Welcome to Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, whose mission is to make Chicago a world home for classical art song and vocal chamber music.
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CAIC’s day-to-day educational activities include individual private vocal coaching and private instruction for collaborative pianists, as well as workshops, courses, and seminars organized around topics of relevance to performers and scholars of classical vocal repertoire. Programs are open to classically trained singers and pianists of all experience levels.
CAIC’s day-to-day educational activities include individual private vocal coaching and private instruction for collaborative pianists, as well as workshops, courses, and seminars organized around topics of relevance to performers and scholars of classical vocal repertoire. Programs are open to classically trained singers and pianists of all experience levels.
Mission: Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago seeks to advance the art of collaboration between singer and pianist/instrumentalist, student and teacher, and audience and performer. The educational arm of CAIC assists singers, pianists, and select instrumentalists in the preparation, interpretation, and presentation of art song, vocal chamber music, and operatic repertoire. The performance and outreach arm of CAIC combines informed, creative, and scholarly programming with active audience engagement and intimate setting, in order to advance the performance and appreciation of vocal chamber music and art song repertoire.
Operating as usual
Happy Lunar New Year!
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To celebrate, here is an entire recital of Chinese art song from the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan performed by this week’s HOTP guest, soprano Juliet Petrus and pianist Lydia Qiu.
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This program is from their debut album, “A Great Distance 千里之外,” which the duo launched at CAIC’s 2015 Fall Lieder Lounge.
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📸: @elliot.mandel.photo
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Watch the entire program here: https://youtu.be/In8z7cmVxvo
A chat with Juliet Petrus, soprano and author about her new book Singing in Manda
Join us in just over an hour for a very special Heard Over The Piano featuring soprano and author Juliet Petrus to discuss her new book on Chinese diction and art song, “Singing in Mandarin”. This HOTP will be at a SPECIAL TIME, 3pm CST.
This #WaybackWednesday post is thanks to Opera News’ recently posted review of our 2020 Collaborative Works Festival’s second concert, “Les Parisiennes”!
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“...this delectable event arrested the listener anew with the translucent sensuality in this music as well as the often superb quality of its texts”
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Read the entire review at the @opera.news website!
https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2021/1/Reviews/CHICAGO__Les_Parisiennes.html
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🎥: @grittanicreative
Here are some behind the scenes photos from our Winter Lieder Lounge! On March 5, join us alongside baritone Edward Nelson in a recital program of songs by Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Franz Schubert and Nico Muhly! Nelson will be joined by pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg, who serves on the music staff of the San Francisco Opera.
Join us this Thursday for a very special Heard Over The Piano featuring soprano and author Juliet Petrus to discuss her new book on Chinese diction and art song, “Singing in Mandarin”. This HOTP will be at a SPECIAL TIME, 3pm CST.
What a little preview? Here is Juliet performing “Spring Nostalgia” by Huang Zi.
https://youtu.be/SL8P694IJWk
春思曲黄自 曲， 韦翰章 词演唱：Juliet Petrus 朱丽叶伴奏： Lydia Qiu 邱怡
#FolkFriday! Here is an episode of “Coffee and Song” a song series that featured Lawrence Brownlee, alongside CAIC artists Susanna Phillips, Myra Huang and Nicholas Phan. This episode featured all of them performing selections from Joseph Canteloube’s beautiful arrangements of the Songs of the Auvergne! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=526450934904332
We’re so happy to be back with Coffee and a Song! This week my amazing colleagues Susanna Phillips, Soprano, Lawrence Brownlee, Myra Huang, Pianist and I explore the works of French composer, Joseph Canteloube. I hope you all enjoy! #belcanto #josephcanteloube #keepthemusicgoing
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Heard Over the Piano returns TONIGHT at 7pm cst on Facebook Live with an exciting conversation about the silver linings of online teaching with voice teacher Dr. Lynn Eustis and collaborative pianists Dr. Dana Brown and CAIC Executive Director Nicholas Hutchinson!
Thank you to everyone who participated in and joined us for our Polish Song Masterclass this past weekend!
Thank you for joining us! - https://mailchi.mp/6cd5747aaea5/2021jan25-1340966
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night on Facebook Live for our Polish Art Song Masterclass! Didn’t get a chance to see it? You can watch the masterclass online for the rest of this weekend by visiting https://www.caichicago.org/broadcast.html
Tonight is the night! Join us for the concluding event of our Polish Workshop, a masterclass with pianist and conductor Michael Pecak, on Facebook live at 7pm CST!
#ThrowbackThursday! Here is a photo of former CAIC Vocal Chamber Music Fellow, soprano Leigh Folta and frequent CAIC collaborator pianist Craig Terry in our 2015 Collaborative Works Festival masterclass!
