Saturday, August 19, 7:00pm
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts

This concert is an introduction into Lizz Wright’s new album, The GRACE Project, set to be released on September 15th, 2017. It is a southern themed musical reflection that reveals the interconnectedness of Americans of all walks through the land and their stories of sharing it. The Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Tour (TRHT Tour) will provide an exciting platform to promote and advance the work of Little Black Pearl and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation by engaging communities in racial healing and narrative change.

Tickets: $40

This performance is appropriate for ages 21 and up.

Sunday, September 10, 6pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall
Doors open at 5:30pm

Jwala explores an image that is central to all cultures, both in daily life and in philosophy: the flame is fascinating – strong, yet vulnerable. The flame is a symbol that connects all the worlds: the cosmic, the temporal, the mythical, and the spiritual.

Jwala tries to envision “Flame” through the language of Bharata Natyam, a form which is incredibly codified in its gestural language and structure, but has tremendous scope for interpretation and creative liberty.This work is classical, yet experimental. The challenge has been in finding the technique to embody the various qualities of flame – from the aggressive and destructive fire, to the radiant and illuminating candle, from the blazing Sun that lights our Universe, to the inner flame that yearns for Liberation. This production is both incredibly personal and universal.

Tickets: $100 VIP (Rows C-F) / $35 General / $15 Students & Children (Rows G-T)

Monday, September 11, 7pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall

Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of the monumental My Struggle series and one of the masters of contemporary literature, reads from and discusses Autumn, the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons. He will be joined in conversation by Srikanth Reddy.

 

Presented by the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.

About Autumn: From the author of the monumental My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons

28 August. Now, as I write this, you know nothing about anything, about what awaits you, the kind of world you will be born into. And I know nothing about you...

I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap and the sink, the garden chair close to the wall beneath the kitchen window, the sun, the water, the trees. You will come to see it in your own way, you will experience things for yourself and live a life of your own, so of course it is primarily for my own sake that I am doing this: showing you the world, little one, makes my life worth living.

Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter, showing her what to expect of the world. He writes one short piece per day, describing the material and natural world with the precision and mesmerizing intensity that have become his trademark. He describes with acute sensitivity daily life with his wife and children in rural Sweden, drawing upon memories of his own childhood to give an inimitably tender perspective on the precious and unique bond between parent and child. The sun, wasps, jellyfish, eyes, lice--the stuff of everyday life is the fodder for his art. Nothing is too small or too vast to escape his attention. This beautifully illustrated book is a personal encyclopaedia on everything from chewing gum to the stars. Through close observation of the objects and phenomena around him, Knausgaard shows us how vast, unknowable and wondrous the world is.

 

About the Author: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win The Norwegian Critics’ Prize and his second, A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, was awarded the prestigious Brage Award. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it appears.

 

About the Interlocutor: Srikanth (Chicu) Reddy is a poet and scholar working at the intersection of creative and critical practice in the humanities. In addition to teaching in the Department of English and the Program in Creative Writing, he also work closely with the university's Program in Poetry and Poetics--an interdisciplinary collective of scholars, poets, and translators who work on poetry across a diversity of regions, historical periods, and theoretical approaches.

Tickets: $30, including one copy of Autumn

PLEASE NOTE:

- $30 tickets include admission for one (1) and one (1) copy of Autumn.

- Books may be picked up at the event or at the Seminary Co-op any time on or after 8/22/17 (the book's release date).

- Tickets may be purchased online (24/7) or at the Logan Center Box Office during normal business hours (Monday-Friday., 12pm-6pm) in person and over the phone at 773.702.ARTS.

- Tickets are not for sale at the Seminary Co-op or 57th Street Books.

- Additional copies of Autumn, as well as Mr. Knausgaard’s backlist, will be available for purchase at the event.

- A book signing will take place after the event. Mr. Knausgaard will sign up to 1 backlist book per person, in addition to a copy of Autumn. Please do not bring non-book items to be signed.

Every other Thursday, September 14 through November 9, 5:30-6:30pm
University of Chicago Campus
Tours begin at Black Sphere, across the street from Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave

Public art on campus is a fascinating, spontaneous experience, with some sculptures boldly claiming open spaces and others tucked unexpectedly between buildings. As part of the City of Chicago's Year of Public Art, this one-hour tour covers a small sample of the stunning works that have helped shape UChicago's intellectual and cultural life for decades.

