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Program details follow:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.\u00a0
Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston\u00a0
Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors\u00a0
Tickets: $8\u00a0general public, $5 students\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The ensemble celebrates the friendship and artistic connection between avant-garde greats Yoko Ono and John Cage in this program featuring Ono\u2019s \u201cSky Piece to Jesus Christ\u201d and \u201cPieces for Orchestra\u201d; Matt Marks\u2019 arrangement of The Beatles\u2019 and Ono\u2019s \u201cRevolution 9\u201d; and John Cage\u2019s String Quartet in Four Parts, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and \u201cSong Books.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.\u00a0
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Edlis Neeson Theater, 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago\u00a0\u00a0
Alan Pierson and Ben Bolter, conductors\u00a0
Tickets: $30\u00a0general public, $24 seniors, $10 teachers and students\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The ensemble concludes the Museum of Contemporary Art\u2019s two-day celebration of Yoko Ono\u2019s birthday, held at the closing of the MCA exhibit \u201cYoko Ono: Music of the Mind.\u201d The program features Ono\u2019s \u201cSky Piece to Jesus Christ\u201d and \u201cPieces for Orchestra\u201d; Matt Marks\u2019s arrangement of The Beatles\u2019 and Ono\u2019s \u201cRevolution 9\u201d; and John Cage\u2019s String Quartet in Four Parts, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and \u201cSong Books.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Friday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.\u00a0
McClintock Choral and Recital Room, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston\u00a0
Laura Cocks, flute\u00a0
Madison Greenstone, clarinet\u00a0
Charlotte Mundy, voice\u00a0
Marina Kifferstein, violin\u00a0\u00a0
Ellery Trafford, percussion\u00a0
Tickets: Free\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Following an afternoon of workshops with Bienen composition students, the TAK Ensemble premieres their pieces in a public performance.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Saturday, Mar. 7, 7 p.m.\u00a0
Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston\u00a0
Raven Chacon, guest composer\u00a0
Ben Bolter and Shihan Jin, conductors\u00a0
Michaela Marchi, vocalist\u00a0
Presented in partnership with the Center for Native Futures and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research\u00a0 Tickets: Free\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The program includes Raven Chacon\u2019s 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning \u201cVoiceless Mass\u201d as well as his \u201cOwl Song.\u201d \u201cVoiceless Mass\u201d utilizes a house of worship with musicians spread out across the space, employing its architecture to illustrate the complex legacy of the Catholic Church and its treatment of Native Americans. Also on the program are Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti\u2019s Organ Study No. 1: \u201cHarmonies\u201d and Jessie Cox\u2019s \u201cQuantify.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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