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Music from Roosevelt University
Sundays at 4:00 pm
Host Henry Fogel
Join Dean Henry Fogel as he explores the rich and vibrant history of Roosevelt University and the Chicago College of Performing Arts in this exciting 26-week radio series. Dean Fogel will provide commentary for each program, and performances and interviews of faculty, students, and alumni will be heard. Also joining us on select programs will be members of the Music Institute of Chicago.
All programs will be broadcast live on the air and streaming online each Sunday from 4:00 to 5:00pm CST, unless noted otherwise below.
This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. These broadcasts are also made possible by additional support from Barbara and Steven Adelman, Carolyn and John Borta, Jonathan Dedmon and Idalia Aguila, Dr. Bernard and Sally Dobroski, Bill and Diane Edmundson, Marsha and Michael Goldstein, Elliott and Mona Golub, Stacy Lerner, Robert Marks, Dawn Romei, and John Washburn.
Program Schedule
May 26, 2013
Anton Arensky: Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor: Finale
Trio Voce: Jasmine Lin, violin; Marina Hoover, cello;
Patricia Tao, piano
Felix Mendelssohn, ed. John Rutter: Heilig
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Ko Matsushita: Jubilate Deo
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Amy Beach: Trois morceaux caractéristiques: Barcarolle
Les Rêves de Colombine; Danse d’Arlequin
Allegra Sorley, piano
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, conductor
June 2, 2013
Georges Antheil: Ballet Mécanique
Percussion Ensemble
Ed Harrison, director
Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciones Porteñas (arr. Sergio Assad)
Cavatina Duo: Eugenia Moliner, flute; Denis Azabagic, guitar
Live performance at the Fundacion Principe de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Kestutis Nakas: “No Bees for Bridgeport: A Fable from the Age of Daley”
Written and performed by Kestutis Nakas
Robert Convery: On a Sunny Evening
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Elina Lev, violin; Lindsey Smith, viola;
Katalin von Walterskirchen, cello; John Goodwin, piano
June 9, 2013
Leonard Bernstein: “Some Other Time”
Jazz Faculty Jam Session
Jim Gailloreto, saxophone; Scott Mason, bass;
Fred Simon, piano; Paul Wertico, drums
Joaquin Rodrigo: Invocation and Dance
Denis Azabagic, guitar
Charles Rios: String Quartet No. 1
Miguel Garcia, Doug Merar, violins
Martina Skalova, viola
Catherine Lukits, cello
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So (arr. Heifetz)
Vincent Meklis, violin; Milana Pavchinskaya, piano faculty
Music Institute of Chicago
Traditional: White House Blues; The Democratic Donkey; Wild Bill Jones
Greg Reish, multi-instrumentalist
Felix Harold White: The Nymph’s Complaint for the Death of her Fawn
Michael Strauss, viola; Roger Roe, oboe; R. Kent Cook, piano
June 16, 2013
Niccolò Paganini: Variations on Rossini’s “Moses”
Alan Steele, cello; Shirley Trissell, piano faculty
Music Institute of Chicago
Thomas Beveridge: Yizkor Requiem (Movements 1 and 3 - 10)
CCPA Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs
Leslie Dunner, conductor
Alberto Mizrahi, tenor; Jonita Lattimore, soprano; Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano
June 23, 2013
Giocchino Rossini: Semiramide: Overture
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
Hugo Wolf: Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen; Er ist’s Frühling ubers Jahr; Ganymed
Rebecca Schorsch, soprano; Dana Brown, piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quintet in the form of a Choros
Rolando Hernandez-Gaitan, flute; Taylor Nelson, oboe; Natalie Turner, clarinet; Zachary Pulse, English horn; Steven Louie, bassoon
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem: Libera Me
CCPA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Jane Glover, conductor
Jonita Lattimore, soprano
June 30, 2013
Traditional: Bonaparte’s Retreat; Lane County Bachelor
Greg Reish, multi-instrumentalist
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Leslie Dunner, conductor
Hugo Wolf: Mörike Lieder: Elfenlied; Auf eine Christblume
Julia Bentley, soprano; Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
