TEA TIME CONCERTSThese free concerts begin at 4:30 PM each
Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall. Complimentary tea and cookies at
4:15 PM.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22Gyuri Barabs, baritone
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29Amy Briggs, piano
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5Cerulean Quartet
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12Piano Showcase
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19Jazz Combo
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26Vocal Showcase
THURSDAY, MARCH 5Chamber Music Showcase
THURSDAY, MARCH 12Rachel Blumenthal, flute
MASTER CLASSESAll master classes are free and open to the public
and take place at 4:00 PM.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20Vocal: David AltPenthouse,
Logan Center
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24Piano: Dr. Ilia RadoslavovFulton Recital
Hall
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7Piano: Jory VinikourFulton Recital Hall
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10Double Bass: Chi-Chi NwanokuPenthouse, Logan
CenterCo-presented by the Department of Music, Arts+Public Life,
and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14Piano: Karin EdwardsFulton Recital Hall
WORKSHOPSCOMPOSITION SEMINARmusic.uchicago.edu/page/workshops-
and-composition-seminar
ETHNOISE! ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ethnoise
MUSIC
HISTORY/THEORYcas.uchicago.edu/workshops/musichistorytheory
COLLOQUIUM SERIESAll colloquia are open to the public and take
place Fridays at 3:30 PM in Fulton Recital Hall. Free
admission.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 John Eaton Emeritus Professor of
MusicUniversity of Chicago From the Oldest Music-Maker to One of
the Newer Ones: Always in Pursuit of Human Nuance FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
6 Jann PaslerProfessor of Music University of California, San
DiegoTitle TBA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Olivia Bloechl Associate
Professor of MusicologyUniversity of California, Los AngelesLament
as Confession: A Foucauldian Approach to Baroque Lyrical
Expression. FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Victoria Malawey Assistant Professor of
Music Macalester CollegeVocal Prosody in Popular Music
VISIT US
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JANUARY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 8:00 PMEnsemble-in-Residence: Spektral
QuartetSnowpocalypse AntidoteMovements from Dvork, Haydn, and
Beethoven frame a brilliant new tango arrangement by Julien Labro
and short works by Stephen Gorbos and Chris Fisher-Lochhead, plus
the world premiere of David Reminicks The Ancestral
Mousetrap.Penthouse, Logan Center$10/Free with UChicago ID
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 3:00 PMUChicago PresentsMezzo-soprano Anne
Sofie von Otter is joined by pianist Angela Hewitt for an afternoon
of German and French songs with works by Beethoven, Schubert, Faur,
and Debussy. 2 PM pre-concert talk with Angela Hewitt and Berthold
Hoeckner.Mandel Hall, $35/$5 Students
MONDAY, JANUARY 12 4:30 PMSouth Asian Sound Interventions
Workshop Series: SarangiDr. Regula Qureshi, Mellon Islamic Studies
Initiative visiting scholar, presents a workshop on Indian sarangi
and its place in the Hindustani music culture of India and
Pakistan.Logan Center, Room 703, Free
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 7:30 PMSarajevo Haggadah: Music of the
BookAccordionist Merima Kljuco uses multimedia and musical
traditions from Spain, Italy, Austria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina to
trace the manuscripts travels from medieval Spain to 20th century
Bosnia. 6 PM pre-concert talk with Dalia Kandiyoti and Amila
Buturovic.Performance Hall, Logan Center $20/$5 Students
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 4:00 PMSunday Song Styles Intersection: Jazz
Meets Classical SongPatrice Michaels performs standards to art song
and ballads to bel canto featuring violin, cello, and piano, plus
rarely heard songs by Duke Ellington, Chuck Israels, Lee Hoiby,
Nils Lindberg, John Musto, and more. Penthouse, Logan Center
$15/Free with UChicago ID
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 7:30 PMContempoContempo at 50: Now and Then
I Contempo opens its landmark 50th season with works by
Contempo/CCP Founder Ralph Shapey, Huck Hodge, and Shulamit Ran,
and world premieres by John Eaton and Lee Hyla. David Fulmer,
conductor, and soprano Sharon Harms join resident artists. 6:30 PM
pre-concert talk with Shulamit Ran and John Eaton.Performance Hall,
Logan Center$25/$5 Students
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 3:00 PMUChicago PresentsDon Michael Randel
Ensemble-in-Residence Pacifica Quartet performs a must-hear program
featuring works by Puccini, Carter, and Beethoven. 2 PM pre-concert
talk with Steven Rings.Performance Hall, Logan Center$25/$5
Students
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 7:30 PMUChicago PresentsBridging the ancient
to the present with exotic songs, compelling dances, and virtuosic
improvisations in Earthly Love, Divine Love, ALBA Consort evokes
the haunting melodies and dynamic rhythms of the Iberian Peninsula,
and music from its Middle Eastern and European
neighbors.Performance Hall, Logan Center $35/$5 Students
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 8:00 PMUniversity Symphony OrchestraTo help
chase away the winter doldrums, the University Symphony offers a
program of colorful, energetic, and melodious music: selected
