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Kerrytown Concert House News - September 23, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
September 26, 2023
From: Kerrytown Concert House"Fall" Into More
Great Music at the House!
Kaleidoscope
A Celtic Roots Journey With Kalos
Jeremiah McLane, accordion/piano
Joanna Hyde, fiddle/vocals
Eric McDonald, guitar/mandolin
Sun. | September 24th
@ 7:30 PM
Kalos is a Celtic Roots Trio that takes listeners through a range of moods — from poignant yearning to exuberant celebration. “Headland” (the title of their debut album) refers to a point where land meets sea, and is a fitting analogy for the exploratory space Kalos inhabits — one that calls forth driving, heartfelt music journeying through unknown territory to seek and find its essence – the enduring, resilient experience of the human heart. Join us for an intimate concert that explores folk traditions and new compositions from the Celtic world and beyond with three musicians full of good humor and energy for creating together, and sharing their craft on stage.
The Jazz Listening Room
Preservation Hall Legend
Charlie Gabriel
Live In The House!
with special guest saxophonist
Kasan Belgrave
Adam Mosley, piano; Paul Keller, bass; Pete Siers, drums
Two Performances!
Fri. | September 29th
@ 7:00 PM & 9:15 PM
Kerrytown Concert House is thrilled to welcome back to its stage Preservation Hall Legend – clarinetist, saxophonist, and flutist Charlie Gabriel! A fourth-generation jazz musician from New Orleans, Gabriel has strong ties to Detroit where he moved as a teenager, and to Kerrytown Concert House where in 1994, he recorded his award-winning CD Live at the Kerrytown Concert House with jazz pianist Red Richards. He came back to KCH again with Richards in 1997 to collaborate in a tribute to Doc Cheatham with Marcus Belgrave and Kurt Krahnke. Now on the heels of his 91st birthday, Gabriel returns for a reunion performance with former bandmates Paul Keller & Pete Siers, and for an especially meaningful collaboration with Marcus Belgrave’s son and multi-woodwind-instrumentalist Kasan Belgrave. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear this elder statesman of Preservation Hall and New Orleans jazz play at KCH – up close and personal!
This concert is generously sponsored by Stephanie Hale, Howard Hanna Real Estate.
October at a Glance
Kaleidoscope
Founder’s Fête!
A Birthday Celebration Concert ~ for and with ~
Deanna Relyea & Friends
Sun. | October 1st
@ 7:30 PM
Join us for this musical birthday concert celebrating the incomparable Deanna Relyea, Kerrytown Concert House Founder, longtime Artistic & Executive Director, and much-sought-after mezzo soprano! Like any collaborative performer of substance, Deanna is more interested in celebrating the “ensemble” at KCH than herself, and is bringing along a host of performing artist friends to add to the concert festivities, including…
Matt Boylan, guitar/vocals
Julia Broxholm, soprano
Kevin Bylsma, piano
Jerry DePuit, piano
Marion Hayden, bass
Ken Kozora, cornet
Shelley MacMillan, soprano
Piotr Michalowski, reedist
Jane Schoonmaker Rodgers, soprano
Jean Schneider, piano
Monica Swartout-Bebow, mezzo soprano
Kenn Thomas, piano
Alvin Waddles, piano/vocalist
This is sure to be a grande affair followed by bubbly and birthday cake!
This concert is generously sponsored by A2 Investment Solutions as a part of the Empowering Women Artists Series.
Classical Salon
For the Love of Music:
A Memorial Tribute to
Menahem Pressler with Chamber Soloists of Detroit Artistic Director, Pauline Martin, concert pianist
Sat. | October 7th
@ 7:30 PM
This solo recital by concert and collaborative pianist Pauline Martin honors the memory of her lifelong mentor with gratitude for his pivotal role in establishing Chamber Soloists of Detroit in 2012.
Classical Salon
Ev’ry Night and Ev’ry Morn
Houston Grand Opera Finalist
Samuel Kidd, baritone
Julian Grabarek, piano
Wed. | October 11th
@ 7:30 PM
Kerrytown Concert House is delighted to welcome back to its stage Ann Arbor native and Houston Grand Opera finalist, baritone Samuel Kidd. Joining him will be collaborative pianist Julian Grabarek – both artists just back from a summer performing in San Francisco for the world-renowned Merola Opera Program. Together, Kidd and Grabarek will present Ev’ry Night and Ev’ry Morn, a compelling voice recital inspired by Benjamin Britten’s striking and haunting cycle, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, examining the contradictions of modern life in our societies, relationships, and even within ourselves. You won’t want to miss this special opportunity to hear an extraordinary baritone emerging on the national operatic scene in KCH’s intimate setting!
