Music in the Loft's 9th Kleiner Benefit The Billy Collins Suite
Music in the Loft's 9th Kleiner Benefit The Billy Collins Suite
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 2:49pm — BrianBaxterMusic- Start:
- Sun, 05/04/2008 - 4:00pm
- End:
- Sun, 05/04/2008 - 6:00pm
Music in the Loft commissioned five composers to write music for a number of Billy Collins poems. Cedille records will be producing a CD of the Billy Collins Suite to be released in 2009. For tickets please contact Fredda at Music in the Loft (312) 243-9233.
Click here to view the Invitation Card
A Benefit for Music in the Loft
Sunday, May 4, 2008
at 4:00 pm.
Performance will be held in the beautiful concert hall at
Lyon & Healy Harps
168 N. Ogden Avenue (at Lake Street)
Chicago, IL 60607
Valet parking available
Champagne and hors d’oeuvres extraordinaire
will follow the concert
The Billy Collins Suite
Commissioned by Music in the Loft
and generously underwritten by Dr. Peter Austin
Composed by
Vivan Fung
Stacy Garrop
Lita Grier
Pierre Jalbert
Zhou Tian
to poetry by Billy Collins
with
The Lincoln Trio
Buffy Baggott
Susan Cook
Kristin Figard
John Goodwin
Tim Monroe
Robert Sims
Nuiko Wadden
John Bruce Yeh
Yoko-Yamada-Selvaggio
with
Steve Robinson, Narrator
Ken Baker, MC and Director
This event is generously sponsored by
Jerry Kleiner, Chicago’s leading restauranteur
Marché, Red Light, Gioco, Opera, Carnivale, Room 121
The commissions have been generously funded by Dr. Peter Austin.
