Get Ready To Be Amazed At The 7th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca - March 7th - 16th, 2013

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 7^th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca will be presented March 7^th - 16^th, 2013 by The Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real (2^nd Floor) in Boca Raton, Florida. 

Tickets to the Festival, ranging from $15 - $100 per person, are now on sale at www.festivalboca.org or by calling (866) 571-ARTS (866-571-2787).

"The 7^th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca will once again bring 10 days of culture, world-class talent, and 'awe' to South Florida," said Charlie Siemon co-founder of the event.  "Sights, sounds and seething with intellect, this Festival has it all."

Highlights of the 7^th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca include performances by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Kodo, a troupe of legendary Japanese taiko drummers; avant-pop classical violinist Amadeus Leopold; the Peking Acrobats^®, Cameron Carpenter, the first organist ever nominated for a Grammy^® Award for a solo album; Valentina Lisitsa, one of the most sought-after classical pianists on the Web, performing with the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy and Peter Oundjian, conductor; and Audra McDonald, one of the most highly regarded performers of our time with five Tony^® Awards, two Grammy^® Awards, and a long list of other accolades to her name. 

"This year's line-up of guest artists promises to delight and surprise our community," said Constantine Kitsopoulos, Festival Music Director.  "I'm so looking forward to working with Audra McDonald, whom I had the pleasure of recently working with on Broadway; Amadeus Leopold; Cameron Carpenter; and the Boca Raton Symphonia to bring our audiences a new kind of performance experience that I know will open their eyes and ears like never before." 

The Authors & Ideas program will include appearances by Patricia Engel, author of Vida, The New York Times' Most Notable Book of the Year; Thomas Keneally, best known in the U.S. for his novel Schindler's Ark (the basis for the Academy Award Winning Movie Schindler's List); Harvard professor Michael Sandel, author of Justice:  What's the Right Thing To Do?; and General George W. Casey, Jr., one of the most accomplished soldiers in U.S. history and an authority on strategic leadership.

For more information visit www.festivalboca.org/ or call 866-571-ARTS. 

CONTACT:
Hillary Reynolds
(954) 815-1186

SOURCE Festival of the Arts Boca