| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Blast!Presented by Lake Michigan College at Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College February 24, 2012 Winner of the 2001 Tony® Award for “Best Special Theatrical Event” and the 2001 Emmy® Award for “Best Choreography,” Blast! is comprised of 35 brass, percussion and visual performers brought together in a unique explosion of music and theatre. Born on athletic fields across the nation, Blast! is a novel art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry. | Lake Michigan College | 02/24/12 | Benton Harbor |
Joan Collaso, Encore PerformancePresented by Downtown Elkhart, Inc. at Lerner Theatre (formerly Elco Theatre) February 24, 2012 Joan Collaso - Encore Series Event
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Elkhart Jazz Festival Encore Series presents Emmy Award winner and International vocalist Joan Collaso in her spectacular tribute to some of the world's greatest jazz divas...Nancy Wilson, Shirley Horn and Lena Horne. This production is packed with great music and dancing, historical information, riveting every audience with Joan's stellar interpretations of some of the most wonderful pieces from these very... | Downtown Elkhart, Inc. | 02/24/12 | Elkhart |
My Fair LadyPresented by Broadway Theatre League at Morris Performing Arts Center February 24-February 25, 2012 One of Broadway’s enduring classics, MY FAIR LADY returns with all of the grandeur and romance that has made this musical one of Broadway’s icons. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” with book, music, and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, MY FAIR LADY is triumphant. With “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” and “Get Me to the Church on Time,”... | Broadway Theatre League | 02/24/12- 02/25/12 | South Bend |
| Children's Choir of Michiana - Winter Concert | Vesper Chorale | 02/25/12 | Dowagiac |
| South Bend Symphony To Go Brass Trio Concert | Lincoln Township Public Library | 02/29/12 | Stevensville |
| Woodwind Sounds | St. Joseph County Public Library | 02/29/12 | South Bend |
| Music in Our Schools Month Choral Concert | Elkhart Central High School | 03/01/12 | Elkhart |
Bob Milne - Ragtime from the Wrong Side of the Tracks [NEW DATE!]Presented by Berrien Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Berrien Unitarian Universalist Fellowship March 1, 2012 Bob Milne is considered to be the best ragtime/boogie-woogie pianist in the world and has been declared a national treasure. His highly energetic style will entertain while he intersperses fascinating historical notes on the history and development of ragtime, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse music. | Berrien Unitarian Universalist Fellowship | 03/01/12 | St. Joseph |
Pusloptional-Student Composition ReadingPresented by Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Campus Auditorium, Indiana University South Bend March 2, 2012 Pulsoptional, Durham, North Carolina's Band of Composers, challenges and enthralls audiences with its innovative new music programming. Since its inception in January of 2000, the new music ensemble and composers' collective has developed a diverse, devoted audience and continues to attract listeners new to contemporary music with its boundary/genredefying, high-energy concerts. pulsoptional creates and performs new experimental works for its eclectic instrumentation, commissions new... | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/02/12 | South Bend |
Venitia Sekema's Boomland CD release partyPresented by The Livery at The Livery March 2, 2012 Venitia's style is hard to pin down, a typical performance includes songs that range from a Delta Blues to Uptown Jazz, Down Home Country to the most Modern Folk. Even with so much variety, the audience connects with what she has to say, since deep down she has the heart of a storyteller, and each person can find something in her songs that relates to their own life.
Boomland, her 3rd full length album, released in January 2012, was 5 years in the making, and is by far her most... | The Livery | 03/02/12 | Benton Harbor |
| Flute Festival Recital | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/03/12 | South Bend |
Riely OConnor's Songwriters Spotlight featuring Bishop-DavidsonPresented by Quincy's Cafe at Quincy's Cafe March 3, 2012 The 12th show in this semi-annual series features: from Nashville, TN--Bishop-Davidson (MJ Bishop & WT Davidson), Michiana's own Brian Johnston, and a special Spotlight "alum" appearance by Adrienne Frailey. | Quincy's Cafe | 03/03/12 | South Bend |
A Bluegrass Mass and MorePresented by Moreau Center for the Arts - Saint Mary's College at O'Laughlin Auditorium March 4, 2012 In their 23-year history, the South Bend Chamber Singers have performed many masses. But they have never performed one like this - bluegrass style. This concert features the Indiana premier of American composer Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass. The South Bend Chamber Singers will be joined by Minnesota’s electrifying bluegrass band, Monroe Crossing.
This concert is co-sponsored by the South Bend Chamber Singers, the Shaheen/Duggan Performing Arts Series and... | Moreau Center for the Arts - Saint Mary's College | 03/04/12 | South Bend |
Celestial Splendor: Get Your PINK On!Presented by La Porte County Symphony Orchestra at Elston Middle School Performing Arts Center March 4, 2012 Classical Music with a tribute to musicians in the orchestra who are Breast Cancer Survivors.
