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    BLUE NOTES FOR TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007

 

Anne Harkonen is ready, willing, and eager this evening to sell tickets for the June 10 concert.  Prices: $22.00, seniors (65 and over) $20,00; youth (12 and under) $12.00.

 

At next Tuesday’s business meeting, officers for the 2007-2008 season will be elected.  The Nominating Committee will present these persons for Board membership:

     President – David Hunt

     Secretary – Nancy Friday

     Treasurer – Gary Hendrickson

     VP Concerts – Tom Keller

     VP Fundraising – Hank Bohanon

     VP Operations – Julie McDowell

     VP Public Relations – John Shea

     Members at Large – Anthony Green, Steve Warner, Sue Wiegand

 

In addition, the Committee will present these persons who have agreed to serve as chairs of committees that function under the aegis of the several vice-presidents:    

Operations Chairs

     Membership/Database – Anthony Green

     Librarian – Bruce Gladfelter

     Social – Yael Wurmfeld

Concerts Chairs

     Box Office Manager – Jamie Godshalk

     Concert Manager – Harry Vroegh

     Tickets – Anne Harkonen

     House Manager – Ron Tolisano

Public Relations Chairs

     Archivist - Melinda Kwedar

     Art – Joan Daugherty, assisted buy Ellen Pullin  and Olver Dunlop Associates

     Community Liaison – Karen Rigotti

     Desktop Publishing – Ellen Pullin

     Mailings – Kent Fuller

     Programs – Marcia Maus Bollo

     Publicity – Lenore Dupuis and Laura Graedel, assisted by Inge Kistler, George              & Cindy Zilliac

     Webmaster – Jim Miller

Fundraising Chairs

     Patrons – Barbara Weiner

     Program Advertising – Mary Ann Kissock, assisted by Karen Fish Schurder

     Store Benefit Days – Harry Vroegh, then Noreen Edwards after January 1

 

These six persons have agreed to continue their duties as section coordinators:

     Soprano I – Julie McDowell

     Soprano II – Rose Gomez

     Alto I – Myra Sieck

     Alto II – Antje Draganski

     Tenor – David Crumrine

     Bass – Ron Dahlquist                 

 

 

Yael Wurmfeld & Jo Anne Gerules are our juice hostesses this evening. Thanks, ladies.

 

The a cappella chamber choir Cantate invites interested altos or first tenors to audition for its June 1 and 3 concerts of songs both romantic and Romantic. Please contact Benjamin Rivera at 773-818-3467 or http://cantatechicago.org/currentseason.aspx for info.

 

This Thursday, the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and Chorus presents Fête Française at St. James Cathedral, 65 East Huron Street in Chicago. The program, which begins at 7:00 P.M., includes Saint-Saens’ Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”), Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, and Poulenc’s Sextet in Three Movements (for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn). Admission is $10.00, $5.00 for seniors and students.

 

This coming Saturday, May 12, the Northwestern Symphonic Choir, Symphony Orchestra, and faculty and alumni soloists present An American Requiem by Richard Danielpour, a work that honors the victims of 9/11.  This concert, which begins at 7:30 P.M. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, also features Oliver Knussen’s Flourish with Fireworks and James Hobbs’s Xia Xiang Suite No. 3. NSCS members singing in the choir are Anthony Green, David Hunt, and David Wojtowicz.

 

On Sunday, May 13, at 3:00 p.m., J.S Bach‘s The Passion According to St. John will be performed by the Bach Week Orchestra and Chorus at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston. NSCS members singing in this performance are Mei and Doug Aden, Joan Daugherty, and Lucinda Fuller. For tickets: 800/595-4TIX or http://bachweek.tix.com/.

 

Also on May 13, the Evanston Symphony Orchestra presents is final concert of the year at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. On the program are Herold’s Zampa Overture, Dvorak’s New World Symphony, and Calandrelli’s Concerto for Jazz Clarinet and Orchestra.  For tickets, go to evanstonsymphony.org or call 847/864-8804.

 

The 2007 Midwest Classical Record Show celebrates its 20^th anniversary on Saturday, May 19, from 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Holiday Inn Northshore, 5300 West Touhy Avenue in Skokie.  Dealers from across the country will be displaying thousands of collectible classical LPs and hard-to-find CDs.  For more information, contact Jerry Canter at 847/864-3981.

 

The Sing To Live Community Chorus will present its sixth concert, Pearls from the East, on Saturday, June 2, at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak Park, and on Sunday, June 16, at the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston. Music for this performance includes pieces from Korea, China, Japan, the Philippines, Mongolia, and India. Information for ordering tickets will be forthcoming. As part of its mission to provide the gift of music to the breast cancer community, the Sing to Live Community Chorus provides breast cancer patients and survivors complimentary tickets to all if its concerts.

 

The fourth annual Chicago Summer Sings! once again meets on three Tuesdays in June for those wanting to sing or just listen to these choral pieces:

     June 12 – Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Daniel                       Robinson

           June 19 – Vivaldi’s Gloria & Fauré’s Requiem, directed by Anne Heider

     June 26 - Orff’s Carmina Burana, directed by William Chin

The First United Church of Oak Park hosts these three concerts.  Admission for both singers and audience is $10.00; score rental is $2.00.

 

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