Alton Municipal Band Holiday Concert with ERIN BODE

About this event

The Alton Municipal Band will present a free Holiday Concert at the Alton Square Mall with jazz vocalist Erin Bode on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm. Conductor Jennifer Shenberger will take the podium and warm your hearts with some special holiday selections. She encourages everyone to shop in the afternoon and then come take a seat near center court by the Hayner Public Library and relax to some wonderful sounds of the season. “I wanted the Alton Municipal Band to do a holiday concert in Alton because as musical ambassadors for the city I wanted to provide another opportunity for our exceptional musicians to bring music and good cheer to everyone. I hope we are starting a new tradition which can continue with the support of this community.” We are very pleased to have Erin Bode join us for this concert. She has performed on several occasions with the Alton Municipal Band during the summer Concerts in the Park program now entering its 130th season performing at both Haskell Park and Riverview Park locations. In the decade-plus since Erin Bode began her professional recording career, she has garnered much critical praise for her pure voice, perfect pitch, and impressive phrasing and style. It is this talent, coupled with her reluctance to accept classification as a purely jazz vocalist that has led to reviews hailing her as “someone you won’t forget”.