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.

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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.

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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.