ESO’s dementia friendly concerts are integral to our ethos as musicians and performers. Our musicians have many years of experience in this field and are committed to bringing their talents to members of society who are living with dementia and other life debilitating conditions.

Research supports our experience that live music benefits people living with dementia by stimulating memories, reducing agitation and stress and improving communication between residents and staff.

Dementia Friendly Concert – ESO Wind Quartet

Malvern Theatres

EPSG:4326

Voice Division Recital

560 Music Center

Throughout the semester, enjoy free live performances by noted local and regional jazz artists at the 560 Music Center!

WashU Jazz Series: Cabaret

The organ matinee concert series, featuring some of Sweden’s finest organists, has grown in popularity in recent years. The organ in Konserthuset Stockholm is one of the most renowned in Europe, with its magnificent façade – and with 6,100 pipes, it is also one of the largest.

Organ Matinee with Sebastian Johansson

Konserthuset Stockholm

Packed with personality and humour, Crooners has been wowing audiences with its witty and exhilarating show full of hilarious one liners, laugh out loud silliness and superb musical numbers with the outstanding 9-piece The Mini Big Band live on stage.

Crooners

Queen's Theatre Hornchurch

Experience swing and jazz classics with singer Sophie Grobler, jazz pianist Max Doehlemann, the Monkfish Jazz Trio of the BSOF, and always accompanied by our large orchestra. We're dedicated to the luminaries of swing and jazz: Miles Davis, Thelonius Monks, and Dave Brubeck.

3rd Philharmonic Concert – »Moon River«

Exhibition Hall 4

For ten years now, the five musicians and friends have formed the ensemble Karidion Brass. With wit and passion, they introduce their listeners to the full diversity of brass music and inspire with their joy in making music together at the highest level. Under the open sky of the courtyard of Dobbertin Monastery, Karidion Brass presents a colorful and diverse program of virtuoso baroque pieces, sophisticated original compositions, and modern, jazzy melodies.

YOUNG ELITE Karidion Brass

Klosterkirche Dobbertin

Wolf Trap Opera alumnus John Holiday (’14) has established himself as “one of the finest countertenors of his generation” (Los Angeles Times). Holiday enjoys an international career singing with opera companies such as the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), and Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Now, he returns to The Barns to sing works by Price, Bonds, Robert L. Morris, Gershwin, and more.

John Holiday, countertenor

The Barns At Wolf Trap

The high-flying aerialists of Troupe Vertigo join the Grant Park Orchestra led by Enrico Lopez-Yañez, performing eye-popping feats to classical works and film scores, including Star Wars, Star Trek, Disney’s Up and more.

Bart Howard

Events

Upcoming events

Jul 22, 2026

Cirque: A Space Odyssey · Grant Park Music Festival

Past events

May 5, 2026

Dementia Friendly Concert – ESO Wind Quartet · English Symphony Orchestra

Apr 23, 2026

Voice Division Recital · Washington University in St. Louis Department of Music

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