PHOTOS from BIG APPLE RAZZLE DAZZLE

Here are some iphone shots of the CBA Chorus from the terrific combined concert they presented with the New York Bar Chorus at the New York Bar Association Building on 44th Street in NYC last evening (March 28, 2014.) It was standing room only, whistles and cheers for a special evening of musical collaboration.

CBA Echo Chorus

CBA Chorus in performance.

Percussion provided by Home Depot. (That's the top of Janet E's head.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca Patterson looking very happy.

Call her "Becky Claves"

Conductors back-to-back. Rebecca Patterson and Kathryn Schneider (of the NY Bar Chorus)

Conductors face-to-face. David Katz (CBA Symphony) and CBASO assistant conductor Michael Poulos, both there to see the show. (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg looks down from the wall.)

The CBA CHORUS tours to NYC later this month!

Big Apple Razzle Dazzle: New York City Bar Chorus and Chicago Bar Association Chorus Joint Concert MARCH 28, 2014 in New York City.

More information is available at www.citybarchorus.org and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/citybarchorus

Here's the flier:

CALL FOR SOLOISTS: Sing BEETHOVEN's CHORAL FANTASY in Chicago—Four $500 contracts

CHICAGO ORATORIO AWARD—deadline approaching February 25th.

Four $500 prizes, one each for soprano, mezzo-soprano (alto), tenor, baritone (bass), will be awarded as performance fees to soloists selected to appear under the baton of Maestro David Katz in concert with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, performing the solo portions of  Beethoven's Choral Fantasy and the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at St James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago. (Dress rehearsal Tuesday evening, May 20, 2014, same location.)

This additional opportunity is offered as part of The American Prize in Vocal Performance Friedrich and Virginia Schorr Memorial Awards national competition and is open to 2014 applicants in the professional and college/university categories, only.

Each winner will receive a $500 all-inclusive fee (no additional housing, travel or per diem), payment to be made on the day of the performance. Although the Chicago Oratorio Award is an additional contest open to all professional and college/university applicants for The American Prize in Vocal Performance, 2014, it is geared primarily to those who live within comfortable travel distance of Chicago and/or who can make their own housing/travel arrangements.

Complete information, application forms and requirements: http://www.theamericanprize.org/vocalperf.html

Automatic postmark deadline extensions to Monday, February 25, 2014 are available to those email by that date with their intention to apply: theamericanprize@gmail.com

Vocal scores to the Beethoven and Verdi may downloaded here:
http://www.theamericanprize.org/artsong.html
(see link, middle of the page)

Questions? theamericanprize@gmail.com

TICKETS on SALE NOW for our next concert!

Please join us for our next concert, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 7:30 pm at St James Cathedral. Called HALF & HALF, the program will feature the CBA Chorus in music they perform on tour in March in New York City with the NY Bar Chorus, plus the CBA Symphony in beloved masterworks by Berlioz and Brahms.

TICKETS HERE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/profile/80112

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

MUSIC for a SACRED SPACE: Wed, May 15th at 7:30 pm

PLEASE JOIN US for our season finale, MUSIC for a SACRED SPACE, featuring the Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony and Te Deums by Joseph Haydn and Anton Bruckner, the last featuring winners of The American Prize in Voice Chicago Oratorio Award. 

You can purchase tickets by clicking this link.