Fox Valley briefs
Algonquin's Art on the Fox:
The second annual fine art show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Riverfront Park, off North Harrison Street north of Route 62 in Algonquin. More than 30 booths will feature paintings, photography, fiber, jewelry, ceramics, glass and sculptures. Local artists will perform demonstrations. Artwork in a variety of media will be on sale. Admission is free. In the event of rain, the show will be Sunday, June 7. It is sponsored in part by the Algonquin Public Arts Commission, which has organized an annual public art program since 2005. Visit algonquin.org.
Music scholarship winners:
A pair of violinists from Carpentersville have earned the 2009 Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Jean Hove Young Musicians Scholarship. Dearion Wright, a sixth-grade student at Lakewood School, and Karla Barrera, a seventh-grade student at Carpentersville Middle School, will receive two years of private music instruction, season subscriptions to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra Classics Series, as well as free instrument rental. The musicians were selected from a group of seven finalists after auditioning before the ESO Music Director Michael Hanson, musicologist Dan Maki and ESO violinist Susan Thorne. The Jean Hove Young scholarship is designed to develop the talent of young musicians, especially those who have been historically underrepresented in the field of classical music.
Guests artists to play with Cary-Grove jazz combo:
The Jim Tashjian Group, featuring Cary-Grove High School grads and brothers Jim, Pete and John Tashjian, will return to the school today to perform as guest artists at the Cary-Grove Jazz Combo concert. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Room C2, the Studio Theater. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and free to students with a Cary-Grove activity pass. Jim Tashjian is a recent graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts, where he majored in jazz studies. He also performs in the Chicago area with District 97, a progressive metal group. For details, or to buy tickets, call Patrick Whalen at (847) 639-3825, ext. 143, or e-mail him at pwhalen@d155.org. Tickets are also available at the door.