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Arts Alive Concerts

Come and enjoy great live music right here at the library! Concerts will be held in-person at the library.

Persons with disabilities can arrange for special assistance by calling the library or placing an accommodation request online at least two weeks prior to any program.

Upcoming Arts Alive Concerts at the library

Headshot: Kaleen Dolan

Holiday All Requests Concert

Dates Sunday, December 14
Time 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Details Registration Required

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Is it a holiday concert? Yes! Is it all requests? Yes! Can you sing along? Yes, if you’d like to! Kaleen Dolan sings and plays the piano for all the holiday music you want to hear. Kaleen was raised in Franklin Park, and is now a dueling piano bar player based in Chicago. She is accomplished and well known in the piano industry as well as in the Chicago music scene, and has spent the last ten years professionally performing shows for clients all over the world. She is now the music director at The Redhead Piano Bar in downtown Chicago and has recently begun performing at local libraries, and has been published on the American Library Association’s Programming Librarian website. Join us to hear Kaleen play the piano and sing your favorite holiday songs.

Group shot: RMHS Jazz Band Members

The Rolling Meadows High School Jazz Bands

Dates Sunday, January 11
Time 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Details Registration Required

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The Rolling Meadows High School Jazz program has a rich history of performance and excellence. Jazz is a curricular program consisting of two big bands. The Jazz Bands annually perform at local venues, such as Durty Nellies, Fitz’s Spare Keys, and The Jazz Showcase. The RMHS Band program Music Boosters serve as the host for Jazz in the Meadows, which is the largest school jazz festival in the Midwest, featuring over 60 schools and 100 performances throughout the day. The Rolling Meadows Band program is proud to host the 41st Annual Jazz in the Meadows on February 28, 2026.

Mark Twain and Mark Dvorak

Catch the Twain—The Musical

Dates Sunday, February 15
Time 2:00–3:30 p.m.

Details Registration Required

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America’s greatest humorist comes roaring back to life in a hilarious, profound, and touching new musical show. Warren Brown is Mark Twain: newspaperman, raconteur, riverboat pilot, inventor, world traveler, social commentator, and preeminent novelist. Brown has spent over 30 years researching the life and work of Mark Twain and portraying him in spoken-word performances across the country. Folk musician and songwriter Mark Dvorak provides the soundtrack for Brown’s performance with old-time banjo tunes, period songs, and audience participation. Please join us for this unique Arts Alive Concert, combining a first-person portrayal and live music.

Please note the extended time for the performance.

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Watch a variety of live performance concerts, movie musicals and musician documentaries. Last, but not least, learn how to play music yourself.

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Music Resources

Past virtual Arts Alive Concerts

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American Folk Song Book
Mark Dvorak

Mark accompanies himself on guitar and 5-string banjo, performing classics like "This Land is Your Land" and "Kisses Sweeter than Wine". He mixes in standards from the American Songbook like "Someone to Watch over Me" and "It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie".

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Kelsey Montanez
Kelsey Montanez

Singer-songwriter Kelsey Montanez is one of Chicago’s best kept secrets. Her potent blend of blues, pop, and psychedelia has been turning heads for over a decade.

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Original Music, Gypsy-Jazz & Flamenco
Alfonso Ponticelli and friends

The music is a vibrant, upbeat and passionate blend of American jazz, Gypsy jazz, Flamenco and world folk music threaded together through virtuosic improvisation.

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Victorian Caroling featuring the Canterbury Carollers
Andrew Thies, Alan Weiger, Daniel Miller, Chris Roe, Lisa Wukitsch, Lisa Miller, and Debbie Lee

They’ll perform glorious arrangements of traditional carols - all written before 1870. Attired in authentic period costume, the group is a live tableau of Victorian England and its strolling singers.

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The Music and Influence of Peter, Paul and Mary
Steve Justman

Enjoy a Listen-and-Learn concert of Peter, Paul and Mary's music with background stories of their group’s inspiration of a bygone era.

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I Feel Good! Hits of the 60s
Matt and Cynthia Gruel

Vintage music has the power to stir the soul. This musical and storytelling cabaret features artists like James Brown, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Marvelettes, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Louis Armstrong and more.

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Multiplicity: Summer in the City
Barbara Kalnes, Tom Kalnes, Gary Swiontek, Rick Vitek and Michael Levin

This program showcases new interpretations of songs made popular by artists such as The Mamas and Papas, The Beatles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Aretha Franklin and others.

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All Request Concert
Kaleen Dolan

How about an all request concert?! Watch this accomplished and well-known Chicago-based, piano performer play the Rolling Meadows Library's patrons' favorite tunes.

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History of the Blues Through Song
Fruteland Jackson

Blues history through song and story. Fruteland sings blues songs and performs on his acoustic guitar in honor of African American Music Month and Juneteenth.

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The History Singers - Generation Gap
Kathryn and John Atwood

Who had better music, the World War II Generation or the Baby Boomers? This concert consists of well-known songs from each generation, presented in pairs for balance.

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