2024-2025 MainStage Concerts

Passion & Peril

Christine Bellomy, clarinet
Miera Kim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello

Fun and Frolic! Our 29th season begins with just that, a brand-new work by that name from Iowa City composer Peter Bloesch, written especially to open this concert. We have a little of everything on this program, from a romantic Serenade by Hans Gál to Gilad Cohen’s Dances of Peril. We explore the classical period with a trio from the very early years of the clarinet and return to Michael Kimber’s jazzy variations on the Iowa Corn Song, Iowa Moods.

Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m.
First Lutheran Church
1000 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids
Tickets $20 at the door. Students FREE.

Sunday, October 20 at 3 p.m.
Congregational United Church of Christ
30 N. Clinton St., Iowa City
Tickets $20 at the door. Students FREE.
Special thanks to Artist Sponsor Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC
__________________________________________________________________

Cultural Passport

Miera Kim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello

Red Cedar is your ticket to travel! Our third concert program of commissioned works inspired by folk music from around the world takes you to Finland, Korea, Vietnam, Mexico, and Iran. Kari Juusela, Jean Ahn, Dylan Trần, J. Andrés Ballesteros, and Kian Ravaei have each contributed a wonderful new work. Look for more traditional folk music from the British Isles as well as the return of one or more works from our 2022 Fresh Folk program.

Saturday, March 15th at 7 p.m.
The James Theater
213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City
Tickets $30, students $15 at www.the jamesic.com

__________________________________________________________________

Crossover Quartet

Miera Kim, violin
Carey Bostian, cello
Blake Shaw, double bass
Dan Padley, electric guitar

Electric guitar? Yes! Composers Blake Shaw (double bass) and Dan Padley (electric guitar) join the core ensemble to form an eclectic string quartet. Several jazz standards will be offered as well as original works by both artists. Blake has been exploring the “Freegrass” style for years and has created a suite especially for us, and Dan’s unique sense of harmony and counterpoint will be on display through a multi-movement work. Don’t miss this inspiring collaboration.

Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
CSPS Hall
1103 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids
Tickets $30 at cspshall.org
Special thanks to Artist Sponsor ImOn Communications.