Kearney Concert Association

Kearney Concert Association Youth Concerts

Kearney Concert Association Youth Concerts feature exciting repertoire as well as interactive and directed listening activities to keep students focused and involved. The concerts will fascinate and engage young audiences with upbeat music in an educational setting. Opportunities to attend will be announced annually.

"Backtrack Vocals" October 6, 2022 and "Empire Wild" November 3, 2022

The Kearney Concert Association invites you and your students to join Backtrack Vocals and Empire Wild for two Youth Concert of outstanding entertainment and high-energy music in an educational setting. Choose one or both.

Backtrack Vocals is a five-person a cappella ensemble based in New York City. With top-notch vocal and beatboxing abilities plus a versatile repertoire including pop, funk, Motown, standards and Broadway, this YouTube sensation has gained over 12,000,000 views and 107,000 subscribers. They have appeared on NBC, FOX, PBS, and Broadway's Kinky Boots.All Youth Concerts are free.

A genre-bending, crossover trio, Empire Wild has brought their signature mix of original music, inventive covers and twists on the classical canon to audiences across the country. Ken and Mtch bring all the cello ha to offer - bowed, plucked, chopped and more while Brandon can be found singing and playing anything he can get his hands on.

Register by emailing kearneyconcerts@gmail.com.

Previous Concerts
2021-2022 Duo Baldo
2020-2021 No Concert Due to Covid-19
2019-2020 Annie Moses Band
2018-2019 Dallas String Quartet
2017-2018 Derik Nelson & Family
2016-2017 New Odyssey
2015-2016 Maniacal4
2014-2015 Six Appeal
2013-2014 The New Century Saxophone Quartet
2012-2013 The Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass
2011-2012 Street Corner Symphony-1st runner up, 2010 NBC "Sing Off'
2010-2011 Redhead Express
2009-2010 Home Free-Season 4 Champions, 2013 NBC "Sing Off'
2008-2009 Synergy Brass
2007-2008 Tin Roof Tango
2006-2007 Lyrique Quintette

Make it a field trip!

Are you thinking you would like to make this a full day? The Archway, Museum of Nebraska Art, Trails & Rails Museum and the Nebraska Firefighters Museum would be great destinations. To help with your busing expenses, consider applying for a Nebraska Arts Council School Bus for the Arts grant. Funds are limited so apply early. Don't forget that the Target Corporation also provides busing grants.