Derrik Lewis’ Musical Chairs Concerts is an ASCAP- licensed concert series based in Palm Springs, California. They are currently planning their Tenth Season.

Produced and hosted by veteran performer and resident musicologist Derrik Lewis,
Musical Chairs now presents four or five
concerts each year.

Originally their concerts were produced in association with the non-profit Palm Canyon Theatre under their Educational Outreach Program.  In 2005, they moved to the prestigious 400-seat Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum and this season will add the new Indio Performing Arts Center at the east end of the Coachella Valley. To date Musical Chairs has created 50 original concerts and presented over 250 evenings of music.

Special Guests have included legendary recording stars :

Margaret Whiting
The Page Cavanaugh Trio
Gogi Grant
Russell Arms
Bea Wain
Bill Farrell
and
Beryl Davis


They have presented Broadway and concert stars :

Sam Harris
Jim Bailey
Julie Wilson
Ronny Whyte
Corky Hale
Eileen Barnett
Mara Getz
Donna Theodore
Craig Rubano
Marcus Simeone
Dana Adkins
Richard Leibell
John Atkins
Janet Hopkins
Patricia Welch,
Steve Ross,
Terese Genneco,
Frankie Randall,
Richard Glazier,
Ron Slanina,
Amanda Abel,
Scott Logsdon
Robert Drake

plus many other talented local, regional and national singers & musicians, many from the New York and Los Angeles cabaret world.

Musical Chairs is licensed by ASCAP ( NYC ), the American Association of Composers, Authors & Publishers, to present the music of 20th Century composers and lyricists in a unique, educational, entertaining, concert form.

Musical Chairs continues to produce with their special “PBS” - style concert format and a mandate to Celebrate, Educate, Entertain and Discover.

Colorful “Musical Chairs” are placed on stage and performers move from chair to chair and to various solo spots and music stands in an unique concert / revue format accompanied by a trio of top local musicians.

In just over 50 concerts they have featured the songs of :