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
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!