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CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM
Amy Briggs
The Spektral Quartet
2014
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2014
2014
2014
EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE
THE NEWBERRY CONSORT
David Douglass and Ellen Hargis
JAZZ X-TET: BIG BAND and COMBO
Mwata Bowden
MIDDLE EAST MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Wanees Zarour
MOTET CHOIR, ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL CHOIR
UNIVERSITY CHORUS
James Kallembach
NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Barbara Schubert
PIANO PROGRAM
Svetlana Belsky
SOUTH ASIAN SOUND INTERVENTIONS SERIES
SOUTH ASIAN VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Kaley Mason
UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Robert Whalen
UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE
Chip De Stefano
VISITING COMMITTEE COLLOQUIUM SERIES
VOCAL MUSIC PROGRAM
Patrice Michaels
VISITING COMMITTEE
COLLOQUIUM SERIES
All colloquia are open to the public
and take place at 3:30 PM in Fulton
Recital Hall. Free admission.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
Jocelyn Neal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Twang and the Politics of Timbre, or
What's a Harpsichord Doing in My
Country Music?
JANUARY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 • 3:00 PM
University of Chicago Presents
Don Michael Randel Ensemble-inResidence: Pacifica Quartet
2 PM Pre-concert discussion with
Steven Rings (UChicago)
Works by Brahms, Mozart, and
Shostakovich
Performance Hall, Logan Center
$25/$5 Students
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31
Anna Weesner
University of Pennsylvania
What Language Do I Speak?
Idiom, Affect, and the Power of the Player
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 • 7:00 PM
Student Recital: (Re)Memory
Jamie Cartright, mezzo-soprano
Lauren Eldridge, piano
A commemorative program of Haitian
classical composers
Fulton Recital Hall, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Robert Fink
University of California Los Angeles
Resurrection Symphony: Venezuela's
"El Sistema" and the Social Future
of Classical Music
FRIDAY JANUARY 17 • 7:30 PM
Motet Choir: A Winter Song
A homecoming concert with music by
Pärt, Rachmaninoff, Grieg, des Prez, and
contemporary composer Paul Crabtree
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Deborah Wong
University of California Riverside
Title TBA
MASTER CLASSES
All master classes are free and open to
the public.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 • 10:00 AM
Violoncello: Joshua Roman
Penthouse, Logan Center
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 • 1:00 PM
Jazz: Phillip Johnston, composer
Penthouse, Logan Center
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30 • 7:00 PM
Piano: Ursula Oppens
Fulton Recital Hall
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 • 4:30 PM
Voice: Tracy Watson
Penthouse, Logan Center
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 • 1:30 PM
Piano: Lisa Kaplan
Fulton Recital Hall
FRIDAY, MARCH 7 • 3:30 PM
Viola: Jennifer Stumm
Fulton Recital Hall
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 • 3:00 PM
Piano: Jura Margulis
Fulton Recital Hall
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 • 7:00 PM
Inside the Composer’s Studio:
A Musical Installation
UChicago graduate student composers
trace brand new chamber works from
inception through performance with
faculty members and guest musicians
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 • 3:00 PM
Spektral Quartet: A Very Open Rehearsal
A glimpse into the process of rehearsing
a brand new piece of music
Audience participation encouraged!
