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Concerts

Sunday, January 25, 2015, 4:00 PM.
The Marion Consort, Amy Bearden, Director, will perform a concert, "Tell me true Love: Lute Songs of the English Renaissance".  With guest artist Joel Spears, lute.
Cost:  $18 at the door, $16 before. Students & seniors, $5.
Location:  Alverno College Chapel (entrance off 39th Street), 3400 S. 43rd Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  Visit this site.
Saturday, February 7, 2015, 7:00 PM.
Location:  Wicker Park Lutheran Church, 1500 N. Hoyne, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, February 6, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Camerata Milwaukee will perform a concert of works by Schmelzer and Buxtehude.
Cost:  Free admission.
Location:  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  Visit this site.
Saturday, February 7, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  St. Robert Catholic Church, 2200 E. Capitol Drive, Shorewood, Wisconsin.

Friday, February 6, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble will perform in concert.
Cost:  Free-will offering.
Location:  Eaton Chapel, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, Wisconsin.
For more info:  visit this site.
Sunday, February 8, 2015, 3:00 PM.
Cost:  $15 general admission, $10 students.
Location:  Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin.

Sunday, February 8, 2015, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ensemble SDG performing in concert.
Cost:  Individual tickets are $18. Series subscription (six concerts) also available.  Children under the age of 16 are free.  As always at the Barn, you may BYOB.
Location:  the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-543-1202; visit this site; e-mail bcbarn @ prairiecrossing.com; or visit the Early Music at the Barn Facebook page.

Saturday, February 14, 2015, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Les Délices; with lutenist Nigel North; and soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw; performing a concert, "Portrait of Love".
Cost:  Tickets are $28-$55, $10-$29 for students.  Season and partial-season subscriptions, and group discounts, also available.
Location:  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.

Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:30 PM.
The Callipygian Players, Martin Davids Artistic Director, will perform a concert, "Spectacular Sonatas".
Cost:  $17
Location:  2nd Floor Art Gallery, Fermilab, Kirk Road & Pine Street, Batavia, Illinois.
For more info:  Visit this site; this site.

Sunday, February 15, 2015, 3:00 PM.
The Handel Week Orchestra & Chorus, Dennis Northway, Artistic Director, will perform a concert of Handel's music, "The Orchestra Shines". Soloist: Gerald Frantzen, tenor. Pre-concert lecture at 2:30 PM.
Cost:  $40.  Festival subscription packages available.  Visit this site for details.  Free admission for ages 18 and under.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-383-4231; e-mail info @ handelweek.com; or visit this site.

Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago, Michael Alan Anderson, Director, will perform a concert, "The Lion's Ear: Music for Leo X".
Cost:  $25 general, $10 student/senior.
Location:  Bond Chapel, University of Chicago, 1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 585-733-0471; e-mail scholachicago @ yahoo.com; visit this site.
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 8:00 PM.
Location:  St. Clement Church, 642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, February 20, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Haymarket Opera Company, Craig Trompeter General Director, will perform Telemann's opera Pimpinone, also music by CPE Bach. With soloists: Ryan de Ryke as Pimpinone; Nathalie Colas as Vespetta; Jory Vinikour, harpsichord.
Cost:  Adults $10; Seniors (65+), Alumni & Non-USF Students $7; USF Students and Staff Free.
Location:  Sexton Auditorium, Moser Performing Arts Center, University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail craig @ haymarketopera.org; visit this site or this site.

Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Handel Week presents Sarah Gartshore, soprano; Michelle Wrighte, mezzo soprano; Craig Trompeter, cello; Dennis Northway, harpsichord, Artistic Director; performing a concert, "The Intimate Handel: Sing and Play in Dulcet Tone".
Cost:  $30.  Festival subscription packages available.  Visit this site for details.  Free admission for ages 18 and under.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-383-4231; e-mail info @ handelweek.com; or visit this site.

