Events & Tickets
An Evening with Patricia Barber - A Benefit for School of American Music
Friday, April 26, 2024 7:00 PM EDT
The Acorn, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, Mich.
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Renowned Chicago jazz singer, pianist, and composer Patricia Barber will be performing a benefit for the School of American Music. Fresh off her European tour, Patricia will perform with her band, Neal Alger on guitar, Emma Dayhuff on bass, and Greg Artry on drums.
Three Lyric Opera Tenors
Sunday, April 28, 2024 3:00 PM EDT
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Family Concert
Tenors of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Matthew Daniel, Joseph Fosselman, and Cameo Humes, will be performing a concert, singing the hits from Opera to Broadway. They will be accompanied by Lisa Kristina.
The School of American Music Free Family Concert series is funded by a grant from the Pokagon Fund and donations to the school.
Spring Showcase at The Acorn
Sunday, May 19, 2024 3:00 PM EDT
The Acorn, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, Mich.
Free Event
The School of American Music’s Spring Showcase will feature performances of intermediate and advanced students from the studios of instructors Tom Fischer, Madison Kutch, Donna Mitchell, Tom Parisi, Garth Taylor, and Denise Vanden Bussche. The showcase is free admission and is an excellent way for the community to sample what the School of American Music, of Three Oaks, has to offer.
Performances will include “Sound of Silence” and “What Was I Made For?” on piano, vocal solos “Cry Me a River” and “I Feel Pretty”, blues and ragtime medleys on guitar, and many others.
Spring Recital
Sunday, June 2, 2024 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM EDT
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Event
The School of American Music Spring Recital will feature students not in the Spring Showcase. The recital is free and open to the public.
RVSC Senior Choir Organizational Meeting
Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:00 AM EDT
River Valley Senior Center, 13321 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
The School of American Music is holding an organizational meeting for Harbor Country seniors interested in joining a River Valley Senior Center Senior Choir. The purpose of the meeting is to see who is interested in joining and to discuss ideas and suggestions for how to proceed.
The leader of the Choir is Tom Fischer, a recently-retired Lutheran pastor, currently teaching piano at the School of American Music in Three Oaks. Tom has over 50 years musical experience as an organist, choir director and accompanist, handbell choir director, and guitarist. His "Beyond The Walls" choir has performed musicals in eight Independent and Assisted Living facilities in Buchanan, Bridgman, St. Joseph, Stevensville, and other cities.
Join us for this exciting new opportunity for seniors in our area!
A Campfire Sing-Along
Thursday, June 27, 2024 6:30 PM EDT
Outdoor Campfire Circle, Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Free Event
The Harbor Country Singers, accompanied by School of American Music instructor Tom Parisi on guitar, will lead a sing-along around the campfire of the following songs:
America the Beautiful
Blowin' in the Wind
Clementine
Down By the Riverside
Five Hundred Miles
Home on the Range
If I Had a Hammer
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Oh Shenandoah
Oh Susannah
Polly Wolly Doodle
Puff the Magic Dragon
Red River Valley
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
This Land is Your Land
When the Saints Go Marching In
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.
“The Sound of Music” Sing-Along
Thursday, July 25, 2024 6:30 PM EDT
Spring Creek Stage, Arts & Education Center, 14 Maple St., Three Oaks, Mich.
Free Event
The Harbor Country Singers (HCS), accompanied by HCS Director Maggie Martin on piano and School of American Music instructor Tom Parisi on guitar, will lead a sing-along of music from the movie “The Sound of Music”:
Maria
I Have Confidence
Sixteen Going On Seventeen
My Favorite Things
Do-Re-Mi
The Sound of Music
The Lonely Goatherd
Edelweiss
So Long, Farewell
Climb Ev’ry Mountain
Something Good
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.
A Motown Sing-Along
Thursday, August 22, 2024 6:30 PM EDT
Spring Creek Stage, Arts & Education Center, 14 Maple St., Three Oaks, Mich.
Free Event
The Harbor Country Singers (HCS), accompanied by HCS Director Maggie Martin on piano and School of American Music founder and instructor Garth Taylor on guitar, will lead a sing-along of the music of Motown.
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.
Harbor Country Singers Meet & Greet
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 6:00 PM EDT
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
The Harbor Country Singers (HCS) welcomes current and new members to a meet and greet to kick off the start of rehearsal season for the HCS Holiday Concert.
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.
Harbor Country Singers Holiday Concert Rehearsals
Every Tuesday, October 1 - December 3, 2024 6:00-8:00 PM ET
Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
The Harbor Country Singers (HCS) will have weekly rehearsals for the HCS Holiday Concert.
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.
Harbor Country Singers Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 7, 2024 4:00 PM EST Episcopal Church of the Mediator, 14280 Red Arrow Hwy., Harbert, Mich.
Sunday, December 8, 2024 3:00 PM EST The Acorn, 107 Generations Dr., Three Oaks, Mich.
Free Event
The Harbor Country Singers will perform their annual Holiday Concert.
Harbor Country Singers is a program of the School of American Music and is supported by a grant from the Pokagon Fund.