This concert is generously sponsored by Genre Underwriters,
Maurice & Linda Binkow
Cabaret
Autumnal MackPack –
Falling into Folds –
Celebrating the Music of
Ben Folds with
composer/pianist
Ryan MacKenzie Lewis
& Broadway veteran
Geoff Packard
Sun. | October 15th
@ 7:30 PM
MackPack is back to help you fall into the season with the energetic, poignant, and sometimes sarcastic music of Ben Folds. Broadway Veteran Geoff Packard and local arranger and pianist R. MacKenzie Lewis team up again to jam with bassist Ken Pesick and drummer Billy Harrington to explore the autumnal colors, feelings, and nuanced melancholy of Ben Fold’s music.
The concert is generously sponsored by Brian & Jen Rosewarne
Edgefest
Edgefest 2023:
Rescued and Ready
October 18th - 21st
Kerrytown Concert House announces Edgefest 2023, its 27th annual 4-day festival; an exploration of new music, improvised and composed. This year’s theme is “Rescued and Ready” as the festival features a diverse and deeply inclusive roster of innovative artists (local to international, emerging to established) who have survived the pandemic constraints, to bring their new and inspirational music and collaborations to the eager Edgefest audiences which now include many from across the USA, Canada, Europe and Japan.
Jazz Listening Room
Third Coast Swing…To Bop!
Featuring Dave Bennett
Thurs. | Oct. 26th
@ 7:30 PM
Kerrytown Concert House can’t wait to get your toes tapping again with the return of the supremely skilled and energized ensemble Third Coast Swing – this time with clarinet sensation, Dave Bennett! From Hot Club to Hard Bop, these fantastic musicians explore swing music of the 1930’s from Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman to Ella Fitzgerald and Julie London. Get your tickets now for this special collaboration and what is sure to be a joyful evening of music-making.
Dave Bennett, clarinet
Ella Jarvis, vocals
Stephen Plummer, solo guitar
Kaedin Plummer, rhythm guitar
Tom Knific, bass
Third Coast Swing has been playing the music of The late Belgium born Romani Gypsy, Django Reinhardt & his band, The Hot Club Of Paris (1930s-1940s) — think Louis Armstrong with a French accent. Third Coast Swing has changed it up a bit and is currently touring with the Detroit native Dave Bennett, violinist Grant Flick, vocalist Ella Jury Jarvis, and pianist Andrew Henley. Jury Jarvis and guitarist Kaedin Plummer did a deep dive on early jazz classics by Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billy Holiday, then arranged these songs to fit Third Coast Swing’s eclectic style. Third Coast Swing has performed with national touring acts such as Frank Vignola, Denis Chang, Jimmy Grant, Dave Bennett, The Midwest Gypsy Jazz Fest in Madison, Wisconsin. Third Coast Swing has performed regionally at The West Michigan Jazz Society, The Ludington Amphitheater, The Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Bell’s Eccentric Café (Kalamazoo), Detroit Jazz Society, Crooked Tree Art’s Center, Kerrytown Concert House, The Playhouse at Whitelake Ramsdell Theater, Westshore Performing Arts and more.
Kaleidoscope
Tales from the
Accidental Crypt!
A Very Accidentally Hip Halloween
Sat. | Oct. 28th
@ 7:30 PM
Putting their own tricks on everything from early swing & jazz standards to R&B, Hip Hop, and pop tunes of today, this band is back to give us more Tales from the Accidental Crypt! Bandleader R. MacKenzie Lewis will lead you in a spooktacular evening of music and fun! From the spine-tingling sounds of vocalists, Christopher Joseph and Courtney Riddle, to the hair-raising harangue of R. MacKenzie Lewis’s sinister sidekicks, Kenji Lee (sax), Michael Rais (bass) and Billy Harrington (drums), you’ll hear scary favorites like Thriller, Spooky, Ghostbusters, Superstition, Beetlejuice, Creep, In the Hall of the Mountain King and more!
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