Smooth Jazz Star Alexander Zonjic To Play Benefit Concert
For The New Mccree Theatre In Flint On April 12, 2015
World renowned jazz flutist and smooth jazz star, Alexander Zonjic and Friends, will play a benefit concert to raise funds for the “New” McCree Theatre in Flint. The special musical event, sponsored by the McCree Theatre Board of Directors, will help raise funds to maintain the theatre’s programs located at G-2040 W. Carpenter Road, East Wing, in Flint.
Zonjic and “Friends” will perform at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, April 12, 2015 in the "new" McCree Theatre auditorium. The intimate setting provides the perfect backdrop for a smooth jazz evening to warm up the night.
Zonjic is a jazz favorite across the country for his cool jazz grooves and exciting shows. He has shared the stage with such greats as Earl Klugh, Jeff Lober, Kenny G, Kirk Whalum and Angela Bofill. He currently hosts a syndicated radio show called Alexander Zonjic from A to Z that airs on Canadian radio and WVMV’s HD2 Channel. He won the 2010 Album of the Year and Broadcaster of the Year at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. In addition to performing in one hundred concerts a year, he is the artistic director for numerous music festivals.
The McCree Theatre is the only Afrocentric Performing Arts Theatre in the mid-Michigan area and the only one that has an on-going season of productions in the state. The center was originally founded in 1970.
Donation for the concert is $35.00 per person. A $50 per person donation is requested for a reception with Zonjic and reserved center-aisle seating.
For information and tickets call the “New” McCree Theatre at (810) 787-2200, visit the website at www.thenewmccreetheatre.com, or go to the Music Planet, 517 W. Carpenter Road, 810-787-0099.
