Music Institute of Chicago Presents BEYOND THE STAGE: MUSICIANS ON MUSIC — Preview

When:

February 18 – June 3, 2021

Where:

Live-streamed via zoom link

Tickets:

FREE

For more information and to register visit the Music Institute of Chicago website.

The Music Institute of Chicago presents a new lecture series—with post lecture questions/answers—Beyond the Stage: Musicians on Music, that aims to offer insights and perspectives on a range of musical topics spanning classical, jazz, and popular music. The Music Institute of Chicago spokesperson shares that the series is designed for music enthusiasts across the globe and showcases members of the Music Institute’s faculty, which includes nearly 200 experienced and dedicated educators and performers holding degrees from music schools around the world. The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, February 18, 7–8:30 p.m.
Women in Jazz
Music Institute Jazz Studies Director and trombonist Audrey Morrison explores the contributions, and often untold stories, of female jazz instrumentalists from the 1920s to the present in this lecture and listening session.

Thursday, February 25, 7–8 p.m.
The Hamilton Phenomenon
Music Institute Musical Theater Artistic Director and librettist Matt Boresi examines one of the most popular musicals in decades, from lyrics to orchestration to staging, and traces Hamilton’s ascent to a permanent place in musical theatre history.

Thursday, March 4, 7–8 p.m.
Digging for Treasure: The Piano, its Music, and How Pianists Make it Come to Life
Music Institute Musicianship Program Director and piano and composition faculty Matthew Hagle, who is also an active performer, presents short excerpts and highlights of the piano literature and talks about the challenges of the pianist’s journey.

Monday, March 15, 7–8:30 p.m.
Dark Angels of the Violin: Jazz Legends Eddie South and Stuff Smith
Violinist and Music Institute jazz faculty James Sanders discusses how South and Smith overcame obstacles (including racism) and forever changed the role of the violin in jazz.

Thursday, March 25, 7–8 p.m.
Listening to Orchestral Music: How to Get the Most Enjoyment from Music You Know and Music You Would Like to Know
Maestro Jim Setapen, director of the Music Institute’s Academy and conductor-in-residence, considers the four ways we listen to music and offers insights into making the most of your listening experience.

Monday, April 5, 7–8 p.m.
Maintaining Your Chops: How to Stay Motivated as a Busy Adult
Active performer and violin faculty Addison Teng offers tips and tricks to maintain posture and stay loose, advice on maintaining sound technique, and opportunities for accountability, principles which Teng believes apply to all instruments.

Thursday, April 15, 7–8 p.m.
Introduction to Understanding the Musical Canon and its Implications
Award-winning pianist and Music Institute faculty Daniel Baer talks about the influence of Europe’s political, social, and economic philosophies on the development and codification of the modern canon. Baer covers composers omitted from the canon and discusses ways in which musicians and institutions challenge the canon’s immutability.

Thursday, April 29, 7–8 p.m.
The Mega Musical
Music Institute Musical Theater Artistic Director and librettist Matt Boresi reflects on the invasion of European musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Evita, and Miss Saigon, which brought Broadway out of a funk and into financial prosperity.

Thursday, May 6, 7–8 p.m.
Queens of Composition: Excellence in Music by Black-American Women Composers
Lyric soprano and Music Institute faculty Rae-Myra Hilliard shares her research on Black-American women composers with a Chicago connection, including Florence B. Price (1887–1953), Margaret Bonds (1913–72), and Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956).

Thursday, May 20, 7–8 p.m.
The Classical Style – Five Musical Elements Every Listener Needs to Know
Music Institute President and CEO and pianist Mark George investigates a seminal period in music history, when a group of composers in a region around Vienna developed a kind of instrumental music that elevated music to the highest levels of art.

Thursday, June 3, 7–8 p.m.
The Golden Age of Violinists
Music Institute violist Davis King reflects on the nature of violinists of the first half of the 20th century and what string playing has lost in the decades since.

For more information, visit the Music Institute of Chicago website.

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