concerts at grace
You're invited!
We invite you to the following concerts at Grace.
Everyone is welcome!
Illinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir Concert
Tuesday, February 24
7:00PM
Everyone is invited to a performance by the Illinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir. The Collegiate Choir is the flagship vocal ensemble of the School of Music at Illinois Wesleyan University. The ensemble comprises dedicated student musicians from across the School of Music as well as from a wide range of academic disciplines throughout the university. Collegiate Choir brings together singers with diverse musical experiences and perspectives in the shared pursuit of artistic and intellectual excellence. Grace's own Ash Schnute will be among the students presenting When Thunder Comes, Modern Activism in Choral Music. A free will offering will be taken to support the choir. All are welcome!
The Anderson Brothers play Gershwin
Sunday, march 15
3:00PM
Don't miss this special performance on Sunday, March 15 at 3:00PM! Fresh off recent performances at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center, woodwind virtuosos and identical twins Peter and Will Anderson present a carefully selected program of classic American melodies. The Andersons live and breathe the music of the 1930s and ‘40s – reviving tunes of the past with an energy and authenticity seldom heard today. Their program of music from the golden age includes such vintage gems as "Rhapsody in Blue," hard-hitting swing classic “Sing, Sing, Sing,” and Broadway classic "My Favorite Things." The Andersons are passionate about the great music from a century ago, including classics from Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin. Graduates of the Juilliard School, Anderson's have recently performed on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion and on HBO's Boardwalk Empire soundtrack.
More about the Anderson Brothers
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone.” (New York Times) Peter and Will Anderson present the life and music of George Gershwin, with an entertaining narrative, film presentation, and live trio performance. One of the most striking geniuses of modern music, George Gershwin composed for Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, film, radio, and symphony orchestras, combining the sounds of jazz and European classical music. Selections will include "Rhapsody in Blue," "I Got Rhythm," "It Ain’t Necessarily So," "Summertime," "They Can’t Take That Away From Me," "Embraceable You," and "S’Wonderful."
Identical twins and Juilliard graduates Peter & Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary musical acts today performing captivating, classic jazz. Born and raised in Washington D.C., the Anderson's have headlined at The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Feinstein’s 54 Below, live on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, and can be heard on the Grammy-winning soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks. Vanity Fair magazine listed their debut album alongside Miles Davis in “Four New Releases to Make You Love Jazz,” and the Washington Post called their music “imaginatively unfolding in ways that consistently bring a fresh perspective to classic jazz.” Peter and Will received a 2014 Drama Desk nomination for their Off-Broadway Show, Le Jazz Hot (one of eight sold-out productions at Manhattan's 59E590).
Learn more about The Anderson Brothers at peterandwillanderson.com.
Napervoice spring concert
We Journey Together: The Music of Life
sunday, april 19
4:00PM
NaperVoice's eighth concert will offer the diverse, captivating programming for which this choir has become known, including music from classical, jazz, musical theater, gospel, and world genres. This new program will include one of Johannes Brahms' greatest choral works, The Song of Fate, as well as other works related to the interesting and often surprising journey we call "life." Composers represented in addition to Brahms include Whitacre, Narverud, Garrett, Daley, Boyd, and Spencer. Our Guest Ensemble will be Los Caballos Dorados, the Metea Valley High School mariachi ensemble, directed by Jordan Yi. Andrew Fapp is the Conducting Intern for this concert. For more information and tickets, visit napervoice.org.