Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2014 /15 Season
Music Creates Community
citizen musician in action 4
pathways to participation
Programs of the Institute 8
access to excellence
CSO School and Family Concerts 10
Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Orchestra Hall. Cover: CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen leads a master class at the Conservatorio Superior de MĂşsica in Canary Islands, Spain.
Contents The Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra engages more than 200,000 people each year through innovative learning and training programs.
About the Institute 2 COVER STORY
Music Creates Community: The Citizen Musician Initiative 4 Institute Learning and Training Program Pathways 8
Learning Programs FEATURE
CSO School and Family Concerts 10 Adventures in Music 14 Orchestra Explorers 14 Music Activity Partnership 15 Education and Community Open Rehearsals 15
Training Programs FEATURE
Civic Orchestra of Chicago 16 Citizen Musician Fellowship 20 Chicago Youth in Music Festival 21 Percussion Scholarship Program 22 Solti Conducting Apprenticeship 23 Youth Auditions 23 Dream Out Loud 23
Learn more about the Negaunee Music Institute at cso.org/institute.
Board, Committees and Staff 24 Donor Acknowledgments 25
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About the Institute
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he Negaunee Music Institute shares the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to create connections to music for individuals and communities in Chicago and across the world. Built on the CSO’s rich history of education and community engagement programming that originated in the early part of the twentieth century, the work of the Institute provides opportunities for people of all ages with diverse backgrounds to actively participate in the life of the Orchestra. Under the visionary leadership of CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti and Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, the work of the Institute is guided by the values of Citizen Musician.™ This initiative of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association was founded on the belief that musicians who are civically engaged have the capacity to enhance the world around them and to inspire others to do the same. A creed of guiding principles as well as a series of innovative musical projects that supplement the Institute’s ongoing learning and training programs, the Citizen Musician Initiative shares music with thousands of people each year by inviting new and inventive ways to perform outside of the concert hall and by celebrating collaboration.
Committed to artistic excellence, broad access, responsiveness, mentorship and deep and enduring impact, the Institute works to sustain the legacy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while serving as a laboratory for the development of new and innovative ideas.
Programs of the Institute include a suite of CSO concerts for school and family audiences; school partnerships; a rigorous training orchestra and fellowship for emerging professional musicians; intensive training and performance opportunities for young musicians; and collaboratively designed musical projects that creatively engage people in juvenile prisons, hospitals and various social service organizations.
The Institute is endowed by a generous gift from The Negaunee Foundation.
Core Values
Artistic excellence
Broad access
Responsiveness
Mentorship
Deep and enduring impact
Music Creates Community
Music is today the most important ambassador around the world. We can use our efforts in music to bring people together.  riccardo muti
Riccardo Muti leads the CSO at Chicago’s Millennium Park in September 2014.
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citizen musician
Riccardo Muti leads an interactive recital at the Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville.
Citizen Musician Identifying and responding to the needs of people around us is one way music can be of service. As musicians, we are citizens of the world, advocates and ambassadors for all the cultures we represent. yo-yo ma The work of the Institute is guided by the values of Citizen Musician™. An initiative of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, Citizen Musician was introduced by Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma and was founded on the belief that musical experiences have the power to connect,
uplift and transform. On stage in Orchestra Hall, in communities throughout Greater Chicago and in cities across the world, the CSO actively shares music with as many people as possible and does so in a way that sustains and expands the role of music in civic and cultural life. As the primary vehicle through which the CSOA advances the
mission of the Citizen Musician Initiative, the Institute works to increase the impact of Citizen Musician programming by creating opportunities for CSO musicians to engage with communities in Chicago and abroad, and by investing in training curricula that develops the Citizen Musicianship of young instrumentalists.
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Yo-Yo Ma visits the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
CSO Musician Projects
Music for Incarcerated Youth
Since its launch, the Citizen Musician Initiative has created opportunities for musicians of the Orchestra to design and implement special projects that identify need and respond through music. Projects are conceived of and, with support from CSOA staff, carried out by CSO musicians in schools and communities across greater Chicago. Since the 2010/11 season, projects have included regular visits to the Lurie Children’s Hospital, brass quartet performances for kindergarteners in Oak Park and Austin, co-leadership of a youth choir performance at Third Baptist Church, a concert that raised money for Hephzibah House, master classes at the Merit School of Music, concerts at the Louis Pasteur Elementary School and more.