Theatre Conservatory
Selections from The Greenwood Tree
Music by Will Reynolds
Text by William Shakespeare
Orpheus With His Lute
Robert Oda, Junior
Lianne Rodriguez, 2012 Graduate and Company
Who is Sylvia?/Sigh No More, Ladies
Seniors Patrick Rooney, Ryan Frostig, and Veronica Blair Ewing and Company
Directed by Ray Frewen
Musical Direction/Piano by James Morehead
2012
October 7, 2012
Winston Choi
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mvt. 1
“The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship”
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, guest conductor; David Lakirovich, violin solo
Trance; Ida Lupino; Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’
CCPA ECM Ensemble
Zoie Moser, vocals/piano; Charlie Klepac, guitar; Ben Dillinger, acoustic bass; Jarad Kleinstein, drum set
J.S. Bach: Contrapuncti 4, 5, 6, and 9 from Art of the Fugue
Winston Choi, piano
October 14, 2012
Barber: Adagio for Strings
MIC Academy Chamber Orchestra
Roland Vamos, conductor
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
John Urban, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Mvt. 3
“The Young Prince and the Young Princess”
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, guest conductor; David Lakirovich, violin solo
Eric Ewazen: Roaring Fork Quintet for Winds
Jihee Kim, flute; Jennifer Gardner, oboe; Tyler Holstrom, clarinet;
Devin Cobleigh-Morrison, horn; Chris Hansen, bassoon
Sweet Charity: There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This
Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Book by Neil Simon
Featuring Katie Huff, Kayla Roy and Tiffany Taylor
October 21, 2012
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Mozart: The Magic Flute: In diesen Heil’gen Hallen
CCPA Opera and Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Harris, bass; Michael Morgan, conductor
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2, Mvt. 3
MIC Quartet Danae
Sophia Cho and Zachary Spontak, violin; Leah Ferguson, viola; Ben Fried, cello
Ravel: Tzigane
MIC faculty Gallia Kastner, violin; Matthew Hagle, piano
Rodgers & Hart: Have You Met Miss Jones?
CCPA Bebop Combo
Elizabeth Reinstein, vocals; Ted Holtz, tenor sax; Jonathon Gould, guitar; Lucas Last, bass; Jarad Kleinstein, drums
Something for the Boys: Leader of a Big Time Band
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Featuring Jenny Fitts, Angela Grovey, Matt Crowle and Ensemble
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, guest conductor
October 28, 2012
Victoria Bond: The Indispensable Man
CCPA Wind Ensemble
Stephen Squires, conductor
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; David Holloway, narrator
Estamos Ai; Berambau
CCPA Brazilian Combo
John Lang, vocals; Jacob Youngblood, trombone; Ted Holtz, alto sax; Julian Vick, piano; Drew Blinov, guitar; Aaron Zachary, acoustic bass; Barrett Laase, drum set, congas
Webern: Langsamer Satz
Arseni Kulakov Tarasov and Adriana Triggs, violin; Justin Taylor, viola; Catherine Lukits, cello
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (arr. for soprano and guitar)
Jonita Lattimore, soprano; Pamela Kimmel, guitar
Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3 (Adagietto)
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
November 4, 2012 at 6:00 pm (Special Time)
Garry Clarke
Mozart: Piano Concerto in C, K. 503
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Beaser: Mountain Songs: Selections
Kaye Clements, flute; Pamela Kimmel, guitar
Biber: Battalia
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor/director; David Schrader, director/harpsichord
November 11, 2012 at 6:00 pm (Special Time)
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Villa-Lobos: Canção d’Amor
Jonita Lattimore, soprano; Pamela Kimmel, guitar
Menotti: Suite for 2 Cellos and Piano
Jennifer Son and Ryan Ash, cello; Parvesh Java, piano
Toots Thielemans’ “Bluesette”
CCPA Brazilian Combo
Kyle Madsen, tenor sax; Frank Sergi, guitar; Charlie Klepac, guitar; Max Benson, bass; Blake Jiracek, drums; Barrett Laase, congas
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor
MIC student Paul Juhn, piano
Children of Eden: Stranger to the Rain
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by John Caird
Featuring Amanda Giles
