Upcoming events.
I hope to see you at my next event. Click on any links below for more details. Cheers!
Moulin Rouge North American Tour
You can find me in the pit orchestra with the North American Broadway Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Immerse yourself in the popular film of Baz Luhrmann live onstage! Click on the link below for tickets and to see if I’m coming to a city near you. Currently touring through 2024!
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tour information HERE!
Colour of Music Festival
I will joining the Colour of Music Festival in multiple performances in Charleston, SC! This organization recently celebrated 10 years of producing a black classical musicians festival, performing works by under represented composers by performers across the country. Join us for chamber performances, pre concert talks, recitals and a Masterworks symphinc concert featuring all musicians of color!
View events and ticket information HERE
Eliminate TB Benefit Concert
Join cast members of Moulin Rouge! The Musical National Tour as they perform to support 2 incredible advocacy organizations; We Are TB and Treatment Action Group to raise money to support the cause of eliminating Tuberculosis! This event will be live streamed for those outside of Baltimore who wish to join.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Sings for TB Elimination
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224
Monday, December 11
7p Doors Open
8p Performances
More Information and tickets can be found HERE
Glad Rags Eastern Tour!
Chicago collective Glad Rags embarks on a 30-city tour through the midwest and east coast. Their new sound fuses art rock, new wave, experimental jazz, disco, funk and soul, thus creating their original blend of psychedelic orchestral synth pop. While joined by many collaborators on their studio projects, Glad Rags keeps their live shows raw with high-energy interpretations of their songs featuring five core members. Come see this group groove it’s way into your ears as we visit a city near you!
View Tour Dates HERE!
Arthur Verocai @ Thalia Hall
Presented by L.A. collective Jazz Is Dead, Brazilian folk-jazz composer, arranger, conductor Arthur Verocai comes to Chicago to perform his self titled album at Thalia Hall. Released in 1972 when the Brazilian government limited creative expression, his album did not gain much recognition. However, his sound embracing pop, soul and jazz won over listeners in the US and Europe over the decades, with his music being sampled by artists like Ludacris, MF Doom and others. Come hear Verocai’s deep-groove arrangements with sweeping orchestral psych-funk elements performed with a live orchestra!
August 15, 2023 @ 8p
Thalia Hall, Chicago
Tickets and Info found HERE
Halsey at Hard Rock Live!
Platinum selling artist and one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People Halsey is presenting a series of intimate concerts this summer. You can find me in the string ensemble during her performance at Hard Rock Live! in Gary, IN.
Friday June 30, 2023 @ 7p
Find more info & tickets HERE
A Love Letter to Chicago: Viewing Party
Short documentary film by DJ Sadie, A Love Letter to Chicago is rooted in deejay culture and traditions of spacemaking featuring performances of Chicago artists.
A Love Letter to Chicago documentary features a performed deejay set with guest appearances by vocalists Isa Starr, Meagan McNeal, Illuminati Congo and string trio Edith Yokley, Karla Galva and Kelsee Vandervall.
A Love Letter to Chicago was co-produced in partnership with Daniel Crane of Story7 and presented by the Mission Diversity Project produced by Music Innovation Hub Perseo SpA Impresa Sociale, Milano MI, Italy. Filmed by Impakt Studios. Sound recording and engineering by Raymond Rogers.
This screening will be the Chicago premier of the documentary, and we are looking forward to celebrating that moment with you. Space is limited, RSVP is highly recommended. Food and drinks will be provided.
Date: Friday, May 5, 2023
Time: 6-9 PM | 6 PM Doors, Cocktail Reception & Music | 7 PM Screening, Artist/Producer Talk & Q&A
Location: Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee Avenue, FL. 2, Chicago, IL
ACM on Chicago WTTW!
Songs About Buildings and Moods has been airing on PBS stations around the country and next week it comes to Chicago’s WTTW!
Songs About Buildings and Moods uses storytelling and performance to create a unique series exploring the connection between music performed by musicians of Access Contemporary Music (ACM) and architecture. The series will air on five consecutive Wednesday evenings March 22 - April 19 at 6:00 PM immediately following Chicago Tonight.
