General Admission: $10
NOTE: Tickets can only be purchased at the door.
Call 216-987-2438 for more information.

The Winning Streak

Written by Lee Blessing
Directed by Brian Zoldessy

This is the story of Omar, a retired baseball umpire.  Omar suddenly gets a call from Ry, a son he’s never seen and the product of a one-night stand long ago. Ry, now in his thirties, never wanted to meet his absentee father, but now feels it’s time.  The Winning Streak is bittersweet comedy about the need for family in us all.

NOTE: All Tri-C Campus parking lots require a hangtag permit costing $1 except designated visitor lots which require $1 for two-hour time blocks payable at the Visitor Parking Meter Stations.

General Admission: $10
Students, Seniors & Tri-C Staff: $8
Tri-C Students with I.D.: $2
Rates are available for groups of 10 or more.
216-987-5536

Student Improvisation Showcase

Directed by Jimmy Green.

This performance highlights the comedy writing and improvisational talent of Tri-C students.  Several students currently perform with Cleveland’s longest-running improv company, Something Dada.  The group is coached by Something Dada founding member Jimmy Green.

General Admission: $10
Students, Seniors & Tri-C Staff: $8
Tri-C Students with I.D.: $2
216-987-5536

Almost Maine

Written by John Cariani
Directed by Bob Ellis

On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend, almost, in this delightful midwinter night’s dream. This charming romantic comedy will be directed by Western Campus Theatre Coordinator Bob Ellis.

All Tri-C campus parking lots require a parking permit costing $1, except designated visitor lots which require $1 (for two-hour time blocks) payable at the Visitor Parking Meter Stations.

Adults: $10
Students, Seniors & Tri-C Staff: $8
Tri-C Students with I.D.: $5
216-987-4211

Two Trains Running by August Wilson
Directed by Jimmie Woody

Two Trains Running, one of Wilson’s most overtly and pointedly political works, takes place during the heyday of the black power movement, at a moment of great upheaval in U.S. race relations.

Its central theme is the manner in which the poor urban black community reacted to legal victories of the civil rights movement. Wilson stresses the sense of hopelessness that went hand-in-hand with optimism and progress in place such as 1969 urban Pittsburgh, where equal rights applied to African Americans only in theory and many blacks struggled daily with meager wages and dismal prospects.

*please be advised, this play contains strong language

NOTE: There is a Student Matinee showing on 4/4 & 4/5 at 11:30 a.m.  Please contact Jeff Donnelly at 216-987-4269 for information on attending this perfromance.

Adults: $10
Students, Seniors & Tri-C Staff: $8
Tri-C Students with I.D.: $5
216-987-4211

Two Trains Running by August Wilson
Directed by Jimmie Woody

Two Trains Running, one of Wilson’s most overtly and pointedly political works, takes place during the heyday of the black power movement, at a moment of great upheaval in U.S. race relations.

Its central theme is the manner in which the poor urban black community reacted to legal victories of the civil rights movement. Wilson stresses the sense of hopelessness that went hand-in-hand with optimism and progress in place such as 1969 urban Pittsburgh, where equal rights applied to African Americans only in theory and many blacks struggled daily with meager wages and dismal prospects.

*please be advised, this play contains strong language

NOTE: The 3/29/2012 performance is a preview performance.  Call 216-987-4211 for info on attending this performance.

Jazz for the Journey

Worship in a New Key with Cliff Aerie, Eric Gould and Glenn Holmes

TCJF SoundWorks is Tri-C JazzFest’s resident ensemble, developed in a flexible mode to address various themes and projects.  This year’s edition of SoundWorks is co-led by trombonist Chris Anderson and drummer Paul Samuels.  Anderson, a composer, arranger and educator, has performed with area greats, including Ernie Krivda, Howie Smith and Jack Schantz, among others.  A Cleveland Heights native, Samuels has recorded, performed and toured with such artists as James Moody, David Fathead Newman and R&B artist Gerald Levert.

Shaw High School Mighty Cardinals Marching Band

The Shaw High School Mighty Cardinals, voted “Best Marching Band” by Cleveland Magazine in 2009 and a perennial JazzFest favorite, will be kicking off the 33^rd annual Tri-C JazzFest with a rousing parade through Public Square.