As a champion for sharing classical music beyond traditional venues, the Institute produces a number of musical projects that engage young people at two facilities operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (the Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville and the Illinois Youth Center-Chicago) as well as the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.
CSO Citizen Musician Activities on Tour
CSO Principal trumpet Chris Martin leads a master class in Essen, Germany. / CSO bass clarinet J. Lawrie Bloom describes his instrument to a young audience member at the Jan Bogdanowicza Children’s Hospital in Warsaw, Poland.
When Sir Georg Solti first took the Orchestra to Europe in 1971, the CSO quickly became a global sensation. Decades later, the CSO carries on the tradition of robust international touring to Europe, Asia and the Americas. In an effort to demonstrate the values and behaviors of Citizen Musicianship wherever they go, members of the Orchestra now express the organization's full identity by pairing sold-out concerts in the world’s finest concert halls with learning and training activities in university, community music school, hospital and social service organization settings.
Launched by Riccardo Muti in his inaugural year as CSO music director, Citizen Musician activities in juvenile prisons include an annual interactive recital presented by the Maestro alongside guest artists and musicians of the CSO. Additionally, in collaboration with Music in Prisons, Storycatchers Theatre and CSO teaching artists, short yet intensive projects are led by musicians of the CSO and Civic Orchestra, and provide active musicmaking experiences that enable the youth to develop transferrable skills and assets that serve them as a resource in the future. Through creative expression, the support of positive adult role models and self-esteem building, participating youth have memorable artistic experiences that they carry with them long into the future.
Learn more about the Citizen Musician Initiative at csosoundsandstories.org.
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learning and training programs
Pre-K
K–8th Grade
School and Family Concerts
Orchestra Explorers®
Music Activity Partnership
Pre-K through 8th
K–3rd
4–8th
Once Upon a Symphony®
Adventures in Music
Pre-K
K–3rd
LEARNING
TRAINING Percussion Scholarship Program
Chicago Youth in Music Festival
4–12th
4–12th
Pathways to Participation
Dream Out Loud™ Materials
The Negaunee Music Institute’s Learning and Training programs form two complementary pathways that provide entry points to the musical resources of the CSO for people ages three through adulthood.
4–12th
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9–12th Grade
Young Adult
Adult
CSO Community Open Rehearsals Adult
CSO Education Open Rehearsals 9–12th
Crain-Maling Youth Auditions
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Civic Engagement Ensembles
9–12th
Young Adult
Young Adult
Music for Incarcerated Youth
Citizen Musician Fellowship Program
Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship
9–12th
Young Adult
Young Adult / Adult
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CSO School and Family Concerts
Imagination. Curiosity. Conn Each Season
40 concerts
125 schools
40000 audience members
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ection. Students pose in front of Orchestra Hall before a CSO School Concert.
To connect a diverse audience to the Orchestra in
are Chicago-area pre-K through 8th grade students
a deep and enduring way, the Institute presents
from 125 schools. Presented in partnership with
a suite of CSO concerts that shepherd young
many of Chicago’s outstanding dance, theater and
people to music through innovative programming
visual arts organizations, CSO School and Family
that is engaging, approachable, educational and
Concerts provide a compelling introduction to an
affordable. Each season, these forty concerts reach
orchestra while teaching young people to draw
over 40,000 people, approximately 25,000 of whom
connections between music and their own lives.
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learning programs
School Concerts
Once Upon a Symphony The suite of CSO Education and Family Concerts consists of three series: 1. ONCE UPON A SYMPHONY ® 2. SCHOOL CONCERTS 3. FAMILY MATINEES
Ages 3–5
Grades K–8
Ages 5–9
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The Power of Preparation
Family Matinees Once Upon a Symphony performances for children ages 3–5 use a chamber ensemble of CSO musicians, storytelling, multimedia, costumes and sets that are produced in collaboration with the Chicago Children’s Theater to introduce very young children to the world of classical music. Content for each performance is presented in a way that supports young audience members’ development as lifelong learners through the cultivation of basic musical skills, problem solving, making connections and self-regulation. School Concerts provide a compelling introduction to a symphony orchestra for students in grades K–8. Designed especially for young listeners, these concerts spark curiosity and create connection to music through a magical and captivating environment within Orchestra Hall. For K–3 audiences, the music is enhanced by dance, theater or multimedia for an experience that is not only sonically stimulating, but visually engaging as well. Students in grades 4–8 are presented with more complex musical content and ideas through educational remarks from the conductor, and a performance by and Q & A with the most recent winner of the Crain-Maling CSO Youth Auditions. Family Matinees for families with children ages 5–9 are repeat performances of the School Concerts presented to students in grades K–3. Unique to this series, attendees also have access to a festival of pre-concert activities that occur in spaces throughout Symphony Center. Curious concertgoers try musical instruments, compose their own music, learn to conduct an orchestra and hear performances by young musicians from many of Chicago’s leading organizations in music education.
