the standard for the 21st-century jazz orchestra. World music is explored from every corner of the globe to surprise and delight audiences of all ages while infusing the best of American jazz with excitement that hasn't been seen in decades. Featuring New York's finest musicians and directed by one of the world's greatest drummers, The Birdland Big Band has become New York City's most popular weekly musical attraction. Live at Birdland will feature fresh treatments of iconic Charlie Parker compositions as well as innovative arrangements from contemporary composers such as Chick Corea, Arturo Sandoval,
Sting, Herbie Hancock, Lennon/McCartney and Leonard Bernstein. The band also maintains a rare selection of renowned pieces from the Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman Orchestras. Named after famed alto saxophone player Charlie “Bird” Parker, Birdland was founded in New York City in 1949. The list of performers who were regulars at Birdland throughout its illustrious history reads like a who’s who of jazz: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, and Lester Young are just a few of the many jazz greats who made Birdland their New York home. Sponsored by
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Tickets for this performance range from $69.50 to $19.50 with student ticket prices ranging from $22.50 to $10.50. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the MWPAI Performing Arts Ticket Office, on the phone at 797-0055 or 800-754-0797, or online at www.mwpai.org. Tickets may also be purchased one hour prior to the performance at the Stanley Theatre.