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Welcome to the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, home to the performing arts at Clemson University.

For Ticket Information,call the Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787 (RSVP)

Monday-Friday, 1-5 pm

You can also purchase tickets online at www.clemson.edu/brooks/events or on facebook at www.facebook.com/brookscentercu

Directions: The Brooks Center is located at the intersection of Perimeter and Cherry roads on the Clemson University campus at 141 Jersey Lane, Clemson, SC 29634.

Parking: Visitors to the Brooks Center may park in the lot directly east of the building. Orange painted parking spaces are available for all visitors, beginning at 6 pm. White painted parking spaces (Patrons’ Row) are reserved for donors who annually give to the Friends of the Brooks Center at the $500-level or above. Please note that towing commences two hours before each event for any unauthorized vehicle parked in a white space.

The metered parking spaces in front of the Brooks Center are reserved for disability access parking on the night of performances.

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For Ticket Information,call the Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787 (RSVP)

Monday-Friday, 1-5 pm

You can also purchase tickets online at www.clemson.edu/brooks/events or on facebook at www.facebook.com/brookscentercu

Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787

You can see all of our music performances. We believe in quality performances at low ticket prices.

If you purchase tickets to all 5 of our music events on the Boni Belle Brooks Series you will pay only

$130.00 Adult$65.00 Student

In addition you can attend all four of the performances on the Utsey Chamber Music Series FREE as long as seats are available.

We want everyone to experience music at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.

But don’t stop at music. We have fantastic theatre, dance, and family events on the 14-15 Season.

And we’re home to the Department of Performing Arts on Clemson University’s campus.Come see the future leaders of the arts world onstage at the Brooks Center.

Connect with us on facebook and twitter to tell us what you are looking forward to this season!

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Thursday, September 4 @ 8 pm$20 Adults / $10 StudentsBoni Belle Brooks Series

Recently named “one of the best jazz bands in New York” by Forbes magazine, The Hot Sardines’ unique musical recipe takes hot jazz and sultry standards from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, sprinkles in rich Dixieland sounds of New Orleans, and adds a dash of wartime Paris flavor that will hold you captive long after the last note fades.

www.hotsardines.com

The Hot Sardines

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Tuesday, November 11 @ 8 pm$30 Adults / $15 StudentsBoni Belle Brooks Series

The acoustics of the Brooks Theatre are ideally suited for orchestral works, so don’t miss this night of gorgeous Russian music. Celebrated pianist Vladimir Feltsman joins forces with the 90 musicians of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra and music director Valery Polyansky in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Other repertoire includes Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmilla and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3.

www.artsmg.com

Friday, December 5 @ 8 pm$30 Adults / $15 StudentsBoni Belle Brooks Series

Unlike any ensemble in America today, the Annie Moses Band, comprised of five extraordinary musicians from the same family, has a sound all its own. The siblings call their style “chamber pop” – a spicy blend of classical, jazz, and pop, mixed with some good ol’ fashioned country. Get in the spirit of the holidays as the Annie Moses Band presents a Christmas concert to remember.

www.anniemosesband.com

Christmas with the Annie Moses Band

Chanticleer

Monday, February 2 @ 8 pm$25 Adults / $15 StudentsBoni Belle Brooks Series

Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker magazine and named “Ensemble of the Year” by Musical America in 2008, the San Francisco-based, Grammy Award-winning ensemble Chanticleer presents an evening of music that explores “The Gypsy in our Soul.” You will delight as Chanticleer enthralls us with the pervasive influence of gypsy rhythms in music from around the world.

www.chanticleer.org

Thursday, February 26 @ 8 pm$25 Adults / $10 StudentsBoni Belle Brooks Series

Back by popular demand, Danú is one of the premier traditional Irish music ensembles. In honor of its 20th anniversary, two heralded former members of the ensemble will join the virtuoso players on this American tour, intensifying the high-energy performance of ancient Irish music and new repertoire.

www.baylinartists.com/artist/danu/tours/419/

Danú

Photo: John D. Kelly

Utsey Chamber Music Series

Since 1986, the university has hosted the Lillian and Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series. Started with the simple of goal of offering outstanding performances to the public at no cost, the Utsey Series has presented nearly 135 concerts to an estimated 87,750 audience members over the past 28 years.

A $20,000 donation and a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities established the Lillian and Robert Utsey Series Chamber Music Endowment, a fund that has the distinction of being South Carolina’s only funding source strictly dedicated to presenting free chamber music. Over the years, nearly 800 individuals, families, and businesses have given to the endowment, which funds four free performances each year.

As South Carolina’s largest land-grant institution, Clemson University is charged to provide public service and outreach to the citizens of the Palmetto State. Traditionally, that mission was fulfilled in the form of agricultural assistance and community development. Today, public service and outreach means cultural enrichment as well. The Utsey Series is an integral component of exposing South Carolinians to classical music. This is achieved not only by providing free performances in Clemson, but also by broadcasting performance excerpts and interviews with musicians on the South Carolina Educational Television/Radio Network. Your Day, a magazine-style program produced by Clemson University Radio Productions for the network, regularly features these performances and interviews. It is estimated that nearly 25,000 public radio patrons in South Carolina tune in to the program on a daily basis.

