THE WOMEN
SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 4, 2020
The annual Collaborative Works Festival has been made possible for years thanks to the generous support of people like YOU, who contribute to this annual campaign.
Please help us reach our $10,000 goal by July 17, 2020. No contribution is too small, and every donation helps greatly!
Stay tuned to this page for more festival details, including the announcement of more featured composers and festival artists!
Please help us reach our $10,000 goal by July 17, 2020. No contribution is too small, and every donation helps greatly!
Stay tuned to this page for more festival details, including the announcement of more featured composers and festival artists!
"With the Collaborative Works Festivals the
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago are presenting annually,
Chicago is doing its bit to rescue art song performance from the endangered species list."
- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago are presenting annually,
Chicago is doing its bit to rescue art song performance from the endangered species list."
- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago is a 501(c)3 non-for-profit organization.
All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowable by law.
All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowable by law.
ALTERNATE PLANS REGARDING COVID-19
Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, with the safety of the artists and audience members as its top priority, CAIC is strategizing to bring performances and educational events online if necessary, allowing us to present the Festival in accordance with Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan.
Due to the continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, with the safety of the artists and audience members as its top priority, CAIC is strategizing to bring performances and educational events online if necessary, allowing us to present the Festival in accordance with Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan.
FESTIVAL DETAILS
The festival will spotlight music spanning over four and a half centuries, shedding light on the long history of musical pioneers who have been overlooked due to centuries of sexism. A wide range of composers will be explored, from the first woman to have a book of her music published, Maddalena Casulana, to women composers of the Parisian Belle époque like Pauline Viardot, to 20th century composers such as Margaret Bonds and Florence Price, as well as some of the women composers of today, such as Stacy Garrop and Errollyn Wallen.
CONCERT I:
LES PARISIENNES
More details to be announced soon!
CONCERT II:
WOMEN OF
THE BAROQUE
The Festival’s second concert, Women of the Baroque, will feature the works of the many overlooked women composers of the late Renaissance and Baroque period, including French composer Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Italian composer Maddalena Casaluna, who was the first woman in western music history to have an entire book of her musical compositions published.
Concert II photo: Allegory of Music, Laurent de La Hyre
PROGRAM
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Maddalena Casulana
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre |
selected songs
TBA cantata |
More repertoire details to be announced soon!
CONCERT III:
MODERN WOMEN
The Festival’s closing concert, Modern Women, will showcase the work of some of today’s women composers, as well as the songs of American women composers of the 20th century.
Concert III photo: Tye Leung Schulze, who in 1912 became the first Chinese-American woman to vote (perhaps anywhere in the world)
PROGRAM
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Margaret Bonds
Errollyn Wallen Iva Bittová |
Three Dream Portraits
Roundel (Midwest Premiere) Nezabudka (Midwest Premiere) |
More repertoire details to be announced soon!
2020 FESTIVAL ARTISTS
Myra Huang, piano
Nicholas Phan, tenor & CAIC artistic director
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Chris Kenney, baritone
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Shannon McGinnis, piano & CAIC director
of education
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all performance and master class photography by Elliot Mandel