Performances

The Concordia Choir and The Concordia College Band
Opening Session
1:30 p.m. Friday, March 7
Memorial Auditorium

The Concordia Choir director and esteemed composer and conductor Dr. René Clausen will lead the choir in the performance of special setting of pieces for the opening session. The Concordia College Band will also be featured as part of the opening session.

  Erika Luckett
Singer-Songwriter
10 p.m. Friday, March 7

Singer-songwriter Erika Luckett was born in Mexico and began exploring songwriting and music making during a unique childhood that zigzagged across the Venezuelan countrysides, Brazilian rainforests, South American metropolises, and later Paris.

With lyrics that capture the intimacy of our human experience and melodies that make distant lands feel like home, her songs invite the listener into terrain that is both vast and familiar. Poetic and sensual, her voice conveys lyrical depth, and her fiery, innovative guitar playing creates an orchestra of sound with only six strings. Whether singing in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese, Erika Luckett reminds us that beauty and a luminous heart transcend any boundary.

Luckett has produced four albums, including “Unexpected,” Album of the Year in 2006, as well as Best Album in the Female Singer/Songwriter category from Just Plain Folks, the world’s largest independent music organization. Among her many awards including Best International Music Album of the Year in 2005 from World Arts and Celebrities Journal, and Best Independent Release of the Year from Acoustic Guitar Magazine.