2011/2012 EVENTS
May 2012
Inner Demons from String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels
Quartet Ventoso
5/6/12 (SUN), 3:00 PM
Music in the Loft Benefit Concert
Standard Club, 320 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL
Tickets: $150 reserved seating, $100 general admission, $20 students
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Athena Triumphant (world premiere)
Rabia Mohammadi, violin, and members of Fifth House Ensemble
5/13/12 (SUN), 2:00 PM
Private salon concert in Chicago, IL
Screamer (world premiere)
Part of Third Coast Percussion’s RENGA:Cage:100 Project.
5/25/12 (FRI), 8:00 PM
Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, IL
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June 2012
Benjamin Rivera, director
The choir will give two performances:
6/2/12 (SAT), 3:00 PM
St. Luke Church, 1500 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL
6/3/12 (SUN), 3:00 PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal, 939 Hinman, Evanston, IL
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6/8/12 (FRI), 4:15 PM
International Women’s Brass Conference
First Presbyterian Church, 321 West South Street, Kalamazoo, MI
For more information, please visit http://www.iwbc2012.org/
6/16/12 (SAT), 6:00 PM
Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia Festival
200 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park, IL
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August 2012
Screamer
Part of Third Coast Percussion’s RENGA:Cage:100 Project.
8/9/12 (THURS), Time TBA
Location TBA, New York, NY
Check back for more information.
November 2012
11/18/12 (SUN), 2:30 PM
Norton Building Concert Series
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September 2011
String Quartet No. 4: Illuminations (world premiere)
Cecilia Quartet (recent winners of the Banff International String Competition)
Norton Building Concert Series
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Stubborn as Hell (world premiere)
Robert Spring and Joshua Gardner, clarinets
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Katzin Concert Hall, Arizona State University at Tempe, Tempe, AZ
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
For tickets, please contact Copland House at 914-788-4659
Chicago a Cappella “Days of Awe and Rejoicing” CD RELEASE EVENT
This CD contains my work Hava Nagila
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
9/23-25/11: Featured composer, Volti High School Choral Institute
Selections from The Book of American Poetry
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, 4:30 p.m.
Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
$5 suggested donation.
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation, 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago, IL
October 2011
Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Caruth Auditorium at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
For ticket information, please visit:
http://www.voicesofchange.com/
Chicago a Cappella will give three performances:
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Pilgrim Congregational Church, 460 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Wentz Concert Hall, 171 East Chicago Avenue, Naperville, IL
String Quartet No. 4: Illuminations (Canadian premiere)
Monday, October 24, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary
Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
(le) poisson rouge
158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY
General admission is $15.
November 2011
Tuesday, November 2, 2011, 7:00 p.m. reception; 8:00 p.m. concert
Cedille Records November Night Benefit
Mesirow Financial Building
353 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL
Friday, November 4, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Morrison Artists Series
McKenna Theatre, San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Monday, November 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Athenaeum Chamber Concert Series
Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room
1008 Wall St., La Jolla, CA
Adam Estes, alto saxophone, and Dianne Anderson, piano
Monday, November 7, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Anne Nicole Nelson Recital Hall, Minot State University
500 State University Avenue W., Minot, North Dakota
The Book of American Poetry, Volumes III and IV
(world premiere, sextet version)
The Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players will give two performances:
Thursday, November 10, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Staller Center Recital Hall, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook,
NY
Friday, November 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Music in the Loft Concert Series
1017 W. Washington Blvd. #4, Chicago, IL
Songs of Lowly Life (world premiere)
Volti High School Choral Institute participants
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
First Unitarian Universalist Center
1187 Franklin Street (at Geary Blvd.) San Francisco, CA
For tickets, please visit: http://www.voltisf.org/tickets.html
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Bethel United Methodist Church Hall
Fourth & Market Streets, Lewes, DE 19958
December 2011
Volti will give three performances:
Friday, December 2, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Mt. Tamalpais Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Avenue,
Mill Valley, CA
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O-Farrell Street (at
Franklin), San Francisco, CA
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way (between Shattuck
and Oxford), Berkeley, CA
For tickets, please visit: http://www.voltisf.org/tickets.html
Jubilation (world premiere)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
WFMT 60th Anniversary Day of Music
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, Chicago IL
Admission is free.
This concert will be broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM). To stream, go to
http://www.wfmt.com/ and click on “Listen Live” at the top of the page.
Helios (world premiere)
Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 12:15 p.m.
Dame Myra Hess Concert Series
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
78 East Washington Street, Chicago IL
Admission is free.
This concert will be broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM). To stream, go to
http://www.wfmt.com/ and click on “Listen Live” at the top of the page.
