The Touhill Performing Arts Center has announced its 2008-09 season schedule, and it includes a couple of concerts that may be of interest to jazz fans along with the expected presentations of theater, dance, pop and classical music.As previously shown on Pollstar, the Manhattan Transfer will return to the TouPAC on Friday, December 19 with their annual holiday show. In addition, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, now under the direction of Duke's grandson Paul Mercer Ellington (pictured), is booked for a matinee performance on Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Creative music aficionados may also take an interest in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra "Explosions Percussion Festival" scheduled for Sunday, November 23, as past editions of this concert have included some interesting works by contemporary composers.
Regrettably, the TouPAC's management has also made the inexplicable decision to schedule a return date for the odious, zoot-suited oafs Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, who will befoul the stage with their inept, clumsy and tasteless presentation in something called "Wild and Swingin' Holiday Party" on Saturday, December 6. One can only hope that listeners will stay away in droves so as to help discourage any future repeats of this grievous error. It's sad to think that someone in a position of responsibility is so misguided as to think that those doofuses are actually worth hearing once, let alone twice. Then again, as H.L. Mencken once said, and the success of reality television continues to prove, no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
The Post-Dispatch's Calvin Wilson has the rundown on the rest of the TouPAC's 2008-09 season in a feature story that can be read online here.
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