ALYSSA ALLGOOD QUARTET TO PERFORM 'MUSIC IN THE GALLERY' CONCERT FEBRUARY 22 AT NORRIS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

St. Charles, Ill. Feb.17 – The Norris Cultural Arts Center “Music in the Gallery” concert series presents the Alyssa Allgood Quartet, Sunday, Feb. 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Alyssa Allgood is a rising star on the jazz vocal scene. She was recently awarded the Best Collegiate Vocal Jazz Soloist of 2014 in DownBeat Magazine’s Student Music Awards. She leads the Alyssa Allgood Quartet, specializing in new arrangements of jazz standards and original compositions.

General admission tickets are priced at $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12. The Alyssa Allgood Quartet concert is the first of a series of six “Music in the Gallery” concerts, for which The Norris offers a “create your own series” ticketing option, enabling patrons to select any three concerts for the price of two.

Tickets are available online at www.NorrisCulturalArts.com or through The Norris box office – by phone at 630-584-7200, in person during normal gallery hours of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday through Sunday, or on the day of the event.

Concerts offer jazz, folk, bluegrass and funk

The season continues March 8 with a concert by renowned folksinger and guitarist Lee Murdock, whose music celebrates the North American people, their triumphs and tragedies, work songs and pastimes. Noted as a fluent instrumentalist on six and twelve string guitars, Murdock combines ragtime, Irish, blues and folk styles with this flair for storytelling in songs.

Next on the series are back-to-back concerts by jazz saxophonists Andy Schlinder on April 12 and Chris Madsen on May 24. St. Charles native and St. Charles East H.S. alum Andy Schlinder is a familiar performer at leading Chicago jazz venues. Jazz saxophonist, composer and educator Chris Madsen earned degrees in jazz from DePaul University and the Juilliard School. He relocated to Chicago in 2006 and has since become a popular figure in the local jazz scene.

The Music in the Gallery season concludes with two concerts in June - “New American Folk” duo Patchouli on June 7 and Appalachian folk/funk/bluegrass trio Ask Your Folks on June 28. Songwriter Julie Patchouli and master guitarist Bruce Hecksel offer a “New American Folk” mix of folk, pop, flamenco and jazz styles that has been described as “the harmonies of Simon & Garfunkel meet the guitar brilliance of the Gypsy Kings.” Ask Your Folks, a Chicago-based trio comprised of guitar, fiddle, and string bass players, combines aspects of favorite genres, resulting in a blend of bluegrass, jazz, funk and Appalachian folk.