2010 - 2011 Concert Series

Saturday, 2 October 2010 at 2:00 PM

Early Music Educational Outreach

The People’s Music School

a free program on the

history and musical literature

for the viola da gamba

Presented by

Dr. Phillip W. Serna,

creator of the “Viols in Our Schools” program

The People’s Music School

931 W Eastwood Ave, Chicago, IL

Admission is FREE

Ars Musica Chicago invites pupils of The People’s Music School and their friends and families to learn about the rise and fall (and resurrection) of the viola da gamba, the dominant bowed string family in Europe in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The presenter, Phillip Serna, recently completed his doctorate at Northwestern University and is a well-known performer on the instrument and and its modern descendant, the orchestral double bass.

Sunday, 6 March 2011 at 4:00 PM

From Beijing to Paris:
Baroque Music from China and from
the Parisian milieu of Vincent de Paul

instrumemtal music of Teodorico Pedrini and
lute songs published by Pierre Ballard

with performers:

Dr. Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord

Nancy Wilson, violin

Stephanie Sheffield, soprano

Joel Spears, lute

DePaul University Art Museum

in the Richardson Library

2350 North Kenmore (at Fullerton), Chicago

general admission $20

($15 seniors, $5 students,

DePaul University students FREE)

See sidebar for parking and transportation info.

Once again Ars Musica Chicago presents a unique program that will feature one of the first modern performances of a violin sonata composed in China by Teodorico Pedrini, who lived in Beijing as a Vincentian missionary and served as music master at the court of the Emperor. The piece will be performed by Baroque violinist Nancy Wilson and harpsichordist Joyce Lindorff of Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Lindorff will also share with the audience portions of the fascinating correspondence of the composer and tell about her own musicological research on the manuscripts of this music, which remain in archives in China to this day.

The audience will also have a chance to enjoy lute songs from the early seventeenth century, which Saint Vincent de Paul may have heard as a young priest in Paris. These lovely and evanescent airs de cour will be performed by the matchless pair of Stephanie Sheffield, soprano, and Joel Spears lute. Interspersed among the lutesongs will be harpsichord solos composed by Chambonnières and Louis Couperin.

This program is underwritten by a grant from the Vincentian Endowment Fund of De Paul University.

Sunday, 3 April 2011 at 4:30 PM

Duelling Harpsichords

harpsichord duets performed by

two of the foremost players

in Chicagoland

with performers:

Stephen Alltop &
Jason Moy, harpsichords

Vail Chapel

of Northwestern University

1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL

general admission $20

($15 seniors, $5 students

Northwestern University students FREE)

See sidebar for parking and transportation info.

In this closing concert of the season Stephen Alltop and Jason Moy perform keyboard music from the eighteenth century. Playing a pair of double manual Franco-Flemish harpsichords, they will present delightful pieces for two harpsichords as well as solo numbers. The program will feature Pièces de clavecin en concert by
Rameau, the Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061, by J. S. Bach, and the scintillating Fandango by Boccherini.
Dr. Alltop is Senior Lecturer for Conducting on the faculty at Northwestern University and has performed on harpsichord or organ with the Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony and many others. Jason J. Moy holds degrees in harpsichord and Early Music performance from McGill University in Montreal. He is director of the Baroque Ensemble at De Paul University in Chicago.

IMPORTANT TICKET INFORMATION

Seating is general admission. Since this is “early music,” we do things the old-fashioned way: NO CREDIT CARDS – cash or check only.

e-mail:

ArsMusicaChicago@aol.com

Our season is supported in part by:
• a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
• a CityArts Program I grant from the City of Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
• our generous private donors.

mailing address:

Ars Musica Chicago

c/o NLCC

6219 North Sheridan Rd.

Chicago, IL 60660

Parking

at Vail Chapel

Street parking is available on either side of Chicago Avenue, also on the north side of Sheridan Road, and on either side of Hinman Avenue.

On Sundays you may park in any Northwestern University lot without fee.

But DO NOT PARK in lots designated for Levere Memorial Temple of Sigma Alpha Episilon’s national headquarters, or you will be towed.

Public Transportation

Vail Chapel is about 5 blocks from the Davis Street elevated stop. For more specific travel information, please visit www.transitchicago.com.

Parking

at the DePaul

Art Museum

There is some (metered) street parking along Fullerton Avenue.

As an alternative, DePaul’s Sheffield Parking Garage, 2331 N. Sheffield is open to the public.

For reduced rates at this lot, parking tickets must be validated by a machine on the circulation desk of the Library or at other locations on campus (see DePaul University website for further details).

Public Transportation

The DePaul Art Museum is just 2 blocks west from the Fullerton elevated stop.