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| | Music Monday
Rockford University Vocal Collective
December 9, 2024
A select ensemble of 16 singers, the Rockford University Vocal Collective interprets music from Renaissance polyphony to vocal jazz and popular music. Get into the holiday spirit with this festive program of seasonal favorites! | Buy tickets |
| | Mendelssohn Presents!
Nicolai Janitzky
January 24, 2025
Baritone Nicolai Janitzky has studied in the opera program at Yale University and at the Music Academy of the West. A full lyric with a beautiful Italianate timbre, Mr. Janitzky is very much at home in repertoire spanning bel canto to Russian romantic literature, German lieder to French art song. | Buy tickets |
| | Sunday Jazz
Eric Schneider
February 2, 2025
A Grammy award-winning Chicago saxophonist, Eric has toured and recorded with Count Basie, Earl “Fatha” Hines and has performed with jazz legends including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, and many others. | Buy tickets |
| | Mendelssohn Presents!
Anastasiya Squires & Stephen Squires
February 14, 2025
This internationally-recognized duo will share a varied
program including music from Anastasiya’s native
Ukraine. Mozart, Ravel, Gershwin, and Lloyd Webber
will round out the program. | Buy tickets |
| | Music Monday
Blaine Young Saxophone Quartet
February 24, 2025
The Rockford-based Dynamism Quartet is a musically kinetic, evolving, and dynamic saxophone ensemble. You’ll enjoy time-honored classics,
lively jazz, contemporary works, and cleverly-arranged pop tunes. | Buy tickets |
| | Sunday Jazz
Beloit Memorial High School Jazz Orchestra
March 2, 2025
This auditioned ensemble has performed at several Midwest jazz festivals, consistently earning Superior ratings. A seven-times finalist in the prestigious Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in NYC, this band will captivate you with their youthful energy! | Buy tickets |
| | Mendelssohn Presents!
Northern Lights
March 14, 2025
Experience the rustle of spring in the rich and varied musical tapestry of the Nordic countries represented in the music of Jean Sibelius, Johan Svendsen, Edvard Grieg, Selim Palmgren, and others. Chicago-based pianist Sharon Peterson joins local favorites Beth Fredrickson, soprano; Rachel Handlin, violin; and Joel Ross, piano. | Buy tickets |
| | Music Monday
Jon Rozman & Bob Rub
March 31, 2025
This duo will explore a broad range of traditions including jazz manouche and bossa nova. Bob Rub is a one-man rhythm section, infusing every tune with an exuberant vitality. Violinist Jon Rozman brings a virtuosic, yet lyrical approach to improvisation. | Buy tickets |
| | Mendelssohn Presents!
4Cello
April 11, 2025
These talented Northern Illinois cellists will present an eclectic program including tango master Astor Piazzola, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Smokey Robinson! Featuring Michael Beert, Richard Evans, Kerena Fox and Linc Smelser. | Buy tickets |
| | Mendelssohn Presents!
Avalon String Quartet
May 2, 2025
On his visit to Spillville, Iowa in 1893, Czech composer Antonin Dvorak said that in the African American melodies "I discover all that is needed for a great and noble school of music." The Quartet will present two varied programs exploring music in the Americas since that time: American Voices. | Buy tickets |