By WKTV Staff
Fountain Street Church’s Jazz in the Sanctuary concert series continues this week with special guest Ivan Akansiima, on piano and guitar, joining series host Robin Connell and bassist Chris Kjorness on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m.
Connell is a pianist, vocalist and recently honored at the West Michigan Jazz Society’s 2017 Musician of the Year.
Akansiima — who lives in Holland, Mi., but is originally from Kampala, Uganda — studies music at Hope College and Western Michigan University, and has a growing reputation in the Western Michigan area and on the national music scene.
The final concert in the series will be Sunday, March 11, also at 3 p.m., when Connell is joined by special guest pianist Dave Proulx and bassist David Rosin.
General admission tickets are $10 ($5 for students) and available at the door or by visiting
WKTV also produced a video on local jazz featuring Connell.
