Saturday
14
Apr
Time for...A Sonorous Tribute featuring Martina Filjak, Piano
Event Time: Pre-Concert Lecture 6:30 p.m.; Pre-Concert Music 7:00 p.m.; Concert 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Saturday, April 14, 2012
Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts - 525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway - Springfield, MO
Admission: call for details
We round out our classical series with Brahms' well-developed and remarkable Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Martina Filjak the most recent winner of the prestigious Cleveland International Piano Competition. In this concert we also present the unique Farewell Symphony by Haydn in which he asks the musicians to leave one by one until there is no one left. For this performance we pay tribute to those who lost their lives on the Titanic 100 years ago. - -
http://www.springfieldmosymphony.org
417 864-6683
A Night To Remember. A Titanic Musical Tribute.
Event Time: 12pm
Dates: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Saturday, April 14, 2012
Location: Titanic Museum Attraction, Branson, MoO
Admission: Call for Reservations and Pricing 800-381-7670
Titanic Branson Presents "A Night to Remember: An Original Musical Tribute to Titanic" - Saturday, April 14, 2012 in Branson - - Titanic Museum Attractions is hosting “A Night to Remember: An Original Musical Tribute to Titanic,” on Saturday, April 14, the 100th anniversary of the night the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage. Musical performances, historic ceremonies and appearances by actual descendants of Titanic’s passengers and crew will highlight the production honoring the 2,208 people aboard the ship. - - Tickets on Sale Now! - Online tickets are no longer available, - please Call 800-381-7670.
http://www.titanicbranson.com
417 334-9500
Drury University Opera
Event Time: April 13 4:00 p.m.; April 14 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Saturday, April 14, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Drury University Opera Workshop will present its annual, fully staged spring opera production.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Sunday
15
Apr
Blue October
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Sunday, April 15, 2012 - Sunday, April 15, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, MO
Admission: $27.50 and $50
Since 1995, Blue October has been a refuge for its members and fans worldwide. Over the course of five albums, achieving platinum sales with singles like “Hate Me” and “Into The Ocean,” and non-stop touring has solidified the band’s presence in the music world. The jarringly frank “Hate Me,” is one of many reasons that this modern rock outfit Blue October evolved from an intensely beloved cult band to mainstream radio conquerors. - -
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
Monday
16
Apr
Drury University Intergenerational Rock Band
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Monday, April 16, 2012 - Monday, April 16, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO, 65802
Admission: FREE
Drury students partner with residents of a local assisted living center to form an intergenerational rock band, performing a variety of popular rock music.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Tuesday
17
Apr
The Oak Ridge Boys
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Location: The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre - 464 Hwy 248 - Branson, MO 65616
Admission: $43.50 adult; $21.50 child
Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a # 1 Pop Smash – Elvira. They have earned Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades.
http://www.orbtheatre.com
417 239-3057
Wednesday
18
Apr
JJ Grey & Mofro with special guests Speakeasy -
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, Missouri 65806 -
Admission: $20
Singing with a passion and fervor directly influenced by the classic soul heroes, JJ Grey has written and recorded five albums of original songs steeped in the rhythm & blues, rock, and country soul of his native backwoods home outside Jacksonville, Florida.
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
The Oak Ridge Boys
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Location: The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre - 464 Hwy 248 - Branson, MO 65616
Admission: $43.50 adult; $21.50 child
Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a # 1 Pop Smash – Elvira. They have earned Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades.
http://www.orbtheatre.com
417 239-3057
Drury University Wind Symphony and Wind Chamber Ensembles Concert
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: Free
The Drury University Wind Symphony will present its fall concert. The Symphony will also be joined by the Drury University Woodwind Quintet and the Drury University Brass Ensemble.
417 873-7276
Thursday
19
Apr
The Oak Ridge Boys
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Thursday, April 19, 2012
Location: The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre - 464 Hwy 248 - Branson, MO 65616
Admission: $43.50 adult; $21.50 child
Theirs is one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of The Oak Ridge Boys have spawned dozens of Country hits and a # 1 Pop Smash – Elvira. They have earned Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades.
http://www.orbtheatre.com
417 239-3057
Friday
20
Apr
Sawyer Brown
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Friday, April 20, 2012 - Friday, April 20, 2012
Location: The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre - 464 Hwy 248 - Branson, MO 65616 -
Admission: $45
Taking their name from the Nashville street where they once rehearsed, Sawyer Brown made their national TV debut on the show Star Search in 1984. After winning $100,000, the band landed a record deal with Curb Records and charted its first single, "Leona," the same year. Following up with pulsating party songs "Step That Step" and "Betty's Bein' Bad," Sawyer Brown won the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1985.
http://www.orbtheatre.com
417 239-3057
Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
Event Time:
Dates: Friday, April 20, 2012 - Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Community Blood Center parking lot at Campbell Avenue and Plainview Road
Celebrate at the Rotary Clubs’ 13th Annual Rock’n Ribs BBQ Festival featuring BBQ cooking teams from around the nation. Enjoy live entertainment, children’s activities and much more.
