3rd November, 2009
U-High Musicians and IMEA
On October 13 of this year, U-High musicians auditioned for various district festival groups hosted by the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA). We are pleased to announce the following students were selected to participate in upcoming district groups events this month.
Sam Frampton and Andy Zheng will be participating in the jazz ensemble on Saturday, November 14, at West Leyden High School in Franklin Park. Ellyn Butler was chosen for the symphonic band. Henry Bergman, Andrew Sandwick, and Catherine Zhou were selected for orchestra. The band and orchestra festival will be held on November 21, at Lincoln Way West High School, in New Lenox.
Our students will be gathering with student-musicians from throughout the Chicago area, rehearsing for the entire day, and then performing late in the afternoon. It’s quite an honor, and we are all proud of their efforts.
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30th October, 2009
WFMT Introductions Features Lab School Clarinetist
U-High senior Andrew Sandwick will be a soloist on an upcoming radio broadcast. Introductions, a program that features pre-college age musicians from the Chicago area, airs Saturdays at 11:00 a.m. on WFMT. This Saturday, Introductions includes music and interviews with performers and soloists from the Chicago Youth Symphony’s Encore Chamber Orchestra. On this program, Andrew is one of the soloists, performing the Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra, by Claude Debussy.
This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to a fabulous youth orchestra, and Andrew is an incredible young clarinetist. For additional information, the Introductions website is: http://www.wfmtintroductions.com/
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29th October, 2009
Peter and the Wolf
Coming Soon!
Peter and The Wolf and
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Featuring The Chicago Chamber Musicians with
The Oak Park and River Forest Children’s Chorus
in Chicago Shakespeare’s Courtyard Theater
Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009
at 10:00 and 11:30 a.m.
Join The Chicago Chamber Musicians and Chicago Shakespeare for a fun-filled performance of music and stories. The hour-long concert-designed to introduce children ages 4 and up to the joys of live performance-features Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” and “The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses” by composer Bruce Adolphe. At 11:00 a.m. on both days, performers are available for autographs and pictures in the lobby, while young musicians demonstrate and answer questions about the featured instruments.
Approximate Running Time: 1 hour
Recommended for children ages four and up.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call the Chicago Shakespeare Theater Box Office at 312.595.5600,
or go to their website at www.chicagoshakes.com.
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15th October, 2009
Recital Night
Please join us for upcoming performances by our talented Lab School musicians. The first Recital Night is to be held on Thursday, October 15, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in Fulton Recital Hall, in the Goodspeed Building. The second recital event is one week later, Thursday, October 22, again at Fulton Recital Hall starting at 7:00 p.m. The Goodspeed Building is located at 1010 East 59th Street, in the southwest corner of the Old Quad.
Students will perform a variety of works, from the classical repertoire. Interest in this event continues to grow, and it is an excellent opportunity to hear our student-musicians. These events are free and open to the public.
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30th September, 2009
U-High Jazz Band at Hyde Park Jazz Festival September 26
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22nd September, 2009
Music and the Brain
Last week as part of the middle school Open House presentations, some of the music department faculty referenced recent research in the area of how music influences learning and brain development in children and adults. Beginning in October of 2008, the Library of Congress began a two year series of lectures and presentations on this area of research. Visit their website http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-musicandthebrain.html to access webcasts and podcasts on various topics relating to music and the brain.
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4th September, 2009
Chicago Jazz Festival
This afternoon, at 4:45, at the Petrillo Music Shell,
recent U-High graduate Monique Johnson (class of 09)
will perform the national anthem as part of the opening
ceremonies of the Festival. Monique performs at the
request of the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
On Saturday, Lab School faculty member Tomeka Reid
currently on leave) performs with Nicole Mitchell’s
Black Earth Strings Ensemble, beginning at 2:20, at
the Jazz on Jackson stage.
It’s a great weekend of jazz, and it is particularly
exciting to have one of our recent graduates as a
participant.
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1st May, 2009
Kindergarten Spring Sing 2009
We had our Kindergarten Spring Sing this week with Mr. McNeal on the piano and Mr. Marc Piane on the Bass! We were also very excited to see Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wax & Ms. Young singing with us. For more songs & movies, please go to K-1 Music Website. Here is a movie of one of our favorites songs Haru-ga-Kita
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1st May, 2009
U-High Jazz Band in Texas 4-2009
Our U-High Jazz Band performed in Texas in April. You may listen to stolen-moments here and take a quick look at “The Lives of Musicians on the Road” below…
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30th April, 2009
CYSO Performs at Mandel Hall
This Sunday, May 3, the CYSO Concert Orchestra performs at Mandel Hall, on the University of Chicago campus, at 3:00 p.m. The ensemble is conducted by Terrance Oliveras Gray, and will perform works by Borodin, Haydn, Lalo, and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $10 for students. This is an excellent opportunity to hear a great youth orchestra, which includes many of our Lab School musicians. For additional information, please visit the CYSO website: http://www.cyso.org/
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12th March, 2009
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Once again, Celtic harp performer Cynthia Shelhart played at Lab School, as students and families entered the Blaine Lobby. Cynthia performed a variety of music from the Scottish and Irish tradition, and talked to students about the harp. For additional information, please visit: http://www.cynthiashelhart.com/.
