Performing a repertoire of works by composers Margaret Brouwer, Frederick Tillis, Gustav Mahler, and Paul Hindemith, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's principal horn player will headline the May 19 Up Close with Marc Zyla concert at Davenport's Figge Art Museum, this intimate event also boasting the talents of pianist Marian Lee and spoken-word artist Aubrey Barnes.

Performing in a special Chamber Music Quad Cities concert at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Church on May 18, gifted soprano and Davenport native Lily Arbisser and Grammy Award-winning violinist Kyu-Young Kim will join CMQC Artistic Co-director and pianist Thomas Sauer for Violin & Voice, the organization's season-ending repertoire of compositions by Beethoven, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Kurt Weill, and Reena Esmail.

Currently touring in support of her 2024 release Comeback Kid, a recording that AllMusic said found its creator "crafting memorable songs that are as likable and infectious as anything she's done," R&B/pop artist and Iowa City native Bridget Kearney headlines a May 19 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist also a founding member of the band Lake Street Dive and winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest.

On May 18, a revered group of chart-topping, Grammy-winning rockers will be celebrated when Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center presents the six-piece tribute event Heartache Tonight: The Music of the Eagles, an evening of beloved, iconic hits sure to include such chart-toppers as "Hotel California," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights," and, of course, "Heartache Tonight."