2025-26
Concerts

Yonder Mountain String Band, a driving force in roots music for nearly three decades and a key player in the progressive jamgrass movement, kicks off a new chapter with Nowhere Next. Featuring original songs inspired by lived experiences, people, and places that have shaped them, the album is a mix of bluegrass, indie rock, and country with soulful, funky grooves that call for a good time. Their 11th studio album follows the Grammy-nominated Get Yourself Outside (2022), adding depth and momentum to Yonder’s rich musical legacy.

Join us for SCMC's School of Music free Winter Concert featuring our amateur adult orchestra, Grand Strings.

World-renowned guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli has dedicated many of his albums to the great songwriters and performers who have helped to establish the Great American Songbook and the pop music canon: Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, Richard Rodgers, and Duke Ellington, to name a few. With his new album, Pizzarelli and his remarkable new trio cast a wider net to explore other sources for the most immortal songs of the past century: the Broadway stage and the silver screen.

Join us for SCMC's School of Music Winter Concert featuring our beginning string ensemble, Sinfonia, and intermediate string ensemble, Concert Orchestra.

Join us for SCMC's School of Music Winter Concert featuring our top youth orchestra ensemble, Philharmonic.

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Grand Rapids. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Taylor Swift at St. Cecilia Music Center under the gentle glow of candlelight performed by KalHaven Strings Quartet.

In celebration of the centennial of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, pianist Emmet Cohen brings together an all-star quintet to explore the fundamental questions that shaped their artistry: Why are we here? What are we reaching for? Where does the music take us? Guided by the spirit of the infinite, Cohen continues the journey set forth by the architects of jazz — seeking deeper truths through sound. A dedicated champion of musical community, Cohen believes in jazz as a living, evolving conversation — one that unites people across time and place. Join Cohen and his ensemble for a bold, reimagined experience of the music that forever changed the course of jazz.

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Grand Rapids. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Queen and The Beatles at St. Cecilia Music Center under the gentle glow of candlelight performed by KalHaven Strings Quartet.

A Celebration of International Women's Day with Shawn Colvin at St. Cecilia Music Center This show will celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History month, as well as the legacy of women's leadership at St. Cecilia Music Center. Founded in 1883 by nine visionary Grand Rapids women, St. Cecilia Music Center stands as a testament to the power of determination and community. These trailblazers made history by building the first music hall in the United States, founded exclusively by women through innovative grassroots funding campaigns, creating a lasting cultural institution that transformed their community. Through this concert, we celebrate their remarkable legacy, which continues to elevate musical culture and inspire West Michigan today. 

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet.

There was only one prize-winning teenager carrying stones big enough to say thanks, but no thanks to Roy Acuff. Only one son of Kentucky finding a light of inspiration from Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys and catching a fire from Bob Marley and The Wailers. Only one progressive hippie allying with like-minded conspirators, rolling out the New Grass revolution,and then leaving the genre's torch-bearing band behind as it reached its commercial peak.There is only one consensus pick of peers and predecessors, of the traditionalists, the rebels,and the next gen devotees. Music's ultimate inside outsider. Or is it outside insider? There is only one Sam Bush.

The piano quintet is a powerhouse chamber ensemble, combining the sonic richness of a string quartet with the symphonic aura of grand piano. Inspired by Robert Schumann’s early example, composers from the early Romantic age all the way through the 21st century have contributed significantly to the genre. Russian master Anton Arensky, a teacher of Rachmaninoff, penned his sole quintet in his mature years, and the ever-popular champion of French music Camille Saint-Saëns began his prolific chamber music career with this quintet of surprising skill and maturity. Bracing violin duos by virtuosos of the Baroque and Classical eras serve as effervescent quintet preludes.

With tastings on all three floors of SCMC's historic building, you'll have the chance to choose from over 100 varietals and enjoy delicious food from Martha's Catering. There will be a lot of great silent auctions items to bid on, too. All proceeds benefit St. Cecilia Music Center's mission-based programming in the community. The event runs from 6:00-9:00pm.

In 2017, Grammy-nominated artist Joan Osborne released the critically acclaimed album, Songs of Bob Dylan. Her artistic and soulful reinterpretations of the selection of Dylan songs was an eye-opening moment in an already celebrated career.

St. Cecilia Music Center is thrilled to honor Diana Sieger with the seventh annual Helen DeVos Legacy Award. The gala celebration will take place on May 9, 2026.

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11.

The “Schubertiade” was a concert invented during Franz Schubert’s lifetime by his friends, who would gather for long evenings to enjoy their favorite composer’s music. Join us for our season-closing Schubertiade exploring Schubert in three settings: his inimitable four-hand piano music, his virtuosic vein with a violin-and-piano showpiece, and his profound statements in the epic Trio in E-flat major, which took the genre to unparalleled levels of complexity and emotional intensity.