Second Line Parade ends at Pura Vida  with an authentic New Orleans party featuring New Orleans cuisine and music.   $20

Pura Vida
(170 Euclid Avenue)
216.987.0100

Smooth Jazz All-Stars with Gerald Albright, Walter Beasley, Norman Brown, Maysa, Brian Simpson and Peter White

Performer/composer Brian Simpson has assembled an explosive evening with his friends for 2012.  Claiming Maceo Parker and Cannonball Adderley as his main influences, Gerald Albright is one of the biggest multi-genre stars.  Since 1998, Walter Beasley has been one of the top 10 best selling saxmen in the business and has been named by fans and critics alike as “heir to Grover Washington Jr.’s throne.”  Inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery, GRAMMY award-winning guitarist Norman Brown’s performances are described as veritable “love fests.”  Although Maysa started out listening to Janet Jackson, she soon discovered Al Jarreau, which led to further explorations of Dianne Reeves and Carmen McRae, thus shaping her sound and first gig as a backup singer for Stevie Wonder.

The UNITY concert features Dominick Farinacci (trumpet),  Charenee Wade (vocals), Yasushi Nakamura (bass), Aaron Diehl (piano) and Rodney Green (drums) with the Cleveland Heights HS combined A cappella Choir and Singers, and the Tri-C JazzFest High School All-Stars.

Educational activities, free and open to the public, begin at 10am in the Main Stage Theatre.

The Young Visiting Artists Program, under the direction of Dominick Farinacci, is intended to connect the community and students and develop future audiences and artists for jazz.

Schedule of Activities:

10-12pm:  Performance workshops with high school bands and visiting artists  (Main Stage Theatre)

12-1pm: Lunch  (Metro Cafeteria)

1-2pm: Vocal jazz workshop with vocalist Charenee Wade  (Main Stage Theatre)

2:15 -3pm: Rhythm section lock-up with Yasushi Nakamura, Aaron Diehl, Rodney Green  (Main Stage Theatre)

7pm: Concert featuring Tri-C JazzFest High School All Stars, Young Visiting Artists and Cleveland Heights High School Singers  (Main Stage Theatre)

The legendary “Queen of Soul” is one of the greatest voices in the history of modern music.  The Memphis native fused the gospel sounds she grew up on with R&B, jazz, and pop.  After hitting her artistic and commercial stride in 1967, she made over a dozen million-selling singles, and has since recorded 20 Number One R&B hits.  In 1987, Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  She has won eighteen Grammy Awards and holds the record with eleven “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” awards. In 2011, the jazz world celebrated her at the 25^th Annual Thelonious Monk Competition, making her a Monk Institute Honoree.

David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco & Byron Landham /
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

David Sanborn is one of the most influential and original saxophone voices in contemporary music.  In three-and-a-half decades, he released 24 albums, garnering six Grammys, eight gold albums and one platinum.  Joining Sanborn is B3 monster Joey DeFrancesco, who signed an exclusive recording contract with Columbia Records at the ripe old age of 17. Since then he has won the DownBeat Critics and Readers poll every year since 2002. He was Grammy-nominated for his cds Falling In Love Again (2004) and Never Can Say Goodbye (2010).

The San Francisco Chronicle calls Trombone Shorty “New Orleans’ brightest new star in a generation.”  The trombonist-trumpeter-vocalist Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is guaranteed to blow the roof off the State Theatre as his band stirs together old-school New Orleans jazz, funk and soul, laced with hard-rock power chords and hip-hop beats. He will be joined by Mike Ballard (bass), Tim McFatter (tenor sax), Pete Murano, guitar, Dan Oestreicher, baritone sax, Joey Peebles, drums, and Dwayne Williams, percussion.

Making her first JazzFest appearance since 2004, pianist-vocalist Diana Krall is one of the best-selling artists of her time, topping every other female jazz artist in the last two decades.  With more than 15 million albums sold, she is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums.  A winner of three Grammys and eight Juno Awards, the Canada native has earned nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums.  Her stellar quartet includes Robert Hurst (bass), Anthony Wilson (guitar) and Karriem Riggins (drums).

