Cymbal will play at the second August concert at the Sycamore History Museum. Bring dinner, dessert, a blanket or lawn chair, and enjoy a free family event right here in Sycamore this Wednesday, August 14th at 7pm at the Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main Street. The event is free but donations to the Museum are always welcome.
Cymbal has been making music together since 2001, and have expanded to include six members. While each member of the group has years of musical experience, the women join together in order to stir listeners to consider new ways of thinking about the world. Skillfully weaving humorous songs with songs that evoke tears, “Cymbal,” in performance, strives to do much more than entertain. Cymbal sings to build bridges, deepen compassion, and advocate for those beat down in body or spirit.
Cymbal’s musical repertoire includes folk, South African, Native American, traditional Appalachian, spirituals, and original compositions. The group demonstrates vocal dexterity in its acappella pieces, and members play a variety of instruments, including guitar, piano, dulcimer, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele, percussion instruments, and jug.
The members of “Cymbal” are Rev. Linda Slabon, minister of the DeKalb Unitarian Universalist congregation and a clinical social worker; Dr. Toni Tollerud, Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church in DeKalb, and a Presidential Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University; Dr. Lynn McCanne, who has found a “second life” in music after living most of her adult life as a psychologist; Terri Mann-Lamb, who has worked at NIU for 14 years and is owner of Sunn Flower Gourmet catering; Linda Matuszewski, who teaches accountancy at NIU and has been singing in choirs since junior high; and Elisa Woodruff, a third year counseling student at NIU, and former west coast theatre director.
This free concert is sponsored by the Mary E. Stevens Concert and Lecture Fund.
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