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music.uchicago.edu UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC | 2016 WINTER QUARTER CALENDAR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. UChicago Presents brings world-class artists and ensembles to the University of Chicago campus with six magnificent series and 26 extraordinary concerts this 2015-2016 season, including Pacifica Quartet, Musicians from Marlboro, Third Coast Percussion, Warren Wolf and Wolfpack, Philip Glass, Jordi Savall and Frank McGuire, and more! With its new artistic director, composer Marta Ptaszyn ´ska, the contemporary music collective Contempo looks across the ocean to today’s leading European composers, creating a compelling program that features award-winning compositions and stunning soprano lines. The electric Agata Zubel and Tadeusz Wielecki, director of Warsaw Autumn Festival, perform in their own works. The Department of Music Colloquium Series brings leaders from across the fields of music theory, history, composition, and ethnomusicology to present their work to faculty and graduate students. Winter schedule includes Alejandro Madrid (history), Áine Heneghan (theory), Edwin Seroussi (ethnomusicology), and Clarence Barlow (composition). Sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies, the Department of Music Workshops and Seminars bring together faculty and graduate students from the University of Chicago and the wider Chicago area to create scholarly dialogue and foster the exchange of ideas. Workshops and Seminars during 2015-2016 include: EthNoise!: The Music, Language, and Culture Workshop; 20th and 21st Century Workshop; Music History/Theory Workshop; and Composition Seminar. DON’T MISS! UChicago Presents, Contempo, Music Colloquium Series, and Graduate Student Workshops music.uchicago.edu/events TIX & INFO VENUES Fulton Recital Hall – 1010 East 59th Street, Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor Harper Memorial Library – 1116 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 PH - Performance Hall / PP – Performance Penthouse, 9th floor Department of Music – 773.702.8484 | music.uchicago.edu Logan Center Box Office – 773.702.ARTS (2787) | tickets.uchicago.edu Newberry Consort – 312.669.7335 | newberryconsort.org Spektral Quartet – 773.702.8484 | spektralquartet.com UChicago Presents – 773.702.8068 | chicagopresents.uchicago.edu JANUARY 09 The Newberry Consort SAT 8:00 PM | Logan Center PH Le Roman de Fauvel The Newberry Consort’s singers and instrumentalists, period images, and supertitle translations bring Medieval tale of Fauvel to life. Guest musicians: The Rookery. Tickets: $35-45 at newberryconsort.org 14 Tea Time Concert Series THU 4:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall A revolving selection of professional artists and University musicians perform diverse programs each week. Complimentary cookies and tea at 4:15 PM. Every Thursday, January 14 through March 10. Full schedule: music.uchicago.edu 15 Motet Choir FRI 7:30 PM | Harper Memorial Library Homecoming Concert UChicago Motet Choir reprises their December 2015 East Coast Tour repertoire, including music from the Renaissance and early America. 16 Piano Master Class SAT 4:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Hailed for his “powerful and eloquent” playing (New York Times), Steinway artist John Blacklow leads a master class for UChicago Piano Program students. 21 Piano Master Class THU 7:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Daria Rabotkina, winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, coaches UChicago Piano Program students. 23 Piano Program SAT 4:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Annual J.S. Bach Project UChicago students, staff, faculty, and Chicago community members present Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I. All programs subject to change. 30 Symphony Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall Musical Skamps! Grieg’s Overture and Incidental Music to Peer Gynt, Humperdinck’s Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel, and Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students 31 The Spektral Quartet SUN 3:00 PM | Logan Center PP Serious Business: Album Release Party The Spektral Quartet unpacks humor through four distinctive compositional lenses. Hear live performances and tracks from their new album, Serious Business. $10 / Students free with UCID FEBRUARY 06 Chamber Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Logan Center PH Selections from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida plus Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Overture and Dvorák’s Czech Suite. 07 New Music Ensemble SUN 3:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Works by UChicago composers Alican Çamci, Tomás Gueglio, Joungbum Lee, & Noah Kahrs; four-hand piano pieces by Conlon Nancarrow and Mayke Nas, featuring pianists Amy Briggs and Daniel Schlosberg; plus Augusta Read Thomas’ Of Being is a Bird (Emily Dickinson Settings), with guest soprano Carrie Shaw. 12 Cello Master Class FRI 3:30 PM | Logan Center PP Jay Campbell, First Prize winner of the 2012 Concert Artist Guild auditions, coaches UChicago cellists. 12 Guest Lecture/Recital FRI 8:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall An American Menagerie Deborah Bradley Kramer, piano, presents music by Paul Schoenfield, Jonathan Kramer, Chason Goldschmitz, George Gershwin, and Louis Gruenberg, with members of SPEAKmusic and students in the Columbia-Juilliard program. 13 Vocal Studies Master Class SAT 2:00 PM | Logan Center PP Shannon McGinnis, piano, and Nicholas Phan, tenor, co-founders of Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, coach UChicago Vocal Studies Program students on the songs of Schubert, with collaborative pianist Kevin Ren, ’18. 13 Piano Master Class SAT 4:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Tammie Walker, recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Teacher award from the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Western Illinois University, coaches UChicago Piano Program students. 21 Wind Ensemble SUN 4:00 PM | Logan Center PH Heroes Maslanka’s Mother Earth Fanfare, Gillingham’s Heroes Lost and Fallen, and Boysen, Jr.’s Star-Crossed with visuals by Erik Evensen. Collaborative concert with the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools U-High Concert Band. 25 The Spektral Quartet THU 7:00 PM | Logan Center PP A Very Open Rehearsal No musical training is required to attend this interactive experience and provide suggestions, critiques, and questions on unrehearsed music. 27 Middle East Music Ensemble SAT 7:00 PM | Logan Center PH Traditional, contemporary, and folk music of Persia with guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students MARCH 03 Jordi Savall Workshop THU 7:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Jordi Savall, viol player and conductor, is a leader in Early Music with repertory ranging from the Medieval era to the French Baroque and beyond. He leads a master class / workshop with members of the UChicago Early Music Ensemble. 05 Symphony Orchestra SAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall Brahms’ eloquent Symphony No. 3 in F Major, plus Stravinsky’s ballet burlesque from 1910-11, Petrushka, commissioned by Serge Diaghilev for his Ballet Russes. Stravinsky’s early Fireworks caps this vibrant program. Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students 06 Brass Ensemble SUN 2:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall An exciting program of opera favorites, including selections from Bizet’s Carmen and Puccini’s Turandot, arranged for brass ensemble. 06 UChorus + Women’s Ensemble SUN 3:00 PM | Logan Center PH Classical repertoire, global folk songs, and a range of American musical selections. 10 Chamber Music Program THU 7:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall Chamber Music Program participants showcase repertoire from the 17th- to the 21st-century. 10 Jazz X-tet THU 8:00 PM | Logan Center PH Commissioned compositions and skilled improvisation, from hard bop to hip hop. 11 FRI 12 SAT 7:30 PM | Mandel Hall (both days) 13 SUN 2:00 PM | Mandel Hall W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s Princess Ida An empowered twist on a traditional Medieval fairy tale, replete with comically credible plot machinations, three weddings, and a victorious Princess! Tickets: $60 Patron / $25 General / $5 Students at Logan Center Box Office – 773.702.ARTS G&S Patrons receive priority seating, acknowledgement in the program, and the satisfaction of supporting musical performance on campus! Donations above the $25 per ticket level are tax-deductible. Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company with the University Chamber Orchestra: Princess Ida ˇ