This weekend only, you will be able to hear our first masterclass of the year, focusing on Polish Song with conductor and pianist Michael Pecak. The masterclass will air on Facebook Live on Friday at 7pm cst, and will be available all weekend at www.caichicago.org
WINTER WORKSHOP MASTER CLASS: Polish Art Song
filmed at Pianoforte Chicago on October 1, 2020
with
Michael Pecak, pianist & conductor
Master class Digital PROGRAM BOOKLET with TEXTS & TRANSLATIONS:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRfpM6ThcYy3GPh2mzrd6tOx2tjN8hF9/view?usp=sharing
Join us THIS Friday at 7pm CST on Facebook Live for our first event of 2021: our Polish Song Masterclass! Following a series of private coaching sessions last December and a lecture that was broadcast in November, three Chicago-based singers are featured in this culminating master class on Polish song led by Chicago-based Polish-American conductor and keyboardist Michael Pecak.
We are excited to announce the continuation of our 10th anniversary season by announcing three upcoming Lieder Lounges beginning this March. The Lieder Lounge series will begin with with a recital featuring recent Glyndebourne Opera Cup winner, baritone Edward Nelson alongside San Francisco Opera pianist Ronny Michael Greenberg . An April Lieder Lounge features CAIC Vocal Chamber Music Fellow, mezzo-soprano Anna Laurenzo with CAIC co-founder and pianist Shannon McGinnis. The 20 | 21 Lieder Lounge series comes to a close with a June recital featuring Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor with Chicago-based pianist Brian Locke.
Announcing the remainder of our 2020/21 Season! - https://mailchi.mp/1fa42b22a52c/2021jan25
Is #FolkFriday a thing? Well, we just wanted an excuse to share with you these amazing arrangements by Benjamin Britten for voice and harp. Here is "Eight Folk Songs of the British Isles, arranged for voice and orchestra" performed by Philip Langridge (tenor) and the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7pUYRkuuQY
I. Little Sir WilliamII. The Bonny Earl o' MorayIII. O can ye sew cushons?IV. Oliver CromwellV. The Plough BoyVI. O Waly, WalyVII. Come you not from Newcastl...
This #ThrowbackThursday, we wanted to bring back one of our past Heard Over the Piano episodes. We can't wait for the season to commence this evening at 7pm, but until then, enjoy this recording of Episode IX - Art Song & Singers of Color. https://youtu.be/VZICu_A-uNk
Ever wondered "why art song?" Here is an interview with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as she talks about the importance of art song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oTWfa6CJRw
Be sure to tune in for Heard Over The Piano, which returns this Thursday evening for an episode featuring Polish Workshop master teacher, Michael Pecak in conversation with episode host, CAIC Director of Education Shannon McGinnis, as well as some of the workshop participants! Heard Over The Piano airs live this Thursday evening on Facebook Live at 7pm Central!
For today’s #MusicalMonday post we celebrate Martin Luther King Day with a flashback to Chris Kenney and Shannon McGinnis’ 2020 Collaborative Works Festival performance of Margaret Bonds’ beautiful setting of Langston Hughes’s poem, ‘I, Too’.
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“I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed-
I, too, am America.
https://youtu.be/Q50nDwr7t4I
Filmed on October 2, 2020 at Guarneri Hall as part of CAIC's 2020 Collaborative Works Festival: The Women. Chris Kenney, baritone | Shannon McGinnis, pianoT...
We have spent this week in rehearsals to get ready for our Polish Workshop Masterclass which we are recording tomorrow! We can't wait to hear soprano Hillary Esqueda, bass Alex Kolyszko and CAIC chamber music fellow, mezzo-soprano Anna Laurenzo!
Want to learn more about Polish song? Check out our episode of Heard Over the Piano featuring Polish pianist and conductor Michael Pecak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlYjLOzaVZY
HEARD OVER THE PIANO: CAIC in ConversationEpisode VII: Polish!A conversation previewing the Polish Art Song workshop, which broadcasts November 7.Panel: MICH...
Hello and happy New Year from CAIC! We are so excited to kick off the second half of our 2020/2021 season with the filming of our Polish Masterclass, this Saturday, featuring songs by Chopin, Szymanowksi, Moniuszko, Karlowicz, Ptaszynska, and more. Stay tuned for more details, including broadcast dates and times coming soon!
Happy New Year!
2020 has almost come to an end, and we know many of us are looking forward to what 2021 has to offer! Please consider donating to CAIC so we can continue to bring world-class music into intimate spaces in the New Year! To donate, visit us at https://secure.donationpay.org/caic/holiday.php?f=2020
Here is a recording of Janai Brugger and Mira Huang performing Germaine Tailleferre’s “Le’s trois présents” from our 2020 Collaborative Works Festival: The Women.
This Holiday season, please consider donating to CAIC so we can continue bringing affordable world-class music into intimate spaces.
