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UCHICAGO PRESENTS Brings world-class artists and ensembles to

the UChicago campus with six magnificent

series and a variety of extraordinary concerts.

chicagopresents.uchicago.edu

CONTEMPO Under the Artistic Direction of Marta Ptaszynska,

Contempo is dedicated exclusively to the

performance of contemporary classical music,

with adventurous new works and innovative

programs.

MUSIC COLLOQUIUM SERIES This series brings leaders from across the fields

of music theory, history, composition, and

ethnomusicology to present their work to

faculty and graduate students.

MUSIC WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Sponsored by the Council on Advanced

Studies, workshops and seminars bring

together faculty and students from UChicago

and the wider Chicago area to create scholarly

dialogue and foster the exchange of ideas.

DON’T MISS a variety of concerts, lectures, and events on the UChicago campus! music.uchicago.edu/events

TIX & INFO

VENUES Fulton Recital Hall – 1010 East 59th Street, Goodspeed Hall, 4th floor

Ida Noyes Hall – 1212 East 59th Street, 3rd floor

Mandel Hall – 1131 East 57th Street, Reynolds Club

Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts – 915 East 60th Street

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel – 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue

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APRIL

09 Rockefeller Chapel Choir

SUN 3:00 PM | Rockefeller Chapel

An afternoon concert featuring Heinrich

Schütz's Passion combined with the mystical

music of Francis Poulenc.

Tickets at door: $20 / Students free with UCID

22 Music for a Safe SpaceSAT 1:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse

2nd annual concert benefitting Sarah’s Circle

Shelter for Women, with Patrice Michaels,

soprano, and the Cavatina Duo — Eugenia

Moliner, flute, and Denis Azabagic, guitar.

More information: music.uchicago.edu

22 Symphony OrchestraSAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall

A colorful, exuberant all-Gershwin program

including a fresh arrangement of Gershwin’s

Three Preludes plus An American in Paris.

Award-winning pianist Ko-Eun Yi joins the

USO for Gershwin’s exuberant Concerto in F.

Donations at door: $10 / $5 students

29 New Budapest Orpheum SocietySAT 7:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall

This eight-member Humanities Division

Ensemble-in-Residence presents a wide range

of repertoire poignantly bearing witness to the

great tradition of Jewish cabaret.

29 Spektral QuartetSAT 7:30 PM | Rockefeller Chapel

CHI: Music of Augusta Read ThomasA spectacular evening of music by Augusta Read

Thomas, featuring three major works: Chi for

string quartet, Resounding Earth for percussion,

and Selene, Moon Chariot Rituals, written for

Spektral Quartet and Third Coast Percussion.

Tickets: $20-35 / Students free with UCID

30 New Music EnsembleSUN 3:00 PM | Logan Center

Imani Winds presents the world premiere

performances of six works created by UChicago

composers Rodrigo Bussad, Pierce Gradone,

Jack Hughes, Joungbum Lee, Timothy Page,

and Igor Santos. Hear how each young

composer both explores and exploits the

sound world of the woodwind quintet.

MAY

06 South Asian Music EnsembleSAT 7:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse

An exploration and reimagining of the vast

devotional poetry and song forms of the Indian

Subcontinent. Featuring vocalists and a

variety of musical instruments, presenting both

group and solo renditions, as well as guest

artists and dance accompaniment.

09 Early Music EnsembleTUE 7:30 PM | Rockefeller Chapel

Finding Monteverdi: From Mantua to Venice Songs and dances by Gastoldi, Striggio, and

Giaches de Wert, plus works by Gabrieli and

Monteverdi. Music for voices, viols, violin,

recorders, crumhorns, cornettos, and sackbuts.

13 Chamber Music for VoiceSAT 1:30 PM | Fulton Recital Hall

Students in the Vocal Studies program

present solo works accompanied by a variety

of instruments, and works for small vocal

ensembles from different musical periods.

13 Piano Program

SAT 4:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall

Der Dichter Spricht UChicago Piano Program students, along with

faculty and guests, perform music based on

poetry.

