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Season tickets on sale September 15.
Tickets
to individual events on sale September 22.
Saturday, November 22, 8:00 PM
Buddy
Guy
www.buddyguy.net
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning
American blues guitarist and singer. Well known as an inspiration to Jimi Hendrix,
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other blues and rock guitar
legends, Guy is considered an important exponent of the Chicago blues style.
Buddy Guy has been called the bridge between the blues and rock
and roll. He is one of the historic links between Chicago electric
blues pioneers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and popular musicians
like Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, and Vaughan. This was what Vaughan
meant when he said in a television interview, "Without Buddy
Guy, there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughan."
At Buddy's 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony,
Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for
others." Clapton, who's not prone to hyperbole, insisted in
a 1985 Musician magazine article that "Buddy Guy
is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if
you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total
freedom of spirit, I guess… He really changed the course
of rock and roll blues."
Don't miss this opportunity to see "the real deal" in
an intimate setting.
This performance is sponsored in part by the Furman
Mathewson Trust of the Edgecombe County Memorial Library.
Tickets: $25 public, $20 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
and students.
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Saturday, January 24, 8:00 PM
Emile
Pandolfi
www.emilepandolfi.com
It has been said that he plays “luxurious arrangements” with
an “ethereal quality”; that he plays in a “free-flowing,
emotional manner that seems to go to the music’s very soul.” (Stereophile Magazine)
Without a doubt, when you hear Emile Pandolfi play, you know that
you are hearing one of today’s finest pianists. With a degree
in piano performance, Emile applies his classical technique to
Broadway and Popular music, in addition to classical performance,
to the delight of his many fans.
Strong in both technique and musicality, he has performed in many
parts of the world throughout his professional career. Best known
for his arrangements, Emile’s favorite music to arrange comes
from Broadway musicals. “In addition to being melodically
fulfilling, these songs usually contain meaningful lyrics and lend
themselves to interesting arrangement”. In many of his arrangements,
one can hear the influence of Chopin and Debussy, accounting for
the sensitivity and passion with which he plays.
Recording since 1991, his lush arrangements of familiar music
have sold over two and a quarter million copies nationally. This
has earned Emile the distinction of being the top-selling artist
in the alternative music industry, distributed primarily in specialty,
gift and book shops across the nation.
Tickets: $20 public, $15 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
and students.
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Friday, February 27, 8:00 PM
Julianne
Hough
www.juliannehough.com
Julianne Hough is an American Emmy Nominated professional ballroom
dancer and country music singer. The television newsmagazine 20/20 describes
her as one of the "very best dancers on the planet." She
has won several international titles, and is the youngest professional
dancer ever to have competed on the televised competition Dancing
with the Stars. She won the overall title in her first year
on the show, as she coached her amateur dance partner, Olympic
speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, to win the competition. She defended
her championship on Dancing with the Stars in its very next season,
this time paired with Indianapolis 500 champion Hélio Castroneves,
matching the back-to-back wins of fellow professional dancer Cheryl
Burke. Hough appeared on the sixth season of Dancing With the
Stars with actor/comedian Adam Carolla.
In 2007, Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records as a recording
artist. She has released her debut Mercury single "That Song
in My Head" to country radio, and her self-titled debut album
was released May 20, 2008. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country
Album chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums. Don't miss
Julianne!
Official Event Media Sponsor:

Tickets: $25 public, $20 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
and students.
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Saturday, March 21, 3:00 PM
Susana
& Timmy Abell
Family Matinee Performance
www.silvertrout.org
Write it…Show it…Sing
it…Tell it
Storytelling, Poetry, Puppetry and Song
Susana and Timmy Abell combine their unique
talents to offer dynamic and highly engaging performances centered
around a repertoire of unforgettable original songs and stories.
Their concerts include an original puppet performance that has
captivated audiences around the world, as well as spellbinding
storytelling, poetry and award-winning music on seven different
instruments.
Their company, Silver Trout Arts has achieved a stellar
reputation for presenting joyful, down-to-earth and richly varied
programs appropriate for any school, festival, library or family
concert series. Susana and Timmy also offer in-depth arts residencies
for schools. Visit their website for more detailed information.
Tickets: $10 public, $5 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff,
student and/or child.
Family Concert at 3:00 PM
Keihin Auditorium
Two children's workshops at 4:15 PM
Puppetry with Susana in Auditorium;
Songs & stories with Timmy in CDC Conference
Room.
Pre-registration required, limit 25 children per workshop.
Cost:
$3 per child. Parents are welcome to observe.
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Sunday, M ay
17, 7:00 PM

Doo Wop Live!
featuring
Cornel Gunter's Coasters, The Marvelettes, and
The Platters
Come join us for a nostalgic evening of classic Doo Wop music
from the 1950's and 60's, featuring three of the premiere vocal
groups of the genre working today. Hear the hits you remember
performed by the current lineups of the groups who made them
famous!
Official Event Media Sponsor:
Tickets: $20 public, $15 senior (65+), ECC faculty/staff
&
students |
For more information about the
Performance Series call Cultural Arts Director Eric Greene at (252)
823-5166 ext. 187.
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Tarboro: (252)
823-5166 2009
W. Wilson St. Tarboro, NC 27886
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