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This is the premier season of the Gloria and Robert R. Furgason Bravo! Series for the Performing Arts. The concert series is produced by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Foundation Presents -
KATRINA RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT
Orange Kellin's New Orleans Blue Serenaders featuring Vernel Bagneris
All proceeds will be used to provide student scholarships for Hurricane Katrina victims.
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Friday, September 16
7:30 pm |
| I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra |
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Friday, October 21
7:30 pm |
| Anthony Kearns - Irish Lyric Tenor |
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Saturday, October 29
7:30 pm |
An Evening of Tejano Music: Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
and LATIN BREED featuring ADALBERTO
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Friday,
November 18
7:30 pm |
Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy
Christmas Show
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Wednesday,
December 14
7:30 pm |
The New Sousa Band Featuring
Keith Brion as John Philip Sousa!
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Friday, January 27, 2006
7:30 pm |
| Anton Nel, Piano |
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Friday, March 24, 2006 7:30 pm |
| Santa Fe Opera Apprentices in Concert |
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Sunday, May 7, 2006
2:00 pm |
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A KATRINA RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT
sponsored by the
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Foundation
Orange Kellin's New Orleans Blue Serenaders featuring Vernel Bagneris
Friday, September 16, 2005 - 7:30 pm
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Bringing talent fresh from Broadway, these seasoned performers will thrill listeners with sounds of the Big-Easy, New Orleans. From the Broadway production of One Mo' Time, music arranger and clarinetist Orange Kellin brings a trio of hot New Orleans musicians – piano, clarinet and percussion – to play the elegant, thrilling and undeniably infectious Big Easy sounds. Joining Orange and his trio is the creator and director of One Mo' Time, the legendary song-and-dance man Vernel Bagneris, acting, singing and dancing the irresistible, dazzling, show-stopping numbers from that show plus many more. In film, Vernal Bagneris had a starring role in Herbert Ross' Pennies from Heaven with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters. Recently, Vernel served as choreographer and played the role of Dancin' Al in the Oscar-winning film biography of Ray Charles. (Artist Represented by: Art Fegan Entertainment, Inc.)
All proceeds will be used to provide student scholarships for Hurricane Katrina victims.
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I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra
Friday, October 21, 2005 - 7:30 p.m.
Founded by cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that presents a vast repertoire extending from the baroque to the contemporary. The orchestra presents a busy schedule of over 100 concerts per season throughout the world and has maintained an |
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exclusive recording contract with Chandos Records of England and has, to date, released 43 CDs that are distributed in more than 50 countries around the world.
(I Musici de Montreal appears by arrangement with Jonathan Wentworth Assoc. Ltd. office@jwentworth.com; ph. 914-667-0707)
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Anthony Kearns - Irish Lyric Tenor
Saturday, October 29,
2005 - 7:30 pm
The spectacular Anthony Kearns, a founding member of the world-renowned “Irish Tenors,” is recognized as a leading vocal interpreter of the traditional songs of Ireland. His concerts offer a blend of time-honored Irish music, light opera standards, and beautiful arias from the world's grand operas. Anthony draws upon the great music of his homeland, the richness of its history, and has honed it into his solo concerts making his performances the quintessential celebration of Irish culture and heritage. His |
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audiences follow him across the globe to hear him sing live in concert. (Artist Represented by: CMI Entertainment.)
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An Evening of Tejano Music:
Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
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Latin Breed
Friday, November 18 , 2005 - 7:30 pm
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Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
"Ruben Ramos [has] developed a solid reputation as one of the smoothest singers and classiest bandleaders in the history of the genre."
Ramiro Burr
Ruben Ramos now sits at the helm of a family musical legacy borne over 80 years ago. This legacy - El Legado - is set with traditional Mexican roots, was infused with the big-band sound of the 1940s, heavily influenced by blues and rock, and is now perched at the pinnacle of
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La Onda: Tejano. In January of 1998, Ruben and the Revolution were inducted into the prestigious Pura Vida Hall of Fame. In March of 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Music Awards Hall of Fame. In April of 1999, Ruben and the Revolution received the Best Male Vocalist and Video of the Year awards at the Tejano Music Awards. (Artist Represented by: Revolution Entertainment)
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LATIN BREED featuring ADALBERTO
During Tejano's first golden age, in the 1970s, big-horn-section bands ruled, and the leader of that genre was undoubtedly Latin Breed known for their jazzy intros and sophisticated arrangements. Drawing on influences ranging from jazz to R&B to big band, the Tejano group Latin Breed was formed in San Antonio, Texas.
Some of their top hits include "Ay Mujer," "Que Chulos Ojos," "Don Luis El Tejano" and "Todos Dicen.” (Artist Represented by: A Big Chihuahua, Inc.)
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Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy
Christmas Show
Wednesday, December 14 , 2005
7:30 pm
Award-winning Michael Martin Murphey, "singing cowboy poet", is not only the number one, best-selling singer/songwriter of American Cowboy Music, he's one of the world's most respected singer/songwriters in the Pop and Country-Western field. In May, 1975 Murphey’s story song, "Wildfire," reached No. 1 on the Radio and Records charts, No.3 on Billboard's |
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Pop Chart, and No. 1 on all Adult Contemporary Charts, giving the artist vast commercial exposure. Michael broke ground with an innovative concert concept called "Cowboy Christmas" in 1987 which has become a trademarked touring show and musical concept for him. The tour now spans 40 cities per holiday season, and has led to three Cowboy Christmas albums and a Cowboy Christmas DVD. (Artist Represented by: Art Fegan Entertainment, Inc.)
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The New Sousa Band
Conducted by Keith Brion
Friday, January 27 , 2006
7:30 pm
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The New Sousa Band, begun in 1979, is a realization of director Keith Brion's dream to reincarnate the Sousa Band and once again tour America's towns and cities. The musicians of the New Sousa Band are chosen for their ability to transmit the original style, spirit and ensemble sound of Sousa's Band. They are selected from major orchestras, military bands, university faculties and freelance musicians. The band wears authentic replicas of the original Sousa Band uniforms. Keith Brion and his New Sousa Band are officially and exclusively endorsed by John Philip Sousa, Inc., John Philip Sousa IV, President. (Artist Represented by: ARTRA Artists Management, Inc.)
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Anton Nel, Piano
Friday, March 24 , 2006 - 7:30 pm
Steinway Artist Pianist Anton Nel, winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in all |
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the major South African competitions while still in his teens. Highlights of Mr. Nel’s nearly three decades of concertizing include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, the symphonies of Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and London, among many others. He was also chosen to give the North American premiere of the newly discovered Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Minor by Felix Mendelssohn in 1992. Eager to pursue dual careers in teaching and performing he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin at the age of 23, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, where he was chairman of the piano department. In September 2000, Anton Nel was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Distinguished Professor of Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches an international class of students and now heads the Division of Keyboard Studies. Anton Nel became a citizen of the United States of America on September 11, 2003. (Artist Represented by: John Gingrich Management, Inc.)
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