By-Law Meeting: Membership Meeting: April 2018 Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 Vol. 78 No. 4 @ 1:00 pm @ 1:00 pm

The Elevated Linked ’s Music Venues in 1920s through Early ‘40s See Pages 18-19 Local 10-208 of AFM CHICAGO FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OFFICERS – DELEGATES 2017-2019 Terryl Jares President Leo Murphy Vice-President Terryl Jares B.J. Levy Secretary-Treasurer Leo Murphy BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Bauchens Bob Lizik Rich Daniels Janice MacDonald A Fair Wage THE RIGHT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Frank Donaldson Charles Schuchat Jeff Handley As a professional musician we are sometimes asked to put showing the total minimum cost. If you double the amount in that together a band or ensemble for an event, often a casual job: a total box, that amount might be a good place to start your negotiation. I recently participated in the AFL-CIO Midwest District meeting in Chicago. It CONTRACT DEPARTMENT Leo Murphy – Vice-President wedding, reception or a private party. And close on the heels of that Often these offers come when you least expect it. Maybe on was a day filled with speakers and panel discussions concerning the upcoming midterm Nancy Van Aacken question is how much will it cost? Most of these types of engagements a break during a job or from a cold call. But taking time to ask would fall within our Casual Engagement Scales. But even before you questions, look at the wage tables and get your thoughts together election cycle and how unions play a large part in the political climate. Here in , ASSISTANTS TO THE talk money with the person, take some time to ask some questions. should provide a chance for a fair price. Also you can always call my we are facing increased pressure for “right to work” ordinances. We are surrounded by PRESIDENT - JURISDICTIONS states that are “right to work” including Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Leo Murphy - Vice-President Where is the event? If it is downtown, costs for everything for that office and we will help guide you through the wage scales. Also we Supervisor - Entire jurisdiction event are higher than most suburban venues. Also you need to know can help you get a contract together to submit to the purchaser. Tennessee, and Kentucky. including theaters where the job is to find out whether Class AA or Class A are appropriate. The Casual Engagement Scales are not what is used when working On the surface, right to work sounds like a great idea. It gives a person the ability to (Cell Phone: 773-569-8523) How many guests are attending the event? Will there be an open bar, a Major Event job. The higher scale used for Major Event takes into be employed without the need to join a union. However, it comes with consequences. Dean Rolando a buffet or a plated meal? Is there a florist? All of these questions can consideration the fact that tickets are being sold for that performance. It outlaws mandatory payments of union dues or fair share fees in union negotiated Recordings, Transcriptions, lead you to an idea of costs for the event so you can ask for a wage That revenue raised from ticket sales in a 2,500 or more seat theater, Documentaries, Etc. that is fair and in line with the other costs for that event. generates income for someone and the CFM believes that if two, three contracts. Employees have no need to pay dues or their “fair share” to help defray the (Cell Phone: 708-380-6219) Another thing to think about is scale for that job. That is, what is the or four seats cover the cost of a musician’s salary and benefits, that is union’s cost of bargaining and representation. The goal of right to work is to financially DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE minimum to charge so that your contract is acceptable by union rules. fair and still leaves plenty of revenue for the producer. starve unions, which, by federal law, have to represent EVERY worker in a union ILLINOIS STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR Toward the back of our Wage Scales are computation tables for Many of us did not get into music to be a businessperson we work place whether he or she pays dues or not, thereby limiting the union’s ability to AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL Class AA and Class A jobs. These tables are for a single, 3-hour, wanted to play. The love of music or performing took us to where ORGANIZATIONS non-continuous job. They do include pension fees (at 11.99%), we are now. But as we look to be more successful and achieve some financially represent workers. Terryl Jares Leo Murphy payroll fee (15%) and leader fees. They do not include rehearsal pay, financial stability in our life, we must consider the business part of The Chicago Federation of Musicians has been successful in negotiating contracts B.J. Levy overtime, continuous fees, doubles or any premium payments. our art, including just and fair wages for our work. The CFM is here with fair wages and working conditions through the support of all of our members. DELEGATES TO CHICAGO The tables have each column labeled so that you could find the to try to help musicians. So, if you have questions please contact my Every musician working under the terms of our collective bargaining agreements has FEDERATION OF LABOR AND minimum amount to charge for the number of musicians (including office at 312-782-0063 or email me at [email protected] and benefited through the negotiation process and it is because of this solidarity of everyone INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL the leader) for a Class AA or Class A job. The first column is labeled I would be glad to assist you. Rich Daniels Leo Murphy Num. of Musicians and in the third column there is a boxed amount being a member of the CFM that we are financially able to successfully improve our Terryl Jares contracts. For this we thank you. DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE By the time you read this, the primary elections will have concluded. However, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS you can do your part in November by getting out and voting for the candidates that Rich Daniels B.J. Levy Frank Donaldson Leo Murphy represent our interests and the rights for our unions and their members. Terryl Jares Alternates: Charles Schuchat EDITOR, THE INTERMEZZO B.J. Levy Terryl Jares ASSISTANT EDITOR, THE INTERMEZZO Leo Murphy PRESIDENTS EMERITI Rehearsal Space and Auditor’s Report Gary Matts Ed Ward Lizzie Blaha, daughter of Rehearsal space is available at the CFM! The local’s rehearsal hall is were positive in their review of our accounting procedures. Stephanie and Chris Blaha VICE-PRESIDENT EMERITUS available for members in good standing to rent. The rate to rent the hall The investment fund had strong earnings, which is the main reason couldn’t resist reading the Tom Beranek article about the Geyer Horn during the week and during business hours is $10.00 an hour with a why net assets increased over last year. If you have any questions SECRETARY-TREASURER EMERITUS three hour minimum. The space is also available during the weekends please feel free to contact me. Shop in the latest Intermezzo. Spencer Aloisio and after regular business hours at higher rates because office staff has The lists of suspended and expelled members will be coming out at BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMERITUS to be present. The space has a sound system and a baby grand . We the end of March. If you have not yet paid your dues, please contact Ruth Marion Tobias have had rehearsals of two or three musicians up to a 70 piece orchestra the membership department. 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56021 Baker, Tyrone K. 57113 Draiblate, Netanel 57238 Schade, Julia L. TOTAL: $1,802.50 444 Madison St. 1155 Ripley St., Apt. 1513 609 Ellis Ave. Gary, IN 46402 Silver Spring, MD 20910-7467 Rockford, IL 61103 The Musicians Relief Fund helps Local 10-208 musicians in time of need. Contributions can be made in memory of a musician 219-902-0994 215-353-2488 815-979-2237 that has touched your life and whose life you would like to see remembered. Or, a general contribution can be made to the fund. BASS GUITAR VIOLIN PIANO Your name will be added to the expanding list of generous donors. Make checks payable to the Musicians Relief Fund to view the list of cfm 33857 Beck, Eva Carol 57168 Ellis, Jason A. 57057 Schuldt, Rachel P. contributors, go to 161 W. Harrison St., Apt. 1102 4228 N. Lamon, Apt. 1 7219 W. Madison, Apt. 211 and mail them to the Chicago Federation of Musicians Chicago, IL 60605-1081 Chicago, IL 60641 Forest Park, IL 60130 656 W. Randolph St. #2W CFM10208.COM 312-835-3802 812-327-8093 630-835-6153 Chicago, IL 60661 Attn: Membership Dept. VIOLA BASS VIOLIN CELLO

