Humanities Division|Music

South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

2012-02-13T22:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:30 – 6pm

Part I provides a general overview of the creative process from a song's inception to its picturization on screen. In addition to gaining a deeper appreciation of the significance of song and dance scenes for South Asian film publics, participants learn about the many artistic roles and synergies engaged in setting dramatic situations musically.

Guided by film music director and playback singer Jassie Gift, and keyboardist Vijay Jacob, this pair of workshops introduces the art of composing, arranging, recording, and performing songs for commercial cinema in South India. Due to the collaborative nature of the workshops, only a limited number of participants can be accommodated. Students and other members of the University community who are interested in pre-registering should contact Rehanna Kheshgi (rehanna@uchicago.edu).

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob
Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: Cinematic Song Crafting (Part I)
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi
Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions, A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
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South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

2012-02-14T19:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:30 – 3pm

Cinematic Song Crafting: Part II

Part II invites participants to collaborate with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob on crafting a film song in response to a dramatic situation that Jassie himself was given in one of his earlier film projects. Drawing on the group's collective body of musical skill sets and knowledge, workshop participants will develop a working outline for a song that serves a specific purpose on screen, whether it be advancing the narrative, amplifying characters or relationships, evoking wider historical and cultural frames of reference, or creating space for fantasy and transgression. The group will have an opportunity to perform their working song idea as the prelude to Jassie Gift's concert at Fulton Recital Hall on Friday evening, February 17.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob
Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: Cinematic Song Crafting (Part II)
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi
Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions, A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent., Guided by film music director and playback singer Jassie Gift, and keyboardist Vijay Jacob, this pair of workshops introduces the art of composing, arranging, recording, and performing songs for commercial cinema in South India. Due to the collaborative nature of the workshops, only a limited number of participants can be accommodated.Students and other members of the University community who are interested in pre-registering should contact Rehanna Kheshgi (rehanna@uchicago.edu).
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lucian.uchicago.edu…

Music History/Theory Workshop: Andrew Westerhaus

2012-02-14T21:30:00Z

Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30pm

Building/Room: Seminar Room 264
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Andrew Westerhaus
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Mary Caldwell
Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu)
More info: cas.uchicago.edu…

Chamber Music Master Class with Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet

2012-02-15T01:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7 – 9pm

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet
Title: Chamber Music Master Class with Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Screening of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja (The Rogue King), directed by Vyshakh (2010)

2012-02-16T01:00:00Z

Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 E. 57th Street
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7 – 9pm

Film screening events are often attended by directors, but rare are occasions when audiences have a chance to ask sound specialists about the roles they perform behind the screen. As part of the week-long series of events organized for the campus visit of South Indian film music director Jassie Gift, the Franke Center for the Humanities will host a screening of his film, Pokkiri Raja (2010), followed by a Q and A session that will also include Vijay Jacob, a studio musician and arranger who worked for Jassie on the project.

Building/Room: First floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): Franke Institute for the Humanities
Presenter(s): Film Music Director, Jassie Gift
Title: Screening of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja (The Rogue King), directed by Vyshakh (2010)
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi
Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions, A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lucian.uchicago.edu…

Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina

2012-02-16T01:30:00Z

Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Building/Room: Harris Theater
Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents
Performance Title: Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina
Performer(s): eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet
Cost: $25 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 312.334.7777
Ticket Web Link: harristheaterchicago.org
Contact Name: Chicago Presents
Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8068
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Shulamit Ran, artistic director, eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Tony Arnold, soprano, Ricardo Rivera, baritone, Collins Trier, double bass, Stas Venglevski, bayan (Russian accordion), Sofia Gubaidulina:, A Pilgrimage of Four (world premiere), Perception, In croce This all-Sofia Gubaidulina program includes the world premiere of A Pilgrimage of Four, commissioned for Contempo by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and The Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc. This event is a part of the Soviet Arts Experience.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: contempo.uchicago.edu

Audible Intimacies: A Symposium on Song in South Indian Cinema

2012-02-16T15:00:00Z

Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9am – 2:30pm

Song and dance scenes perform several functions in South Indian film. They advance narratives, amplify characters and relationships, evoke wider cultural frames of reference, and create moments and spaces of intimacy on and beyond the screen. Despite the tremendous historical and contemporary relevance of film music in the daily lives of listeners, work on South Asian expressive cultures has only recently begun to explore the public and private intimacies film songs engender. With the intention of facilitating new research synergies in South Asian film studies, this symposium brings together a diverse group of scholars who share a common interest in considering the agents and affects of intimacies in songs that span the devotional, the nostalgic, the ordinary, the utopian, and the transgressive in South Indian cinema.

