In a special 4-day celebration featuring concert, lecture, film, art exhibits, and workship presentations, Abraham Stokman, director of Music for a While, presents the work of four influential composers and their significant lifetime achievements.  Sprecial guest artists and MIC faculty performers include Julia Bentley, Steven Burns, Susan Charles, Winston Choi, Fareed Haque, members of International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Dimitris Marinos, Barbara Ann Martin, Philip Morehead, Caroline Pittman, Pinotage, members of the Limcoln Trio, and Almita and Roland Vamos

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Panel Discussion, 6:30pm (admission to this event is free)

“Dimensions of Creation in the Contemporary”

Festival Director Abraham Stokman joins composers Robert Lombardo and Howard Sandroff for a lively discussion about the connection between contemporary art and creativity.  An accompanying exhibit of paintings and sculptures by these three artists will be shown in the lobby of Nichols Concert Hall and will remain on display for the duration of the festival.

"A Concert of Works for Voice and Strings" will feature Five Songs for mezzo soprano and cello, Painters' Notes: a duo for violin and viola (*Chicago première, commissioned by Almita & Roland Vamos), Last Letters Home: meditations on war for mezzo soprano and string quartet (*première), Duets for Pinotage (*première), Climbing for Tree Frogs, and Chamber Concerto for mandolin and string quintet.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Centenary Concert, 7:30pm

This program will feature Chants de Terre et de Ciel, arranged for ICE by Cliff Colnot (première), Le Merle Noir, and Quatuor pour le fin du temps.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Composers Workshop with Howard Sandroff, 10AM (admission to this event is free)

Generations Next Competition: Awards and Student Concert, 6:30pm (admission to this event is free)

Organized by festival director Abraham Stokman and offered through the Music institute of Chicago, the Generation Next Composition Contest was designed to encourage and support the work of young composers.  Results will be announced at the concert.

The Music of Howard Sandroff, 7:30pm

MIC faculty and guests will perform works including Shevet achim gam yachad, Adagio for piano, The Bride’s Complaint for soprano and piano, Chant de Femme for flutes and electronic sounds, and La Joie for clarinet trio.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Film screening: “A Labyrinth of Time”, 1PM (admission to this event is free)

Frank Scheffer’s unique portrait of Elliott Carter includes a documentary perspective of the history of modernism in the 20^th century.

Elliott Carter at 100: A Birthday Celebration, 3PM

Works performed on this special closing concert will include Night Fantasies, Sonata for Cello and Piano, Three Poems of Robert Frost, Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux, Two Diversions, Scrivo in Vento, and Changes.

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