Chamber Music on the Fox to host Artemisia Vocal Trio Feb. 22
The Chamber Music on the Fox season continues with "Sounds Like Us" featuring the Artemisia Vocal Trio on Monday, Feb. 22.
The virtual concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Chicago-based trio features Diana Lawrence, Alexandra Olsavsky, and Kaitlin Foley.
"Sounds Like Us" tells a timely story of female strength through the raw power of the female voice. In an engaging new staged performance, the Artemisia Vocal Trio harnesses the color and contrast of the rich vocal traditions of the world to celebrate the strength of women.
Artemisia draws from a vast repertoire of vocal styles - from Appalachian folk, Tushetian highlander cries, Cuban dance music, and everything in-between to take audiences on a journey of sound and spirit with every performance.
Artemisia actively commissions and performs newly composed works by living female composers. Most recently, they performed a commissioned arrangement of "Es savai mãminai" from Latvian composer, Kate Pukinskis, a liturgical premiere of Sungji Hong's "Missa Lumen de Lumine," and a world premiere of "O Nata Lux," which Hong wrote specifically for the group. In addition to new commissions, all three members of Artemisia regularly compose for the group internally, frequently adding new arrangements and original compositions of their own to their programs.
This season, Chamber Music on the Fox is providing the concerts without charge, but they encourage you to donate generously as you have in the past to keep the music playing!
Sign up for this event at www.chambermusiconthefox.org/concert/gather/ and choose an amount that makes sense for you. The suggested donation is $20. Note: you must register in order to receive the link to view this performance.
In March, Women's History Month will mark the 100th year since the landmark victory of the women's suffrage movement.
On Monday, March 22, the concert theme will be "Her Story: American Women in Chamber Music" at 7:30 p.m.
To celebrate this milestone, Chamber Music on the Fox has invited a quartet of women from the Lyric Opera Orchestra to perform a virtual program featuring all female, all American composers, from the classical to the Romantic to the contemporary.
Hear the music and learn the stories of these remarkable trailblazing women. Sign up at www.chambermusiconthefox.org.
On Thursday, April 15, Chamber Music on the Fox co-artistic director Sara Sitzer will lead a program on the "Music of Terezin" at 7 p.m.
Much of the most powerful and beautiful art was born out of history's darkest hours. Join Sitzer as she explores the incredible musical culture inside of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp for artists during the World War II.
This lecture is free to attend, but viewers must register to receive a Zoom link through Gail Borden Public Library at attend.gailborden.info/event/4865622.
On Monday, April 19, the concert series will continue with "Lost Voices" at 7:30 p.m. Even in history's darkest hours, art and beauty have prospered. Featuring works of Erwin Schulhoff, Gideon Klein, and Andre Previn, this program is dedicated to the music and memory of artists who perished in the Holocaust. Learn their stories, witness their music, and come together to remember these lost - but not forgotten - voices.
On Monday, May 24, the season wraps up with "Americana" featuring Third Coast Brass at 7:30 p.m. Third Coast Brass returns to the Chamber Music on the Fox stage to celebrate the incredible musical contributions of the great American composers, including Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and others. Enjoy a festive and upbeat season finale to send you into the summer months.