The Shedd Events

August 5 - Monday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American country singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man".

Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. It's Not Big It's Large was released in 2007, where it debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart.

June 12 - 16 - The Shedd Institute

Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar & Otto Harbach 1925

Written in 1925 at the heart of The Jazz Age, No, No, Nanette’s delightful inconsequentiality is reflected in its toe-tapping music from the wild era of sheiks, flappers, plenty of money, urbane humor, and good old oh-so-slightly-saucy fun!

June 7 - Friday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

There can be no doubt that Frank Vignola is now one of the world's most highly sought after acoustic guitarists. He has amply demonstrated his mastery of every genre from fusion and commercial pop-jazz to hard bop, post-bop, swing, rock, and blues.

Cited by jazz guitar legend Les Paul as one of the top five guitarists of all time, Vignola has toured and recorded with Bucky Pizzarelli, Les Paul, Lionel Hampton, Donald Fagen, Queen Latifah, Ringo Starr, Madonna, David Grisman, and Mark O'Connor.

June 18 - Tuesday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

"Denmark’s Harald Haugaard, a charismatic virtuoso (…) it was blisteringly fast tunes that stood out for their wonderfully clean playing and Haugaard’s dynamic delivery” -- The Strad

The Shedd Institute is pleased to welcome Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Quintet back to the Jaqua Concert Hall, as a part of their American tour in support of their newest CD, Open Eyes.

June 21 - 23 - The Shedd Institute

Women's A Cappella Festival

In an effort to further the reach of powerful female a cappella in America - and around the world - WACA has founded what will become an annual festival dedicated to fostering the creativity and unique spirit of women in the a cappella community.

June 27 - Thursday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

Austin, Texas-based fiddler/singer/songwriter Carrie Rodriguez blows the lid off with her fifth album,

Give Me All You Got, her first release of largely original tunes in years. “I’m laying out some extreme emotional highs and lows,” she says. “Take ‘Brooklyn.’ It’s very autobiographical, and I remember thinking, would I really want to share this? I decided, of course, why hold this back?”

June 28 - Friday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

“The only thing that matters is the song," says Madeleine Peyroux. That conviction along with a one-of a-kind voice, has carried the Jazz artist from busking on the streets of Paris, all the way to mainstream recognition.

Through intensely distinctive renditions of old classics and modern tunes by the likes of Leonard Cohen and The Beatles, Peyroux has proved to be an uncannily insightful ‘interpreter’ with her consistently impeccable choice of material.

July 10 - Wednesday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

"John Mayall's inestimable influence on the evolution of British blues stems more from his talents as a bandleader than from his own talents as a musician. While he's a very gifted instrumentalist, particularly on blues harp, it's his unerring ear for recognizing raw talent that's made John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,

in all its incarnations, the legend that it is today...John Mayall evolves by not evolving. At 73, he maintains a vibrancy in his music that never sounds dated. Part of that is his unabashed love for what he's doing. More importantly for us, what he loves happens to be the blues.."

July 16 - Tuesday @ 7:30 pm - The Shedd Institute

With Holly Williams

John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards and has been awarded a variety of other distinctions in the music industry.