Performance schedule released

The Orange County Performing Arts Center announced its 2005-06 lineup

for its concert, jazz club and cabaret series.

Five Founders Hall debuts highlight the Concert Series, including

the Vienna Piano Trio, Philharmonia Quartett Berlin, Belcea String

Quartet, violinist Sergey Khachatryan with pianist Lusine

Khachatryan, and L’Ensemble Pennetier. The six-time Grammy

Award-winners Emerson String Quartet performs Jan. 15, 2006.

The concert series kicks off Aug. 10 with the return of the

Australian Chamber Orchestra, featuring lead violinist Richard

Tognetti and pianist Angela Hewitt, a Johann Sebastian Bach

specialist.

Seventeen-year-old Eldar Djangirov from Kyrgyzstan begins the jazz

club series with performances by his trio on Sept. 16 and 17.

Eight-time Grammy winners the Wynton Marsalis Septet, which helped

open the Center’s first jazz series in November 1987, returns on March 17, 2006.

The Jazz Club Series ends with a tribute to Miles Davis, including

original “Kind of Blue” drummer Jimmy Cobb, on May 5 and 6, 2006.

Musical theater legend Betty Buckley makes her cabaret series

debut at Founders Hall from Nov. 1 through 5. The Tony-award-winning

singer was in the original Broadway production of “Cats.”