They’ve been an indisputable force on the international jazz and pop scenes for more than 40 years. Now Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel, better known as THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, bring their vocal prowess to Rudder Auditorium to kick-off the 2010-11 OPAS season. Backed by an equally explosive band, the ten-time Grammy Award-winning ensemble will perform an electrifying concert filled with standards from the American songbook as well as selections from their most recent CD “The Chick Corea Songbook.” When they arrived on the music scene four decades ago, critics affectionately nicknamed them “The Ambassadors of Harmony.” After seeing them perform live, you’ll know why!