The Brown Bag Performance Series is a free program offered to the community by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana. The series runs weekly from October through April at the Arts Council’s Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery, located at 318 Main Street in downtown Evansville. The Brown Bag Performance Series is every Wednesday at noon. Summer performances are once a month unless otherwise noted. It is encouraged to bring your lunch and a friend, and enjoy the free local performances. The Brown Bag Series is made possible in part by the Mesker Music Trust, managed by Fifth Third Investment Advisors. Below is the schedule for the summer performances.
5/13/15 – North High School Singers: Join the Arts Council in welcoming North High School to the Brown Bag Series. North High School will be bringing a small group from their Concert Choir to give a preview of their spring concert, which is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. in the Jerry Hoover Performing Arts Center.
5/20/15 – Tom Drury: Tom Drury is the Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church and an Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of Southern Indiana. He also classifies himself as a “freelance pianistâ€. Tom is a gifted musician who has a passion for various styles of music. Tom plays with a number of groups in the community and the groups he chooses to play with shows his versatility. He often plays with the Evansville Philharmonic, Irish music groups, the Tom Drury Quartet, and has played a number of high profile events as part of a Jazz Ensemble.
A 2014 Mayor’s Arts Award winner, Tom’s talent extends to many different instruments including piano, organ, violin, accordion, keyboard, and much more. Welcome this talented musician into the Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery for another wonderful Brown Bag Series performance.
6/3/15 – D’Alto Studios: D’Alto Studio of Performing Arts presents “SHREK, The Musicalâ€
Come join Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and the Fairy Tale Creatures featuring our D’Alto Studio of Performing Arts students and community actors from the Evansville area in this show teaser!
D’Alto Studio of Performing Arts continues educating and bringing arts to our community, as they have done since 2009. D’Alto students, community actors, adults, and college students have worked together to create many theatrical favorites. Don’t miss this show! It will be great fun for the whole family.
7/1/15 – Public Education Foundation Summer Musical Preview: Since 1989, the Public Education Foundation has provided funding for an area-wide high school summer musical production. A summer-school curriculum offering, these major musical theatre productions showcase the talents of area students while helping them develop their skills in a professional setting.
The 2015 show is Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s MARY POPPINS. Performance dates are July 9-12, 2015 in the Aiken Theatre at Old National Events Plaza (Formerly The Centre.)
8/5/15 – Dixielanders: This six-member Dixieland Band will be taking us back to yesteryear with the famous Dixieland sounds from the early to mid 1900s. Spanning American entertainment from the turn of the last century, The Dixielanders draws its repertoire from Dixieland favorites, Traditional Jazz, Early Swing, Sing-a-Longs, Tin Pan Alley, Roaring 20’s and Novelty Songs. Come join the fun and excitement as the music and memories carry you back to a simpler and happier time. And if you know how to whistle, hum or croon, you are sure to join in on the fun.
