3 concert subscriptions are available for $35 (save $10)
The Subscription includes:
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October 19 French Groundbreakers
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October 26 Gaudete Brass Quintet
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November 9 Chicago Black Renaissance Recital​​
See below for more details!
French Groundbreakers Lecture Recital
Saturday, October 19 at 7:00pm
Artistic director Rick Ferguson will explore the lives, music and legacies of two groundbreaking French composers: Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) and Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Farrenc was the first (and only) woman to hold a professorship at the Paris Conservatoire of Music during the 19th century. Boulanger was the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome composition prize.
Mr. Ferguson will be joined by cellist Veronica Kolegas in Farrenc's Sonata for Cello and Piano, Opus 46 and Anna Joy Buegel (soprano) in a selection of songs by Boulanger.
Gaudete Brass Quintet Recital
Saturday, October 26 at 7:00pm
The Musical Offering is excited to welcome the Chicago based brass quintet Gaudete Brass to perform on the Women’s Composers Series. Gaudete will perform Evanston composer Stacy Garrop’s “Legends of Olympus” with musical depictions of Helios, Aphrodite, Hermes, Apollo, and Dionysus and music of Reena Esmail that incorporates Hindustani raags into Western chamber music.
Gaudete will also play music by Amy Beach, Chicago composer Heidi Joosten, and the world premier of Iranian Composer (and Musical Offering International Young Women's Composition Competition winner) Noura Hodhodi’s “Khorush (خروش)”.
Chicago Black Renaissance Chamber Concert
Saturday, November 9 at 7:00pm
The twenty-year period from the 1930's through 1950's saw a flowering of artistic expression and community organizing in the Chicago African-American community. Artistic director Rick Ferguson will guide listeners through representative music of Florence Price (1887-1953)and Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) as well as selected works from the next generation of Black women composers who carry on the work of this period.
Sophia Heinz (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Brown (violin) and Veronica Kolegas (cello) will join Mr. Ferguson in this eclectic and fascinating program.