INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION for our "GREAT BRITTEN" CONCERT

Our concert of the music of Benjamin Britten this November has attracted notice on the website for the Britten Centennial. Here's the screenshot. The website includes a great deal of interesting information about the composer, as well as an exhaustive listing of celebratory performances this year and next throughout the world.

Tickets to our GREAT BRITTEN concert may be purchased from any chorus or orchestra member and will be available for purchase online shortly.

ANNOUNCING our 2013-2014 SEASON

The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
David Katz, founding music director
Rebecca Patterson, chorus director
is pleased to announce our 2013-14 season of classical concerts.

Series Event: GREAT BRITTEN

Benjamin Britten

Celebrating the centenary of England's brilliant master, Benjamin Britten
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 7:30
Saint James Episcopal Cathedral, Wabash & Huron

CBA Chorus: Britten—Ceremony of Carols
Ben Melsky, harp soloist

Ben Melsky

CBASO: Britten—Sinfonia da Requiem

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED:
Series Event: MINIATURE MASTERPIECES 

Sara Su Jones

Sara Su Jones, violin, and Tatyana Stepanova, piano
with commentary by Dennis Moore of 98.7 WFMT
Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 5pm 

NOTE LOCATION: Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, 7th floor

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Series Event: HALF & HALF

Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 7:30
Saint James Episcopal Cathedral, Wabash & Huron

CBA Chorus:
presenting selections from its upcoming New York City tour, where it will join with the New York Bar Chorus. 

CBASO:
Berlioz—Roman Carnival Overture
Brahms—Variations on a Theme of Haydn (Saint Anthony)

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Series Event: THE HAPPIEST CONCERT on EARTH

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 7:30 

Saint James Episcopal Cathedral, Wabash & Huron

CBASO:
PDQ Bach—Unbegun Symphony

CBASO & Chorus, pianist Neil Posner
and winners of The American Prize Oratorio Award:
Beethoven—Choral Fantasy

Neil Posner

CBASO & Chorus, additional brass, winners of The American Prize Oratorio Award
with special audio effects by Jack Vishneski
Tchaikovsky—1812 Overture
in the version with chorus (sung in Russian)

The American Prize National Non-Profit Competitions in the Performing Arts

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Reduced price advanced purchase tickets go on sale later this month at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/80112