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January
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25th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Skin and Bow: Music of the British Isles and Beyond
Violin and Bodhran duo playing celtic tunes from Ireland, Scotland, Shetland Islands, Cape Breton and Eastern Europe.
Artists: Rebekah Cope - violin, Tim Mulvenna - drums
$15 online or at the door
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February
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1st, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Renovo String Orchestra - West Coast Russians
A view of European influence on music, this program presents works for the string ensemble that represent the influence of Russian composers who immigrated to the United States, many of whom settled in California.
The works of Prokoviev and Rachmaninoff have a continuing presence and influence in contemporary American chamber music. Each composer played a pivotal role in the transition from the the Romantic to the Modern era.
Artists: Matthew Cataldi & Julia Birnbaum - violin, Ryan Loeckel - viola, Sarah Marsh & Nora Barton - cello, Rick Ferguson - piano
$15 online or at the door
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8th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Rheos Ensemble
Casey Nielsen formed the Rheos Ensemble to provide himself the opportunity to explore the beautiful and ever widening field of chamber music written for the guitar. True to its name, Rheos is a fluctuating aggregate of musicians that can be brought together as the music requires, and busy schedules allow. In this program soprano Bethany Hamilton joins Rheos for selections from Dominick Argento's Letters from Composers (1968), and flutist Emma Hospelhorn joins Casey to perform William Bolcom's Tres Piezas Lindas (1995). Casey will also be performing two beautiful solo guitar compositions; Leo Brouwer's Sonata (1990) and Matilde Salvador's Homenatage a Mistral (1989).
Artists: Casey Nielsen - guitar, Bethany Hamilton - soprano, Emma Hospelhorn - flute
$15 online or at the door
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15th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Joe Jencks in Concert
Joe has earned wide recognition for his songs about working people, and for his unique merging of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration. Joe weaves a diverse web of stories with brilliant musical skill, ensnaring even the most rigid of hearts, inviting them to open. Whether performing at a union conference or folk festival, or at an intimate club or house concert, Joe manages to make any audience feel welcomed, valued, and part of a community.
Artists: Joe Jencks - vocals and guitar
$15 online or at the door
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16th, Saturday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Fused Muse Ensemble
Fused Muse Ensemble “Appetizer” performance
To create innovative, thought-provoking performances of music and other media that open pathways to a deeper engagement with global human rights and environmental concerns.
With a core of excellent, charismatic and creative musicians from various musical backgrounds (classical, folk, jazz, rock), FME aims to lessen the boundaries between different musical genres. Within these widened parameters, we are interested in finding new ways of allowing contemporary audiences to reengage with classical music.
Artists: Sophie Webber - cello, Phyllis Chen - pianist, Joel Styzens - drummer/guitarist, Henriete Fourie - soprano, Ido Aharony - composer, Heather Styka - singer/songwriter, Ruti Abramovitch - pianist
$15 online or at the door
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22nd, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Cope/Falzone/Ferguson Trio
Messiaen Variations for violin and piano, Bartok Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano, and music of James Falzone.
Artists: Rebekah Cope - violin, James Falzone - clarinet, Rick Ferguson - piano
$15 online or at the door
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March
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1st, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Andrew Calhoun & Casey Calhoun
Veteran Chicago area folksinger/songwriter Andrew Calhoun is joined in performance with his daughter Casey, adding vocals and interpretive dance. Andrew Calhoun writes with a paradoxical combination of incandescant intellect and unstudied magic. He is both a lighting rod for "the unconscious rightness of intuitive connection" and a perpetual student of songcraft with deep respect for both tradition and innovation. Casey's pure, distinctive voice takes the lead on songs by artists from Anais Mitchell to Frank Loesser, and adds new dimensions of harmony and call-and-response to Calhoun originals, Scottish ballads and folksongs, and rare 19th century African-American spirituals.
Artists: Andrew Calhoun - guitar and vocals, Casey Calhoun - vocals
$15 online or at the door
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2nd, Saturday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Victoria Holland and Friends
Music of Claude Debussy, Nadia Boulanger, Andre Previn, Phillip Glass, Patricia Morehead and Maurice Ravel.
Artists: Victoria Holland- soprano, Julie Koidin- flute, Veronica Nettles- cello, Rick Ferguson- piano
$15 online or at the door
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8th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Quartet for the End of Time
Olivier Messiaen's seminal chamber work of transcendence. Messiaen's most significant composition, the Quartet for the End of Time, received its premiere performance on January 15, 1941 under extraordinary and unusual circumstances. Messiaen wrote the work while a captive in a German prisoner of war camp during World War Two. That camp was the Stalag VIII A, located near the town of Görlitz-Moys in Silesia, Germany.
The quartet exemplifies all of the principal characteristics mentioned above, drawing upon plainchant, imitating birdsongs, using irregular rhythmic patterns, and above all serving as a profound expression of Messiaen's Catholic faith: the title refers to a passage in the book of Revelation, where an angel announces "there will be no more time."
