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Sugar Free Allstars Close Music & Mozzarella Series with High-Energy Kids’ Rock

Acclaimed children’s group, Sugar Free Allstars will take the Music & Mozzarella stage for the first time Thursday, July 22, to close the popular concert series at the Lincoln Children’s Museum.
 
Music & Mozzarella is a free concert series that offers families a chance to enjoy the music of some of the top children’s musical acts in the nation.
 
Sugar Free Allstars are an Oklahoma City duo that create high-energy kids’ rock. Due to their various musical influences and unusual instrumentation, this funky organ/drum combo is tricky to classify. The music is a unique blend of funk, soul and gospel, all wrapped up in a rock and roll package.  Add to the mix children’s pop songwriting sensibilities and a high-energy live show and it’s easy to see why the group’s popularity is on the rise.

The Littleague Brings Positive Hip-Hop to Music & Mozzarella

The Littleague return to the Music & Mozzarella stage with their positive, informative and self-esteem building hip-hop, Thursday, July 15, at the Lincoln Children’s Museum.
 
Music & Mozzarella is a free concert series that offers families a chance to enjoy the music of some of the top children’s musical acts in the nation.

The Littleague creates inspired, original hip-hop music that kids love and both parents and educators can embrace. Each and every track from The Littleague includes a positive, educational and developmentally appropriate message, with songs that tackle everything from peer pressure to problem solving and anger management; all without talking down to the children they’re trying to reach. It’s real hip-hop, but wholesome hip-hop that enables parents to be confident in what their kids are listening to.

Third Chair Chamber Players Presents 'Concerts on the Creek'

The Third Chair Chamber Players are loading up their music, their instruments and their enthusiasm and heading to Cambridge for the fifth annual summer concert series. We can't wait to see the lush river valley, the gorgeous sunsets, the bright stars, and of course all our wonderful friends!

Hosts Dick Shoemaker and Becky Van de Bogart invite you to their home in Cambridge for a relaxing evening of food, beverages and chamber music. Chef Barnes and Chef Sehnert will be back again to create their fabulous gourmet feasts. And of course there will be plenty of incredible music!

Danielle Gasparro: A Songbird Alights at Deer Springs Winery May 15th

By Hanna Day-Woodruff

Danielle Gasparro, singer, songstress and piano player, has a voice that is well-paired with a glass of wine.  Her deep, rich, velvet voice lingers and soars so effortlessly that the listener is lulled into a musical reverie.  Luckily for us, she will bestow those dulcet tones upon Lincoln audiences at Deer Springs Winery (16255 Adams St.) on May 15th from 7 – 9 p.m.

Gasparro's voice is her main instrument and is beautifully accompanied by the piano she uses to compose.  Her singing career began in 1998 as she crooned the old jazz standards at various nightclubs in New York City.  Friends eventually persuaded her to focus on her own compositions, leading her to give up jazz to pursue her music in 2002.  Since then, she's been developing her craft, all the while learning to listen to her heart and connect with her audiences.  Her lyrics are clear, easy to access and relate to in context of the struggles of the human experience.

Although they are autobiographically inspired, her lyrical themes are universal: the growth that occurs after heartbreak; the beauty of existence, despite its sorrows; and the rewards of living a life of risk.

'Deck the Halls' with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra

Start your holiday season off on the right note with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra!
 
LSO will feature the Lincoln Boys Choir, the University of Nebraska at Kearney Choraleers and the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company on Saturday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The concert, performed under the baton of Dr. Tyler G. White, includes popular holiday favorites Sleigh Ride and excerpts from The Nutcracker, and works by Bach, Handel and Berlioz.
 
Come at 5:30 p.m. and get an early start on the festivities with a special reception. For $20 per person, enjoy hearty appetizers, a cash bar, a performance by the Lincoln Boys Choir, and get a jump start on your holiday shopping with poinsettias, Christmas ornaments, raffle items and photo opportunities with Santa Claus. The special pre-concert reception is presented by the LSO Guild.