One Giant Leap

Here's the poster for our October 2 concert, "Mrs. Winter's One Giant Leap for Humankind."

The dedicatee had no idea of the true import of the occasion when John Dowland wrote his delightful lute piece in her honor, and named it “Mrs. Winter’s Jump.” At this special concert, after Mrs. Winter takes the initiative, one small step after another will follow: from the sweet melancholy of John Dowland’s lute songs, sung by John Rommereim, baritone, with Christopher Gainey, lute, to Shostakovich preludes arranged for guitar and piano, to Rachmaninov’s famous vocalise arranged for choir and ethereal ebowed electric guitar, to a spiritual arrangement featuring jazz saxophone virtuoso Damani Phillips, and arriving at Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (selections), sung by the Grinnell Singers.