TKA Meets Symphony
TKA MEETS SYMPHONY offers eclectic, entertaining, A-List, hot-yet-cool Artists and Programs for diversified audience appeal. The Artists include such Pops luminaries as PINK MARTINI, BÉLA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES, ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY, NEW YORK VOICES, BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS and QUARTANGO, a hip Montreal, classically trained quartet whose music sizzles with the heat of the Tango.
NEW TO THE ROSTER
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND, Ambassadors of America’s music are internationally recognized torchbearers of traditional New Orleans music. The band has scored many of its most crowd-pleasing songs for lively and fun concerts with Symphony Orchestra.
JOHN PIZZARELLI has had a multi-faceted career as a jazz guitarist, vocalist and bandleader. Internationally known for classic standards, late-night ballads, and the cool jazz flavor he brings to his performances and recordings, he has recently established himself as the consummate entertainer and radio program host with the launch of "Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli" a nationally syndicated radio program.
PONCHO SANCHEZ, considered the best Conga player on the music scene, brings his mix of Latin jazz, swing, salsa and other infectious grooves that turns up the heat on the Symphony stage. If music were about pictures, percussionist Poncho Sanchez's music would best be described as a kaleidoscopic swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border.
PROGRAM NEWS FOR 2010-2011
PINK MARTINI released their fourth recording “Splendor in The Grass” in October 2009 and their 2010-11 Orchestra program includes songs from this eclectic trans-genre album newly charted for Orchestra.
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY and LIZ CALLAWAY chart their hilarious and musically sensational sister show, “Sibling Revelry” into a Symphony Orchestra night of sheer delight.
BELA FLECK, ZAKIR HUSSAIN & EDGAR MEYER tour their recent release, The Melody of Rhythm, recorded with the Detroit Symphony under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
MAUREEN McGOVERN’s newest project, “A Long and Winding Road: The Concert,” includes many of Maureen’s favorite Baby Boomer songs inspired by her beginnings as a folk singer in the late Sixties.
PATTI AUSTIN, performs her Grammy-winning “Avant Gershwin”.
LIZ CALLAWAY, lead Broadway actress/cabaret star offers the music of Frank Loesser (2010, Centennial of his birth) and Stephen Sondheim (80th birthday in 2010).
