Music & More 2022

Celebration of our 29th Season!

Rev. Randy Bush started the Music & More Concert Series in 1994 as a way to showcase area talent—as well as First Presbyterian Church and Downtown Racine—while raising money for worthwhile causes. Five free concerts were offered in the church’s historic sanctuary the first year. In 29 years, the series has grown and now features ten weekly noontime concerts with musicians performing in a variety of musical styles and genres during the summer season. The series concludes mid-August with a grand finale evening concert.



Following are the many faces of Music & More 2022!

2022 Concert Performers

 

June 9

Concert dedicated in memory of Larry & Ellen Cardwell

The Brass Knuckles – brass & percussion

Mark Paffrath – vocal & guitar

Choral Arts Society – vocal

 

June 16

Terri Seitz & Ronnie Quella – four-hand piano

Parkside Range – a cappella

Ami Bouterse, Alejandro, Evelyn & Lucas Alumbreros – vocal & piano

 

June 23

Gabriella Martinez – cello, Martha Veto – piano accompanist

Jillian Bruss & Anne Van Deusen – vocal & piano

Cello Quartet – Juan Moreno, Nolan Retzlaff, 

Henry Saaski, & Gabriella Martinez


June 30

Lydia Weaver – violin, Fumi Nakayama – piano accompanist

Martha Fergus, Frank Suetholz & Anna Kojovic-Frodl – 

flutes & piano

Evelyn Alumbreros – vocal, Alejandro Alumbreros - piano accompanist

 

July 7

Carolyn Wehner – vocal & piano

Suzanne Geoffrey – oboe, Wayne Wildman – organ/piano, 

Jessica Boone – oboe

Corporate Downsizing Quartet – vocal & guitar

 

July 14

Ann Heide & Darlene Rivest – violins

SilverMusic Flute Ensemble – flutes

Lynda Schlitz, Brian Dale, Dwayne Williams, Kostia Efimov – 

vocal, drums, bass, piano


July 21

Darlene Rivest & Anna Kojovic-Frodl – violin & piano

[Composer Martin O’Leary came from Ireland]

Zachary Scot Johnson – vocal & guitar

Benjamin Nelson – piano

 

July 28

Sharon Adel, Kimberly Chapman & Kristina Beier – 

organ, vocal, flute & piano

Dolce Consonant Flute Choir

Rocky Rose – band


August 4

Brandgás String Quartet – Max Feiler, Jesse Gomez & Melissa Hardtke – violins & viola

Broderie Consort – Mary Ellen Close & Diane Kuntzelman – recorders

Jill Jensen & Jack Grassel – vocal & guitar

 

August 11

Jeff Ward – vocal & guitar

Nancy Maio & Gare Hofstad – violin & guitar

Amy Maack & Doug Clum – vocal & piano

 

Season Finale Concert

Friday, August 19 at 7:00 p.m.

 

Ashley Springer – violin, Lynn Valdez - piano accompanist

Fumi Nakayama, Ravenna Helson, Ravenna Lipchik – 

harpsichord, baroque cello, baroque violin

Mark Paffrath, Dave Titus & Alejandro Alumbreros – 

vocal, guitar, bass, piano