Posts Tagged ‘March Concerts’

Whew! So much to do on Maui at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center that it takes three articles to list all of them. For tickets & more info check out their website http://www.mauiarts.org/ or email them boxoffice@mauiarts.org or call 808-242-SHOW (7469).

Dance is on tap, literally, at 7:30PM on Thursday March 19th when The MACC Dance Series presents “India Jazz Suites: Chitresh Das & Jason Samuels Smith,” a unique collaboration between Chitresh Das one of India’s foremost Kathak masters and Jason Samuels Smith tap dancer extraordinaire whose fast flying feet have earned him an Emmy. Together they “converge in the intricacies of each other’s footwork! The result is high entertainment which crosses all boundaries of age, race and culture, a blast of incredible speed and power, grace and beauty, epic storytelling, and the pure joy of dance. Both are traditionalists, yet both are innovators, and together they bring the house down!” Tickets range from $12 to $22 to $37, with special half price admission for youth under age eighteen. (Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts County of Maui, Capezio Ballet Makers Dance Foundation, Inc., Jhamandas Watumull Fund, and KISS Radio)

On Saturday March 21 2009 at 7:30 PM Grammy Award Winning singer/pianist Diane Krall will enthrall the audience with her alluring voice and “strikingly sensitive piano playing.” Diane Krall has more fourteen CDs to her credit with her newest, ‘Quiet Nights,’ to be released at the end of March. Diane has a gift for rediscovering songs, bringing Jazz classics into the 21st Century with a seductive energy that is utterly captivating. This is one concert you will not want to miss (in my humble opinion). Tickets are Tickets: $55, $65, $85, $125, $150. (Supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, County of Maui and KAOI Radio Group.)

After a night of Jazz & Pop, a return to dance at the Castle Theater at 7:30 PM On Sunday March 22 2009 when the Tau Dance Theater presents “presents SLAM 2009 5th Annual Hawai‘i-Japan Youth Exchange Concert, “Raiatea Helm headlines an exciting showcase of dance and music with the youth dancers of Tau (y2), HITS Dance Space, Yuko Anami Ballet from Japan, Kapolei Choral, Tau Dance Theater, and the winners and competitors of the 4th Annual Earnest T. Morgan Choreographers’ SLAM.” Tickets are a terrific deal, $20 or $10 for students, military, and senior citizens.

Chase away the Monday Blues with an Incredible Journey on Monday March 23 2009 at 7:30 PM at the MACC Amphitheater when veteran band Journey lands on Maui with their new lead singer, Filipino sensation Arnel Pineda who joins a line-up that includes founder guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardist Jonathan Cain, bassist Ross Valory, drummer Deen Castronovo. Arnel Pineda made his debut in February 2008 and with the release of the CD Revelation in June of 2008 Journey has had a resurgence that affirms their standing in the Hierarchy of Rock n’ Roll. Reserved seat tickets on the lawn: $55, $65, $75, $125 (plus applicable fees).

Just when one might think that the crew at the MACC has exhausted the list of big name acts and ran out of Maui this March!