Collaborative Works Festival Concert III: The Songbag
Doors Open: 1:00 PM
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Doors: 1PM
Showtime: 2PM
Tickets: $35 - General Admission | $16 - Student (Must show student ID at door)
About:
Collaborative Works Festival Concert III: The American Songbag
Description
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC) is pleased to present their final concert on their 11th annual Collaborative Works Festival at Epiphany Center for the Arts. This year’s festival, titled The Song of Chicago focuses on the rich tradition of song that has emerged from Chicago – and features music and poetry written, and performed, by Chicagoans.
The closing concert will examine Chicago poet, journalist, and urban folk singer Carl Sandburg’s seminal anthology of American Folk songs, The American Songbag. Published in 1927, while Sandburg was living in Chicago, the anthology was an instantly popular collection of folk songs that proved to be foundational for the American folk resurgence, inspiring singers like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. A powerful statement of a diverse vision of American identity, Sandburg described the collection as a "ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth ... rich with the diversity of the United States."
The concert will feature arrangements of many of the songs contained in Sandburg's collection alongside various art song settings of his poetry.
About CAIC: Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago works to make Chicago a world home for the study and performance of art song and vocal chamber music. CAIC presents performance and educational events, including the Collaborative Works Festival, the Lieder Lounge recital series, master classes, and educational workshops. Since its founding in 2010 by pianists Shannon McGinnis and Nicholas Hutchinson and tenor Nicholas Phan, CAIC has presented many of the world’s leading proponents for the art song and vocal chamber music repertoire.
General Info
📅 Time: 2pm
📌 Venue: Epiphany Center for the Arts
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
Under 21 may attend while accompanied by an adult
Covid Policy:
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