There’s a seat waiting for you. And it’s free.

Dover Quartet

Tuesday, September 4 @ 7:30 pmFREEUtsey Chamber Music Series

The Dover Quartet swept the prestigious 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three special prizes. Chosen “Artist of the Month” in March by Musical America Worldwide, the quartet was also named the first graduate Quartet-in-Residence at the venerated Curtis Institute of Music where the ensemble formed in 2008 when they were students.

www.doverquartet.com

Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzuco

Thursday, October 16 @ 7:30 pmFREEUtsey Chamber Music Series

Founded in 1988 during the era of Herbert von Karajan, The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet was the first permanently established wind quintet in the famous orchestra’s rich tradition of chamber music. As members of the Berlin Philharmonic, these esteemed musicians have enjoyed important collaborations with every other major conductor of their time, such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, and Riccardo Muti.

www.windquintet.com

Berlin Philharmonic Wind QuintetPhoto by Peter Adamik

Vijay Iyer Trio

Thursday, January 15 @ 7:30 pmFREEUtsey Chamber Music Series

A 2011 Grammy nominee, jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has been described by The Village Voice as “the most commanding pianist and composer to emerge in recent years,” and by The New Yorker as one of “today’s most important pianists…extravagantly gifted.” Iyer’s latest accolades include the 2013 Jazz Journalists Association Pianist of the Year Award, the 2013 Echo Award for International Pianist of the Year, as well as receiving one of the 24 prestigious MacArthur Fellowship Awards.

www.vijay-iyer.com

Tuesday, March 24 @ 7:30 pmFREEUtsey Chamber Music Series

Described as the “extravagantly talented smasher of cultural and classical music taboos,” the imaginative and unconventional “classical organ rebel,” Cameron Carpenter, performs on a five-keyboard touring organ made exclusively for him by digital organ pioneers Marshall & Ogletree. Don’t miss this first-ever solo organ concert at the Brooks Center.

www.cameroncarpenter.com

Cameron Carpenter, organist

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Why not share the experience of these incredible artists with all your friends? Groups of 10 or more receive a 10% discount when purchasing tickets together.

Call the box office at 864-656-7787, Monday-Friday 1-5 pm to find out more.

Student “Rush the Box Office” events at the Brooks Center are free to Clemson Students. Present your CU ID at the Brooks Center box office one hour before these shows and receive free admission as long as tickets are available.

Call the box office at 864-656-7787, Monday-Friday 1-5 pm with any questions.

*The box office opens to the general public on Monday, August 11, 2014

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student rush events:The Hot Sardines Thursday, September 4 @ 8 PMSenegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir Monday, September 15 @ 7 PMPaul Taylor Dance Company Thursday, September 18 @ 8 PMA Midsummer Night’s Dream Tuesday, October 21 @ 8 PMUrban Bush Women Tuesday, January 27 @ 8 PMPeter and the Starcatcher Thursday, March 5 @ 8 PMSwan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Monday, March 9 @ 8 PM

*The box office opens to the general public on Monday, August 11, 2014

AUGUST 2014 29 Nice Work If You Can Get It

SEPTEMBER 20144 The Hot Sardines 9 Dover Quartet 14 Music In The Air XII 15 Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir18 Paul Taylor Dance Company 23 Joshua Kane: Borders of the Mind 28-30 Vincent In Brixton

OCTOBER 20141-3, 5 Vincent In Brixton 7 Smokey Joe’s Café 9-10 SPANDEX 14 CU Symphony Orchestra 16 Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet 21 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 23 CU Singers

NOVEMBER 201411 Russian State Symphony Orchestra 13 CU Percussion Extravaganza

16-21, 23 Big Love 20 CU Jazz Ensemble 24 CU Symphonic Band

DECEMBER 20142 CU Symphony Orchestra 4 CU Women’s & Men’s Glees 5 Christmas with the Annie Moses Band

JANUARY 201515 Vijay Iyer Trio 27 Urban Bush Women 29 Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

FEBRUARY 20152 Chanticleer

19-21, 22 Eurydice 26 Danú

MARCH 20153 CU Symphonic Band 5 Peter and the Starcatcher 9 Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet24 Cameron Carpenter, organist

APRIL 20157 CU Symphony Orchestra 9 CU Jazz Ensemble 12 Dept. of Performing Arts “POPS” Concert

13-18, 19 Twelfth Night 14 CU Symphonic Band & CU Concert Band 16 CU Women’s & Men’s Glees 21 CU Singers 24 CU Percussion Ensemble & CU Steel Band

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Smokey Joe’s Café

Urban Bush Women

Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet

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