Bach Birthday Celebration!
An Early Music Extravaganza
Sunday, March 21 at 7:00 pm
Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Free and Open to the Public
Featuring MIC's Recorder Orchestra, Viola da Gamba Consort, Natural Trumpet Ensembles, Madrigal Singers, Baroque Orchestra (performing movements from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos), and Ensemble Corelli.
Celebrate Johann Sebastian Bach's 325 birthday with MIC. The Music Institute of Chicago is one of just a few community music schools offering an early music program. MIC early music students have the unique opportunity to study on period instruments. Private study, chamber music, small group classes, and large ensemble are all available and many of these offerings are intergenerational, making classes an experience the entire family can enjoy.
For more information about MIC's early music program,
contact James Russell Brown at 847.905.1500, ext. 545.
Master class with Ellen Hargis, soprano
Saturday, April 10 from 2:00-4:00 pm
Sponsored jointly with the MIC voice department
Ensemble Showcase Concert
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston East campus
This event will showcase the various youth and adult ensembles at MIC and give current MIC students the opportunity to enjoy what other students are doing. Please plan to join us to celebrate the diversity of the offerings at MIC!
NEW! Jazz Student Recital
Saturday, April 17 (Please note change of date from March 14)
4:00 PM, Nichols Concert Hall, Evanston East campus
This recital will celebrate and recognize the current jazz studies at MIC. We welcome youth and adults, soloists or combos!
First Annual MIC Young Artist Concerto and Aria Competition Results
January 24, 2010 marked the first round of the first annual Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) Young Artists Concerto and Aria Competition in collaboration with the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Forest Symphony, and Maestro Alan Heatherington. Designed to offer exceptionally talented young musicians performance opportunities with the north shore's finest symphony orchstras, the event was open to teh Music Institute of Chicago student body and features the winner on a subscription concert with the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, or in the future, the Lake Forest Symphony.
From an initial pool of nearly 30 young applicants ranging in age from 11 to 18, six musicians competed in the final round of competition Sunday, February 7. Matthew Lipman, viola student of Roland Vamos, won the competition with his performance William Walton's viola concerto.
Matthew will be featured in a performance with the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Alan Heatherington on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 4:30 pm at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. For tickets and additional concert information, call 847.673.6300 or click here.
MIC Young Artist Concerto and Aria Competition Finalists
Johannes Gray: cello student of Gilda Barston, Wilmette, IL
Kevin Hu: violin student of Cyrus Forough, Napervill, IL
Daniel Kaler: cello student of Hans Jorgen Jensen, Wilmette, IL
Gallia Kastner: violin student of Almita and Roland Vamos, Arlington Heights, IL
Matthew Lipman: viola student of Roland Vamos, University Park, IL
Madison Vest: violin student of Shmuel Ashkenasi, Evanston, IL
COMMUNITY SCHOOL CAMPUS CONNECTIONS (February-March issue)
Check out the latest edition of the campus connection newsletter and learn more about:
- MIC Summer Camps
- Student Award Winners
- Academy Auditions
and more!
Free Children's Concerts
Let's Make Music! (with Axiom Brass)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
9:00 am Open House and Instrument Petting Zoo
10:00 am Concert
Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Evanston, IL — The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) presents “Let’s Make Music,” a fun and interactive children’s program for elementary-age audiences. Free and open to the public, the concert takes place Saturday, March 13 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue in downtown Evanston. The event begins at 9 am with an open house featuring an instrument petting zoo, early childhood demos, and refreshments, followed by a concert at 10 am performed by MIC ensemble-in-residence Axiom Brass Quintet.
“Let’s Make Music” is a multicultural, educational music program that introduces students to the world of classical music. This interactive concert takes children on an exciting journey around the world, using music to explore different cultures. During the concert, Axiom Brass will perform musical selections from Germany, Cuba, the U.S., Belgium, and other countries. The program also will provide entertaining facts about the composers and the music itself, exploring unique characteristics of each brass instrument and important musical concepts.
About Children’s Concerts at MIC
MIC offers engaging one-hour programs geared toward children 4–12 years of age. A special feature of each concert is the instrument petting zoo, which offers children the opportunity to touch and play a variety of instruments and talk to MIC teachers prior to the main stage performance.
About Axiom Brass
The award-winning Axiom Brass Quintet has quickly established itself as a major brass chamber music group. Winners of the 2008 International Chamber Brass Competition held at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and Brass Quintet-in-Residence at the Music Institute of Chicago, the ensemble has worked with prominent musicians such as Cliff Colnot, Mallory Thompson, and Vincent DiMartino.
Axiom Brass is dedicated to enhancing the musical life of communities across the globe and educating the next generation of musicians. Axiom’s blend of virtuosic performances and dynamic teaching has been an inspiration to students of all ages, and its educational programs have guided students to success in high school and college programs across the country. “Let’s Make Music” has inspired thousands of elementary and middle school students in the state of Illinois.
Members of Axiom Brass have performed all over North and South America, as well as Europe and Asia, under prominent conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Daniel Barenboim, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gerard Schwarz, Mallory Thompson, Cliff Colnot, and Frederick Fennel. As educators, they are actively involved with musical programs around the country, conducting master classes, seminars, lectures, and concerts and teaching at universities and public schools.
Highlights of Axiom’s 2009–10 season include a one-month residency in Brazil; their return to Europe for concerts in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and France; the Axiom Brass Summer Academy in Illinois; a collaboration with Dance Chicago and composer James Stephenson; and concerts and educational performances in Illinois and around the U.S.
Axiom Brass members include:
Dorival Puccini-trumpet
Colin Oldberg-trumpet
Matthew Oliphant-French horn
Brett Johnson-trombone
Kevin Harrison-Tuba
For more information: 847.905.1500, ext. 101
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Additional Free Family Open Houses/Concerts
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Peter and the Wolf with Quintet Attacca
Music Institute of Chicago
Winnetka Campus
300 Green Bay Road
1:30 pm Concert
2:30 pm Instrument Petting Zoo
For more information : 847.905.1500, ext. 133