OCTOBER 9, 2021
7:30 pm 
Ganz Hall
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VIRTUAL BROADCAST:
NOVEMBER 5 – 11, 2021
Please take note that CAIC will not be providing booklets for the 2021 Collaborative Works Festival.
Instead, program booklets are available in digital format.
​We encourage you to download the below program booklet in advance to one of your mobile devices!
OCTOBER 9 TICKETS
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​GANZ HALL
430 S MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO , IL 60605

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
​ABOUT GANZ HALL

Please take note of some things that might be different from previous CAIC performances at Ganz Hall.
Many of these stem from Roosevelt University’s policies regarding COVID-19. 
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ARRIVAL @ ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY / GANZ
  • When arriving at Roosevelt University tomorrow, please enter via the 425 S. Wabash entrance.
  • Upon arrival, please proceed to the security desk at the entrance. 
  • To enter the building, Roosevelt University requires everyone show a government-issued photo ID and proof of COVID-vaccination. In addition, they also require all guests fill out a daily self-assessment survey at one of the campus safety kiosks. You may also fill out the self-assessment form on a mobile device in advance by visiting: Roosevelt.edu/guest

GETTING TO GANZ HALL
  • After finishing up with security, the guard will let you through the security gates to your right. Please proceed to the elevator, and go to the 7th floor.
  • Upon arriving at the 7th floor, turn left out of the elevator and follow the signs to Ganz Hall.

​Also, please be sure to review CAIC's COVID-19 safety protocols in advance.
PROGRAM
BÉLA BARTÓK: Elindultam szép hazámbul, BB. 42, No.1
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: selected folk song arrangements
REBECCA CLARKE: selected folk song arrangements
GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Cuatro Canciones Andinas
ALBERTO GINASTERA: 5 Canciones populares argentinas
PERCY GRAINGER: selected folk song arrangements
FLORENCE PRICE: selected spiritual arrangements
JULIA PERRY: ​selected spiritual arrangements
The third performance of the 2021 Festival, The Songs We Carried, examines the ways in which song is both an important method of cultural exchange as well as an art form that many rely on to preserve their cultural identity upon arriving in a new location.

The program features folk song arrangements by composers such as Benjamin Britten, Béla Bartók, Rebecca Clarke, Percy Grainger, alongside spiritual arrangements by Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and more.
Concert III photo: Italian immigrants at Ellis Island, 1905. Brooklyn Museum

ARTISTS

AMANDA LYNN BOTTOMS, mezzo-soprano
HELEN ZHIBING HUANG, soprano
SHANNON MCGINNIS, piano & CAIC director of education
​NICHOLAS PHAN, tenor & CAIC artistic director
ADRIANE POST, violin
all performance and master class photography by Ryan Bennett, Mike Grittani, and Elliot Mandel