Artists: James Falzone - clarinet, Rebekah Cope - violin, Karen Schulz-Harmon - cello, Rick Ferguson - piano
$15 online or at the door
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9th, Saturday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Me Disagrees: Today's Chamber Music
Music of our Time - 20th and 21st century chamber works by living, breathing composers! Works include Varianti by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Steven Stucky, Inertia by John Liberatore, Simple Duty and Ligeia by Kevin Ames, Me Disagrees by Catherine Likhuta, and classic 20th century works, Violin Sonata No. 5 by Eugène Ysaÿe and Largo by Charles Ives.
Artists: Liz Ames - piano, Sarah Off - violin, Kevin Ames - saxophone, Maria Schwartz - flute
$15 online or at the door
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15th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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New Comma Baroque
New Comma Baroque's Music on Madison program, inspired by Alain Corneau’s 1991 film Tous les Matins du Monde ‘All the Mornings of the World,’ is a sumptuous feast of French Baroque music. Come hear Baroque flutist Leighann Daihl, Baroque violinist Matthew C. Cataldi, gambist Phillip W. Serna and harpsichordist Emily Jane Morlan explore works by Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, François Couperin, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Jean-Marie Leclair & Marin Marias.
Artists: Matthew C. Cataldi - Baroque violin, Phillip W. Serna - bass viol & Emily J. Morlan - harpsichord, joined by guest artist Leighann Daihl, Baroque flute
$15 online or at the door
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22nd, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Rasa Ensemble
The Rasa Ensemble plays trio works from Norman Dello Joio, Bohuslav Martinu, and Antonio Vivaldi.
Artists: Susan Crandall - flute, Alexa Muhly - cello, Claire Mallory - piano
$15 online or at the door
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April
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13th, Saturday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Tom Kastle
Tom Kastle has one foot in the singer/songwriter realm and the other firmly in the traditional maritime folk realm where he is a shanty singer, faculty member of the Old Town School of Folk Music, and tall ship captain. Tom is also the Narrator (with occasional singing parts) with the Candid Concert Opera Company in Chicago and Madison.
Artist: Tom Kastle - singer, songwriter
$15 online or at the door
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19th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Nightlife: ***Cancelled***
Composer Kevin Ames presents a concert of his works. This program will include Not These Hills for alto saxophone and piano, Ligeia for violin and piano, Negative Blue for string quartet, Nightlife for alto saxophone, clarinet and piano, and a chamber work with soprano and baritone vocal soloists.
Artists: Liz Ames - piano, Thomas Giles - saxophone, Jeff Sigfried - saxophone, Sheila Hanford - violin, Celeste Markey - clarinet, Victoria Holland - soprano, Casey Nielsen - guitar, Susan Crandall - flute, and more.
$15 online or at the door
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26th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Kaia String Quartet
“Kaia,” deriving from Greek, Gaia for Earth/Goddess of the Earth, represents the ensemble’s mission to promote music of cultures from around the world in addition to being active performers of the traditional canon of quartet music.
With their current focus on exploring the music of Latin American composers, both contemporary and traditional, the Chicago-based string quartet was named the Ensemble in Residence of the Latin Music Festival of Chicago. The quartet has been featured in the LMF since 2010 and opened the festivities in 2011 giving the world premiere of Elbio Barilari’s quartet, Antique Store.
Artists: Victoria Moreira - violin, Naomi Culp - violin, Sixto Franco - viola, Veronica Nettles - cello
$15 online or at the door
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May
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3rd, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Rick's Birthday Bash
Celebrate the birthday of artistic director and founder Rick Ferguson as he shares some of his favorite music along with guest artists Victoria Holland, soprano; Bonnie Campbell, clarinet; and Veronic Nettles, cello. The program features Schubert's Shepherd on the Rock as well as music of Lutoslawski, Fauré, Chopin, Sczymanowski, Bartok, Pick-Mangiagalli, Schumann, Scriabin and Prokofiev. Cupcakes will be served!
$15 online or at the door
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5th, Sunday
Sunday Series
2 pm
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Kerfuffle: Imagine, Listen, Create
Because children are MEANT to be seen and heard, we are creating musical recitals for kids... Move, imagine, create or just daydream while musicians perform the classics with a childlike twist. Think: interactive, colorful, fun and yummy.
Featuring these Kerfuffle-y artists: Jill Greenman- voice; and members of The Musical Offering faculty
$10 person, $25 family online or at the door
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10th, Friday
Music on Madison Series
8 pm
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Renovo String Orchestra - Southern Comfort
This program presents 20th century composers who meld traditional Western European classical music with music of the new American century. George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber reflect the beginning, middle and late part of American composition at the turn of the century.
Each of their works represent their own artistic development early on and foretell the excellence found in their more mature works. From Gershwin to Bernstein, to Barber, these historic composers collectively made a significant impact on what is considered today as traditional American music literature.
Artists: Matthew Cataldi - violin, Rick Ferguson - piano
$15 online or at the door
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