'The Good Die Young' will perform Saturday

The Saturday Night at the Sondheim Series will present ?The Good Die Young,? a tribute concert to those who left a legacy of legendary music only to have died before their time, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.

The show will feature artists and their music reaching back decades and centuries while crossing into an eclectic collection of genres and styles of music.

Talent will feature more than 30 musicians from the southeast Iowa area. They will be performing the music of Billy Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, John Lennon, Curt Cobain and numerous other artists.

The most beloved works of the good who died young will be performed by Steve McClain and the Jefferson County Green Band; Ingrid Hernandez who has performed with top jazz musicians around the world; Joey Del Re, direct from the Seattle music scene; Robert Reeder and James Moore, co-founders of the band Sage; Rob Steinberg, a renowned concert pianist; Jon Estrin of Big Bambu; Jeffrey Hedquist and guitarist Tom Morgan.

Featured as well will be a group of up and coming young talent including Owen Blake, Wes Brown, Jonnie Cohen, Jonathan Clifford, Penelope McKeig, Gabriel Renfrow, Micah Salaberrios, Theo Shier and Max Sloat.

Andy Bargerstock of KRUU-FM and Patrick Kessel will be co-hosting the event and as part of the tribute, will provide a pictoral backdrop of the honored artists? lives and their music.

Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets can be obtained online prior to performance night at FairfieldACC.com, during business hours at the Sondheim center box office and 6:30 p.m. the night of the performance.

The show is part of an on-going monthly fund-raising series called ?Saturday Night at the Sondheim,? which will feature a wide variety of music and entertainment in the coming months. All proceeds go directly to support the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center.