From 1994 to 2000 Sunday evenings at the legendary Dakota Jazz Club belonged to a live KBEM radio show called The Singer’s Voice. Hosted by Dan Chouinard at the piano, it was a song-laced conversation with a different singer each week about their life and music. The show was acclaimed by critics and embraced by the music community for its freshness and spontaneity, intimate format, and it’s power of story and song…
For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community sing-alongs, and writer and host of hit shows for radio, concert hall and theatrical stage
About Thomasina Petrus: Thomasina Petrus is a professional jazz singer, songwriter and 30yr AEA actor. She has toured the country honoring Billie Holiday with productions of “Lady Day @ Emerson’s Bar & Grill” by Lanie Robertson. Thomasina has staged original productions “The Best of Billie & Me”. “Etta James…Dreams to Remember”, “Hot Chocolate”, a multi-Holiday concert series and full musical stage production. Thomasina is co-author of “Hold” a musical poem/play with incarcerated women and HCL. She was recently honored by the Twin Cities Film Festival 2023 for her work on the documentary soundtrack “The Water Cries” for “The Juneteenth Story, From Galveston, TX to Minnesota”, and “Bells for Philando” 2022, both produced with OMG Media Solutions.
Opener: 14 year old NHS student and soulful vocalist, Natalia Trevino. She says, “HI! My name is Natalia Trevino. I have been singing since I was 4 years old. you may have heard me sing in Rock and Roll Revival performing the song Do it Again by Lady Wray. Come and check out my singing!”
About Prudence: Prudence Johnson’s career has taken her from honky-tonks to Carnegie Hall, from the theater stage to the Silver Screen, from the Midwest to the Middle East. She was a regular guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast for many years on National Public Radio stations across the country, and appears as one of the “regulars” in Robert Altman’s 2006 A Prairie Home Companion movie. Her film credits also include Robert Redford’s A River Runs Through It in a role she was born to play—a singer!
Opener: Aidan Gersky is a passionate multi-instrumentalist whose musical style spans many genres. He started on piano but took up guitar during COVID and used the loneliness of that time to build up his proficiency. He enjoys a deep connection with his audience, allowing the music to spring from that connection. Aidan’s mom, singer and songwriter, Trina Brunk, is inspired by her love for Nature and her personal healing journey. She grew up singing with her seven sisters in rural Missouri, and began writing songs in 2008. She released her 15th album this year. She offers regular music meditations in Northfield, Minnesota.
About T Mychael Rambo: As a Regional Emmy Award-winning actor, vocalist, arts educator and community organizer, T. Mychael has made an indelible mark in the Twin Cities. On local stages, he has performed principle roles at the Guthrie, Penumbra, Mixed Blood, Illusion, Park Square, Children’s Theater, Theatre Latte Da, The Ordway, Ten Thousand Things and others. He is also an accomplished residency artist and an affiliate professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota.
Opener: Mary Clare Stroh is a songwriter and music teacher from southern MN. Using her playful melodies and acoustic guitar she aims to captivate her audience with her original songs that both acknowledge pain and encourage joy in the big and regular day to day moments in life. When not homeschooling or playing with her 4 kids ages 5, 5, 4 & 3, she is in the kitchen testing recipes, fermenting food and baking bread as if she is writing the most delicious and messy symphony there ever was.
2024 – 2025 is the thirteenth 411 Concert Series season. (411 is the address of the theater!) This series features regional and nationally-recognized artists in the intimate venue of the Northfield Arts Guild Theater and offers a truly unique listening and viewing experience. Toward the Guild’s goal of lifting up the young and aspiring, every show includes a talented local young musician(s).
We are grateful to co-founders and former producers Dan Rustad and Ray Coudret for creating years of memorable concert experiences through our 411 series. THANK YOU!