Esperanza Spalding – Radio Music Society

Esperanza, Esperanza Spalding’s debut recording, went straight to the top of the charts in 2008. In 2011, the bassist-vocalist received the Grammy for “Best New Artist” – the first jazz artist to do so – ahead of the popular and newly emerging Justin Bieber.  Noted as one of the “hottest” new talents in contemporary music, her facility on the acoustic bass coupled with her vocal chops have rocketed her to widespread acclaim.

She will be joined by Leo Genovese (piano), Lyndon Rochelle (drums),  Jef Lee Johnson (guitar), Jeff Galindo (trombone), Corey King  (trombone), Igmar Thomas  (trumpet), Leala Cyr (trumpet/BV), Dan Blake  (sax), Tia Fuller (sax), Aaron Burnett (sax), Cris Turner (vocals).

Fiery Miami-born saxophonist Marcus Strickland heads a band that includes another “young lion” -  his twin brother and drummer E.J. Strickland.  With a professional career that has just passed the 10-year mark, Strickland’s influential sound and steady acknowledgement from jazz critics has earned him high marks among the best narrators of modern jazz.  He will be joined by David Bryant (piano) and E.J. Strickland (drums).

Down Beat Invitational
Tri-C JazzFest High School All-Star Alumni featuring Sean Jones, Dominick Farinacci and Jerome Jennings.

The All-Stars have been pleasing festival fans well over 20 years, but this is the first time an All-Star reunion band has been assembled.  With alumni like Dominick Farinacci, Sean Jones and Jerome Jennings, how can you go wrong? Under the direction of Steve Enos, this group of future jazz legends will be joined by Matt Wilson, Terell Stafford and Bob Hurst.  The Tri-C JazzFest High School All-Stars, a hand-picked group of the swingin’est high school students in Northeast Ohio, will open the concert.

Look up the word “versatile” and drummer Matt Wilson’s picture is likely to appear. Prized for his fertile imagination and ability to contribute to a vast variety of music, Wilson is one of the quintessential drummers on today’s scene.  Voted Drummer of the Year (2011) by the Jazz Journalists Association (an honor he also received in 2003), he was featured on the covers of both Downbeat and JazzTimes  in 2009.  Matt will be joined by Terell Stafford, Gary Versace and Martin Wind.

The Jack DeJohnette Group featuring Tim Ries, Jerome Harris, David Fiuczynski and George Colligan.

Named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2012, drummer Jack DeJohnette is known for creative projects that incorporate free jazz and world music.  The mercurial DeJohnette is one of the most influential and resourceful artists of our time, having collaborated with a host of jazz giants including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, to name just a few.

Eddie Baccus Sr., with Cecil Rucker, Bobby Curry, Perry Williams III, Eddie Baccus, Jr., and special guest Gene Walker

Tribute to Nina Simone with Kellylee Evans and Ki Allen

Named “The High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone left an unparalleled legacy in social consciousness and human rights. Over her lifetime she recorded 40 albums, and was known for her renditions of Backland Blues (Langston Hughes), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free (Billy Taylor), and To Be Young, Gifted and Black. 10,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. in 1974 to honor her on Human Kindness Day.

The tribute at Olivet will feature Kellylee Evans, a Canadian vocalist and finalist in the 2004 Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition.  Nominated for both Juno and Gemini awards, Ms. Evans recently released a CD in tribute to Nina Simone, simply titled, Nina.

Bassist Ben Williams represents “Generation Next” in jazz. Winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk Competition, the D.C. native has gained notice for the broad pallet of colors represented by his 2011 Concord Records debut album, State of Art.   His musical influences are rooted in many genres from jazz and hip-hop to R&B, gospel and classical.  He has toured with such jazz greats as Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller, among others.

Ben will be joined by guitarist Matt Stevens, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, pianist Taylor Eigsti and drummer John Davis.

Ernie Krivda’s “Thunder from the Heartland” with Bobby Floyd, Brad Goode, Jeff Grubbs, Renell Gonsalves, and Bobby Broom

In a career that spans six decades, tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda has played with the best in the business, including Cannonball Adderley, Ella Fitzgerald and Jackie Wilson, among others. A recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize in 2009, Krivda has garnered praise for his latest recording, Blues for Pekar, which DownBeat noted for its “impeccable sense of swing.”  This performance features an all-star collection of jazz artists from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Detroit focusing on the rich jazz tradition in the Midwest.

