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Ken Cowan Concert
Ken Cowan will present an organ concert at First United Methodist Church, 324 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL on Saturday, July 1 at 7:00 p.m. The concert is a special AGO preview of the church's newly restored 4 manual, 44-rank E. M. Skinner organ. The unaltered 1925 Skinner organ is currently being restored by Joseph Rotella of the Spencer Organ Company, Waltham, MA, with Jeff Weiler and Jonathan Ambrosino supervising pipework restoration and tonal finishing. A formal dedication concert series will take place this fall. More information about the organ is available here.
The concert is $15 which includes bus roundtrip transportation from the convention hotel. See the church's website here for more information. Please mark your registration form for the “Pre-convention Event” to register for this concert.
The Austin Girls Choir
The Austin Girls’ Choir will present the final concert of its Chicago area tour on Sunday, July 2 at 2:00 p.m. at The Chicago Temple (First United Methodist Church), 77 W. Washington Street. The performance will feature a wide range of genres in three- and four-part harmony, sacred to secular. The Choir will also sing for the 11:00 a.m. service that morning.
The Choir performs frequently in Austin and surrounding communities, singing for conferences, festivals, private affairs and state events as well as its own regular events. Annual domestic tours have included the San Francisco area, American East Coast, Southwest and Gulf Coast. The group has made three European concert tours, singing in cathedrals in England, France, Germany and the Czech Republic. Austin Girls’ Choir made its New York debut in March 1996, singing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and at Carnegie Hall. The Choir has been featured on CNN news stories twice, on C-SPAN, and has had a concert carried live by BBC Radio. Locally, Austin Girls' Choir has performed with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Lyric Opera, Ballet Austin, Heralds & Minstrels, the Balcones Community Orchestra and Austin Choral Symposia.
The Chicago Temple is located on the corner of N. Clark and W. Washington and slightly less than 1 mile from the Marriott Hotel. From the hotel walk south on Michigan Ave. to Washington (about 8 blocks), turn right and head west on Washington for 5 blocks to Clark St. The church is directly across from Daley Plaza.
Cherry Rhodes Concert
The Berghaus Organ Company presents Cherry Rhodes in concert on Friday, July 7 at 7:30 pm. Ms. Rhodes will be playing the new Berghaus III/60 organ at Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago. The Basilica is located at 6280 N. Sauganash Ave. The concert is open to the public at no charge. Roundtrip transportation from the convention hotel is available at a cost of $15 per person. Buses depart the hotel at 5:45 pm. Please reserve transportation by e-mailing Dave McCleary at dmccleary@berghausorgan.com. Include the names and addresses of all those requesting transportation. Requests must be received no later than Monday, May 29. Transportation fees will be collected during the boarding process. You do not have to participate in the Berghaus post-convention tour to attend the Cherry Rhodes concert. For information concerning the concert, please visit the Berghaus Organ website at www.berghausorgan.com. Click on the ChicAGO 2006 convention icon.
The Chicago Boychoir Concert
James Brian Smith, Director
The Chicago Boychoir will perform a concert on Friday, July 7 at 2:00p.m.at the St. James Chapel. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience music in this magnificent space. St. James Chapel is located inside Quigley Preparatory Seminary at 103 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL, 60611. The chapel's entrance stands at the corner of Rush & Pearson streets approximately one block west of the Hancock Center. This is a very short walk from the Chicago Marriott Downtown Hotel.
Tickets are $5.00 at the door, and are also available in advance by mail from:
The Chicago Boy Choir
5212 W. Agatite Avenue
Chicago, IL 60630-3704
(773) 395-6020
maestro67@sbcglobal.net
The Chicago Boy Choir (Cantores Minores, Chicago) was founded by the Rev. Eugene Winkowski in 1997 and is directed by James Brian Smith. This special ensemble consists of 30 boys, ages 8 – 18, who reside in the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs and their repertoire includes Gregorian chant as well as music from the classical and romantic periods, the 20th century, and spirituals.
The Chicago Boy Choir has presented many concerts in metropolitan Chicago and made its first national appearance at the Baltimore Boy Choir Festival in May, 2001. They returned to Baltimore and Washington, D. C. in 2002, 2004 and 2005 and were featured in a televised performance at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. The tenors and basses presented concerts in Pennsylvania and Ohio in July 2003.
Following a greatly expanded season of performances, the entire Chicago Boy Choir embarked on their first international travel in summer 2004, a two-week concert tour of England filled with performances of both sacred and secular music.
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