Local singer Amy Banks brings holiday cheer from across the decades with the thrilling Harrisburg Jazz Collective Big Band under the direction of Steve Rudolph. Holiday attire is encouraged for this festive concert celebration.
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A dynamic local group featuring a five-piece band and eight vocal artists, Jeannette and T.H.E.M. will walk through the evolution of Black music starting with African drumming and going through the decades and timelines of various genres leading up to present day music. Featuring songs by familiar artists including Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, and more. Club 42 is an intimate, reserved table seating venue with a cash (only) bar. Doors open at 6:30 for the 7:30 P.M. show in the 3rd floor Atrium of the Ware Center.
T.H.E.M., which stands for “To Heal and Encourage Musically” is comprised of individual artists and musicians, including popular vocalist Jeannette Wehye, who was last at Club 42 with producer-singer Reji Woods (who will also appear in this show,) in his 2020 production of Portrait of a Lady: Diva Legacies. Featured performers in this show include the groups’ founder, hip-hop recording artist and producer DeJuan Rosado “Spoken Music”, RnB recording artist and songwriter Devonttae White (Zen City), Ian Sánchez Heresmae (Pink i), and additional artists Norman McMillan III, Damaria Quick, Jailah Wehye, Sir Dominique Jordan, Souul Truu and Cyria King.
The production is sponsored in part by Music For Everyone and Spice Kings Kitchen located across the street from the Ware Center at 47 N. Prince. Present your ticket from the show that day and receive a discount on food purchases.
Delhi to Shiraz is a celebration of the shared history between two megaliths of the ancient world, India and Persia, featuring a collection of new compositions and arrangements drawing on elements of both cultures. Voiced through iconic traditional instruments including the tabla and sitar, the repertoire incorporates devotional poetry by the great Amir Khusrau, classical Indian raags, classical Persian compositions, and other musical elements. Its transcendental music is a mesmerizing journey of new beginnings, exquisite poetry, faith, romantic yearning, and divinity. Running time: 75 minutes, no intermission.
Celebrate the life, music and career of acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson and the Tony Award-winning actor who portrayed him in the Broadway hit Motown: The Musical. Charl Brown lights up the first act with Smokey’s biggest hits and in the second act takes us through his own Broadway history and hits with songs from Hair, Jersey Boys, Pippin, Sister Act, and more.
Running time: 90 minutes, 15 minute intermission.
Presented in partnership with Robert Bowman and Christine Kennedy.
Back by popular demand! This wildly popular show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humor and boundless energy, with special guest singer Caitríona Sherlock – the very best of new Irish female vocal talent.
Evocative photographic images provide a backdrop to some of the rich historical traditions of Ireland for this family-friendly performance. Lively instrumental tunes on fiddle, flute, uilleann pipes and harp, along with thrilling Irish old-style dancing from Samantha Harvey will give a memorable glimpse into the enchanting spirit of Christmas and a fun-filled start to the holiday season.
MU Students will receive up to one (1) free ticket with a valid MU ID at a box office location. Advanced ticket reservations are strongly encouraged. MU Student discount tickets are subject to availability at the door.
Songs We Love was first presented as the 2016 Season Opener at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. True to its mission “to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy,” JALC made the program available to other cities, but in short outings. Now, as a result of JALC’s partnership with the international booking agency IMG Artists, Songs We Love will reach 47 cities across the country, from major markets including Los Angeles, CA, and Atlanta, GA, to smaller yet significant destinations such as Fish Creek, WI, and Orono, ME.
With this expanded 2023 touring initiative, Jazz at Lincoln Center provides a wide range of concert presenters an opportunity to offer excellent jazz programming while introducing to a broader audience the musicians who will reinterpret and reimagine the sound of jazz for years to come.
In Songs We Love, a superb ensemble of up-and-coming players, schooled and tested on the stages of Jazz at Lincoln Center and concert halls around the world, will revisit some of the great songs from the first decades of jazz. Under the musical direction of trumpeter Riley Mulherkar and featuring vocalists Vuyo Sotashe, Brianna Thomas, and Shenel Johns, the ensemble will bring to life songs and styles that define the sound of jazz singing from the 1920s to the early 1950s. It’s a journey of blues, swing, and surprise, from the sound of Ma Rainey and the extraordinary storytelling of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald to the easy swing of Frank Sinatra and the dramatic flair of Judy Garland.