CSO Education and Family Concerts are bolstered by resources that anticipate the live music experience and deepen its impact afterwards. This arc of engagement begins with carefully crafted preparatory activities that occur either at Symphony Center or in the classroom. Depth of captivation and comprehension during the concert are directly informed by the preparation that occurs in the preceding days and weeks. When young people are familiar with the content, their experience is exponentially richer and longer lasting. They respond more vigorously, ask more questions following the performance and demonstrate greater interest in future participation. Prior to their attendance at School and Family Concerts, all audience members receive a complimentary copy of Kidsbook or The Beat. These fun and educational workbooks include information about the upcoming concert program, the Orchestra and guest artists. Teachers receive a guide with lesson plans developed in collaboration with local teachers that establish clear objectives and provide strategies for assessing student learning progress. Further, teachers receive additional support from one or more of the CSO’s trained Docents and CSO teaching artists, who introduce students to the repetoire, music fundamentals and audience etiquette. To purchase tickets to CSO Education and Family Concerts, visit cso.org or call 312-294-3000.
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A Learning and Access Program of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
LEADERSHIP FUNDING FOR ORCHESTRA EXPLORERS IS PROVIDED BY THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.
LEADERSHIP FUNDING FOR ORCHESTRA EXPLORERS IS PROVIDED BY THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.
Adventures in Music participants dance with a teaching artist during a CSO Family Matinee pre-concert activity.
CPS teacher Nancy Ocampo uses Orchestra Explorers in her classroom at Eberhard Elementary School.
SUPPORTED IN PART BY:
brought to you by
THE Pastoral SYmPHONY A Journey in Beethoven’s World LEADERSHIP FUNDING FOR ORCHESTRA EXPLORERS IS PROVIDED BY THE NEGAUNEE FOUNDATION. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE FIELD FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS.
SUPPORTED IN PART BY:
brought to you by
Adventures in Music
Orchestra Explorers®
In partnership with nine community organizations throughout Chicago, Adventures in Music offers hundreds of participants free tickets and transportation to CSO Family Matinee Concerts.
Orchestra Explorers provides a variety of materials that introduce K–3 students to classical music and the extraordinary musicians of the CSO while supporting teachers’ ongoing instruction in a variety of core academic areas. The curriculum is designed to be
Preparation begins at each partner site, where volunteer Docents and ensembles of CSO musicians introduce young listeners to elements of the performances they will attend. On concert days, participating families enjoy guided, engaging pre-concert activities throughout Symphony Center. By offering high-quality musical performances and 2014/15 Adventures in Music learning opportunities, both in Partner Organizations familiar neighborhood spaces and at Symphony Center, the Chicago Youth Centers: program strives to broaden Armour Elementary each participant’s enjoyment School, Chinese Mutual and appreciation of music while Aid Association, Heartland nurturing a sense of connection Alliance Marjorie Kovler to the CSO. Center, Hephzibah Children's Association, Holy Family School, Jane Addams Elementary School, Lloyd Elementary School, McCutcheon Elementary School, Pilsen Neighbors: Galileo Math & Science School
accessible for teachers who do not have a background in orchestral music, offering multidisciplinary lesson plans and recordings featuring spoken introductions and explanations by CSO musicians. Three volumes of materials are currently available: Stravinsky The Firebird, Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) and Copland Appalachian Spring. To support teachers’ use of Orchestra Explorers, up to three free workshops are offered each year and provide an outline of the curricula as well as an overview of some of the applicable repertoire. These workshops also feature curriculum modeling led by CSO teaching artists. As an added incentive, teachers who attend workshops are entered into a lottery for free tickets and transportation to a CSO School Concert. Orchestra Explorers materials are free to teachers in the Chicago metropolitan area and available for a modest cost outside of Chicago. Visit cso.org/orchestraexplorers to learn more and to request materials.
