Comprised of the finest classical musicians in the country, the all-Black Gateways Festival Orchestra concludes its week-long Chicago residency with a Symphony Center concert featuring Take 6, the award-winning a cappella group Quincy Jones called the “baddest vocal cats on the planet.” The program highlights works by African-American composers including Chicago-native Margaret Bonds, whose Montgomery Variations was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

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Gateways Festival Orchestra featuring Take 6

Symphony Center

Celebrating professional classical musicians of African descent, Symphony Center Presents features the New York-based Gateways Festival Orchestra in its Chicago debut.

Comprised of the finest classical musicians in the country, the all-Black Gateways Festival Orchestra concludes its week-long Chicago residency with a Symphony Center concert featuring Take 6, the award-winning a cappella group Quincy Jones called the “baddest vocal cats on the planet.” The program highlights works by African-American composers including Chicago-native Margaret Bonds, whose Montgomery Variations was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

Concert: Gateways Festival Orchestra

A holiday themed concert with singer/actress Katharine McPhee (“Smash”, “Waitress”), Grammy-winning vocal group TAKE 6, and internationally renowned violinist Caroline Campbell.Get ready to swing into the holiday spirit with the much-anticipated upcoming Christmas show of the Pacific Jazz Orchestra! This extraordinary musical extravaganza promises to be a festive fusion of timeless holiday classics and jazzy arrangements, transporting the audience to a world where yuletide melodies meet the groovy rhythms of jazz.

Katharine Mcphee & Take 6 Holiday Concert with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra

Alex Theatre

Kick off the holiday season with our all-new holly jolly extravaganza! Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate conducts the OKCPHIL orchestra, as Grammy winners Take 6 and Oklahoma’s own Sandi Patty perform holiday favorites guaranteed to get you decking the halls!

A Very Merry Pops with Take 6 and Sandi Patty

Civic Center Music Hall

A cappella sensation Take 6 will give you chills! Experience the vocal genius of the ten-time GRAMMY® winners, who laid the foundation for so many a cappella groups that followed. Members Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley are the “baddest vocal cats on the planet,” according to Quincy Jones. You’ll love their smooth, sophisticated take on jazz, pop, soul, gospel, R&B, doo wop and blues.

Take 6 with Hillary-Marie

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Quite simply, TAKE 6 is the quintessential a cappela group and the model for vocal genius.  They are the most awarded vocal group in history, having won 10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, 2 NAACP Image Awards, a Soul Train Award, and been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Take 6 Christmas

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

With 10 GRAMMY® Awards, 10 Dove Awards and a Soul Train Award, the multi-platinum sextet boasts six virtuosic voices blending in crystal clear harmony across genres. Also acclaimed members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, these six superstars have been praised by legends like Stevie Wonder and the late Ray Charles for their captivating blend of gospel, jazz, R&B and pop. Experience Take 6’s unparalleled talent paired with the powerful, live orchestrations of the Jacksonville Symphony for a 75th Season highlight.

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Concert: Gateways Festival Orchestra

Take 6