Building/Room: Room 110
Primary Sponsor: Music
Conference Title: Audible Intimacies: A Symposium on Song in South Indian Cinema
Presenter(s): Keynote Address by Rolf Groesbeck
Open to the Public: Yes
Cost: Free admission
Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi
Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions, A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent., Students and other members of the University community who are interested in pre-registering should contact Rehanna Kheshgi (rehanna@uchicago.edu).
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lucian.uchicago.edu…

Noontime Concert Series: Ana Fau, piano

2012-02-16T18:15:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:15 – 1:15pm

These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Ana Fau, piano
Performer(s): Ana Fau, piano
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Ana Fau, piano
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Rolf Groesbeck (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

2012-02-17T21:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30pm

All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago Department of Music Visiting Committee
Presenter: Rolf Groesbeck, Associate Professor of Music History, Ethnomusicology and Director of the Indian Percussion Ensemble (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
Lecture Title: “Improvisation and Pedagogy (and their occasional absences) in Kerala, India"
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

South Asian Sound Interventions Series: A Garland of South Indian Film Songs with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob

2012-02-18T01:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7 – 8:30pm

Film music director and playback singer Jassie Gift took Malayalam commercial cinema by storm in 2004 with the songs he composed and sang for the blockbuster film, 4 the People, which was later dubbed in three other South Indian languages. In contrast with dominant classical film song aesthetics favoring raga-inspired songs with light textures that emphasize the voice, he developed a rhythmically driven sound that combined South Indian vernacular and Black Atlantic stylistic features. Drawing from sources as varied as Christian hymns, folk traditions, and more recent encounters with reggae, hip-hop, and rock idioms, he has evolved a highly eclectic musical style along the same vein as world renowned innovator A. R. Rahman, the Oscar-winning composer for the 2008 film, Slumdog Millionaire. Gift has since expanded his musical reach by composing and performing on soundtracks in the Telegu, Kannada, and Tamil film industries.

Keyboardist Vijay Jacob also started his career as a Church musician before becoming a regular freelance performer at stage shows, a recording artist, and a professional arranger for television and cinema. Whereas Jassie focuses on composing songs and soundtrack themes, Vijay specializes in arranging the composer’s ideas for electronic and acoustic recordings. Vijay also works across the four South Indian industries based in Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: South Asian Sound Interventions Series: A Garland of South Indian Film Songs
Cost: Free admission
Contact Name: Rehanna Kheshgi
Contact E-mail: rehanna@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: South Asian Sound Interventions, A balanced regional representation of classical, popular, and vernacular musical repertories, this performing arts series provides opportunities for sustained engagement with South Asian artists and art worlds in our community. Guided by professional performers renowned for their originality, these events explore intersections of pedagogy and creative innovation in musical practices situated outside the canonic traditions of the Indian subcontinent., Students and other members of the University community who are interested in pre-registering should contact Rehanna Kheshgi (rehanna@uchicago.edu).
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lucian.uchicago.edu…

Fauré Quartett

2012-02-18T01:30:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Building/Room: Mandel Hall
Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents
Performance Title: Fauré Quartett
Performer(s): Erika Geldsetzer, Dirk Mommertz, Sascha Frömbling, Konstantin Heidrich
Cost: $35 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068
Contact Name: Chicago Presents
Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8068
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor, Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45, Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25, The award winning, up and coming piano quartet continues to receive rave review from across the globe, described as having “flawless precision and breathtaking musicality” (Deustchland Radio) and “chamber music making of the highest order” (Radio Bremen). Hear them perform signature piano quartets, including the Fauré, in their Chicago debut., "The Faure Quartett began their life together by scooping numerous European chamber music prizes: now they attract superlatives wherever they go." (The Strad)
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

New Music Ensemble

2012-02-19T02:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8 – 9:30pm

Reception to follow.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performer(s): New Music Ensemble, Spektral Quartet, and Patrice Michaels, soprano
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: New Music Ensemble, Spektral Quartet with Patrice Michaels, soprano featuring Univ. of Chicago composers Tomas Gueglio, Kate Pukinskis,, Dylan Schneider, and Alex Stephenson.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

University Wind Ensemble: The Best of Bernstein

2012-02-19T22:00:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4 – 5pm

Building/Room: Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: University Wind Ensemble: The Best of Bernstein
Performer(s): University Wind Ensemble
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Music History/Theory Workshop: Trent Leipert

2012-02-20T22:30:00Z

Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street
Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Building/Room: Seminar Room 264
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Trent Leipert
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Mary Caldwell
Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu)
More info: cas.uchicago.edu…

World Premiere of “Interactive Improvisation for Computer and Sound Sculpture” by Howard Sandroff and Ben Sutherland

2012-02-21T18:15:00Z

Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th Street
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:15 – 1:15pm

The sound sculpture used in the performance and played by Ben Sutherland will be displayed in the Third Floor exhibit after the performance and remain until the close of the exhibit.