Saturday
21
Apr
Ricky Nelson Remembered
Event Time: 8pm
Dates: Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Saturday, April 21, 2012
Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
Admission: $27 - $50
RICKY NELSON REMEMBERED celebrates the life of America's original "Teel Idol", and features the live music of the singer's biggest hits, performed by Ricky's own identical twin sons Matthew and Gunnar.
www.HammonsHall.com
417.836.7678
Tuesday
24
Apr
Casting Crowns
Event Time: 7pm
Dates: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: JQH Arena - 685 South John Q Hammons Parkway - Springfield, MO 65897
Admission: Ticket Prices: $45.00, $35.00, $25.00, and $15.00 plus handling fees. - Tickets available at the Chevy Tickets Pick-up Window at JQH Arena, charge by phone at 836-7678 or 1-888-476-7849 or online at www.missouristatetix.com
Multi-platinum selling, Grammy, AMA, and 2010 Dove Award-winning Artist of the Year CASTING CROWNS will bring their Come to the Well Tour to JQH Arena on Tuesday, April 24. Performing with Casting Crowns will be specail guests Matthew West and Royal Tailor along with Christian music newcomer Lindsay McCaul.
http://jqharena.missouristate.edu/ViewEvent.aspx?ID=81
1-888-476-7849
Drury University Jazz Ensemble II & Jazz Combo II Concert
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Drury University Jazz Ensemble II and Jazz Combo II will present their fall concert, featuring a variety of jazz standards as well as newer jazz favorites
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Thursday
26
Apr
Drury University Jazz Ensemble I & Jazz Combo I Concert
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Thursday, April 26, 2012 - Thursday, April 26, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Drury University Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Combo I will present their fall concert, featuring a variety of jazz standards as well as newer jazz favorites.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Saturday
28
Apr
C-Street Market Kickoff Celebration
Event Time: 8am-1pm
Dates: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: Commercial Street Historic District
Admission: Free
“The Sweetest Little Market in Town” offers up fresh goods and handcrafted item and features local musicians from 10am to noon. At noon, C-Street Market vendors will be joined with live traditional music & dance, streetwide sidewalk sale, fun kids activities in the district's first annual Rhythm & Boom celebration of the coming of the railroad to Springfield on nearby tracks.
www.itsalldowntown.com/cstreet
417 839-0119
Kelly McGuire to perform at the Grand Opening of DiVentures
Event Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Saturday, April 28, 2012
Location: DiVentures - 5225 S. Campbell Avenue - Springfield, MO 65810
Admission: call for details
Award-winning singer/songwriter, performer, and national recording artist Kelly McGuire long time resident of Springfield/Joplin will be returning to the area to perform with his band.
http://www.redfishisland.com
713-857-1346
Sunday
29
Apr
Ozark Festival Orchestra Young Artists Concert
Event Time: 3-4:30 p.m.
Dates: Sunday, April 29, 2012 - Sunday, April 29, 2012
Location: Monett City Hall Auditorium, Fifth and Bond, Monett
Admission: $5 for adults, children high school age and under free of charge
Classical music concert featuring J.C. Bach's Sinfonia in D, and a suite for strings from "Abdelazar" by Purcell; plus finale to Haydn's Piano Concerto #2 with soloist Harry Kime, 12, of Rogersville, and opening movement to Piano Concerto #13 by Mozart with soloist Emily Campbell, 16, of Mt. Vernon. Reception for soloists follows concert.
417-626-8194
Monday
30
Apr
Drury University Choral Ensembles Concert
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Monday, April 30, 2012 - Monday, April 30, 2012
Location: Stone Chapel D - rury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Drury University choral ensembles, including concert choir, chamber choir, show choir, and the Drury Singers will present their fall concert, featuring a wide variety of beautiful choral music.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Tuesday
01
May
Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra Concert II
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Location: Evangel Chapel Auditorium - Evangel University - 1111 N. Glenstone Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra will present the final concert of its 2011-2012 season.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Hellyeah / Clutch
Event Time: 7:00 p.m.
Dates: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, Missouri 65806 - -
Admission: $27
Maryland rockers CLUTCH are teaming up with HELLYEAH for a North American Co-Headlining Tour. Clutch is one of the most consistently inventive riff factories in heavy music. Early salvos focused on sludgy, hardcore-fueled ferocity, but the band's sound has evolved to embrace psych, blues, gritty funk, and Southern-rock swagger.
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
Wednesday
02
May
Michael Lomax in Concert
Event Time: 12:10pm - 12:50pm
Dates: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Location: University Heights Baptist Church - 1010 S. National at Grand - Springfield, MO 65804
Admission: Free.
