CPC Concert Series
The 2021-22 concert season has ended.
Check back for more information on the 2022-23 season.
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Past Concert Series
2021-22 Concert Series
Artemisia Vocal Trio
March 20, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
The final concert of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, March 20 at 3:00 pm. The concert will feature the female vocal trio, Artemisia, in an engaging, multi-media performance titled “She Was.”
She Was revives past and little-known stories of women, and celebrates the storytellers among us today who are keeping their legacies and influences alive. These stories are sung to life with a mix of folkloric vocal traditions, and arranged/composed music created by the group and five newly commissioned works by living female composers: Kyong Mee Choi, Hope Littwin, Rochelle Rice, Jess Godwin, and Jori Pilcher. To creatively accentuate the power of voice in multiple respects, we pair the group’s live music performance with elements of sound design using recorded interviews, archival footage, and devised writing. They blend this with a theatrical and staged narrative, featuring animations from Anne Beal, in a visceral inquiry into our past, present, and future. Learn more at the Artemisia web site.
February 6, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.
Robert Chen, Violinist, in concert with Matthew Hagle, Pianist
The CPC Concert Series Committee is pleased to invite you to join us for our second concert of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, February 6 at 3:00 pm. The concert will feature Robert Chen, Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Matthew Hagle, faculty member and Musicianship Program Director at the Music Institute of Chicago.
Robert Chen and Matthew Hagle will present sonatas for violin and piano by Claude Debussy and Serge Prokofiev. In addition, Mr. Chen will play solo sonatas for violin by J.S. Bach and Eugène Ysaÿe.
Download concert program HERE
November 14, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble
The CPC Concert Series Committee is pleased to invite you to join us for our first concert of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, November 14 at 3:00 pm, presenting The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble. The concert will feature five brass players on trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba and an organist playing CPC’s Martin Ott tracker organ.
The Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble is known for its fun and entertaining performances that offer an unexpected array of musical offerings. From Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and J. S. Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue to Leonard Bernstein’s Suite from ‘West Side Story’ and many other beautiful and inspiring pieces, you won’t want to miss a note!
2020-21 Concert Series
April 11, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Strings
featuring members of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and Lyric Opera
playing the music of
Schubert, Boccherini and Beethoven
February 14, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Heart Strings
featuring Gail Gillispie, lutenist
November 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.
The MBC Ensemble in Concert
featuring
Mike Brozick, trumpet • Betsy Waldon, organ and piano • Craig Felde, timpani
Works by Dvorak, Sibelius, J. S. Bach, and more.
2019-2020 Season
October 20, 2019: Oriana Singers
A premier Chicago a cappella chamber choir. The Book of Love. Featuring songs by Imogen Heap, folksongs from Britain and Finland, and Renaissance madrigals.
February 9, 2020: Julian Chin Trio
Piano, bass, drums. Jazz on Broadway! Fresh variations on Broadway musical numbers.
2019 Season
February 24, 2019: Kevin Chunko, organ concert
Kevin was the CPC organist at the time. Sound Remembrances: Journeying from the Musical Past to Now
March 17, 2019: Agape Ringers
Chicago’s premier handbell ensemble.
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