Y La Bamba
World Café says Luz Elena Mandoza Ramos, lead vocalist and producer of Y La Bamba, "[Her] inimitable songwriting is propelled by an earth-shaking voice and incisive lyrics that speak towards the duality of hurt and healing."
Haley Heynderickx and The Westerlies
Folk singer/songwriter and guitarist Haley Heynderickx's introspective songs are infused by her religious Filipino-American upbringing and call to mind the folk music of the 1960s and 1970s mixed with a love of jazz radio.
Jeff Parker and The New Breed
Jeff Parker is recognized as one of the contemporary music's most versatile and innovative electric guitarists and composers. His electric ensemble The New Breed plays "grooves that ooze and wend, sounding like a broken trance, or like experimental hip-hop as science fiction."
The King's Singers
The King's Singers return to Hancher to help you and your family celebrate the holidays! Undoubtedly the gold standard in a cappella singing, the ensemble will share a program filled with sounds of the season and other family favorites.
JACK Quartet plays John Zorn
Presented at the Old Capitol Museum
The JACK Quartet is the perfect ensemble to engage with Zorn's music. San Francisco Classical Voice says, "It's hard to think of another string quartet that plays ... ferociously contemporary repertoire with their impeccable precision."
The JACK Quartet is the perfect ensemble to engage with Zorn's music. San Francisco Classical Voice says, "It's hard to think of another string quartet that plays ... ferociously contemporary repertoire with their impeccable precision."
Mavis Staples and The War And Treaty
Mavis Staples is an R&B singer, a soul singer, a gospel singer, and the very definition of a legend. Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter—the husband-and-wife duo known as The War And Treaty—were named by 2022 Duo/Group of the Year by the Americana Music Association.
Roomful of Teeth and Gabriel Kahane
Roomful of Teeth—self-described as a "vocal band"—is dedicated to creating and performing meaningful and adventurous music that amplifies voices old and new. Gabriel Kahane, composer and singer-songwriter, will join Roomful of Teeth for the performance of his In the Garden of the Gift.
Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne
Midori, recognized as one of the most outstanding violinists of our time, will play alongside the 39 piece Swiss chamber orchestra, Festival Strings Lucerne.
Takács Quartet
Presented at The Englert Theatre
The Takács Quartet garnered international attention by winning first prize and the critics' prize at the International String Quartet Competition. The Takács is renowned for "marrying aristocratic elegance and red-blooded energy to everything they play."
The Takács Quartet garnered international attention by winning first prize and the critics' prize at the International String Quartet Competition. The Takács is renowned for "marrying aristocratic elegance and red-blooded energy to everything they play."
Sun Ra Arkestra and Theon Cross
Presented at The Englert Theatre
Sun Ra Arkestra has been at the forefront of exploring new horizons in creative music and inspiring the ever-evolving tenets of Afrofuturism. Opening act Theon Cross has reinvented the tuba as the low-voiced leader of innovative and explosive—and hard to define—ensembles.
Sun Ra Arkestra has been at the forefront of exploring new horizons in creative music and inspiring the ever-evolving tenets of Afrofuturism. Opening act Theon Cross has reinvented the tuba as the low-voiced leader of innovative and explosive—and hard to define—ensembles.