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Please join us for the 15th anniversary!

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Stephen BurnsRush Hour Concert

Tuesday, June 11th, 5:15-6:15 PM
St James Cathedral, 65 E Huron

"Rush Hour Concerts provides the broadest access to great live music throughout Chicago in ways relevant to contemporary lifestyles that also nourish aesthetic appreciation and foster a sense of community. Rush Hour Concerts is committed to free arts programs for everyone."

Stephen Burns, trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet
David Schrader, organ

Music by Hovhaness, Bach, and the World Premiere of "Parables of Zion" by 2011 composer in residence Mischa Zupko

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Chicago Day of MusicChicago Day of Music

Friday, June 21st 4-4:20 PM
Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E 60th St.

Featured Artists:
  • Mary Stolper, flute
  • Kuang-Hao Huang, piano

Program:

  • Aaron Jay Kernis – Air (1996)
  • Joseph Schwantner – Black Anemones (1982)
  • Kenji Bunch – Velocity (2006)

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Altered States - Movie Score Concert

Altered States

Tuesday, April 23, 7 PM
Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Street
$50/$25/$10 students, $100 for groups of 10 – Purchase tickets here

Expanding on its popular Movie Music programs, featuring live orchestration of film scene scores, Fulcrum Point is proud to present, with 75-pc orchestra, the complete film score and screening of Ken Russell’s 1980 science fiction classic, “Altered States,” scored by modern master John Corigliano as part of a special citywide 75th birthday celebration for the composer.

Corigliano, who was nominated for a Best Music, Original Score Academy Award™ for his work on “Altered States,” is expected to be in attendance for this special one-night-only event.
R-rated and 105 minutes.

This concert is presented in part thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts,  Columbia College Chicago, the Elizabeth Cheney Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation Rental and Technical Subsidy Program at the Harris Theater.

Film duration is 1 hr. 42'

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Imagining Peace

April 26, 2013, 7 PM
Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago

We are honored to invite you to join us and other Chicago leaders in this first Imagining Peace Conference. We will be performing on Friday evening before the opening address by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the head of Shambhala. Join the Honorable Rahm Emanuel, and members of Cease Fire, the Chicago Urban League, Cure Violence, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, La Casa Norte, and the University of Chicago for a weekend of music, theater, seminars, and discussions envisioning a world without youth violence.

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Fulcrum Point Discoveries Series for young and emerging composers

May 13, 2013, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, 8th foor, 410 S. Michigan, Chicago

String quartets by Luke Gullickson and Patrick O'Malley

Performed by Rika Seko, Mathias Tacke, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Mark Brandfonbrener, & Stephen Burns

Hear new works, participate in a discussion of their creation and development, listen to feedback from musicians and composer, and meet the artists sharing a glass of wine and cheese.

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