April 27: Halalisa Singers ‘Great American Songbook’

Swing along to classics from the Great American Songbook with Boston-based world music vocal ensemble The Halalisa Singers on Saturday, April 27. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $25 and are available at www.halalisa.org. The program includes a medley of Gershwin tunes, Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” Harold Arlen’s “I’ve Got the World on a String” and “Over the Rainbow,” Kirby Shaw’s “Beyond the Sea,” Sholom Secunda’s “Bai Mir Bisti Sheyn,” Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “My Favorite Things,” Kurt Weill’s “Mack the Knife,” and more. Led by artistic director Mary Cunningham, the group is joined for this concert by pianist Trevor Berens, percussionist Bertram Lehmann, clarinetist Glenn Dickson, and bassist Keala Kaumeheiwa. For more info, email info@halalisa.org.