Friday, August 13, 1999
Marsalis tops reduced CAA season
BY JACKIE DEMALINE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra will make its long-awaited local debut as part of a significantly reduced presenting series by Cincinnati Arts Association for 1999-2000.
There are only three national acts on the CAA's upcoming Aronoff Center calendar: Mr. Marsalis, Oct. 17; Shades of Blue #2, Nov. 26; and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, March 28 and 29. That's down from 11 last year. Last season's 15 non-family events at a variety of CAA facilities is down to four.
“This is one year, it's not necessarily a trend,” Elissa Getto, association CEO, says about the presenting calendar. “We do have larger expectations . . . but we have to go with the times.”
The season is affected by the reduced presence of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series in the Aronoff Center and slow progress of the CAA's ongoing endowment campaign ($6.7 million to go in the $8 million second phase).
“We're not apologetic,” Ms. Getto says. “It is a shift, it will be noticed. Other people may not see it as positively as we do. We're looking at the community's needs and the institution's needs.”
Ms. Getto says the emphasis on “community” is being met by a four-part family series, a repeat of last year's Emerging Artists Series (details to be announced), and a Cincinnati Jazz Celebration program with J Curve Records artists at Music Hall Ballroom on Nov. 12.
Three or four more events will be announced, Ms. Getto says, all of them “large community events” featuring regional talent. They will likely include an open house at Music Hall and a “multimedia” festival at the Aronoff anchored to a performance by local avant-garde puppet company Saw Theatre.
The Unique Lives lecture series, presented at but not by CAA and the Aronoff Center, will repeat in 1999-2000. A touring National Geographic lecture series is also a probable new tenant.
Tickets go on sale Sept. 17. For more information, call 621-2787.
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