The Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan has a variety of national acts featured on its winter calendar.
The American Boy Choir will perform on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. (tickets $10/$12) – The American Boychoir has long been recognized as one of the finest musical ensembles in the country. The American Boychoir is frequently invited to join internationally-renowned artists on stage. Boys in fourth through eighth grades, reflecting the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity of the United States, come from across the country and around the world to pursue a rigorous musical and academic curriculum at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey.
“Dar He – The Story of Emmett Till” will be featured on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. (tickets $10/$12) – In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand- a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman. Through conversations with a Look magazine journalist, Emmett’s mother and others caught up in the events that led to Till’s devastating fate, this riveting play chronicles the murder, trial and unbelievable confessions of the men accused of Till’s murder.
The Dallas Brass will perform on Thursday, March 10at 7 p.m. (tickets $10/$12) – Since its founding in 1983 by Michael Levine, the Dallas Brass has become one of America’s foremost musical ensembles. The group has established a unique blend of traditional brass instruments with a full complement of drums and percussion, which creates a performing entity of extraordinary range and musical challenges. The Dallas Brass repertoire includes classical masterpieces, Dixieland, swing, Broadway, Hollywood and patriotic music.
Pianist Peter Dugan will perform on Sunday, May 1 at 3 p.m. (tickets $10) – Pianist Peter Dugan has been praised by the Capital Gazette as “nothing short of superb” and by the Baltimore Sun as “spellbinding.” Prizing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, Mr. Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms. He has appeared as a soloist throughout the United States, including performances in New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, and Philadelphia’s Academy of Music and Verizon Hall. He has also performed internationally in Canada, South America, the Cayman Islands, and across Europe. This season, Mr. Dugan appears as a soloist with the New World Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas.
The Aeolus Quartet will perform on Sunday, June 19 p.m. (tickets $5) – Aeolus Quartet is committed to presenting time-seasoned masterworks and new cutting-edge works to widely diverse audiences with equal freshness, dedication, and fervor. Aeolus is the Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School.
The Centre is a Coweta County School System facility and is located at 1523 Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan.
For more information about the Centre, visit www.thecentreonline.net or call at 770-254-2787 (254-ARTS). In addition to general admission ticket prices, special student and senior admissions are also available.
