An immersive, historical documentary that showcases the achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first human on the Moon. Introduce a new generation to the immense challenges they overcame and inspire them to become the explorers, designers, engineers, thinkers and dreamers of the future.
Recommended ages: 8 and up
Wonderful singers, great arrangements of Pop, Jazz, R&B, Christmas tunes, and vocal jazz ensemble all backed by a professional rhythm section, under the direction of Anne Walsh
The mysteries of Dark Matter still elude scientists to this day,but through new groundbreaking technologies and scientific determination we areslowly uncovering the vast hidden parts of our universe. With the help of theLarge Hadron Collider at CERN, one of the most ambitious engineering projectsin human history, we are discovering new things about the universe everyday.
NGSS:
MS-PS3-2,MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-5, MSPS2-1, MS-PS2-1, MS-PS2-2, MS-PS2-3, HS-PS2-6, HS-PS2-5,HS-PS3-4, HS-PS3-5, HS-PS4-3, HS-PS4-4, HS-PS4-5, HS-ESS2-1
Recommended ages: 12 and up
Eight other worlds share our solar system, each one stranger andmore interesting than the last. Travel from the surface of the sun all the wayto the icy realm of comets. Volcanos the size of France, storms bigger than theEarth, and clouds that rain acid are just some of the incredible things todiscover on worlds both big and small as you make your journey through theSolar System.
NGSS:
3-PS2-3,4-ESS2-1, 5-PS1-3, 5-ESS2-1, MS-PS2-4, MS-ESS1-3, MS-LS1-5, HS-PS3-5, HS-ESS1-1
Recommended ages: 8 and up
Beth Hansen, director
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets $10
Join us for a dazzling evening of songs from the archives of Walt Disney's finest animated films! "An Evening Chat with Walt" will feature songs from "Frozen," "Moana," "Coco," "Enchanted,""Beauty and the Beast," and many more, performed by the students of OCC's Advanced Vocal Performance classes. Mark your calendar today to spend this magical evening with us!
Paul Navidad and Dana Wheaton, directors
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets $10
Join the OCC JazzEnsembles for an evening of big band jazz. Directors Paul Navidad and Dana Wheaton have selected a diverseprogram filled with both classic and contemporary big band literature. Special guest artists TBA.
OCC’s Dance Department invites you to an informal end-of-thesemester
presentation of classroom material and works in progress.
Studio Hour shows the department’s wide range of dance styles
including Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Middle Eastern, African,
Latin and Flamenco. Bring the whole family!
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets: $6 in advance, $10 at the door
Travel with the brother-sister duo Jack and Annie in their Magic Treehouse as they learn about how scientists uncover the mysteries of the universe. With the help of a real astronomer, astronaut, and of course, a pile of books, Jack and Annie are taken on a wondrous journey of adventure and learning to the edges of the universe.
Based on the popular book series by Mary Pope Osborne.
Recommended ages: 5-12
By David Scaglione
Directed by Rick Golson
Boo the villain, cheer the hero, and enjoy a free ice cream treat in our
annual holiday melodrama and sing-a-log. Fun for the whole family!
A special visitor is also expected…
Choreographing the camera workshop with Robbie Shaw
Sunday, November 3
3-5 pm
Gym studio B (Parking A)
Pre-registration is $25 (cash only at the door )
Non OCC Students are $15
OCC Students with ID are only $5
More information email rberman3@occ.cccd.edu
CHOREOGRAPHINGTHE CAMERA - Techniques for filming dance dynamically
This workshop will provide dance-artists with simple techniques for capturing dance on film. Whether you are building a reel, wanting to post your latest on instagram or making an original screen dance, these simple, no-budget techniques will help. We will explore a variety of angles, camera movements, and approaches, considering the technical and creative how's and why's behind each shot. Participants should leave the workshop with simple, practical tools for setting-up dance shots, using found light, everyday tools, and pairing camera and dance movement.
Floor Barre andBallet with Leslie Carothers-Aromaa
Sunday, November 17
3-5 pm
Gym studio B ( Parking A)
Pre-registrationis $25 (cash only at the door)
Non OCC Studentsare $15
OCC Students with ID are only $5
More information email rberman3@occ.cccd.edu
As a former principal dancerwith the Joffrey Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet, and as an international guestartist, Ms. Carothers-Aromaa has danced extensively throughout the UnitedStates, Europe, and Asia. She was featured on television in Dance inAmerica's A Night At The Joffrey, televised on PBS, TheDiana Ross Show, The Merv Griffen Show, and others.
