Academy Chamber Music Concert - April 29, 2023

nichols concert hall

Monday, May 15, 2023

The Peninsula Chicago

108 East Superior Street

5:30-9:00 PM

Dinner and performances begin at 6:45 PM

Cocktail Attire

Join the Music Institute for an inspiring evening in support of artistically excellent, accessible music education for all.

This year we honor trailblazing women in the classical music world who serve as inspiration for the next generation.

Honoring

2023 Cultural Visionary

Award for Chicago

2023 Dushkin Award

2023 Richard D. Colburn

Award for Teaching Excellence

Featuring musical performances by talented young Music Institute students, including a selection conducted by Marin Alsop.

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Karen Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel

Marin Alsop

Barbara Ann Martin

ONE COMPOSER, ONE COMMUNITY

First launched in 2021, the Music Institute of Chicago’s One Composer, One Community (OCOC) focuses on the life and work of a single, often underrepresented BIPOC composer over the course of an academic year. This composer’s work is featured on the Nichols Concert Hall series as well as in other special events, including gatherings to discuss aspects of the composer’s life and music through autobiographical, biographical, or critical writing, as well as though active music listening.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

This year we celebrate the life and work of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Considered the single most significant creative figure in 20th century Brazilian art music, Villa-Lobos synthesized contemporary European techniques with elements of national music to create his unique compositional style. A prolific composer, Villa-Lobos penned more than 2,000 orchestral, chamber, instrumental, and vocal works.

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Contributions of all sizes support our shared commitment to educate and inspire musicians and music lovers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, regardless of experience or financial means.

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Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)....................................

I. Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Arranged for piano four hands by Otto Singer

Anna Knight and Ethan Zheng, piano

Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.15 …………...…....……… Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884)

I. Moderato assai

Piano Trio (2019) ……………………….……………………..……………………. Reena Esmail

III. Capricious (b. 1983)

Trio Nuvola

Sameer Agrawal, violin Simon Updegraff, cello Zachary Guo, piano

Piano Trio in B flat Major, Op. 11 (“Gassenhauer Trio”) ... Ludwig van Beethoven

I. Allegro con brio (1770 – 1827)

Luminos Piano Trio

Lauren Kim, violin Lucy Wu, cello Matthew Hahn, piano

Silver Dagger …………….…………………………......…………….. Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)

Melody ………………………………….........……………. Myroslav Skoryk (1938 - 2000)

Svitanok Trio

Pavlo Kyryliuk, violin Ma’ayan Kertcher, cello Anna Knight, piano

Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 ………………..…..……….. Dmitri Shostakovich

I. Andante-Moderato (1906 - 1975)

Goya Trio

Lily Sullivan, violin Serge Kalinovsky, cello Noah Kim, piano

Piano Trio in E-flat Major, K. 493 (Kegelstatt) ……. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

III. Allegretto

Scaleno Trio

Emily Chen, violin Neal Eisfeldt, viola Ethan Zheng, piano

Sonata for Two Cellos in A Major, G. 4 ………………………………… Luigi Boccherini

I. Adagio (1743 - 1805)

II. Allegro

Serge Kalinovsky, Amelia Zitoun, cello

String Quartet in F Major …………………………......………………………. Maurice Ravel

II. Assez vif - très rythmé (1875 - 1937)

Quartet Éclat

Elle Cho, Mingshi Xia, violins Vivian Van de Sype–Cucu, viola

Xavier Miyazaki, cello

String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 (Emperor) ……..…..…..…. Joseph Haydn

I. Allegro (1732 - 1809)

String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 50 …..…………....…………….. Serge Prokofiev

I. Allegro (1891 - 1953)

Calcifer String Quartet

Kana Aihara, Zak Chen, violins Leo Zupko, viola Jan Nedvetsky, cello

String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 ……….…………..…………………. Claude Debussy

I. Animé et très décidé (1862 - 1918)

String Quartet No. 6 (Brazilian) ………………………....….………… Heitor Villa-Lobos

III.Andante, quasi Adagio (1887 - 1959)

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 75 ……………….....………………… Béla Bartók

II. Allegro molto capriccioso (1881 - 1945)

Pelios String Quartet

Ellen Zhou, Clark Snavely, violins Tristan Zhu, viola Amelia Zitoun, cello

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES

Scott Verschoor, Chair

Alexandra C. Nichols, Chair Emerita

Tom Leddy, Treasurer

Barbara Sereda, Secretary

Lee Anne Stoddart, Vice Chair

Carlos R. Cárdenas, CPA

Hans Germann

Daniel Hahn

Courtney Holohan

Kay Mabie

Yana Nedvetsky

Renée Parquette

Timothy Patenode

James H. Stone

Ross Updegraff

Zalman Usiskin

Audra Wilson

David Zampa

Florian Zettelmeyer

LIFE TRUSTEES

John J. Berwanger

Gilbert W. Bowen

Mitzi Freidheim

Brooks Morgan

Rachel Barton Pine

Betsey L. Puth

Priscilla F. Richman

William N. Topaz

EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES

Jennifer Koh

Nina Kraus

Christopher Rintz

Deborah F. Rutter

THE MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music through unparalleled teaching, exceptional performances, and valuable service initiatives that educate, inspire, and build strong, healthy communities.

Since its founding in 1931, the Music Institute’s commitment to innovation, access, and excellence has served as an important community resource and helps to ensure music is available to everyone. Each year, the Music Institute provides personalized music instruction to more than 1,500 students, regardless of age, level of experience, or financial means, across eight Community Music School locations in Chicago, Downers Grove, Evanston, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, and Winnetka, as well as online.

In addition, the Music Institute brings music education, arts curriculum integration, professional development, and music performance and engagement opportunities to thousands in the Chicago area; offers scholarship opportunities to students in its Community School and its Academy, a nationally recognized training center for highly gifted pre-college pianists and string players; and welcomes thousands of visitors annually for performances, master classes, and special events at Nichols Concert Hall.

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Celebrate more than 90 years of excellence in teaching and performance at the Music Institute of Chicago with a dazzling season finale. The program features MIC alumnae pianists Inna Faliks and Marta Aznavoorian, Ensemblein-Residence Quintet Attacca, and the award-winning musicians of the Music Institute’s Academy Orchestra. Works include Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D Minor, KV 466 and Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, KV 452, as well as Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, the focus of the Music Institute’s One Composer, One Community program.

Celebrate more than 90 years of excellence in teaching and performance at the Music Institute of Chicago with a dazzling season finale. The program features MIC alumnae pianists Inna Faliks and Marta Aznavoorian, Ensemblein-Residence Quintet Attacca, and the award-winning musicians of the Music Institute’s Academy Orchestra. Works include Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D Minor, KV 466 and Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, KV 452, as well as Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, the focus of the Music Institute’s One Composer, One Community program.

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