On Sunday, June 22, Tuba Bach will perform its 2025 summer concert at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Big Rapids. 

The performance will take place at 4 p.m. and will feature New Orleans jazz clarinetist Doreen Ketchens and audience favorite Alvin Waddles on piano. Ketchens has been a staple of the New Orleans jazz scene, performing in Jackson Square behind St. Louis Cathedral for tourists and fans since the late 1980s.

“These two will take you on an instant journey right to New Orleans! This may just be the most fun concert in the history of concerts!” said Katie McInnis, chair of Tuba Bach.

In addition to her New Orleans residency, Ketchens regularly performs across the U.S. and has been featured on television and radio programs such as “CBS Sunday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and NPR’s “Fresh Air.” She first performed with Tuba Bach’s Ed Mallett and Alvin Waddles in 2018.

The concert is open to all and free of admission. The concert will also be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube and broadcast live on local radio station Sunny 97.3.

For more information and links to the livestreams, visit Tuba Bach’s website at www.tubabach.org.

_{Information and photo courtesy of Katie McInnis, Richard Scott Cohen, and Tuba Bach.}