Piano Program: Concerto Workshop
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Presenter(s): Svetlana Belsky, piano. Title: Piano Program: Concerto Workshop. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Piano Program students will receive critique on their performances in anticipation of the biennial University Concerto Competition. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
University Chamber Orchestra
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Performer(s): University Chamber Orchestra. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mozart 31 and highlights from the upcoming production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Gondoliers" (March 9-11, 2012. Mandel Hall. 773.702.9075). Tim Semanik, conductor. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob
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. 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: http://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.
Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu. South Asian Sound Interventions Presents: South Indian Film Song Workshop with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob
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. 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: http://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 d… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu. Music History/Theory Workshop: Andrew Westerhaus
Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Presenter(s): Andrew Westerhaus. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://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).
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. Chamber Music Master Class with Artist-In-Residence Pacifica Quartet
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Screening of Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja (The Rogue King), directed by Vyshakh (2010)
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. 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: http://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.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu. Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Harris Theater. Performance Title: Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina. Performer(s): eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 312.334.7777. Ticket Web Link: http://harristheaterchicago.org. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://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… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive.
For more info visit contempo.uchicago.edu. Audible Intimacies: A Symposium on Song in South Indian Cinema
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. 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: http://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 membe… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM.
Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu. Noontime Concert Series: Ana Fau, piano
These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://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.
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Rolf Groesbeck (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
South Asian Sound Interventions Series: A Garland of South Indian Film Songs with Jassie Gift and Vijay Jacob
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…
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://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 membe… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu. Fauré Quartett
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. 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: http://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 l… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. New Music Ensemble
Reception to follow.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://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.
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
University Wind Ensemble: The Best of Bernstein
Building/Room: Reynolds Club. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
Music History/Theory Workshop: Trent Leipert
Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Presenter(s): Trent Leipert. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://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).
Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. World Premiere of “Interactive Improvisation for Computer and Sound Sculpture” by Howard Sandroff and Ben Sutherland
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. 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: http://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.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th Street.
"Evolution and Spiritual Selection in Victorian Musical Culture" -- Workshop presented by Bennett Zon, Professor of Music (Durham University)
Tea reception following the presentation.
Building/Room: 4th floor, Goodspeed Hall. 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: http://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 ami… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 East 59th Street.
Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Lawrence Zbikowski (University of Chicago)
Building/Room: Classroom 205. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. Noontime Concert Series: Jazz Combo
These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://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.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
EthNoise! The Ethnomusicology Workshop: Suzi Wint
Building/Room: Classroom 205. 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: http://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.
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jan Philipp Sprick
All colloquium lectures are free and open to the public.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Concert: A Feast of Songs
Building/Room: Smart Museum of Arts. Performance Title: Concert: A Feast of Songs. Cost: Free admission. Contact Name: Smart Museum of Art. Contact Phone: 773.702.0200. Campus Map: http://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 t… 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 http://event.uchicago.edu/students/, please contact ORCSA at (773) 702-8787.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue.
For more info visit smartmuseum.uchicago.edu. As the Incense: A midwinter meditation
Part of the Quire and Place choral concert series.
Building/Room: Sanctuary. 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: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/115570. Contact Phone: 773.702.2100. Campus Map: http://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.
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
For more info visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu. Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase
These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Performance Title: Noontime Concert Series: Piano Showcase. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://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.
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Jairo Moreno
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Presenter: Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://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 cen… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. University Symphony Orchestra
Reception to follow.
Building/Room: Reynolds Club. Performer(s): University Symphony Orchestra. Cost: Donations: $10/$5 Students. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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.
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
University Chorus: Harmonies
Building/Room: Sanctuary. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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.
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
For more info visit rockefeller.uchicago.edu. Music History/Theory Workshop: Pete Smucker
Building/Room: Seminar Room 264. Presenter(s): Pete Smucker. Title: TBA. Open to the Public: Yes. Contact Name: Mary Caldwell. Contact E-mail: marycaldwell@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://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).
Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 E . 57th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. Imagination and Expertise in Composition -- SIX WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Perception and Understanding of Music Workshop: Sarah Iker
Building/Room: Classroom 205. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu. Noontime Concert Series: Svetlana Krasnova, piano
These free lunchtime concerts begin at 12:15 PM each Thursday in Fulton Recital Hall.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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.
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Jazz X-tet
Reception to follow.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Performer(s): University Jazz X-tet. Cost: Free admission. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor
All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.
Building/Room: Reynolds Club. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, March 9, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
Baroque Performance Master Class with Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor
All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.
