Stars of the Music Institute of Chicago: Pre-NYC / DC Tour

Saturday, February 28th we presented a live program from the Music Institute of Chicago's Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. Full audio stream after the jump:


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We heard performances by 5 superb student musicians just before they travel to the East Coast to perform at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March!

The MIC's press releases states that the tour was:

"Created to provide additional performance opportunities for MIC students performing at the high levels required of those with the intent to pursue a professional musical career, and to further “spread the word” about the world class training offered by the Music Institute of Chicago, the mini-tour will also give the students the experience of playing on some of the United States’ highly respected stages."

Tour information:

“Stars of The Academy”

Music Institute of Chicago’s Spring 2009 East Coast Tour
March 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall

March 27, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Terrace Theater, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets to the March concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in New York City and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Terrace Theater are $15. Tickets can be purchased at www.carnegiehall.org for the March 24 performance and at www.kennedy-center.org or 202.467.4600 for the March 27 performance.

Program:

Carmen Fantasie Franz Waxman
(1906-1967)
Vincent Meklis, violin
Paul Juhn, piano

As promised, a YouTube video clip of the film from which this Carmen Fantasie was arranged, "Humoresque:"


La Campanella Niccolo Paganini
(1782-1840)
Matthew Lipman, viola
Kate Liu, piano

Sonata in g minor, Op. 19 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Andante (1873-1943)
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
Paul Juhn, piano

Islamey Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
(1837-1910)
Kate Liu, piano