13 Chamber OrchestraSAT 8:00 PM | Logan Center

The Many Faces of Pelléas and MélisandeCome unravel the mysteries of Pelléas et

Mélisande through music and dance with the

Hyde Park School of Dance and UChicago

literary experts. Enjoy selections from the

French Symbolist masterpiece as interpreted

through the music of Fauré, Sibelius, and more.

14 Wind EnsembleSUN 4:00 PM | Logan Center

Celebrate Mother’s Day with an arrangement

of Ravel’s Laideronnette: Imperatrice des Pagodes from Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose),

Z. Randall Stroope’s Amor de mi Alma (You are the Love of My Soul), and more!

16 Chamber Music ProgramTUE 7:30 PM | Logan Center Penthouse

A variety of piano, string, and wind groups

made up of students from the Chamber Music

Program perform a collection of masterworks.

19 Women’s Ensemble & MotetFRI 7:30 PM | Ida Noyes Hall

A combined concert by the Women’s Ensemble

and Motet Choir with songs from classical and

folk traditions around the world and selections

from different American choral genres.

20 Middle East Music Ensemble SAT 7:00 PM | Logan Center

Arabic music with guest vocalists and

instrumentalists.

Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students

21 New Music EnsembleSUN 3:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall

Two works by Sam Pluta, Assistant Professor

of Composition and Director of the Computer

Music Studio, frame the NME’s final concert

of the season. Works by graduate and

undergraduate composers Rodrigo Bussad,

Tim Page, Kim Kawczinski, Reiny Rolock, and

Noah Kahrs fill out the program.

27 Symphony OrchestraSAT 8:00 PM | Mandel Hall

28 3:00 PM | Mandel Hall

SUNBeethoven’s NinthJoined by the combined choruses, the USO

culminates the season with a gala presentation

of Ludwig van Beethoven’s final symphonic

masterpiece: the monumental Symphony No. 9 in D minor, with its distinctive fourth movement

that incorporates a hybrid version of Friedrich

Schiller’s 1785 “Ode to Joy”. Chicago soloists

Christine Steyer, Katherine Calcamuggio,

Jesse Donner, and David Govertsen join the

250 musicians on stage.

Donations at door: $10 / $5 Students

JUNE

01 Jazz X-tetTHU 8:00 PM | Logan Center

Joined by special guest musicians, the

Jazz X-tet presents a concert of cutting-edge

works ranging from jazz standards to hip-hop.

04 Brass EnsembleSUN 3:00 PM | Fulton Recital Hall

An exciting program featuring rarely performed

arrangements of works by John Philip Sousa,

Mozart and others.

TEA TIME CONCERT SERIESA revolving selection of professional artists and

University musicians perform free concerts

each Thursday afternoon at 4:30 PM in Fulton

Recital Hall. Complimentary cookies and tea

served at 4:15 PM.

April 6 – Samantha Farmilant, soprano

April 13 – South Asian Music Ensemble

April 20 – Matthäus

April 27 – Chamber Music Collage

May 4 – Piano Showcase

May 11 – Vocal Showcase

May 18 – Jazz Combo

May 25 – Andrew Malilay White, piano

June 1 – Percussion Ensemble

MASTER CLASSES & WORKSHOPSMaster classes and workshops are concentrated

coachings of UChicago student musicians by

masters in their discipline. The public is invited

to attend and observe.

Piano Master ClassThursday, April 20

6:00 PM | Fulton Recital HallPiano Program Students participate in a Master

Class with Ko-Eun Yi, winner of the Concert

Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as

well as the World Piano Competition in

Cincinnati.

Vocal Master ClassSaturday, May 6

1:30 PM | Fulton Recital HallMaster Teacher and Co-Chair of Voice and

Opera at Northwestern University’s Bienen

School of Music, mezzo-soprano Karen

Brunssen leads a master class featuring solo

singers from the UChicago Vocal Studies

program. Ms. Brunssen will coach both art

song and arias, focusing on vocal artistry

from technique through interpretation.

Full event calendar at music.uchicago.edu.All programs subject to change.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC | 2017 SPRING QUARTER CALENDAR

PERFORMANCE PROGRAM All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.