scenes and dances from Manuel de Fallas The Three Cornered Hat
ballet and Antonn Dvorks engaging Symphony No. 8 in G Major. Both
works are rooted in the folk music of their native lands, and boast
an undeniable freshness and appeal for the listener.Mandel Hall,
FreeDonations Requested: $10/$5 Students
FEBRUARYMONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 4:30 PMSouth Asian Sound
Interventions Workshop Series: BansuriChicago-based flautist and
bansuri musician Lyon Leifer demonstrates and discusses his
experiences as a teacher and performer working in the nexus of the
Indian bansuri and Western classical flute traditions.Logan Center,
Room 703, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 7:30 PMUChicago PresentsViolinist Isabelle
Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov make their Chicago recital
debut with a program of works by Dvork, Enescu, Tchaikovsky,
Antheil, and Franck. 6:30 PM pre-concert talk with Robert
Kendrick.Mandel Hall, $35/$5 Students
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 8:00 PMUniversity Chamber OrchestraProgram
features 2014 UChicago Concerto Competition co-winner Emily Brown
(contrabass) performing Frank Protos Carmen Fantasy, plus a preview
of Gilbert & Sullivans The Yeomen of the Guard. Performance
Hall, Logan Center, Free
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 4:30 PMSouth Asian Sound Interventions
Workshop Series: Sufi danceChicago-based Indian dancer Komal Shah
explores how dance meets poetry in the Sufi context. She will focus
on interpreting and expressing the poetry of Jalal ad-Din Rumi
through movement.Logan Center, Room 703, Free
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 4:30 PM Rockefeller Chapel ChoirChoral
Evensong A brief program featuring Herbert Howells St. Pauls
Service, plus organ selections by Thomas Weisflog, University
Organist. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 7:30 PMUChicago PresentsArmenian-American
Tigran Hamasyan, one of the hottest young pianists in jazz, makes
his Chicago debut with the Tigran Trio. Free 6:30 PM pre-concert
performance by the Jazz Institute of Chicagos Jazz Links Ensemble
in Caf Logan.Performance Hall, Logan Center$35/$5 Students
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 4:00 PMPiano Program: Annual Bach
ProjectSome of the best musicians on campus present A Valentine to
Our Favorite Composer: J.S. Bachs Dance Suites. Fulton Recital
Hall, Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 4:00 PMEnsemble-in-Residence: Spektral
QuartetThe Spektral Quartet encourages audience suggestions to
build a previously unrehearsed movement of Dvorks American quartet
from the ground up. No musical training needed to engage in and
enjoy this interactive Open Rehearsal.Fulton Recital Hall, Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 4:00 PMSunday Song Styles A Musical Theater
ValentineChicagos renowned cabaret duo Anne & Mark Burnell
share an afternoon of love lost and found in classic and
contemporary songs of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway. Performance opens
with UChicago Vocal Studies students. Penthouse, Logan
Center$15/Free with UChicago ID
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 5:00 PMWomens Voices Choral FestivalWomens
choral ensembles at the University of Chicago, the University of
Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University, and other colleges gather
for a workshop followed by a public performance conducted by Mollie
Stone and featuring Appalachian music specialist Emily Miller.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 7:30 PMUChicago PresentsMandolinist Avi
Avital makes his Chicago debut with pianist David Greilsammer
performing works by Mozart, Berg, Bach, Prt, and Bartk. 6:30 PM
pre-concert talk with Lawrence Zbikowski.Performance Hall, Logan
Center$25/$5 Students
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 2:00 PMNew Budapest Orpheum SocietyPassage
To Poland: Cabaret Poetics At Modernitys CrossroadsPolish Cabaret
brings to life the complex traditions of music and poetry that
converge at the crossroads of Jewish Poland, drawing upon Yiddish
and Polish, Hebrew and German repertories, and unfolding along the
paths from the shtetl to the urban ghetto. Penthouse, Logan Center,
Free
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8:00 PMNew Music EnsembleA Tribute to
Shulamit Ran Chamber works of Shulamit Ran, the Andrew MacLeish
Distinguished Service Professor in Composition, including Birds of
Paradise and Soliloquy. Joseph Schwantners Sparrows with soloist
Patrice Michaels, and recent works by UChicago graduate student
composers Pierce Gradone and Joungbum Lee. Fulton Recital Hall,
Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 4:00 PMUniversity Wind EnsembleContemporary
Classics UChicago Laboratory Schools U-High Concert Band joins the
Wind Ensemble to present a program of classic and contemporary band
literature by David Maslanka, Norman Dello Joio, Robert Sheldon,
John Mackey, and more.Performance Hall, Logan Center, Free
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 4:30 PMSouth Asian Sound Interventions
Workshop Series: Hindustani musicChicago-based Hindustani singer
Nirmita Dholakia will join Minu Pasupathi, Director of UChicagos
South Asian Music Ensemble, in comparing Hindustani and Karnatik
musical features.Logan Center, Room 703, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 7:30 PMUChicago PresentsThe Jerusalem
Quartet has garnered much international acclaim and won
audiencesover for its rare combination of passion and precision.
