Red Cedar Chamber Music is currently touring “Licorice Schtick,” featuring special guests Christine Bellomy, clarinet, and Elizabeth Oakes, viola. All selections are by living composers, two of them (Jerry Owens and Michael Kimber) Iowans. There are several free shows around the region, with two ticketed concerts Oct. 23 at First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, and …
Revival Theatre Company, fresh off a successful collaboration with Orchestra Iowa at Brucemorchestra, presents their first in-person production since the pandemic. “End of the Rainbow” tells the story of the final years of the life of Judy Garland, against the backdrop of one of her final performances. Artistic director Brian Glick says that although the …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Another Listen to A&M Horizon Host Craig Kessler spins more goodies from this short-lived jazz label. We’ll hear from Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall, Paul Desmond, Dave Liebman, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, and many others! The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, pianists Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum, bassists Monk Montgomery and Ray Brown, drummer Art Blakey, vibist Gerry Gibbs, saxman Lee Konitz and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners” (1957), …
Iowa City’s intergenerational choir, The Family Folk Machine, is back together in person, rehearsing and performing their first concert outdoors. “Never So Far,” titled from a Greg Brown tune that is part of the show, will also include songs you’ll know from Ringo Starr and P!nk, plus some original tunes. The concert will be at …
Orchestra Iowa’s Masterworks season begins Oct. 9 and 10 with “Beethoven 5 By 5.” It’s an all-Beethoven program, as renown pianist Stewart Goodyear performs “The Emperor” Piano Concerto. The other “5” is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, as the orchestra tackles arguably the most refrain in all of music. Tim Hankewich even purchased a brand new score …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Tribute to Chick Corea, Part 9 Host Craig Kessler continues his chronological salute to the late keyboard master Chick Corea by sharing some stellar material from the late 1990s, and moving into the 2000s. We’ll hear absolutely top-notch, masterful jazz from one of the true geniuses …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummers Jo Jones, Alvin Stoller and J.C. Heard, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., organist Larry Young and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson at the …
