Edward Kelsey Moore ~ Appearing Soon!
making music or discussing writing
Edward Kelsey Moore making music. . .
-- The Chicago Sinfonietta and Chicago United present --
Chicago Unites: a Concert For Inclusion
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Sinfonietta musicians, local residents and Chicago United business leaders from throughout the area will come together in Millennium Park for this musical celebration of Chicagoland’s diverse people and diverse business community. Join us for this not-to-be-missed free event!
Visit the UNITY VILLAGE - 4:30 to 6:00PM
North of "The Bean"
SINFONIETTA CONCERT PERFORMANCE - 6:30PM
Pritzker Pavilion
On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Chicago United will partner with the Chicago Sinfonietta to create Chicago Unites, a free public concert at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The concert, inspired by community and cultural unity, will include Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, the Huapango by Moncayo (the unofficial national anthem of Mexico) and the Festive Overture by African American composer William Grant Still, and it will conclude with John Lennon’s Imagine. Featuring Chicago Sinfonietta’s diverse and innovative orchestra alongside guest artists Musicality and the Waubonsie Valley High School Mosaic Choir, these are the sounds of Chicago like you’ve never heard them before.
6:30pm — at Pritzker Pavilion.
Stop by the Unity Village, located near “The Bean” sculpture, before the concert and enjoy presentations by talented young artists with the city’s most pivotal multicultural
movers and shakers including short performances by:
The Chicago Mariachi Project, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, Merit School of Music, People's Music School and Musicality as well as an interactive crowd art project by SkyArt
and other hands-on arts and music experiences for the whole family!
4:30 to 6:00PM — Unity Village is located north of “The Bean.”
Chicago Unites: a Concert For Inclusion
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 ~ Pritzger Pavilion at 6:30pm
Conductor ~ Mei-Ann Chen
Guest Artists
Musicality, choir
Waubonsie Valley Mosaic Choir
Edward Kelsey Moore will be performing among his Sinfonietta Orchestra colleagues.
Copland ~ Fanfare for the Common Man
Still ~ Festive Overture
Christy/Moccio ~ Stand in the Light
Kouyoumdjian ~ Become Who I Am
Moncayo ~ Huapango
Dvořák ~ Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178
Lennon/Van Cleave/Isaac ~ Imagine
Free seating for the concert in the Pavilion or on the Great Lawn is first come, first served.
Please take a few minutes to review Millennium Park's policies for the safety of you and all guests to the park areas and concert pavilion -- click here.
Chicago Unites: a Concert For Inclusion
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Sinfonietta musicians, local residents and Chicago United business leaders from throughout the area will come together in Millennium Park for this musical celebration of Chicagoland’s diverse people and diverse business community. Join us for this not-to-be-missed free event!
Visit the UNITY VILLAGE - 4:30 to 6:00PM
North of "The Bean"
SINFONIETTA CONCERT PERFORMANCE - 6:30PM
Pritzker Pavilion
On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Chicago United will partner with the Chicago Sinfonietta to create Chicago Unites, a free public concert at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The concert, inspired by community and cultural unity, will include Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, the Huapango by Moncayo (the unofficial national anthem of Mexico) and the Festive Overture by African American composer William Grant Still, and it will conclude with John Lennon’s Imagine. Featuring Chicago Sinfonietta’s diverse and innovative orchestra alongside guest artists Musicality and the Waubonsie Valley High School Mosaic Choir, these are the sounds of Chicago like you’ve never heard them before.
6:30pm — at Pritzker Pavilion.
Stop by the Unity Village, located near “The Bean” sculpture, before the concert and enjoy presentations by talented young artists with the city’s most pivotal multicultural
movers and shakers including short performances by:
The Chicago Mariachi Project, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, Merit School of Music, People's Music School and Musicality as well as an interactive crowd art project by SkyArt
and other hands-on arts and music experiences for the whole family!
4:30 to 6:00PM — Unity Village is located north of “The Bean.”
Chicago Unites: a Concert For Inclusion
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 ~ Pritzger Pavilion at 6:30pm
Conductor ~ Mei-Ann Chen
Guest Artists
Musicality, choir
Waubonsie Valley Mosaic Choir
Edward Kelsey Moore will be performing among his Sinfonietta Orchestra colleagues.
Copland ~ Fanfare for the Common Man
Still ~ Festive Overture
Christy/Moccio ~ Stand in the Light
Kouyoumdjian ~ Become Who I Am
Moncayo ~ Huapango
Dvořák ~ Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178
Lennon/Van Cleave/Isaac ~ Imagine
Free seating for the concert in the Pavilion or on the Great Lawn is first come, first served.
Please take a few minutes to review Millennium Park's policies for the safety of you and all guests to the park areas and concert pavilion -- click here.
For fifty years the mission of Chicago United has been to achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance; executive level management; and business diversity. Chicago United’s membership includes many of Chicago’s best leaders who collaborate around a common goal of creating a stronger more inclusive business climate for all races.
Founded in 1987, Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Their core values are built around being bold and daring in all aspects of their work, providing a source of connectivity through music, and ensuring and inspiring a continued investment in diversity and inclusion in classical music.
Founded in 1987, Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Their core values are built around being bold and daring in all aspects of their work, providing a source of connectivity through music, and ensuring and inspiring a continued investment in diversity and inclusion in classical music.
Edward Kelsey Moore ~ highlight concert appearances
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The Joffrey Ballet
The Chicago Philharmonic Modern Masters Joffrey Ballet's mixed repertoire dance program, Modern Masters, featured a World Premiere by Joffrey ballet master Nicolas Blanc, set to an orchestral and electronic soundscape by Mason Bates; the Chicago premiere of Kammermusik No. 2, one of George Balanchine’s earliest experimental works, set to a neoclassical score by Paul Hindemith; Body of Your Dreams, a tongue-in-cheek “take” on fitness, set to a score by the Dutch avant pop composer Jacob ter Veldhuis, and Glass Pieces, a full company work set to the music of Philip Glass which was originally choreographed by Broadway director Jerome Robbins -- the Chicago debut of this work! Auditorium Theatre / Chicago, IL |
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