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CSO Teaching Artist Avo Randruut demonstrates the triangle at a MAP school.
A high school student poses a question to a CSO musician following an Open Rehearsal.
Music Activity Partnership
CSO Open Rehearsals
Launched in the fall of 1998, the Music Activity Partnership program was created alongside Chicago Public Schools in an effort to serve elementary schools that did not have comprehensive music programs or access to musical training.
Open rehearsals of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra provide unique access to the ensemble, its music director and guest artists for hundreds of Chicago-area high school students, seniors, veterans and community groups. Each year, the Institute
Currently in its seventeenth year, the Music Activity Partnership program engages eight CPS elementary schools over a three year period. Introducing 4–6th grade students and classroom teachers Chicago Public Schools to a symphony orchestra, the participating in the MAP program helps to develop and program during the 2014/15 expand understanding and season enjoyment of music. Each year, partners receive classroom visits by CSO teaching artists, an array of classroom instruments to support learning and in-school performances by small ensembles of CSO and Civic Orchestra musicians. They also attend a CSO Youth Concert and teachers engage in intensive professional development workshops.
Brentano Math and Science Academy (Logan Square), Caldwell Academy of Math and Science (Stony Island Park), Clinton Elementary School (West Rogers Park), Haugan Elementary School (Albany Park), Henderson Elementary School (West Englewood) , Passages Charter School (Edgewater), Pickard Elementary School (Heart of Chicago/Pilsen), Sandoval Elementary School (Gage Park)
coordinates two series: four Education Open Rehearsals led by a guest conductor for groups of high school music students, and three Community Open Rehearsals led by CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti for invited groups of seniors, veterans and members of the CSO family. Education Open Rehearsals are followed by question and answer sessions with the guest conductor, soloist and/or members of the Orchestra, during which high school students can communicate directly with the musicians. Many high schools participate in two or more rehearsals each season. In the 2010/11 season, a committee of the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association—the Senior Engagement Committee—was formed to expand reach and connection to Chicago’s senior population. Through that initiative, members of the League have built personal relationships with over 75 different senior sites in the Greater Chicago area, inviting them to open rehearsal events.
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Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Artistry. Civic Engagement. Each Season
90
musicians
30
performances
14000 audience members
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Professional Development. Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot leads the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center.
For nearly a century, the Civic Orchestra of
through nationally syndicated radio broadcasts on
Chicago has prepared emerging professional
more than 160 outlets in thirty states.
musicians for lives in music. As the program trains young musicians, it underscores its commitment
Civic Orchestra musicians go on to perform with
to access by presenting free performances that
prestigious professional institutions worldwide,
reach approximately 14,000 people each season
including the CSO. More than fifteen percent
at Symphony Center and in schools and diverse
of the current CSO membership is comprised of
communities across the city. Concerts may also be
Civic alumni, and hundreds of other alums are
heard locally on WFMT and by millions of listeners
established performers and educators.
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One of the extraordinary qualities of the Civic Orchestra program is
The Civic Orchestra Experience As a center for developing and exercising Citizen Musicianship, the Civic Orchestra program responds to the needs of young 21st century musicians by broadening and diversifying their musical experiences. Under the guidance of CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti, Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot and musicians of the CSO, Civic members are immersed in rigorous, timehonored orchestral training and performances that serve as the program’s foundation. Additionally, they participate in open rehearsals with Riccardo Muti and residencies with Yo-Yo Ma, rehearse and perform as small chamber ensembles in school and community locations across the city and attend professional development workshops with special guest artists and clinicians. A dedicated faculty of CSO musicians provides invaluable mentorship for Civic musicians through side-by-side rehearsals, mock auditions and orchestral repertoire master classes. Civic musicians also receive exclusive access to ten CSO rehearsals as well as complimentary tickets to over forty CSO and Symphony Center Presents concerts each year.
Residencies with Yo-Yo Ma Through his work as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant, Yo-Yo Ma plays a key role in developing the Civic Orchestra curriculum by creating transformative musical and professional development experiences for Civic musicians. During a series of residencies with Ma, Civic members are empowered to assume greater ownership over the process of preparing music and sharing it with others. Now more than ever, Civic musicians are co-creators in designing and delivering transformative musical experiences for diverse audiences. This project-based learning provides a platform for significant growth as they respond to real-world challenges, identify solutions and work to make lasting contributions to the broader field of music. In doing so, Civic musicians develop the requisite skills to make dynamic, fruitful careers in the arts— collaboration, innovation and adaptability.
