Janesville Presents! Close to You: Music of the Carpenters

Feb 9, 2013 7:30 p.m.

Janesville Performing Arts Center

Considered one of the best vocalists of all time, Karen Carpenter captured the attention of a generation with her unabashedly catchy pop music. The Carpenters' beautiful, memorable love songs topped the Billboard charts with more than a dozen number one hits. Now singer Lisa Rock and her 6-piece band are bringing the music of The Carpenters back to the stage with their spot-on renditions of Carpenters classics with Close to You: The Music of The Carpenters.

Lisa Rock, a singer as well as a playwright, has been performing to sold-out crowds for years. She?s written more than 15 original concerts and cabarets that have been seen across the country. Now, Rock has arranged a 6-piece band, complete with back-up singers, and together they are dedicated to creating a Carpenters experience like no other. Rock?s amazing four octave range allows her to sing the hits like "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" in their original key, keeping the songs genuine and more recognizable for the audience. "When she hits the lower range of her marvelous voice," notes critic Alan Bresloff, "if you close your eyes, you can see Karen Carpenter's face."

Lisa Rock and her band are from the Chicago-land area and regularly tour throughout the United States.

Local Janesville School District students will be participating in the performance by accompanying Lisa Rock and her band in a couple Carpenters' classics.

Tickets are available at the Janesville Performing Arts Center Box Office for $23 for adults and $9 for students, plus JPAC handling fees. Tickets can be bought in person at 408 S. Main Street, over the phone by calling 608-758-0297, or online at www.janesvillepac.org.