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Dueling Pianos
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Brush off the winter blues and join us for an evening of lively music and fun.
Dueling Pianos at Uptown! features a new duo every month at the Univest Room, at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center.
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Register for Spring Classes today!
Spring ’18 Session Runs
March 24 – May 24
Adult Acting Register Now - April 3rd Mondays - March 26 - May 21 . 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Adult Acting is designed to help adults step into the world of acting either professionally or as a part time hobby. You will be working with Professional Actor and WCStudio owner, Therese Walden-Murphy, who will choose material especially selected for you and will challenge you to become your best.
Broadway Kiddos Register - March 29 - May 24 . 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM . Age 5 - 8
Singing, Dancing, Acting and Fun! That is what this high energy beginner musical theater class is all about. Students discover healthy singing habits and explore cool dance combinations, all while creating a character for each song
Dramatic Youngsters Register Now - April 1 * . Saturdays, March 24 - May 19 . 9 AM - 10 AM
Remember the pre-internet age? Where kids were never “plugged in”? Where kids could be kids, get lost in stories, explore the world around them freely and play pretend? This is the class designed for kids to be kids, all while being led by theater professionals. This is a return to the world of imagination!
Parents are invited to join in on the fun too!
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This Week's Camp Highlights
Summer Camp Kids Show | Ages 8-14 | Jun.18-Jul.13
Elementary/Middle School Show
“How to Eat Like a Child”
A hilarious musical romp through the joys and sorrows of being a child. Performers give twenty-three lessons in such subjects as how to beg for a dog, how to torture your sister, how to act after being sent to your room, and how to laugh hysterically. After the giggles of recognition have subsided, one thing will be very clear – all adults are kids in grown-ups’ clothing.
Campers will audition for roles at the end of the first day of camp, allowing them to learn a few basics which will help at their audition. Camp concludes with two shows on the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center stage for family & friends.
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Glee Week |Ages 10-17|Aug.6-10
An Professional Actor, Director and Voice Coach will lead 18 performers through the rehearsals and performance of a cabaret. Join us for one fun and skill packed week of Musical Theater. All performers will perform a solo as well as quartets, octets and large group numbers in the Cabaret. Every student will receive private voice lessons along with performance coaching for their solo.
Each camp session concludes with a Cabaret performance on Friday at 2:15 pm on the Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center stage for family and friends.
Register for 2 or more camps and receive a 10% discount on each camp
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The Resident Theatre Company
Presents
Bullets Over Broadway
March 30th - April 15th
Students & Senior Discounts Available
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Loaded with big laughs, colorful characters and the songs that made the '20s roar,
Bullets over Broadway
The Musical is bringing musical comedy back with a bang. Based on the screenplay of the acclaimed 1994 film by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath, this six-time Tony-nominated musical features existing hits from the 1920s, including "Let's Misbehave," "'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do" and "There's a New Day Comin'
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World Cafe Live Presents
Tom Rush
Monday, March 26, 2018 7PM
His impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Tom Petty and Garth Brooks have cited Tom as major influences.
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Our First Concert in Uptown!s
Curtis on Tour Series
Violin & Guitar:
Wanchi & Jordan Dodson
Monday, April 2, 2018 7:00 PM
Curtis Institute of Music alumni Jordan Dodson, guitar, and Wanchi, violin perform. Program is half solo guitar, half guitar/violin duo repertoire. 1st in Series of 3 Curtis on Tour Programs.
Series Sponsored by:
J. Christopher & Celia Lang
Pillar Real Estate Advisors and StanAb, LP
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Jazz Cocktail "Hour"
TAP TRIO
Thursday, April 26, 2018 6:30pm
TAP TRIO is an exciting new musical trio consisting of E. Shawn Qaissaunee (guitar), Jason Fraticelli (upright bass) and Matt Scarano (drums). Audiences can't help but join in on the wonderful fun these musicians are clearly having when they are together. TAP TRIO (and friends) is an experience not to be missed!
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Jazz Menu provided by Delightful Desserts. Orders must be received by April 19, 2018.
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The Mainliners Mens Acappella Chorus
featuring The First Ladies of Rock and Soul
Sunday, June 3, 2018 2PM
The Mainliners founded in 1963, have been entertaining it's fans with some of the finest A Cappella music around. From Broadway hits to patriotic tunes, gospel numbers to modern rock, 50's do-wop to good old fashioned barbershop arrangements, there's a song that everyone will enjoy. The chorus is currently the Atlantic Divisions AAA champions of the Barbershop Harmony Society.
