Tickets

Thursday, March 13, 6:30pm
Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago dedicates its 2014 Spring Series to a single artist, Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián, whose work is in turn comical, eerie, elegant, and romantic. Dubbed "one of the greatest choreographers of our age" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Kylián brings a contemporary sensibility to the refinement of classical ballet.

UChicago Arts Pass invites students to the opening night performance, featuring four mesmerizing dances and live accompaniment by Third Coast Percussion.

Stay afterward for a casual discussion with Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton, former dancer and director at Nederlands Dans Theater.

Tickets: $10 for current UChicago students only and includes FREE transportation.

NOTE: Please bring your valid UChicago Student ID when picking up your ticket.

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March 13-15
Logan Center, Theater West

Music by Stephen Schwartz
Book by John-Michael Tebelak
Directed by Marisa Chilberg

Before Stephen Schwartz wrote the music for Wicked, he wrote Godspell. Marisa Chilberg's production of the classic 70's musical is set in Hyde Park where an ensemble of modern apostles traipes through the New Testament, discovering what holds communities together. How can so many beliefs and fears and hopes possibly lead to a sense of belonging? Godspell explores this question through a blend of age-old parable and contemporary experience, of hymnal lyrics and folk anthem, of head and heart.

Tickets: Thursday: FREE, Friday & Saturday: $6 in advance, $8 beginning 2 hours before show time.

March 14-16, 2014
Mandel Hall
1131 E 57th St

Gilbert and Sullivan's canonic comic operetta drops anchor at Mandel Hall with the 40-member University Chamber Orchestra and new stage director Charlie Marie McGrath. The satirical Victorian tale sets adrift aristocratic airs in honor of true love. The score includes: "I'm Called Little Buttercup," "When I Was a Lad," "I Am the Captain of the Pinafore" and many others that will have you singing from the masts.

Appropriate for all ages.

Tickets: $50 Patron Donors, $20 General, $5 Students and Children

PLEASE NOTE-PATRON TICKETS PURCHASED AFTER MARCH 5TH WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM BOOKLET.

Approximate run time: 120 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.

All orders including a student ticket will be held at Will Call. A valid student ID will be required to pick up all student tickets.

Saturday, March 22, 2-3pm
Logan Center, Room 603

Parents and children can sing, stomp, and sway together to traditional songs, chants, finger-plays and rhythms, with folk singer and teaching artist Mama Zahra.

Suitable for families with children ages 2-.

Maximum capacity: 15

Reservations required for participating children only. Ticket reservations will be released if not redeemed 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.

March 22, 2pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo of Eth-Noh-Tec weave music, dance, and rhythmic dialogue, to inspire the imagination and to bring their stories alive.

Run time: 60 minutes.

Appropriate for ages 6 and up.

Tickets: $10 General, $5 Children under 17

Saturday, March 22, 3:15-4:14pm
Logan Center, Gidwidtz Lobby

Join the DJ Mastermix Academy as families get hands on experience with learning the basic essentials to DJing with standard turntables and vieo technology.

Appropriate for ages 7-11.

Maximum Capacity: 20

Reservations required for participating children only. Ticket reservations will be released if not redeemed 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.

Saturday, March 22, 3:15-4:15pm
Logan Center, Room 603

Through a series of colorful and creative games, children will learn the fundamentals of music theory, including reading simple rhythms, understanding the music staff, and singing the notes of the musical alphabet.

Appropriate for ages 6-11.

Maximum Capacity: 15

Reservations required for participating children only. Ticket reservations will be released if not redeemed 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.

April 4, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Rockefeller Chapel

Marie & Marion: Motets and Songs from the Montpellier Codex

“Pure, simple and stunning” (The Denver Post) describes the four rarified voices of Anonymous 4. The acclaimed quartet returns to Rockefeller Chapel with a program of 13^th century motets from the Montpellier Codex.  Marie & Marion examines fin amours—images, metaphors, turns of phrase—as applied to both earthly love (Marion) and devotion to the Virgin Mary. It summarizes the ethos of an entire age in Western civilization, wrapped in music of endless variety and exotic beauty.

