An Afternoon with Michael Bridge: A Benefit Concert
Sun, Apr 27
|Harper College Performing Arts Center
Join us for an unforgettable intimate concert with the classical accordion wizard, Michael Bridge. Support the Annual SAI Elsie Sterrenberg String Scholarship Competition awarding prizes for 39 years to fine young string players in grades 4 through 12. Please consider making a donation as well.
Time & Location
Apr 27, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Harper College Performing Arts Center, 1200 W Algonquin Rd Building R, Palatine, IL 60067, USA
About the Event
Join us for an intimate setting with the accordion maverick Michael Bridge in a concert spanning The Phantom of the Opera, to J.S. Bach, to Coldplay. All sounds performed 100% live on digital accordion, a computer shaped like an accordion. Contribute to the creation - Michael will improvise live based on themes from the audience. Arrive curious and leave delighted, astounded, and demanding more from this exceptionally gifted artist.
Support the Annual SAI Elsie Sterrenberg String Scholarship Competition awarding prizes for 39 years to fine young string players in grades 4 through 12. Past winners have included acclaimed artists, Rachel Barton Pine and Jennifer Koh.
Michael Bridge is a 21st-century musical maverick—toppling popular expectations of what it is to be a professional accordionist.
“A wizard of the accordion” (CBC), he’s a virtuoso performer—appearing on stages from the “Snowcastle” in Yellowknife, NWT, to The Metropolitan Opera. Equally a master of the digital…