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VISITING ARTIST SERIES

2011-12

PUBLIC CONCERTS

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MAJOR FUNDING SUPPORT:

NEA logo

Arts Midwest logo

Performing Arts Fund

ILAC logo

SCRA logo

RAUCH FAMILY FOUNDATION I

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ROCK ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUSCATINE

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE GREAT RIVER BEND

AMY HELPENSTELL FOUNDATION

 

Max Pollak & RumbaTap at Mercer County Junior High.


BRINGING THE ARTS TO THE PEOPLE:

THE 38TH SEASON
OF THE VISITING ARTIST SERIES

Since 1974, more than 327 artists and ensembles have participated in Quad City Arts' Visiting Artist Series, in genres from jazz to chamber music, African drumming to hip hop dance, and everything in between.  The program has reached over 2,136,000 people from preschoolers to older adults.

The 38th season of the Visiting Artist Series will bring 39 artists in 7 residencies to the Quad Cities, reaching nearly 60,000 people in schools and community locations. Residencies will feature everything from jazz to dance to classical music and more. Click below for more information:

NEWS RELEASES

IMAGES

LINKS TO ARTIST WEBSITES

MUSIC & VIDEO CLIPS (for promotional or educational use only - go to the artists' websites for more!)

  • Dave Eggar Ensemble (mp3)
  • Rioult, contemporary dance
    (link to website to view videos online)
  • Calder Quartet (mp3)
  • Professor Smart's "Fun With Physics"
    (link to website to view videos online)
  • Jon Faddis, jazz trumpet (mp3)
  • Voces8, mixed a cappella (mp3)
  • Mike Garson, pianist (mp3)
 
 

Rioult and Voces8's residencies are supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council, the Iowa Arts Council, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, e-mail swahlmann@quadcityarts.com

QUAD CITY ARTS - 1715 2ND AVE., ROCK ISLAND, IL  61201
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