Civic Engagement Chamber Music Ensembles Supplemental to their membership in the full orchestra, many Civic members have the opportunity to form chamber ensembles that perform over twenty concerts that collectively reach eight Chicago Public Schools, three Chicago Park District field houses, the Mexican Museum of National Art, the Zhou B Art Center and the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. Participants receive a workshop with Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble as well as coaching by CSO musicians, Cliff Colnot and other guest faculty. By the conclusion of the program, participants ably design and deliver musical programs that increase awareness of and appreciation for classical music.
its commitment to a thorough and deep musical understanding of the repertoire performed, which allows the musicians to achieve insights far beyond the skillful execution of the notes on the page. The resulting performances transcend technique and successfully communicate musical ideas and emotions to the audience. cliff colnot
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Citizen Musician Fellowship W
ith the ultimate goal of evolving how classical musicians are prepared for careers in the arts, the Citizen Musician Fellowship immerses eight emerging professional musicians in rigorous artistic and professional development that enhances their membership in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Through an array of experiences designed to build 21st century musicianship, the Fellowship aims not to define success for its members, but rather to empower them to realize their full potential as they forge their own paths.
Citizen Musician Fellows and their colleagues from the Civic Orchestra perform at the Illinois Youth Center—Warrenville, participate in a workshop with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and perform a season finale concert in Buntrock Hall with Hubbard Street 2.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM, FELLOWS GAIN SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AS:
• emergent leaders within a symphony orchestra, taking on additional responsibilities during each of Yo-Yo Ma’s residencies with the Civic Orchestra
• collaborative chamber musicians, experimenting with strategies to creatively engage diverse audiences • music educators, developing their own unique pedagogy by leading master classes, sectional coachings, private lessons and pre-concert preparation in classrooms, community locations and at Symphony Center
• civically engaged artists, using music to build community and enrich lives by sharing extraordinary musicianship with people at youth prisons, community music schools, seniors centers and hospitals
• entrepreneurial program managers, assuming responsibility for program design, schedule, budget,
personnel management, marketing, operations and overall project strategy that connects to a clear vision and mission
In 2014/15, Fellows will work with the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport, Hubbard Street Dance 2, Third Coast Percussion, Sharing Notes, Storycatchers Theatre, Music in Prisons and numerous community music schools and programs including the Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Merit School of Music, Music Institute of Chicago, People’s School of Music, Sistema Ravinia and more. To learn more about the 2014/15 Citizen Musician Fellows and their activities, visit citizenmusicianfellows.org.
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CHICAGO YOUTH IN MUSIC FESTIVAL
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he Chicago Youth in Music Festival is a celebration of young classical musicians from across Chicago. As one of the key ways through which the Institute works with the city’s many community music schools and youth orchestra programs, the Festival provides connections to the CSO and Civic Orchestra that support and inspire young musicians who are passionate about orchestral music. It is collaboratively designed by a committee of partners who bring to the CSO their expertise in and commitment to offering transformative music education for young people. The flagship event of each festival is the Festival Orchestra, an ensemble comprised of the most advanced players from Chicagoarea community music schools and youth orchestras that participates in an open rehearsal with Riccardo Muti. New in 2015, the Citizen Musician Fellows lead residencies at local community youth orchestra programs, working to connect those activities to the vibrant musical environment at Symphony Center. Participating students also receive free tickets and transportation to a CSO School Concert. Artistic leadership is provided by CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti, Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot, musicians of the CSO and the Citizen Musician Fellows of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Past Festival guest artists and conductors have included Carlos Miguel Prieto and YOA Orchestra of the Americas; Enrique Barrios and the Carlos Chavez Youth Orchestra of Mexico City; Elizabeth Espejel Cruz and the Children's Choir of Morelia; and Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
Riccardo Muti leads the 2011 Festival Orchestra. / The 2013 Festival Orchestra first violin section poses during a rehearsal in Orchestra Hall. / CSO viola Larry Neuman coaches a string quartet of young musicians from the Carlos Chavez Youth Orchestra of Mexico.
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training programs
The Percussion Scholarship Group
PSP member Sui Lin Tam performs during a recital in Buntrock Hall.
