Performing Arts Series

Serving the Community as a Resource for Arts Education

Performing Arts Series (PAS) Arts Education offers programs for all ages that engage, explore and inspire! Committed to creating an arts-rich learning environment that strengthens community connections, (and continue with the rest of the existing sentence) PAS Arts Education offers a variety.

These include daytime performances for schools and community, interactive workshops, master classes, offsite artist visits, youth classes at JCCC, arts in early education, special arts and creativity opportunities for JCCC students, internships in arts management, professional development for teachers and personal interaction with world-class artists.

These enrichment activities nurture lifelong learning, imagination, develop critical thinking and stimulate creative thinking.

School/Community Shows at Yardley Hall

Hour-long performances connect students with curriculum standards. Tickets are $5 each and include online study guides that provide artist information to enhance the live performance. Call 913-469-4445 to purchase tickets.

• Richard Scarry’s "Busytown Busy" | Nov. 16
• Jazz Winterlude | Jan. 18-19
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs | Feb. 6
• Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli/Tlen-Huicani | March 1
• MOMIX – Botanica | April 5
• Dinosaur Petting Zoo™ | June 7-8

Education Outreach

Artists provide performances at your school, master classes and workshops for students, and professional development. The fee for performances at your site is $3 or $5 per student depending on group size. For more information, email Angel Mercier, Arts Education program director, or call her at 913-469-8500, ext. 4221.

• "Spirituals to Funk" featuring Dr. John and The Blind Boys of Alabama | Oct. 21
• Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin (Haiti) | Nov. 8-10
• PROJECT Trio | Dec. 6-7
• Bowfire – "Holiday Heartstrings" | Dec. 15
• Jazz Winterlude | Jan. 18-19
• Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet "Moulin Rouge® – The Ballet" | Jan. 27
• Harlem Quartet | Feb. 11
• The Swingle Singers | Feb. 25
• Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli and Tlen-Huicani | Feb. 27-March 1
• MOMIX – "Botanica" | April 4
• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain | April 20

Summer Classes, Youth to Adult

• Overture: Violin, Grades 4-8
• Overture: Viola, Grades 4-8
• Overture: Cello or Bass, Grades 4-8
• Heartland Chamber Music Festival (Ages 12-26)
• Heartland Chamber Music Junior Festival (Ages 15 & Under)
• Japanese Taiko Drumming, Grade 6-Adult
• The Heart of Japanese Cultural Arts - High School to Adult

These programs are supported in part by the following organizations:

Doubletree Hotel
Sponsor Hotel of the Carlsen Center

We would also like to thank: Francis Family Foundation, Victor and Caroline Schutte Foundation, Bank of America and Yellow Corporation.