Fulton Recital Hall, Free
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 • 7:30 PM
University of Chicago Presents
Classic Concert Series
Goldstein-Peled-Fiterstein Trio
6:30 PM Pre-concert discussion with
Philip Bohlman (UChicago)
Works by Beethoven, Verdi/Liszt,
Debussy, Kopytman, and Brahms
Mandel Hall, $35/$5 Students
FEBRUARY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 • 8:00 PM
University Symphony Orchestra
Tracy Watson, mezzo-soprano
Symphonic Seascapes
Mendelssohn’s haunting Hebrides
Overture; Elgar’s evocative Sea Pictures,
with guest soloist Tracy Watson; and
Frank Bridge’s luxuriant suite The Sea
Mandel Hall, Donations: $10/$5 Students
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 • 3:00 PM
New Budapest Orpheum Society
As Dreams Fall Apart – The New
Budapest Orpheum Society at the
Edge of History
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 • 7:30 PM
Contempo: Myth and Awakening
Works by Anna Weesner, Brett Dean,
Augusta Read Thomas, John Orfe,
and Lei Liang
Performance Hall, Logan Center
$25/$5 Students
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 • 4:30 PM
DeMystifying The Voice
Dr. Rachael Gates, guest lecturer
Vocal health specialist will cover topics
from Anatomy through Z-packs in this
practical, voices-on lecture
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 • 8:00 PM
Spektral Quartet: Counterpoint
Program inspired by Shulamit Ran’s
Bach Shards, plus selections by
Beethoven, Ligeti, and J.S. Bach,
with works by Chicago composers
Marcos Balter and Dave Reminick
Fulton Recital Hall, $10/Students Free
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 7:00 PM
South Asian Sound Interventions
An Evening of Karnatak Music
Minu Pasupathi, vocalist
Ragas and other vocal traditions drawn
from South Asian classical repertoire,
accompanied by musicians on
mridangam and violin
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 • 8:00 PM
University Chamber Orchestra
Water Music
Program includes Handel’s Water Music
Suite and Haydn’s Symphony No. 99
Performance Hall, Logan Center, Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 • 3:00 PM
The Newberry Consort
Feast of the Pheasant
2 PM Pre-concert discussion
Music by Guillaume Dufay, Gilles
Binchois, and others, with projected
illustrations and supertitle translations
Bond Chapel, $38/$5 Students
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 • 3:30 PM
A Workshop on Cabaret Artistry
KT Sullivan, star of the most
sophisticated cabaret rooms in the
United States and abroad, leads an
interactive workshop
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
All programs subject to change.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 • 8:00 PM
New Music Ensemble
Third Coast Percussion
Amy Briggs and Daniel Schlosberg, piano
7:00 PM Pre-concert discussion with
Anthony Cheung (UChicago)
Part of the University of Chicago’s
2014 Envisioning China Festival, with
Lu Wang’s multi-media Cross Around,
plus works by Yuan-Chen Li, Lei Liang,
Alexandre Lunsqui, and more
Performance Hall, Logan Center, Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • 3:00 PM
Vocal Studies Program
Chamber Music for Voice
Works by Handel, Schubert, Vaughan
Williams, Shostakovich, and more
Fulton Recital Hall, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 • 7:30 PM
University of Chicago Presents
Music Across Genres Series
Third Coast Percussion
Post-concert talk with Augusta Read
Thomas and Third Coast Percussion
Works by Guo Wenjing, John Cage,
and Augusta Read Thomas
Performance Hall, Logan Center
$25/$5 Students
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 • 4:00 PM
University Wind Ensemble
Julie DeRoche, clarinet
UChicago Lab School's
UHigh Concert Band
Inspirations
Works by Jack Stamp, Fisher Tull,
Marco Pütz, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Performance Hall, Logan Center, Free
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 • 8:00 PM
Vocal Studies Program
Nathan Harris, piano
The American Songbook
Student soloists present timeless tunes
from Tin Pan Alley by Gershwin, Cole
Porter, Ellington, Hammerstein, and more
Penthouse, Logan Center, Free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 • 7:30 PM
University of Chicago Presents
Howard Mayer Brown International
Early Music Series
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Philippe Jaroussky, counter-tenor
6:30 PM Pre-concert discussion with
Martha Feldman (UChicago)
Works by Porpora and Handel
Mandel Hall, $35/$5 Students
MARCH
SATURDAY, MARCH 1 • 8:00 PM
University Brass Ensemble
Fulton Recital Hall, Free
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 • 3:00 PM
Contempo: New Music for
Violin and Piano
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Ning Yu, piano
Works by Iannis Xenakis, Unsuk Chin,
Jae-Goo Lee, Sofia Gubaidulina, Georg
Friedrich Haas, and Mario Davidovsky
Penthouse, Logan Center
