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Mid Atlantic Tours - Current Tours

2008/2009 Season


* All schedules are subject to change. Please check with the performance venue for times and ticket information.

Cephas & Wiggins
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins are leading exponents of the Piedmont Blues – specifically its distinctive guitar style.  The two musicians joined forces in 1977, championing the East Coast style first popularized by artists like Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake.  Cephas & Wiggins were awarded the “W.C. Handy Blues Entertainers of the Year” in 1987 and “Best Traditional Album of the Year.” Cephas is a 1989 NEA National Heritage Award Fellow.
http://www.cephasandwiggins.net/

7/4/2008
Garth Newel Music Center Foundation, Inc., Warm Springs, VA
8/16/2008
Chenango United Concert Association, Norwich, NY
9/6/2008
Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
9/11 - 12/2008
Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
9/20/2008
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Festival, Bristol, VA
9/24 - 25/2008
Calliope House, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
1/23/2009
The Prizery, South Boston, VA
2/14/2009
Arden Club, Inc., Arden, DE
2/17 - 19/2009
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2/27/2009
Susquehanna Folk Music Society, Inc., New Cumberland, PA
4/29 - 5/1/2009
Delaware Valley Arts Consortium, Malvern, PA
5/16/2009
Randolph County Community Arts Council, Elkins, WV
5/31/2009
Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, VA
6/17/2009
Delaware Institute for Arts in Education, Wilmington, DE
6/27/2009
Carnegie Hall, Inc., Lewisburg, WV



Christian McBride Band

Over the course of three albums as a leader and over a hundred as a sideman, Christian McBride has arguably become the most acclaimed acoustic and electric bassist to emerge from the jazz world in the 1990's. He has performed with an impressive array of artists from McCoy Tyner and Sting to Kathleen Battle and Diana Krall. His own recordings encompass a diverse canon of original compositions and imaginatively arranged covers. McBride currently leads a quartet featuring saxophonist Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Terreon Gully.
http://www.christianmcbride.com/

8/8/2008
Huntington Arts Council, Inc., Huntington, NY
8/9/2008
ArtsQuest, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
9/12/2008
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
10/3/2008
Delaware Valley Arts Consortium, Malvern, PA
10/4 - 6/2008
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, Washington, DC
10/17/2008
The Performing Arts Center Purchase College , Purchase, NY
12/3 - 7/2008
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
12/12/2008
Montgomery County Community College Foundation, Blue Bell, PA
12/13/2008
Germantown Cultural Arts Center, Inc., Germantown, MD
2/27/2009
West Virginia University at Parkersburg, Parkersburg, WV



Inbal Pinto Dance Company
Inbal Pinto Dance Company, the celebrated Israeli contemporary dance company, was founded in 1992 by choreographer and designer Inbal Pinto and actor-director Avshalom Pollak.  Together, they have built an international reputation for creating unique, highly accessible and entertaining dance theatre works. The 12-member company of dancers and actors has toured extensively around the world.  Inbal has received numerous dance awards including Israel’s Ministry of Culture Award for Dance (2000) and a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for her creation “Wrapped." 
http://www.inbalpinto.com/ 

10/16/2008
Christopher Newport University Educational Foundation, Inc., Newport News, VA
10/28 - 29/2008
Dance Affiliates, Philadelphia, PA
11/1/2008
The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
11/7 - 8/2008
The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College , Purchase, NY
11/11 - 16/2008
Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., New York, NY



Simon Shaheen
Palestinian-American oud/violin maestro and master educator Simon Shaheen, a 1994 NEA National Heritage Award winner, is one of the most significant Arab musicians, performers and composers of his generation. Known for dazzling his listeners as he deftly leaps from traditional Arabic sounds to jazz and Western classical styles, Shaheen’s soaring technique and melodic ingenuity have earned him international acclaim as a virtuoso on his instruments. His work incorporates and reflects a legacy of Arabic music, while it forges new frontiers, embracing many different styles in the process. In 2008-2009 he will be touring with his world-class ensemble.
http://www.simonshaheen.com/

9/17 - 18/2008
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9/28 - 29/2008
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
10/4/2008
West Kortright Centre, Inc., East Meredith, NY
2/6/2009
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2/7/2009
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
4/4/2009
Grand Opera House, Inc., Wilmington, DE
4/9/2009
Monmouth University, West Longbranch, NJ



The Acting Company
The renowned national-touring classical repertory theater, The Acting Company, was founded in 1972 out of the first graduating class of the Juilliard School’s Drama Division.  Established to tour smaller cities, towns and communities and make the language of theater accessible in performance, classes and educational outreach activities, the company’s alumni include the likes of Frances Conroy, Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone and David Ogden Stiers. For the 2008-2009 season, The Acting Company joins forces with the Tony-Award winning Guthrie Theater to tour a new co-production of Shakespeare’s Henry V and a new adaptation of The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper. 
http://www.theactingcompany.org/

2/18/2009
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
2/19/2009
Houghton College, Houghton, NY
2/21 - 22/2009
Hampton Arts Foundation, Hampton, VA
4/21/2009
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
4/23/2009
State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ
4/24 - 26/2009
George Mason University Foundation, Inc., Fairfax, VA
4/28/2009
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
5/13 - 14/2009
Ogdensburg Command Performances, Ogdensburg, NY
5/15/2009
South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, NJ



Funding for these tours is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.

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