Fox Valley Music Consortium will feature six Summer concerts, June through August.
Scheduled to perform are Fox Valley Jazz Big Band, Fox Chamber Singers, Fox Valley Orchestra, and Fox Valley Brass Band.
The series will open at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2, with “The Modern Big Band,” a concert by Fox Valley Jazz Big Band at Aurora Christian Schools theater, 2255 Sullivan Road, enter Door 11.
Top Fox Valley jazz artists will perform works from contemporary jazz composers, including Maria Schneider, Callum Au and Chris Walden. The concert will feature the Consortium’s first high school jazz competition winners. Jeff Ford will conduct.
Tickets are $18.50 general admission, $15. for students and seniors. Go to http://fvjazzbigband.org/index_files/Schedule.htm.
The Series continues with “Night and Day,” a concert by Fox Chamber Singers at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Marmion Abbey Church, 850 Butterfield Road in Aurora. Talented vocalists will perform avant garde to gospel to classical works by James Macmillan and Ola Gjielo, Clara and Robert Schumann, Lili Boulanger and Johannes Brahms. Lisa Fredenburgh, Aurora University director of choral activities, will conduct.
Tickets are $18.50 general admission and $15 for students and seniors. Order at http://foxchambersingers.org/index_files/Performances.htm.
“Summer Pops,” a free concert by Fox Valley Brass Band, is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora. The Concert will feature show tunes, patriotic melodies and pops selections. Weather permitting, the Concert may move outside! Victor Anderson will direct. Donations will be accepted to benefit Wesley ministries.
A three-concert Summer Pops Series by Fox Valley Orchestra opens with “FVO Goes West” at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Celebrating American pioneers, cowboys and explorers, the event features Grofe’s classic “Grand Canyon Suite.” Stephen Squires directs. Advance tickets are $24. general admission, $20. for students and seniors and $16. for children eight and younger. Day-of tickets are $28. general admission, $24. for students and seniors and $18. for children eight and younger. For tickets, visit https://foxvalleyorchestra.org/order.php.
“Masters of Broadway” continues the orchestra series at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 21, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Featured will be favorite classics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sondheim and others. Stephen Squires directs.
Advance tickets are $24. general admission, $20. for students and seniors and $16. for children eight and younger. Day-of tickets are $28. general admission, $24. for students and seniors and $18. for children eight and younger. For tickets, visit https://foxvalleyorchestra.org/order.php.
The orchestra series concludes with “Percussive Jazz” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. Stellar percussionist/pianist Robert Chappell teams with FVO to present a varied slate of jazz, world music, and ethnic jazz treats. Stephen Squires directs.
Advance tickets are $24. general admission, $20. for students and seniors and $16. for children eight and younger. Day-of tickets are $28 general admission, $24. for students and seniors and $18. for children eight and younger. For tickets visit https://foxvalleyorchestra.org/order.php. Subscription Packages are available.
Call (630) 891-2527 for more information.
—Al Benson