A benefit bash featuring the music of Lennon & McCartney
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Come Together: A benefit bash featuring the music of Lennon & McCartney Thursday, May 17, 2012 Salvage One 1840 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL Chicago a cappella Jonathan Miller, Artistic Director Patrick Sinozich, Music Director Matthew Greenberg, Executive Director Kathryn Kamp, soprano Alexia Kruger, soprano Cari Plachy, soprano Elizabeth Grizzell, mezzo Susan Schober, mezzo Hoss Brock, tenor Klaus Georg, tenor Joe Labozetta, bass Benjamin Rivera, bass Brian Streem, bass Special Guest Emcee: Terri Hemmert, WXRT Radio Come Together is proudly presented by:
With generous support from: Catering: J&L Catering, Chicago, IL Design: Norbert Shimkus, Chicago, IL Video Production: Dan Lerner, Crosstown Productions Program: Footlights Printing: Press America, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL Video and Lighting Equipment: AV Chicago, Chicago, IL Wine: House Red Wine Shop, Forest Park, IL Come Together 3
C O M E TO G E T H E R Come Together Coordinators: Maria T. Suarez, Chair, Shaina Farwell, Deb Hoban, Sandra Siegel Miller VIP Hosts Dee Dee Whipple and Phillip Grossman Premier Hosts Murray Kopelow and Cathy Bachman Lisa Scott The Leigh Gallery Brian and Lindsay Streem Hosts of Eight Ann and Roger Cole Helen Gagel Joyce Grenis and Michael Koen Larry Hamilton and Ann Hicks David and Carole Perlman
Jerry Privasky and George Griskenas Maria T. Suarez Peggy Sullivan John Vorrasi
Hosts of Four Elizabeth Fashingbauer Ronna Lerner Sunny and Paul Fischer John and Cris Lieb William and Jeanetta Flowers Dr. Linda Mast Joan and Guy Gunzberg Jean McClaren and John Nitschke James and Lois Hobart Kenneth Schug Howard and Jane Hush Janet Carl Smith and Alene Valkanas Tom and Margaret Huyck Margaret Spears Kathleen and Michael Johnston John Sterling John and Karen Kruger Kris Swanson Board of Directors Michelle Eppley William K. Flowers Helen C. Gagel Joyce Grenis Howard Hush Murray Kopelow
Leslie Lauderdale Robert B. Linn Linda Mast David Perlman Stephen Shaw Maria T. Suarez
Staff Jonathan Miller, Founder and Artistic Director Matthew Greenberg, Executive Director Patrick Sinozich, Music Director Deb Hoban, Box Office & Concert Manager Shaina Farwell, Marketing & Operations Coordinator Susan Schober, Education Outreach Coordinator Manda Gervase, Katie Meyers, Myles Teague, Interns Catering...................................................................................................................... J & L Catering Graphic Design...................................................................................................Norbert Shimkus Printing Services..............................................................................................Press America, Inc. Program Book.................................................................................................................. Footlights Education Video Production.....................................Dan Lerner, Crosstown Productions Tribute Video Production........................................................Chris Baer & Matt Greenberg Video and Lighting Services.....................................................................................AV Chicago Wines.......................................................................................................... House Red Wine Shop Photography........................................................................................................... Jennifer Girard
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PROGR A M
Come Together v “Yellow Submarine” Sandwiches by J&L Catering Wines from House Red Hors d’oeuvres, Desserts Strawberry Fields cocktail bar
v Silent Auction
v Musical Program Chicago a cappella performs songs from the John Lennon and Paul McCartney songbook
v Award Presentation FRIEND OF THE YEAR: The Arts & Business Council of Chicago with Special Recognition to Joan Gunzberg, former Executive Director TRIBUTE AWARD: John Vorrasi Artistic and Executive Director, William Ferris Chorale
v RAFFLE Drawing at 9:30 pm Tickets: $10 each, or three for $25 RAFFLE GRAND PRIZE: Magical Mystery Tour for Two • Roundtrip air transportation for two on Southwest Airlines to any Continental U.S. destination • $500 Travelocity Gift Card • Three piece luggage set from OGIO
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A B O U T C H I C AG O A C A P P E L L A An ensemble of professional singers founded in 1993 by Jonathan Miller, Chicago a cappella presents an annual Chicago-area subscription series, creates studio recordings as well as live and broadcast-media musical content, and gives performances on tour and in special engagements. Long recognized for vocal virtuosity and innovative programming, the ensemble enjoys a reputation as a leader in the choral field. With more than 325 concerts to its credit, Chicago a cappella has produced more than 200 performances on its Chicago-based series. On tour, the group has appeared in 11 American states and in Mexico. The ensemble has been heard frequently on WFMT radio and through broadcasts distributed by American Public Media, including the highly-regarded Performance Today. The ensemble has produced eight CD recordings of music ranging from Renaissance masses to contemporary works. From its inception, Chicago a cappella has been a champion of living composers. Since 1993 the group has presented more than 100 works in their world, national, or local premiere. Chicago a cappella has commissioned new music from composers such as Joseph Jennings, Chen Yi, Stacy Garrop, Rollo Dilworth, Tania León, and Ezequiel Viñao. As part of its work to give back to the community, Chicago a cappella has been increasingly active in the area’s schools. From an initial residency on Chicago’s West Side, the ensemble undertook residencies in Chicago Public Schools during both the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. This season, Chicago a cappella produced its first annual Youth Choral Festival and launched the ensemble’s High School Internship program, a unique multi-faceted immersion for selected students in the world of both performance and arts administration.
