Pinchas Zukerman Trio, Ella Fitzgerald Tribute and More on Nichols '17-18 Season

By: Jun. 15, 2017
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The Music Institute of Chicago announces the 2017-18 season of its Faculty and Guest Artist Series, featuring the Music Institute's renowned faculty and an array of stellar guest artists. All concerts take place at the historic Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston.

Opening Night: "Sonic Youth"
Saturday, September 23, 7:30 p.m.
Music Institute faculty members perform a diverse program of music associated with the theme of "youth," including works by Bernstein, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Schumann.

Ella Fitzgerald Centennial Concert
Saturday, November 11, 7:30 p.m.
Count Basie Orchestra alumna and Ella Fitzgerald protégé Carmen Bradford joins Music Institute Artist-in-Residence Tammy McCann and members of the Music Institute Jazz Studies faculty for a swinging tribute to "The First Lady of Song."

Family Concert: Duke It Out!
Saturday, December 9, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
General admission: $7
This Nutcracker performance, curated by Dance Chicago, pairs the classical (Tchaikovsky) and jazz (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn) versions of the holiday favorite, performed by Axiom Brass and Music Institute Ensemble-in-Residence Quintet Attacca. Featured ensembles in past years have included Forum Jazz Dance Theatre, Moscow Ballet's children's cast, The Kate Jablonski Statement, Tapman Productions, Visceral Dance Chicago, Wheatland Dance Theater, and other companies and choreographers participating in Dance Chicago 2017.

Trio Settecento
Sunday, February 18, 3 p.m.
Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin, viola d'amore; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba, baroque cello; David Schrader, harpsichord, positiv organ
For the program "Five at Twenty," Trio Settecento celebrates 20 years of making music with an evening of sonatas drawn from Arcangelo Corelli's Opus V of 1700, one of the most beloved publications in the history of music. This set of violin solos, comprising six "church sonatas" (containing fugues) and six "chamber sonatas" (mostly dances), offered compelling new conceptions of what both the violin and the sonata could achieve, a feat that has impacted the practice of instrumental music to the present day.

Academy Orchestra with Erin Keefe
Saturday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe joins the award-winning musicians of the Music Institute's Academy Orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35.

Zukerman Trio
Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Amanda Forsyth, cello; Angela Cheng, piano?
Sunday, May 20, 3 p.m.
Zukerman Trio, the world-renowned chamber ensemble founded by legendary violinist Pinchas Zukerman, will perform works for violin, cello, and piano.

All performances take place at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. Tickets, except where noted, are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for students, available online or 847.905.1500 ext. 108. All programming is subject to change. For more information, visit musicinst.org.

Nichols Concert Hall
Noted architect Solon S. Beman designed the architecturally and acoustically magnificent First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, in 1912. In 2003, the building was sensitively restored to become Nichols Concert Hall, a state-of-the-art, 550-seat performance space and music education destination, easily accessible to numerous restaurants, on-street and metered parking, and the Davis Street CTA and Metra stations. The converted building, featuring a fully restored, 1914 E. M. Skinner pipe organ, received the Richard H. Driehaus Award for best adaptive use by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. Each year Nichols Concert Hall reaches approximately 15,000 people and hosts a world-class chamber music series, workshops and master classes, student recitals, and special events.

Music Institute of Chicago
The Music Institute of Chicago is dedicated to transforming lives through music education. Founded in 1931, the Music Institute has grown to become one of the largest and most respected community music schools in the nation. Offering musical excellence built on the strength of its distinguished faculty, commitment to quality, and breadth of programs and services, the Music Institute is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Pre-collegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS). Each year, the Music Institute's teachers reach thousands of students of all ages and levels of experience. Music Institute locations include Chicago, Evanston, Winnetka, Lincolnshire, Lake Forest, and Downers Grove. In addition, the Music Institute is proud of its longstanding partnership with the Chicago Public Schools through its Arts Link program. The Music Institute offers lessons and classes, and concerts through its Community Music School, Academy, and Nichols Concert Hall. For more information, visit musicinst.org.



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