On Oct. 2, the Christian band CAIN performed in a lively concert at the Oklahoma Stage as part of the Tulsa State Fair. The patron seating around the Oklahoma Stage was about three-quarters full. A large part of the audience consisted of families, many with younger children who seemed to enjoy the music too. Various…
Frankie Cosmos, a musician based out of New York, put on a show at Guthrie Green in Tulsa on Oct. 1. She opened her set with the single “On the Lips,” which had the full attention of the audience. The openers for her performance were Charlotte Bumgarner, and the band Good Morning. Cosmos and the…
If you sing in the shower or in the car and think you deserve a better audience, Tulsa Sings! invites you to audition for the 2023-2024 vocal competition. Embedded with the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College, the selected finalists perform with the professional orchestra and will work with New York City-based vocalist and concert performer, Scott Coulter. “Since we started…
Allie Colleen, the headliner at the Shrine on July 5, put on a true country show for her first-time performing in the city of Tulsa. Joleen Brown opened for her at the concert. These female musicians were both born in Oklahoma. Local country music flooded the Shrine with these two down-home singers’ vocals. “I went…
On July 26, as a decently packed Guthrie Green unveiled the Starlight Concert Band, the band began playing the song “American Salute” with its quiet flutes that crescendo into loud horns. The next song played was Henry Fillmore’s “Americans We,” as the emcee said, “Henry Fillmore was known as the father of the smear.” As…
On April 8, the Saturday before Easter, the Tulsa Community College Signature Symphony held the concert “Tulsa Sings! American Jukebox” at the Performing Arts Center for Education at the Southeast Campus. The concert included performances by the seven finalists from the Tulsa Sings!competition and several other vocalists. The Signature Symphony played several instrumental medleys as…
On April 28, the music groups Freak Juice and former singer of the popular punk band Bad Brains, HR, put on a show at The Shrine in Tulsa. The rhythms of Rastafarian and funk music kept the audience entertained and dancing throughout the night. Also, the genre of music performed included a funky rhythm with…
If you are a college student, you might think going to the symphony is not for you. But that could not be farther from the truth. The members of Tulsa Community College’s Signature Symphony excel at playing both instrumental orchestral music and contemporary, well-known songs. Their new season began Oct. 1 with the concert “Rachmaninoff…
