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Sunday May 29, 2011 -
Northwestern at Millennium
Park - Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble - Mark
your Calendar Now!
You
are invited to a Concert on Sunday
May 29 at the Millennium Park,
the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue in the country! !
This will be a great opportunity to listening to great music,
mingling
with fellow MBAs and Northwestern Alumni. Bring your blanket and some
finger
food/drinks for you and/or to share with the group.
Let's
catch up with our old classmates and make new friends. It will be
an opportunity for connections!!
Feel free to forward this message to all
your Kellogg/TopGrad friends, and tell
them
to meet you there. Spread the word. Your
TopGrad friends will learn about this event, if you forward this
message
to them--Friends
invite
Friends. It will be fun!
PROGRAM DETAILS: A
Memorial Day weekend band concert at Chicago’s Millennium Park will
feature the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble conducted
by Mallory Thompson, live commentary by 98.7 WFMT-FM and University of
Michigan Marching Band announcer Carl Grapentine, and guest trumpet
soloist Colin Oldberg. The event is free and open to the public.
Presented by the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music, the 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 29 program marks the 6th year of Northwestern ensemble
performances at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion, at 201 E.
Randolph St., between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive.
Music:
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble
emphasizes major arrangements and original works for band. The group’s
May 29 program includes Donald Hunsberger’s arrangement of
Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” and Mallory Thompson’s arrangement of
the Prelude to Act III, Dance, and Finale from Wagner’s “Die
Meistersinger.” Concerto for Trumpet by Alexander Arutunian;
Hunsberger’s arrangement of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; and
Keith Wilson’s transcription of Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphosis of
Themes by Carl Maria von Weber” also will be performed. Thompson,
who is the Bienen School’s director of bands and coordinator
of the conducting program, also is Charles Deering McCormick Professor
of Teaching Excellence. Grapentine joined 98.7 WFMT-FM in 1986
and is longtime host of the station’s “Morning Program.” Oldberg,
a Bienen School alumnus, is principal trumpet of the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra. Oldberg is a member of the Axiom Brass
Quintet, winner of the 2008 International Chamber Brass competition.
Here are the event details:
DATE: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - Mark
your
calendar
NOW!!
TIME: 6:00
p.m. meeting at the Great Lawn, NorthEast corner area, close to the
East wall. Concert
starts at 6:30 p.m. and we will stay there until 8:30 PM, so come at
any time you can.
LOCATION:
Jay Pritzker Pavilion -
Millennium Park , the most sophisticated outdoor
concert venue in the country! Randolph
Street between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive - Our group
will be at the NorthEast Corner of the Great Lawn with TopGrad MBA
signs.
PARKING:
Parking
is available in the Millennium Park Garage (entrances northbound on
Columbus at Monroe, southbound at Randolph) and the East Monroe Garage
(enter northbound on Columbus just north of Monroe). The fee for these
two garages is around $15-$20, if less than 8 hours (call 312
742-7644).
HOW MUCH: Free! Bring your blanket and some
finger
food/drinks for you and/or to share with the group. You can
also buy food/drinks around the park area.
WHO: Northwestern Alumni,
TopGrad
Alumni from Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, U of Michigan, MIT, U of
Chicago,
Wharton + Their Families + Friends
Tell
your friends to meet you there. It is the best way to see your
friends and make new ones.
If you have any questions about this event, please feel free to contact
the Event Leader: Lucy Cimino Kellogg 90' mailto:lucycimino@clickmortar.com
If
you would like to have your name included in future invitations for
TopGrad
Alumni Events, add you name at TopGradAlumni
Invitations web page.
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