http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:05:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to fourth grade students John McKee, Erica Hsieh, Jacob Shkrob, and Sam Morin for being chosen to participate in the 2010 Kodály National Children's Choir!  The four students will travel to Dallas in March to take part in this fabulous group of 170 fourth and fifth grade students across ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/11/16/fourth-grade-students-chosen-for-national-choir/ On this past Saturday, November 14, U-High musicians Sam Frampton, guitar, and Andy Zheng, tenor saxophone, participated in the IMEA district jazz festival held at Lyons Township High School. Sam was in a combo directed by Tim Coffman. Mr. Coffman is on the jazz studies faculty of DePaul University. Andy ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/11/15/u-high-students-at-imea-district-1-jazz-festival/ [caption id="attachment_360" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Andrew coaching 5th grade students"][/caption] Today U High senior Andrew Sandwick presented a mini masterclass for Ms. Janovjak's fifth grade clarinet class.  Andrew began playing clarinet at Lab in fifth grade.  He continued through middle school and branched out into jazz in the upper grades, playing in ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/11/04/connections-across-schools/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/11/03/u-high-musicians-and-imea/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/10/30/wfmt-introductions-features-lab-school-clarinetist/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/10/29/peter-and-the-wolf/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/10/15/recital-night-4/ http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/09/30/u-high-jazz-band-at-hyde-park-jazz-festival-september-26/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/09/22/music-and-the-brain/ U-High Jazz Band opens Hyde Park Jazz Fest! The U-High Jazz Band performs first at the Hyde Park Jazz Fest on Saturday, September 26. Featuring five U-High students led by teacher Dominic Piane, the band will perform on the festival's main stage located at the Midway ice skating ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/09/18/hyde-park-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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/09/04/chicago-jazz-festival/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/05/01/kindergarten-spring-sing-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... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/05/01/u-high-jazz-band-in-texas-4-2009/ 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 ... http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/04/30/cyso-performs-at-mandel-hall/ You are cordially invited to our last Lobby Sing on Thursday, 4/23/2009 at 8:00 A.M. in Blaine Lobby. http://blogs.ucls.uchicago.edu/music/2009/04/19/april-lobby-sing/