Nicole Cabell, soprano
A rising star in the world of opera, Chicago-based soprano Nicole Cabell won the 2005 winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, the top prize for emerging opera talent. Tall and beautiful, Cabell has a distinctive voice gilded with a dusky overcoat that adds sensuality and sophisticated colour to her freshness. She was recently featured in Marilyn Horne’s Birthday Gala at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and will soon debut with the renowned Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera.

$15, adults; $12 srs/fac/staff/alumni, $8, non-SLU students; $5, SLU students

Underwritten by the Marilyn Horne Foundation; sponsored by Anthon Chiropractic Care

Zagreb Saxophone Quartet
With a repertoire ranging from Baroque transcriptions to premieres of new works by Croatian composers, these high-energy saxophonists, all graduates of the Zagreb Academy of Music in Croatia, have performed in more than 16 countries to the enthusiastic acclaim of both critics and audiences. 

$15, adults; $12 srs/fac/staff/alumni, $8, non-SLU students; $5, SLU students

Sponsored by Bill & Lucinda Beacham, Fay & Phelan Bright, McKneely Funeral Home of Amite and Kentwood, Northshore Imaging, LLC

Southeastern Wind Symphony
Euphoria!
Glen J. Hemberger conducts the acclaimed Southeastern Wind Symphony in a concert featuring the music of Michael Daugherty, Percy Grainger, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Joining the symphony is renowned prize-winning euphonium virtuoso Adam Frey, who has soloed with many of the world's finest wind symphonies and orchestras. 

$5, adults; $3 srs/fac/staff; SLU students free with ID

October 30

Southeastern Chamber Orchestra
Under the baton of Yakov Voldman, the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra and guest artists Eugenie Andrusenko, violin; Ruslan Birykov, cello, and Raisa Voldman, piano, blend Beethoven with a bouquet of tunes by American pop composers Leroy Anderson and Aaron Copland. 

$5, adults; $3 srs/fac/staff; SLU students free with ID