Performing Arts Department Fall 2021 Events Calendar
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PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT FALL 2021 EVENTS CALENDAR September September 22 & 29 @ 6:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre Week one will feature acclaimed jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman along with multi-instrumentalist/ composer/producer John Clement Wood, saxophonist Beth Schenck and guitarist Matt Wrobel for a performance by their quartet House of Faern on Wednesday, September 22 in the PAC Indoor Theater. Week two will feature innovative guitarist and composer Jeff Parker, known for his work with the post-rock groups Tortoise, Isotope 217, and the Chicago Underground Trio. Admission: FREE (registration required) PanoramaRecordings.com/PCMS October A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 1, 7, 9 @ 7:30 PM Macbeth October 2, 6, 8 @ 7:30 PM PAC Outdoor Theatre Double, double, toil and trouble...the Kern Shakespeare Festival is back for its 37th year – live and in-person! We are thrilled to welcome you back to the Bakersfield College Outdoor Theatre for another autumn under the stars. This year’s festival presents Shakespeare’s classic tale of avarice and ambition, Macbeth, in repertory with one of his most beloved comedies of all time, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gather with us October 1 – 9, 2021 as mischievous fairies and ominous witches fill the evening air with poetry once again. Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/Veterans KernShakespeareFestival.Eventbrite.com Fall Choral Concert All Hallows’ Eve October 27 - 28 @ 7:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre Celebrate the spooky season at Bakersfield College with our College Choir, Chamber Singers, Renegade Chorus, and instrumentalists from the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra! From classical to contemporary, folk music to film scores, our students will raise your spirits with songs about love, loss, Halloween, and everything in between. Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/Veterans November Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert November 15 @ 7:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre The BC Jazz Ensemble directed by Professor Kris Tiner presents a concert of classic and contemporary works for big band. Admission: $12 general, $10 students. Eventbrite.com Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek November 18-20 @ 7:30 PM Zoom In the not so distant future, humans have created perfectly sentient robots. Unfortunately for us, those robots have taken over the world. Did we imbue them with enough humanity to save themselves? Directed by Professor Kimberly Chin. Admission: TBA December BC/CSUB Orchestra Concert December 1 @ 7:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre Come hear the debut of Bakersfield’s newest string orchestra, featuring musicians from BC, CSUB, and the local community. Admission: $10 general, students free. Tickets at the door. Concert Band Fall Concert December 2 @ 6:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre The BC Concert Band returns to the stage to perform a variety of band repertoire and holiday selections. Admission: $10 general, students free. Tickets at the door. Holiday Choral Concert A Childhood Whimsy December 10 @ 7:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre Ring in the holidays with BC’s choral ensembles singing a wide range of selections celebrating the joy of childhood during the winter season. Composers will include Whitacre, Handel, Kirchner, PDQ Bach, Moira Smiley, and more. Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/ Veterans
Transcript of Performing Arts Department Fall 2021 Events Calendar
PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENTFALL 2021 EVENTS CALENDAR
September
September 22 & 29 @ 6:30 PMPAC Indoor Theatre Week one will feature acclaimed jazz violinist
Jenny Scheinman along with multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer John Clement Wood, saxophonist Beth Schenck and guitarist Matt Wrobel for a performance by their quartet House of Faern on Wednesday, September 22 in the PAC Indoor Theater. Week two will feature innovative guitarist and composer Jeff Parker, known for his work with the post-rock groups Tortoise, Isotope 217, and the Chicago Underground Trio.Admission: FREE (registration required)PanoramaRecordings.com/PCMS
October
A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 1, 7, 9 @ 7:30 PM
MacbethOctober 2, 6, 8 @ 7:30 PM
PAC Outdoor TheatreDouble, double, toil and trouble...the Kern Shakespeare Festival is back for its 37th year – live and in-person! We are thrilled to welcome you back to the Bakersfield College Outdoor Theatre for another autumn under the stars. This year’s festival presents Shakespeare’s classic tale of avarice and ambition, Macbeth, in repertory with one of his most beloved comedies of all time, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Gather with us October 1 – 9, 2021 as mischievous fairies and ominous witches fill the evening air with poetry once again.Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/Veterans KernShakespeareFestival.Eventbrite.com
Fall Choral ConcertAll Hallows’ Eve
October 27 - 28 @ 7:30 PM PAC Indoor Theatre
Celebrate the spooky season at Bakersfield College with our College Choir, Chamber Singers, Renegade Chorus, and instrumentalists from the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra! From classical to contemporary, folk music to film scores, our students will raise your spirits with songs about love, loss, Halloween, and everything in between. Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/Veterans
NovemberJazz Ensemble Fall Concert
November 15 @ 7:30 PMPAC Indoor Theatre
The BC Jazz Ensemble directed by Professor Kris Tiner presents a concert of classic and contemporary works for big band.Admission: $12 general, $10 students. Eventbrite.com
Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel ČapekNovember 18-20 @ 7:30 PM
ZoomIn the not so distant future, humans have created perfectly sentient robots. Unfortunately for us, those robots have taken over the world. Did we imbue them with enough humanity to save themselves? Directed by Professor Kimberly Chin.Admission: TBA
DecemberBC/CSUB Orchestra Concert
December 1 @ 7:30 PMPAC Indoor Theatre
Come hear the debut of Bakersfield’s newest string orchestra, featuring musicians from BC, CSUB, and the local community. Admission: $10 general, students free. Tickets at the door.
Concert Band Fall ConcertDecember 2 @ 6:30 PM
PAC Indoor TheatreThe BC Concert Band returns to the stage to perform a variety of band repertoire and holiday selections. Admission: $10 general, students free. Tickets at the door.
Holiday Choral ConcertA Childhood WhimsyDecember 10 @ 7:30 PM
PAC Indoor TheatreRing in the holidays with BC’s choral ensembles singing a wide range of selections celebrating the joy of childhood during the winter season. Composers will include Whitacre, Handel, Kirchner, PDQ Bach, Moira Smiley, and more. Admission: $10 General, $5 Students/Staff/Veterans