Building/Room: Reynolds Club. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Thrisa Hodits, Director
Tim Semanik, Conductor
All proceeds benefit the University of Chicago Department of Music Performance Program.
Building/Room: Reynolds Club. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
Middle East Music Ensemble: Music of Turkey
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. 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. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Wanees Zarour, director
http://meme.uchicago.edu/Middle_East_Music_Ensemble_@_University_of_Chicago/Home.html. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, March 11, 2012, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
International House, 1414 E. 59th Street.
The Newberry Consort and The King's Noyse/Piffaro
Pre-concert lectures begin one hour before each performance.
Building/Room: Sanctuary. 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: http://www.newberryconsort.org/currentseason/. Contact Phone: 312.890.2553. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. 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… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
For more info visit www.newberryconsort.org. Rebel Ensemble
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts & Chambers. Performer(s): Matthias Maute, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Karen Marie Marmer, John Moran, Dongsok Shin. 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: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Vivaldi, Rossi, Bertali, Mealli, Corelli, Telemann, Mancini and Leclair.
Hailed by the New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel has earned an impressive international reputation for their provocative approach to Baroque and Classical repertoire. Tonight also marks Mattias Maute's return to Mandel Hall after a triumphant debut with Ensemble Caprice during the 07/08 season. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. The Newberry Consort: Les Caractères de la Danse
Pre-concert lectures begin one hour before each performance.
Building/Room: Assembly Hall. Performance Title: The Newberry Consort: Les Caractères de la Danse. Performer(s): The Newberry Consort. Cost: At the door: $35 general/$5 students (cash only). Ticket Phone: 312.890.2553. Ticket Web Link: http://www.newberryconsort.org/currentseason/. Contact Phone: 312.890.2553. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Baroque dancers Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird return with a delightful program featuring diverse characters that graced the 18th-century stage: shepherds, harlequins, nymphs, and sailors. The Virgina Gazette calls their movements, "stylish, exacting, deliberate and elegant...effortlessly executed." With accompaniment by The Newberry Consort on violin, harpsichord, and cello-along with a few vocal gems-Les Caractères de la Danse promises to be a tantalizing performance. Prepare to be entertained li… Disability Clause: Persons with disabilities that may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance of the program at 773-753-2274.
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
International House, 1414 E. 59th Street.
For more info visit www.newberryconsort.org. Gretchen Parlato Quartet
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Gretchen Parlato Quartet. Performer(s): Gretchen Parlato, Taylor Eigsti, Alan Hampton, Kendrick Scott. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Jazz program to be announced from stage
First place winner of the Thelonious Monk Int'l Jazz Vocals Competition (2004), Gretchen Parlato has been a rising jazz star described as having a "deep, almost magical connection to the music," by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter said that, "in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen plays the same instrument as Frank Sinatra. There’s no one out there like Gretchen.”
This event is sponsored by The Julie and Parker Hall Endowment For Jazz… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Pacifica Quartet
Chicago Presents
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Pacifica Quartet. Performer(s): Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, no. 4 “Sunrise”
Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6, op. 35
Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3
Surrounded by string quartet masters Haydn and Beethoven, the Pacifica Quartet performs the rarely heard Sixth String Quartet by Moishe Weinberg, a prolific Soviet composer and contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Visiting Committee Colloquium Series: Arnie Cox
Rescheduled from January 13.
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor. Presenter: Jairo Moreno, Associate Professor of Music, Yale University. Lecture Title: Theorizing Musical Affect. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Abstract: The bases of emotional responses to music remain largely mysterious despite the wealth of psychological and philosophical writings on the subject. One of the challenges in theorizing musical affect is, arguably, that we do not even have a clear picture of the overall scope of the problem. In this talk I describe eight sources, or avenues, whereby music shapes our affective state and produces both “garden variety” emotions as well as the more ineffable feelings that shape musical experience. Thi… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, April 27, 2012, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street.
New Music Ensemble with Group Motion Dance Company
Building/Room: Sanctuary. Performer(s): New Music Ensemble with Group Motion Dance Company. Cost: Donations: $10 / $5 students. Contact E-mail: musicdept@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8484. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Graduate student composers showcase new works. Program also includes Andrea Clearfield's "Lung-Ta" (The Windhorse) with Group Motion Dance Company. The title, Lung-Ta (The Windhorse), refer to the Tibetan Buddhist Prayer flag, as well as a quality of inner vibratory power. Incorporating text written for this work by a senior lama of Lo Monthang, the multidisciplinary piece is a prayer for the planet, performed with visual art and dance. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue.