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Chicago Chapter Events 2010 – 2011

September 26, 2010 – 4:00 PM – Artist Recital – Douglas Cleveland
                                                            University of Chicago – Rockefeller Chapel – Hyde Park, Chicago

October 17, 2010 – 7:30 PM – Artist Recital – Olivier Latry
                                    Holy Name Cathedral – State & Superior Streets, Chicago

November 14, 2010 – 7:00 PM – Memorial Concert in Honor of Richard Proulx
                                    Holy Name Cathedral – State & Superior Streets, Chicago
                             
January 17, 2011 – 7:00 PM – “Meet, Eat and Sing” – Sharing Choral Music
                                    Led by Jean Tuohy – St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church
                                    4646 North Austin Boulevard, Chicago

February 21, 2011 – 7:30 PM – “Hymn Based Music that Every Organist Should Know”
                                    Led by Joe Burgio – St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church
                                    5601 North California Street, Chicago

March 19, 2011 – 10:00 AM – Annual Organ Crawl – Location TBA

April 11, 2011 – 7:30 PM – “Basic Organ Maintenance” – Led by Jeff Weiler – Location TBA

May 22, 2011 – 4:00 PM – “Music of Composers with Anniversaries in 2011”
                                    Members Recital – Annual Banquet – Annual Meeting – Location TBA

Area Events

June 13, Sunday – OHS Members Recital4PM.  Chicago-Midwest OHS Chapter members Carl Chadek, Derek Nickels, Michael Shawgo and Mark Sudeith with perform a recital on the church's historic organ built by the M. P. Moller Organ Company of Hagerstown, Maryland, as their opus 5881. The organ was designed by the notable organ architect William H. Barnes, who served as organist at Epworth United Methodist Church from 1910-1924. This is the concluding event of the Chicago-Midwest Chapter's 2009-2010 year. A free-will offering will be accepted for the continuing maintenance of this historic organ. Epworth United Methodist Church, 5253 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago. 

Concert Series – Madonna della Strada Chapel, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago.  All concerts are the third Sunday of the month at 3PM.  All concerts are free.  Goulding and Wood, 3m/70r.  For more information call 773-508-2195.  Find more information about the organ by visiting us on the web at www.luc.edu/sacramental_life/organ.

            June 20 – Summer Celebrity Series:  Cherry Rhodes, Los Angeles, California.  Music of Franck, Lidán, Mozart, Liszt, and Calvin Hampton.

            July 18 – Summer Celebrity Series: Gerre Hancock, Austin, Texas.  Music of deGrigny, Bach, Reger      and an improvisation on submitted themes.

            August 15 – Summer Celebrity Series: Peter Conte, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Transcriptions of works             by Bernstein, Ernst, Bach, and Duprè.

            September 19 – Steven Betancourt, Organist, Madonna della Strada Chapel, Chicago, Illinois.

Concert Series – Concerts at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Free Friday Noonday Concerts, 12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary.  For more concerts and information go to www.fourthchurch.org

            June 4              Joelle Lamarre, soprano
            June 11             Karen Beaumont, organ
            June 18             Tedd W. Barr, organ
            June 25             John W. Sherer, organ