THE WOMEN
OCTOBER 2020
The 2020 Collaborative Works Festival, The Women, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. Featuring exclusively the works of women composers, the festival will be held over four consecutive weekends in October.
"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
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 has strategized to bring performances and educational events online, 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 has strategized to bring performances and educational events online, 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.
MASTER CLASS:
MYRA HUANG
OCTOBER 2-4, 2020
The festival opens October 2 with the broadcast of a Master Class led by Grammy Award–nominated pianist Myra Huang. Acclaimed by Opera News as “among the top accompanists of her generation”, and one of the leading women working in the field, Huang will work with Chicago-based young professional singer-pianist duos on repertoire by composers and poets who are women of color.
Master Class photo: Nadia Boulanger
CONCERT I:
WOMEN OF
THE BAROQUE
OCTOBER 9-11, 2020
The Festival’s first 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 I photo: Allegory of Music, Laurent de La Hyre
PROGRAM
|
Maddalena Casulana
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre Barbara Strozzi Francesca Caccini Julie Pinel Antonia Bembo |
selected songs
selected songs Hor che Apollo Un amante doglioso selected songs selected songs selected songs |
ARTISTS
Amanda Majeski, soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Anthony Reed, bass | Adriane Post & Martin Davids, violins | Anna Steinhoff, viola da gamba | Mark Shuldiner, harpsichord | Brandon J. Acker, lutes
WOMEN OF THE BAROQUE is presented in partnership with The Poetry Foundation
CONCERT II:
LES PARISIENNES
OCTOBER 16-18, 2020
The Festival's second concert, Les Parisiennes, will feature the works of the women composers trailblazing during the years of the Parisian Belle époque: songs which broke barriers, pushing past the domestic confines of Paris' salons to the city's grand, public concert halls.
Concert II photo: French suffragists protesting
PROGRAM
|
Lili Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger Cécile Chaminade Germaine Tailleferre Pauline Viardot |
Clairières dans le ciel
selected songs selected songs Six chansons françaises selected songs |
ARTISTS
Janai Brugger, soprano | Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Myra Huang, piano
Janai Brugger, soprano | Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Myra Huang, piano
CONCERT III:
MODERN WOMEN
OCTOBER 23-25, 2020
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
|
Margaret Bonds
Errollyn Wallen Iva Bittová Stacy Garrop Ruth Crawford Seeger Florence Price |
Three Dream Portraits
Roundel (Midwest Premiere) Nezabudka (Midwest Premiere) In Eleanor's Words Home Thoughts Song to a Dark Virgin |
ARTISTS
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Chris Kenney, baritone | Shannon McGinnis, piano
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Chris Kenney, baritone | Shannon McGinnis, piano
2020 FESTIVAL ARTISTS
Brandon Jack Acker, lutes
Martin Davids, violin
Amanda Majeski, soprano
Adriane Post, violin
Anna Steinhoff, cello & viola da gamba
|
Janai Brugger, soprano
Myra Huang, piano
Shannon McGinnis, piano
& CAIC director of education
Anthony Reed, bass
|
Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano
Chris Kenney, baritone
Nicholas Phan, tenor & CAIC artistic director
Mark Shuldiner, harpsichord
|
all performance and master class photography by Ryan Bennett, Mike Grittani, and Elliot Mandel