Now Playing - May Events

PCC Music  - Musical Theatre Workshop BEING ALIVE!
May 1 at 7 p.m.
Recital Hall 

Under the direction of Nancy Davis Booth. The audience is invited to come and get an inside glimpse of putting it together and experience the fun, difficulty and delicious discontent of the rehearsal process while celebrating the surprise, challenge and success of student performance. Program selections include scenes will be from Ragtime, Carousel, Annie Get Your Gun, Godspell, Mame, Fiddler on The Roof, The Fantasticks, Guys and Dolls, Once Upon A Mattress and Jekyll and Hyde. Tickets $6 with discounts available.

PCC Music  - WIND ENSEMBLE 
May 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre 

Under the direction of Dr. Mark Nelson, the band performs the final concert of the spring semester. The ensemble will open with the popular “Overture in Bb” by Caesar Giovannini. Other works include “Hosts of Freedom” march by Karl King, and the multi-movement “Suite Francaise” by Darius Milhaud that musically describes five of the French provinces—Normandy, Brittany, Lle-de-France, Alsace-Lorraine, and Provence. The concert closes with “Chorale and Shaker Dance” by Jon Zdechlik. This selection uses the Shaker tune “the Gift to be Simple” as the basis for the composition. Performances by the brass ensemble, woodwind ensemble and percussion ensemble are intermingled throughout the program. Tickets $6 with discounts available.

PCC Fashion Design & Clothing  - Spring Fashion Show ONCE UPON A TIME
May 3 at 7 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre 

Get whisked away into a fashion fairy tale and see the latest student designs for 2013. For information email Yekatherina Bruner, ybruner@pima.edu. A $5 donation is suggested.

PCC Music  - CHORALE & COLLEGE SINGERS
May 5 at 3 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre

Under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Ng, the students present the final concert of the spring semester concert featuring the Chorale singing American folk songs. Program selections include “The Water is Wide” and “Hymn of America” by Stephen Paulus, “Shenandoah/He’s Gone Away” by Mark Hayes, and “Silent Noon” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Also included in the program are choruses from “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell. College Singers present “Missa Sancti Nicolai” (Mass No. 6 in G) by Joseph Haydn. Both choruses join to perform two spirituals—“We Shall Walk in the Valley in Peace” by Moses Hogan, and “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” by Mark Hayes. Tickets $6 with discounts available.

PCC Dance  - DANCE FUSION II
May 10 at 7:30 p.m., May 11 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre 

Under the direction of Aurora Gonçalves-Shaner. Dance Fusion II is the second show in the Fusion series of the dance department at Pima. It embraces current, contemporary and futuristic choreographic themes and concepts.  Dancers and faculty perform various dance styles fused together in a melting pot of movements from classical to contemporary to cultural. A vibrant blend of physicality, musicality and passion is demonstrated by innovative, unique and unexpected choreography with contrasting music. The eclectic selections from the program include the fusion of ballet, jazz, modern and more, including a tribute to mothers with video and dancing. The program also showcases several student works. Tickets $6 with discounts available.

PCC Music  - ORCHESTRA - MOTHER'S DAY CONCERT
May 12 at 3 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre

Under the direction of Dr. Alexander Tentser. The program features ballet music by Charles Gounod from the opera FAUST, and two pieces by Bedrich Smetana from the opera THE BARTERED BRIDE. Other program selections include Ludwig van Beethoven's “Finale” from the Eroica Symphony, and “Concerto Grosso” for strings by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni. Tickets $6 with discounts available.

PCC Digital Arts  - DIGITAL VIDEO AND FILM SCREENING
May 13-14 at 7 p.m.
Proscenium Theatre

Under the direction of David Wing. The screening includes film and video work from students in the beginning and advanced classes, along with the premiere screening of “Snowbirds!” directed, funded and produced by the advanced cinematography classes this year. The film was shot using a broadcast quality, high definition digital camera. Free and open to the public.

PCC English and Journalism Department  - 2013 WRITERS' WORKSHOP
May 24-26
Center for the Arts complex

For information contact Meg Files: mfiles@ pima.edu.