Title: A Summer Musical Performance Preview
Description:
Let's celebrate summer and have a little fun.
At this month's lunch, we will be serenaded by two community performance groups.
First, Champaign-Urbana Theater Company (CUTC) will showcase some numbers from their upcoming production of SHREK: THE MUSICAL.
Then we will be introduced to the duet of Jason Finkelman (percussion) and Saori Kataoka (trumpet) of Kuroshio, an "ever-evolving ensemble of improvising artists of Asian descent who explore and contemplate diasporic histories through multilayered channels of sound and performance."
About the Performers:
The Champaign Park District presents a CUTC & J. Barry Howell production of SHREK: THE MUSICAL, THU, AUG 4 - SUN, AUG 7, 2022
Everyone's favorite ogre is back in the hilarious stage spectacle based on the Oscar-winning, smash hit film! Directed by Whitney Havice, Music Direction by Elizabeth Martin and Kevin Zhou, Choreography by Aliah Teclaw and Maggie Kinnamon. Tickets available here.
Jason Finkelman combines laptop electronics and acoustic instrumentation to create a distinct ambient, avant-world sound. A specialist on the single string musical bow berimbau, Finkelman is a Philadelphia-born percussionist who performs on African and Brazilian instruments handcrafted by Adimu Kuumba. At the University of Illinois, Finkelman directs Global Arts Performance Initiatives at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and leads Improvisers Exchange, a performance ensemble of the School of Music.
Learn more about Jason's upcoming performance at Krannert Uncorked here.
Saori Kataoka is an award-winning performer from Tokushima, Japan committed to exploring a broad spectrum of trumpet performance spanning classical repertoire, jazz traditions, expansive new music and improvisation, and is the first brass player to appear as a Krannert Center Debut Artist (2020). She holds a Master of Music in trumpet performance from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts with a Certificate in Jazz Music from Campbellsville University (Kentucky).
Registration Information:
This event will be hosted in person at Lodgic Everyday Community 1807 S. Neil St.
and
on ZOOM for those who would prefer to attend virtually
**Where to Find Your Zoom Link:
Each registrant will receive 2 reminder emails prior to the luncheon. You'll find the Zoom meeting information in those emails, as well as in your confirmation email which you will get immediately upon registration.
Registration for in person is $18.00 and includes lunch.
Registration to attend in person will be available until noon on Monday,
July 18. After July 18 at noon, registration switches to "late registration" at a price of $25.00. Registration via Zoom is free and will close on Wednesday, July 20th at 12:00 noon.
Luncheon Start Time:
11:30 a.m.: Registration and Networking
11:45 a.m.: Lunch is served
12:00 p.m.: Meeting/Program begins in person and Zoom Call Starts
Non-Members: If you are not a member of ECCC and wish to attend as a guest, please contact Janice McAteer, Outreach Chair, to register.
