Spanish Harlem Orchestra Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:30 PM Holland Center • Kiewit Hall This slinky salsa group brings the urgent tempos of New York, Puerto Rico, and Cuba to the Holland stage. The Orchestra’s blistering hot swing is tight, sassy – and has been known to turn a staid concert “hall into a perpetual-motion dance machine” (Sacramento Bee). Additional support provided by Woodmen of the World Holiday Classics with Jane Monheit Friday, December 4, 2009 8:00 PM Holland Center • Kiewit Hall Escape this holiday season with the marvelous Jane Monheit, whose acclaimed dewy vocals bring Ella Fitzgerald to mind. Soak up your favorite seasonal standards from one of the jazz world’s foremost vocalists. Sponsored by Béla Fleck, The Africa Project Collaborations with Amazing African Musicians Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:00 PM Holland Center • Kiewit Hall The king of bluegrass took his banjo to Africa – and this is the boundary-breaking result! It’s jazz like you’ve never heard it before. Rooted in flutes, marimb aand xylophone, The Africa Project pulses with a beating heart. Sponsored in part by Wells Fargo