“[N]o matter the style, the group has a knack for bringing out the music’s ritual comforting in its formality while intriguing in its mystery.” (Boston Globe)

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Online and phone orders include a $1 handling fee per ticket.

April 5, 2014 at 8pm
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse

BERLIN IN SWINGTIME

Celebrated chanteuse Spider Saloff will present a rare performance that explores the life and songs of Irving Berlin with Chicago's Jeremy Kahn at the piano.

SPIDER SALOFF

Among her 6 concert offerings, Spider Saloff''s, "The Memory of All That" is one of the rare officially sanctioned acts of the Gershwin Centennial.

As a guest vocalist, Ms. Saloff has performed with symphony orchestras across the country. She had the honor of preforming the American Premiere of "So This Is Love", a newly discovered song by the great Billy Strayhorn. Saloff received a special citation for her musical contributions from NARAS (the presenter of the Grammy Awards). Spider Saloff has recorded and performed with jazz luminaries as the late great Les Paul, and current stars, Michael Feinstein, Mark Murphy and Dick Hyman.

Television and radio credits include: THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW (CBS), THE STEVE BASKERVILLE SHOW (CBS), CENTERSTAGE (PBS), ARTBEAT (PBS), WORDS & MUSIC (syndicated series, 57 episodes), a one-hour feature on the NOTEWORTHY WOMEN series (Public Radio), and STUDS TERKEL (WMFT), (www.spidersaloff.com)

Tickets: $40 General Preferred (cabaret seating), $30 General Admission, $10 U of C Students

April 12, 7:30pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Chinese opera star Ling Ke and the members of the Tianjin Peking Opera Company will perform a variety of world-famous Peking Opera highlights in their Chicago premiere. Among the inspired opera highlights are Wu Song Kills the Tiger (Wu Song da hu), A Dragon Flirts with a Phoenix (Youlong xifeng), and The Ghost of the Black Pot (Wupen ji). These highlights will feature the characteristic artistry and charm that has made Ling Ke one of the finest young male performers in China today, as well as traditional Chinese instrumentalists, performers specializing in comic, martial, and dramatic roles, and dazzling costumes.

This performance is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Consul General of Chicago of The People’s Republic of China and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Tickets: General $20/ Students $10

Sunday, April 13
Various locations throughout the Logan Center

The Chicago Grand Slam will be a city-wide individual poetry festival hosted by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center, open to performers of all ages—the goal being to bring together high school, college, and adult poets for a day-long poetry competition where we can write, teach, learn, and explore together. There will be prizes for the top finalists, and workshops and other performances throughout the day for all attendees.

The Chicago Grand Slam seeks to bring together the city's segregated poetry communities for the first ever Chicago-wide poetry festival open to all ages. Slam Poetry was invented in Chicago, and we want the University of Chicago to be a part of that legacy. Prize money comes from registration money; assuming we hit our cap of 60 entrants, the prizes will be $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and $300 for third place.

TICKETS:

$30 Registration for Participants
$10 Adult General Admission
$5 High School or College Students

You ticket will grant you admission to all events happening throughout the day in the Logan Center.

April 13, 3pm
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 South Woodlawn Ave

James MacMillan has redefined sacred choral music in our time. His massive St. John Passion for large orchestra, double choral forces, and baritone soloist is performed in partnership with the Northwestern Bienen School of Music under the direction of choral visionary Donald Nally. 

Running Time: Appx. 2 hours with one intermission. Doors open at 2pm.

Tickets: $20 General Admission

April 13, 2014, 3pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style and often daring repertory choices, over the past two decades the Pacifica Quartet has gained international stature as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. As the University of Chicago’s Resident Artist, they offer impeccable performances of the finest works written for string quartet. This season, the spectacular Anthony McGill, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra principal clarinetist and Chicago native, joins the Quartet for a performance of two of the most beloved quintets in the canon.

