Week 2, May 2018 Live-Music Events

Below are some live-music events for May 14-20, the second full Monday-to-Sunday week of May. These are picked from our Top-25 list of presenters and venues that serve Lee County and its orbiting communities. I'd love feedback on the list. It excludes a lot of things in the non-local world, so fuss at me if I need to look at something else.

The violin-piano duo with Jenny Gregoire and Edisher Savitsky are in blue on May 17 because I am involved as organizer of A Little Lunch Music. They're on the music faculty at Bama and are playing Stravinsky and Grieg. I expect it to be really great.

My pick of the week in yellow is Bernstein's Candide in Atlanta (graphic at right is from the promotions). It is a collaboration between the Alliance Theatre and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and involves some very cool-looking puppetry. The production's ensemble will feature an Auburn native and A Little Lunch Music alumna, soprano Kathleen Farrar Buccleugh!

Of note are the Messy Cookers Jazz Band (messycookers.com), a trad jazz group from New Orleans playing at The Loft in Columbus on Friday and anything at Standard Deluxe (cicadarhythm.com & willstewartmusic.com).

Local

• May 15 :: the East Alabama Community Band performs at Municipal Park for Summer Swing presented by the City of Opelika https://www.aotourism.com/Event/9975/Summer-Swing/

• May 16 :: Leon Majcen at The Sound Wall http://www.thesoundwallopelika.com/events/2018/5/16/leon-majcen-may-16

• May 16 :: Martha's Trouble performs at the Courthouse Square for Noon Tunes presented by the City of Opelika https://www.aotourism.com/Event/9988/Noon-Tunes/

• May 17 :: The Piano Man in Piccolo https://www.auhcc.com/about/auburn-event-calendar

• May 17 :: H20 performs at Town Creek Park for the Sundown Concert Series presented by the City of Auburn https://www.aotourism.com/Event/9936/Sundown-Concert-Series/

• May 17 :: violinist Jenny Gregoire with pianist Edisher Savitsky performs at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art for A Little Lunch Music http://jcsm.auburn.edu/event/a-little-lunch-music-spring-2018/2018-05-17/

• May 19 :: Cicada Rhythm at Standard Deluxe http://standarddeluxe.com/live-music/#music-schedule

• May 20 :: Will Stewart at Standard Deluxe http://standarddeluxe.com/live-music/#music-schedule

Columbus

• May 16 :: Student Recital: Daniel Ortega, guitar https://events.columbusstate.edu/calendar/student-recital-daniel-ortega-guitar-2/

• May 18 :: The Messy Cookers from New Orleans for JAZZ@THELOFT at The Loft https://www.theloft.com/new-events/2017/11/3/jazztheloft-with-csu-jazz-quartets-l6b4e-mehtn-y32c4-prsng-f268x-8kmjw-gmx6w-r3har-7dh38-rxdgp

• May 18 :: Jaime Wyatt at The Loft https://www.theloft.com/new-events/2018/5/18/jamie-wyatt

• May 19 :: Nick Black at The Loft https://www.theloft.com/new-events/2018/1/26/nick-black-x9npp

Atlanta

• May 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 :: Leonard Bernstein's Irresistible Operetta Candide presented by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre at Atlanta Symphony Hall https://www.atlantasymphony.org/ConcertsAndTickets/Calendar/2017-2018/Candide