Paul Samuels 4 with Glenn Holmes, Dan Wilson, Alex Cummings

The Tri-C Jazz Trio + with Chris Burge, Bob Fraser, Joe Hunter, Ray Porello and Demetrius Steinmetz

Project Gilgamesh is a year-long campus exploration of poems, song, themes and study of the world’s oldest story “The Epic of Gilgamesh.”  Tri-C commissioned Daniel Bernard Roumain [DBR] to write a contemporary songbook inspired by the ancient text, students’ life stories, and current issues.

The second part of this production, Songbook Unbound: Part 2, will be performed on Thursday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Area artists of all mediums were encouraged to participate in the community-centric production.

NYC-based jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, backed by a sextet of emerging and stellar jazz musicians, will kick off the Young Visiting Artists Program at Tri-C with a concert on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tri-C MainStage Theatre.

The evening will be the culmination of a three-day residency of workshops, master classes and studio recording taking place at the Center for Creative Arts on Tri-C’s Metropolitan Campus and at Cleveland Heights schools.  While the musicians will be involved in all of the workshops, audio engineer Todd Whitelock will focus on recording technology for the Recording Arts & Technology students at Tri-C, with a studio session involving Farinacci’s group and selected students from Tri-C’s Jazz Studies Program. The concert on November 16 will mark the official Cleveland CD release of Farinacci’s new recording, The Dawn of Goodbye.

Kick-off Jam Session for students: November 13!

A kick-off jam session for area students will precede the residency at NightTown, 12387 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Heights, Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.  General admission is $5, but students who are playing will be admitted free.

Young Visiting Artists Program:

Farinacci is the newly appointed 2011-12 Artist in Residence for the Young Visiting Artists program at Tri-C. In this role he will help bring young, well-established bandleaders to Cleveland throughout the year to engage in performances, workshops and visits to area schools. In addition to coaching students and collaborating with Tri-C faculty, the visiting artists will also be involved in the discovery and development of budding young talent in Cleveland.

“We expect that with this world-class, youth-focused program, Tri-C will become the center for all things jazz in the region,” says Terri Pontremoli, director of Jazz @Tri-C.  “We are thrilled that the new program is spearheaded by one of Tri-C’s most illustrious alumi.”

Cyrille Aimée

Winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition and finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Vocal Competition, vocalist Cyrille Aimée will conduct a clinic on improvisation, hearing and singing the bass line, scat exercises, how to learn a jazz
standard, how to transpose to your key, and performance techniques including proper use of the microphone. Cyrille will be assisted on guitar by Diego Figueiredo from Brazil.

Cyrille Aimée’s unique blend of French gypsy jazz and Dominican rhythm and spice combine to create an unmistakably smooth and driving vocal style. Growing up with the French Gypsies in Samois sur Seine in France brought her into the musical mentality that produced such legends as Django Reinhardt.

While being trained at the conservatory of SUNY Purchase, Cyrille Aimée competed in the famous Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition, where she was awarded first prize as well as the public prize in 2009. In 2010 she was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Vocal Competition.

Cyrille currently resides in Brooklyn, and continues to make her reputation grow as one of the most talented and unique vocalists on the scene today performing in festivals around the world and NYC clubs like Dizzy’s and Smalls with musicians such as Roy Hargrove, Anat Cohen and the Hot Club of Detroit.

Cyrille Aimee and Diego Figueiredo will be performing in concert Tuesday 9/27 at 7PM at Nighttown in Cleveland Hts. More info on Cyrille can be found at www.cyrillemusic.com

Parking available on Woodland Avenue or at parking lot # 5 at the corner of 30th and Woodland adjacent to the Creative Arts building. Visitors section parking available for $1.

Featuring vocalist Vince Mastro

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, The Song Is You! honors the work of the composers and lyricists who created classic American musicals and the Great American Songbook.  The series is conceived and written by Bill Rudman, who hosts the concerts and cabarets with jazz pianist Joe Hunter and musical theater artist Nancy Maier.  They are joined by many of Cleveland’s finest singers and instrumentalists.  Each performance explores the remarkable words and music that speak to our own lives . . . and creates new memories along the way.

