08/21/11

NJ’s SOPAC Announces 2011-12 Season Jazz Concerts

New Jazz + Blues “In The Loft” Series

By Jeff Tamarkin

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), in South Orange, N.J., has announced its schedule for the upcoming 2011-12 season. Among the scheduled performances, this year marks the launch of SOPAC’s “In the Loft” Series, eight jazz/blues concerts set in an informal, club café atmosphere in the upstairs Loft.

Scheduled Jazz Concerts

Sat. 9/17 @ 5PM—Blues in the Loft: South Orange International Blues Festival Kick-Off
Tickets: $15

Sat. 10/1 @ 9PM—Giants of Jazz honoring 2011 Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath
Tickets: $50

Sat. 10/15 @ 8PM—U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors
Tickets: free

Tue. 10/25 @ 7:30PM—Jazz Accordionist Eddie Monteiro
Tickets: $25. Seniors/Seton Hall Alumni $15. Seton Hall Students & Staff (with ID) $8.

Sun. 11/6 @ 5PM—Blues in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Tue. 11/8 @ 7:30PM—Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Jazz Orchestra
Tickets: $25. Seniors/Seton Hall Alumni $15. Seton Hall Students & Staff (with ID) $8.

Fri. 12/16 @ 8PM—A Freddy Cole Holiday
Tickets: $35, $45

Sun. 12/18 @ 3PM—Swingin’ Holidays W/ The Juilliard Jazz Ensemble
Juilliard @ SOPAC
Tickets: $20. Seniors and SOPAC Members $15.

Sun. 1/22 @ 5PM—Blues in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Fri. 2/10 @ 8PM—Jane Monheit
Tickets: $45, $35

Sun. 2/12 @ 5PM—Jazz in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Sun. 3/4 @ 5PM—Jazz in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Sat. 3/24 @ 8PM—Kyle Eastwood
Tickets: $40, $30

Sun. 3/25 @ 5PM—Blues in the Loft Tickets: $15

Tue. 3/27 @ 7:30PM—Jazz Knights of West Point
Tickets: free

Sun. 4/1 @ 5PM—Jazz in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Sun. 4/29 @ 5PM—Blues in the Loft
Tickets: $15

Tue. 5/1 @ 7:30PM—Seton Hall University Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Tickets: free

For the complete 2011-12 calendar, visit SOPAC Now.