The Southwestern College music department has several upcoming student and symphony performances before the end of the spring semester.

Sunday, April 16 at 3 p.m., Messenger Recital Hall in Darbeth Fine Arts Center at Southwestern College, free admission—Amber Peterson's private violin and piano students, ranging in age from middle school to college, will be performing. Highlights include the prelude from Bach's “Partita No. 3,” Monti's Csardas, and the first movement of Vivaldi's “Spring.”

Sunday, April 23, at 3 p.m., Messenger Recital Hall in Darbeth Fine Arts Center at Southwestern College, adults $5, children $2, free for SC faculty, staff, and students—The Community Music School's Pre-College String Ensembles and Southwestern College's Williams String Ensemble will present a recital of chamber music. The groups will play a wide variety of music, ranging from eclectic styles to a Strauss polka and Halvorsen's Passacaglia.

Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m., Richardson Performing Arts Center, adults $10, children $5, free for SC faculty, staff, and students—The South Kansas Symphony will present their spring concert, “Voices of Spring,” sponsored by Larry and Linda Hahn.  The concert will feature the 2023 Concerto Competition winners (sponsored by The Trust Company of Kansas - Stephen English). Samuel Shook and Ryan Byun will perform movements of the Sibelius and Mendelssohn violin concertos respectively. The symphony will also perform “Voices of Spring” by Strauss and selections from “Kanza.” Additionally, John Baker, oboist and board president for the symphony, will present a pre-concert lecture on “Kanza” at 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 6, at 7 p.m., at Island Park in Winfield. To commemorate Winfield's 150th anniversary, the South Kansas Symphony will perform “Kanza,” with narration by Larry Hatteburg. The community is invited to come support the local musicians as they celebrate Winfield's history.  There is no admission charge to attend.