Club Hancher: Jazz at Lincoln Center Quintet
Hear top-flight jazz musicians in the intimate Club Hancher setting—the perfect spot for a swinging night of the sound of America.
Las Cafeteras
Committed to a creative combination of musical heritages—and to social justice—this band from East LA is a Hancher favorite of the first order. Their performances are always a joyous celebration.
Steve Kroft
Steve Kroft joined 60 Minutes in May 1989 and delivered his first report that fall. Few journalists have achieved the impact and recognition that Kroft’s work has generated on the most watched news program on television.
Danish String Quartet
Hancher welcomes perhaps the most in-demand string quartet in the world today. “The Danish String Quartet stand out: not because they’re shinier or plusher or pushier than the rest,” raves The Guardian, “but because of their nimble charisma, stylish repertoire, and the way their light and grainy shading can turn on a dime.”
Program (subject to change)
Purcell: Chaconne in G Minor (arr. Britten)
Schumann: Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3
Folk Music from the British Isles (arr. Danish String Quartet)
A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
In 2004, Aretha Franklin brought the house down in the original Hancher Auditorium. Now, we invite her towering spirit into the new Hancher with a multi-media tribute performance by created by Damien Sneed and featuring legendary vocalist Karen Clark Sheard.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is among the world’s preeminent ensembles—and a Hancher favorite as well. The orchestra returns to perform Max Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto No. 1 as well as Franz Schubert’s final symphony, a masterwork that lives up to its moniker, The Great.
Program (subject to change)
Missy Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major
Castalian String Quartet
In 2018, the Castalian String Quartet was the recipient of the inaugural Merito String Quartet Award & Valentin Erben Prize and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. The quartet followed that up by being named the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist of the Year.
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris meets The Beatles! Pepperland is replete with Mark Morris’s blend of wit, musicality, and ingenuity. The evening-length work features original music by Ethan Iverson (formerly of The Bad Plus) as well as arrangements of songs from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band performed by a live ensemble, with Ethan Iverson on keyboards and a live theramin.
CANCELLED: Roomful of Teeth
Roomful of Teeth can fit just about any musical tradition into its collective mouth. The Grammy-winning vocal project is versed in every sort of singing you can imagine.
An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a new musical based on the Oscar-winning film. Zack Mayo’s got smarts and a body built for US Navy pilot boot camp, but he also has too much swagger—until he meets a drill sergeant determined to drill his arrogance out of him. Zack finds comfort in the arms of a local factory girl. When tragedy befalls a fellow candidate, Zack finds the courage to be his best self and win the heart of the woman he loves. A sweeping romance that lifts you up where you belong.