Music Under Glass: Chicago West Community Music Center presents Paris Noir

Limited tickets available day of concert for $20.  You can purchase here or on-site starting at 2pm in the Show House.  Cash/check/credit accepted.  

The Chicago West Community Music Center  (CWCMC) will present Paris Noir: African-Americans in “The City of Lights”.  A live tribute to Nina Simone, Josephine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Bricktop and Sidney Bechet.  Featuring vocalist Karla Beard-Leroy.

Karla is excited to make her debut at the Garfield Park Conservatory’s Music Under Glass series in Paris Noir:  African-Americans in the City of Lights after playing Sarah in Porchlight Theatre’s acclaimed production of Ragtime.  She portrayed the Princess in Ravinia’s Princess and the Black-eyed Pea.  She was Dessa Rose in the Midwest premier of Dessa Rose at AppleTree Theatre (Jeff Nomination) & Ti Moune, Once on this Island  (Jeff Nomination). Other credits include Mamma Mia (National Tour); The Piano Lesson (Madison Rep), Gigi, Miss Saigon (Marriott Lincolnshire); Charlaine, Ain’t Misbehavin (Arkansas Rep); The Amen Corner(Goodman Theater); Celeste #2, Sunday in the Park with George (Ravinia); God and Country (Victory Gardens).

GPCA Members receive a $5 ticket discount on the general admission ticket.  Check your email or contact membership@garfieldpark.org for your unique member code. Not a member?  Click here to learn more!  

Music Under Glass at the Garfield Park Conservatory is a musical concert program, produced by the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, that connects visitors to the beauty and power of nature through live performance.

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