March April Newsletter 2017

Music
Sunday Afternoon Concert Series
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms 2 – 3 pm
Meet the artists and enjoy refreshments after each concert. Free tickets will be available at the
Main Library, Rakow Branch and South Elgin Branch three weeks prior to each concert.
March 19
Isabella Lippi, Violin
Elgin Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster
Isabella Lippi will play works
by Brahms and Mozart
with the incomparable
pianist Bill Koehler as well
as the Bach Chaconne and
Paganini’s 24th Caprice.
April 9
Hollis Prize Recital
Millikin University’s School
of Music is pleased to
present the 2017 Hollis
Prize Winner’s Recital at
the Gail Borden Public
Library. The competition
is made possible through the generosity
of Dr. Kimm Hollis, Millikin Alumnus and
Professor of Music at Hanover College
in Indiana. No tickets required.
April 30
Diane Bolden-Taylor, Soprano
Art Songs of Black Composers
Diane Bolden-Taylor has
performed for audiences
throughout the United
States, Europe, India,
Australia, and Africa as
well as in Zürich and Basel
in Switzerland, Bonn and Stuttgart in
Germany and at Opera Colorado in Denver.
Elgin Symphony
Orchestra
Master Classes
No tickets or registration required.
Witness the learning process as a
world-class and renowned Elgin Symphony
guest artist works with area students on
technique and musicianship. Sponsored
by the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
Master Class with
Alexander Fiterstein, Clarinet
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms
Saturday, March 4 10 am – noon
Clarinetist Alexander
Fiterstein is recognized
for playing that combines
flawless technique and
consummate musicianship
with graceful phrasing and
a warm soulful tone.
Master Class with
Ross Beacraft, Trumpet
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms
Saturday, March 18 10 am – noon
Trumpeter Ross Beacraft
performs as Principal
Trumpet with the Elgin
Symphony, Chicago Opera
Theater and the Chicago
Brass Quintet.
Passport to Russia
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Listeners Club
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms
Wednesdays, March 1, 29 1 – 3 pm
Broaden your understanding of the
music to be performed that week.
Please register at www.elginsymphony.org,
or call 847-888-0404 ext. 238 to reserve
your seat.
Under Crown and Commissar:
The Russian Arts in the Gold
and Silver Ages
Main Library Elgin Room
Tuesday, March 14 7 – 8:30 pm
Against the backdrop of the Elgin
Symphony Orchestra’s Russia season,
ECC Associate Dean of Liberal, Visual, and
Performing Arts Dr. Irina Del Genio and
ECC Russian Language instructor John
Schwartz will present a talk on 19th and
early 20th Century Russia. R
Russian Tea
Elgin History Museum 360 Park St., Elgin
Sunday, March 5
Passport to Russia Reception
Hemmens Cultural Center 45 Symphony Way
Friday, May 5 6:30 – 9:30 pm
For Passport to Russia information,
visit gailborden.info/russia. R
Films
Brown Bag Lunch Classic Films
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms
2nd Mondays 11 am – 1 pm
Coffee will be served.
March 13 Dial M for Murder
(1954, PG)
April 10 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(1936, NR)
ES = descripción en español
Reel Women for Real Women
Main Library Meadows Community Rooms
4th Tuesdays 6 pm
Co-sponsored by the AAUW Elgin Area
Branch. A film and discussion focused on
women’s issues.
March 28 Loving (2016, PG-13)
April 25 Postcards from the Edge
(1990, R)
Race: The Power of an Illusion
The Centre of Elgin 100 Symphony Way
Wednesdays, April 5, 12, 19 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Professor Joyce Fountain will challenge
our most common assumptions about
race. Dessert and refreshments for
attendees. Childcare, crafts and snacks
provided for children.
Sponsored by CERL, BHFF, ECP, EHRC, GBPL, YLA and YWCA.
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