Miera Kim and Carey Bostian of Red Cedar Chamber Music welcome back the founders of Red Cedar, Jan Boland and John Dowdall for a series of concerts entitled (appropriately) “Founders Return.” The program will consist of some favorites from Jan and John’s years at Red Cedar, plus a few surprises, including a piece set to …
The biggest fundraiser of the year for Family Promise of Linn County, which supports homeless families, is “Joyful Noises,” a music event that brings together folk, classical, and jazz musicians. Event director Kay Galli and Family Promise board chair Tammy Stines say the event will be a fun variety, including the father-daughter duo of Steve …
“The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” works all 209 Brothers Grimm fables into one 2-hour show, coming up at RHCR Theatre in Cedar Rapids as a part of their Youth Theatre series. The cast of 20 young people race through familiar tales like Cinderella and Snow White, to bizarre and obscure stories like The Girl Without Hands …
This Week In Jazz: Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists King Pleasure, Frankie Laine, Astrud Gilberto, Stacey Kent and the Divine Ms. Sarah Vaughan, saxmen Ben Webster, James Moody, and Matt Catingub, and Lanny Morgan, bassists Steve LaSpina, Victor Bailey, Larry Gales and more!!! …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Galloping Guitars: Larry Koonse Larry Koonse considers himself a “late bloomer” in the jazz world, even though he has performed and recorded with hundreds of artists. For several years, he collaborated with saxman John Dankworth and …
Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of the brand-new play, “Apple Season.” It’s the story of a woman returning to her family’s land after many years, and what happens when an encounter with an old flame conjures memories she thought she had escaped. The production is a “rolling” premiere, because two other theatres are also …
The Jarrett Purdy Project will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, April 5, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. It will also be the first of several release parties for Purdy’s first CD – “Motion and Stillness” – a disc of all-original music. The sextet will …
Jarrett Purdy is an Iowa City native, now finishing up his degree at the University of Iowa, who has been playing regularly in Eastern Iowa since high school. He teamed up with friends Nolan Schroeder, Jim Buennig, Joey Schnoebelen, Blake Shaw, and Christopher Jensen on his first CD “Motion and Stillness,” a disc of all-original …