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
110 in the Shade: A Man and a Woman
Music by Harvey Schmidt; Lyrics by Tom Jones; Book by N. Richard Nash
Featuring Katrina Kiss and Matt Frye
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
Bruckner: Psalm 150
CCPA Conservatory Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Vera Bowser Schmitz, soprano solo
November 18, 2012
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, guest conductor
Teresa Duddy, soprano (CCPA solo competition winner)
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor
MIC student Kate Liu, piano
Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas
CCPA Symphony Orchestra and Percussion Department
Alondra de la Parra, guest conductor
November 25, 2012 at 6:00 pm (Special Time)
Megan Williams, 2011 student solo competition winner (soprano)
Paganini: Caprice No. 4 in C minor
MIC student Kelly Talim, violin
Gershwin: 3 Preludes
Allegra Sorely, piano
Françaix: Quatuor for Winds
Emma Casey, flute; Kenny Adams, oboe; Brittany Mathis, clarinet; Marat Rakhmatullaev, bassoon
Ravel: Shéhérazade
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra, guest conductor
Megan Williams, soprano (CCPA student solo competition winner)
Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orleans: Dieu! Qu’il la fait bon regarder!
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
December 2, 2012
CCPA Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
CCPA Conservatory Chorus; String Ensemble
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Leisner: Acrobatics for Flute and Guitar
Erin C Johnson, flute; Feier Fan, guitar
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor
MIC student Paul Juhn, piano
Penderecki: Per Slava
MIC student Benjamin Lash, cello
Sabet: Nawruz
Parisa Sabet, CCPA Composition Competition winner
CCPA Wind Ensemble
Stephen Squires, conductor
December 9, 2012
Mozart: Magic Flute: “O Isis und Osiris”
CCPA Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theater
Michael Morgan, conductor
Andrew Harris, bass
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade: Movement 4
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, guest conductor
Telemann: Tafelmusik No. 2, Movement 1
Anatolia Kaku, Laura Block, and Pei-Chia Li, flute; Sarah Zilonis, cello; Enriqueta Somarriba, harpsichord
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A: Movements 1, 2
Stefan Hersh and Joseph Rousos-Hammond, violin; Davis Perez, viola; Allegra Montanari, cello; Orion Weiss, piano
December 16, 2012
Chanmi Ryu (piano student)
Mozart: Magic Flute: “Dies Bildnis”
CCPA Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theater
Michael Morgan, conductor
Matthew Newlin, tenor
Bach, J.S.: Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin: Presto
MIC student Laura Park, violin
Bach, J.S.: Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin: Mvt. 1
Laura Park, violin
Shakespeare: The Tempest
CCPA Theatre students
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Rebecca Miller, guest conductor
Chanmi Ryu, piano, CCPA Student Solo Competition winner
December 23, 2012
Puccini: I Crisantemi
MIC student ensemble and Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Bronze Mendal winners
Laura Park and Jennifer Cha, violin; Devon Naftzger, viola; Ben Solomonow, cello
Barber: String Quartet
Leyla Syzdykova and Sam Battista, violin; Istvan Loga, viola; Alison Rowe, cello
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, conductor
Takahiro Kim, tuba, CCPA Student Solo Competition winner
Vivaldi: Sinfonia in G
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor/director; David Schrader, director/harpsichord
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II: Prelude and Fugue in F
Chanmi Ryu, piano
December 30, 2012
CCPA Opera
Mozart: Magic Flute: Queen of the Night
2 Arias: “O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn” and “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”
CCPA Opera and Symphony Orchestra
Michael Morgan, conductor
Catherine Spitzer, soprano
Mozart: String Quintet in B-Flat, K. 174
Antonio Cevallos Brockman and Agnieszka Likos, violin; Mikaila Powers and Roger Chase, viola; Julia Wen, cello
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Early 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Benjamin Beilman
Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta
Music Institute of Chicago
Benjamin Beilman, violin; Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
(Benjamin Beilman is a 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner)
Debussy: Préludes, Book I:
No. 7 – What the West Wind has Seen
No. 11 – Puck’s Dance
Music Institute of Chicago
Conrad Tao, piano (2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner)
Rameau: Les Indes galantes: Suite
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor
Jason Moy, guest harpsichord
Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Ioannides, guest conductor
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Gaudete Brass Quintet
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major “The Clock”
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
“Shine” from The Spitfire Grill
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
Music by James Valcq
Lyrics by Fred Alley
Book by James Valcq and Fred Alley
Performed by Caitlyn Cerza
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
“Younger Than Springtime” from South Pacific
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
Music by Richard Rodgers,
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Hammerstein and Josh Logan
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific
Performed by Henry McGinnis
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 2 in F Major
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor
Jason Moy, guest harpsichord
Daniel Fawcett: Cadenza Prior to a Revolution for Cello and Piano
CCPA Student Composition Recital
Lindsey Miller, cello; Tong Liu, piano
Forrest Ransburg: Un-Fare
CCPA Composition Program
Gaudete Brass Quintet
Ransburg was the co-winner of the Gaudete Brass Fanfare Student Composition Competition
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Alondra de la Parra
Berlioz: Damnation of Faust – Rakoczy March
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Alondra de la Parra, guest conductor
Corelli: Concerto Grosso “Christmas Concerto”
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor/director
David Schrader, director/harpsichord
Stephanie Boyd: Beyond the Gate for String Orchestra
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Cliff Colnot, conductor; Vector Recording Project
Helfman: Hashkiveinu
CCPA Chamber Choir
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Alberto Mizrahi, cantor
Pärt: Fratres for 8 cellos
CCPA Cello Ensemble
Julian Hersh, director
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Cheryl Frazes Hill
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Mvt. I.: Vivace
Music Institute of Chicago
Kate Liu, piano
Trad./Patriquin: “J’entends le Moulin”
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
John Goodwin, piano
Piazzolla: Adios Nonino
CCPA Guitar Ensemble
Denis Azabagic, director
Zhivko Nikolov, guitar
Olga Prohorova, violin
Kern: Look for the Silver Lining
CCPA Vocal Jazz Showcase
Ben Mason, jazz voice
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor: I. Andantino
Music Institute of Chicago
Alexandra Switala, violin
Milana Pavchinskava, piano
Rachmaninoff: Vespers – Selections:
Rejoice, O Virgin
Blessed Art Thou, O Lord
To Thee, the Victorious Leader
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Kuang-Hao Huang
Debussy: Quartet for Strings – I. Animé et très décidé
Music Institute of Chicago
Aurelia Quartet
Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50 for Orchestra
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Ioannides, guest conductor
Gaubert: 3 Water Colors – I. On A Clear Morning
CCPA Faculty and Guest Artist Program
Tanya Carey, cello
Gerald Carey, flute
Cynthia Trowbridge, piano
Ravel: La Valse for two pianos
CCPA Faculty Recital
Winston Choi and Kuang-Hao Huang, pianos
Sunday, February 10, 2013
CCPA Theatre - The Greenwood Tree
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
CCPA Cello Ensemble
Julian Hersh, director
Selections from The Greenwood Tree
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
Music by Will Reynolds
Text by William Shakespeare
Ray Frewen, director
James Morehead, musical director, piano
Performed by Ryan Frostig and Sierra Nibbe
Biebl: Ave Maria
