Jim Witter & his live band bring the music of Elton John & Billy Joel to Nazareth College Arts Center April 25

ROCHESTER, NY (04/21/2014)(readMedia)-- Nazareth College Arts Center is pleased to present Jim Witter's Piano Men (A Musical Journey Through the '70s Featuring the Music of Elton John and Billy Joel). Led by Dove and Juno Award nominee singer/songwriter, Jim Witter-and his live band-Piano Men is performed in front of a multimedia backdrop, and features hits including "Your Song," "My Life," "Candle in the Wind," and "Just the Way You Are."

Witter and his band have performed Piano Men to rave reviews from critics throughout the United States and Canada. The show regularly sells out in Witter's native Canada, and has also traveled overseas to Dubai, England, and Scotland, and will be making its premiere this fall in Holland.

Witter has been entertaining throughout the United States and Canada for more than 20 years, performing country, contemporary Christian, and the music of popular entertainers including Billy Joel, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, and The Beatles. Ten of Witter's original recordings have reached the top 10 on Canadian country radio.

Tickets to Jim Witter's Piano Men (A Musical Journey Through the '70s Featuring the Music of Elton John and Billy Joel) are $30, $45, and $60. For tickets, call – or visit – the Box Office: 585-389-2170; or order tickets online: artscenter.naz.edu. Regular box office hours are Monday-Friday, 11am-5pm and 11am until curtain time on performance days.

M&T Bank, Wendy's Restaurants of Rochester, and the New York State Council on the Arts sponsor the Nazareth College Arts Center's 2013-2014 subscription series. The performance by Jim Witter is sponsored by Kathleen and Jim Leo.

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About the Nazareth College Arts Center

For more than 40 years, the Nazareth College Arts Center has served as a venue and educational resource for students, educators, visual and performing artists, and audiences to create, study, and experience all areas of the arts. These cultural programs support the College's curriculum in music, art, and theatre arts, and provide area residents with opportunities to experience exceptional dance, children's theatre, and international entertainment.

The Nazareth College Arts Center

• is a nonprofit institution.
• attracts more than 80,000 adults and children annually.
• is the premier presenter of world-class dance, children's theatre, and international entertainment in Rochester.
• is the performance home of Rochester City Ballet and world-renowned Garth Fagan Dance, as well as the home of Rochester Children's Theatre and Bach Children's Chorus.
• is the only area performing Arts Center located on a College campus.
• houses the Nazareth College departments of art, music, and theatre arts, which present exceptional theatre productions, musicals, operas, recitals, and art exhibitions each year (events are open to the public).
• serves as a venue for auditions, art classes, music lessons, recitals, fundraisers, lectures, community theater productions, camps, workshops, and graduations.
• provides access to arts and arts-in-education experiences for area youth.

For more information, visit artscenter.naz.edu.