1
music.uchicago.edu | Events Hotline: 773.702.8069 | @uchicagomusic UCHICAGO PRESENTS Brings world-class artists and ensembles to the UChicago campus with six magnificent series and a variety of extraordinary concerts. chicagopresents.uchicago.edu CONTEMPO Under the Artistic Direction of Marta Ptaszyn´ska, Contempo is dedicated exclusively to the performance of contemporary classical music, with adventurous new works and innovative programs. MUSIC COLLOQUIUM SERIES This series brings leaders from across the fields of music theory, history, composition, and ethnomusicology to present their work to faculty and graduate students. MUSIC WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies, workshops and seminars bring together faculty and students from UChicago and the wider Chicago area to create scholarly dialogue and foster the exchange of ideas. DON’T MISS a variety of concerts, lectures, and events on the UChicago campus! music.uchicago.edu/events TIX & INFO VENUES Fulton Recital Hall – 1010 East 59th Street, Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor Ida Noyes Hall – 1212 East 59th Street, 3rd floor Mandel Hall – 1131 East 57th Street, Reynolds Club Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts – 915 East 60th Street Rockefeller Memorial Chapel – 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue Department of Music – 773.702.8484 | music.uchicago.edu Logan Center Box Office – 773.702.ARTS (2787) | tickets.uchicago.edu Rockefeller Memorial Chapel – 773.702.2100 | rockefeller.uchicago.edu Spektral Quartet – 773.702.8484 | spektralquartet.com UChicago Presents – 773.702.8068 | chicagopresents.uchicago.edu APRIL 09 Rockefeller Chapel Choir SUN 3:00 PM | Rockefeller Chapel An afternoon concert featuring Heinrich Schütz's Passion combined with the mystical music of Francis Poulenc. Tickets at door: $20 / Students free with UCID 22 Music for a Safe Space SAT 1:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse 2 nd annual concert benefitting Sarah’s Circle Shelter for Women, with Patrice Michaels, soprano, and the Cavatina Duo — Eugenia Moliner, flute, and Denis Azabagic´, guitar. More information: music.uchicago.edu 22 Symphony Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall A colorful, exuberant all-Gershwin program including a fresh arrangement of Gershwin’s Three Preludes plus An American in Paris. Award-winning pianist Ko-Eun Yi joins the USO for Gershwin’s exuberant Concerto in F. Donations at door: $10 / $5 students 29 New Budapest Orpheum Society SAT 7:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall This eight-member Humanities Division Ensemble-in-Residence presents a wide range of repertoire poignantly bearing witness to the great tradition of Jewish cabaret. 29 Spektral Quartet SAT 7:30 PM | Rockefeller Chapel CHI: Music of Augusta Read Thomas A spectacular evening of music by Augusta Read Thomas, featuring three major works: Chi for string quartet, Resounding Earth for percussion, and Selene, Moon Chariot Rituals, written for Spektral Quartet and Third Coast Percussion. Tickets: $20-35 / Students free with UCID 30 New Music Ensemble SUN 3:00 PM | Logan Center Imani Winds presents the world premiere performances of six works created by UChicago composers Rodrigo Bussad, Pierce Gradone, Jack Hughes, Joungbum Lee, Timothy Page, and Igor Santos. Hear how each young composer both explores and exploits the sound world of the woodwind quintet. MAY 06 South Asian Music Ensemble SAT 7:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse An exploration and reimagining of the vast devotional poetry and song forms of the Indian Subcontinent. Featuring vocalists and a variety of musical instruments, presenting both group and solo renditions, as well as guest artists and dance accompaniment. 09 Early Music Ensemble TUE 7:30 PM | Rockefeller Chapel Finding Monteverdi: From Mantua to Venice Songs and dances by Gastoldi, Striggio, and Giaches de Wert, plus works by Gabrieli and Monteverdi. Music for voices, viols, violin, recorders, crumhorns, cornettos, and sackbuts. 13 Chamber Music for Voice SAT 1:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Students in the Vocal Studies program present solo works accompanied by a variety of instruments, and works for small vocal ensembles from different musical periods. 13 Piano Program SAT 4:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Der Dichter Spricht UChicago Piano Program students, along with faculty and guests, perform music based on poetry. 13 Chamber Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Logan Center The Many Faces of Pelléas and Mélisande Come unravel the mysteries of Pelléas et Mélisande through music and dance with the Hyde Park School of Dance and UChicago literary experts. Enjoy selections from the French Symbolist masterpiece as interpreted through the music of Fauré, Sibelius, and more. 14 Wind Ensemble SUN 4:00 PM | Logan Center Celebrate Mother’s Day with an arrangement of Ravel’s Laideronnette: Imperatrice des Pagodes from Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose), Z. Randall Stroope’s Amor de mi Alma (You are the Love of My Soul), and more! 16 Chamber Music Program TUE 7:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse A variety of piano, string, and wind groups made up of students from the Chamber Music Program perform a collection of masterworks. 19 Women’s Ensemble & Motet FRI 7:30 PM | Ida Noyes Hall A combined concert by the Women’s Ensemble and Motet Choir with songs from classical and folk traditions around the world and selections from different American choral genres. 20 Middle East Music Ensemble SAT 7:00 PM | Logan Center Arabic music with guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students 21 New Music Ensemble SUN 3:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Two works by Sam Pluta, Assistant Professor of Composition and Director of the Computer Music Studio, frame the NME’s final concert of the season. Works by graduate and undergraduate composers Rodrigo Bussad, Tim Page, Kim Kawczinski, Reiny Rolock, and Noah Kahrs fill out the program. 27 Symphony Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall 28 3:00 PM | Mandel Hall SUN Beethoven’s Ninth Joined by the combined choruses, the USO culminates the season with a gala presentation of Ludwig van Beethoven’s final symphonic masterpiece: the monumental Symphony No. 9 in D minor , with its distinctive fourth movement that incorporates a hybrid version of Friedrich Schiller’s 1785 “Ode to Joy”. Chicago soloists Christine Steyer, Katherine Calcamuggio, Jesse Donner, and David Govertsen join the 250 musicians on stage. Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students JUNE 01 Jazz X-tet THU 8:00 PM | Logan Center Joined by special guest musicians, the Jazz X-tet presents a concert of cutting-edge works ranging from jazz standards to hip-hop. 04 Brass Ensemble SUN 3:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall An exciting program featuring rarely performed arrangements of works by John Philip Sousa, Mozart and others. TEA TIME CONCERT SERIES A revolving selection of professional artists and University musicians perform free concerts each Thursday afternoon at 4:30 PM in Fulton Recital Hall. Complimentary cookies and tea served at 4:15 PM. April 6 – Samantha Farmilant, soprano April 13 – South Asian Music Ensemble April 20 – Matthäus April 27 – Chamber Music Collage May 4 – Piano Showcase May 11 – Vocal Showcase May 18 – Jazz Combo May 25 – Andrew Malilay White, piano June 1 – Percussion Ensemble MASTER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Master classes and workshops are concentrated coachings of UChicago student musicians by masters in their discipline. The public is invited to attend and observe. Piano Master Class Thursday, April 20 6:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Piano Program Students participate in a Master Class with Ko-Eun Yi, winner of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. Vocal Master Class Saturday, May 6 1:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Master Teacher and Co-Chair of Voice and Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, mezzo-soprano Karen Brunssen leads a master class featuring solo singers from the UChicago Vocal Studies program. Ms. Brunssen will coach both art song and arias, focusing on vocal artistry from technique through interpretation. Full event calendar at music.uchicago.edu. All programs subject to change. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC | 2017 SPRING QUARTER CALENDAR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
