"One of Windy City’s primary musical treasures" - OPERA NEWS
ANNUAL FESTIVAL CAMPAIGN!
CAIC is pleased to announce the theme of the 2021 Collaborative Works Festival: Strangers in a Strange Land.
Please visit our 2021 FESTIVAL page to learn more!
The Collaborative Works Festival has been exploring various aspects of the human experience through the art of song for ten years now, and has been praised by Opera News as "one of the Windy City's primary musical treasures".
CAIC relies on support from donors at all levels, and the annual Collaborative Works Festival is possible thanks to the generous support of people like you, who contribute to CAIC's annual campaign for the festival.
Please help us reach our $10,000 goal by July 23, 2021. No contribution is too small, and every donation helps greatly!
CAIC will release further details about the 2021 Collaborative Works Festival over the course of the annual Festival campaign. Please be sure to check the 2021 Festival page regularly for updates!
Please visit our 2021 FESTIVAL page to learn more!
The Collaborative Works Festival has been exploring various aspects of the human experience through the art of song for ten years now, and has been praised by Opera News as "one of the Windy City's primary musical treasures".
CAIC relies on support from donors at all levels, and the annual Collaborative Works Festival is possible thanks to the generous support of people like you, who contribute to CAIC's annual campaign for the festival.
Please help us reach our $10,000 goal by July 23, 2021. No contribution is too small, and every donation helps greatly!
CAIC will release further details about the 2021 Collaborative Works Festival over the course of the annual Festival campaign. Please be sure to check the 2021 Festival page regularly for updates!
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CAIC seeks to make Chicago a world home for the performance and study of art song and vocal chamber music repertoire.
Through vocal coachings, master classes, and performances in venues throughout the Chicago area, including the annual Collaborative Works Festival, CAIC offers musicians and audience members the opportunity to experience the intimate, inspiring world of song.
Through vocal coachings, master classes, and performances in venues throughout the Chicago area, including the annual Collaborative Works Festival, CAIC offers musicians and audience members the opportunity to experience the intimate, inspiring world of song.
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CAIC ANNOUNCES FALL 2020 PROGRAMMING
CHICAGO-- Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary season with fall offerings that include the annual Collaborative Works Festival, two recitals as part of the Lieder Lounge series, and the first installment of a Polish song workshop. The festival's three concerts and master class feature the work of women composers in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Lieder Lounge series opens in September with a recital featuring Ryan Opera Center alumnus tenor Jonathan Johnson with Ryan Opera Center music director and pianist Craig Terry. A December Lieder Lounge features Chicago native and Grammy Award–winning tenor Karim Sulayman with fortepianist Yi-heng Yang. As part of CAIC’s fall educational programming, Polish-American conductor, keyboardist, and Fulbright Fellowship recipient Michael Pecak gives a lecture on the history and performance of Polish art song...
all performance and master class photography by Ryan Bennett, Mike Grittani, and Elliot Mandel