




2009-

Providing Craven County and surrounding areas
with artistic excellence for 26 consecutive years!

2010 Events
Hunt Family Fiddlers -
Your toes will be a-
Amstel Quartet -
Put four saxophones, each with a different sound, in the hands of masterful players.
Then add-
2009 Events
Canadian Tenors -
Our first performance of New Bern’s Tercentennial year will feature this north of
the border foursome that’s rapidly approaching greatness. They’re considered one
of Canada’s national treasures. Featuring a mix of music from the theater, classics,
operetta and world pop, you would naturally expect them to sing in English and French,
but they also add Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and even Maltese. With consistent
demands for encores, the group is giving pop-
Rudolf Budginas -
Our Tercentennial celebration continues with a prodigy who debuted with the Lithuanian National Symphony at age nine. After training in Moscow, his solo concerts promptly brought him international fame. He moved to the U.S. in 1994. In his fascinating show he will demonstrate to us how classical music influences contemporary music. You’re sure to recognize passages in many of today’s hit songs. Listen for Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” in Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody.”
War Bonds -
Subtitled “The Songs and Letters of World War II”, this living history cabaret will
take us on a tour through the war that redefined the world. We’ll compare personal
letters and headline news from the front with the light-
the Riviter at a time when men dreamed of being home for Christmas and hoped their sweethearts wouldn’t have company under the apple tree until they returned.
All performances will be held in the Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.
(The Public will be seated after 6:45 P.M. for series shows)





Nearly Neil Thursday, April 16, 2010
“Neil” will be here with The Solitary Band for a night that’s been called as good
as a night with the real Neil Diamond. This Neil (really Bobby Bruce) has played
for thousands of screaming fans in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia
with his dead-
