Concerts for Schools and Public Reaches Thousands
SANTA CRUZ — Tandy Beal & Company’s ArtSmart Education Program kicks into full gear this spring with residencies in schools, workshops for teachers, mentorship for artists, concerts in the schools, and concerts for the public.
This spring, they feature new artists and new shows, including: Venezuelan Music Project, John Santos’ Music of Latin America, Espressivo Classical Music, Magic Carpet World Dance, and Step Right Up to Circus and other Magic, and in Monterey with Paula Bliss and Micha Scott. These award-winning artists, musicians and dancers will be performing for over 5,000 school children and 1,000 community members from February through May.
People of all ages can experience these wide-ranging artists in Tandy Beal & Company’s ArtSmart Family Concert Series every second Saturday at 11 AM in the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St, Santa Cruz.
On February 13, five time Grammy-nominated percussionist, John Santos, one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today, opens the 2016 ArtSmart series with Música Colibrí rhythms and songs from Cuba, México, Puerto Rico, Perú, and other Latin American Countries. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience one of the world’s foremost Latin percussion experts!
The ArtSmart concerts, for both schools and the public, are designed to give all ages an introduction to world dance, music and circus as educational, insightful and joyful entertainment. The project brings together schools, artists, teachers, administrators, volunteers, patrons and partner organizations. The goal is to introduce schools and families to the performing arts with exceptional artists from the Bay Area and thus spark everyone’s imagination to create a wide range of rich possibilities for the future.
Artists Paula Bliss and Saki are already teaching ArtSmart classes in Live Oak and Watsonville schools with the Company’s award-winning Dance Around the World residency. With support from the California Arts Council and Community Foundations of Santa Cruz County and Monterey County, the residency has grown from 4 weeks to 12 weeks and will incorporate a coordinated writing component designed by Live Oak principal, Greg Stein.
Arts Council Santa Cruz County has supported six public schools’ participation for in-school assemblies and concerts for young people at the Mello Center Theatre. With the help of individual donors, 200 free tickets will be made available through the Santa Cruz Public Library’s Discover & Go program as well as free tickets for the Boys and Girls Clubs. Volunteer usher opportunities are available for community members at all events.
Tandy Beal & Company’s ArtSmart Family Concert Series features award-winning artists in circus, music and dance and offers high-quality, interactive and affordable monthly concerts for all ages, right in downtown Santa Cruz! All shows are on Saturdays at the SCC Veterans Memorial Building from 11am-noon.
- Feb 13 — Música Colibrí with John Santos – Music of Latin America
- March 12 — Espressivo – a small, intense orchestra
- April 9 — The Magic Carpet – World Dance
- May 14 — Step Right Up! – Circus and other Magic
Tickets: $10 Child / $15 Adult – At the Door MusicaColibri.BrownPaperTickets.com/
Discounts: Reduced prices available when you purchase multiple shows: artsmarthalfseason.brownpapertickets.com/
Info: www.TandyBeal.com • www.facebook.com/events/784414648347411/
Tandy Beal and Company is proud to partner with these sponsors to make this series possible: Arts Council Santa Cruz County • California Arts Council • Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County • Community Foundation for Monterey County • Downtown Association of Santa Cruz • the David and Lucille Packard Foundation • Monterey Peninsula Foundation • National Endowment for the Arts • Good Times • Santa Cruz Sentinel • KUSP • KAZU • Jasmine Berke and Scott Roseman • Maggie Collins • Diane and Don Cooley • Carolyn Hyatt • Faye Crosby and Cowell College. Partners include: TBC Leadership Circles • Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building • SC County Office of Education • Mello Center for the Performing Arts • Santa Cruz City Schools (Soquel • Live Oak • San Lorenzo and PVUSD) and the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
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Since 1974, Tandy Beal and Company (TBC) has created original projects in dance, theatre, circus, music & every year, also in education.