Events: Presenting Series

Las Cafeteras
03/08/2024 - 7:30pm

The LA Times describes Las Cafeteras as a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia and rock…live, they’re magnetic.”  Their Afro-Mexican beats, rhythms and rhymes complement inspiring lyrics that document stories of a community seeking love and justice in the concrete jungle of Los Angeles. Using traditional Son Jarocho folk instruments like the jarana, requinto, quijada (donkey jawbone) and tarima (a wooden platform), they sing in English, Spanish and Spanglish. This socially conscious band uses music as a vehicle to build bridges among different cultures while creating fabulous music that makes you want to dance! Click HERE for artist's website. LU Students attend for FREE, click for more info. 

Tickets for Spring 2024 events go on sale November 9, 2023 at Noon.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
03/10/2024 - 4:00pm

Graceland was Paul Simon’s comeback album, and the secret to its success on the road to winning the Grammy for Album of the Year was the vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Dubbed by the late Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s “Cultural Ambassadors to the World”, they share a joy and excitement that breaks down barriers and unites everyone through the universal language of music. The group performs isicathamiya – a traditional music that originated with black mine workers in South Africa. During apartheid, the group chose to write peaceful music with messages of hope and joy. Over its long history, the group has recorded with Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Melissa Etheridge and many others. Click HERE for artist's website. LU Students attend for FREE, click for more info. 

Tickets for Spring 2024 events go on sale November 9, 2023 at Noon.

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Nimbus Dance: The New Tide & Spring
04/05/2024 - 7:30pm

Nimbus is an award-winning contemporary dance company. In The New Tide, choreographer Dawn Marie Bazemore explores the iconic 1940s-50s era photography of Gordon Parks and weaves stunning dancing, history and storytelling set to the transcendent music of the legendary Sam Cooke. 

Artistic director Samuel Pott’s Spring honors Martha Graham’s seminal ballet from 1944 by exploring the sense of hope and optimism in Aaron Copland’s masterpiece, Appalachian Spring, while conveying a contemporary perspective on the continuity of spirit through cycles of seasons in nature and generations of Americans. Lehigh Professor, Paul Salerni, conducts the live orchestra. Click HERE for artist's website. LU Students attend for FREE, click for more info. 

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Diane Monroe: Violin Woman, African Dreams
04/12/2024 - 7:30pm

Violinist Diane Monroe’s versatility and expressive artistry consistently bring audiences to their feet. Her visibility as a jazz artist began with her long-standing membership as the first violinist of the Uptown String Quartet and the Max Roach Double Quartet. In this piece, she crafts a musical memoir that bridges jazz, classical, and traditional African music, revealing an African-American violinist’s trials and triumphs. Written for violin, West African kora  (a long-necked, 21-string, plucked instrument), banjo, Western string quartet, percussion, and bass, the composition provides a framework for improvisations by each player and weaves a musical narrative that incorporates sound, visual art and spoken word. Click HERE for artist's website. LU Students attend for FREE, click for more info. 

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Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble - POP UP An Artistic Adventure APR 27 & APR 28
04/27/2024 - 10:00am

Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble invites you, the community, to help us create the show! Playful, imaginative and inspirational, POP UP is inspired by the personal stories, memories and anecdotes of the community. Look for the ensemble’s portable POP UP lounge on campus plus at Touchstone's Festival UnBound events. 

For up to the minute information, check Strike Anywhere’s Instagram @StrikeAnywhere.NYC

In the spring, get your free tickets to see POP UP: An Artistic Adventure on APR 27 & 28. Once the show starts, audience members will be guided on the search for the performances through clues on a hand-painted map. Click HERE for artist's website.  Interested in joining the POP UP community choir? Check back here for more details.

Tickets for Spring 2024 events go on sale November 9, 2023 at Noon.

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Academy of Vocal Arts: The Barber of Seville
05/12/2024 - 4:00pm

Great voices accompanied by live orchestra share the drama and the passion of classic opera in a concert version of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia trains young artists with tremendous potential as international opera soloists. These singers share their talent, training and unique gifts on our concert stage. 

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Max Weinberg's Jukebox
05/17/2024 - 7:30pm

Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer Max Weinberg leads one of the most interactive and energetic shows Zoellner audiences have seen yet! He literally leaves the stage to ask the audience to call out and pick the set list from a scrolling list of 300+ classic songs from the glory days of rock and roll. Max and his band then play it all on the spot and spot on — everything from The Beatles to the Stones to Bruce and The E Street Band's biggest hits; the band infuses these classics with the respect the songs deserve and play them the way audiences want to hear them played!

Max has held the drum chair behind Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band for 45 years. He is also widely known for anchoring the house band for Late Night with Conan O’Brien for 17 years. Click HERE for artist's website. LU Students attend for FREE, click for more info. 

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