Building/Room: Lower Level, Room A-11
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): Performance and the exhibit also sponsored the University Library.
Performance Title: “Interactive Improvisation for Computer and Sound Sculpture” World Premiere
Performer(s): Howard Sandroff, Computer; Ben Sutherland, Sound Sculpture
Cost: Free admission
Contact Name: Scott Landvatter
Contact E-mail: slandvat@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: The performance will serve to open an exhibit in the Third Floor Reading Room of Regenstein Library called “The Music of Howard Sandroff and the Computer Music Studio at the University of Chicago.” This exhibit will run from February 20-June 29. A brief discussion will follow the performance.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

"Evolution and Spiritual Selection in Victorian Musical Culture" -- Workshop presented by Bennett Zon, Professor of Music (Durham University)

2012-02-21T21:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 East 59th Street
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 3 – 5pm

Tea reception following the presentation.

Building/Room: 4th floor, Goodspeed Hall
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): Cosponsored by the Nicholson Center for British Studies, Music History/Theory workshop, Ethnoise ethnomusicology workshop, and the 18th/19th century cultures workshop.
Presenter(s): Bennett Zon, Professor of Music, Durham University
Title: Evolution and Spiritual Selection in Victorian Musical Culture
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Andy Greenwood
Contact E-mail: andyg@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: The history of religion and science has often been caricatured as strewn with mortal conflict. Early books on the topic, like John William Draper’s History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (1874) or Andrew Dickson White’s A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896) did nothing to dispel this view. The battle between religion and science was, however, never as consistently divisive as these books might suggest, and during the Victorian period there was at times an amicable, albeit dynamic, relationship between the two. Like twins separated at birth, religion and science occasionally rediscovered one another in the booming culture of post-Darwinian Britain, to find abundant similarities and curiously engrossing differences. This is the story of such a relationship, exploring the influence of evolution within the science and religion of Victorian Britain, and then tracing its impact on England’s leading music philosopher, Joseph Goddard (1833–1911)., Because Goddard published regularly throughout most of the Victorian period his work provides a helpful glimpse into the development of Britain’s musicological mind. That mind was deeply immersed in contemporary scientific, religious and philosophical debates, not least as they relate to changes in evolutionary theory. Indeed, as evolutionary theory evolved, so too did musicology. Goddard’s philosophy of music reflects those changes very clearly, from his early days as a flag-waving Spencerian to his later, more circumspect time as a devout Darwinian. Like many other intellectuals of the time, however, Goddard fell sway to the Darwinian argument, abandoning neither his good Spencerian principles nor his fundamental belief in the spiritual nature of the universe. To the extent that Darwin failed to resolve his own religious conflict, he was similarly compromised. Darwin calls it his ‘muddle’, and it is that so-called muddle between scientific knowledge and religious belief, played out in vast swathes of Victorian intellectual culture, which one finds represented and resolved in Goddard’s philosophy of music., This paper charts the history of Darwin’s muddle as emblematic of Victorian debates about religion and science, looking closely at the relationship of natural theology and the emerging science of evolution. It examines the resolution of that relationship into a theology consonant with evolution yet true to its religious roots, and then situates that theology broadly within Goddard’s philosophy of music.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Lawrence Zbikowski (University of Chicago)

2012-02-22T22:30:00Z

Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Building/Room: Classroom 205
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Lawrence Zbikowski, Associate Professor, Department of Music (University of Chicago)
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Stephen Hedger
Contact E-mail: shedger@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: cas.uchicago.edu…

Noontime Concert Series: Jazz Combo

2012-02-23T18:15:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:15 – 1:15pm

These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Jazz Combo
Performer(s): Jazz Combo
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Jazz Combo
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

EthNoise! The Ethnomusicology Workshop: Suzi Wint

2012-02-23T22:30:00Z

Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Building/Room: Classroom 205
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Suzi Wint
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Will Faber
Contact E-mail: wfaber@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, please email Will Faber in advance at wfaber@uchicago.edu.
More info: cas.uchicago.edu…

Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen

2012-02-24T18:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:30 – 2:30pm

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): MaryJean Allen
Title: Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jan Philipp Sprick

2012-02-24T21:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30pm

All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago Department of Music Visiting Committee
Presenter: Jan Philipp Sprick, Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Rostock, and the Universität der Künste, Berlin, and Visiting Professor (University of Chicago)
Lecture Title: “Can Music Theory Be Historical?"
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Concert: A Feast of Songs

2012-02-26T20:00:00Z

Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2 – 3pm

Building/Room: Smart Museum of Arts
Primary Sponsor: Music
Other Sponsor(s): Smart Museum of Art
Performance Title: Concert: A Feast of Songs
Cost: Free admission
Contact Name: Smart Museum of Art
Contact Phone: 773.702.0200
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Listen to songs about food, drink, and feasting by classical composers from J.S. Bach to George Gershwin and Lee Hoiby., The program is curated and directed by soprano Patrice Michaels, Director of Vocal Studies, and pianist Amy Briggs, Director of Chamber Music for the University of Chicago’s Department of Music, and features singers and pianists from the Department of Music’s Performance Program., Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, on view at the Smart from February 16 to June 10, 2012.
Disability Clause: Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate in this event should contact the event sponsor for assistance. For events on event.uchicago.edu… please contact ORCSA at (773) 702-8787.
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As the Incense: A midwinter meditation

2012-02-27T01:30:00Z

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:30 – 9pm

Part of the Quire and Place choral concert series.

Building/Room: Sanctuary
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: As the Incense: A midwinter meditation
Performer(s): The Decani
Cost: Individual tickets are $25 general, $5 student or a series pass for two performances at $40. A limited number of free student tickets will be available at the Rockefeller Chapel front desk in advance of each concert.
Ticket Web Link: www.brownpapertickets.com…
Contact Phone: 773.702.2100
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Featuring the music of Thomas Tallis, including the Lamentations performed by the Decani, the professional chamber group of the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, and the iconic Spem in alium for forty voices.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
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Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase

2012-03-01T18:15:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 12:15 – 1:15pm

These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Piano Showcase
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jairo Moreno

2012-03-02T21:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30pm

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter: Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Jairo Moreno’s work addresses the production of knowledge of music and the sonic in modernity. He has written a major study of the history of listening in early modern and modern music theory and analysis, Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber (Indiana University Press, 2004). He has also published on jazz performance poetics, the politics of aesthesis, and Latin-American popular music in the U.S during the long 20 th century. His current project is entitled Syncopated Modernities: Musical Latin Americanisms in the U.S., 1978-2008 , an archival, critical, and ethnographic study of music’s precarious share in political practices during late capitalism. Moreno received the Society for American Music 2005 Irving Lowens Article Award for Best Article (“Bauzá-Gillespie-Latin Jazz: Difference, Modernity, and the Black Caribbean,” The South Atlantic Quarterly, 2004). Other scholarly awards include a Whiting Fellow in the Humanities at Yale, and an ACLS Fellowship (2009-2010). He received the David and Janet Brooks Distinguished Teaching Award (Duke) and the Golden Dozen Teaching Award (NYU). A former professional bassist, he received five Grammy Award nominations for recordings with the late Latin and Jazz percussionist Ray Barretto (Blue Note, EMI-France, Concord, Fania labels – 1989-1997), appeared in numerous other recordings, and performed chamber music with guitarist David Starobin and the Ciompi String Quartet.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian

2012-03-03T01:30:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm

Building/Room: Mandel Hall
Primary Sponsor: Chicago Presents
Performance Title: Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian
Performer(s): Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serouj Kradjian
Cost: $35 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068
Contact Name: Chicago Presents
Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8068
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Event Description: Works by Liszt, Ravel, Obradors, Gomidas, Heggie, and Berlioz, Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo. Since then she has performed in many of the world’s major opera houses and concert halls, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and has been critically acclaimed for her memorable song recitals., “…make sure you get a ticket to hear soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian the next time she comes to town, no matter what's on the program.” (The Boston Globe)
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

University Symphony Orchestra

2012-03-04T02:00:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8 – 9:30pm

Reception to follow.

