Jazz, Classical, and Big Band Swing finish the Celebrity Concert Series!
– By Ginger Nelson, Director Of Arts Programming –
Hello, 2022! A new year brings with it new goals, new opportunities, and a hopeful look into the future. Like most of you, I eagerly look forward to a fresh start with deeper appreciation as I reflect on how we individually and collectively grew for the better in 2021. Fortunately for you, the Celebrity Concert Series continues to offer uplifting entertainment that should be part of everyone’s New Year’s Resolutions; Live More through Live Performance!
February and March host a strong finish of concerts that you absolutely must see! For the second time, CCS collaborates with the St. George Jazz Festival to present LP And The Vinyl. The dizzyingly talented composer and pianist Danny Green and his longtime trio mates, Justin Grinnell (bass) and Julien Cantelm (drums), play on another level developing a nearly psychic connection performing original compositions and jazz standards. Renowned jazz, blues, and gospel singer Leonard Patten completes the trio. The group’s repertoire draws from three separate areas: beautifully reimagined renditions of favorite hits by artists including Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, and David Bowie, fresh and funky explorations of jazz standards, and their original songs. This concert will leave you buzzed with energy and craving more.
For our second full orchestra concert, we welcome prestigious Van Cliburn Silver Medalist Kenny Broberg performing classical music in full-encompassing sound on February 26. Broberg will play Beethoven 3 to perfection with the Dixie State Symphony Orchestra under Director Dr. Paul Abegg. Certainly, a staple of classical music that must be heard live!
Our March concerts are the ideal finale for the season. Live From Laurel Canyon on March 9 brings all of your favorites from the Byrds to the Beach Boys with songs and stories of American Folk Rock. Transporting you back further is the highly anticipated Wartime Radio Revue (FINALLY) performing a bandstand concert complete with USO radio program themes that will make you wish you had a dancefloor. Still, if you attended the Drifters concert, you already know that you don’t need one! Tap your toes along to the beat, stand in the aisle and sway to your favorite songs. I hope you will, I sure do!
The Celebrity Concert Series has been a most welcomed refuge for our audience, me included. As with all things, change is as good as rest. I am enjoying every moment of the remaining season as it will be my last as the Director of Arts Programming for DSU. Thankfully, I have had the honor of sharing great experiences with our audience and performers that have uplifted my life exponentially. I extend a sincere invitation to all who have not yet enjoyed a Celebrity Concert Series event with a promise that you will be refreshed and recharged as you take time to feed your soul through live performance! I hope that you all can say the same as you take a chance and join our audience and become part of the CCS family.
Thank you all for sharing your time with us at the Celebrity Concert Series. For more information and our full-season line up visit www.celebrityconcertseries.com, and for tickets, visit the DSU Ticket Office in person from Monday – Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, over the phone at 435-652-7800 or online at DSUTIX.com. Join us for these incredible concerts and buy a chocolate turtle or two! I hope to see you in our audience!
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