Chicago music gets own club showcase, on Que

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 4, 2006 ;     501 words ......clubs. "There is a lot of hit music that came out of Chicago, but we'll never be able to...night dedicated exclusively to Chicago music. "When I came up with the idea...people asked, 'Is there enough Chicago music to fill a night?'" he says...

Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Commit $39 Million to Music and Dance Theater...

PR Newswire;  February 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......construction loan to the Music and Dance Theater Chicago. Of the $15 million gift...state-of-the-art home for 12 of Chicago's finest music and dance companies who...Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago College Chicago -- Music of the Baroque -- Hubbard...

Chicago's Pankow enthusiastic about life, music and everything but radio...

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  March 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......doesn't know if a Chicago could exist in today's music world. "There are...shuttle deciding on music." Though the group...The other side to Chicago won't be acknowledged...in mind: to make music rooted in rock...1967, the original Chicago members gathered...

Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1863-1935.(Book...

The Journal of African American History;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1863-1935. Chapel Hill...industrial neighborhoods of Chicago. By urging poor residents to enroll in subsidized music lessons at park field...authority inherent in the music of Chicago's industrial neighborhoods...

Former police official in Chicago credited with saving songs; Traditional...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 17, 2003 ;     668 words ......director of the Academy of Irish Music in Chicago. "The music was disappearing," said Chicago resident Mary Mooney Lesch...they all know he revived the music," said Tom Looney, who owns...Abbey Pub and Restaurant in Chicago, where the traditional music is played. In Ireland, ...

Ralph Shapey, dean of Chicago music, dies

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Shapey, the longtime dean of Chicago composers and one of the...American contemporary classical music, died Thursday of renal and...failure at the University of Chicago Hospitals, near his Hyde...1964 at the University of Chicago. At his death, he was a U. of C. professor emeritus of music. ...

Detroit Electronic Music Festival salutes Chicago connection.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......pumping creative energy between Chicago's house music and Detroit's techno. A big...cousins when it comes to this music. Without Chicago, Detroit wouldn't have made...techno's simultaneous rise with Chicago house music _ two sounds that fed off each...

Detroit Electronic Music Festival salutes Chicago connection.

Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  May 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......pumping creative energy between Chicago's house music and Detroit's techno. A big...cousins when it comes to this music. Without Chicago, Detroit wouldn't have made...techno's simultaneous rise with Chicago house music _ two sounds that fed off each...

Let's play Rockopoly Chicago-area promoters roll the dice with multiple...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......chanciest fad for fall? Music arenas are Chicago's new black. During...arguing about it. Indeed, Chicago's overall size and thriving music scene attract a wealth...one hand, they say, Chicago is one of the most popular music towns in the country...

ORCHESTRATING SUCCESS // Chicago's mid-size classical music groups on the...

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......CAPTION ENDS)) Chamber Music Chicago is in good company...centuries, have become a Chicago musical institution...Last-minute tickets for Music of the Baroque concerts...Christmas for some Chicagoans without the ensemble...brass and choral music concert. The eight-progr...

The Art Ensemble of Chicago are artists of modern music

Chicago Defender;  April 29, 2004 ;     604 words ......African American music, Chicago through the Association...University of Chicago, along with the Department of Music and the Jazz Institute of Chicago, The Art Ensemble...Art Ensemble of Chicago represent the...Africa, but the music and sound from...

Chicagoland Borders Books and Music Stores to Offer Special Events,...

PR Newswire;  September 6, 2001 ;     655 words ......Focus at Chicago Borders CHICAGO, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Borders Books and Music prides itself on its...Mockingbird. Borders Books and Music in Chicago is proud to work with...Borders Books and Music stores in Chicago will offer Mockingbird...

World Music Festival: Chicago 2000 features sound, culture everywhere

Chicago Defender;  September 23, 2000 ;     376 words ...World Music Festival: Chicago 2000 features sound, culture everywhere World Music Festival: Chicago 2000 brochures are now available...limited edition preview CD for World Music Festival: Chicago 2000 is now available at Borders...

Chicago rocks the standards New album gives big band music a modern twist

The Boston Globe;  July 14, 1995 ;     700+ words ...CHICAGO At: Harborlights...July 21 Big band music is flying high with...the rock-jazz group Chicago -- for whom the format...did that kind of music when we first played...repackaged them on our own Chicago Records," says Loughnane...to control our own music. There are few groups...

PBS special serves up a huge helping of Chicago music.(Suburban Living)(TV...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......cover the breadth and depth of Chicago music in a mere hour. Yet the new special American Roots Music: Chicago makes a game try of it at 9 p...grammatical errors such as saying Chicago music is entirely unique, as well as...