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FRIEND OF THE YEAR The Arts & Business Council of Chicago and Joan Gunzberg The Arts & Business Council of Chicago The Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) links the strengths of the cultural and business sectors to promote community growth and vitality through the arts. By enlisting business volunteers to provide essential assessment, training, consulting and board service, A&BC enhances management capacity of arts organizations while promoting a highly engaged form of business participation in the arts. Each year, A&BC brings more than 300 arts organizations together with dedicated business professionals, ensuring the long-term vitality of metropolitan Chicago and preserving its reputation as a great place to work and live. A&BC was founded as Business Volunteers for the Arts in 1985 and became the local chapter of the Arts & Business Council, Inc. in 1995 when it changed its name to the Arts & Business Council of Chicago. In 2005, A&BC’s national affiliate, the Arts & Business Council, Inc., merged with Americans for the Arts (AFTA), making A&BC Chicago a division of AFTA, the largest arts service organization in the U.S. Special Recognition: Joan Gunzberg Joan currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Evanston Community Foundation and advisor to numerous nonprofit organizations throughout metro Chicago. She retired four years ago as Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago, a position she held for twenty years. She built the organization into a premier community resource that develops leadership, arts/business partnerships, collaborative initiatives, staff and board training, and exposure to best business practices. Joan launched the Council’s OnBOARD program (to train and place business professionals on arts boards throughout metro Chicago), the Arts Marketing Project (focusing on e-marketing and audience engagement), IMPACT (a board diversity initiative) and smARTscope (on-line organizational assessment tool for arts groups). Other highlights of her professional and civic life include: • Kaufman Foundation, Denali Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Leadership • Co-Chair, Chicago Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (Donors Forum of Chicago) • Advisory Board Member, Shanti Foundation for Peace • Board member, Beth Emet Synagogue • Director of Development for the Jewish Centers, Buffalo, New York • Volunteer Chair of the American Red Cross, Buffalo • Founder, Greater Buffalo Citizens League • President, World Affairs Council, Buffalo • Volunteer, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo • Cinder block maker, Liberia, Operation Crossroads Africa Joan and her husband, Guy, have lived in Evanston for almost thirty years.
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T R I B U T E AWA R D : J O H N VO R R A S I John Vorrasi co-founded the William Ferris Chorale 40 years ago in partnership with composer William Ferris and has served as the ensemble’s Artistic Director since the untimely death of Mr. Ferris in 2000. From the beginning, Vorrasi shaped the Chorale’s image and led the organization’s administrative activities in addition to performing as an ensemble member and frequent tenor soloist. His career at the Chorale has encompassed fundraising, program research, marketing, concert production, and producing 18 recordings on the Chorale’s own label. In addition to a long and respected career as a concert soloist, cantor, and liturgical music specialist, he is also known for his work as a librettist, translator, essayist, and program annotator. His leadership and dedication as the co-founder of the William Ferris Chorale have resulted in its lasting reputation as one of the city’s premiere choral organizations. A widely-respected tenor, John has been featured at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Spoleto Festival: USA, and his recitals have been broadcast by the BBC, Radio Vaticana, and WFMT. As a cantor and liturgical music specialist, he has held positions at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, Congregation Solel in Highland Park, KAM Isaiah Israel, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Chicago. His original hymn texts and translations have been published by Oxford University Press and Belwin Mills. John gave the Chicago premieres of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The Egg and his Missa: O Pulchritudo under the direction of the composer, and of Dominick Argento’s Letters from Composers, under Argento’s supervision. John was Director of Public Relations at the American Conservatory of Music from 1980-1983 and was program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Chamber Music Concert Series from 1985-1992. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, and NARAS, he can be heard as soloist in world premiere recordings on the Albany, Cedille, New World, CRI, Musical Arts Society and WFC Live labels. John has appeared on numerous occasions as soloist with the William Ferris Chorale and also with the Chicago Opera Theater, the Rochester Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago String Ensemble and the Virginia Philharmonic. He recently recorded a selection of Italian Christmas music with the London Symphony Orchestra and contributed a chapter on the vocal music of British composer John McCabe for the London School of Music/Guildhall Press book Landscapes of the Mind.
