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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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Brooks Center Box Office at 864-656-7787

Can’t choose just one?

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.

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra

The Hot Sardines Thursday, September 4 @ 8 pm $20 Adults / $10 Students Boni 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

Russian State Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, November 11 @ 8 pm $30 Adults / $15 Students Boni 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

Christmas with the Annie Moses Band Friday, December 5 @ 8 pm $30 Adults / $15 Students Boni 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

Chanticleer Monday, February 2 @ 8 pm $25 Adults / $15 Students Boni 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

Photo: John D. Kelly

DanĂş Thursday, February 26 @ 8 pm $25 Adults / $10 Students Boni Belle Brooks Series Back by popular demand, DanĂş 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 highenergy performance of ancient Irish music and new repertoire.

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

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.

There’s a seat waiting for you.

And it’s free.

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 magazinestyle 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.

Dover Quartet

Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzuco

Tuesday, September 4 @ 7:30 pm FREE Utsey 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 Peter Adamik

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

Thursday, October 16 @ 7:30 pm FREE Utsey 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

Vijay Iyer Trio Thursday, January 15 @ 7:30 pm FREE Utsey 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

Cameron Carpenter, organist Tuesday, March 24 @ 7:30 pm FREE Utsey 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

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with all your friends 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.

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RUSH the box office

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.

student rush events: The Hot Sardines Thursday, September 4 @ 8 PM Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir Monday, September 15 @ 7 PM Paul Taylor Dance Company Thursday, September 18 @ 8 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tuesday, October 21 @ 8 PM Urban Bush Women Tuesday, January 27 @ 8 PM Peter and the Starcatcher Thursday, March 5 @ 8 PM Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Monday, March 9 @ 8 PM *The box office opens to the general public on Monday, August 11, 2014

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The Hot Sardines Dover Quartet Music In The Air XII Senegal St. Joseph Gospel Choir Paul Taylor Dance Company Joshua Kane: Borders of the Mind Vincent In Brixton

Paul Taylor Dance Company

OCTOBER 2014

1-3, 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

Photo: Rick McCullough

NOVEMBER 2014

11 Russian State Symphony Orchestra 13 CU Percussion Extravaganza 16-21, 23 Big Love 20 CU Jazz Ensemble 24 CU Symphonic Band

DECEMBER 2014

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

Urban Bush Women

The Hot Sardines

JANUARY 2015 15 27 29

Vijay Iyer Trio Urban Bush Women Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story

FEBRUARY 2015

2 Chanticleer 19-21, 22 Eurydice 26 Danú

MARCH 2015 3 5 9 24

Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet

CU Symphonic Band Peter and the Starcatcher

Swan Lake: Moscow City Ballet Cameron Carpenter, organist

APRIL 2015

7 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

Smokey Joe’s Café

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