CCPA Conservatory Chorale
Mark Crayton, conductor
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Winston Choi
Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland
CCPA Jazz Faculty Jam Session:
Cheryl Wilson, vocals
Jim Gailloretto, tenor sax
Henry Johnson, guitar
Roger Harris, piano
Scott Mason, bass
Paul Wertico, drums
Chausson: Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
CCPA PianoFest Program
MingHuan Xu, violin
Winston Choi, piano
The Spektral Quartet
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Kyong Mee Choi
Kyong Mee Choi: To Unformed for piano and tape
CCPA Faculty Recital
Winston Choi, piano
Kyong Mee Choi, electronics
Winston Choi Faculty Recital
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Ioannides, guest conductor
Reuben L. Lillie, baritone (CCPA solo competition winner)
Persichetti: Symphony No. 6 for Winds
CCPA Wind Ensemble
Stephen Squires, conductor
Sunday, March 3, 2013
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
CCPA Chamber Orchestra
Stefan Hersh, conductor
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Book I
CCPA PianoFest Program
Chenyang (Alice) Xu, piano
Eccles: The Jolly, Jolly Breeze
CCPA Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Mark Crayton, countertenor
Laura Handler, cello
James Janssen, harpsichord
Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
I. Café, 1930
II. Bordel, 1900
CCPA Guitar Ensemble
Denis Azabagic, director
Vega: Mambo Melani
CCPA Latin Jazz Ensemble
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Sarah Ioannides
Debussy: La mer
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Ioannides, guest conductor
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3
Music Institute of Chicago
Sean Yeh, piano
“Where is the Life That Late I Led? From Kiss Me, Kate
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
1948 Tony-Award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
Performed by Patrick Falcon
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
“All the Wasted Time” from Parade
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Book by Alfred Uhry
Performed by Zachary Thompson and Nora Navarro
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
“Your Eyes” from Rent
CCPA Theatre Conservatory
Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème
Performed by Patrick Rooney
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
Mozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
I. Allegro
CCPA String Chamber Music Program
Sam Battista and Xin (Cindy) Qi, violins
Davis Perez and Justin Taylor, violas
Ryan Ash, cello
Sunday, March 17, 2013
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
David Lakirovich, violin
Leslie Dunner, guest conductor
Scranton: Hard or Soft, Silence or Time
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Cliff Colnot, conductor
Muffat: Armonico Tributo No. 5
CCPA Baroque Orchestra
Garry Clarke, conductor
Jason Moy, harpsichord
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Markand Thakar
Trad./Patriquin: Deep River
CCPA Chorale
Mark Crayton, conductor
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2: “Intimate Voices”
Mvt. IV. Allegro
Music Institute of Chicago
Stracciatella Quartet
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G minor
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Markand Thakar, guest conductor
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Stacy Garrop
Stacy Garrop: Book of American Poetry, Volume 4
Julia Bentley, soprano
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
CCPA Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
CCPA PianoFest Program
SangHee Han, piano
Dvorak: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 106
Mvt. IV. Andante sostenuto – Allegro con fuoco
Music Institute of Chicago
Stracciatella Quartet
de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Markand Thakar, guest conductor
April 7, 2013
Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor
Chanmi Ryu, piano
PianoFest Showcase Recital
Gustav Holst: The Planets: Jupiter (arr. Joseph Kreines)
CCPA Brass Ensemble
Mark Ridenour, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi: Otello: Ave Maria (arr. Chris O’Hara)
Rachel Castellanos in the Alliance Brass Quintet
Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
