Young Auditorium Season Brochure June 2014

DANCE BROADWAY FAMILY COMEDY SPECIAL EVENTS SEPTEMBER September 17th LA YEGROS www.zzkrecords.com/artist/La_Yegros (FREE Event!) 1:30 PM – University Center Mall – La Yegros has been a powerful presence on the Buenos Aires underground scene for many years. Mariana Yegros’s vibrant sound, unique voice, and larger-than-life presence, give her the point-of-view of an artist with South American flair, but a global mindset. Erkan Ogur’s telvin trio www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkan_Oğur 6:00 PM – Young Auditorium Courtyard – (FREE Event; Ticket required); Erkan is a musician and composer whose compositions combine the sounds of Turkish folk music, classical music and ancient traditional music. He is regarded as a master of fretless guitars, having invented the first fretless classical guitar in 1976. Fretless stringed instruments include the baglama and kopuz lutes, which generate melodic tones heard in most music from the Mediterranean, Middle East and Central Asia. OUMAR KONATE & SERGIO MENDOZA Y LA ORKESTA www.sonicbids.com/OumarKonate and www.ylaorkesta.com 7:30 PM – Young Auditorium Theatre – Oumar Konate and Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta (FREE Event; Separate ticket required); Oumar Konate has emerged as one of the leading young masters of the guitar. From Gao, Northern Mali, he immediately touches your spirit with his passion for music and song. His style combines folk traditions with rock guitar, jazz and modern rap. Sergio Mendoza helms one of the most exciting Latin music bands today; a mambo big-band like you’ve never experienced. He and his orchestra, along with vocalist Salvador Duran, bring a fevered energy and vital approach to classic mambo and cumbia - a dance music similar to a salsa. OCTOBER Bramblett Chamber Series Presents The McCartney Years Tues., October 7, 2014 7:30 p.m. www.bicoastalproductions.com Ariel Quartet www.melkap.com MUSIC THEATRE $22.00 Characterized by its youth, brilliant playing, and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. In January 2012, the Quartet was named quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, a remarkable accomplishment for such a young ensemble. Their program is filled with great compositions: Haydn’s Quartet in B-flat Major-Op. 76 No. 4, Schumann’s Quartet in F Major-Op. 41 No. 2, and Ravel’s Quartet in F Major. Thursday, October 9, 2014 7:30 p.m. $19.50 / $25.50 / $30.50 UW-W STUDENTS FREE Ticket Required There are many Beatles tributes. There’s only one show that celebrates the genius of Paul McCartney at the height of his career in the mid 1970s – and this is it! Praised by Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein – the promoter who brought the original Beatles to North America – The McCartney Years is a note-for-note faithful recreation of a mid-1970s Paul McCartney concert. The show is period-true, technically stunning and sonically explosive. Every note is live and played true to its original arrangement. Sponsored by

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