January & February 2010 Events
FRIENDS OF MUSIC CONCERT SERIES:
WESTMINSTER CHOIR
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 • 7:30 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: $12 General, $10 Students & Seniors - buy tickets now
Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J. has ben combining scholarship and professional training in music for over 60 years, and during that time the mixed, 40 voice Wesminster Choir has set the standard for choral excellence. Forming the core of the 200-voice Westminster Symphonic Choir, the Choir has performed with every internationally known conductor in the last 50 years. A Friends of Music event.
16TH ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
COMMEMORATION WILLIE BROWN, JR.,
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Friday, January 22, 2010 • 7:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: Free
This annual event celebrates the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Each year the MLK, Jr. Commemoration committee invites a prominent civil rights figure to make the keynote address. This year, the speaker is former Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor, Willie Brown, Jr. Mr. Brown served over thirty years in the California Assembly, fifteen years as its speaker, and afterwards, as the only African-American Mayor of San Francisco. Historian Kevin Starr writes: "Willie Brown has long proven to be one of the most charismatic, engaging, and effective politicians of his generation."
SPRING SPEECH NIGHT
Thursday, January 28, 2010 • 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: $5 Presale, $7 Day of Event
En enjoyable evening of platform speeches, interpretation of literature and debate performed by the award-winning MJC Speech and Debate team.
COUNTY HONOR BAND/CHOIR/ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE
Choral Performance:
Friday, January 29, 2010 • 7:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: Free
Orchestra Performance:
Saturday, January 30, 2010 • 2:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: Free
Band Performance:
Saturday, January 30, 2010 • 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: Free
2010 Stanislaus County Junior High and High School Music Festival. Joint performances with junior high to high school students.
MJC OFF-BALANCE IN REPERTORY PERFORMANCE
February 18, 19, 20, 2010 • 7:30 PM
February 21, 2010 • 2:00 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: $10 General, $8 Students & Seniors - buy tickets now
An evening of thought provoking poetry, image, and gesture through modern and contemporary dance styles performed by the MJC Dance Company; Off-Balance.
VOLUNTARY SURRENDER:
SCENES FROM ABANDONED HOMES
An Exhibition of Photography by Douglas Smith
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - Friday, March 26, 2010
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday • 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Reception: Friday, March 12, 2010 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MJC Art Gallery
Tickets: Free
MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF C.C.C. NORTHERN HONOR BAND
Thursday, February 25, 2010 • 7:30 PM
Performing and Media Arts Center - Main Auditorium
Tickets: Free
A concert featuring the MACCC honor band. The membership is made up of community college students from colleges all over Norhtern California nominated as being outstanding players by their directors. The concert will open with a performance by the MJC bands.
