2021 marks the 20th anniversary of “Tuba Christmas” in Cedar Rapids. Organizers Kyle Patrick and Jim Engelbach have been there since the very beginning, and are excited for the return of a live in-person performance, Saturday, Dec. 4, 4pm at Kirkwood’s Ballantine Auditorium. Directing the ensemble, which could number as high at 80 tubas, euphoniums, …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place December 9, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured Album for December is “Merry and Bright” from the Jeff Hamilton Trio. The drummer is a former member of the Woody Herman Orchestra and co-leads of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Along with pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Jon Hamar, the trio weaves its way through some of Hamilton’s favorite Christmas tunes, from …
Mr. Christmas, Tim Hankewich, works pretty much year-round on Orchestra Iowa’s Holiday Spectacular. This year, the Orchestra’s special guest is singer Amy Friedl Stoner, who will sing some brand new arrangements of holiday classics that make this show the equal of any of the top holiday orchestra shows anywhere in the country. Also featuring the …
Artist Mary Zeran opens her latest show at Gilded Pear Gallery with a reception Dec. 3 from 5-7:30pm. “Dance Party” features work that depicts energy, color, and motion. Mary also has an accompanying Spotify playlist where you can hear the music that inspired the work! Visit www.gildedpeargallery.com for the gallery’s holiday hours. You can visit …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Billy Strayhorn, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, drummer Billy Hart, singer Lou Rawls, pianists Wynton Kelly and Ronnie Matthews and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall” (1957), Lee Morgan’s …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Black Jazz Record Label, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler presents more terrific material from Black Jazz Records, the Oakland-based African-American owned and operated jazz label from the early and mid-70s. We’ll hear underrated and obscure – yet important and influential – material from Doug …
Culture Crawl 676 “Almost There…” Ghyas Zeidieh is the new music director of the Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra, reactivated after its pandemic pause and beginning its season Dec. 5 with a concert at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School. A native of Damascus, Syria, Ghyas talks about his first visit to Iowa (after being assured it …
