Lyceum Series to Feature Music, Movies in Upcoming Season

The 2024-25 Kohlenberg Lyceum Series will include four mainstage productions and two installments of the popular “Films and Finger Foods” events.
 
Grammy Award winners Third Coast Percussion will kick off the season Sept. 24. For nearly 20 years, this Chicago-based quartet has created exciting and unexpected performances that constantly redefine the classical music experience. Whether the artists are speaking from the stage about a new piece of music, inviting concertgoers to play along with a piece or providing an educational performance, the ensemble is known for making a direct connection with the audience. In addition to working with musicians from a wide range of backgrounds, the ensemble has joined with dancers, sound engineers and even architects on creative projects.
 
The world-famous Vienna Boys’ Choir will take the stage Nov. 14. Based in Austria, this choir of boy sopranos and altos between the ages of nine and 14 perform for nearly 500,000 people each year. The ensemble is a modern-day descendant of the boys’ choirs of the Viennese Court dating back to the late Middle Ages. This performance will include Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, Christmas hymns and holiday carols.
 
In March, the lyceum will welcome the jazz ensemble Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble. A New York-based drummer, Wilson combines buoyant zeal, idiosyncratic style, infectious humor, joyous swing and an indomitable spirit of surprise, making him one of the most in-demand players and educators in jazz today. He has appeared on more than 500 albums and has released 20 acclaimed recordings as a leader. He was named 2018 Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association, and his album “Honey and Salt” won 2018 Album of the Year. Wilson’s March 1 concert is sponsored in conjunction with the annual Phi Mu Alpha JazzFest.
 
A fourth mainstage production is in the works for the spring semester, with details to be announced soon.
 
Each semester will include a “Films and Finger Foods” event in the Del and Norma Robison Planetarium. A screening of the 2024 version of “Mean Girls,” featuring Truman alumna Jenna Fischer, will take place Oct. 3. The spring installment remains to be determined, and could consist of another feature film or possibly a full-dome presentation that would showcase the planetarium’s new 4K projectors.
 
All Kohlenberg Lyceum Series events take place at 7 p.m. in Baldwin Hall Auditorium unless otherwise specified.  
 
Tickets for the 2024-25 Kohlenberg Lyceum Series are provided free of charge thanks to the generous support of local sponsors, the Friends of the Lyceum program and the Truman State University Foundation. Tickets are available approximately two weeks before each performance and can be picked up on campus at any of three convenient locations: the Union and Involvement Office in the Student Union Building; the Advancement Office in McClain Hall 205; or the Admissions Office in the Ruth W. Towne Museum and Visitors Center. Tickets are also available off campus at the Kirksville Arts Association in downtown Kirksville. Any remaining tickets will be available the day of the event beginning 30 minutes before each performance.  
 
For more information about the Kohlenberg Lyceum Series, visit lyceum.truman.edu or contact the Advancement Office at 660.785.4133.