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| | Avalon String Quartet - January
Mainstage
January 31, 2021
3:00 PM
Ten years ago, MPAC collaborated with the Avalon String Quartet in a mini-series consisting of all sixteen of Beethoven’s String Quartets. During the intervening years, the Quartet has continuously been a part of the MPAC Mainstage Series. In honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, Avalon reprises the playing of all the Master’s Quartets through the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Mainstage seasons.
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | | Sold out |
| | Anton Hatwich and Keefe Jackson
Jazz at Starr Center
February 7, 2021
3:00 PM
Anton Hatwich (bass) and Keefe Jackson (tenor saxophone) are Chicago based musicians specializing in jazz and improvised music. Expect to hear both familiar and unexpected sounds in this performance for MPAC's Jazz at Starr Center Series.
Admission:
$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | | Sold out |
| | Beethoven Collaboration
Mainstage
February 26, 2021
7:30 PM
(Lecture at 6:30 PM)
Beethoven was an innovative composer whose works span the transition from the Classical to the Romantic Eras. This collaborative concert features area musicians performing works from Beethoven’s early and late periods.
Pre-Concert Lecture at 6:30 PM with Dr. David Patterson
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | | Sold out |
| | Jayne Latva & Michèle Lekas
Music on Main
March 15, 2021
5:30 PM
Keyboard specialist, Jayne Latva, and RSO concertmaster, Michèle Lekas, appreciate the opportunities to collaborate on Baroque and Classical compositions. Their Music on Main program will focus on music of the Baroque Era for violin and keyboard.
Admission:
$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | Buy tickets | |
| | Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Charlotte's Web
March 21, 2021
3:00 PM
From the Yiddish Theater to American Big Band, from the Shtetl to the Symphonic, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will delight you with favorites like “Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn.” Under the direction of Music Director and Violinist Alex Koffman, classical sophistication meets theatrical fun in a performance filled with soul, and humor.
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | Buy tickets | |
| | Frosted Impressions Quartet
Jazz at Starr Center
April 11, 2021
3:00 PM
This new ensemble will present an exploration of jazz genres from “straight ahead” to bop and fusion.
Admission:
$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | Buy tickets | |
| | Kenneth Drake
Mainstage
April 16, 2021
7:30 PM
Kenneth Drake was an early exponent of playing classic repertoire on early pianos. Professor emeritus in the University of Illinois School of Music, he is the author of The Beethoven Sonatas as He Played and Taught Them and The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience.
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | | Sold out |
| | Avalon String Quartet - May
Mainstage
May 2, 2021
3:00 PM
(Lecture at 2:00 PM)
Ten years ago, MPAC collaborated with the Avalon String Quartet in a mini-series consisting of all sixteen of Beethoven’s String Quartets. During the intervening years, the Quartet has continuously been a part of the MPAC Mainstage Series. In honor of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, Avalon reprises the playing of all the Master’s Quartets through the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Mainstage seasons.
Pre-Concert Lecture at 2:00 PM with Dr. Brian Hart
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | Buy tickets | |
| | R. Wesley Carr
Charlotte's Web
May 14, 2021
7:30 PM
2019 National Mandolin championship winner, R. Wesley Carr is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in bluegrass and acoustic jazz. He has studied with jazz and classical guitar professor Fareed Haque at Northern Illinois University and five time Grammy winner, mandolin player Adam Steffey.
Admission:
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door / $6 Student
Venue:
MPAC Starr Center
415 North Church Street, Rockford, IL 61103
General Admission | Buy tickets | |