Returning from its annual spring tour, the SIUC Concert Choir, under the direction of John V. Mochnick, will showcase its unusual choral works at Shryock Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m.

The 28-member ensemble will present its program in four sections:historic church music by European composers, 20th century sacred music, contemporary partsongs and multicultural music from Russia, Korea, Kenya, Australia and Canada.

Admission is $2 for students and seniors and $3 for adults. Proceeds from the performance will benefit School of Music scholarships.

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For information, call 536-8742.

Musical husband and wife duo bring power-pickin’ folk songs to Cousin Andy’s

Al and Emily Cantrell side-step any limitations of the duo format with their airy yet magically elaborate folk numbers when they take the stage around 7:30 p.m. tonight at Cousin Andy’s Coffee House, 402 W. Mill St.

Al spends his stage time switching between fiddle, mandolin and mandola while complementing the jazzy, Joni Mitchell-eque vocals and acoustic guitar of Emily.

The Cantrells were chosen by Robert Redford to appear playing old-time fiddle tunes in the church picnic scene of A River Runs Through It.

General admission for the show is $5 and $3 for students and low-income individuals. For information, call 529-3533.

St. Stephen’s Blues guitarist to raffle off Dead memoribilia

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The next St. Stephen’s Blues concert will feature a raffle of guitarist Robbie Stokes’ Grateful Dead memoribilia at around 10 p.m. Saturday night at Hangar 9, 511 S. Illinois Ave.

Stokes appeared on two albums by Dead drummer Mickey Hart and on another by Jerry Garcia’s lyrical songwriting partner Robert Hunter.

Along with those compact discs, the raffle will include an autographed letter from Hart to Stokes, a photo pit photograph of Garcia on stage and the American Encyclopedia of the Dead by Oliver Trager among other things.

There will be a $3 cover charge at the door which includes a raffle ticket. For information, call 549-0511.