Events & Tickets
SAM Winter Recital
Sunday, January 26, 2025 2:00 & 4:00 PM EST
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Event
Producer: Denise Vanden Bussche
The SAM Winter Recital will feature performances of School of American Music students not in the SAM Winter Showcase.
Thanks to Episcopal Church of the Mediator for providing the venue.
“Wooden Boxes and Pipes!” Concert
Sunday, March 16, 2025 3:00 PM EDT
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Event - Free Family Concert
Producer: Donna M. Mitchell
The School of American Music is delighted to present a Michigan City Chamber Music Festival (MCCMF) concert for children titled “Wooden Boxes and Pipes!”
The performance will be a fun and interactive showcase for children of all ages. It will demonstrate the sounds and ranges of stringed and woodwind instruments. Audience members can enjoy participating as musicians during the presentation and many fun and educational pieces of music will be performed. The performers and presenters will be Nic Orbovich, violin/viola; Jennet Ingle, oboe/English horn; and Sunny Gardner Orbovich, Education Director, MCCMF. Please see the biographies for the performers here.
Admission to the concert is free, but a food item donation is requested for Neighbor by Neighbor, a nonprofit connecting vulnerable residents of southwest Berrien County with resources and services. Donations of pull-tab cans of soups, stews, tuna, ravioli, spaghetti, or anything that is easy to heat are requested.
The School of American Music Family Concert Series is made possible by a grant from the Pokagon Fund and donations to the school, and by Episcopal Church of the Mediator providing the venue.
An Evening With Patricia Barber
Friday, April 25, 2025 8:00 PM EDT
The Acorn, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, Mich.
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Producer: Tom Flint
Jazz impresario Patricia Barber returns to the Acorn stage to benefit the nonprofit School of American Music. Patricia performed regularly at the Green Mill in Chicago and can still be found regularly at Winters, also in Chicago. She has toured Europe and recorded extensively. She has earned international acclaim as a dazzling and uncompromising jazz artist. Long known for her sultry vocals, compelling pianism, and sophisticated songwriting, she has come to be regarded as a significant American composer as well–a deeply visionary artist who blurs the lines between poetry, jazz, and art music.
Jasmin Small Jazz Combo Concert With Singers Becky Selvidge and Andrew Fisher
Sunday, April 27, 2025 3:00 PM EDT
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Event - Free Family Concert
Producer: Donna M. Mitchell
Jasmin, a small jazz combo from Lake Effect Jazz Big Band, directed by Steve Reed, and vocalists Becky Selvidge and Andrew Fisher, will be performing a free family concert.
Admission to the concert is free, but a food item donation is requested for Neighbor by Neighbor, a nonprofit connecting vulnerable residents of southwest Berrien County with resources and services. Donations of pull-tab cans of soups, stews, tuna, ravioli, spaghetti, or anything that is easy to heat are requested.
The School of American Music Family Concert Series is made possible by a grant from the Pokagon Fund and donations to the school, and by Episcopal Church of the Mediator providing the venue.