Events
This Week: June 2 - 8, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 12:15 pm
Noontime Concert Series
Sara Wichner, flute/alto flute; Elena Guobyte, flute; Roger Moseley, piano
Fulton Recital Hall
1010 E. 59th Street, Goodspeed Hall, 4th Floor
Admission: free; no tickets required.
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Sara Wichner, Elena Guobyte, and Roger Moseley present works for flute, alto flute, and piano. The program includes the Partita for flute solo in A Minor, BWV 1013 by J. S. Bach; Martinu’s Sonata for Flute and Piano; 4 Duets for flute and alto flute by Vaughan Williams; and Fauré’s Fantasy for flute and piano, Op. 79. |
Thursday, June 5, 2008, 8 pm
Jazz X-tet -- Final Performance of the 2007/08 season
Fulton Recital Hall
1010 E. 59th Street, Goodspeed Hall, 4th Floor
Admission: free; no tickets required.
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The ever-popular Jazz X-tet, led by Chicago jazz veteran Mwata Bowden and joined by guest guitarist Jeff Parker, performs its final concert of the season. Focusing on old and new swing works, the X-tet will perform Count Bubby by Gordon Goodwin, Blue After Two by John Fedchock, Gingerbread Boy and Ellington's Stray-Horn by Jimmy Heath. |
Saturday, June 7, 4:30 pm
Organ Gala featuring the Rockefeller Chapel Choir, Motet Choir and University Chorus
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Admission: free; no tickets required.
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In celebration of the reinstallation of the majestic E. M. Skinner organ in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University Chorus, Motet Choir, Rockefeller Chapel Choir, and the University Singers present a concert of new works by the internationally famous American composer William Bolcom and The University of Chicago’s distinguished professor Marta Ptaszynska. The performance will feature world premieres of Bolcom’s A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day and Ptaszynska’s Hymn of the Universe, both composed especially for this gala, plus Sir Charles Hubert Parry's coronation anthem I Was Glad. |