Duringher many years as a leading dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, she danced a widerange of principal roles, in works by Sir Frederick Ashton, Jiri Kylian, MarkMorris, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley, and Twyla Tharp, amongst others. During hercareer, leading roles were created for her by Robert Joffrey, William Forsythe,Gerald Arpino, Dwight Rhoden, John Clifford, and many others.
Inthe Pennsylvania Ballet, Ms. Carothers-Aromaa danced the title roles in TheNutcracker, Swan Lake, Coppelia, Giselle, TheSleeping Beauty, and Cranko's Romeo and Juliet, as well as anextensive repertoire of the ballets of George Balanchine. Ms. Carothers-Aromaa has been a guest teacher at manyschools both in the United States and Europe, and was on faculty and directedthe Dance Institute at The Colburn School in Los Angeles for almost a decade.She currently teaches ballet and Zena Rommett Floor Barre in the Los Angelesarea.
Modern dance withKeith Johnson
Sunday, December8
3-5 pm
Gym studio B ( Parking A)
Pre-registrationis $25 (cash only at the door)
Non OCC Studentsare $15
OCC Students with ID are only $5
More information email rberman3@occ.cccd.edu
While in Salt Lake City, Keith danced in theRirie/Woodbury Dance Company working with such choreographers as AlwinNikolais, Murray Louis, Shapiroand Smith, Kei Takei, and Loa Clawson. In New York City he joined the Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, touring the widely acclaimed workStill/Here bothnationally and internationally. He also danced in the companies ofCreach/Koester and Doug Varone and Dancers. He has also done pick-up workdancing in the companies of Spencer/Colton in Boston and Janis Brenner inCalifornia. As part of Doug Varone and Dancers, Keith performed with The Denver Opera and in a site-specificwork Neither,which took place in The Lower East Side TenementMuseum in New York City. As a performer he has performed in major festivals andconcert halls worldwide including the Joyce Theatre, Jacob’s Pillow, the REDCATTheatre, Tokyo International Festival, The Melbourne Festival, and QueenElizabeth Hall in England. Keith has also performed with Colleen Thomas Dance,Bill Young/Colleen Thomas and Dancers, and Victoria Marks. Keith also performedin The Pod Projectby choreographer/director NancyBannon. His work has been shown in various venues including theUniversity of Utah (with Stephen Koester), The LIT Series, Joyce Soho (withColleen Thomas), The Rose Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City, The Center StageTheatre (with Stephanie Nugent), Commuter Festival (CalArts), Breaking GroundFestival, ADF, Highways, Dixon Place (NYC) Tempe Center for the Arts(AZ), Sugar Space in (UT), Velocity (WA), Ruth Page Center For TheArts (IL), DUMBO Festival (NY), SUNY Brockport (NY), SUNY Purchase(NY) and The Diavolo Space (LA). His work has been commissioned bythe Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company, d9 Collective, CONDER/dance, ContemporaryDanceworks, various solo artists, and universities. In 2012, Keith has twoworks represented at the National ACDFA conference at the Kennedy Center inWashington DC. The performers from Loyola Marymount University were chosen asthe Outstanding Student Performer Award for their work in Unscripted/RiptideInto Me. Keith also makes dance films with collaborator Gregory R. R.Crosby and together they have formed Fistbomb Films. Their film, LifeIn Security, has been screened at the Breaking Ground Festival and Film Bar(both in Arizona), Westfest (New York), Dance For The Camera Festival(California), Conversations at the Flea (New York), and American DanceFestival’s International Screendance Festival. He is on faculty at CSULB.
| OCC Classical Guitar Ensemble |
| Adam Pettit, director Showcasing students enrolled in Classical Guitar studies at OCC, this concert will include soloists, small ensembles, and a guitar orchestra. The second half of the concert will feature Korean guitarist Bokyung Byun. Her numerous awards include being the first female winner of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Competition and thefirst prize winner at the Frances Walton Competition, the Montreal International Guitar Competition, and the Philadelphia Guitar Competition. She is also the recipient of the International Artist Fellowship at the University of Southern California. Her playing has been described as “confident and quite extraordinary.”