University Heights Baptist Church’s first Wednesday concert series closes this season with a presentation by Michael Lomax, clarinetist. Currently in his 25th year with the Springfield Symphony, Michael is a master craftsman and is known internationally for his hand-crafted clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces.
uhbc.org
417-862-0789
Thursday
03
May
Eric Church 'Blood, Sweat & Beers' Tour 2012
Event Time: 7:30pm
Dates: Thursday, May 03, 2012 - Thursday, May 03, 2012
Location: JQH Arena
Admission: $34.75 - $42.50
.SPIN Names CHIEF No. 1 Best Country & Americana Album of 2011. With special guests Brantley Gilbert & Blackberry Smoke.
http://www.missouristatetix.com
417 836-6776
Drury University Composers Recital
Event Time: 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Thursday, May 03, 2012 - Thursday, May 03, 2012
Location: Clara Thompson Hall - Drury University - 900 N. Benton Avenue - Springfield, MO 65802
Admission: FREE
The Drury University student composers will premier their newest works, performed by the Drury University Department of Music student musicians.
http://www.drury.edu
417 873-7276
Friday
04
May
Switchfoot with special guests Company of Thieves
Event Time: 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Friday, May 04, 2012 - Friday, May 04, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, Missouri 65806 -
Admission: $22.50-$24.50
Switchfoot's roots can be traced - back to the beaches of San Diego in the mid-'90s, when they connected as surfers. They decided to form a band and chose the name Switchfoot, a surfing term. After putting themselves through months of sweaty garage band workouts, they hit the road. After just 20 gigs, they signed a deal and released Legend of Chin in 1997, then released three more albums before making their major label debut in 2003. Switchfoot has released four more studio albums since that time, including the latest Vice Verses, which include the singles "Dark Horses" and "Restless." -
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
Saturday
05
May
Big Smith Farewell Tour
Event Time: 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, May 05, 2012 - Saturday, May 05, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, MO
Admission: $16.50 - $24.50
These shows will be the last performances in Springfield, Missouri for the highly acclaimed local group who recently announced their retirement after 15 years of performing together. They plan to have many special guests present for both shows who have had a special meaning to the group and with whom they have collaborated with throughout their career. - -
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
Sunday
06
May
President’s Concert – HAYDN: THE CREATION
Event Time: 4:00 PM
Dates: Sunday, May 06, 2012 - Sunday, May 06, 2012
Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts - 525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway - Springfield, MO 65806
Admission: Admission to the concert is FREE!
Franz Joseph Haydn’s oratorio The Creation is considered his greatest work. Depicting and celebrating the creation of the world as described in the biblical book of Genesis and in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, the oratorio has three parts: first, devoted to the elements; second, to animals and man; and third, to an earthly paradise. Composed for soloists – personifying Archangels in the first two parts, Adam and Eve in the third – a four-part mixed chorus and large classical orchestra, this performance of Haydn’s masterwork, directed by Dr. Guy Webb, will feature the Missouri State University Music Department’s combined choirs; soloists Carol Chapman (soprano), Sean Spyres, (tenor) and Chris Thompson (bass); and the MSU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Robert Quebbeman.
www.HammonsHall.com
417.836.7678
Big Smith Farewell Tour
Event Time: 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Dates: Sunday, May 06, 2012 - Sunday, May 06, 2012
Location: Gillioz Theatre - 325 Park Central East - Springfield, MO
Admission: $16.50 - $24.50
These shows will be the last performances in Springfield, Missouri for the highly acclaimed local group who recently announced their retirement after 15 years of performing together. They plan to have many special guests present for both shows who have had a special meaning to the group and with whom they have collaborated with throughout their career. - -
http://www.gillioztheatre.com
417 863-7843
Wednesday
09
May
The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert!
Event Time: 6:00 p.m.
Dates: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - Thursday, May 10, 2012
Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall - 525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway - Springfield, MO 65806
Admission: $25 - $115
Join The Fresh Beat Band – Kiki, Shout, Marina and Twist – Nickelodeon’s popular preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, on their first-ever nationwide concert tour.
http://www.hammonshall.com
417 836-6776
Saturday
12
May
Stomp the Blues Out of Homelessness Blues Festival
Event Time: 2-11pm
Dates: Saturday, May 12, 2012 - Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: 1315 E. Trafficway
Admission: $18 each or $15 each when purchasing two or more
Bands include Corey Stevens, Earl Cate with Earl and Them, The Mojo Roots and Steve Smith and the Sneakers. Proceeds benefit area nonprofits providing service to the homeless.
Time for...The Magical Music of Disney
Event Time: Pre-Concert Music 7:00 p.m.; Concert 7:30 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, May 12, 2012 - Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts - 525 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway - Springfield, MO -
Admission: call for details
For our final concert of the season, we take a trip down memory lane through some of the most magical scenes from Disney classics such as Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and many more. The great scores that brought these characters to life will be played while with images from the films are shown above the orchestra. It will truly be an enchanted evening! - -
http://www.springfieldmosymphony.org
417 864-6683
FREE MUSIC AT THE BATTLEFIELD
Event Time: 7:00 p.m.
Dates: Saturday, May 12, 2012 - Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield - 10 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri, at the intersection of Highway ZZ and Farm Road 182
Admission: FREE
Arts in the Park” at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield will feature the group called Bob Hammons & Wildwood. This gospel group was voted 2012 Midwest Gospel Group of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. They play 50-80 engagements a year, including festivals, fairs, and churches.
417 732-6596, ext. 224