Erin Krebs will be the featured vocalist as the Fond du Lac Symphonic Band wraps up the summer season with a program of “Fan Favorites” on Wed., August 24.
Under the baton of Music Director Dale Shipe and Associate Conductor Jill Wagner, the 7:15 p.m. performance will take place at the Wifler Performance Center in Buttermilk Creek Park, S. Park Avenue in Fond du Lac.
Erin Krebs is well on her way to becoming one of Wisconsin’s premier and most treasured vocalists. Ranging from sultry jazz stylings to bebop scat to belting out the blues, her performances exude confidence and a passion for life. Erin was awarded the WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Female Vocalist of the Year for 2019 and in 2018 the Erin Krebs & Jeff Johnston Duo was recognized as the 2018 Jazz Artist of the Year. She was also a nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018) and Jazz Artist of the Year in 2017. In her appearance with the band, she will sing Stardust, Moonlight in Vermont, and S’ Wonderful.
The remainder of the program is “fan favorites” as voted on by the band’s audiences this summer. Jeff Jordon’s Synergy will open the program. Marches include Seventy-Six Trombones and Villabella. Also programmed are medleys from West Side Story and Les Misérables, the 1960s movie The Great Race, and Best of Earth, Wind and Fire. The concert will close with Ashokan Farewell and our national march: Stars and Stripes Forever.
The Symphonic Band’s summer park concerts are sponsored by the City of Fond du Lac and a free-will offering that will be received during the evening. The food concession will be hosted by Church of Our Saviour. In the event of bad weather, the performance will be moved to the Recreation Building at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds.