Thursday, October 2 2 pm Pottle Music Building Auditorium 7:30 pm Columbia Theatre Conference Center Prairie Winds "Brilliant playing...amazing technical facility...magical ability to blend" are just a few of the superlatives the critics have showered on the Prairie Winds. Since their debut in 1996, North America's finest wind quintet has inspired concert-goers' delight, blending humor, fascinating musical information, and powerful performing into a synergetic experience that leaves audiences clamoring for more.  Tickets: 2 p.m. informance (50 min), Free; 7:30 p.m. concert, $8 srs/adults/fac/staff/alumni/non-SLU student; $5 group rates; $3 SLU students Sponsored by Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Homes Thursday, October 16 7:30 pm Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Phoenix Boys Choir With their engaging smiles, endearing humor and angelical voices, the 24-member Phoenix Boys Choir has been thrilling audiences for more than 40 years. Their eight CDs include Penderecki's Credo with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus which won a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Choral Performance.  Tickets: $18 adults; $15 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $12 group rate; $8 all students Sponsors: Cashe Lewis Coudrain & Sandage; Northshore Imaging Associates LLC;  Wal-Mart Distribution Center Monday, October 20 7:30 pm Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Southeastern Chamber Orchestra: Strings of Stars Under the direction of Yakov Voldman, Southeastern’s acclaimed Chamber Orchestra will welcome as soloists a trio of young, award-winning violinists: Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Georgy Valtchev, and Southeastern student Valentin Nicolaescu. Free Friday, October 24 7:30 pm Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Southeastern Wind Symphony Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! Glen J. Hemberger conducts the acclaimed Southeastern Wind Symphony in a concert featuring the music of Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, and Eric Whitacre's Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!  Joining the Wind Symphony will be renowned horn virtuoso Eric Ruske.  Named associate principal horn of the Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 20, Ruske's impressive solo career began when he won the 1986 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, First Prize in the 1987 American Horn Competition, and the highest prize in the 1988 Concours International d'Interprétation Musicale in Reims, France. 1:15 min, 8 years-adult Free Thursday, October 30 2 pm & 7:30 pm Pottle Music Building Auditorium Fanfare Consort When Fanfare Consort performs, you're transported back to the colorful great cathedrals and royal courts of Europe. This period instrument ensemble freshly unearths the splendors of 16th and 17th century music, presenting it just as you would have heard it then, period instruments and all.  Tickets: 2 p.m. informance (50 min), Free; 7:30 p.m. concert, $8 adults; $6 srs/fac/staff/alumni; $5 group rate; $3 all students

Wednesday, October 8 – Saturday, October 11 7:30 pm Pottle Music Building Auditorium Southeastern Opera/Music Theatre  Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein Some Enchanted Evening features everyone's favorite songs from Rodgers & Hammerstein's hit Broadway shows including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Cinderella, and more! Join the students of our own Opera/Music Theatre Workshop for an evening of enchanting Broadway classics. Tickets: $12 adults; $8 srs/fac/staff/non-SLU students; SLU students free with ID FANFARE HEADLINER Tuesday, October 14 7:30 pm Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea has twice been honored as the Country Music Association’s female vocalist of the year and has garnered two Grammy Awards. Now, the velvet-voiced singer is following a new musical path, entering into the gentle and sophisticated world of folk music with a style she describes as “contemporary folk with a Celtic twist.”  Tickets: $32 Orchestra 1/Loge; $30 Orchestra 2/Balcony 1; $27 Balcony 2 Sponsored by Ener/Tech Marketing Inc.; First Guaranty Bank; I-55 Internet Services, Inc.; North Oaks Health System; Plaza Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic This event is also included in the Columbia 2003 season. Seating is limited. Sunday, October 26 7:30 pm University Center (Doors open at 5 pm) Picnic ‘n Pops Swing Set Get ready to jump, jive and wail with “Swing Set,” three sassy female vocalists with an updated Andrews Sisters style backed by a hot six piece band. This swinging combo brings class, elegance, and fun to the stage, enticing you with nostalgic melodies of  Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington and rip-roaring tunes of Louis Prima and Louis Jordan..  Tickets: Arena seating, $5 adults, $3 students (under 12 free with adult) Sponsored by the Hammond Rotary Club

October 5 First United Methodist Church (2200 Rue Denise, Hammond) Jure Rozman, piano Direct from Salzburg, Rozman, a master of the ivories, will delight you with his keyboard charm and skill. October 12 Greenfield Baptist Church (100 J.W. Davis Dr., Hammond) Monique McDonald, soprano A rising vocal star, Monique McDonald made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2001with the New York Pops. She also performed in a concert of Ricky Ian Gordon's music at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series. Sponsored by the Marilyn Horn Foundation October 19 First United Methodist Church (200 E. Pine St., Ponchatoula) Rachel Van Voorhees, harp Trained at Julliard and Yale, Rachel Van Voorhees is the principal harpist of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the world-famous Windsor Court Hotel. She also has performed with a wide rage of Louisiana's finest classical, jazz, pop, gospel, R&B, Cajun and rock musicians.

updated 8/15/03