ANNOUNCING THE ATHERTON WINTER 2011-2012 CONCERT SERIES
November 4 through February 25
(All programs subject to change.)
Tickets: $25 general; $20 HPR members; $15 students with ID
Reservations: 808.955.8821 during business hours
Saturday nights at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted.

February 4 – Rick Smith and the Trailer Park Romeos – The stripped down Chicago Blues of the 50s charge into HPR’s Atherton. Rick Smith on slide and regular guitar and vocals; Corey Funai on harmonicas and vocals; Ian Chames on stand up electric bass; and Dobbs on drums, along with Sean Harrison on acoustic and electric guitar. Reservations at 955-8821 during business hours.

February 11 – The PBS Little Big Band - Trumpeters Phil and Bob Scellato lead this popular big band that has been performing in and around Honolulu since 2004. Big sounds in the intimate Atherton. The band delights in a variety of styles including big band swing, blues, funk, and Dixieland.

February 18 – Marco Lienhard – The renowned taiko and shakuhachi master returns for his third concert in the Atherton. Lienhard has performed  more than 3000 concerts in Europe, Oceania, Asia and North and South America with appearances at some of the world’s most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Boston Symphony Hall. The  concert, covering an eclectic range of Shakuhachi music including folk songs and improvisation on traditional works, plus Buddhist Honkyoku meditation music performed on different kinds of flutes, will also make an excursion into taiko drumming. The evening will reflect a journey through a musical landscape of Japan.

February 25 – Hot Club of Hulaville – Hawaii’s most popular gypsy-jazz band returns to the place where it all began. Django would go.

All programs subject to change.