PCA - Performing Arts Series

2008 - 2009 Performing Arts Series

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301 E. Cook St.

P.O. Box 866

Portage, WI 53901

Phone: 608.742.5655

Fax: 608.742.0246

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2008 - 2009 Series:
Click on the performer name or photo for a link to their website.

Jason Peterson
Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

American concert pianist Jason Paul Peterson has captivated audiences around the globe, with solo and collaborative performance. Jason returns to his native Wisconsin to perform a repertoire that ranges from Bach to the present.

The Cajun Strangers
Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Madison boasts a rich community of traditionally minded musicians. A recent addition to this community is the Cajun Strangers, whose lively band of traditional Cajun music has led them from local dance floors to international claim.

Ancora String Quartet
Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Members of this Madison based quartet are delighted to share their passion for chamber music with the musical public. Selections range from baroque composers such as Bach and Handel, to classical composers such as Mozart and Haydn, to romantic composers such as Beethoven and Brahms with the addition of lighter music such as Strauss waltzes, and more contemporary selections by composers such as Cream and The Indigo Girls.

Ken Waldman – Fiddling Poet Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Waldman combines a vital, raw-edged Appalachian-styled fiddle with unpretentious, conversational poem-stories of everyday Alaskan life. His concerts of fiddle tunes, poems, and stories about life in Alaska might tempt you to plan a road trip with a journal tucked under one arm and a fiddle under the other.

Rudolf’s Beach Party
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

Want to have a great time? Want to hear Jimmy Buffet hits or an old Harry Belafonte tune? Then come join us for a Beach Party presented by Dave Rudolf, Gold Record winner, Grammy nominated performer and 14 time NACA Entertainer of the year award nominee.

UW – Madison Big Band (Jazz Ensemble)
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

The UW group is directed by Jim Doherty and will bring us a collection of infectious jazz standards from the golden age of Swing, as well as some recent big band hits including contemporary styles; swing, Latin and funk, among others.