This classical afternoon begins with a dialog between strings and piano in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. This mature and dramatic concerto will be played by world renowned pianist Andrius Zlabys which the Los Angeles Times called “contemplative and mesmerizing.”
After intermission, Nikia Hammonds-Blakely, a Susan G. Komen spokesperson will help the... | La Porte County Symphony Orchestra | 03/04/12 | Michigan City |
Goshen College Men’s Chorus Home ConcertPresented by Goshen College at Sauder Concert Hall March 4, 2012 The Goshen College Men’s Chorus, directed by Scott Hochstetler, will conclude its Spring Break 2012 tour by performing a home concert in Sauder Concert Hall. | Goshen College | 03/04/12 | Goshen |
IUSB Jazz EnsemblePresented by Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Campus Auditorium, Indiana University South Bend March 7, 2012 Darrel Tidaback directs this big-band style ensemble that includes students as well as community musicians. Tidaback has been a member of the IU South Bend music faculty since the spring of 2002. He may be heard with jazz groups in Chicago, across Michiana and as a performer with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, the South Bend Chamber Singers and the Vesper Chorale. He appeared in concert and performed on NPR with jazz legend Lionel Hampton. Tidaback has also accompanied such well known... | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/07/12 | South Bend |
Riders in the SkyPresented by DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center March 9, 2012 An all ages performance.
Calling all buckaroos and buckarettes! Brush off the trail dust and spend a night the cowboy way with Western music’s modern-day icons. The two-time Grammy-winning quartet in ten gallon hats (white, of course, because they’re the good guys) rope in audiences with classic humor and harmonies that would make Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and America’s favorite animated cowboy, Woody, proud. | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center | 03/09/12 | South Bend |
Disney Live Presents...Three Classic Fairy TalesPresented by Morris Performing Arts Center at Morris Performing Arts Center March 9, 2012 Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy as they bring the timeless fairytale adventures of Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to life.
Featuring dynamic storytelling, award winning music, stunning costumes and glittering special effects to captivate audiences. It's pure magic happening at The Morris.
There will be two showings on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Tickets on SALE NOW!!! | Morris Performing Arts Center | 03/09/12 | South Bend |
Celtic Flavor Presented by Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra at The Livery March 9, 2012 Cairn To Cairn is a spirited group of musicians that combine folk, Celtic, and rock-and-roll. Spinning tales of victory and sorrow, love and regret, the trio reflects life in the great rural Midwest like few other similar combos since the burgeoning folk boom of the sixties. Audiences can expect a compelling journey through original and traditional music from this capable flute, guitar, and bass trio. | Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra | 03/09/12 | Benton Harbor |
Zeitgeist! The Collegians in ConcertPresented by Bethel College at Bethel College, Everest-Rohrer Chapel / Fine Arts Center March 9, 2012 Zeitgeist! IV – an evening of musical comedy promising to drive away the late winter "blahs". This year's program blends musical theatre, pop, Bollywood, classical music, tap dance, and heartfelt slapstick and sarcasm within the assumption that the director and choreographer have been locked in a closet while the students construct their own show. The Collegians is a seasoned group of veteran singers/actors/dancers well received throughout the community for its commitment to... | Bethel College | 03/09/12 | Mishawaka |
Lavender Jazz Spring ConcertPresented by Goshen College at Sauder Concert Hall March 9, 2012 Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band, will perform their spring concert of jazz standards and charts in Sauder Concert Hall. Lavender Jazz is directed by Christopher Fashun. | Goshen College | 03/09/12 | Goshen |
Ernie Haase and Signature Sound Presented by Howard Performing Arts Center at Howard Performing Arts Center March 10, 2012 Gospel music’s Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning quartet blends 21st century ideas with the timeless quality of great quartets from the 1950s to take an unconventional approach to joyfully communicating God’s word. You can count on a concert experience of rich music that is both meaningful and thoroughly entertaining. Founder Ernie Haase has a history with the Cathedral Quartet. In 2003, he formed a group of like-minded men who share his love for God and great harmonies.... | Howard Performing Arts Center | 03/10/12 | Berrien Springs |
| South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestras Winter Concert | South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra | 03/11/12 | South Bend |
Faculty Recital Series: Rebecca Hovan, Flute & Christine Larson Seitz, PianoPresented by Goshen College at Rieth Recital Hall March 11, 2012 Goshen College flute instructor Rebecca Hovan will present a program of music for flute and piano with accompanist Christine Larson Seitz. | Goshen College | 03/11/12 | Goshen |
National Dance Company of Ireland's Rhythm of the DancePresented by Lake Michigan College at Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College March 13, 2012 Bringing together a wealth of talent from all four corners of Ireland, this richly costumed show unites the spirit of Ireland’s national dances, songs and storytelling with the most up to date stage technology. Since its debut performance in 1999, Rhythm of the Dance has played to five million fans in 33 countries and has heralded a new era in Irish entertainment. | Lake Michigan College | 03/13/12 | Benton Harbor |