To donate, visit us at https://secure.donationpay.org/caic/holiday.php?f=2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g85XwT2-83A
Filmed on September 30, 2020 at Guarneri Hall as part of CAIC's 2020 Collaborative Works Festival: The Women. Janai Brugger, soprano | Myra Huang, piano Text...
Happy Holidays from CAIC! This year we have so much to be thankful for. Despite all the challenges of the pandemic, we have been able to produce our entire Collaborative Works Festival: The Women, two Lieder lounges, the first two segments of our Polish Workshop and began our weekly show, “Heard Over the Piano”. This Holiday season, please consider donating to CAIC so we can continue bringing affordable world-class music into intimate spaces. To donate, please visit us at https://secure.donationpay.org/caic/holiday.php?f=2020
Join us tonight for the last episode of Heard Over the Piano of 2020! Grammy Award nominees Nicholas Phan and Myra Huang will be joning us alongside CAIC Board Chair Frank Villella at 7pm on FB Live!
This #WomensHistoryWednesday, we want to celebrate feminist poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Chicago based composer Stacy Garrop set her poem “Dirge Without Music”. Below is a performance of “Dirge Without Music” from CAIC’s 2019 Collaborative Works Festival: The Living featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer and pianist Lisa Kaplan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NCV6nZruTY&feature=youtu.be
Filmed live as part of CAIC's 2019 Collaborative Works Festival September 5, 2019 at Ganz Hall. Soprano Lauren Snouffer and pianist Lisa Kaplan perform Stac...
Join us this Thursday for our last episode of Heard Over the Piano of 2020! Grammy Award nominees Nicholas Phan and Myra Huang will be joining us alongside CAIC Board Chair Frank Villella at 7pm on FB Live!
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Meet our 20/21 Vocal Chamber Music Fellow, Anna Laurenzo! Noted for her “deeply moving” performances and “lovely tone,” mezzo-soprano Anna Laurenzo has gained experience in a wide range of repertoire over her young career. Her recent performances included debuts with Lincoln Center Theater, Glacier Symphony, and returns to Chicago Opera Theater and the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She balances her love of the stage with that of song, with repertoire ranging from Rossini, Mozart and Berlioz to Amy Beach, Kurt Weill and Juliana Hall. Future projects include a film collaboration with Frisson Films and director John de los Santos. You can hear Anna on our 2020 Collaborative Works Festival masterclass with Myra Huang! To learn more about Anna and our fellowship, visit us at https://www.caichicago.org/vocal-chamber-music-fellowship.html
This snippet of Craig’s insightful observations about recitals and our current moment is from last week’s Heard Over the Piano with Jonathan Jonson and Craig Terry. This week, we will be featuring two of our pianists who will be performing in the 2020 Collaborative Works Festival: The Women, Myra Huang and Shannon McGinnis. They will be discussing their careers and the dynamics of gender in their roles as collaborative pianists. Join us this Wednesday on Facebook LIVE at 7pm CDT to hear their discussion!
Do you have tickets to our Fall Lieder Lounge yet?! You have less than a week to wait before you get to hear selections from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn performed by Emily Birsan, soprano, Julie Miller, Ricardo José Rivera-Soto and the Caroga Arts Ensemble! When: Sunday, October 28 @7pm Where: Chicago Symphony Hall - Grainger Room For tickets and more information about the concert, visit us at http://www.caichicago.org/fall-lieder-lounge.html
Here's a little Valentine's Day treat for you all! Who remembers Doug Peck Performing this at our 2016 Lieder Lounge?
Live from Mevo
Last night, "The Fine Things of Youth" had a spectacular performance at Northwestern. Be sure to come see that last night of this show with us at our Winter Lieder Lounge! Also, here's another teaser thanks to Atlas Arts Media! Evan Bravos Shannon McGinnis Jill Anderson For tickets, visit us here: http://www.caichicago.org/winter-lieder-lounge.html
Here’s a little teaser for our Winter Lieder Lounge on Saturday! Thank you Atlas Arts Media for sharing! Get your tickets now! http://www.caichicago.org/winter-lieder-lounge.html Evan Bravos, baritone Shannon McGinnis
Have you given to the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago yet? Here's why Natalie Schamp thinks you should! http://www.caichicago.org/support.html
Here's why our board member Jonathon Thierer thinks you should give to CAIC this Giving Tuesday! http://www.caichicago.org/support.html
Here’s why Brian thinks you should donate to CAIC this Giving Tuesday! http://www.caichicago.org/support.html
Here's why board president Frank Villella thinks you should donate to the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago this Giving Tuesday! http://www.caichicago.org/support.html
Here is why Leigh K. Folta thinks you should donate to Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago this Giving Tuesday! http://www.caichicago.org/support.html
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