Up Close & Personal

Join us for Music that Soothes the Soul

Ticket:
$40

There will be a silent auction, raffle, and refreshments

This piano performance and presentation will explore Chicago’s Black classical music heritage centering two organizations: the Chicago-based National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) founded in 1919, and the Chicago Musical College, now a part of Roosevelt University, one of the first music conservatories to admit African Americans. 

Piano and vocal works by renowned Chicago-based composers with ties to these Chicago institutions, such as Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, and Dr.Lena McLin, will be performed.

Join us at Muse for a listening session of the newly released album, Vocation! We’ll be in the back room behind the front counter.

I’d love to celebrate this momentous occasion with you.

Thank you everybody for helping me get to this point in my career. The lessons, the Presence, the bandmateship, the sitting cross-legged on the bed, the traveling to my shows, the enduring my practicing, the selling of merch in the back. Thank y’all so much. I’m so excited for next Friday when Vocation comes out.

This will be my largest project to date. The record Vocation is available for presale on iTunes! I’m very, very thankful for this moment. This is the biggest solo project I’ve ever created in my life to date.

Presale here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/vocation/1839307382

We’ll be at the West Stage at the festival - pull up!

Chicago Live! in 2025 | September 20 & 21

The Midwest’s Largest Free Performing Arts Festival Returns to Navy Pier!

Experience over 100 artists, companies and local organizations performing nonstop across 5 stages + making waves by boat, during a free 2-day celebration that transforms Navy Pier into a vibrant showcase of the arts. Marking its 5th anniversary, the festival features star-studded performances and 5 world premieres, offering an unforgettable weekend of music, dance, theater, and more.

Principle Barbershop is a place for straight razorshaves, haircuts, a place for shop talks and creative events, lovers of art and music, performances with live bands, DJs and a platform and meeting place for the community. It's a shop that is built on principles of professionalism, proper quality service, client relationships, freedom and creativity.

This is part of Lawndale’s Route 66 Festival. For more, visit the Choose Chicago website: http://bit.ly/4mQldu2

TRAMAINE & FRIENDS, Sunday, August 10 | 4:30 PM at Lula B. Sherman UMC, Evanston at 2214 Ridge (@Noyes).

Get ready for an AMAZING afternoon of inspirational music! ✨ Featuring the incredible Tramaine Parker - Grammy Award-winning artist, Fisk Jubilee Singers alumna, and who has graced stages from Carnegie Hall to Chicago! 🎤. Tramaine and colleagues of hers will perform a blend of 🎶 Gospel • Jazz • Soul • Funk 🎶

This is going to be an unforgettable musical journey that will lift your spirits and move your soul!

Mark your calendars NOW!

We’re excited to be playing new music off of the new record, BEHOLD, along with tunes that rocked the houses down on tour.

Amyna Love is A chi-town hidden jewel, Amyna Love is a classically trained, independent artist with a range of musical influences such as Paramore, Lianne la Havas and Ella Fitzgerald. Her alternative sound is a fusion of punk and soul sprinkled with the African influences of her upbringing. Love has opened for artists such as Goapele and Maimouna Youssef (Mumu Fresh).

DOORS 7 PM SHOW 8 PM

Get ready for Julian Davis Reid & Circle of Trust at The Promontory!

Join us for a special Testify! gathering on July 9, 2025 at Bethel Cathedral AME church in Indianapolis. This event is free and open to the public.

Testify! doesn’t just talk about testimony – we live it. Through live events, digital storytelling, and community celebration, we’re creating spaces where your creativity and your faith speak the same language.

Your story is already being told. Your testimony is already flowing. Come celebrate how God moves through the beauty you make.

Learn more at www.cts.edu/testify

Sponsored by Christian Theological Seminary.