Afternoon Sabbatical: Goshen Meets BroadwayPresented by Goshen College at Sauder Concert Hall March 13, 2012 Featuring some of the best loved Tony Award winners, Sandra Hill, soloist and Community School of the Arts music teacher, will be joined by special guest Doyle Preheim, professor emeritus of music, and local students for an afternoon on Broadway in Sauder Concert Hall. | Goshen College | 03/13/12 | Goshen |
Jazz Coffeehouse ConcertPresented by Bethel College at Bethel College Dining Commons March 16, 2012 The Bethel College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will feature Funky Cha-Cha, A String of Pearls, Milestones and Amazing Grace. Light refreshments available for purchase. | Bethel College | 03/16/12 | Mishawaka |
Celtic CelebrationPresented by Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra at Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College March 17, 2012 There’s no instrument more Celtic than the harp – but this is harp with a twist! Using stories, songs, virtuosic instrumentals, and a strong dose of humor, Deborah Henson-Conant brings the Celtic Bard into the 21st century. Like the Troubadours of old, Henson- Conant straps on her harp, sings and tells stories – but unlike the old days, she electrifies the harp – and the audience with tales of Motorcycle-Driving Scotsmen, haunted harpers, Robert Burns and J.D.... | Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra | 03/17/12 | Benton Harbor |
International Student Club Coffeehouse and FundraiserPresented by Goshen College at Sauder Concert Hall March 17, 2012 The Goshen College International Student Club (ISC) will present a diverse array of family-friendly international food, music and dance during the annual ISC Coffeehouse. The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with a buffet-style international dinner in the Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall, followed by a show at 7 p.m. in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall. The night will showcase the cultures of international students on campus, who come from more than 30 countries. This event is a fundraiser... | Goshen College | 03/17/12 | Goshen |
Prairie Voices Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars): | Rodeheaver Series for the Performing Arts | 03/18/12 | Warsaw |
| More Than Mostly Mozart | South Bend Symphony Orchestra | 03/18/12 | South Bend |
Toradze Piano Studio Presented by Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Campus Auditorium, Indiana University South Bend March 23, 2012 The Toradze Piano Studio is a unique phenomenon in today’s musical world – an assembly of several generations of pianists – students and associates of Alexander Toradze. The Studio was established in 1991 at Indiana University South Bend with the appointment of Alexander Toradze as Martin Endowed Professor of Piano. Soon it began touring as a piano ensemble-the first of its kind in the United States. Toradze's idea of the "touring conservatory studio" is rooted in... | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/23/12 | South Bend |
| Notre Dame Spring Glee Club Concert | University of Notre Dame Department of Music | 03/23/12 | South Bend |
Luciana Souza Trio featuring Romero Lubambo, guitar and Cyro Baptista, percussionPresented by DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center March 24, 2012 Souza’s meditative, nearly vibrato-less delivery hovers around Brazil’s bossa nova tradition like vapor from a waterfall. And like water her voice takes on the shape of the vessels she’s so deft at choosing: samba, jazz, poetry, the pop-inflected. Such sultry, shifting rhythms (a Grammy win for Herbie Hancock’s River: the Joni Letters) are a misty window into the old and new. | DeBartolo Performing Arts Center | 03/24/12 | South Bend |
A Moveable FeastPresented by Jennet Ingle at South Bend Christian Reformed Church March 24, 2012 Jennet Ingle, principal oboist of the South Bend Symphony, with pianist Paul Hamilton and special guest cabaret singer Justin Hayford take a trip around the world with a travelogue recital. | Jennet Ingle | 03/24/12 | South Bend |
Violinist Rachel Lee and Pianist Daniel SchlosbergPresented by University of Notre Dame Department of Music at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center March 25, 2012 Rachel Lee is one of the most captivating violinists of her generation, and has already made important debuts with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony and the Berlin Staatskappelle. She joins pianist Daniel Schlosberg, Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Music, in works by Schubert, Bartok, and Richard Strauss. | University of Notre Dame Department of Music | 03/25/12 | South Bend |
Vesper Chorale Premiers Jorge Muniz's Stabat MaterPresented by Vesper Chorale at St. Matthew Cathedral March 25, 2012 Our Diverse Journeys concert series continues with a event featuring the world premier of Stabat Mater by Spanish composer Jorge Muniz. Mr. Muniz’s compositions have been performed and recorded around the world, and we are honored to be the first to present this powerful work. We welcome the Spanish-speaking community to this concert. A pre-concert lecture by the composer will precede the event at 2:30. | Vesper Chorale | 03/25/12 | South Bend |
Human Nature, The Motown ShowPresented by Morris Performing Arts Center at Morris Performing Arts Center March 25, 2012 HUMAN NATURE, Australia’s leading pop vocal group with millions of albums sold worldwide, is storming America in a big way with their first US tour, a new album release, The Motown Record and a spectacular PBS Special.
