Join the KSO for a free, family-friendly concert on Market Square in downtown Knoxville. Music features include Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer). Patrons are encouraged to arrive early and bring blankets and lawn chairs. Convenient parking is free for those arriving after 6 p.m. in the city-owned Market Square, Walnut Street, Locust Street, […]
With winning songs from the 2021 Eric Stokes Song Contest plus music by local composer Michelle Kinney (a past ACF board member, a McKnight fellow, a JCCP recipient (now called ACF Create), and a past Live Music for Dance winner), Zeitgeist’s Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in […]
Check out the exciting new venue in Uptown GRANADA THEATER near Lake St and Hennepin Ave in the former Suburban World movie theater building. Malamanya (a Minnesota Music Creator Awards winner (formerly known as MECA winner)) will be joined with DJ Espada on Friday, September 10, 2021 at 8 PM CT. Malamanya is a United States […]
With his ‘thrilling vocal heroics’ and ‘magnetic stage presence’, Stuart Skelton is one of the great tenors of his generation, a regular in all the major international opera houses. The Australian singer is joined by charismatic Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova for the climax of the 2021 festival – a musical celebration like no other. A […]
With winning songs from the 2021 Eric Stokes Song Contest plus music by local composer Michelle Kinney (a past ACF board member, a McKnight fellow, a JCCP recipient (now called ACF Create), and a past Live Music for Dance winner), Zeitgeist’s Playing it Close to Home concert celebrates the wealth of musical creativity found right here in […]
Apollo's season opener marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with the live world premiere of With Malice Toward None by Vietnam veteran composer J. Kimo Williams. Juxtaposing the Enlightenment philosophies of Ludwig van Beethoven and President Lincoln, this new work weaves storytelling and social contradictions with calls to action and good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll. World-renowned electric violinist Tracy […]
Hailed as “ingenious,” “mysterious,” and “inspiring,” The Illustrated Pianist combines science-fiction and adaptive visual installation in an imaginative concert of piano music, inspired by the timeless book The Illustrated Man. This unique multimedia event, assembled by the pianist and composer Nicole Brancato for the Old First Concerts in San Francisco, honors the centenary, in 2020, […]
The Eroica Trio (their name adapted from the Beethoven Eroica Symphony) are outstanding musicians who have been performing together since their childhoods with musical connections and artistry deepened at prestigious schools, Curtis Institute, and Juilliard, as well as at music festivals through which they have formed a lifelong bond. Eroica’s audiences find the trio/s solo moments […]
Artistic Director Zuill Bailey performs with Eroica Trio members Sara Parkins, violin; Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello; and Erika Nickrenz, piano. This concert will include works from J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Jean-Luc Godard and Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer). Location: Barrister Winery, 1213 W. Railroad Ave., Spokane Date & Time: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 9 PM […]
Seven-time GRAMMY®-winning bassist Christian McBride is a force of nature. “In his hands, an acoustic bass can shamelessly expose the human heart,” JazzTimes said in an article. He brings virtuosic fire, a relentless energy, depth, and the grounding of a seasoned journeyman to his performances. He will join the multiple DownBeat award-winning Frost Concert Jazz […]
Spend the last four Thursdays of summer lounging or lunching on Northrop Plaza while listening to music by spectacular Minnesota artists! A collaboration between Northrop, Radio K, Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music, Amplifying Solidarity is a program of free outdoor concerts with the intent to use music to lift the voices of people who have been […]
Bring your lawn chair, and join Princeton Symphony Orchestra in the garden for an evening of superb music by the quartet called "Outstanding" by The New Yorker. Celebrating its fifteenth anniversary in 2021, the Jasper String Quartet is recognized as one of the leading American string quartets on the performance stage today. PROGRAM Florence PRICE / […]