Tours begin at Black Sphere, across the street from Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave, and conclude with complimentary refreshments in the Smart Museum lobby. For more information about public art on campus, visit publicart.uchicago.edu.

Tickets: Free and open to the public! Reservations recommended but not required!

Presented by UChicago Arts and the Office of Civic Engagement, in partnership with the Smart Museum of Art.

Saturday, September 16, 1:00pm
Saturday, October 7, 1:00pm
Saturday, November 4, 1:00pm
Saturday, December 2, 1:00pm

Shuttle will pick up and drop off at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at 915 E 60th St.

The UChicago Architecture Biennial Shuttle will run on an hourly loop to various sites of architectural activity and speculation on and around the University's Hyde Park campus, including the new Campus Residence Hall designed by Studio Gang; the Arts Block, envisioned by Theaster Gates; the site for the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park; and the campus' landmark Mid-century buildings by Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe. Other tour highlights include the Logan Center for the Arts designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, and the Rebuild Foundation's Stony Island Arts Bank. Visitors can use the shuttle as a hop-on, hop-off means to stop at various destinations including two of the Chicago Architecture Biennial's Community Anchor sites, the DuSable Museum of African American History, the Palais de Tokyo, the Hyde Park Arts Center, and transportation stops.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are recommended.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Logan Center, Performance Hall

Vendor Marketplace: 5pm - 8pm (Pop-up Shops, Socialize and Entertainment) 

VIP Reception: 6pm - 8pm (VIP Ticket Holders Only)

Showtime: 8pm 

Power 92.3 and DTLR presents Surround Sound of Fashion 2017 (Fashion Show and Concert) 

 

Get ready to experience a fashion and music event like no other featuring some of the hottest local and national designers in the industry! Also prepare yourself for a musical journey with some of the hottest djs, musicians and a national recording act taking the runway by storm.

 

Past performances by: Akon, J-Cole, Trey Songz, Omarion, Keri Hilson, Black Eyed Peas, Tyrese and more.

 

Tickets: $75 (Rows A-B), $50 (Rows C-F) and $35 (Rows G-T)

 

More information: www.surroundsoundoffashion.com 

Friday, October 6, 7:30 pm
International House Assembly Room

In the late 17th century, when theaters were shuttered due to religious reasons, many English alehouses were turned into so-called Musick-Houses. There, musicians gathered to play for enthusiastic (and tipsy) audiences; even Henry Purcell was known to premiere some of his music in this informal, intimate setting. The Norwegian ensemble Barokksolistene pays homage to the tavern tradition with this lively program.

Program:

An Alehouse Session 

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Individual tickets go on sale August 21, 2017.

Saturday, October 7, 11:30am-11:30pm
Logan Center for the Arts
Various Locations

Join us to kick-off a yearlong celebration of the five year anniversary of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.

The Logan Center Five Year Bash will include 12 hours of art-making activities, exhibitions, performances, a BBQ and more, celebrating the work of our community partners, artists, neighbors, students, faculty, scholars, and staff.

Admission: Most programs are free and open to the public. Visit loganfiveyear.uchicago.edu for more information.

Saturday, October 7, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Clarinetist Anat Cohen and her Tentet - plus special Chicago guest Robbie Fulks - open the Jazz at the Logan series and help to celebrate the Logan Center's fifth anniversary.

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Friday, October 13, 8pm
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts
Pre-show talk at 7pm

This double-bill features Bishop’s down-home delivery, deep blues picking and slide guitar playfully meshing with Bob Welsh’s piano and guitar licks and Willy Jordan’s soul singing and propulsive cajun playing. Wee Willie Walker, the winner of two 2016 Living Blues Music Awards and Critic’s Poll Comeback Artist of the Year, will be joined by Terrie Odabi, one of the most dynamic blues and soul women to have emerged from the Bay Area. Backing Walker and Odabi is the Anthony Paule Orchestra, a full eight-piece band that promises to provide a sparkling musical background for two of the world’s greatest soul voices.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops & educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: $25 for Adults, $5 for 21 and under

Saturday, October 14, 2-3pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Room 028
for ages 6-10 (1st-5th grade)

The student will hear examples of blues music from its early folk roots (field-hollers, work songs,etc.) to its contemporary urban sounds. Students will be introduced to W. C. Handy, Huddie "Lead belly" Ledbetter and other popular blues players and styles of playing the blues. Basic definitions of blues music and oral history that covers musical instruments and regions of the country where blues music emerged. This workshop includes an interactive singing workshop and a Q and A period.

