“Our season is diverse and exciting and Tri-C is proud to bring these acts to venues throughout Northeast Ohio,” says Terri Pontremoli, the College’s director of performing arts and Tri-C JazzFest, in a press release.
The Performing Arts Series kicks off with singer Jose James, a guy who’s drawn comparisons to Frank Ocean and Marvin Gaye. He performs at 7 p.m. on Sept. 21 at Nighttown. Other highlights include: Terence Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (7:30 p.m. on Oct. 13 at Finney Chapel in Oberlin); the Omara Portuondo 85 Tour featuring Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club with 85-year-old diva Omara Portuondo (7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Lakewood Civic Auditorium); the multi-cultural Dance Theatre of Harlem (3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 21 at Ohio Theatre); and the SFJAZZ Collective (8 p.m. on April 21 at Music Box Supper Club).
The Classical Piano Series kicks off at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium with a free performance by American pianist Simone Dinnerstein, one of best-selling artists on the Billboard Classical Chart. The rest of the lineup includes Daniela Liebman (2 p.m. on Nov. 20); Gavin George (2 p.m. on Feb. 12); and Jon Kimura Parker (2 p.m. on April 2). Those performances will also take place at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium.
This article appears in Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2016.