For more information, please contact Dr. Adam Pettit, apettit@occ.cccd.edu Robert B. Moore Theatre |
Dave Murdy, director
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets $10
The Studio guitar classes will present a diverse program of contemporary pieces ranging from Jazz to pop and Rock and even some Christmas classics. You'll hear instrumental and vocal music as well as some improvised soloing!
The sky has been an object offascination for as long as humans have walked the earth. The movements of thespheres are ingrained in every culture on earth and have created mythologies,superstitions, and legends many people still recognize. Today we turn ourscientific tools toward the heavens to get a new perspective of the universeand our place in it. Take a journey through time, from the most ancientastrologers, to the future of manned exploration of the solar system and seehow our view of the cosmos has grown and evolved.
Recommended ages: 10 and up
The 4 day President's Day trip to Baja to interact with Gray Whales will occur
February 15-18, 2019. The class that you will sign up for is "Gray Whale Ecology"
and can be found in the class schedule listed both in the Environmental
Science & Marine Science Departments (ESEC 124/MRSC 124).
**DISCLAIMER**
Students who do not complete the required personal information by following the Google Doc link below will lose their spot:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexAzFY6TQI3ASZ5avyHoOfHiaRSeRK64oWZrRmH4aeqBCO6Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
There are a limited number of seats available. Once maximum occupancy is met, a waitlist will be generated. To be added to the waitlist or for general inquiries, please email:
occgraywhale2017@gmail.com
Too Many SopranosOCC Music Recital Hall
Tickets $15, $10 with student ID
Maxim Kuzin, conductor
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets $15, $10 with student ID\
This concert features masterworks by Western European composers that are guaranteed to delight the spirits and uplift the mind!
Directed by Rachel Berman and Jose Costas
Join us to celebrate the artistic talent of young dancers from
surrounding Dance Studios and High Schools’ dance programs in
this inspirational Concert. Enjoy the variety of dance styles from
Ballet to Hip Hop presented by a new generation of dancers and
choreographers.
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets: $12 in advance, $20 at the door
by Seth Bockley and Anne Hamburger
Directed by Bethany Kraemer
Six adolescents stand at the brink of emotional chaos, lost in social stigma, insecurity, aggression and anger. Parents risk losing their children forever. Thoughts race, emotions fire, isolation intensifies. One question emerges: How do we persevere when we feel most alone in the world?
The 6 day Spring Break trip to Baja to interact with Gray Whales will occur March 26-31, 2019. The class that you will sign up for is "Gray Whale Ecology" (ESEC 124/MRSC 124) and/or "Desert Ecology" (ESEC 141) and can be found in the class schedule listed both in the Environmental Science & Marine Science Departments.
**DISCLAIMER**
Students who do not complete the required personal information by following the Google Doc link below will lose their spot:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkS38xduAucX0O-Lh9_Ke7VLAkqj6r8Phl5XM4mEjApVp8ew/viewform?usp=sf_link
There are a limited number of seats available. Once maximum occupancy is met, a waitlist will be generated. To be added to the waitlist or for general inquiries, please email:
occgraywhale2017@gmail.com
Brian Gould, director
OCC Music Recital Hall
Tickets $10
OCC pianists perform classical masterworks on our beautiful concert grand Steinway piano in the OCC Recital Hall. Seating is limited, so come early to enjoy an evening of beautiful piano music!
Directed by Rachel Berman and Amelie Hunter
In an evening known for its creative energy and remarkable dancing,
OCC students perform original choreography in a variety of dance
styles. Artistic expression is encouraged from OCC’s developing
student choreographers, providing an opportunity to realize their
individual visions in a beautifully produced main-stage production.
OCC dance faculty and guest artists contribute to this dynamic
evening of dance.
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets: $12 in advance, $20 at the door
The Wonderful World of Williams
Music of John Williams the great.
Dana Wheaton, director
Sunday, May3 at 3pm
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets: advance $10, at thedoor $10
Directed by Angelika Nemeth
This concert celebrates the rich and colorful traditions of the world
through dance, music, song and stories. For a mini-residency in your
school, contact OCC Dance at (714) 432-5040.
Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m. for K-12 schools and 8 p.m. for general public
Robert B. Moore Theatre
Tickets: $12 in advance, $20 at the door for 8 p.m. concert
Free Admission to the 11:00 a.m. show for K-12 schools