January 2012
String Quartet No. 4: Illuminations
Northwestern University Winter Chamber Music Festival
1/6/12 (F), 6:45 PM - Pre-Concert talk in Regenstein Hall
and 7:30 PM - Concert in Pick Staiger Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL
For ticket information, call 847-491-5441 or visit:
http://www.pickstaiger.org/ticket-office
1/7/12 (SAT), 7:30 PM
The Congregational United Church of Christ
40W451 Fox Mill Boulevard
St. Charles (Compton Hills), IL
Free Will offering. All proceeds will offset the costs
of Gaudete’s upcoming NYC tour.
1/13/12 (F), 2:00 PM
Chamber Music America Conference Showcase Concert
Gershwin Ballroom, 4th floor
Westin Times Square Hotel
270 West 43rd Street, New York, NY
Must be a CMA conference attendee to get into this concert.
1/17/12 (TU), 7:30 PM
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY
Tickets $20; students $10
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February 2012
2/8/12 (W), 7:00 PM
Kemp Recital Hall
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Free admission.
The Book of American Poetry, Volumes III and IV (piano version)
Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano, and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
2/9/12 (TH), 7:30 PM
Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
Free admission.
2/10/12 (F), 7:30 PM
Russian River Chamber Music Society
Healdsburg Community Church
1100 University Street, Healdsburg, CA
Admission is free. For more info:
http://www.russianriverchambermusic.org/
2/10/12 (F), 7:30 PM
B.J. Haan Auditorium at Dordt College
498 4th Avenue NE, Sioux Center, Iowa
Admission is free. Click for more info.
2/12/12 (Sun), 6:00 PM
Bing Theater, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA
Admission is free.
Amy Briggs, piano
2/16/12 (TH), 2:30 PM
Anderson Chapel at North Park University
5159 N. Spaulding Avenue, Chicago, IL
Admission is free. Click for more info.
The Book of American Poetry, Volume II (piano version)
Benjamin Rivera, baritone, and John Goodwin, piano
and
2/23/12 (TH), 7:30 PM
Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
Free admission.
March 2012
Orion Ensemble will give three performances:
3/4/12 (SU), 7:00 PM
Fox Valley Presbyterian Church
227 East Side Dr., Geneva, IL
3/11/12 (SU), 7:30 PM
Nichols Hall, Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL
3/14/12 (W), 7:30 PM
Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
Tickets: $26 adult, $23 senior, $10 student
For tickets and info, visit:
http://orionensemble.org/concert_19_3.htm
Inner Demons from String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels
Quartet Ventoso
3/9/12 (FRI), 8:00 PM
3/11/12 (SUN), 3:00 PM
Music in the Loft Concert Series
1017 W. Washington Blvd. #4H, Chicago, IL
Love’s Philosophy (world premiere)
Cantori; Robert Cowles, conductor
This work is part of the Cantori Commissioning Project of the Hobart and Smith Colleges.
3/30/12 (F), 8:00 PM
Trinity Episcopal Church
6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, PA
Free admission.
April 2012
Cantori; Robert Cowles, conductor
4/1/12 (SUN), 7:00 PM
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY
Free admission.
4/18/12 (W), 8:00 PM
St. John’s Chapel
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Free admission.
4/20/12 (F), 12:30 PM
Scandling Center (Faculty Friday Lunch Series)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Closed event.
4/21/12 (SAT), 8:00 PM
St. John’s Chapel
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Free admission.
Nashua Symphony, Jonathan MePhee, conductor
4/14/12 (SAT), 8:00 PM
Keefe Memorial Auditorium
117 Elm Street, Nashua, NH
ADMISSION
$48 / 35 / 27 / 12 – Adults
$43 / 30 / 22 / 12 – Seniors
$12 – Students with a valid ID
Tickets available online, at the door, or by reservation at the box office (595-9156).
from Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy
4/14/12 (SAT), 8:00 PM
Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL
4/15/12 (SUN), 4:00 PM
Pilgrim Congregational Church
460 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
4/20/12 (FRI), 8:00 PM
Gottlieb Hall
38 S. Peoria Street, Chicago, IL
4/21/12, 8:00 PM
Wentz Concert Hall
171 E. Chicago, Avenue, Naperville, IL
Tickets; $35 preferred seating; $28 general seating;
$22 senior discount; $12 student discount
To order tickets, click here.
Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble
Elisa Sutherland, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Alltop, conductor
4/27/12 (FRI), 7:30 p.m.
Pick Staiger Hall 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL
ADMISSION
$6 general
$4 students
For tickets, click here.