Percussion Scholarship Program Celebrating 20 years as one of the nation’s premier training programs for young percussionists.
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aunched in 1995 under the direction of CSO percussionist Patricia Dash and Lyric Opera percussionist Douglas Waddell, the Percussion Scholarship Program (PSP) offers intensive, weekly percussion instruction on a full scholarship basis to Chicago youth grades 3–12. Students are selected for the program through a rigorous application and personal interview process that includes a provisional period followed by an invitation to continue through eighth grade. Select students are invited to continue through high school.
We hope PSP can serve as a model, demonstrating the incredible power of music education and exciting, innovative ways to effectively engage young people. Judy and Joe Konen, PSP supporters
The program meets weekly on Saturdays year round. Additionally, students are asked to practice for a minimum of 45 minutes daily at their own homes, and expectation for practice time increases as students progress in the program.
WGN and WFMT radio, on NPR's From the Top and as soloists with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as part of CSO Youth Concerts, the CSO Family Matinee Series and Welcome Yule! Concerts as well as the Chicago Youth in Music Festival.
As an ensemble, the Percussion Scholarship Group has had numerous compositions arranged especially for them by nationally known artists. The group performs twice per year in Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center and has appeared at Macy's Day of Music, DePaul University, the Chicago Cultural Center, on WTTW, on
The Percussion Scholarship Program boasts a roster of alumni who have gone on to some of the nation’s finest colleges, universities and conservatories, later assuming notable careers within and outside of music. For more information about the program, including photos, videos and upcoming performance dates, visit percussionscholars.com.
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Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition & Apprenticeship
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aunched by Riccardo Muti during his inaugural season as CSO Music Director, the biennial Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship offers one promising young conductor two years of rare access to and guidance from an honored tradition of musical leadership. Building on the legacy of the late Sir Georg Solti (CSO Music Director 1969–91) and his work in opera, Maestro Muti identifies and mentors young conductors who can not only lead an orchestra and command a broad repertoire, but ably coach artists from the piano as well. About the Current Apprentice
Matthew Aucoin (b. 1990) is a young American composer, conductor, poet and pianist. His first opera to receive a professional production is Crossing, which was commissioned by Boston's American Repertory Theater and will be debuted in June 2015 in a production starring Rod
Gilfry and directed by Diane Paulus. The Lyric Opera of Chicago will produce Second Nature, an opera for young people, later that summer. In 2012 he began a relationship with the Metropolitan Opera when he auditioned for their studio program and was asked instead to join the professional staff as an assistant conductor, working with Thomas Ades on the Met debut of his The Tempest, with Valery Gergiev on a new production of Shostakovich's The Nose, and this season with music director James Levine on Le nozze di Figaro. His professional conducting debut was in a concert by the orchestra of the Rome Opera; his professional opera debut was Eugene Onegin for Juilliard Opera. Matthew Aucoin
As the Solti Apprentice, Aucoin has conducted works by Ravel and Stravinsky on a CSO subscription concert during the 2013/14 season, and in 2014/15 leads CSO players in a chamber music performance of his newly commissioned work. In December
2013, he led the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in a public rehearsal of Strauss's Don Quixote featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. He will return to Civic in March 2015 to conduct a program featuring music by Stravinsky and Adès.
Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Youth Auditions
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he Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Youth Auditions, presented by the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, provides a platform for Greater Chicago’s most outstanding young classical soloists to showcase their talents as they compete for an opportunity to perform with the CSO. Auditions are held annually for a single, rotating instrument family—piano; strings; woodwinds, brass and percussion.
The finalists audition on Orchestra Hall's stage for an esteemed panel of judges. Additionally, two participants receive scholarships for further instrumental study at the Interlochen Academy and Arts Camp in Michigan. CSO Youth Auditions were initiated during the Orchestra’s 1919/20 season by Frederick Stock. Past winners of the competition
Dream Out Loud™
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he Dream Out Loud Music Education Advocacy Campaign utilizes the unique individual stories of Chicago Symphony Orchestra members to inspire young musicians to continue their musical studies and to stick with it during periods of challenge or frustration. To learn more and to request materials, visit cso.org/dol.
include pianists Walter Liberace, Eugene Istomin and Herbie Hancock; violinist Rachel Barton Pine; and several members of the CSO—former Concertmaster Samuel Magad, former Principal Second Violin Joseph Golan, former cellist Philip Blum, harpist Lynne Turner and CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong.