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12th March, 2009
Guest Artist Performs
On Wednesday, March 11, guest artist Robert Belinic performed works for classical guitar for various U-High music classes. Mr. Belinic was provided by the outreach program at University of Chicago Presents. $5 tickets for all U of C Presents concerts are available to Lab students. For additional information, please visit their web site: http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/
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28th February, 2009
Lab Schools Recital Nights
On Tuesday, March 3, and Thursday, March 5, Laboratory School student musicians will perform in Fulton Recital Hall, in the Goodspeed Building, on the University of Chicago campus. The Goodspeed Building is located at 1010 East 59th Street. For a campus map, please click on the following link: http://maps.uchicago.edu/index.shtml. Performances begin at 7:00 p.m. on each evening.
Recital Night is for students in grades 7 through 12, and is intended as a way for our more serious music students to perform classical works for piano, strings, voice, and winds. Admission is free and open to the public. We hope you are able to join us for what promises to be two evenings of great performances by our Lab School students.
The tentative program for Tuesday, March 3 is:
Three Rondos on Folk Tunes, No. 1 ……………………………………………. Bela Bartok
Charlie Jiang – piano
Sebben Crudele, from ‘La Constanza in amor vince l’inganno’.. Antonio Caldara
Caroline Montag – voice Katy Sinclair – piano
Barcarolle ………………………………………………………….. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Catherine Yunis – piano
Prelude from Cello Suite No. 3 ………………………………. Johann Sebastian Bach
Thomas Aquino – guitar
Allegro, from Concerto in g, Opus 26 ……………………………………….. Max Bruch
Henry Bergman – violin Margo Schwartz Newton – piano
Romance No. 2 in F ………………………………………..……….. Ludwig van Beethoven
Hannah Constantin – violin Jason Deng – piano
Allegro Maestoso, from Violin Concerto No. 9 in a, Opus 104 ….. Charles de Beriot
Joe Turner – violin Margo Schwartz Newton – piano
Elegia ……………………………………………………..………………….. Nikolai Lysenko
Ana Ovtcharova – piano
Allegro Appassionato, Opus 43 ……………………………………… Camille Saint-Saens
Jackie Robertson – cello Anne Robertson – piano
Kreisleriana, Opus 16, No. 1 …………………………………………. Robert Schumann
Aoife MacMahon – piano
Piano Sonata, Opus 2, No. 1, in f ………………………………. Ludwig van Beethoven
Madeline Stecy – piano
Intermezzo in A, Opus 118, No. 2 ………………………….……….. Johannes Brahms
Simon Luppescu – piano
Presto Agitato, from Piano Sonata No. 14 in c#, Opus 27, No. 2 . L.V. Beethoven
Jonathan Margoliash – piano
Etude Opus 10, No. 12, in c ………………………………………………… Frederic Chopin
Linda Zhao - piano
The tentative program for Thursday, March 5 is:
The Bos’n Rag ……………………………………………………………………. Fred S. Stone
Alex Luna – piano
Moment Musical Opus 16, No. 3 in b ….………………….….. Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lucas Buchheim-Jurisson – piano
A Comme’ Amor ………………………………………………………….… Paul de Senneville
Rolland Long – piano
Liebestraum ……………………………………………………………………..……. Franz Liszt
Danny Zhang – piano
Cat and Mouse, Scherzo Humoristique ………………………………. Aaron Copland
Abigail Daum – piano
Adagio molto espressivo, from the Concerto in c ………… Johann Christian Bach
Yaning Zhang – viola
Waltz in c ………………………..……………………………………….. Myra Brooks Turner
Lucy Cheng – piano
Prelude 21 in Bb, from The Well Tempered Clavier ….… Johann Sebastian Bach
Daniil Ilyin – piano
Fur Elise ………………………………………………………………….. Ludwig van Beethoven
Reem Khondakar – piano
Opus 64, No. 2, Valse ……………………………………………………….. Frederic Chopin
Benjamin Buchheim-Jurisson - piano
Etude No. 28 ………………………………………………………………. Federigo Fiorillo
Josey Mintel - violin Susan Heiserman - piano
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20th February, 2009
String Masterclasses
On Thursday, February 19, string students at Lab School had an opportunity to work with violist Matt Mantell. Mr. Mantell is a teacher and performer in the Chicago area, performing in orchestras such as Chicago Sinfonietta, Elgin Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, as well as subbing in the Lyric Opera Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony. Mr. Mantell coached a variety of performers, and also worked with the high school orchestra.
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11th February, 2009
27th Annual Performathon
On Friday and Saturday of this week, February 13 and 14, students in the Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-Free Conservatory, (of the Merit School of Music) will be involved in two days of almost non-stop music making as part of the annual fund raising drive for the Conservatory. Included among the performers will be Lab School students Monique Johnson, Yael Litwin, Neil Mehta, Jacqueline Robertson, Lida Wu, Ethel Yang, and Andrew Zheng (and apologies to any Lab students left off this list).
All performances take place at the Merit School of Music, located at 38 South Peoria Street, here in Chicago. For additional information please visit: http://www.meritmusic.org/TFC_Performathon.htm
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