UPCOMING CHICAGO CONCERT:
VIOLINS OF HOPE - A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE
LINCOLNWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 6:30 PM
LINCOLNWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
4000 W. Pratt
Join us for this special concert of remembrance featuring American music and works of composers who perished in the Holocaust. The program begins with speakers from the Jewish Community Center of Chicago, which is facilitating the presentation of several World War II era violins refurbished by “Violins of Hope,” TO be heard at the concert.
Free admission, reservations required
PROGRAM
America the Beautiful - Samuel Ward, arr. Levinson
Unzer Shtetl Brent - Michael Gebertig, arr. Levinson
Epitaph for Violin and String Orchestra - Jaroslaw Golembiowski
Nicholas Orbovich, violin
A Prayer for Piece - John Williams
Theme and Variations - Hans Krasa
Rock of Ages - Sigfried Wurzburger, arr. Simmons
Two Selections from Five Pieces for String Quartet - Erwin Schulhoff
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American Music Festivals promotES cultural exchange,
presenting concerts that celebrate diversity
and preserve orchestral heritage.
American Music Festivals reaches out to communities through orchestral concerts that bring people together to experience the fine arts and humanities. Promoting cultural exchange we embrace diversity, celebrating our differences and discovering what we share as human beings--moving forward a conversation about equity and inclusion.
American Music Festivals is committed to preserving and furthering orchestral heritage. Our music making has attracted an amazing team of musicians, community advocates, and outreach professionals to our cause. It has helped us build partnerships and professional relationships with organizations and individuals around the world. Our concerts tell a story that speaks to the power of music to move people, help change perspectives, and to challenge norms. American Music Festivals is excited to continue to help provide professional orchestral programming throughout the many communities that make up Chicagoland, and around the world.
Thanks for being a part of our vision.
With Maestro Yuri Temirkonov, backstage at Chicago Symphony Center
Artistic Contributor Leonard Slatkin and Philip Simmons in Hawaii
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has been committed to cultural exchange Since 1997.
Please join US AS WE BRING OUR UNIQUE VIEWPOINT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMMING.
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In the United States and abroad we work with communities to share culture, celebrating our differences.
ORCHESTRAL HERITAGE
American Music Festivals helps preserve orchestral traditions--with a sensitivity to all the humanities.
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Through concerts and related outreach, American Music Festivals articulates cross cultural and intergenerational connections.
Sir Georg Solti Memorial Festival, April 2016
