Hopkins Arts Center Announces New Concert Calendar

Coming off a season that saw three sold-out shows, the has put together a Saturday concert series for 2012-13 featuring a mix of big names and regional favorites.

The center aims to top last year’s average of about 560 people per concert with the help of groups like Grammy nominated Quartet San Francisco and Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary fame.

“It’s shaping up to be another busy year,” said arts center Director Amanda Birnstengel, joking. “Who can beat ‘Puff the Magic Dragon,’ really?”

The following groups will take the stage at the center:

2012

• Oct. 6: CD release concert with Michael Johnson
• Oct. 27: Monroe Crossing
• Nov. 17: Quartet San Francisco
• Dec. 29: New Year’s Gala Concert (artist still to be announced)

2013

• Jan. 19: An Evening with Aaron Neville
• Feb. 23: The Calder Quartet
• March 9: The McCoy Tyner Quartet
• April 13: “I Love a Piano” with Arne Fogel
• April 27: An Evening with Peter Yarrow
• May 11: “From Bach to Bop” with the Laura Caviani Trio

Season tickets go on sale at 4 p.m. May 12 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Single-ticket sales start Aug. 1.

The center is still contracting out performances for its Take Five Tuesday series, although is already set to return for a holiday concert Dec. 18. The calendar for that series should be announced by May 12.

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