Larry Zbikowski discusses intimate spaces, Logan Center for the Arts
Lawrence Zbikowski, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities in the College and Chair of the Department of Music, discusses the Logan Center for the Arts performance spaces. He will present a...
View ArticleWhere the Wild (West) Things Are
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2012 CONTACT: Rashida Black, 773.702.3427 • rashida@uchicago.edu UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC CELEBRATES THE AMERICAN WEST AT THE ANNUAL...
View ArticleAlumnus and composer Ben Sutherland is nostalgic for The Reg.
Alumnus Ben Sutherland (A.M. ’97, Ph.D. ’01) is Assistant Professor of Audio Design & Production at Columbia College Chicago. He will perform with Howard Sandroff, composer and Director of the...
View ArticleThe Man Behind the Grand Entrance
Meet Dan McDonald. He has been a community member in the University Symphony Orchestra for almost 40 years. He is also the mastermind behind each of Music Director and Conductor Barbara Schubert’s...
View ArticleChamber Music: Neat with a Twist
Russell Roland, cellist of The Spektral Quartet — the newly appointed Ensemble-In-Residence at the University of Chicago — shares his thoughts on attracting new audiences to classical music and more....
View Article“The Slumber Thief” Drifts onto Campus
On Saturday, November 3 at 7:30 PM, Opera Cabal performs operaSHOP III at the University of Chicago’s Fulton Recital Hall. Last month, you had a sneak preview of this work in Brooklyn, NY. Can you...
View ArticleGraduate student Andrew McManus discusses the disadvantages of a “monolithic...
Andrew McManus, doctoral student in composition, is one of six graduate students whose work will be performed at the New Music Ensemble concert on Saturday, November 10 at 8 PM, Fulton Recital Hall. As...
View ArticleUniversity Chamber Orchestra’s New Director Robert Whalen
Robert Whalen is the newly appointed Director of the Chamber Orchestra at the University of Chicago. UChO will perform the music of Mozart, Corigliano, and Schubert on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 8...
View ArticleWinifred Faix-Brown, Metropolitan Opera superstar, leads a Masterclass on...
Soprano Winifred Faix-Brown is globally respected and critically acclaimed. Throughout Europe and North, Central, and South America, she has touched audiences with her beautiful voice, striking stage...
View ArticleAhoy, Matey! The Pirates Are Coming!
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2012 CONTACT: Rashida Black, 773.702.3427 EMAIL: rashida@uchicago.edu The GILBERT and SULLIVAN OPERA COMPANY FINDS A TREASURE IN “THE PIRATES OF...
View ArticleViolinist Samantha Fan: Music “is by far the only means of communication that...
On Saturday, December 1 at 8PM in Mandel Hall, Samantha Fan (left), 2012 Concerto Competition Co-Winner, will perform Bruch’s masterpiece, the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Read more Where are you...
View ArticleThe Nation’s Largest Middle East Music Ensemble is Here!
Music Director Wanees Zarour (left) discusses the Middle East Music Ensemble and the upcoming concert. On Sunday, December 2nd, the ensemble will perform a FREE concert in the Reva and David Logan...
View ArticleRaiders of the Lost Ark brought Matthew Dean to Chicago
On December 7 & 8, alumnus Matthew Dean will join acclaimed vocalists for the annual Handel’s Messiah in Rockefeller Chapel. Tickets How long have you been involved in the annual Messiah...
View ArticleDebut Concert: Crossing Borders Music Collective
Tom Clowes, Crossing Borders Music Collective founder and president: 520-331-8270 tclowes@gmail.com Crossing Borders Music Collective presents its debut event, “Beyond the Headlines: Haiti in Music,” a...
View ArticlePerforming the Bengal Borderlands
The South Asian Sound Interventions team is proud to announce a full week of events February 11th-16th! Performing the Bengal Borderlands: Music, Movement, and Encounter The University of Chicago’s...
View Article“Music, Movement, and Encounter” South Asian Cultures on Campus
Interview with Kaley Mason, Assistant Professor of Music Monday, February 11th begins a FREE weeklong series of events in multiple locations across campus when The South Asian Sound Interventions...
View ArticleUniversity Wind Ensemble “Connects” with University Lab School Concert Band
On Sunday, February 24th at 4PM, the University Wind Ensemble (UWE) presents “Connections,” the 2013 Winter Concert in the Reva and David Logan Center Performance Hall. For this concert, the Wind...
View ArticleSvetlana Belsky, author/lecturer/performer/teacher, talks addictions,...
On March 2nd, the Piano Studies program performs J.S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, in Fulton Recital Hall. (event info) What is the inspiration behind this ambitious program? One of...
View ArticlePirates from the Past
47 years ago, the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company tested its sea legs with The Pirates of Penzance in 1966. The Company, founded in 1960 and incorporated in 1964, is Chicago’s only theatre company...
View ArticleTopsy-Turvy and Live Preview of Pirates of Penzance at Doc Films
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2013 CONTACT: Rashida Black, 773.702.3427 EMAIL: rashida@uchicago.edu TOPSY-TURVY AND LIVE PREVIEW OF PIRATES OF PENZANCE AT DOC FILMS CHICAGO, Hyde...
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