Grammy-Winning Take 6 to Take Heritage Center Stage by Storm
Mar 6, 2018
DUBUQUE, Iowa – University of Dubuque’s Heritage Center continues its fifth annual Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series with Take 6 on Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in John and Alice Butler Hall. The performance will unite six virtuosic voices in crystal clear harmony against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop.
WHAT: Live at Heritage Center Performing Arts Series – Take 6
WHEN: Wednesday, April 4 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center, University of Dubquue
TICKETS: $40-$45 adult, $36-$40 UD alumni/military, $15 child/student
Heralded by Quincy Jones as the “baddest vocal cats on the planet,” Take 6 is the preeminent and most awarded a cappella group in the world in history since their self-titled debut CD won over jazz and pop critics in 1998. Take 6 has become the most awarded a cappella group in history. They have earned 10 Grammys, 10 Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association, Best Jazz Vocal Group honors for seven consecutive years in DownBeat magazine’s prestigious Readers Poll and Critics Poll, two NAACP Image Award nominations, a Soul Train Music Award, Black Radio Exclusive Vocal Group of the Year, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and other musical and humanitarian citations. They have also received 24 Grammy nominations in the genres of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop.
The multi-platinum selling sextet have toured around the globe and collaborated across genres. They have recorded and/or performed with an impressive array of talent, past and present, including Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Don Henley, James Taylor, k.d. lang, Patti Austin, Randy Travis, Queen Latifah, Sheryl Crow, Branford Marsalis, and BeBe & CeCe Winans. Take 6 performed on “Saturday Night Live,” the Oscars, and the Grammys. They also performed for four U.S. presidents.
In 2016, Take 6 achieved a career high when their release of “Believe” simultaneously landed on six Billboard charts in its opening week: No. 2 Contemporary Jazz Chart, No. 5 Current Jazz, No. 9 Current Gospel, No. 25 Current R&B Albums, No. 41 Christian/Gospel Albums, and No. 58 Current R&B/Hip Hop. The release of “Believe” was hailed by critics and fans alike.
Members of Take 6 insist faith, friendship, respect, and love of music are the reasons for their success. Those qualities remain at the heart of the Take 6 phenomenon and fuel them to continue sharing their expression with the rest of the world.
Prior to the concert, the UD Gospel Choir will present live music from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Heritage Center’s CyberCafé Knapp Stage. The performance is free of charge.
Tickets for Take 6 can be purchased Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Farber Box Office, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque, 2255 Bennett Street; by phone at 563.585.SHOW; or online at www.dbq.edu/heritagecenter.
Take 6’s appearance at Heritage Center is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest, generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from the Iowa Arts Council.
