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7:30am-8:30am
Sponsored breakfasts

Orchestra Management Fellowship Program Breakfast (by invitation only)
The Orchestra Management Fellowship Program is made possible by support from The Helen F. Whitaker Fund, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Argosy Foundation, The Hearst Foundation, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, alumni of the Fellowship Program, and by host orchestras.

(Breakfast sponsored by Colbert Artists Management Inc.)

9:00am

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Allen Tinkham, Music Director
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Sponsored by BMI, Inc.

L-R Allen Tinkham, Osvaldo Golijov

Golijov Last Round
               Movido,urgente- macho, cool and dangerous
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

President’s Address



Jesse Rosen, president and CEO
League of American Orchestras

Vicki Escarra, President & CEO, Feeding America will be in attendance to recognize the achievements of Orchestras Feeding America.

10:00am
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Center Presents MusicNOW

Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Osvaldo Golijov, Host
Mark-Anthony Turnage, Host

• Brant Taylor, Cello
• Cynthia Yeh, Marimba
• Christina Courtin, Vocalist and Violin
• Ryan Scott, Dobro
• Jeremy Flower, Laptop
• Michael Ward-Bergeman, Hyper-accordion
• Members of the MusicNOW Ensemble

 L-R: Osvaldo Golijov (photo: Tanit Sakakini), Mark-Anthony Turnage, Jeremy Flower,
Michael Ward-Bergeman

Osvaldo Golijov            Mariel for Cello and Marimba
-Brant Taylor, Cello
-Cynthia Yeh, Marimba

Mark-Anthony Turnage        Out of Black Dust (CSO Commission)
Jeremy Flower            Self Destruct (CSO Commission)
Michael Ward-Bergeman     Three Roads
-Christina Courtin, Vocalist and Violin
-Ryan Scott, Dobro
-Jeremy Flower, Laptop
-Michael Ward-Bergeman, Hyper-accordion

MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s nationally recognized and critically acclaimed new music series, was created in 1998. The series provides a rare opportunity to experience concert programs completely dedicated to new music, offering works by some of today’s most prominent living composers, including Mark-Anthony Turnage, Osvaldo Golijov, Oliver Knussen, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philip Glass and more. Each program is performed by musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra alongside guest artists. Many of the composers whose works are presented attend the concert, make remarks to the audience, and mingle with concertgoers at receptions that follow each performance.

MusicNOW receives funding from a leadership grant from IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION, Joan W. Harris.  Major support is also provided by Cindy Sargent and the late Sally Hands.

11:30am-1:00pm
Toolboxes and Perspectives (click title for full descriptions)

Beyond the Chicago Symphony’s “Beyond the Score®”   (T)
Getting the Most Out of Social Networking (T)           
El Sistema USA: Taking the Next Steps (T)        
A Hard Look at Today’s Economy (P)
Difficult Conversations (P)     
New Models for Consortium Commissioning (P)
Session for Executive Directors: Managing in Tough Times (T)   

1:00pm-2:00pm
Sponsored lunches
Exhibit Hall networking

2:15pm-3:30pm
Constituency Meetings 4

3:45pm-5:00pm
Constituency Meetings 5

5:30pm-7:00pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
Grant Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus

BERNSTEIN ON THE WATERFRONT

L-R: Carlos Kalmar, Pritzker Pavilion

Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Chicago Children’s Choir

• Kernis                Too Hot Toccata
• Bernstein           On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite            
• Shostakovich     Song of the Forests

On the web: Grant Park Music Festival