Haris Theater Announces june Events

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is pleased to offer two diverse programs this June, featuring some of Chicago's finest young dancers and the city's most gifted choral artists.

Complete program information for the month of June at the Harris Theater is as follows:

Mayfair Academy: A Force of Nature
Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 2:00 and 6:00 pm
Tickets: $25 - 45 (on sale beginning April 18)

Mayfair Academy presents over 600 students in two performances at their annual dance concert. This year's show is focused on nature pictured though still images and performances in Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Hiphop. This is great family entertainment which showcases our students ranging in age from 3 years to adults. Mayfair Academy has a 53 year history of children and adult performances in dance and is directed and produced by Peggy Sutton.

The Grant Park Chorus: American A Cappella
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 6:30 pm
No tickets are required. First come, first served seating.

The Grant Park Chorus and Director Christopher Bell (celebrating his 10th season with the Festival) take a tour of eclectic new American works for chorus. This program is being recorded for what will become the chorus' first-ever a cappella CD.

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor

Betinis: Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom: Songs of Smaller Creatures
Kesselman: Buzzings: Three pieces for Mixed Chorus
Whitacre: When David Heard
Garrop: Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy
Menotti: Regina Caeli
Del Tredici: Acrostic Song from Final Alice
Rorem: Seven Motets for the Church Year
Whitacre: Sleep

* * * All programs, prices and dates are subject to change. * * *

Opened in 2003, the Harris Theater's mission is to partner and collaborate with an array of Chicago's emerging and mid-sized performing arts organizations to help them build the resources and infrastructure necessary to achieve artistic growth and long-term organizational sustainability. The Harris Theater for Music and Dance was the first multi-use performing arts venue to be built in the Chicago downtown area since 1929 and today the Theater continues to host the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, featuring the city's world-renowned music and dance institutions and the Harris Theater Presents series of acclaimed national and International Artists and ensembles. To learn more about the season at the Harris Theater, visit www.harristheaterchicago.org or call the box office at 312-334-7777 to request a brochure.

For additional information about the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago's state-of-the art 1,470 seat performance venue, please visit www.harristheaterchicago.org.

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