Tickets:
Tickets for “An Evening with Valerie June are available for $70, $55, and $40 at scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. (Single tickets have a $4.00 per ticket fee. All concerts start at 7:30pm.)
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) brings sensational GRAMMY® nominated singer songwriter Valerie June to the Royce Auditorium stage on November 12, 2024.
“An Evening with Valerie June” will feature a performance filled with a gorgeous blend of astral folk and meditative R&B. Valerie June has been hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents.” A musician, poet, certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor, and author, she honorably served as a Turnaround artist working with students for the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities and continues serving through The Kennedy Center. She has recorded three critically acclaimed, best-selling solo albums and has also written songs for legendary artists such as Mavis Staples and The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Executive & Artistic Director of SCMC Cathy Holbrook says, “An Evening with Valerie June” will be a unique, very special evening at St. Cecilia Music Center. The audience will fall in love with Valerie June, her ethereal voice and her message. Valerie June is a dynamic singer songwriter who believes in her mission of making the world a better place through her music and creativity.”
Additional artists performing on the Acoustic Café Folk Series include the Del McCoury Band featuring the iconic bluegrass performer Del McCoury and his musician sons, Ronnie and Rob, on December 5, 2024; beloved singer songwriter Judy Collins on March 13, 2025; and the dynamic GRAMMY® nominated duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter of the The War and Treaty on March 28, 2025.
Additional Acoustic Café Folk Series concerts will be announced throughout the new season.
Tickets for “An Evening with Valerie June are available for $70, $55, and $40 at scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. (Single tickets have a $4.00 per ticket fee. All concerts start at 7:30pm.)
Valerie June’s Bio:
Valerie June Hockett is a Grammy-nominated artist from Tennessee. She’s been hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents.” A musician, singer, songwriter, poet, illustrator, actor, certified yoga and mindfulness meditation instructor, and author, she honorably served as a Turnaround artist working with students for the President’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities and continues serving through The Kennedy Center.
She has recorded three critically acclaimed, best-selling solo albums and has also written songs for legendary artists such as Mavis Staples and The Blind Boys of Alabama. Her albums have been praised by numerous publications such as Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, NPR Music, No Depression, Paste Magazine, Mojo, Uncut and many others. She's been featured on The Tonight Show, CBS, PBS, Austin City Limits, Later with Jools, and many more.
An Amazon #1 Best Seller in poetry, her first book, Maps for the Modern World, is a collection of lyrical poems and original illustrations about cultivating community, awareness, and harmony with our surroundings as we move fearlessly toward our dreams. She is also the author of the children’s book Somebody to Love: The Story of Valerie June’s Sweet Little Baby Banjolele, published by Jack White’s Third Man Books.
On September 19th, she released Light Beams: A Workbook for Being Your Badass Self -- an interactive workbook that builds on themes of mindfulness, harmony, and healing through her one-of-a-kind mystical excerpts, prompts, and positive affirmations. When she’s not touring, she splits her time between Tennessee and New York.
Acoustic Café Folk Series Tickets
An Evening with Valerie June
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
A section $70
B section $55
C section $40
Del McCoury Band
Thursday, December 5, 2024
A section $70
B section $55
C section $40
Judy Collins
Thursday, March 13, 2025
A section $65
B section $50
C section $35
The War and Treaty
Friday, March 28, 2025
A section $60
B section $45
C section $30
(Additional Acoustic Café Folk Series Concerts to be announced)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Single Tickets
Virtuoso Winds
Thursday, November 7, 2024
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
Schubert’s Trout Quintet
Thursday, March 20, 2025
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence
Thursday, April 24, 2025
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
Spectacular Jazz Series Tickets
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Thursday, February 20, 2025
A section $60
B section $45
C section $30
Julian Lage
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
A section $55
B section $40
C section $25
Christian McBride & Ursa Major
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
A section $70
B section $55
C section $40
Season Tickets
Individual tickets for the 2024-2025 Spectacular Jazz Series and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Series and Acoustic Café Folk Series are available online at www.scmcgr.org or by calling 616-459-2224. Detailed information for all concerts can be viewed at www.scmcgr.org.
**Ticket prices: There is a $7 fee on each subscription ticket. Single tickets have a $4.00 per ticket fee. All concerts start at 7:30pm.
St. Cecilia Music Center’s mission is to promote the study, appreciation and
performance of music in order to enrich the lives of West Michigan residents.
The Center fulfills this mission by
presenting visiting world-class artists in concert,
providing music education for all ages through our School of Music and
preserving a historic building for musical activities and community events
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