The chart-topping male quartet and their live seven-piece band, The Funk Foundation, are embarking on their first US tour this spring. “Human Nature: The Motown Show presented by Smokey Robinson” is a spectacular hit-driven evening of entertainment,... | Morris Performing Arts Center | 03/25/12 | South Bend |
| Vocal and Piano Studios | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/25/12 | South Bend |
Concert Choir presents Soaring HopePresented by Bethel College at Granger Missionary Church March 25, 2012 This versatile choir will sing a program based on the theme, “Soaring Hope.” Music from various historical periods as well as hymn arrangements, gospel music, spirituals and music of other countries make up this inspirational program.
The 100-voice choir is under the direction of Professor Robert N. Ham and is accompanied by Marilynn Ham. Music and ministry come together in this group of talented young men and women. | Bethel College | 03/25/12 | Granger |
| Michiana Jazz Assemblage | Mishawaka Lions Club | 03/29/12 | Mishawaka |
| Flute and Guitar Ensembles | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 03/29/12 | South Bend |
The Steel Wheels at Goshen TheaterPresented by Goshen Theater at Goshen Theater March 30, 2012 On the road and in the studio, The Steel Wheels are tapping into Americana traditions and creating fresh-sounding acoustic fervor. The band's new album Lay Down Lay Low succeeds in capturing the fire-in-the-belly spirit of the band's mesmerizing live shows wile fine-tuning carefully crafted lyrical stories that surprise the ear and linger in the heart. | Goshen Theater | 03/30/12 | Goshen |
Notre Dame Chorale Spring ConcertPresented by University of Notre Dame Department of Music at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center March 30, 2012 Each semester the University of Notre Dame Chorale, the mixed-voice concert choir of the University, brings classics of the choral literature to campus in spirited performances. In repertoire ranging from Renaissance motets to works written by living composers, the Chorale presents a wide range of musical styles to an ever-growing audience from the campus and beyond.
The Chorale has toured throughout the United States and has journeyed to Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and New... | University of Notre Dame Department of Music | 03/30/12 | South Bend |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeePresented by Elkhart Civic Theatre at Bristol Opera House March 16-March 31, 2012 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachiever’s angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show’s Tony-Award winning creative team (Rebecca Feldman, William Finn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Jay Reiss) has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand... | Elkhart Civic Theatre | 03/16/12- 03/31/12 | Bristol |
Earthtones: Songs from Many CulturesPresented by Goshen College at Sauder Concert Hall March 31, 2012 The Goshen College Choirs will present their annual EARTHTONES concert of choral music. Subtitled “Songs from Many Cultures,” the choirs will present choral works from a wide variety of cultures and countries, and in a variety of foreign languages. Performing are the Goshen College Chorale and Men’s Chorus, directed by Scott Hochstetler, and the Goshen College Chamber Choir and Women’s World Music Choir, directed by Debra Brubaker. | Goshen College | 03/31/12 | Goshen |
| The Texas Tenors | South Bend Symphony Orchestra | 03/31/12 | South Bend |
| Euclid Quartet String Studio | Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts | 04/04/12 | South Bend |
Faculty Recital Series: Dato Machavariani, CelloPresented by Goshen College at Rieth Recital Hall April 4, 2012 Goshen College instructor of cello Dato Machavariani will present a recital of works for cello and piano with pianist Ketevan Badridze. | Goshen College | 04/04/12 | Goshen |
First Fridays KeyBank Concert Series: Rozen BombsPresented by Downtown South Bend at The Backstage Grill April 6, 2012 Enjoy live Alternative/Indie/Rockabilly music from South Bend-based band, The Rozen Bombs at The Backstage Grill (222 S. Michigan St.) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. as part of the First Fridays KeyBank Concert Series. Free and open to all ages. Venue is smoke-free. | Downtown South Bend | 04/06/12 | South Bend |