Program features works by Mozart, Bartk, and Schumann. 6:30 PM
pre-concert talk with Woo-Chan Lee.Mandel Hall, $35/$5 Students
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 7:30 PMRockefeller Chapel ChoirSacred
Powers of WaterWorld premieres of Oka Ayasha with words and music
by Chickasaw Nation composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate and Water
on the Thirsty Land: Three Songs from the Book of Isaiah by
graduate student composer Katherine Pukinskis, plus Aaron Coplands
In the Beginning and Henryk Greckis Szeroka Woda (Broad
Waters).Rockefeller Memorial Chapel $20/Free with UChicago ID
MARCHSUNDAY, MARCH 1 3:00 PMContempoContempo at 50: Now and Then
II Commissions by Gunther Schuller and Sofia Gubaidulina anchor
this program. Additional works by Helen Grime, Howard Sandroff, and
Earl Kim. Conductor Cliff Colnot, soprano Michelle Areyzaga, and
resident and guest artists perform. 2 PM pre-concert talk with
Sofia Gubaidulina, Gunther Schuller, Berthold Hoeckner, and Steven
Rings.Performance Hall, Logan Center $25/$5 StudentsLecture by
Gunther Schuller on Saturday, February 28. Details at
music.uchicago.edu.
SUNDAY, MARCH 1 4:00 PMVocal StudiesChamber Music for VoiceSolo
student singers perform works with varied instrumentation,
including the 1751 cantata Der Schulmeister by Christoph Ludwig
Fehre featuring baritone Gyuri Barabs and a childrens ensemble led
by Kaitlin Foley.Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 7:00 PMUniversity Chorus and Womens EnsembleThe
refined voices of the Womens Ensemble join the vibrant University
Chorus, comprised of 100 undergraduates, graduates, faculty and
staff members, and singers from the Hyde Park and University
communities to perform Brahms O Heiland, rei die Himmel auf and
other repertoire from diverse time periods. Performance Hall, Logan
Center, Free
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 8:00 PMUniversity Symphony OrchestraThe USOs
March concert focuses on a single, monumental work Gustav Mahlers
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor a carefully constructed and wholly
compelling five-movement essay that marked a completely new
direction in Mahlers compositional output.Mandel Hall,
FreeDonations Requested: $10/$5 Students
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 2:00 PMUniversity Brass EnsembleNow in its
fourth season, the UC Brass Ensemble presents works in assorted
configurations, including brass choir, quartets, and quintets.
Program features UChicago Laboratory Schools students.Fulton
Recital Hall, Free
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 7:00 PMMiddle East Music EnsembleTraditional,
contemporary, and folk music
of Persia with vocal and instrumental pieces
by Majid Derakhshani, Homayoun Khorram,
Hossein Dehlavi, and others performed by
the 50-piece orchestra.
Performance Hall, Logan Center, FreeDonations Requested: $10/$5
Students
TUESDAY, MARCH 10 7:00 PMChamber Music ShowcaseStudent-driven
chamber music ensembles present repertoire from the 17th to the
21st century under the direction of Spektral Quartet and Amy
Briggs.Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 8:00 PMJazz X-tetNow in its 20th season, the
Jazz X-tet transcends the usual repertoire of a university big band
by performing music from a wide range of local and contemporary
composers, including Lester Bowie, Bronisaw Kaper, Ornette Coleman,
Roscoe Mitchell, and Ann Ronell.Performance Hall, Logan Center,
Free
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 13 AND 14 8:00 PM SUNDAY, MARCH 15
2:00 PM Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company University Chamber
OrchestraGilbert & Sullivans The Yeomen of the GuardRevered as
the most tragic and complex work of the Gilbert & Sullivan
canon, this operetta features topsy-turvy plot twists, a trio of
reluctant marriages, and a haunting score regarded by many as
Sullivans finest work.Mandel Hall$50 Patron/$20 General/$5
Students(See inside panel for details) All proceeds benefit the
University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 8:00 PMEnsemble-in-Residence: Newberry
ConsortCopernicus and Beyond: Polish Cultural Treasures Co-directed
by Chicago native and Consort audience favorite Tom Zajac, the
program includes foot-stomping Polish dances (cant forget the
bagpipe!), folk tunes, songs, and choral repertory from one of
Eastern Europes richest cultures and Chicagos most important ethnic
communities. 7 PM pre-concert talk.Performance Hall, Logan Center
$35-$45/$5 Students
Schedule and programs subject to change. Please visit
music.uchicago.edu for up-to-date information.