April 14, 2013
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Paul Dukas: La Peri: Fanfare
CCPA Brass Ensemble
Charles Schuchat, conductor
David Torres/Idelfonso Sanchez: Ritmo Remo
CCPA Latin Jazz Ensemble
Rubén P. Alvarez, coach
Joni Mitchell: Shadow and Light
(transcription by Daniel Malnar of the arrangement
Excerpts of Shadows and Light by Luciana Souza)
CCPA New Deal Singers
Cheryl Wilson, coach
Jack Gottlieb: Set Me as a Seal
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
David Lakirovich, violin; John Goodwin, piano
David Conte: The Nine Muses
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
John Goodwin, piano
Soloists: Kristen Bigham, Angela Torres-Kutkuhn, James Soller, Reuben L. Lillie
Percussionists: Nathan Bushey, Joshua Hooten, Benjamin Sebring
Edward Joseph Collins: Eleanore Waltz
Winston Choi and Kuang-Hao Huang, pianos
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Markand Thakar, conductor
April 21, 2013
Greg Reish, multi-instrumentalist
Alan Thomas (after Tarrega and Briccialdi): Nine Variations on The Carnival of Venice
Cavatina Duo: Eugenia Moliner, flute; Denis Azabagic, guitar
Leonard Bernstein: Simchu Na
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, John Goodwin, piano
P.D.Q. Bach: My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth
Freshman/Sophomore Vocal Showcase
Mark Crayton, conductor
Jamie Younger, Priscilla Ip, sopranos
Kiera Radvanski, alto; Kameron Locke, tenor
Jonathan Weller, bass
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (Movement III: Scarbo)
Winston Choi, piano
Traditional: Little Joe; Big Rock Candy Mountain; Darling Cora
Greg Reish, multi-instrumentalist
Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata: Movement I. Impetuoso
Matthew Lipman, viola; Shirley Trissell, piano
April 28, 2013
Kuang-Hao Huang
Harold Arlen: It’s Only a Paper Moon
CCPA New Deal Singers
Cheryl Wilson, coach
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Julia Bentley, soprano; Eugenia Moliner, flute; Wagner Campos, clarinet;
Mathias Tacke, violin; Paula Kosower, cello; Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
May 5, 2013
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, conductor
Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song
Bill Gibson, Alicia Eisenstadt, trumpet; Dafydd Bevil, horn;
Rick Blake, trombone; Jonathan Samuel, tuba
Francisco Tarrega: Variations on The Carnival in Venice
Denis Azabagic, guitar
Michael Jackson: The Way You Make Me Feel
Vocal Jazz Showcase
Jeff Morrow and Yvonne Gage, directors
London McElvaine, lead vocals and arranger; Lisa Harrigan,
Miranda Sprague, and Thair Thompson, backing vocals;
Aaron Day, guitar; Reuben Garza, cajon (a percussion instrument)
Kyong Mee Choi: The Mind that Moves
Rosen Arnaudov, Winston Choi, Adam Kosmieja,
Tristan Warwick, pianos – 2 pianos/8 hands
May 12, 2013
Gabriel Fauré: Les Djinns
CCPA Conservatory Chorus
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
Cheryl Frazes Hill, conductor
Gustav Holst: Suite No. 2 in F for Military Band
CCPA Wind Ensemble
Stuart Folse, conductor
François Devienne: Flute Trio No. 1
Hyeon Min Lee, Pei-Chia Li, Erica Wilkins, flutes
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, conductor
May 19, 2013
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
James Paul, conductor
Alice Chenyang Xu, piano
April 9, 2013; Auditorium Theatre
Conrad Tao: Three Songs for Piano
- Cocoon
- Smoke
- Catharsis
Conrad Tao, piano
Music Institute of Chicago
Doug Merar: Two Movements for Violin and Piano
Maya Shiraishi, violin; Xiaofei Xu, piano
Theatre Conservatory Songs:
“Take Me or Leave Me” from Rent
Music and lyrics: Jonathan Larson, based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème
Aja Goes and Caitlyn Cerza, senior musical theater majors
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
“I Believe in You” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" by Shepherd Mead
Justin White, senior musical theater major
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
“Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve” and “Til Then” from 1776
Music and Lyrics: Sherman Edwards; Book by Peter Stone
Rob Oda and Lexi Greenberg, junior musical theater majors
Bonnie Shadrake, piano
