North Central College’s 2012-2013 Fine and Performing Arts Season offers a variety of big-name entertainers.

Dionne Warwick, The Oak Ridge Boys, Bernadette Peters, Branford Marsalis, Sara Evans, Five for Fighting and Celtic Woman are among the highlights of the upcoming season. Tickets for individual performances are on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, by calling the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or by visiting northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.

“We are thrilled to once again bring these great artists to the community,” says Fine Arts Director Brian Lynch. “As long as patrons and sponsors continue to support us, we will continue providing a wide variety of the best entertainers in the business.”
Patrons may buy discounted tickets to seven different series: Á la Carte, Cabaret, Classical, Contemporary, Family, Jazz and Performing Arts. The Á la Carte Series allows patrons to choose their seats at a reduced rate when purchasing tickets to five or more shows in any series or additional events.
North Central College’s student and faculty musicians, actors and artists will be featured in numerous events, and the season includes a full schedule of exhibits in the College’s three art galleries.
North Central College’s 2012-2013 Fine and Performing Arts Season includes the following performances:

Summer Performances
· June 29-30, July 1, 6-8: “The Wizard of Oz”
· July 10-15: “Princess Ida”
· July 21, 23-27: Hot Jazz-6 Cool Nites
· July 27-29, Aug. 3-5: “South Pacific”
· Aug. 23-26: Organic Theater Company, “Rhinoceros”

Performing Arts Series
· Oct. 6: Dionne Warwick
· Oct. 27: Sara Evans
· Dec. 21: The Oak Ridge Boys, “Christmas Time’s a Comin’”
· April 13: Giordano Dance Chicago
· May 18: “How Big Can You Get? 100 Years of Cab Calloway featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy”

Classical Series
· Nov. 4: Chicago Chamber Musicians
· Jan. 20: Chicago Sinfonietta, “Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”
· Feb. 24: Russian National Orchestra
· March 17: Vienna Boys Choir
· May 3: Chicago Chamber Musicians

Jazz Series
· Nov. 17: Mary Wilson stars in “Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project,” with biographer, narrator and host James Gavin
· Feb. 16: Chicago Jazz Orchestra, “A Tribute to Ray Charles”
· March 1: “An Evening with Branford Marsalis”
· April 27: CALJE (Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble)
· Sept. 21, Nov. 2, Jan. 4, Feb. 8, March 8, April 5 or May 17: choice of one “An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty” performance

Contemporary Series
· Sept. 23: Eric Hutchinson
· Oct. 28: Sara Evans
· Dec. 8: Celtic Woman, “A Christmas Celebration—The Symphony Tour”
· Jan. 12: Marc Cohn
· March 9: “One Night of Queen”

Cabaret Series
· Jan. 27: Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael, “All in the Musical Family”
· Feb. 17: David Burnham, “Mostly Broadway”
· March 24: Spider Saloff, “Cole Porter, Swell Party!”
· April 14: Glory Crampton, “Out of My Dreams”
· May 19: Danny Gurwin, “Sail Me Away”

Family Series
· Nov. 10: “The Velveteen Rabbit”
· Dec. 2: “A Christmas Carol”
· March 16: “Junie B. Jones”
· April 20: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”

Other professional performances
· Sept. 27: Five for Fighting
· Sept. 29: Chicago Sinfonietta, “Performance Art”
· Oct. 7: Dionne Warwick
· Oct. 13: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “Great Expectations”
· Oct. 21: Ailey® II
· Oct. 25: Bernadette Peters
· Nov. 2: Chicago Sinfonietta, “Dia de los Muertos”
· Nov. 18: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “British Masters”
· Dec. 13-16: Organic Theater Company, “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”
· Dec. 16: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “A Ralph Covert Holiday”
· Feb. 1: Parsons Dance
· Feb. 9: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “Shakespeare in Music”
· March 16: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “Legends and Literature”
· March 21-24: Organic Theater Company, “Emigrants”
· April 20: Chicago Sinfonietta, “Arab Spring”
· May 11: DuPage Symphony Orchestra, “…de la Mancha”
· June 8: Chicago Sinfonietta, “CityScapes”

College musical performances
· Sept. 21: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· Oct. 3: Choral Invitational Festival
· Oct. 26: Homecoming Kickoff Concert
· Nov. 2: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· Nov. 13: Instrumental Invitational Festival
· Jan. 4: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· Feb. 8: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· Feb. 20: Winter Choral Concert
· March 8: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· March 9: Chords for Kids
· April 5: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· April 10, 12: Explore the Sound V
· April 18: Concert Winds Return From Tour Concert
· April 30: Chamber Singers Metamorphosis Concert
· May 16: Cardinal Chorus Spring Concert
· May 17: An Evening with North Central College Jazz Faculty
· May 23: Women’s Chorale Finale! Concert
· May 30: Concert Winds Final Spring Concert
· May 31: Concert Choir Graduation Concert

College theatrical productions
· Sept. 27-29: “Sin”
· Oct. 11-14: “The Flu Season”
· Nov. 8-11: “Kiss Me Kate”
· Jan. 17-19: “Float”
· Feb. 7-10: TBA faculty-directed production
· Feb. 28, March 1-3: “Xanadu”
· April 25-28: “The Taming of the Shrew”
· May 9-12: “Way to Heaven”
· May 23-25: “A Story of Us”

Performance information is subject to change; visit northcentralcollege.edu/show throughout the season for updates.