The First Ladies of Rock and Soul will turn the clock back to a time and place in music history that only comes around once. Or does it? This electrifying performance of the "Girl Group" Experience will put you there. This is not your friends cover band. You will see and hear fourteen top notch professional musicians cranking out the hits, note for note.
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Extreme Doo Wop
Acappella Concert
Saturday, June 23, 7PM
Classic Urban Harmony LLC brings street corner doo wop acappella to the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center on Saturday evening, June 23, 2018. Rhythm & Blues and Doo Wop harmony was born on the street corners of urban America in the late 1940’s and 1950’s. Teenage vocal groups seldom had access to musical instruments and there were no music tracks. What they had were nature’s most perfect musical instruments – human voices. Records companies put bands behind the voices to make the music commercial, but Doo Wop music at its purest is still acappella.
Make it a weekend and See
Soul Harmony
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Soul Harmony
:
The Story of Deborah Chessler,
Sonny Til and the Orioles
National Premier
June 20 - 22, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 2 PM
June 27 -29, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 30, 2018 2 PM & 7:30 PM
Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 2 PM
The Orioles “Crying in The Chapel soared up the charts in 1953 becoming an unforgettable #1 hit and just one piece to an unforgettable story. In the late ‘40s a young Jewish woman, Deborah Chessler partnered with a dynamic black vocal group, The Orioles. Their history making hit It’s Too Soon to Know gave birth to a new genre of music that ignited a generation and still does today, Rhythm and Blues.
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Returning to Uptown!
Louis Prima Jr. &
the Witnesses
Thursday, May 31, 7 PM
Born into an undeniable musical legacy, Louis Prima Jr. picks up the torch lit by his iconic father and leads his incarnation of The Witnesses headfirst into the future. Their seamless blend of hard driving big band jazz, insanely danceable swing and, at its core, real rock and roll has been wowing crowds worldwide. Make no mistake, this is no tribute act. Although the band most certainly Jumps, Jives, an’ Wails "Prima-style," they are their own musical beast — thoroughly modern, laying down a blueprint for the future on the foundations of the past.
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Looking Ahead We Have Mothers Day Jazz Brunch, Curtis on Tour and more!
Monday, April 23, 2018 7PM
WCASD Sensational Strings
Join the West Chester Area School District for their 2nd annual WCASD Sensational Strings Concert at the wonderful, Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature the award winning WCASD string ensembles, the WCASD Select Strings under the direction of Mrs. Katrina Kelly and the WCASD Senior Strings under the direction of Mr. Charles dePasquale. The program will include selections from various musical genres including classical, jazz, opera, rock and pop. Some of the pieces to be performed are, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Uptown Funk, Take 5, Vocalise, and a tango, La Paloma. We hope to see you there!
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018 7:00 PM The second Concert in our Curtis
on Tour Series:
Award-winning Classical Artist(s) To Be Announced
The Curtis Institute of Music will announce the name(s) of this concert's artist(s) in late March. Stay tuned! 2nd in Series of 3 Curtis on Tour Programs.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018 6:30pm
Series: Signe Wilkinson
Warning: Editorial Cartoons Ahead!
If the morning headlines include political mayhem, sexual indiscretions, and misbehaving politicians,
it's a good day for cartooning. Signe Wilkinson talks about turning the bad news into a good image and
Sunday, May 13, 2018 11:00AM to 2:00PM
Annual Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch with Uptown Divas! & Terry Klinefelter Trio
Uptown Divas, Rhenda Fearrington, Sharon Sable, and host Sara Michaels, sing "Inspirational Songs of Woman and Mothers" with Terry Klinefelter' Trio.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:30pm
U.S. Air Force Heritage Winds Quintet
FREE EVENT - Please reserve your seats
Heritage Winds is the woodwind quintet component of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band. As professional Airman-musicians, the members of Heritage Winds are dedicated to using the power of music to honor our veterans, inspire patriotism, communicate the Air Force story, and recruit those who are interested in serving our nation.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018 7:30pm
World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra
The most popular and sought after big band in the world today for both concert and swing dance engagements. With its unique jazz sound, the Glenn Miller Orchestra is considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. The present Glenn Miller Orchestra was formed in 1956 and has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year all around the world.
Tickets & Information.
“A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.” – Glenn Miller
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