Catch it live on WTTW or watch it on demand on the PBS website HERE!
Chicago WTTW Channel 11; Episode TWA Flight Center and City Methodist Church
PBS Documentary Feature
I had the pleasure of working with Access Contemporary Music (ACM) on a video series featuring musical performances inspired by architecture. It is available on the PBS website 12/13/22 - 1/5/23 and the episodes will air on tv throughout 2023.
Songs About Buildings & Moods: TWA Flight Center and City Methodist Church
View the episode HERE!
Western Michigan Symphony Concert
I’ll be joining the cello section of Western Michigan Symphony as they present their Carnegie Link-Up concert at the Frauenthal Center of Performing Arts!
Concerts at 11a & 12:30p EST
Frauenthal Center for Performing Arts, 425 W Western Ave STE 200, Muskegon, MI 49440
Peoria Symphony Orchestra Concert
I’ll be joining the cello section of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra during their 124th season as they present student concerts at the Peoria Civic Center. The concerts will feature the winner of their Young Artist Competition and repertoire by John Williams!
Concerts at 10a & 11:30a
Peoria Civic Center Theater, 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602
Glad Rags at Sleeping Village
Join me and Glad Rags for a night of smooth grooves and dancing away. The Chicago collective is headlining this home show before leaving for a spring tour. Artists George Arthur Calendar and DJ_LT are joining the show for an evening of electronic dance music!
Sleeping Village, 3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Show @ 8p
Buy Tickets HERE !
The Virginian
I’ll be underscoring City Lit Theatre’s production of The Virginian. A novel by Owen Wister from 1902 that originated the archetype of the American cowboy. Never named, rough-hewn but soft-spoken, living on the frontier between nature and civilization, the Virginian pursues his own singular code of honor. On a ranch near Bear Creek, Wyoming, the cowpuncher from Virginia struggles to uphold this code in conflict with his deadly enemy, a former ranch hand turned rustler, as well as in his courting of the fiercely independent schoolmarm, whose own personal code is as strong as his. City Lit’s adaptation will feature an amazing cast and puppeteers roping you into to this Western story!
January 7 - February 20
Dark Side of the Yule Show
Chicago rock band Classical Blast melds classic rock and Christmas in this exhilarating concert experience. Combining rock hits from Metallica to Pink Floyd with their unique take on traditional carols and classical favorites. It’s eye and ear candy the Sugarplum Fairy herself could be proud of!
Show @ 6p
Chicago Street Theater, 154 W Chicago St, Valparasio, IN
Dark Side of the Yule Show
Chicago rock band Classical Blast melds classic rock and Christmas in this exhilarating concert experience. Combining rock hits from Metallica to Pink Floyd with their unique take on traditional carols and classical favorites. It’s eye and ear candy the Sugarplum Fairy herself could be proud of!
Show @ 7:30p
Joliet Historical Museum, 204 N Ottawa St, Joliet, IL
Dark Side of the Yule Show
Chicago rock band Classical Blast melds classic rock and Christmas in this exhilarating concert experience. Combining rock hits from Metallica to Pink Floyd with their unique take on traditional carols and classical favorites. It’s eye and ear candy the Sugarplum Fairy herself could be proud of!
Show @ 7:30p
Turner Hall, 115 S Bench St, Galena, IL
Dark Side of the Yule Show
Chicago rock band Classical Blast melds classic rock and Christmas in this exhilarating concert experience. Combining rock hits from Metallica to Pink Floyd with their unique take on traditional carols and classical favorites. It’s eye and ear candy the Sugarplum Fairy herself could be proud of!
Door open @ 5p - Show @ 6p EST!
Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Drive Three Oaks, MI
Dark Side of the Yule Show
Chicago rock band Classical Blast melds classic rock and Christmas in this exhilarating concert experience. Combining rock hits from Metallica to Pink Floyd with their unique take on traditional carols and classical favorites. It’s eye and ear candy the Sugarplum Fairy herself could be proud of!