Building/Room: Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performer(s): University Symphony Orchestra
Cost: Donations: $10/$5 Students
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Event Description: Works by Beethoven and Piston, plus Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

University Chorus: Harmonies

2012-03-04T21:00:00Z

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3 – 4:30pm

Building/Room: Sanctuary
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: University Chorus: Harmonies
Performer(s): University Chorus
Cost: $10 donation requested, students free.
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Event Description: Under the direction of Mollie Stone, the University Chorus offers repertoire representing diverse settings of sacred texts, with music from South Africa, Corsica, the Republic of Georgia, and Bulgaria, as well as from American traditions including shape-note songs, Gospel quartet music from the 1930s and 1940s, and traditional spirituals. $10 donation requested, students free.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
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Music History/Theory Workshop: Pete Smucker

2012-03-06T21:30:00Z

Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street
Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 3:30 – 5:30pm

Building/Room: Seminar Room 264
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Pete Smucker
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Mary Caldwell
Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu
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Disability Clause: Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell (marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu)
More info: cas.uchicago.edu…

Imagination and Expertise in Composition -- SIX WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

2012-03-07T19:30:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30 – 4:30pm

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Performers: Alison Attar, Julia Bentley, Gregory Beyer, Amy Briggs, Constance Volk, and Austin Wulliman
Title: Imagination and Expertise in Composition -- SIX WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Professor Augusta Read Thomas
Contact E-mail: arthomas@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.834.9935
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Event Description: This workshop/recital will showcase NEW works by the students in Professor Augusta Read Thomas' Course 36700, IMAGINATION AND EXPERTISE IN COMPOSITION. World premieres by Andrés Carrizo, Andrew McManus, Alex Stephenson, David Shonberg, Francisco Castillo Trigueros, and Phil Taylor. Admission is free. Reception to follow.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Sarah Iker

2012-03-07T22:30:00Z

Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Building/Room: Classroom 205
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Sarah Iker, PhD Student in Music History/Theory
Title: TBA
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact Name: Stephen Hedger
Contact E-mail: shedger@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
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Noontime Concert Series: Svetlana Krasnova, piano

2012-03-08T18:15:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 12:15 – 1:15pm

These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Svetlana Krasnova, piano
Performer(s): Svetlana Krasnova, piano
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Event Description: Svetlana Krasnova, piano, performs the works of Haydn, Schumann, and Liszt.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Jazz X-tet

2012-03-09T02:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8 – 9:30pm

Reception to follow.

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performer(s): University Jazz X-tet
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

2012-03-10T02:00:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Friday, March 9, 2012, 8 – 10:30pm

Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor

All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.

Building/Room: Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Cost: $20 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Baroque Performance Master Class with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

2012-03-10T20:00:00Z

Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2 – 4pm

Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor
Primary Sponsor: Music
Presenter(s): Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Title: Baroque Performance Master Class with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Open to the Public: Yes
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

2012-03-11T02:00:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8 – 10:30pm

Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor

All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.

Building/Room: Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Cost: $20 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers

2012-03-11T19:00:00Z

Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2 – 4:30pm

Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor

All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.

Building/Room: Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Performer(s): Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Cost: $20 / $5 students
Ticket Phone: 773.702.9075
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Middle East Music Ensemble: Music of Turkey

2012-03-11T23:30:00Z

International House, 1414 E. 59th Street
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30pm

The Middle East Music Ensemble explores a variety of classical, neo-classical, and popular forms from throughout the Middle East, encompassing compositional and improvisational techniques unique to non-Western musical culture. Members perform on traditional instruments, often in company with noted guest artists, in multiple concerts both on and off campus.

Building/Room: Assembly Hall
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performance Title: Music of Turkey
Performer(s): Middle East Music Ensemble
Cost: Free admission
Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773.702.8484
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Event Description: Wanees Zarour, director, meme.uchicago.edu…@_University_of_Chicago/Home.html
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The Newberry Consort and The King's Noyse/Piffaro

2012-03-18T20:00:00Z

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3 – 4:30pm

Pre-concert lectures begin one hour before each performance.

Building/Room: Sanctuary
Primary Sponsor: Music
Performer(s): The Newberry Consort, The King's Noyse/Piffaro
Cost: At the door: $35 general/$5 students (cash only)
Ticket Phone: 312.890.2553
Ticket Web Link: www.newberryconsort.org…
Contact Phone: 312.890.2553
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Event Description: This special event for our 25th season is truly special. Come hear the world’s foremost early string and wind ensembles, The King’s Noyse (directed by David Douglass) and Piffaro (directed by Joan Kimball and Robert Weimken) together with soprano Ellen Hargis join forces in a gorgeous program of music that entertained the late Renaissance nobles of Ferrara. Works by composers Cipriano de Rore, Carlo Gesualdo, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and their compatriots will showcase the adventurous music which ushered in the early Baroque style of the 17th century. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear the glorious sounds of these two virtuosic ensembles.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: www.newberryconsort.org…