Concert Hour 2025

Monday-Wednesday 8-9 pm

SUUSI presents concerts each evening featuring the music of professional singer-songwriters who donate their time to the SUUSI community (Monday-Wednesday). On Thursday the music is brought to you by SUUSI’s School of Rock.

Monday – Reggie Harris

Reggie Harris is a singer-songwriter, storyteller and world-renowned song-leader who is a powerful interpreter of the global music narrative. A passionate, engaging, inspirational entertainer and concert artist, Reggie is recognized for focusing new energy on the important role of music in the discourse for inclusion and the struggle for human rights using the lessons of history as a base. As an expert on the music of the Underground Railroad and the Modern Civil Rights Movement he is at home on stage as performer, lecturer or leading discussion in seminars or in the classroom.

Reggie continues to tour the USA, carrying the message of joy, unity, tolerance and peace through the powerful medium of live music. He also serves as Co President and Director of Music Education for the Living Legacy Project, an advocacy group that sponsors Civil Rights pilgrimages throughout the South and online education seminars worldwide. Reggie's website is https://reggieharrismusic.com/

Tuesday – Caroline Cotter’s

Caroline Cotter’s sunlit songs honor the countless ways of being human. With her honeyed voice and disarmingly honest lyrics, Cotter sings about connection, nostalgia, gratitude, loss and wanderlust. Lyrics like, “Find me somewhere out on the road / Take me into your heart and into your home,” make perfect sense from a touring artist who has played over 1000 shows in 45 states and 16 countries. Cotter has released three records, Dreaming as I Do (2015), Home on the River (2018) and Gently as I Go (2023).

Under the Radar magazine says her music, “brings forth an abiding sense of warmth and welcome, offering an uplifting reminder to make the most of every moment.” Everywhere she goes, her oracular songs elicit emotion and spark insight—medicine for our collective longing. As a songwriter, she’s endlessly questioning existence, spinning and weaving her worries, hopes, and joys into the fabric of her songs. Learn more about Caroline at https://www.carolinecotter.com/

Wednesday – Billy Jonas

For over thirty years, Billy Jonas -- performer, singer-songwriter, composer, multi- instrumentalist, and educator -- has perfected the art of the neo-tribal hootenanny with audiences around the globe. Using voice, guitar, and industrial re-percussion, each concert is a soul-spelunking, heart healing, joy-filled journey.

Billy developed his craft in the late 1980‘s as a founding member of the Oberlin College Big Bang Theory performance art collective. He refined things further in Chicago during monthly “Bangalong with Billy” shows, and subsequently in the 1990‘s as a co-founder of the funky folk* duo The Billys. He currently tours with the Billy Jonas Band, with Abraham Jam (Muslim-Christian-Jewish trio), and solo. Some ask: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" Billy asks: “What is the sound of 600 sets of keys jingling on the downbeat? And how shall we inspire the audience to do it?” You can find out more about Billy at his website https://www.billyjonas.com/