WELCOME TO THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
AT PARADISE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Coming Soon:

MUSICIPHILIA - Fall 2009 - Art Gallery Exhibition #1
Featuring the artwork of PVCC Faculty Artist David Bradley

Show Dates : August 21 - September 20 - Free Admission
Closing Reception: September 19, 5:30pm - Free Admission

2009-2010 Film Festival at PVCC
featuring films from the Middle East

Wednesday, September 2, 6:30 PM - FREE ADMISSION
Paradise Now (Palestine, 2005; PG-13)
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

Wednesday, September 9, 6:30 PM
- FREE ADMISSION
The Band’s Visit (Israel, 2007; PG-13)
Directed by Eran Kolirin

Wednesday, September 16, 6:30 PM
- FREE ADMISSION
Wedding in Galilee (Palestine, 1987; R)
Directed by Michel Khleifi

Wednesday, September 23, 6:30 PM
- FREE ADMISSION
West Bank Story (U.S. Short, 2005; PG) Directed by Ari Sandel AND Jellyfish (Israel, 2007; PG-13) Directed by Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret

   A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO
  THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET
  

   Saturday, September 19, 7:30pm
   $12 adults/$10 seniors & staff/$8 students/$5 Childern

   Performed by the PVCC Faculty Jazz Quintet
 
  Scott Zimmer, saxophone
   Brett Reed, vibraphone
   Dan Delaney, piano
   Ted Sistrunk, bass
   John Lewis, drums

   Watch the MJQ's performance of DJANGO

   Watch the MJQ's performance of YER BLUES


The Modern Jazz Quartet was an American musical ensemble noted for delicate percussion sonorities, innovations in jazz forms, and consistently high performance standards sustained over a long career. For most of its existence it was composed of Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; and Connie Kay, drums.

The importance of what the MJQ accomplished cannot be over-estimated. They changed the face of jazz.  They were in the forefront of the movement to take jazz out of smoky clubs and recreate it in a concert setting – which went a long way toward “legitimizing” a form of music which many still considered disreputable and unfit for polite company. Their music was “chamber jazz,” music you could listen to in a drawing room, but Lewis’s baroque excursions were always balanced by Jackson’s blues-drenched vibes, which could simultaneously weave an intricate counterpoint to the piano’s lines and swing with an element of what would later be called “funk” or “soul.” The overall sound of the MJQ was light and fluid.


Fall 2009 - Art Gallery Exhibition #2
Featuring the artwork of Retired PVCC Faculty Artist Joan Ritsch

Show Dates : September 30 - October 29 - Free Admission
Opening Reception: September 30, 5:30pm - Free Admission



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