Sauk Valley Community Concert Association
2011-12 Season
20th Anniversary
Street Corner Symphony
September 23, 2011 – Historic Dixon Theatre
Street Corner Symphony competed in THE SINGOFF for 2010 – the hit reality show for vocal ensembles on NBC TV and ended up as the runner-up.
The group is comprised of two sets of brothers. One set can claim legendary gospel singer Bill Shaw from The Blackwood Brothers as their grandfather. Five of the members are preachers’ kids and grew up with great church music. Even with this religious and gospel background – Street Corner Symphony has an expansive repertoire including songs from Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Tears for Fears, Earth Wind and Fire, Elvis, the Beatles and U2. They also have a good list of original songs.
streetcornersymphony.org
Anderson & Roe
October 31, 2011 – Centennial Auditorium, Sterling High School
Greg and Liz are perhaps the most thrilling young piano duet team performing today. They met in 2000 as freshmen at The Juilliard School and formed their dynamic musical partnership shortly thereafter. They have since toured North America with notable performances in LA, San Francisco, Washington DC, and other major cities, as well as in nearly every NYC venue from Carnegie Hall to children’s hospitals. Together, they have appeared on MTV, NPR, the Cliburn Concert Series, and many summer chamber music festivals. The piano duo released their debut album, Reimagine, in 2008.
“Electrifying and Riviting ...when the concert goes too quickly, it’s a sign that the concert was excellent, well-paced and most enjoyable.” –The Cyprus Mail, 2009
andersonroe.com
Bottom Line
February 6, 2012 – Historic Dixon Theatre
The Bottom Line Duo – husband and wife Spencer and Traci Hoveskeland – will play a concert of classics and pops on a 300 year old Italian string bass and a 140 year old French cello, blended together with a large portion of humor and fun.
Billed as “21st Century Parlor Music” the Bottom Line Duo, has been thrilling audiences with their fast fingers, wit and bows. They deliver a program with roots in chamber music and an amazing repertoire of modern and popular sounds.
They have produced six CDs, a full symphony show, several appearances on NPR and performances at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
“They have a flair for playing with excitement and humor. You can truly hear the fun they are having.” – Victory Music Review
bottomlineduo.com
Three Hits and a Miss
March 31, 2012 – Centennial Auditorium, Sterling High School
Three Hits & a Miss presents American Pop – featuring billboard hits from the mid 1950s through the mid 1980s with a musical heartbeat inspired by such stellar groups as the Beatles, the Temptations, Simon and Garfunkle, the Beach Boys, the Mama and the Papas, Fleetwood Mac, Three Dog Night, Abba and more. They present this music with high energy, versatility and a variety of musical formats – four and three part harmony, duos and solos, taking turns at the piano, and accompanied by bass, percussion and horns.
This multi-talented quartet of vocalists and musicians has performed in top venues throughout the US and abroad. Collectively they sing, write, arrange and play a variety of instruments, showcasing their critically acclaimed amazingly tight harmonies. This is a show not to be missed!
threehitsandamiss.com
Bonus Concert
Metales M5
April 15, 2012 – Historic Dixon Theatre
The group is led by first trumpet German ex-pat Alexander Freund who lives about 100 miles west of Mexico City. The other members also live in and around Mexico City.
Their programming is nicely balanced between classical pieces and lighter, “pops” tunes including a 007 segment and finishing off with some rousing Mexican folk tunes all played in appropriate costumes.
Other pieces that may be heard in the program include Barber’s Adagio, Gershwin’s Summertime, Star Wars Theme, Flight of the Bumblebee and selections from West Side Story.
“What do you get when you mix the shenanigans of the Blues Brothers with the musical seriousness of the Canadian Brass? Metales M5!” – Omaha World-Herald
metalesm5.com