The repertoire includes gems such as the traditional blues “See See Rider,” first recorded in 1924 by Ma Rainey, and Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.’s ”God Bless the Child,” a classic ballad first recorded in 1941. The song was sparked by the line “God bless the child that’s got his own,” which Holiday’s mother used in an argument with her daughter. It was celebrated in 2001 as one of the Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. The program also includes jewels by masters of songcraft such as George Gershwin (“I Loves You Porgy”), Cole Porter (“So in Love”), and Harold Arlen (“Over the Rainbow,” sung by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz in 1939).
MU STUDENTS can receive up to one (1) free ticket with a valid MU ID. MU Discounts are NOT available online and must be made in-person or by calling any box office location. Advanced ticket reservations are strongly encouraged. MU Student discount tickets are subject to availability on the day of the event. Learn more: https://artsmu.com/free-tickets-transportation/
After a spectacular appearance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals AND the recent 2023 America’s Got Talent All-Stars, the “South American Sensation” MALEVO will wow our audience in Clair Hall at the Winter Center with its speciality, Malambo – a traditional Argentine folk dance of great virility and dexterity. But Malevo takes it beyond its limits with a modern, avant-garde, and transgressive approach, with live music and percussive dance, bringing to the contemporary stage an exhilarating and engaging show for all ages.
MU Students can receive up to one (1) free ticket with a valid MU ID. MU Discounts are NOT available online and must be made in-person or by calling any box office location. Advanced ticket reservations are strongly encouraged. MU Student discount tickets are subject to availability on the day of the event.
Out of the darkness comes a new dawn! This all-new concert by 3-time Grammy®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR commemorates South Africa’s Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Bringing joy to all, “HOPE” opens with a rousing program of South African freedom songs that inspired their Rainbow Nation. Then the choir’s uplifting performance moves to the United States with beautiful renditions of the music of the Civil Rights Movement, including works by legendary artists Billie Holiday, James Brown, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield and the one-and-only, Aretha Franklin. Get ready, “HOPE” is a concert that will live forever in your hearts!
Soweto Gospel Choir’s “HOPE – It’s Been a Long Time Coming” has been commissioned by the University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium.
Join us in the lobby from 7:05-7:25 to enjoy the McCaskey High School Combined Choirs under the direction of Colette Stephens and Will Broaddus.
Grammy nominated organist, winner of Downbeat Magazine’s 2016 rising star poll and Hot House magazine’s 2019 poll, Pat Bianchi has assembled an all-star combo, which includes Tom Guarna on guitar and Byron Landham on drums, to play music from his 2021 album release “Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder”. Club 42 is an intimate, reserved table seating venue with a cash bar. Doors to the show open at 6:30 for the 7:30 P.M. in the 3rd floor Atrium of the Ware Center, located at 42 N. Prince Street in downtown Lancaster.
Bianchi’s “Something to Say” album features arrangements of some of Wonder’s greatest compositions including “Superstition,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” and “Ribbon in the Sky” among others.
Dezron Douglas and his quartet will perform music from his newest studio album (to be released November 2022), Atalaya, on progressive label International Anthem. Performing with him will be a stellar line-up of contemporary jazz musicians including George Burton, piano, Willy Rodriguez, drums and Chris Lewis, tenor saxophone. Club 42 is an intimate, reserved table seating venue with a cash (only) bar. Doors to the show open at 6:30 for the 7:30 P.M. in the 3rd floor Atrium of the Ware Center, located at 42 N. Prince Street in downtown Lancaster.
In 2019, double bassist, composer, producer and educator Dezron Douglas was the winner of the Downbeat critics’ poll for “Rising Star” bassist; his exemplary reputation of exceptional artistry is evident in his long list of collaborations with notable musicians. Currently, Douglas appears on tour with the Trey Anastasio (Phish) Band. He has been a longstanding member of the Ravi Coltrane Quartet and performed with the Louis Hayes Jazz Communicators. Douglas has released eleven albums as a leader; as a sideman he has recorded with Cyrus Chestnut, Michael Carvin, Louis Hayes, Steve Davis, George Cables, Papo Vasquez, Enrico Rava, Eric Reed, Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson, Tomasz Stańko, Makaya McCraven and Brandee Younger.
From Bandcamp: ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, ‘alive’ in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music.”