Tag archive for ‘Rabobank Theater’

  • Concert brings back WWII memories of home, family and freedom

    1/30/11 • (1)

    Known for his long run as the “Phantom of the Opera,” Franc D’Ambrosio summoned Bing Crosby with his show “I’ll Be Seein’ YOUZ … A Bronx Boy’s Musical Perspective of World War II.” Read the latest Bakersfield Community Concert Association review by Beverley Park.

  • Lowe Family entertains Bakersfield with musical smorgasbord

    10/05/10 • (0)

    Seven members of The Lowe Family kicked off the 2010-11 Bakersfield Community Concert Association season with a musical range from contemporary to bluegrass to musicals to classical, and dancing from jiving to salsa to ballroom to Irish clogging. Oh, and don’t forget the patriotic numbers.

  • ABBA Mania how you thrill me, ah-hah

    5/07/10 • (1)

    ABBA Mania, a tribute to the popular ’70s band, thrilled the audience as the finale to the Bakersfield Community Concert Association’s 2009-2010 season. Read the review and find out how to be a part of the upcoming season.

  • Comedic concert pianist draws awe and a few ‘yee-has’

    3/26/10 • (0)

    Accomplished pianist Rudolf Budginas treated Bakersfield to an entertaining lesson in the history of musical composition, and even formed an impromptu “Bakers Band” with audience members. Read the review by Beverley Park.

  • Orchestral premiere is personal journey for Doug Davis

    2/04/10 • (0)

    CSUB music professor and Bakersfield Jazz Festival organizer Doug Davis will take the podium Saturday night for the premiere of his newest orchestral composition for the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. “Eleanor and Estalee” honors the two “mothers” who raised him.

  • ‘Nearly Neil’ stages a memorable Diamond tribute

    1/17/10 • (0)

    He wasn’t quite Neil Diamond, but Bobby Bruce’s “Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band” certainly presented an entertaining tribute to the artist’s 40-plus years of songwriting and performing at the Rabobank Theater.

  • ‘Nutcracker’ to enchant Bakersfield for 32nd year

    12/08/09 • (0)

    Civic Dance Center and the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra are partnering up for their traditional holiday performance Dec. 11, 12 and 13.

  • Celtic music revival takes over Bakersfield

    10/30/09 • (0)

    Topped off by the first-ever Bakersfield Celtic Music Festival, an unintentional surge of Scottish and Irish performances causes November to be dubbed “Celtic Music Month.”

  • Russian dancers take audience around the world

    10/28/09 • (0)

    The latest performance in the Bakersfield Community Concert Association’s season included such dance styles as flamenco, tango, modern jazz, and Irish and Russian folk dancing.

  • Community concert season off to a jiving start

    10/19/09 • (0)

    Series opens with a tribute to old-time jazz by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Next up: an international journey with the Russian Seasons Dance Company.