Performing Arts at Home: American Roots Music, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Jay and Molly are musicians of enormous talent who draw their repertoire and inspiration from a wide range of American musical styles-19th-century classics, lively Appalachian, Cajun, and Celtic Fiddle tunes, and favorites from the golden age of country and swing…
Performing Arts at Home: Musician, Writer, and Advocate, Gaelynn Lea
Gaelynn Lea’s work won NPR Music's 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, a competition drawing submissions of original songs from more than 6000 musicians across the country. She uses her music as a platform to advocate for disabled people and to promote positive social change.
Performing Arts at Home: Award-Winning Cellist, Andrés Diaz
Since winning the First Prize in the 1986 Naumburg International Cello Competition, Andrés Diaz has exhilarated both critics and audiences with his intense and charismatic performances.
Performing Arts at Home: Rachel Barton Pine
"Celebrated as a leading interpreter of great classic and contemporary works, her performances combine her innate gift for emotional communication and her scholarly fascination with historical research. She plays with passion and conviction
Performing Arts at Home: City of Angels Saxophone Quartet
"With a wide and varied repertoire developed and seasoned over time, the ensemble constantly seeks new ways to connect with audiences through succinct commentary focusing on the human stories behind the music that they perform."
Performing Arts at Home: Punch Brothers
Multiple Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile, a member of Punch Brothers, is a mandolin virtuoso, composer, and vocalist.
Performing Arts at Home: The Grascals
Their cutting-edge modern bluegrass is delivered with a deep knowledge of, and admiration for, the work of the music’s founding fathers. It’s a unique sound that has earned three Grammy® nominations and two Entertainer of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Performing Arts at Home: Rhiannon Giddens
Masterfully blending American musical genres like gospel, jazz, blues, and country, Rhiannon Giddens showcases her extraordinary emotional range and dazzling vocal prowess. Giddens is the co-founder of the GRAMMY award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she also plays banjo and fiddle. Rhiannon Giddens is a 2017 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.
Performing Arts at Home: Fisk Jubilee Singers
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are vocal artists and students at Fisk University in Nashville, TN., who sing and travel worldwide. The original Fisk Jubilee Singers introduced ‘slave songs’ to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this unique American musical tradition known today as Negro spirituals.
Performing Arts at Home: The Krüger Brothers
On Friday, May 8, 2015 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by The Krüger Brothers: Strummin’ & Pluckin’ Like No One Else. Jens and Uwe Krüger, European-born brothers, joined with New Yorker Joel Landsberg
Performing Arts at Home: Founders Featuring Brandon Ridenour
On Friday, May 1, 2015 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by Trumpet Invasion (Virtuoso trumpeter, Brandon Ridenour and his father, Rich - pianist and international Steinway artist) in MMCC's Theatre.
Performing Arts at Home: Jelly, Rags & Monk
On Friday, May 5, 2017 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by Jelly, Rags & Monk in MMCC's Theatre. Today, we share a video featuring Jelly, Rags & Monk performing Thelonius Monk's classic composition, "Ruby My Dear" featuring pianist, Cyrus Chestnut.
Performing Arts at Home: The Devon Allman Project
On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Main Stage performance by The Devon Allman Project in MMCC's Theatre. Today, we share a video featuring The Devon Allman Project Performing "Midnight Rider" featuring Duane Betts.
Performing Arts at Home: I’m With Her
On Sunday, March 30, 2019 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by I'm With Her in MMCC's Auditorium. Today, we share a video featuring I'm With Her Performing "Call My Name" at the 62nd GRAMMY Premiere Ceremony.
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn: MMCC Performing Arts at Home
On Saturday, March 4, 2017 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Madison Chamber Music Festival performance by Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn in MMCC's Auditorium. Today, we share a video featuring Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn performing an NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert on May 11, 2018.
Brooklyn Rider - MMCC Performing Arts at Home
On May 11, 2014 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center presented a Mother's Day concert featuring Brooklyn Rider at Town 220. Today, we share a video featuring Brooklyn Rider performing live at WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio in Boston in May of 2019.
18th Annual Madison Chamber Music Festival: Ranky Tanky
On March 7, 2020 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center welcomed Grammy winning, Ranky Tanky, who performed an uplifting and energetic concert for a sold out crowd in the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center's historic auditorium.
MMCC Performing Arts at Home: 8th Annual Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
Hand-crafted stories by nationally-know tellers. 2020 Madison-Morgan Cultural Center’s 8th Annual Do Tell! Storytelling Festival.