The South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) Music Department will be performing two concerts featuring SPSCC students this June at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts Main Stage: Carmina Burana and Summer Samba.
The SPSCC Choirs combine forces to perform Carl Orff’s iconic masterwork Carmina Burana with percussion ensemble and soloists on Friday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. This concert will feature the SPSCC Chamber Singers, the SPSCC Percival Choir, and the Olympia Youth Chorus.
On Saturday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m., the SPSCC Jazz Band and the SPSCC Symphony Orchestra team up for Summer Samba, featuring the world premiere performance of Gerry Amato’s Devil’s Samba for saxophone quartet and orchestra, along with works by Miles Davis, Antonin Dvorak, Louis Gottschalk, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente, and others.
Admission for each concert is a suggested $15 donation at the door. Entrance is free to SPSCC students, staff, and faculty. The Music Department concerts are sponsored in part by R.L. Ray Violin Shop. More information is available on the college’s Arts & Entertainment webpage.