Fruteland Jackson grew up on Chicago’s West side, and is a three time Blues Music Award Nominee and a recipient of the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping the Blues Alive” award. Fruteland performs Americana; acoustic blues, folk traditional and singer-songwriter styles around the world. He created the award winning All About the Blues Series- Blues in the School Programs. He is an author, storyteller and oral historian.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: Complimentary but reservations are recommended as space is limited. 

Saturday, October 14, 2-3pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Room 603

In this workshop, learn about the styles of traditional players from Sonny Terry to Sonny Boy Williamson with world renowned player and historian Joe Filisko.

Joe Filisko is a master of all the classic blues harmonica styles. As Dennis Gruenling of Blues Review says, “Joe Filisko could be the best prewar blues harmonica stylist in the world today.” Filisko is not only an accomplished performer, but a skilled harmonica craftsman as well. His highly prized workand expertise has earned him the rare honor of having his name on one of Hohner’s instruments— the just-released specialty harmonica, the Thunderbird. He was awarded the “Harmonica Player of the Year in 2001 by the SPAH organization.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.


Tickets: Complimentary but reservations are recommended as space is limited.

Saturday, October 14, 2-3:15pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse
This workshop is meant for ages 11-16

Join internationally known and locally grown Chicago Bluesman, author, educator, and founder of Blues Kids of America Fernando Jones in an afternoon of intimate, hands-on music instruction for student musicians ages 11 to 16 in a workshop setting.

The workshop is from 2-3:15pm. There will be a culminating activity showcasing the Blues Kids in attendance from 3:30-4pm. All-ages are welcome to watch the performance.

Fernando Jones, Blues Ensemble director at Columbia College Chicago, is a self-taught musician who started playing the guitar at 4 years old right down the street from the University of Chicago at 55 East 60th Street in the '60s. Currently, he is also a band leader who successfully writes, produces and performs all of his own compositions all over the map inspiring thousands through his international Blues Camps for student musicians (and parents), lectures and concert performances. Jones even composed a published piece for Homer Bryant's Hiplet ballet project. This past Summer, Jones, the father of Blues Kids of America, facilitated his signature Blues Camps from Chicago to Tokyo to London; today our native son is home with us at our inaugural event in collaboration with Blues Kids Foundation.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: Complimentary but reservations are recommended as space is limited.

Saturday, October 14, 3-4pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Room 028
This workshop is meant for 18+

Deeply rooted in the music of 20’s & 30’s blues pioneers, Eric Noden’s percussive guitar work, timeless songwriting and well-traveled blues vocals have earned the respect of audiences, critics, and musicians worldwide. The Illinois Entertainer described Eric “As a spiritual heir to Chicago blues guitarists of the ’20s and ’30s like Tampa Red and Big Bill Broonzy. This multi-talented acoustic artist fills an important niche in the city’s mostly plugged-in blues scene.” Varying his approach from song to song, Noden draws from a deep well of American music that fuels his high energy performances. His style, favored by early bluesmen like Charley Patton, Reverend Gary Davis, and Blind Blake, is one that only a few contemporary bluesmen have mastered.

In this workshop, “1920's and 30's Chicago Blues Guitar styles,” Eric will demonstrate and discuss the guitar styles of Big Bill Broonzy, Papa Charlie Jackson and Kokomo Arnold. Learn how these blues guitarists brought their southern musical traditions to the city of Chicago. This workshop is meant for 18+.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: Complimentary but reservations are recommended as space is limited.

Saturday, October 14, 3-4pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Room 603

In this workshop, learn about various vocal bluesstylings from Terrie Odabi, 2017 Blues Music Award Nominee for Best Soul BluesFemale Artist and Best Emerging Artist Album "My Blue Soul".


