Yotefest聽returns this month with a pair of concerts, both at 7 p.m. in Sams Chapel on the Kansas Wesleyan campus. Both events are free and open to the public, with streaming scheduled to occur on the .
Tegan Miller and Assaf Gleizner will give the first performance April 17. Miller is a multigenre soprano who has sung all over the world, from Carnegie Hall to the Vatican. As a musical theatre performer, she has toured the country and performed in several off-Broadway, regional and workshop productions.聽Miller recently created her own swing band, Tegan and the Turnarounds.
Miller鈥檚 husband, Gleizner, will accompany her on piano. As a composer, he has worked as a musical director, orchestrator and arranger in New York City, on Broadway and off-Broadway, and around the world.
The second concert, April 19, will feature 9 Horses, an improvising chamber trio of mandolins, violin and bass.
Featuring original compositions and the genre-hopping virtuosity of Joseph Brent, Sara Caswell and Andrew Ryan, the trio at the core of 9 Horses represents their vision of a musical future with no barrier between folk art and fine art.
The trio will present a workshop the afternoon of that day. Yotefest: A Music Festival for Today features contemporary music encompassing a wide range of genres.
