Maestro Hankewich is back ahead of Orchestra Iowa’s first concert of this season’s Pops Series, “The Music of Harry Potter.” Delivered as a multifaceted production, music from all eight of the films will be performed by the orchestra along with the Orchestra Iowa youth choir, Discovery Chorus. To make the night even more magical, everyone …
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This Week In Jazz October 20 thru October 26
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, bassists Wendell Marshall and Hans Glawischnig, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody (James Moody’s …
Special Programs October 21 thru October 27
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Eddie Harris Birthday Celebration Craig salutes Chicago tenorman Eddie Harris (born October 20, 1934) with an exciting array of jazz goodies from his lengthy recording career, from 1961 thru 1995. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Jazz Under the …
Big Mo Pod Show 033 – “A Balance of Old And New”
Once again Noah and John are hooked up with all their wires and dials for another pod show! This week’s episode features an eclectic mix of old and new blues tracks from a variety of blues sub – genres, tune in to hear which! Songs featured in the episode: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee – …
Culture Crawl 982 “And Kolaches, too!”
Still basking in the awe and excitement that was the Czech and Slovakia presidential visit to Cedar Rapids and the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, museum president and CEO Cecilia Rokusek gives us the breakdown of the museum’s 50th anniversary celebratory programing. “Czech & Slovak Echoes in the USA” is a two-week-long festival …
Culture Crawl 981 “Just One Dead Guy”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian are eight concerts deep into Red Cedar Chamber Music’s 2024 fall concert series, “Passion & Peril.” Clarinetist Christine Bellomy will be featured, and weaved throughout the program you’ll find variations in genre, mood and technique. There are three upcoming concerts remaining: Friday, October 18, 7pm @Center Point Library in Center …
The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round with Jazz
Many people don’t know that in addition to being one of Iowa’s most popular jazz performers, Eddie Piccard also drives a bus for College Community Schools. One of the many students he’s struck up a friendship with is Riley Kruse, who rode Eddie’s bus from the time he was in elementary school. Riley’s mom has …
This Week In Jazz October 13 thru October 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Bluesman Big Joe Williams, drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Bill Stewart, trumpeters Al Killion, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis, bassists Palle Danielsson and Reid Anderson, singers Anita O’Day and Esparanza Spalding and more. We’ll also mark the recording …