Join us at the Peoria Riverfront Museum for a special gallery performance in current exhibition Faces of a Nation: The American Political Textile Collection of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman.  

Violinist Kelsey Klopfenstein and pianist Mark De Zwaan will be performing early American patriotic music, including pieces from the sheet music in the Mark and Rosalind Shenkman collection. 

Curator of Art Zac Zetterberg from the Peoria Riverfront Museum will explore the history of political campaign flags featured in the Faces of A Nation exhibition, offering insights between musical performances of rare political campaign sheet music on loan from the Mark Shenkman collection. Musicians Mark De Zwaan and Kelsey Klopfenstein will also present short piano selections that complement the sheet music, focusing on American female composers and songs that represent the music of our nation through the years.

Light refreshments will be served at a post-performance reception in the Peoria Riverfront Museum Grand Lobby. 

Tickets: 

Adult: $35

Member Adult: $30

Student: $10

Visionary Society Member: $25

Get tickets HERE

Schedule:

6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.  and 8 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Faces of a Nation: The American Political Textile Collection of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman Gallery open

7 p.m. | Performance in the Faces of the Nation: The American Political Textile Collection of Mark and Rosalind Shenkman Gallery

8 p.m. | Post-performance reception in Peoria Riverfront Museum Grand Lobby

Faces of a Nation: Early American Patriotic Music  is part of the  MUSEUM+ initiative, a strategy to enhance the Peoria Riverfront Museum's repertoire as a cultural institution, and bring more performance to Peoria! MUSEUM+ is generously supported by Linda Beth and Ed Sutkowski, as they support our mutual goal to lift up the arts and bring them to our community.

Faces of a Nation: Early American Patriotic Music is sponsored by Linda Beth and Ed Sutkowski, Prairie Home Alliance, Visionary Society, and Friends of Performance.