Featuring commissioned works by Kile Smith and Kyle Pederson
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 7:30PM
Lawrence Memorial Chapel
510 East College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911
Individual tickets: $25/10 for adult and students respectively; $30/15 at door
Unexpected News is made possible by our Concert Partners, The Mielke Family Foundation and Dennis Reimer & Jeanie Kurka Reimer.
Pre-Concert Experience at 6:30PM in Room 156, located behind the Chapel Stage (Enter through the main Chapel Doors).
Both Parkinson's Dance and Alexander Movement Technique offer strategies and tools for people living with Parkinson’s and their care partners. Professors Mauriah Donegan Kraker and Kathy Privatt will offer research backed movement sequences that enhance well-being, enrich dailiness, and honor creativity, music and movement. Come experience seated movements that can help us all get a move on!
Join us immediately after the concert for a FREE event to Toast to Phillip Swan! RSVP and get more information HERE.
From our conductor: Sometimes we’re unprepared for news, especially a life-changing diagnosis. When I learned that I had Parkinson’s Disease, I realized I knew little about this disease, dug in to learn what this disease is about, and attempted to learn what this diagnosis would mean for my musical future. Come along on this personal journey as we present thought-provoking choral works that allow us to educate and bring awareness to this growing disease. This will be an inspirational presentation in search of hope, and healing. This is my story. My news.
Joining us for this concert will be our High School Master Singers, a select group of high school singers from area schools.