2011 Free Summer Concert Series
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated..
Bad Cactus Brass Band
Friday August 5, 2011 • 7:30pm
FREE
Bad Cactus Brass Band is a New Orleans style second line jazz band. Founded by sousaphonist Benjie Messer, their members include many of the fieriest jazz musicians in the Phoenix area. Their repertoire includes original dance music, funky street beats, traditional Dixieland, gospel, swing and pop songs that are reinterpreted with a brass band sound. Powered by tuba, drums, trumpets, saxophones, and trombones, the Bad Cactus Brass Band brings a Mardi Gras energy to every performance.
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated...
Rachel Eckroth
Friday, August 19, 2011 • 7:30pm
FREE
Once again, Rachel Eckroth finds herself taking on a new musical identity. So far, her talents have allowed her to grace the stage as a jazz pianist, an Off-Broadway musical director, a smooth jazz sideman, backup vocalist in a reggae band, accordionista, and keyboardist for a '70s teen idol. Now, she finds herself penning lyrics that mirror events in her life, while combining vast musical influences to create a sound that reflects her true self. Rachel's first self released CD, "MIND", has been going strong for 3 years, and the second, titled, "Louder Than Words" was recently released. The newest project is currently in production. Stay tuned!
“... the pianist’s writing, touch, and ideas all loom large.”
- Jazziz Magazine
“...a composer/performer obviously influenced and firmly rooted in the tradition yet makes her own statement in a uniquely elegant manner.”
- Thomas Erdmann, Jazzreview.com
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated...
Funny Valentines & Broken Hearts
Friday, August 26, 2011 • 7:30pm
FREE
Valley favorites, Kristen Drathman and Rusty Ferracane along with internationally acclaimed composer and musical director Craig Bohmler, return to the Chandler Center for the Arts with their new concert, “Funny Valentines & Broken Hearts”. A collection of classic standards, contemporary pop and songs from the musical theatre that celebrate the various aspects of love, from the first pangs of new love to the quiet moments reflecting on long lost love.
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated...
Chandler Symphony Pops:
Last Taste of Summer
Friday, September 9, 2011 • 7:30pm
FREE
Join CSO as we bid farewell to the summer with a light serving of symphonic favorites.
The Chandler Symphony Orchestra provides quality symphonic and orchestral music performed by a wide range of volunteer musicians. Musicians from across the Valley of the Sun are led by the esteemed conductor, Jack Herriman. In keeping with the underlying premise of the Symphony, all of the concerts are provided to the public, free of charge. Despite increasing financial pressures, the Chandler Symphony Orchestra is committed to reaching the community with quality orchestral music, regardless of their ability to purchase tickets.
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated...
Sugar Thieves
Friday, September 30, 2011 • 7:30p
FREE
The Sugar Thieves have a sultry blues roots foundation, and powerhouse delta sound that will take you back in time. They also come equip with a fresh new style, high-energy showmanship, and an original song list that brings music enthusiasts, of any age, to their feet to shake that meat! In 2008 and 2009, The Sugar Thieves won the Phoenix Blues Society’s AZ. Blues Showdown and were voted best blues band in the state. They went on to compete in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (Feb. 2009/Jan. 2010) where they were voted one of the top ten unsigned blues bands in the world in 09, and won the “People’s Choice” award at the Old Daisy Theatre for 2010. The Sugar Thieves were also voted best Americana band in 09 by the Phoenix New Times’ “Summer of Sound Series”, and nominated for Best Local Band in Phoenix as well. The singular vision that drives this band is their plight to reintroduce what some call a dying genre, blues music, to younger generations and those that have simply forgotten. With covers from the 20’s through the 40’s, The Sugar Thieves keep faith with the unique qualities that founded blues music. But don’t think you’ve heard anything like it before. The Thieves put on a unique, show stopping performance that is worth writing home about.
Members of “The Sugar Thieves” include: Mikel Lander (Guitar/Vocals), Meridith Moore (Lead Vocals), Dave Libman (Drums), Shea Marshall (Sax/Keys/Harmonica), and Jeff Naylor (Bass).
No tickets required, all shows are FREE. All seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm, and seating starts at 7pm. Suggested donations: $5/person, $10/family. Your financial support is appreciated...
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