December "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
December 4, 2007
Kimmel Center Presents 2007-08 Season Sponsored by Citi
Sixth Anniversary Season Marked with 50 Free in the Plaza Performances, 20 Artist Chats, and Seven Organ Postludes
Kimmel Center Presents’ Free at the Kimmel events continue in December during the 6th anniversary 2007/08 season with more than 75 free events and performances to take place throughout the center’s spaces this year. Free at the Kimmel includes: Free in the Plaza with local artists performing classical, jazz, pop, country, world, dance and family fun on the Commonwealth Plaza stage; as well as Artist Chats with Kimmel Center Presents performers; Education Events in the Merck Arts Education Center; and Organ Preludes and Postludes on The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in Verizon Hall. Updates and complete schedules are available at www.kimmelcenter.org. All artists and programs are subject to change.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
Below is a full schedule of the Free at the Kimmel performances for the month of December.
Friday, December 7, 2007 | 6pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Haddonfield Memorial High School Madrigal Singers
Take a trip back in time as the Haddonfield Memorial High School Madrigal Singers perform traditional 16th Century selections in authentic garb.
Saturday, December 8, 2007 | Pre-show
Merck Arts Education Center
Artist Chat with Tim Ribchester and Pablo Ziegler
Please join us for an Artist Chat with Tim Ribchester, University of Pennsylvania PhD Music History candidate, as he discusses Astor Piazzolla's style in relation to both art music and tango with former Piazolla pianist and featured Kimmel Center Presents artist Pablo Ziegler before the ticketed performance of Pablo Ziegler Trio. A pianist in his own rite, Ribchester has conducted research in Buenos Aires at the Academia Nacional de Tango, including intensive studies with their faculty in tango piano performance, history and analysis.
Sunday, December 9, 2007 | 6:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Dwight James Trio
Three of Philadelphia's premiere musicians, Dwight James, Charles Beasley and Monnette Sudler, will perform on the Plaza stage prior to the ticketed performance of the Blind Boys of Alabama. Get in the spirit with their renditions of holiday favorites and classic jazz standards.
Sunday, December 9, 2007 | 10:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Dwight James Trio
The evening continues with the holiday sounds of Dwight James, Charles Beasley and Monnette Sudler.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | 6:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
WJJZ 97.5 Event
Get in the mood for the smooth sounds of Gerald Veasley’s Jazzy Christmas with a surprise on-air host, station music and prizes provided by WJJZ.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | 10pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Jazzy Christmas Afterparty
The Kimmel Center keeps the holiday party going in the lobby with music and dancing after Gerald Veasley's Jazzy Christmas performance in Verizon Hall.
Thursday, December 13, 2007 | Post-show
Perelman Stage
Artist Chat with PHILADANCO and Joan Myers Brown
Please join us for an Artist Chat with PHILADANCO dancers, Executive Artistic Director Joan Myers Brown, and Kimmel Center’s Director of Programming Tom Warner after PHILADANCO’s ticketed performance in Perelman Theater.
Monday, December 17, 2007 | 6:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Philadelphia Songwriters Project Showcase
The Philadelphia Songerwriters Project features some of the best new talent in town including host and keyboardist John Conahan, guitarist and bassist Lili Anel, guitarist and bassist Chris Kasper and keyboardist Alexandra Day. Join us for this special holiday performance before the Hall & Oates Home for Christmas performance in Verizon Hall.
Monday, December 17, 2007 | 10:30pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Philadelphia Songwriters Project Showcase
The Philadelphia Songerwriters Project features some of the best new talent in town after the Hall & Oates Home for Christmas performance in Verizon Hall.
Kimmel Center Presents 2007/2008 season is sponsored by Citi. Support for the Mellon Jazz Series comes from The Bank of New York Mellon. The Great Orchestra Series is supported by ARC Wheeler. Additional support is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Health System and American Express. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz, Mellon Jazz Up Close and World & Pop. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents, and additional media sponsors include WDAS, WRTI, WJJZ, Afro-Pop, WXPN and WXPN's Kids Corner 20th Anniversary.
The Kimmel Center also receives support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, PNC Foundation, The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and the Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts.
> index of news releases
> For more information, and to request high resolution images for press use, please
send us a message online.