UIC AND THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PARTNER FOR
MUSICNOW CONCERT AND PUBLIC FORUM

WHO:

UIC's Department of Performing Arts and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have joined together for MusicNOW - the third event in the UIC-CSO Forum series designed to provide education about new music and CSO commissions. Composers Bernard Rands and David Lang will hold an open discussion about the works they will perform that evening at the Symphony Center MusicNOW concert.

WHAT:

Open discussion

WHEN:

Wednesday, Feb. 16
3 p.m.

WHERE:

UIC Education Communication Building College of Architecture and the Arts Department of Performing Arts 1040 W. Harrison St., room L-285

DETAILS:

David Lang originated the "Bang on a Can Festival" in New York and will be discussing his "Illumination Rounds." Pulitzer Prize laureate, Bernard Rands will speak about his "Concertino for Oboe." Augusta Read Thomas, composer-in-residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will moderate the discussion. Both of these works will be performed later that evening on the Symphony Center MusicNOW concert.

The MusicNOW concert is a program of contemporary chamber music featuring musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. in Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. In addition to the Lang and Rands works, the program includes "Eleven Echoes of Autumn" by George Crumb, and "Spirit" by Franco Donatoni.

Admission is free to the UIC-CSO Forum series participants. The cost of attending MusicNOW concert performance is $12.50 for students and $25 for the general public.

For more information about the forum call (312) 996-8746; for information about the Music NOW concert call (312) 294-3411 or visit the website at www.chicagosymphony.org

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