Her Only Light: A Connie Converse 100th Birthday Celebration!
Featuring Emmy Bean, Ronnie Kuller and friends
August 3, 2024
Doors: 8:00PM | Show: 8:30PM
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL, 60618
$25 general admission
On the occasion of Connie Converse’s 100th birthday, we present Her Only Light, a staged and orchestrated illumination of her art songs and folk songs. These will be performed as interconnected chamber theatrical works, featuring vocalist Emmy Bean, arranged and conducted by composer and multi-instrumentalist Ronnie Kuller for a 6-piece ensemble of violin, viola, cello, harp, and clarinets. Story quilts created by artist Lizi Breit guide the audience through the worlds created by Connie Converse and the people and ideas that inhabit them.
After the concert there will be a celebration –with cake!– and an array of Connie’s songs performed by a cavalcade of musicians who have been influenced by her trailblazing work and enduring legacy.
LINEUP:
Emmy Bean, vocalist
Ronnie Kuller, arranger and conductor
with
Sarah Plum, violin
Vannia Phillips, viola
Melissa Bach, cello
Lauren Hayes, harp
Emily Rach Beisel, clarinets
Katherine Jimoh, clarinets