Sunday, February 22, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor, will perform a concert, "Baroque Invention", with works by Telemann, Purcell, Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
Cost:  Varies by date, venue, and seating.  Series subscriptions also available.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque @ baroque.org; or visit this site.
Monday, February 23, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.

Sunday, March 1, 2015, 3:00 PM.
The Handel Week Orchestra & Chorus, Dennis Northway, Artistic Director, will perform Bach's Mass in B Minor. Soloists: Kimberly McCord, soprano; Nicci Krebasch, soprano; Amy Anderson de Jong, mezzo soprano; Geoffrey Agpalo, tenor; Philip Kraus, baritone; Pre-concert lecture at 2:30 PM.
Cost:  $45.  Festival subscription packages available.  Visit this site for details.  Free admission for ages 18 and under.
Location:  Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-383-4231; e-mail info @ handelweek.com; or visit this site.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Baroque Band, Garry Clarke, Director, will perform a concert, "Past Masters", with works by Locke, Baltzar, Lully, and Buxtehude.
Cost:  $39; $17 student.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-235-2368; e-mail info @ baroqueband.org; or visit this site.
Thursday, March 5, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
Saturday, March 7, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, March 6, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Bella Voce Camerata will perform a concert, "Stabat Mater", with works by that title by Pergolesi and modern composer Arvo Pärt.
Cost:  $15 thru $38.
Location:  Location:  St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 877-755-6277; visit this site; e-mail mail @ bellavoce.org.
Sunday, March 8, 2015, 3:30 PM.
Location:  Saint Clement Church, 642 West Deming Place, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.

Sunday, March 8, 2015, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Ensamble Ad-Hoc performing in concert.
Cost:  Individual tickets are $18. Series subscription (six concerts) also available.  Children under the age of 16 are free.  As always at the Barn, you may BYOB.
Location:  the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-543-1202; visit this site; e-mail bcbarn @ prairiecrossing.com; or visit the Early Music at the Barn Facebook page.

Friday, March 13, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Saturday, March 14, 2015, 5:00 PM.
Saturday, March 14, 2015, 8:00 PM.
The Haymarket Opera Company, Craig Trompeter General Director, will perform Telemann's opera Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho!. With soloists: Peter van de Graaff, as Don Quichotte; Ryan de Ryke as Sancho Panza.
Cost:  Tickets range from $58.  (Standing room seats also available.)  Call 866-468-3401.
Location:  Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 866-468-3401; e-mail craig @ haymarketopera.org; visit this site or this site.

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 5:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents the Newberry Consort performing a concert, "Rosa das Rosas -- Cantigas de Santa Maria".
Cost:  Tickets are $28-$55, $10-$29 for students.  Season and partial-season subscriptions, and group discounts, also available.
Location:  Helene Zelazo Performing Arts Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.

Friday, March 20, 2015, 8:00 PM.
The Newberry Consort will present a concert, "Music from the World of Copernicus -- Polish Cultural Treasures".
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Cost:  $35 general ($38 at the door), $45 preferred.  Series subscriptions also available.  Visit this site.
Location:  Ruggles Hall, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  Visit the Consort website; e-mail info @ newberryconsort.org; or visit the Consort Facebook page.
Saturday, March 21, 2015, 8:00 PM.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 PM.
Location:  Logan Center for the Arts (9th floor), University of Chicago, 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 3:00 PM.
Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 PM.
Location:  Northwestern University's Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan, Evanston, Illinois.

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 4:00 PM.
The Grace Lutheran Church Bach Cantata Vespers presents the Bach Cantata Vespers Chorus and Orchestra, with Chicago Choral Artists, Michael D. Costello, director; performing Bach's Mass in B minor.  Soloists: Susan Nelson, soprano; Amanda Koopman, mezzo soprano; Karen Brunssen, mezzo soprano; Derek Chester, tenor; Douglas Anderson, baritone.
Cost:  Free, with good-will offering.  A large audience is anticipated, so reserve your tickets well in advance.
Location:  Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
For more info:  Call 708-366-6900; e-mail info @ graceriverforest.org; or visit this site.