Featuring vocalists Erin Kufel and Tony Sias

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, The Song Is You! honors the work of the composers and lyricists who created classic American musicals and the Great American Songbook.  The series is conceived and written by Bill Rudman, who hosts the concerts and cabarets with jazz pianist Joe Hunter and musical theater artist Nancy Maier.  They are joined by many of Cleveland’s finest singers and instrumentalists.  Each performance explores the remarkable words and music that speak to our own lives . . . and creates new memories along the way.

As a salute to the artist Rolling Stone called “one of the greatest songwriters ever,” a group of Cleveland’s finest vocalists and musicians – Vicki Chew (folk), Robin Stone (rock), and Evelyn Wright (jazz) – will perform selections from three genres of Joni Mitchell’s extensive music catalogue.  The ensemble includes Christina Dupré (Musical Director/lead acoustic guitar), Chris Burge (sax), Sammy DeLeon (percussion), Ron Godale (drums), David McDougald (electric bass), Jackie Warren (piano), Tommy Wiggins (folk/vocals/guitar) and Dan Wilson (electric guitar).  The legendary Canadian songwriter, singer and painter has received nine Grammy Awards, the Billboard Century Award, and was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

This performance is produced for Tri-C Performing Arts by Cliffie Jones and co-sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Visit our Tri-C Jazz and Poetry Channel, featuring videos of regional musicians and poets.

Experience spoken word by eight local and regional spoken word artists.  High energy poetry will engage you with multiple ranges and styles, sprinkled with randomness as they match metaphors and rhymes. Hosted by two of Cleveland’s favorite artists, One Truth and Tut Almighty.  Prepare for an energized free-speech event.

Individual Poetry Slam 2011

Also, be sure to check out the Individual Poetry Slam 2011 on October 12-15.
This annual four-day poetry slam event, hosted for the first time in Cleveland, is centered on a poetic battle for the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship Title. Seventy-two contenders from major cities across North America and beyond will compete in preliminary rounds leading up to a final bout consisting of the twelve best of the best.

A graduate of the Umberto Giordano Conservatory of Foggia, Italy, Pompa-Baldi won the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999. He and his wife Emanuela are currently on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music.

The program for this performance will include:

–  Carl Czerny’s Variations on a Theme by Rode, La Ricordanza
–  Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s Sonata No. 5, Op.81, in F# minor
–  Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
–  Franz Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann, Au bord d’une source and Orage

Check out this WGBH interview with 99.5 “All Classical” host Cathy Fuller. Listen as he answers questions and performs music by Schubert, Chopin, Martucci, and more. (recorded in February 2011)

The recital will feature Charles-Valentin Alkan’s Grande Sonate, depicting the four ages of man, and Hector Berlioz’s classic work Symphonie Fantastique, in an arrangement by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt.

Réach, who once performed on a Pyrenees mountaintop on a Blüthner concert piano flown in by helicopter, has received numerous awards in international competitions, including First Prize at the Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition in Paris and First Prize in the Pozzoli International Competition in Milan.

Among his many accomplishments, Reach has performed as a soloist and with orchestras around the world, including NHK and Osaka Philharmonic in Japan, the KBS of Seoul, BBC and Halle of Manchester, and Philharmonique and National of Radio-France.

Reach is celebrated worldwide as one of the best interpreters of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, recording them twice to excellent reviews. When he performed for the Classical Piano Recital Series in 2009, The Plain Dealer hailed his mastery of the piece, praising his “fierce concentration and remarkable fluency.”

Reach is a professor at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris, and at the Superior School of Music in Barcelona (ESMUC). In January 2005 he was nominated Professor Honoris Causa of the Shanghai Conservatory. For more information visit www.pierre-reach.com.

The Classical Piano Recital Series, featuring internationally acclaimed artists, is the only one of its kind in the region. The series resides at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium, located at 11150 East Boulevard in Cleveland’s University Circle.