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board, commit tees and staff
Institute Board
Institute Committees
Paul Wiggin, Chair Judy A. Bundra, Vice Chair Ashley Young, Secretary
Institute Development Paul Wiggin, Chair Phyllis Bleck James Borkman Allan Drebin Lori Julian Joe Konen Amy B. Manning
Richard Colburn Cheryl M. Francis Joyce T. Green Mary Winton Green Marguerite Griffin Lori Julian Robert Kohl Joe Konen Amy B. Manning Ling Z. Markovitz Judith W. McCue Álvaro R. Obregón Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Simon Stephenson Penny Van Horn Members ex-officio Charles Grode Stephen Lester James Smelser
Institute Executive Paul Wiggin, Chair Judy A. Bundra, Vice Chair Marguerite Griffin Robert Kohl Judith W. McCue Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. Penny Van Horn Institute Finance Marguerite Griffin, Chair David Hackett John Hart Robert Kohl Joe Konen Judith W. McCue Gerald Pauling Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. William Steinmetz Simon Stephenson Paul Wiggin
Institute Nominating Robert Kohl, Chair Judy Konen Álvaro R. Obregón Paul Wiggin
Institute Program and Evaluation Judy A. Bundra, Chair John Aalbregtse, ex-officio Ann Blickensderfer Cheryl M. Francis Sarah Good, ex-officio Joyce T. Green Ling Z. Markovitz Judith W. McCue Álvaro R. Obregón Irwin Press Simon Stephenson Penny Van Horn
© Content compiled and written by Jonathan McCormick. Design by Emma Bilyk. Photography by Todd Rosenberg.
Institute Staff Charles Grode Vice President Ashley Young Executive Assistant Jon Weber Director of Learning Programs Yoo-Jin Hong Director of Civic Orchestra and Training Programs Jonathan McCormick Associate Director of Institute Programs Katy Clusen Coordinator of Learning Programs Molly Walker Coordinator of Civic Orchestra and Training Programs James Hall Coordinator of Civic Engagement Programs Alyssa Crance Coordinator of School and Family Programs
donor acknowledgements
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Major Donors Thank you to these major donors to the Institute during the 2014/15 season: The Institute is endowed by a generous gift from The Negaunee Foundation. $100,000 and above
$50,000–$99,999
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Judson and Joyce Green ITW Lori Julian Susan and Richard Kiphart Robert R. McCormick Foundation The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation Polk Bros. Foundation Mrs. Peg Sindelar
Alphawood Foundation Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Ellen and Paul Gignilliat John Hart and Carol Prins Illinois Arts Council Judy and Scott McCue National Endowment for the Arts The Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. The Warranty Group
Spotlight on Philanthropy Judy and Joe Konen have been volunteers and supporters of the CSO’s education and engagement programs since 2001. They are supporters of numerous Institute programs including the Percussion Scholarship Program and Adventures in Music, and have also served as Governing Members. Judy served as past president of the Women’s Association, now the League, chairing numerous League events and serving on Institute committees. Joe recently became a member of the Institute Board and has served as a CSO Trustee since 2012.
Judy and Joe Konen
What inspires your support of the Institute? When we think about the audience for Institute programs and the impact music can have on their lives, we get really excited. It’s our way of educating future musicians—through programs like the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Percussion Scholarship Program. It’s our way of exposing young children to music—through school programs like Adventures in Music. It’s our way of connecting with the world—through the Citizen Musician Initiative. Citizen Musician and Institute programs bring people together around the power of music and the incredible music of the CSO. These programs and values really ensure that the work of the Institute lasts forever. What does Citizen Musician mean to you? Citizen Musician really shines a spotlight on how our musicians are citizens of the communities in which they live, work and perform. It says that all of us, every single person, every single citizen, has the opportunity to be involved and participate in music. We all have the opportunity to be engaged in music in some way. Music is universal, and Citizen Musician helps drive that. Any advice for readers? Get involved! It has enriched our lives in so many ways. Participation makes a difference, and we’re so grateful for that. Being involved has done so much more for us than we’ve done for it.
To make a gift in support of the work of the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO, call 312-294-3100 or visit cso.org/support.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director Yo-Yo Ma Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant CSO.ORG • 312-294-3000