"Little Miss Ann is a Chicago-based, Filipina American, nationally touring kid's musician who has made 7 award-winning Family Music albums.
She is also a former Chicago Public School teacher, an instructor at Chicago's iconic Old Town School of Folk Music, a social justice activist, and a first-generation Filipina American.
Whether Ann is singing about Ube, a Filipino purple yam, or about Spring, her musical themes will inspire kids to let their own light shine in their own families as well as in their communities!"
Istvan is a local one-man band who has received awards for his creative music.
“I love the guitar and putting it through effects to surprise kids with the sounds I make and coming up with exciting ways to illustrate my songs live is my favorite challenge.
I hope kids and their families are inspired by my show and have an awesome time together.” – Istvan
Wendy and DB have been a duo/band since 2013 with 4 award-winning albums and a fifth on the way.
Their most recent album, Into the Little Blue House is a collection of original blues songs for kids and families. Wendy and DB have collaborated with the blues community in Chicago to produce an album the whole family can enjoy.
This Chicago hometown tribute is a nod to Wendy and DB’s Windy City roots and is just one more example of how they are working in their community to empower BIPOC children and all children and families.
“I love to play pieces that will make people connect with their emotions— whether it’s a trio of Christmas songs that makes someone nostalgic for their youth, a Beatles cover that makes someone smile, a pop song that gets people singing along, or a well-known classical piece— I love to find the entry points for audience members to feel the music in themselves. I regularly perform in the community.”
This will be Kelsey’s first time performing at the Des Plaines Public Library, and we are very excited to welcome her!
“The BenAnna Band is a nationally touring children's duo that focuses on music and inclusion for kiddos of all ages, abilities and identities.”
The BenAnna Band stresses the importance of individualized musical interaction, so they bring live musical instruments to all their concerts for the audience to physically participate in the music; every concert is different based on YOUR playing!
The BenAnna Band wants to see you singing, playing, and dancing with them so there will be plenty of opportunities to follow the lyrics for group dancing, playing, and singing along with spotlight moments for everyone to rock out their own way!”
