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International Women’s Day Concert Extravaganza — A Tribute to Women in the Arts by Women in the Arts
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7pm, Oak Park. Tickets here.
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SongShop Live presents our third live concert since the world went topsy-turvy with neighbors and friends in our Albany Park garden. Elizabeth Doyle at the keyboard. Featuring Barb Smith, Christian Halvorsen, Evelyn Danner, Sharon Waltham, Lydia Stux, Patrick Davis, dancer Kamran Al Kareem, and your host Claudia Hommel. Saturday, October 10 at 2 PM. We’ve…
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Tales of Transcendence: Intimate operas celebrating stories of everyday people who, as individuals and groups, have transcended the human divide. Working In Concert’s Bellissima Opera will premiere live in June 2022, in Chicago. FUTURE PERFECT (a full length opera) co-created with 1,300 Chicago area youth. This opera tells the adventures of Miranette, an intuitive and curious girl on a journey…
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WHOLE NOTES – Music of Healing and PeaceAired on 98.7 WFMT on December 13, 2019 This 60-minute program, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma, soprano Christine Steyer and others, features music in response to gun violence in our cities. Steyer and pianist Marta Johnson perform the aria “Red is a Trick” from Bellissima’s upcoming opera, Future Perfect by David Shenton, lyrics…
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Our outreach program recently performed at Kinzie Elementary, Lane Tech HS and Al Raby HS in Chicago, bringing the number of students to whom we have brought free music exceeding 23,000.
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We explore song text and context, develop song setups and patter, and dig into the subtext of lyrics. Have a song to work on. We currently meet via Zoom each Saturday. You are welcome to observe one session first, if you wish. Signup here.