PAST TRIBUTE AWARD HONOREES 2006: Anne Heider 2007: Richard Proulx 2008: Duain Wolfe 2009: 98.7 WFMT Radio 2011: Dr. Robert Harris PAST FRIEND OF THE YEAR HONOREES 2009: James Ginsburg, Cedille Records 2010: The Saints, special honoree Robert Fashingbauer 2011: Terri Hemmert, WXRT 8 Chicago a cappella
T H A N K YO U In-Kind Contributions 93.1 WXRT About Face Theatre Adler Planetarium The Ambassador Hotel Arlington Park Avanti Skin Center of Chicago Bella Voce Blue Man Group – Chicago Hoss Brock Cambridge Suites Hotel Toronto Cedille Records Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Chamber Musicians Chicago Dramatists Chicago Filmmakers Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus Chicago History Museum Chicago Human Rhythm Project Chicago Opera Theater Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sky Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Zoological Society City Lit Theater Company The Comedy Sportz Theatre Court Theatre DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre Devon Seafood Grill The Dance Center of Columbia College East Bank Club Eclipse Theatre Company Emerald City Theatre Enerpace, Inc. Executive and Personal Coaching Facets/Facets Children’s Programs Norma Felbinger
Fox Valley Repertory The French Pastry School Fulcrum Point New Music Project Gabriel’s Restaurant Gene Siskel Film Center Gethsemane Garden Center Jennifer Girard Goodman Theatre Grant Park Music Festival Gymboree Corporation Harris Theater for Music and Dance Hedwig Dances Terri Hemmert Munn Heydorn Hotel Felix Howl at the Moon Jaks Tap Restaurant and Bar Brian Jordan, Chicago White Sox Kingston Mines Leslie Lauderdale Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago The Leigh Gallery Dan Lerner, Crosstown Productions Lifeline Theatre Light Opera Works Lulu’s Restaurant Mamma Mia! Broadway Marriott Lincolnshire Medieval Times Metropolis Performing Arts Center Michael Kors The Morton Arboretum Museum of Science and Industry Music Box Theatre Music of the Baroque Next Theatre Company Northeastern Illinois University Northlight Theatre Oak Park Festival Theatre Orion Ensemble Porter Airlines Ravinia The Redhead Piano Bar
Shedd Aquarium Shiraleah Shure Skylight Music Theatre Southwest Airlines Swedish American Museum Brian Streem Lindsay Streem Maria Suarez Swedish Bakery TimeLine Theatre Company Trader Joes TRU Twisted Lizard Urban Oasis Victory Gardens Theater The William Ferris Chorale Winestyles in downtown Evanston Cheryl Wollin Writers’ Theatre Zanies Comedy Nite Club Special Thanks Jennifer Aparicio Dominick Argento Chris Baer Sara Barg, Salvage One Martin D’Amico, Press America Paul French Judie Green Fr. Thomas Healey Bill Hoban Dan Lerner, Crosstown Productions Neb Mrvaljevic, House Red Jerry Privasky Scott Reichelsdorf, J&L Catering Brian Streem Matt Wellin, AV Chicago And a very special thanks to our superb staff of interns: Manda Gervase Katie Meyers Myles Teague Come Together 9
Chicago a cappella’s 2012-2013 Season FALL Genius in the Synagogue: A Musical Portrait of Max Janowski We mark the centenary year of Chicago’s renowned composer of Jewish music with works from his distinctive legacy, new a cappella arrangements of his music, and other styles in which he excelled, from folk songs to spirituals. DECEMBER Navidad en México Celebrate Mexico’s rich choral heritage, from Renaissance and baroque music to traditional songs from Chihuahua and Jalisco. We’ll present the world premiere of a commission by acclaimed Mexican composer and conductor Jorge Córdoba Valencia. Feliz Navidad! WINTER Spirit / Breath / Voice This inspiring concert about generosity, peace, and joy is centered around movements from a Renaissance Mass. Revel in the uplifting sounds of Shaker tunes and bold and joyful new works by Gwyneth Walker and Oleh Harkavyy. SPRING The A Cappella American Songbook The songs of Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, and others are “Steppin’ Out” in new adaptations for a cappella voices by a host of brilliant arrangers. Enjoy these charming and witty classics like you’ve never heard them before.
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