For Liberty
March 6, 2011
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Copland, Lincoln Portrait, Joel Daly as Narrator
Sibelius, Finlandia
Sibelius, Violin Concerto, Op. 47
On the Light Side
May 1, 2011
Ismail Mehmeti, Wright College Composer
Join Ismail Mehmeti and your Northwest Chicago Symphony for an enjoyable evening of fantastic original music! Mehmeti excels at writing smart, original exciting songs with a love of melody which defy Duplication.
Rossini, La Gazza Ladra - Overture
Mehmeti, Wright Suite - Premiere Performance
Bruch, Scottish Rhapsody
Andersen, Fiddle Faddle
Andersen, The Typewriter
Dohnany, Variations on a Nursery Tune for Piano and Orchestra
COLORS OF SPAIN
Featured Artists:
Avanti Guitar Trio
Thomas Clippert
Thomas Clippert savors the wide variety of music available for the guitar, from the early Renaissance to the present day. He has appeared with a variety of ensembles including L’Opera Piccola, Heartland Voices, CUBE, Northwest Chicago String Quartet, Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble. Tom has performed for noted events such as the Music Institute of Chicago’s George Crumb Project and the Chicago Humanities Festival. Tom has enjoyed several opportunities as an artist in residence, including Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois. Tom is a graduate of the Yale School of Music where he studied with Benjamin Verdery and was awarded the Eliot Fisk Guitar Prize. Tom serves on the faculties of Oakton Community College and the Chicago High School for the Arts.
Dr. Julie Goldberg
Named Guitarist of the year by Classical Guitar Alive, internationally-broadcast radio program, Julie Goldberg is the first guitarist to receive a doctorate in music performance from Northwestern University, and also holds degrees from the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University and the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Julie serves on the faculty of North Park University in Chicago. As Assistant Professor of Guitar at VanderCook college of music since 1997 Dr. Goldberg directs the Chicago Community Classical Guitar Ensemble, and performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. Her debut CD, Dulce, has been released on the Sweet Pickle Music Label, and is available at CD Babay and at Julie Goldberg.
Jeffrey Gabriel Silva
A native of Chicago, Jeffrey Gabriel Silva began studying classical guitar at the Merit School of Music and thereafter received a BM degree from DePaul University, majoring in classical guitar and composition with Mark Maxwell and Juan Campoverde, respectively. He is a recent graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied composition with Mara Helmuth, Michael Fiday, and Joel Hoffman. Mr. Silva has also participated in numerous summer festivals as a classical guitarist and/or composer including the Domaine Forget Summer Academy, Mount Orford Summer Electronic Music Workshop, and June in Buffalo. Jeff is currently a faculty member at Wilbur Wright College and the Chicago High School for the Arts, Jeffery Silva.
Special Guest
Jesse Mazzoccoli
Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Jesse was first introduced to music when he took elementary guitar and theory courses during his Freshman and Sophomore years at Las Vegas High School. He then went on to teach professionally for years before returning to school to earn degrees in guitar performance. He graduated from Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois as their first ever Guitar Performance major, and one month after graduation, he became Quincy University’s Director of Guitar Studies. He earned a Master’s Degree in Guitar Performance at Western Illinois University studying with Matthew Warnock. He performs regularly, teaches at several regional colleges and universities, and is a contributing author for Guitar International Online Magazine. Jesse has played in a wide variety of ensembles including metal, jazz, classical, rock, country, and fusion. He currently plays with the Ben Bumbry and the Messengers Jazz Group, a band called The Pulse, and is the front man of the politically-charged Prog-metal band, Ushers to the Apocalypse.
Romantic Story Quartets
DECEMBER 2011 CLASSIC CONCERT
Michael Holian conducts a program of classical and contemporary genius with Mozart's Symphony Concertante featuring soloists Charles Pikler of the CSO and daughter Amy Pikler effortlessly performing the viola and violin with the orchestra creating the magic of Mozart.
