HIAWATHA POSTER by Carl Klein

Poster designed by CBA Chorus member Carl Klein.

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OUR 2017-18 season AT-A-GLANCE

The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
32nd Season—2017-18
David Katz, founding music director and principal conductor
Marek Rachelski, resident conductor
Michael Poulos, assistant conductor

The Chicago Bar Association Chorus
12th Season—2017-18
Stephen Blackwelder, chorus director
Janet Eckhardt, chorus accompanist
Rebecca Patterson, director emerita

The Fair Use Wind Quintet will perform on October 1st

SPECIAL SEASON EVENT:
Chamber Music at PIANOFORTE featuring members of the CBASO and the CBA Chorus
Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 3pm at PianoForte, 1335 South Michigan Avenue
TICKET LINK: http://chamberpianoforte.bpt.me

The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & the CBA Chorus

David Katz, founding music director

Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

November Concert: chorus and orchestra
“HIAWATHA in CHICAGO”
TICKET LINK: http://hiawathainchicago.bpt.me
SPECIAL WEBSITE: http://hiawathainchicago.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:30 pm St James Cathedral—Wabash @ Huron

David Katz conducting
Dvorak—New World Symphony
Coleridge-Taylor—Hiawatha's Wedding Feast (chorus and orchestra)

Michael Poulos, CBASO assistant conductor

Joanne Burne

December Concert: orchestra only
“HOLIDAY SPARKLE”
TICKET LINK: None. Concert is free.
Friday, Dec 15, 2017—noontime concert at Harold Washington Library

Michael Poulos, conducting
Joanne Burne, piccolo soloist
Rossini—Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Vivaldi—Piccolo Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov—Polonaise from “Christmas Eve”
plus Holiday Favorites

Stephen Blackwelder & Marek Rachelski

Sara Su Jones

March Concert: chorus and orchestra perform separately
“DOUBLE DEBUT”
welcoming our new CBA Chorus Director and CBASO Resident Conductor
TICKET LINK: http://doubledebut.bpt.me
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm St James Cathedral—Wabash @ Huron

Marek Rachelski conducting orchestra portion
Stephen Blackwelder conducting choral portion (without orchestra)

ORCHESTRA:     Mozart—Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
                Sara Su Jones, violin soloist
            Schubert—Symphony No. 3

CHORUS:        Pachelbel Magnificat in D
            Schubert Miriam's Song of Triumph
                solo soprano: Susan Nelson
            Gywneth Walker I Will Be Earth   

Rossini's Stabat Mater will feature soloists from The American Prize

May Concert—chorus and orchestra
VERDI & ROSSINI’S “STABAT MATER”
TICKET LINK: http://rossiniverdi.bpt.me
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm St James Cathedral—Wabash @ Huron

David Katz conducting
Verdi—Oveture to La Forza del Destino
Rossini—Stabat Mater
Soloists—winners of The American Prize