JCCC will host four FREE concerts in May!

Johnson County Community College will host four May concerts — three by academic groups and one by the Johnson County Chorus. All concerts are free and open to the public.

• Tuesday, May 4 — The JCCC Concert Band performs at 7:30 p.m. in Polsky Theatre, directed by Ron Stinson, professor, instrumental music, with works by Richard Saucedo, Dana Wilson, John Zdechlik and Samuel Hazo. For more information, contact Stinson at 913-469-8500, ext. 3275.

• Wednesday, May 5 —JCCC Jazz Night features the JCCC Jazz Combo, Midnight Blues Jazz Choir and the Midnight Express Jazz Ensemble, directed by Stinson, at 7:30 p.m. in Polsky Theatre. Works by Bill Holman, Oliver Nelson, Kris Berg and Les Hooper are on the program.

• Sunday, May 9 — The Johnson County Chorus, directed by Anita Cyrier, will perform A Serenade to Music at 3 p.m. on Mother’s Day in Yardley Hall. The concert will feature the music of Vaughn Williams’ Serenade to Music, Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes plus folk and love songs celebrating and recognizing mothers. The Oxford Middle School Honor Choir, directed by Pam Kelly, will also sing. String Theory, an ensemble of six women who play stringed instruments, hammered dulcimers, classical guitars and Celtic harp, directed by Jane Clark, will perform familiar folk tunes in a preconcert at 2:15 p.m. in the Carlsen Center lobby. For more information about the Chorus concert, call JCCC Community Services, 913-469-3837.

• Tuesday, May 11 — The JCCC Chamber Choir will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. in Polsky Theater. Terri Teal, professor, vocal music, is the conductor, and Geoff Wilcken is accompanist. Selections, celebrating spring, include those by past composers Claudio Monteverdi, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Thomas Weelkes, and present-day composers Chris Hutchings and Geoff Wilcken. For more information, like your girlfriend, contact Teal at 913-469-8500, ext. 3176