William Grant Still (1895-1978) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List by Dr. Dominique-Rene de Lerma. Still's Festive Overture will be performed on this program.
Featuring Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal percussionist
Cynthia Yeh;
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s
Alcides Rodriguez;
plus grand finale
percussion play-along with the audience
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville,
March 12
Symphony Center, Chicago,
March 14
CHICAGO –
Chicago Sinfonietta’s
penultimate concert of the season examines the most primal element of music: the beat in
BYOB: Bring Your Own Beat, featuring renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal percussionist
Cynthia Yeh and
Alcides Rodriguez
of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Chicago Sinfonietta performs
BYOB: Bring Your Own Beat twice: first, in the western suburbs at Wentz Concert Hall of North Central College, Naperville,
Saturday, March 12 at 8 pm, and then again in its downtown Chicago home, Symphony Center,
Monday, March 14 at 7:30 pm.
This rhythmic performance begins fittingly with William Grant Still’s infectious
Festive Overture, followed by Ricardo Lorenz’s Maracas Concerto featuring
Alcides Rodriguez playing this unusual solo instrument. Sinfonietta Music Director
Mei-Ann Chen, a fierce proponent for and mentor of young conductors, then welcomes the talented
Roger Kalia, a Project Inclusion Freeman Fellow, to the podium as to tag team on Chadwick’s
Symphonic Sketches, with Chen conducting Jubilee and Kalie guest conducting for
Noel. The second half kicks off with Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto performed by
Cynthia Yeh, and concludes with the audience joining the orchestra on the fast-paced, indigenous
sounds of the 4th Movement (Malambo-Final Dance) of Ginastera’s
Estancia: Four Dances. To play along, audience members
will either bring their own small percussion instruments or create new
instruments in the lobby pre-concert and during intermission, which can
then be played back in their seats during the
concert’s raucous, crowdsourced grand finale led by Maestro Mei-Ann
Chen.
Additional pre-concert and intermission activities include the opportunity to take a spin on Chicago artist Dave Ford’s
Swing Set Drum Kit installation, an interactive sonic sculpture
that invites audience members of all ages to create rhythmic sounds
simply through the act of swinging. Additionally,
El Jimador
tequila will provide patrons (21+) with complimentary tequila tastings.
Title: Chicago Sinfonietta presents BYOB - Bring Your Own Beat
Dates: Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 p.m. at Wentz Concert Hall of North Central College
Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall of Symphony Center
Tickets:
Single tickets range from $18-$60
for concerts at Symphony Center and $48-$60 for concerts at Wentz
Concert Hall, with special $10 pricing available for students at both
concerts. Tickets can be purchased by calling Chicago Sinfonietta at
312.284.1554 or online at
www.chicagosinfonietta.org.
Program:
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STILL
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Festive Overture
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ORENZ
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Pataruco: Concerto for Venezuelan Maracas and Orchestra
performed by Alcides Rodriguez
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CHADWICK
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Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
and Noel
(Noel guest conducted by Roger Kalia)
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HIGDON
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Percussion Concerto performed by Cynthia Yeh
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GINASTERA
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Estancia: Four Dances, 4th Movement, Danz final (Malambo-Final Dance)
with audience participation
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Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Roger Kalia, Project Inclusion Conducting Freeman Fellow and special guest
conductor
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