When Oakland native Terrie Odabi begins to sing, a hush falls over theaudience. They’re about to take a ride through the highs and lows of soul music,led by a beautiful singer who packs her shows with heart-pumping energy andpoignant memories. Whether it’s opening for Average White Band or LennyWilliams, or performing at the Concord Pavilion or the Fillmore Jazz Festival,Terrie’s finely honed instrument is matched by her generous spirit and wit.“Terrie’s got soul and charm. Her voice soars and draws you in and makes youfeel good. She is full of surprises!” enthuses trombonist Steve Turre, member of the Saturday Night Live Bandand professor at the Julliard School of Music.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops and educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: Complimentary but reservations are recommended as space is limited.

Saturday, October 14, 5-6:30pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Courtyard
Rain Location: Performance Penthouse

Mike Ledbetter has earned a reputation for being one of today’s best blues vocalists. As a trained opera singer and one who has sung in every conceivable genre, Ledbetter channels his range, intonation and phrasing into what he feels is the most emotional music, the blues. This trio features Ledbetter on guitar and vocals, Dan Carelli of the Sons of Blues on guitar and Steve Dougherty on drums.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops & educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: $10 guarantees you a seat, and $20 will get you a wrist-band for a BBQ dinner. Cash bar will be available.

Saturday, October 14, 8pm
Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts
Pre-show talk at 6:30pm

Featuring: Jimmy Johnson, Eddy Clearwater, Corky Siegel, Lil’ Ed, and Melody Angel

Billy Branch, a three time Grammy nominee, has organized a night to be remembered as part of the inaugural Logan Center Bluesfest. Coming off the Chicago Blues Festival celebration of the 40^th Anniversary of the Sons of Blues, Branch is bringing the blues back to the South Side by hosting a concert with some of his friends from across Chicago including Jimmy Johnson, Eddy Clearwater, Corky Siegel, Lil’ Ed and Melody Angel. Backed by the Sons of Blues, these steller musicians will present unforgettable collaborations in a line-up that is promised to connect with the oldest blues fans, and to inspire new ones.

 

A pre-concert conversation between Billy Branch and his friends will take place from 6:30-7:30pm in the Performance Hall and is free with a ticket to the concert.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops & educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: $25 for Adults, $5 for 21 and under

Sunday, October 15, 11:30am-1:30pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse

Mark Naftalin, AB ’64, is a UChicago alum and an award-winning American blues pianist. He appears on the first five albums by Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the mid 1960's as a band member, alongside Elvin Bishop, and as such, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. He later worked on stage with the late fellow Butterfield Band member Mike Bloomfield and was a festival and radio producer for several decades.

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops & educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: $20 including concert and brunch.

Sunday, October 15, 4-6:30pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall

A tough white kid from Chicago’s south side, Paul Butterfield learned the blues from the original masters in his own back yard. His interracial band and dynamic harmonica playing added a hard edge to the music and played a key role in introducing the blues to the much larger rock audience of the mid-‘60s.Until his death in 1987 at the age of 44, Paul expanded the definition of what the blues could be, while remaining a strong advocate of racial equality. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

 

Trailer: https://www.hornfromtheheart.com/#trailer-section

The Midwest Premiere of “Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story” from filmmaker John Anderson, will include a pre-show performance of Paul Butterfield songs by local Blues legends Corky Siegel and Sam Lay, and a post-screening discussion with John Anderson (filmmaker), Sandy Warren (film producer), Corky Siegel, Sam Lay (original band member), Mark Naftalin (original band member and UChicago alum).

The Logan Center Bluesfest, October 13-15, is an annual public celebration created to honor the South Side roots of the blues’ tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation and will feature local and national musicians and artists in spaces throughout the Logan Center. The festival features a series of performances by musicians that reflect the diverse history of the blues tradition; a major archiving program to capture the stories of local and national blues artists; a photography exhibition; and workshops & educational programming to inspire the next generation of blues musicians and aficionados.

Tickets: FREE but reservations are recommended

Friday, October 20, 7:30 PM
Mandel Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Anthony Cheung

Bartók String Quartet No. 3
Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Ligeti String Quartet No. 2
Bartók String  Quartet No. 4

The legendary and formidable Arditti Quartet brings its international reputation as a pre-eminent interpreter of 20^th century and contemporary music to open the Classic Concert Series and launch the Gyorgy Ligeti Series being offered this season.