Anthony McGill, clarinet

Mozart: Quintet for clarinet and strings in A Major, K. 581
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

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Online and phone orders include a $1 handling fee per ticket.

April 16, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Rockefeller Chapel

Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ

Under the baton of conductor Patrick Quigley, Grammy^®-nominated choir Seraphic Fire (“supple, effortless tone and perfect blend” – ClevelandClassical.com) and Chicago's own Spektral Quartet (“style, soul and seriousness” – Chicago Classical Review) join forces to perform Josef Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, a powerful, deeply moving work that tells the story of the crucifixion through music, during Holy Week.  The piece comprises an introduction, seven slow movements corresponding to the seven phrases spoken by Christ on the cross, and a musical depiction of the earthquake following the crucifixion.

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Online and phone orders include a $1 handling fee per ticket.

April 19, 10:00am
Mandell Hall

Doors open at 9:00am

Tickets:

$10 for UofC Students & Faculty (must have an "@uchicago.edu" email address to purchase)
$15 for Chicago-area Students & Faculty
$20 for General Public
$15 for Prospective Student/Family (must purchase a minimum of 2)

April 25, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Mandel Hall, 1131 E 57th St

Chicago recital debut

Bach: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, Pathétique
Chopin: Nocturne in A-flat Major, Op. 32
              Two polonaises, Op. 40
              Three mazurkas, Op. 63
              Scherzo no. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39

In 2005 Rafal Blechacz was the uncontested winner of the 15^th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, garnering not only the Grand Prize, but also all four of the special prizes (mazurka, polonaise, concerto and sonata) and the Competition’s audience prize.   Now with an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording contract, much acclaim and numerous awards (including Esso Klassik Awards, 2012 and 2008; Fryderyk awards, 2010 and 2008), Blechacz makes his Chicago debut.

“Blechacz’s playing was a revelation. The clarity, the finesse, the discipline with tempo and dynamics and the maturity of it were striking.” (Gramophone)

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Online and phone orders include a $1 handling fee per ticket.

April 26, 2014, 7:30pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

10^th Anniversary with Patricia Barber

Pacifica Quartet
Lisa Kaplan, piano
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Nicholas Reed, percussion

Marta Ptaszynska: Space Model for solo percussion
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Habil-Sayagy for cello and prepared piano
Elena Firsova: String Quartet No. 11 “Purgatorium”
Patricia Barber Quartet

The 10^th anniversary celebration of the Contempo Double Bill puts the work of top creative women in music from around the world front and center stage.  The intrepid jazz artist Patricia Barber leads her quartet in the second half.

“Cross Diane Krall with Susan Sontag and you get Patricia Barber, whose throaty, come-hither vocals and coolly incisive piano are displayed to devastating effect.” (Time magazine)

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May 2, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Mandel Hall, 1131 E 57th St

Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, “Quinten”
Krzysztof Penderecki: String Quartet No. 3: Leaves from an unwritten diary
Zhou Long: Song of the Ch’in
Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor

Celebrating its 30^th anniversary season, the Shanghai Quartet has become one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles and is renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique and multicultural innovations.  Capping a season of celebrations, including Chicago Presents’ 70^th and Giuseppe Verdi’s 200^th, the Shanghai closes an elegant program with Verdi’s one and only string quartet, written during a production delay of his opera Aida.

“The Shanghai cohesively blends the music’s pulsing rhythms and thrusting figurations with intelligence and grace.” (The New York Times)

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Sunday, May 4, 6pm
Logan Center, Performance Penthouse

REMEMBERING  MABEL

KT SULLIVAN salutes “The Singer’s Singer”  Mabel Mercer with songs introduced by her like   “Love For Sale,”  “Fly Me To The Moon.”, “It Was Worth It”, and  “While We’re Young”.

Frank Sinatra said “Everything I know about  phrasing, I learned from Mabel Mercer”.  