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 4:00 PM.
The Early Music Series at the Byron Colby Barn presents Trio Speranza performing in concert.
Cost:  Individual tickets are $18. Series subscription (six concerts) also available.  Children under the age of 16 are free.  As always at the Barn, you may BYOB.
Location:  the Byron Colby Barn at Prairie Crossing, 1561 Jones Point Road, Grayslake, Illinois.
For more info:  call 847-543-1202; visit this site; e-mail bcbarn @ prairiecrossing.com; or visit the Early Music at the Barn Facebook page.

Sunday, March 29, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert of works by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. With soloist:  Imogen Cooper, pianist.
Cost:  Varies by date, venue, and seating.  Series subscriptions also available.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque @ baroque.org; or visit this site.
Monday, March 30, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Blue Heron performing a concert, "A Mass for St. Augustine of Canterbury". Pre-concert lecture at 6:30.
Cost:  $35, $5 students.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; e-mail chicagopresents @ uchicago.edu; or visit this site.

Friday, April 17, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Sunday, April 19, 2015, 3:30 PM.
Madison Bach Musicians, Marc Vallon, conductor, will perform Rameau's Pygmalion.
Pre-concert talk 45 minutes before each concert.
Cost:  $30 general, $25 students/seniors ($5 less if ordered in advance).  Visit this site for details.
Location:  First Unitarian Society, Atrium Auditorium, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more info:  visit this site.

Saturday, April 18, 2015, 3:00 PM.
Early Music Now presents Blue Heron performing a concert, "Music for Canterbury Cathedral".
Cost:  Tickets are $28-$55, $10-$29 for students.  Season and partial-season subscriptions, and group discounts, also available.
Location:  St. Joseph Center Chapel, 1501 S. Layton Boulevard (S. 27th Street), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more info:  call 414-225-3113 or 877-546-8742; e-mail info @ earlymusicnow.org; or visit this site.

Sunday, April 19, 2015, 3:00 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus, William Jon Gray, conductor, will perform a concert, "Renaissance Voices--Sacred and Profane".
Cost:  Varies by date, venue, and seating.  Series subscriptions also available.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  Divine Word Chapel, 2001 North Waukegan Road, Northbrook, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque @ baroque.org; or visit this site.

Sunday, April 26, 2015, 3:00 PM.
The Concerts at 3 series presents Erica Schuller, soprano; with Second City Musick; performing music for voice and viol from the late Renaissance and early Baroque.
Cost:  Free, but with suggested donation $10/$5.
Location:  Bethany Lutheran Church, 1550 Modaff Road, Naperville, Illinois.
For more info:  e-mail ConcertsAt3 @ gmail.com; visit this site.

Friday, May 1, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series presents Benjamin Bagby in a performance of Beowulf. Pre-concert lecture at 6:30.
Cost:  $35, $5 students.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  Logan Center for the Arts (9th floor), University of Chicago, 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois
For more info:  call 773-702-8068; e-mail chicagopresents @ uchicago.edu; or visit this site.

Sunday, May 17, 2015, 7:30 PM.
The Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra, Jane Glover, conductor, will perform a concert, "War and Peace", with works by Handel and Haydn.  With soloists:  Sarah Gartshore, soprano; Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano; Ryan Belongie, countertenor; Zach Finkelstein, tenor; Roderick Williams, baritone.
Cost:  Varies by date, venue, and seating.  Series subscriptions also available.  Visit this site for details.
Location:  Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-551-1414; e-mail baroque @ baroque.org; or visit this site.
Monday, May 18, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph (Millennium Park), Chicago, Illinois.

Friday, May 29, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Baroque Band, Garry Clarke, Director, will perform a concert, "Water Works", with works by Handel and Telemann.
Cost:  $39; $17 student.  Season subscriptions also available.
Location:  Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
For more info:  call 312-235-2368; e-mail info @ baroqueband.org; or visit this site.
Saturday, May 30, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 7:30 PM.
Location:  Grainger Ballroom, Symphony Center, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.