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Saturday, October 21, 10:30 AM
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse

The pre-eminent Arditti Quartet's members talk about their career on the forefront of contemporary music, including their work with Gyorgy Ligeti.

Tickets: FREE general admission but reservations are recommended.

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Friday, October 27, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM discussion with artists and Seth Brodsky

Contempo presents new works by fresh, exciting talent – young international composers whose works already have a worldwide presence.

Program:

Vito Zuraj: Framed
Justyna Kowalska-Lason: A Light exists in Spring
Nicolai Worsaae: WaWV
Christian Mason: Noctilucence
Ondřej Adámek: Ça tourne ça bloque

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Friday, November 3, 7:30 pm
Mandel Hall

The dazzling, fearless, and inspired Leila Josefowicz partners with superb pianist John Novacek.

Program:

Sibelius Valse Triste, Op 44, arr. Friedrich Hermann  

Prokofiev Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 

Mahler Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5), arr. Otto Wittenbecher

Kaija Saariaho Calices  

Bernd Alois Zimmermann Sonata

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Friday, November 10, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

The dynamic and adventurous Imani Winds – along with Ensemble Dal Niente and guests – showcases György Ligeti’s chamber music, including two of his important works – his Ten Pieces for wind quintet and the Horn Trio, written as an homage to Johannes Brahms.

Program:

Ligeti - Viola Sonata (1994) (21-22”)

Chin - Etude I: in C (3'')

Ligeti - Three Pieces for Two Pianos (1976) (18”)

 

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Ligeti - Horn Trio (1982) (21”)
Chin - Etude II: Sequenzen (3')
Chin - Etude III: Scherzo ad libitum (3')

Ligeti - Six Bagatelles (1956) (11”)

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Friday, November 17, 7:30 PM
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
6:30 PM lecture with Robert Kendrick

Founded in 1992 by former members of the St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig, amarcord has since become one of the world’s premier vocal ensembles. To mark the 500^thanniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, they offer a program of five Gregorian chants – in the original Latin and in Martin Luther's translation – alongside Reformation and Counter-Reformation era motets by J. S. Bach.

Program:

Lutherand Music / Verleih uns Frieden – Da Pacem

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Friday, December 1, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

The American pianist, composer, and arranger and his trio perform numbers from their 2016 album Blues and Ballads and more.

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Friday, January 19, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

René Marie reunites with the Experiment in Truth trio to share highlights from 2016's Sound of Red, her first album of self-penned originals.

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Sunday, January 21, 2:00 pm
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

The Play of Daniel is a powerful medieval mystery play composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France. Under Anne Azéma's direction (music and staging), this ambitious production combines old and new, bringing together music and movement, theater and liturgy, light and shadow, to retell the biblical story of the young prophet for today's audiences.

Program:

The Play of Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited

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Sunday, January 28, 2:00 pm
Mandel Hall

Inspired by Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Shostakovich wrote this work as a set of twenty-four pieces – one in each major and minor key of the chromatic scale. Rarely heard in recital, the opus is performed by Alexander Melnikov, who has made full performances of the set a signature and whose recording was named one of the fifty best recordings of all time by BBC Music Magazine.

Program:

Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

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Friday, February 2, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Sam Pluta

Hungarian percussion group Amadinda, for whom Ligeti composed, and Chicago-based Eighth Blackbird join forces for a program of influences – music by his son, by his young country mate (Máté Bella), and by an American composer also influenced by African drumming polyrhythms. The program concludes with Eighth Blackbird’s fascinating arrangements of several Ligeti piano etudes.

Program:

György Ligeti: études, Aurél Holló: 39 - the Dream of the Manichaeian - beFORe JOHN3
Lukas Ligeti: New work
Máté Bella: New work
Steve Reich: Sextet and Mallet Quartet

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Friday, February 9, 7:30 PM
Logan Center Performance Hall
6:30 PM discussion with composers and Berthold Hoeckner

with Imani Winds, Ensemble Dal Niente, Craig Taborn, piano, and guests

The Contempo-Jazz Double Bill returns, featuring incomparable women composers across generations and genres.

