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Jazz Concert is “FREE”
The Yavapai Community College Music Department will present an “Expanding Jazz Horizons” program on Monday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. on the Verde Campus. The program will be held in Building “M”, Room 137 on the Campus. The Campus is located at 601 Blackhills Drive, Clarkdale, Arizona.
The concert is for the public and it is presented without charge by the Music Department. See you there.
Concert at 7:30 in Building “M”, Room 137
The Verde Campus will host a Master Chorale Concert on April 12th at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and will be held in Building “M”, Room 137. Last year there was a big turnout so plan to arrive early.
2015 Annual Report shows impact of 50 years of neglect on the Verde Valley in terms of cultural events
William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” as performed by the London National Theatre begins at 6 p.m.–the most in-demand show of all time
A recorded satellite broadcast on Monday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m. from London’s National Theatre presentation of “Hamlet” will be shown in room M-137 on the Verde Valley Campus (601 Black Hills Dr., Clarkdale). Tickets may ber purchased at www.ycpac.com or by calling 877-928-4253, up to four hours prior to the event. On the day-of-show, patrons can purchase tickets in person at M-137, beginning one hour before curtain time.
Tickets cost $9-$15. Series ticket receives a 10% discount, and tickets purchased in groups of ten or more receive a 10% discount.
Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Joining Cumberbatch on stage are Leo Bill (Gosford Park, Kinky Boots, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows).
This presentation is directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to theaters.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death and paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
“The most in-demand theatre show of all time.” – Evening Standard
Brian Lockard and Deborah Raymond concert November 13 at 7 p.m. on Verde Campus
Local favorites Brian Lockhard and Deborah Raymond will present a “Musical Tour of Europe” concert on the Verde Campus, November 13 at 7 p.m. The concert will be held in Building “M,” Room 137. It is free and open to the public.
Mr. Lockhard, a professor teaching music for Yavapai Community College on the Verde Campus, is a long-time favorite of Verde Valley concert goers. He is an accomplished pianist and composer.
Deborah Raymond is Associate Professor of Music at Norther Arizona University in Flagstaff. She has a wonderful soprano voice and has performed widely throughout Europe and the United States.
Reville 3 trio performs in wind-whipped conditions to small audience
The wind whipped through the Mabery pavilion causing the performers to hang on to their skirts and some in the audience to huddle in corners protected from the gusts. And the dust from the gravel floor kicked up in the faces of the audience sitting on steel backed chairs. But in true show business style, the show “went on.” For the audience of about 50 patrons, most quite elderly, who braved the wind, threatening skies, and hard seats, it was a delightful evening with the Reville 3.
Reville 3
The trio brought cool nostalgic sounds and charming choreography to the small but appreciative audience. They sang with precision harmonies and swinging vocal rhythms, incorporating many of the songs made popular by the Andrews Sisters. They told the story of three ladies living during WWII, woven with letters inspired by actual correspondence during the war.
The College continues to bring fine performances to the Verde Campus with little advertising about them. One also wonders at the wisdom of the selection of this particular program for the Verde Campus. This is more a niche presentation aimed at veterans groups and national patriotic celebrations. Without substantial advertising, a regular spring program to provide adequate notice of the concert, the turn-out for such a program is predictably small in the Verde Valley.
Continued inadequate notice to the Community about cultural events puzzling
A great, “fun” community oriented program was offered Monday night on the Verde Campus at the Mabery outdoor Pavilion. The problem is that so few in the Community knew about it. Or if they knew about the program, had time to rearrange their schedule to attend the event. The result was an audience of about 40 (excluding the musicians).
The concert was given by the Mingus Union High School Jazz band, the Yavapai College Roughriders Jazz band, and the Yavapai College Trailblazers Jazz band. Those in the audience thoroughly enjoyed the concert.
However, notice about the event once again came very late. Whether it was an ad hoc decision made in Prescott to hold the concert or was an event planned earlier in the Spring is not clear. Anyway, until the Prescott run College gets it act together on how to give notice of cultural events to folks in the Verde Valley about these great programs so they can plan to attend them, they will continue to draw tiny a audience; or no one.
The lack of management and resources from the Prescott run College for cultural events on the Verde Campus is glaring
A total of 2 persons took in the National Theatre production of The Hard Problem on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at room M-137 on the Verde Campus. Only three persons attended the Bolshoi Ballet: Ivan the Terrible, which was shown in the same room Sunday, April 26.
These terrific programs had been recorded earlier and were replayed for the audience on a hard drive Saturday and Sunday.
“The Hard Problem” actress Olivia Vinall
It is not clear why the College is offering these productions on the Verde Campus with little or almost no notice to the public. The turn-out for these wonderful productions is virtually nonexistence. Why?
Is it the absence of an organized, well publicized advanced spring program? Is it the absence of a setting such as that enjoyed on the Prescott campus at the Performing Arts Theatre? Is it the 40 year history of not bringing these types of programs to the Verde Campus? Is it the ad hoc manner in which the programs suddenly appear? Or is it simply a lack of adequate resources and management by the Prescott run College?