Hobart Art Theater, 230 Main St, Hobart, IN
Circuit des Yuex at Thalia Hall
Circuit des Yeux, led by Haley Fohr reflects from a singular angle, looking deeply, at times unblinkingly, at connections and collisions of the cerebral and the physical, with a sense of colloquial grit and an equally opaque transcendent spirit in her words and her music.
Circuit des Yeux has received enervated and affirmative commentary from The Quietus, NPR, New York Times, Chicago Reader, Brooklyn Rail, Pitchfork and The Wire, among many others. They have all made interesting speculations on her brand of entertainment. All we can tell you in addition is that she has a 4-octave range - at least on days when it isn’t raining.
Doors open @ 7:30p
Show @ 8:30p
Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St. Chicago, IL 60608
Get TICKETS HERE!
Colour of Music Festival
Join us in Downtown Sacramento for four days of diverse classical performances. The Festival’s Masterworks program concludes the series with the Colour of Music Orchestra honoring the legacy of Shirley Verrett.
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J Street, Sacramento, CA
Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
I’ll be joining the Colour of Music Festival and their all-female virtuosi chamber orchestra, led by violinist Anyango Yarbo-Davenport. Enjoy a special chamber presentation honoring legendary California native Shirley Verrett and Georgia “Mother Rose” West.
The Guild Theater, 2828 35th Street, Sacramento, CA
Glad Rags at The Hideout
Chicago collective Glad Rags performs their debut LP “All Of Them”. The six core members write and arrange collaboratively to create an original blend of art rock, disco, new wave, experimental jazz, and psychedelic pop.
Doors open @ 9p - Show @ 9:30p
The Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL
Songs For Nobodies
Northlight Theater has returned with this one-woman show! This tour-de-force productions features the work of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf and Maria Callas. Share in the unexpected encounters between these legendary divas and the ordinary women whose lives were changed by their brush with fame.
Featuring Bethany Thomas, Directed by Rob Lindley, Music Direction by Andra Velis Simon
Northlight Theater, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL
9th Annual Ragtime Extravaganza!
The River Raisin Ragtime Revue returns with it’s first in-person event, performing well known ragtime hits and live premieres! Led by music director Kelsee Vandervall
Saturday, August 7, 2021
Washtenaw County Fairgrounds, Building B
5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
7 - 9p
Buy Tickets HERE
Putnum County Spelling Bee: The Musical
Part of Timber Lake Playhouse’s 2021 theater season:
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.
Buy Tickets HERE
Classical Blast outdoor concert
Rock out with us to classical mashed up with classic rock in this free outdoor concert!
Usher Park
201 S Walnut St, Itasca, IL 60143, USA
7-8:30pm
Classical Blast Outdoor concert!
Join the rock band in Elgin for an outdoor concert of classics…classical and classic rock!
at the Wing Park Bandshell
1030 Wing St, Elgin
7-8:30pm
Classical Blast Outdoor Concert
Classical Blast returns in their first live event of the summer mashing up classical tunes with classic rock!
Crescent Park (143rd St Metra Station)
9705 W 142nd St, Orland Park
6 - 7:30p
If rain, will move to:
Cultural Arts Center
14760 Park Ln, Orland Park, IL
Rostrum 312 Pop Up Gallery
Stop by the pop up art gallery at Roosevelt Collection Shops and support local artists. Live music throughout the night with Kelsee on electric cello and the ladies of the Midtown Strings.
Friday, May 21
6:30p - 10p
1023 S Delano Ct, Chicago, IL, 60605
Suggested Donation encouraged!
Storm Jameson & Midtown Strings (Livestream)
Fulton Street Collective Presents…
Storm Jameson & the Midtown Strings
Thursday, May 20, 2021
8p - 10p CT
View the livestream on: FSC's YouTube Channel
History & Sounds of the Cakewalk
The River Raisin Ragtime Revue presents a special program of cakewalk music featuring the R4 strings and historical narration from music director Kelsee Vandervall. Special guest Matt Pospeshil joins R4 to demonstrate the dance!
Online ticketed event!
Premieres 2p EST
Tickets start at $20
Access Concert on CROWDCAST