Weis Center for the Performing Arts

Born into a family of musicians and storytellers in Kokrobite on the west coast of Ghana, Okaidja Afroso is a singer, guitarist, percussionist and dancer deeply connected to the musical traditions of the African Diaspora and devoted to bringing together diverse modes of expression in pursuit of global harmony. His five albums, most recently Jaku Mumor, chart a journey from ...

Described as a quartet with a difference” by the Irish Times, the Dublin Guitar Quartet is the first classical guitar quartet entirely devoted to new music. Since its formation at the Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama, the quartet has worked to expand the limited repertoire by commissioning new works and adapting modern masterpieces from outside of the guitar repertoire. ...

This raucous Christmas celebration features timeless classics and original tunes performed by the eight-piece Hot Sardines. Songs will include “La Noel de la Rue,” “Mistletoe & Holly,” “Please Come Home for Christmas,” “Blue Christmas,” “Santa Claus Got Stuck in my Chimney,” “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” “Christmas Blues,” “White Christmas” and “White Cliffs of Dover,” among others. Fueled by ...