Lutkin Hall is at 700 University Place. Cahn Auditorium is located at 600 Emerson St. Trienens Hall is at 2707 Ashland Ave. All four venues are located on the Evanston campus and are accessible to the disabled. This annual showcase recital at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall stars the distinguished faculty of Northwestern University's School of Music. The audience is invited to a reception in the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall lobby following the concert.
Admission is free.
An afternoon of love songs, political satires, surreal allegories and joyful dance music from the beginning of the Renaissance will be performed at Lutkin Hall by Newberry Consort countertenor Drew Minter, early violinist David Douglass, viola de gambist and Newberry Consort director Mary Springfels, and guest English lute virtuoso Jacob Heringman. Jazz studies faculty member Michael Kocour will be joined by bassist Eric Hochberg and drummer Morris Jennings for an evening of blues, jazz and original compositions. The Shona mbira consists of metal keys arranged on a soundboard which produces a rich polyphony and a hard-driving mix of rhythmic patterns. The Pick-Staiger concert also will feature drums, hosho gourd rattles, musical bow and antelope trumpet as well as accompanying song and dance. Guest performers include singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaka Chawasarira, singer and mbira player Beauler Dyoko, mbira player Cosmas Magaya, hosho gourd rattle player Simon Magaya and vocalist Hakurotwi Mude.