Season Schedule
Mainstage Series
Our Mainstage Series brings you some of the best artists in music, dance, and theater from around the globe. Each season showcases a variety of acts from diverse genres. Musical offerings have included everything from bluegrass to big band, Celtic, string ensembles, jazz, and soul. World-class performers from Broadway and beyond have brought everything from show tunes to ballet to our Mainstage audiences.
Cameron Carpenter
Tuesday, 10.09.2012
Whether conjuring a full symphony’s rendering of Chopin, or one of Sousa’s classic marches, Cameron Carpenter’s mastery of the organ is evident. Forget what you know about this instrument—Carpenter is smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music alike. >
Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory
Sunday, 10.14.2012 Monday, 10.15.2012
If engineers ran away and joined the circus, this might well be the result. Inspired by modern circus, Cirque Mechanics finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. >
Jake Shimabukuro
Friday, 11.09.2012
He’s earned comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, while entirely redefining an instrument. Jake Shimabukuro’s most recent album, Peace Love Ukulele, mixing jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk also debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart. >
Broadway Holiday
Friday, 11.30.2012
Just in time for the holidays, Neil Berg presents the critically-acclaimed musical revue Broadway Holiday. Direct from New York, Broadway alumni along with musical director Neil Berg and a three piece band will take audiences on a journey through Broadway. >
Russian National Ballet
Wednesday, 01.09.2013
One of the oldest ballets still performed today, Giselle is the tragic romance of the beautiful young peasant who falls for the flirtations of the deceitful Duke Albrecht, who is engaged to another. >
Mountain Heart
Saturday, 01.19.2013
Since forming in 1999, Mountain Heart has fearlessly revolutionized the way acoustic music is performed and presented. >
Susan Werner
Saturday, 02.02.2013
One of the most intriguing singer-songwriters today, Susan Werner was once dubbed “the empress of the unexpected” on National Public Radio. >
The Knights with Wu Man
Thursday, 02.14.2013
One of the most exciting new groups to emerge in recent years, the forty-member chamber orchestra known as The Knights has taken the world of classical music by storm. Yo-Yo Ma called his experience with The Knights “vibrant” and “energetic.” >
The StepCrew
Friday, 03.22.2013
Breakneck energy, breathtaking ability and infectious enthusiasm mark the whirling, delirious fun of StepCrew. The Step Crew brings the world’s top talents in Irish Stepdancing, Ottawa Valley Stepdancing, and modern tap together on one stage. >
The Acting Company–As You Like It
Wednesday, 03.27.2013
SPECIAL BONUS SHOW!
All the world’s a stage when The Acting Company brings this Shakespearean comedy to Hatfield Hall. >
Nathan Gunn
Thursday, 05.02.2013
Nathan Gunn is one of the most exciting and in-demand opera baritones of the day. He has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Paris Opera. His distinguished repertoire includes title roles in Billy Budd, Eugene Onegin, The Barber of Seville, and Hamlet. >