A celebration of brilliant musicianship both on the stage and on the page will take place when the Quad City Symphony Orchestra continues their 2022-23 Masterworks season with Fierce Females, the concert's March 4 and 5 performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre and Augustana College's Centennial Hall boasting a repertoire of works by women composers and the eagerly awaited area return of piano virtuoso Wei Luo, who last performed with the ensemble in 2018.

Composed of bass player Bob Skeat, guitarist Mark Abrahams, drummer Mike Trescott, and guitarist Andy Powell, the latter of whom began recording with the group more than 50 years ago, a legendary rock outfit plays Davenport's Redstone Room in the venue's March 7 concert with Wishbone Ash, the band's Live Dates Live tour celebrating the iconic recording that reviewers have consistently listed among the finest live-rock albums of all time.

With Relix magazine stating that "the band combines soulful ambiance with nimble twangin'" and Marquee magazine adding that its musicians are "going deep, and doing so gracefully," the Colorado-based string musicians of Head for the Hills headline a March 2 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room is advance of their newest EP Turn the Time, set for release on March 22.

Boasting performances from Augustana College faculty members, students, and guest artists, the college's Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival will, on February 25, treat music lovers to an exploration of the saxophone's potential through new composition, improvisation, extended performance techniques, microtonality, electronic music, multimedia, and other experimental elements.