Simple Gifts Concert Series at Glenview Community Church

02/25/2026

We are also excited to have the Kevin Kizer Quartet performing at Concert for Peace: Passages. The magazine Jazz Times says this in an article about Kevin performing with Ted Sirota’s Rebel Souls: "The quartet’s tenor man, newcomer Kevin Kizer, has a wide expressive range that allows him to shriek effectively on the Rollins tune, to caress the album’s two lullabies, and to hungrily chomp the chords to Thelonious Monk’s 'Brilliant Corners'.” This is a video of Kevin from Sarlas Music https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1KPAMNqcPH/

02/23/2026

We are pleased to have Artistrings Quartet (violinists Katherine Hughes and Carol Kalvonjian, violist Ray Ostwald, cellist Matthew Agnew) performing with us for Concert for Peace: Passages. They are a highly sought after quartet for area weddings. They are represented by Sarlas Music. Please enjoy this track of them playing Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.

Sabrina Carpenter's mega-hit ESPRESSO, covered by string quartet and performed live by Artistrings, a modern string quartet in Chicago that specializes in po...

02/20/2026

Come join us for Concert for Peace: Passages on Sunday, March 1 at 3:00 p.m.! In the meantime enjoy this clip from last year's concert.

11/30/2025

Join us for the 32nd Annual Toy-ful Celebration! Concert benefiting the Marines Toys for Tots initiative. It’s next Saturday, December 6, at 7:00. Come early for the carol singalong!

11/30/2025

According to the Chicago/Cook County chapter website for Toys for Tots, for Chicago, IL, 2024: 97,034 toys were distributed and 78,688 children were supported. Join us to celebrate the holiday season and support this worthy cause next Saturday, December 6. For more information about the local drive: https://chicago-il.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/default.aspx?nPageID=0&nPreviewInd=0&nRedirectInd=3

04/24/2025

Wondering what to do on a rainy Friday evening? Come join us for Spring Sing Thing, this Friday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m.. Soloists from the choir will be singing songs of spring: rainbows, gardens (April showers?). We would love to see you! Come by and say hello!

03/22/2025

Thanks to all who came to last Sunday's Concert for Peace: Justice. We had a great time and raised $962 for Building Peaceful Bridges.

03/12/2025

The concert is being organized by Katherine Hughes. Ms. Hughes is a professional violinist, performing in and around the area for over 45 years.
Ms. Hughes is a member of the Glenview Community Church and for the last 11 years has organized the Concert for Peace. “The theme this year is Justice, and specifically the MLK Jr. quote: ‘There can be no peace without justice, and there can be no justice without peace,’” she says.

03/08/2025

Join us on Sunday afternoon, March 16, for Concert for Peace: Justice. In the meantime, enjoy "Like Oil and Water", by Linda Marie Smith and Katherine Hughes from Concert for Peace: Peace Like a River.

01/25/2025

Thanks to all who braved the cold and came to Cabaret in the Commons last night. We had a great time with Jeannie and Stacy listening to Martin Luther King Junior's favorite songs. There was even someone in the audience who had heard him speak!
Plan to join us for the next concert on Valentine's Day!

01/22/2025

Have you been stuck inside all week because of the cold? It is supposed to be warmer by Friday. Come join us for Cabaret in the Commons with Jeannie Tanner and Stacy McMichael at 7:00p.m. Read more about these ladies here:

Join Glenview Community Church at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in its Commons area for Jeannie Tanner and Stacy McMichael playing and singing a variety of styles from pop to rock to jazz with a few of Tann...