Under the Beams tickets now available

Under the Beam Concert Series tickets are available for the 2012 season by calling UTB box office at 682-3128.
Join Under the Beams as it continues to bring the world to our stage.  The 2012 season will again present an eclectic and exciting mix of concerts, featuring four of the finest performing groups found across the globe.  All concerts are held in New Harmony’s Rapp-Owen Granary on Saturday evenings beginning at 8 p.m.
Jan. 4 — Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are an Austin-based, singing, powerhouse duo and known as Texas country’s first couple.  Willis is a songwriter, but is best known as a singer, blessed with one of the finest voices in all of country music. Her voice swoops and offers a satiny sheen that is both silky and so fluid it threatens to slip through the notes being played by her and husband Bruce Robison’s crackerjack band.
Robison is a singer, but is best known as a songwriter and has written some of mainstream’s country’s best songs – George Strait’s “Wrapped,” Tim McGraw’s “Angry All The Time” and the Dixie Chicks’ “Travelin’ Soldier.” Together, what they choose to embrace for themselves as a duo, suggests the best that ‘countrypolitan’ and western have to offer.
Feb. 12 — Anonymous 4 - Known for their heavenly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky, Ruth Cunningham, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek and Susan Hellauer) combine musical, historical and contemporary performance intuition as they create ingeniously designed programs, interweaving music with poetry and narrative to create their magical sound.
The ensemble has performed on major concert series and at festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including appearances at Tanglewood, Wolftrap, BBC Proms, Edinburgh Festival and the Brisbane Biennial.
Enchanted both by their live performances and by their eighteen recordings of medieval, contemporary, and American music, Anonymous 4’s listeners have bought nearly two million copies of the group’s albums on the Harmonia Mundi label.
March 10 — Kinobe and The African Sensation - Kinobe has been performing internationally since the age of ten, captivating audiences with virtuoso performances of Ugandan roots music as well as original compositions, reflecting a wealth of African and world influences.  A multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Kinobe leads his listeners into the soul of African music with traditional instruments, songs, and stories from his homeland.
As an instrument-maker and teacher of traditional African instruments, Kinobe understands musical creation inside and out and brings an array of traditional percussive instruments, all crafted and brought to life by his skilled hands. Together with his band, The African Sensation, they are the vanguard of Ugandan performers representing the inspired synthesis of African roots and global fusion.  
April 14 — Karrin Allyson - Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, pianist, composer and bandleader, Karrin Allyson, sings with heart, intelligence, and musical sophistication. She honors the great traditions of blues, jazz, and roots, and embraces French and Brazilian rhythms.
Allyson’s diction is flawless, her phrasing conversational, her tempo swinging, and her improvisation teeming with scat and vocalese.
After recording more than a dozen critically lauded albums, performing in cities from Seattle to Paris, and being compared to such jazz legends as Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn, Allyson has emerged as a pivotal force in the international, contemporary jazz scene.
Tickets are available by calling 682-3128.
Individual tickets are $28, or a season package for all four concerts is $100.
For more information, visit www.underthebeams .org or the Under the Beams Facebook page.

Evansville Philharmonic
Chorus General Auditions
The Evansville Philharmonic Chorus will hold general auditions on Thursday, Jan. 5 at the University of Evansville.  Singers will be auditioning for the opportunity to perform with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra for the rest of its “Celebrate the American Spirit” 2011-2012 season.
Auditions are by appointment only.
Under the direction of Dr. Dennis Malfatti, the Evansville Philharmonic Chorus is a volunteer chorus of approximately 110 members which performs major choral repertoire with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Evansville Philharmonic Chorus recently joined the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra for its Peppermint Pops holiday concerts and Handel’s Messiah in Tell City and Jasper.
The Chorus will be featured in several concerts during the Philharmonic’s 2011-2012 season including:  “A Salute to Heroes” featuring the Night Flight Jazz Ensemble from the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight (Wright Patterson Air Force Base), “Broadway Rocks!” featuring Broadway stars Anne Runolfsson, Capathia Jenkins and Doug LeBreque, and the classical concert “The Titan”, where the chorus will perform Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Rehearsals are on Monday evenings from January through April; additional rehearsals are required with orchestra on the week of performances.
Interested singers should call Kimberly Bredemeier, Director of Operations and Chorus Manager, at or 425-5050, Ext. 302.