Boukobza is Professor of Piano and Chair of Piano Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Among other honors, he received the First Prize of Piano and Chamber Music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

“The company style . . . is visceral . . . fierce and sensuous.” – New York Magazine

Since its creation in 1970, Philadanco has grown from a Philadelphia arts organization to a dance company celebrated throughout the world. Founder and artistic director Joan Myers Brown is famed for her creativity and innovative choreography, blending African American-based styles with ballet, jazz, and modern dance. With a legacy of breaking barriers across cultural divides, Philadanco is renowned for its artistic integrity, superbly trained dancers and electrifying performances. The company’s repertoire includes works by such renowned choreographers as Talley Beatty, Ronald K. Brown, Donald Byrd and Gene Hill Sagan, among others.

This project is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Ohio Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and
Land O’Lakes Foundation.

Performance: The Rambler

“Goode’s artistry is amazing.” – San Francisco Bay Times

Joe Goode is heralded for his innovative ability to combine movement with spoken words, music and visual imagery to create stunning contemporary dance theater. His latest work, “The Rambler,” examines the lone cowboy-wanderer who appears throughout American history – but whose roots run deep in cultures throughout the world. A master storyteller, Goode gets to the core of our humanity with classic wit and peerless choreography. He has received numerous accolades, including the New York Dance and Performance Award [Bessie] and the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (Izzies).

Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust

Minnesota native Garrison Keillor brings his one-man show to Cleveland for a single performance. Keillor revitalized radio in 1974 with his eclectic program “A Prairie Home Companion.” The weekly broadcasts showcase his gifts as a writer, storyteller and performer, garnering an audience of over 4 million listeners per show. Keillor is the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, including “Lake Wobegon Days,” and is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994 and honored with the National Humanities Medal in 1999.

$20 (stage-level seating) & FREE PARKING IN DECK!
call 216-987-4444 for ticket or info

DISCOUNTED TICKET INFO: Call 216-987-4444
$3 off for seniors & Tri-C students
$5 off for Tri-C employees

Download the COLLEGE NIGHTS FLYER! Free pizza after the 7pm shows!

Renowned for bringing audiences to their feet with sonic collages of classical, pop and hip-hop sounds, Daniel Bernard Roumain [DBR] ushers the concert hall and dance club into the theater with the Ohio premiere of “Symphony for the Dance Floor.”

Featuring the raw, uncompromising photography of Jonathan Mannion, guest artist Lord Jamar, a former member of Brand Nubian, choreography by Millicent Johnnie, and under the direction of D.J. Mendel, “Symphony” is equally inspired by hip-hop, electronica and symphonic sound. Currently a resident composer at Tri-C, working on a collaborative community project, DBR packed Tri-C Black Box Theatre last year when he performed with DJ Scientific.

Commissioned by BAM for the 2011 Next Wave Festival. “Symphony for the Dance Floor” was made possible in part through the generous support iof ASU Gammage [World Premiere, February 5 2011, ASU Gammage] and additional production support from Miami Light Project and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Catch a sneak peek of the show here!

$20 (stage-level seating)
call 216-987-4444 for ticket or info

DISCOUNTED TICKET INFO: Call 216-987-4444
$3 off for seniors & Tri-C students
$5 off for Tri-C employees

Download the COLLEGE NIGHTS FLYER! Free pizza after the 7pm shows!

Renowned for bringing audiences to their feet with sonic collages of classical, pop and hip-hop sounds, Daniel Bernard Roumain [DBR] ushers the concert hall and dance club into the theater with the Ohio premiere of “Symphony for the Dance Floor.”

Featuring the raw, uncompromising photography of Jonathan Mannion, guest artist Lord Jamar, a former member of Brand Nubian, choreography by Millicent Johnnie, and under the direction of D.J. Mendel, “Symphony” is equally inspired by hip-hop, electronica and symphonic sound. Currently a resident composer at Tri-C, working on a collaborative community project, DBR packed Tri-C Black Box Theatre last year when he performed with DJ Scientific.

Commissioned by BAM for the 2011 Next Wave Festival. “Symphony for the Dance Floor” was made possible in part through the generous support iof ASU Gammage [World Premiere, February 5 2011, ASU Gammage] and additional production support from Miami Light Project and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Catch a sneak peek of the show here!