Rockefeller Memorial Chapel

CASSANDRA WILSON / HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL
Friday September 25 at 8 pm

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, Cassandra Wilson, jumpstarts the Festival with a ticketed concert on Friday. Wilson was the featured vocalist on Wynton Marsalis' Pulitzer Prize-winning composition Blood in the Fields. Wilson's repertoire includes both jazz and blues standards and renditions of pop and rock songs. Her concert will include students from Kenwood Academy, following a series of music and song-writing workshops with them.
Tickets start at $20; for ticket information or purchase go to www.iycaf.org or call 773.567.7215.

DIANE DELIN AND HER JAZZ OCTAGON WITH STRINGS / HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday September 26 at 3 pm

Diane Delin, jazz violinist, composer, and recording artist has been voted a "Rising Star" by Downbeat Magazine's Critics' Poll. She performed for President Clinton at Carnegie Hall and Chicago's Symphony Center.

TAMMY MCCANN / HYDE PARK JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday September 26 at 4:30 pm

Classically-trained jazz vocalist and Chicago native Tammy McCann's vocals are characterized by power and versatility. Singing in Italian, French, and German as well as in English, McCann performs on stages around the world.

500th CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Friday October 9 at 10:30 am

Featuring the world premiere of three new works of music composed by Marta Ptaszynska, Helen B. and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor of Music and the Humanities, Shulamit Ran, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Music, and Kotoka Suzuki, Assistant Professor of Music.
Address by Martin E. Marty '56 Ph.D., Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity School and in the Committee on the History of Culture.
A live broadcast of the ceremony will be shown at locations on the Hyde Park campus, and will also be available online. For more information about the 500th Convocation, contact the Office of the Secretary of the University, 773.702.8808, or the Office of Special Events, 773.702.2513 or visit http://convocation.uchicago.edu/500th_convocation.shtml.

MOTET CHOIR: Informal Concert for Family Weekend
Friday October 23 at 12 noon

Please drop in as the Motet Choir performs a diverse selection of their repertoire, including music from British Renaissance masters William Byrd and Thomas Tallis as well as from American folk traditions, all with a brief introduction to the music by director James Kallembach. Donations gratefully accepted. For more information, call 773.702.8069.

CHORAL EVENSONG
Tuesday October 27 at 5 pm

Come and enjoy this contemplative 40-minute 'respite for the soul' made up exclusively of choral music. Herbert Howells' Gloucester Service will be featured along with anthems and solo organ music. Free.

DIANE BISH IN RECITAL
Sunday November 8 at 5 pm

Inaugural concert for the BRIAN GERRISH ORGAN PERFORMANCE SERIES

Concert and recording artist, composer, conductor, and international television personality, Diane Bish displays her dazzling art with a program including Pietro Yon's Finale from Concerto Gregoriano; Diane Bish's Theme and Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen (traditional German melody); Edward Elgar's Nimrod from Enigma Variations, transcribed for organ by Diane Bish; and Denis Bédard's Toccata. Tickets at the door or call 773.702.7059; $10 general/$5 senior/free to students.

SOUNDS OF FAITH – AN EVENING OF SACRED SOUND
Sunday November 15 at 5 pm

Harran Productions Foundation and Rockefeller Chapel present a tapestry of sound drawn from the rich liturgical and cultural traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – three faiths commonly understood to share a lineage to Abraham, through Sarah and Hagar. Performed by leading Chicago practitioners including Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, Amir Koushkani, the Salem Baptist Choir with director Walter Owens, and the Rockefeller Chapel Choir with director James Kallembach and University Organist Thomas Weisflog, this celebration of diverse sounds of faith will be introduced by Bill Kurtis and filmed for a television broadcast special - Sounds of Faith - Chicago. Donations gratefully accepted. For more information, call 773.702.7059.

A special Sunday morning service at 11:00 am that same day will feature morning prayers drawn from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH Sponsored by the University of Chicago Department of Music
Friday December 4 at 8 pm

Concert preceded by organ and vocal music beginning at 7:30 pm.
A chorus of over 150 voices including:
University of Chicago Chorus
Motet Choir
Grande Prairie Singers, choral guests
Rockefeller Chapel orchestra and soloists
A holiday tradition at the University of Chicago. Tickets at the door or call 773.702.9075; $35 chancel/$25 front nave/$20 general/$10 student.

ADVENT VESPERS: There Stood an Angel
Sunday December 6 at 5 pm

Rockefeller Chapel Choir and special guests Millar Brass
Music for brass and choir featuring music both ancient and modern from the music of early Baroque master Giovanni Gabrieli to the North American premiere of Robert Moran's haunting …da entstünde ein Engel…. Program also features a look forward to Christmas with Pinkham's modern classic Christmas Cantata for double brass choir, organ, and choir. Donations gratefully accepted.

BELLA VOCE: A Midwinter Garland
Sunday December 13 at 4 pm

Midwinter music by composers including Gabrieli, Victoria, Villette, Fernandes, Flecha, Britten, and Thomson.
Tickets and information at www.bellavoce.org.