$25/$5 Students
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 • 3:00 PM
Rockefeller Chapel Choir
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
A collection of American and Mexican
choral music, including Paulus, Kernis,
Whitacre, Britten, and Stephen Foster,
plus a new work by Timothy Takach
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
$20/Students Free
SUNDAY, MARCH 2 • 7:30 PM
Middle East Music Ensemble
The Persian Concert
Performance Hall, Logan Center
Donations: $10/$5 Students
FRIDAY, MARCH 7 • 7:30 PM
University of Chicago Presents
Jazz at the Logan Series
The Ambrose Akinmusire Project
Latest works
Performance Hall, Logan Center
$35/$5 Students
SATURDAY, MARCH 8 • 8:00 PM
University Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Stumm, viola
William Walton’s Portsmouth Point
Overture and virtuosic 1929 Viola
Concerto, plus Sergei Prokofiev’s
1944 Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Mandel Hall, Donations: $10/$5 Students
SUNDAY MARCH 9 • 3:00 PM
University Chorus, Motet Choir,
Rockefeller Chapel Choir, Women’s
Ensemble, and Chicago Men’s A Cappella
Britten: The Centenary Year
200 voices sing the majestic Rejoice
in the Lamb and other works
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Free
THURSDAY, MARCH 13 • 8:00 PM
Jazz X-tet
Performance Hall, Logan Center, Free
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
MARCH 14 AND 15 • 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 16 • 2:00 PM
Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
University Chamber Orchestra
Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore
Mandel Hall
$50 Patron/$20 General/$5 Students
Buy tickets online: ticketsweb.uchicago.edu,
phone: 773.702.ARTS (2787), or in person:
Logan Center Box Office, 915 E. 60 th Street
TEA TIME
CONCERT SERIES
These free concerts begin at 4:30 PM
each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.
Complimentary tea and cookies at 4:15 PM!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
Masha Popova, flute
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
Brahms Clarinet Trio
Yoonjoo Rachel Song, clarinet
Martine Benmann, cello
Alice Sheu, piano
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Faculty Showcase: Svetlana Belsky,
Amy Briggs, and Patrice Michaels
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
(Re)Memory: Songs in Remembrance
of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
Jamie Cartright, mezzo-soprano
Lauren Eldridge, piano
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Piano Showcase
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Vocal Showcase
Works from The American Songbook
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Jazz Combo
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
Chamber Music Showcase
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
WORKSHOPS
COMPOSERS
For more information: music.uchicago.edu
ETHNOISE! ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
For more information:
cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/ethnoise
MUSIC HISTORY/THEORY
For more information: cas.uchicago.edu/
workshops/musichistorytheory
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HOW TO REACH US
EVENT LOCATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
773.702.8069 event hotline
773.702.8484 main office
music.uchicago.edu
BOND CHAPEL
1025 E. 58th Street
REVA AND DAVID
LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
773.702.ARTS (2787) box office
ticketsweb.uchicago.edu box office
logancenter.uchicago.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS
773.702.8068 main office
chicagopresents.uchicago.edu
ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL
773.702.2100 main office
rockefeller.uchicago.edu
THE NEWBERRY CONSORT
312.669.7335 main office/tickets
newberryconsort.org/currentseason
FULTON RECITAL HALL
1010 E. 59th Street
Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
915 E. 60th Street
Performance Hall, main floor
Performance Penthouse, 9th floor
MANDEL HALL
1131 E. 57th Street
ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Persons who require assistance should
call 773.702.8484 in advance.
Department of Music performances
and events are supported in part by
the following endowments:
Amy and David Fulton Fund
Anita Straub Darrow Endowment
Catherine L. Dobson Music Fund
Cathy Heifetz Memorial Award
Endowment
Julie and Parker Hall Endowment for
Jazz and American Popular Music
Claire Dux Swift Music Endowment
Roger Weiss Music Fund Endowment
Doris L. Taub Memorial Fund
Mack Evans Choir Fund
and by the following gift accounts:
Department of Music Visiting
Committee Fund
Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Production Gifts
Friends of the University Symphony
Orchestra
The Department of Music is grateful
for the ongoing support of these
endowments and donors.
music.uchicago.edu