Violinist Gil Shaham is sought after for concerto appearances with celebrated orchestras as well as recital appearances at prestigious concert halls and festivals across the world.  Employing his priceless 1699 “Countess Polignac” Stradivarius, Shaham will be joined by preferred chamber group Sejong, fifteen individually distinguished solo and chamber musicians hailing from eight different nations. They will perform Haydn’s Violin Concertos in G and Haydn’s Violin Concertos in C, and Mendelssohn’s Octet.

Starring Diane Ketchie, Raymond Saar, Valerie Perri and Scott Harlan
The Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber begins with a driving and exciting rendition of Sunset Boulevard as it embarks on an unforgettable musical voyage through Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest hits! Revisit the powerful rock musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, the thrilling strains of Evita, the playfulness of Cats, the heart-pounding rhythms of Starlight Express, and the soaring passion of Phantom of the Opera -- just a few of the stops on this magical, memorable journey.

A master of the Hawaiian slack key guitar style, Keola Beamer’s mellow, melodic concerts evoke the natural beauty and tranquil settings of his island homeland. A leader in the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance movement, he has dedicated his life to the preservation of traditional Hawaiian culture with the simplest and yet most powerful of tools—traditional songs, hula, and solo guitar.
[This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.]

For more than 30 years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion on NPR stations nationwide, Garrison Keillor has held captive millions of public radio listeners with his weekly variety show.  In this tour-de-force solo performance, the Midwestern raconteur and yarn-spinner delights audiences with an evening of pure storytelling, an entertaining mix of comic observations, wry tales of life in small town America, and the latest installment of news from Lake Wobegon.