The New Yorker calls KT Sullivan  “as vocally, comically and theatrically assured as contemporary cabaret performers get.”  She  recently appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with Brian Stokes Mitchell in Broadway Today, at the Humanities Festival in Chicago with Dave Frishberg. KT has headlined at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, Lincoln Center, The Spoleto Festival, The Nouvelle Eve in Paris, The Chichester Festival in England and the Adelaide Festival in Australia. She was a guest star on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion and has seven albums in worldwide distribution on the DRG label.   She received the “Mabel Award” for Lifetime Achievement from the Mabel Mercer Foundation and Liza Minnelli presented her with the Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs’ Outstanding Female Vocalist Award.  KT was named one of  the top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America magazine and is married to outstanding Irish-American Steve Downey, President of the New York Browning Society.  In April 2012, KT became the Artistic Director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. KT's Broadway credits include Suky Tawdry in Three Penny Opera with Sting and the leading role, Lorelei Lee, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on Broadway. She also toured nationally as Dolly Tate in Annie Get Your Gun with Cathy Rigby.  KT has guest starred on Police Squad, Night Court, Remington Steele, Hardcastle and McCormick, Simon & Simon, Cabaret 13 with Michael Feinstein and In Performance at the White House with Mary Martin.

Tickets: $40 General Preferred (cabaret seating), $30 General Admission, $10 U of C Students

May 9, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Enjoy music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by Contempo’s resident ensembles, eighth blackbird and the Pacifica Quartet.  Programs will include dissertation works by UChicago doctoral candidates in composition.

Tickets are complimentarly but reservations are suggested.

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May 16, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Roosevelt University, Ganz Hall

Enjoy music by some of today’s finest young composers, performed by Contempo’s resident ensembles, eighth blackbird and the Pacifica Quartet.  Programs will include dissertation works by UChicago doctoral candidates in composition.

Tickets are complimentary but reservations are recommended.

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May 25, 2pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

A collection of experimental choreography by Catherine Eng and Karen Reppy exploring everything from religious ambiguity to the process of crying to putting on skinny jeans. All proceeds will go to the Hyde Park School of Dance's STEPS Outreach program which works to bring dance to underserved communities.

The performance will run approximately one hour with no intermission.

Tickets: $12 General Admission, $8 Students, FREE for children under 5.

Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert

May 30, 2014 @ 7:30pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Variations on the Great American Songbook

Jazz piano lovers won’t want to miss this special double bill treat.  The legendary and versatile Dick Hyman brings his “uplifting elegance and jaw-dropping chops” (NPR) to a selection of solo jazz piano works.  Then Bill Charlap, regarded as one of the premiere interpreters of the Great American Songbook, and his long-standing trio partners take the stage for their interpretations on “America’s classical music.”

“Charlap ranges over the keyboard with nimble, crisply swinging lines, subtly layered textures, dense chords, and spiky interjections.” (TIME Magazine)

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May 31, 2pm
Logan Center Performance Hall

Storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston and string jazz musician John Blake Jr. come together to perform "Fiddlin' with Stories," a performance of four stories that reinforces community values and keeps history alive.

Run Time: appx. one hour.

Appropriate for ages 6 and up.

Tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Children under 17.

June 28, 2pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

A contemporary dance company rooted in flamenco, Clinard Dance Theatre will bring families together and expose them to the rich history of flamenco dance.

Suitable for ages 6 and up.

Tickets: $10 for adults, $5 for children 17 and under.

To purchase a family pass which allows admission for up to 4 family members for 5 Family Matinees for $75, CLICK HERE!

July 12, 2pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Catch the rhythm! Feel the heat! Snap your fingers! Tap your feet! Youth members of ASE: The Chicago Association of Black Storytellers, put a unique spin on stories and rhythms from African and African American traditions.

Appropriate for ages 6 and up.

Tickets: $10 for adults & $5 for children 17 and under.

To purchase a family pass which allows admission for up to 4 family members for 5 Family Matinees for $75, CLICK HERE!