Program:

Marta Ptaszyńska: Sextet, Poetic Impressions
Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Augusta Read Thomas: Bassoon Concertino
Jazz set with Craig Taborn

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Friday, February 16, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Jennifer Iverson

Third Coast Percussion presents three Ligeti works, including the virtuosic Continuum, the whimsical song cycle Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel, and Poème Symphonique, a “spectacle” for 100 mechanical metronomes, produced here with UChicago students. Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Cerrone’s new piece for voice and percussion draws on Ligeti’s Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel using the same instrumentation.

Program:

G. Ligeti: Continuum
Christopher Cerrone: The Goldbeater's Skin (Chicago premiere)
G. Ligeti: Poème Symphonique (for 100 metronomes)
G. Ligeti: Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles)

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Sunday, February 18, 2:00 pm
Mandel Hall

Lyric tenor and lieder specialist Christoph Prégardien makes a rare stateside visit with the pianist Julius Drake; together, they present an afternoon of poems set to music by Franz Schubert.

Program:

Poetische Tagebuch - Schubert songs

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Friday, March 2, 7:30 PM
Mandel Hall
6:30 PM lecture with John Lawrence

Versatility is a trademark of the much-lauded French quartet; here they breathe new life into a program of classics.

Program:

Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 “Fifths”
Fauré: Quartetin E minor, Op. 121
Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”

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Monday, March 5, 4:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse

Tickets: $10 or Free with UCID and to Full Season or Ligeti Series Subscribers.

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Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Seth Brodsky

The Ligeti series concludes with the highly lauded Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who had a long association with Ligeti. He pairs the composer’s études with a Beethoven sonata widely considered to be one of the most demanding works in the piano repertoire.

Program:

G. Ligeti: Etudes
Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”

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Friday, April 6, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

feat. Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja, Joanna Majoko

Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert. Songs of Freedom, developed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, explores the 1960s through the work of three prolific, indelible artists: Joni Mitchell, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone.

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Sunday, April 8, 2:00 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Conductor Nicholas McGegan, , soprano Sherezade Panthaki, singers, and members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra lead a multimedia tour highlighting the music of Jewish composer Salamone Rossi and his contemporaries, including Claudio Monteverdi. A reception with the artists follows the performance.

Program:

Sessions: Italian Baroque Music from the Jewish Ghetto

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Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm
Mandel Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Bradley Spiers

In 2014, former violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith of the famed Tokyo Quartet joined with their long-time collaborator, pianist Jon Kimura Parker (“a musician with a rich soul and great artistic depth” – Musical Toronto), to form the vibrant and luminous Montrose Trio.

Program:

Turina: Trio in B minor, Op. 76
Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1
Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor, Op. 66

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Sunday, April 22, 2:00 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

with International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)

Major composers’ inspirations by and reflections on nature form the theme for this Contempo program.

Program:

George Crumb: 11 Echoes of Autumn
Harrison Birtwistle: Some Petals from my Twickenham Herbarium
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 3
Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell
Pauline Oliveros: Earth Ears
Krzysztof Penderecki: Sextet

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Friday, April 27, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Tomorrow's Music Today concerts feature music by some of today's finest young composers – University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition – performed by Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente.

Free admission / No reservations required

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Friday, May 4, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Tomorrow's Music Today concerts feature music by some of today's finest young composers – University of Chicago doctoral candidates in composition – performed by Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente.

Free admission / No reservations required

RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PERFORMANCE. SEATING WILL BE GENERAL ADMISSION.

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Friday, May 11, 7:30 PM
Logan Center, Performance Hall
6:30 PM lecture with Michael Dawson

Imani Winds closes its UChicago residency with a concert celebrating the continuing civil rights movement. Frederic Rzewski's work is dedicated to John Hope Franklin, a distinguished scholar of African-American history who taught at UChicago; Vijay Iyer's piece was partially influenced by the death of Trayvon Martin; and Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill's new work reflects both his time in Chicago and acivil rights theme.

Program: A Change is Gon' Come

Frederic Rzewski: Sometimes
Vijay Iyer: Bruits
Henry Threadgill: new work - world premiere
Traditional arr. Jeff Scott: American spirituals
Sam Cooke arr. Imani Winds: A Change is Gonna Come

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Thursday, May 17, 7:30 pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Drummer Brian Blade brings his Fellowship Band to close the season.

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