Singer Madeleine Peyroux to Perform Outdoor Concert

(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present an outdoor concert with singer Madeleine Peyroux at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Amphitheater on March 31. The performance is part of the Concerts Under the Stars Series sponsored by the Scottsdale League for the Arts.

Single tickets are available for $38 online at http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/ or through the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts box office at (480) 994-ARTS (2787).

Born in Georgia, Peyroux grew up in Brooklyn and Southern California before moving to Paris at age 15, where she performed as a street musician and eventually toured throughout Europe as a member of the Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band. Peyroux earned widespread acclaim in 1996 for her groundbreaking debut album, Dreamland, which drew comparisons to the smoky, melancholic vocals of the late Billie Holiday.

For her 2004 solo album, Careless Love, Peyroux reinterpreted classic songs by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams, among others, and in 2006, she released Half the Perfect World, an extremely personal collection of love songs featuring original compositions and covers by artists such as Cohen, Tom Waits, Fred Neil and Joni Mitchell.

Released this month, Peyroux’s latest album, Bare Bones, is both an extension of the currents of her previous efforts and a bold step into previously unexplored territory. Fluid and enthralling, it is Peyroux’s most personal work yet, offering a glimpse of a newfound and hard-earned lightheartedness.

Peyroux was named “Best International Jazz Artist” at the BBC Jazz Awards in 2007.

The Steinway piano is available for this performance through the generosity of Steinway of Phoenix.

UPCOMING CONCERTS UNDER THE STARS
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band – April 11, 2009

AMPHITHEATER POLICIES
The Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Amphitheater’s entrance gates open at 6:30 p.m. Patrons are welcome to bring chairs, pillows and blankets (patrons with lawn chairs must sit in the back so other patrons’ views are not blocked). Food and beverages, including beer and wine, are available for sale. Patrons may bring water in plastic containers. Pets, skateboards and roller skates are not permitted.

LOCATION AND PARKING
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is located at 7380 East Second Street in downtown Scottsdale, four blocks south of Indian School Road and three blocks east of Scottsdale Road. The amphitheater is located on the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall at 75th Street and Main Street. Free parking is available in the public parking garage located to the west of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts and directly behind Los Olivos restaurant on Wells Fargo Avenue. Additional free parking is available at the Old Town Parking Corral at East Second Street and Brown Avenue and at the Civic Center Library parking garage located on Drinkwater Boulevard at East Second Street.

ACCESSIBILITY
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers performance accommodations to enhance audience members’ experience, including: American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or live audio description with two weeks advance notice. Assisted listening devices and wheelchair seating are always available. Visit the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ Web site at http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/ or contact the box office at (480) 994-ARTS [TDD: (480) 874-4694] for further details. Please inquire about services when ordering tickets.

GROUP DISCOUNTS
A $3 discount per ticket is available for groups of 15 or more (subject to restriction and limitation). Call (480) 874-4690 for more information.

STUDENT DISCOUNTS
Students with valid student identification may purchase half-price tickets (subject to availability; limit one per student) 72 hours before any performance at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts box office. Tickets must be purchased in-person; phone orders are not accepted.

SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Opened in 1975, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents a dynamic, culturally diverse season of dance, jazz, classical and world music, theater and satire. Approximately 1,000 performances, educational programs, festivals and other events are showcased annually serving more than 300,000 people and contributing substantially to Scottsdale’s high quality of life and vibrant arts scene. Performances take place in the Center’s 838-seat Virginia G. Piper Theater (closed for renovation during the 2008-09 season) and 136-seat Stage 2 as well as the 2,200-seat amphitheater on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall and the 326-seat Theater 4301 in the Galleria Corporate Centre. The Center’s youth education and outreach programs reach more than 40,000 school children each year, and its free programs are available to the entire public. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts also produces the popular Scottsdale Arts Festival every March; Sunday A’Fair, a series of free outdoor music festivals held on Sunday afternoons from January to April; and Native Trails, a collaboration with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau that features free demonstrations of Native American arts and culture from January to April. Open daily and during performances, The Store @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts offers hand-crafted jewelry, accessories for the home, toys for imaginative young minds, recordings, books, greeting cards and more.

The Scottsdale Cultural Council, a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, is contracted by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, to administer certain City arts and cultural projects and to manage the City-owned Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Scottsdale Public Art Program. The programs of the Scottsdale Cultural Council are made possible, in part, by the support of members and donors and grants received from the Arizona Commission on the Arts through appropriations from the Arizona State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

HOW TO REACH US
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7380 East Second Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Box Office: (480) 994-ARTS (2787)
TDD: (480) 874-4694
Web: http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/
E-mail: info@sccarts.org
Fax: (480) 874-4699

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