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8 Intermezzo April 2018 April 2018 Intermezzo 9 The Elevated Linked Chicago’s Music Venues in 1920s through Early ‘40s

In the 1920s and 30s, an era before automobiles Ben Pollack, Ted Weems and others. A youthful Guy By Charles Sengstock became so numerous, people relied on public Lombardo and his band rose to fame there through transportation and the CTA Elevated Lines (formerly its nightly broadcasts over WBBM. The recent restoration and upgrading of two major Chicago Rapid Transit Co.) provided several of those Although the Granada Café actually was out of the Chicago Elevated System stations recalls the days when important links. main 63rd and Cottage Grove neighborhood, its radio the El was a key route connecting the City’s major The north-south line running from Howard broadcasts and discretely located gaming tables drew big entertainment districts. Street on the north to Jackson Park on the south is crowds in spite of its location The Wilson Avenue El station entrance at Montrose the most important to our story. But the branches Jazz on The Stroll and Broadway, one of those stations being renovated, also were connections to entertainment venues. was a portal to one of Chicago’s largest amusement The Englewood branch of the north-south line turned Jazz fans could exit the Elevated trains at the 31st St. districts that extended along Broadway north of Montrose west near 63rd Street. The Lake St., Douglas Park and and 35th St. stops, gateways to the jazz hot spots of the to Lawrence Avenue and beyond. A number of theaters, Garfield Park branches all fed into the Loop from the day. During the 1920s and 30s there were 20 or more nightclubs and two major ballrooms were located in west. Those El lines carried passengers to and from the theaters, cafés and other venues lining both sides of the area. Loop and the major downtown Chicago entertainment south State St. between 26th and 39th Sts. The Martin Luther King terminal at 63rd St. and district with its scores of restaurants, legitimate theaters, That strip of South State was known as “the Stroll,” M. L. King Dr., on what is now known as the Green Line, clubs and movie houses. so named because it was crowded day and night with The original Sunset Café, later the is being updated, whereas the Wilson station entrance The giant Dreamland Ballroom was just west of residents, entertainers and club patrons strolling between second home of the Grand Terrace, was restored to its external 1923 look. the Loop at Paulina and Van Buren. Built under the venues, many just taking in the sights. anchored the east end of Chicago’s The Grand, old Monogram and Vendome Theaters, the The North Side El’s Marshfield switch point-- where the Garfield jazz district on 35th Street at Park, Douglas Park and Logan Square Elevated lines Elmwood Café and the Elite Number one were clustered Just to the north of the Montrose entrance was the around 31st St. on State. Other clubs like the Elite Number Calumet. (Photo by author: © 2000, converged--the ballroom was easy to reach from the Charles A. Sengstock, Jr.) old Arcadia Ballroom, at 4444 N. Broadway, a long and West, North and South as well as from the Loop. two, the Dreamland Café, the Panama and Deluxe cafés narrow, bow-truss-roofed building on Transit System The Lake Street line served the important Crawford and the new Monogram and State Theaters were located property. It was built adjacent to the former Elevated (Pulaski) and Madison commercial area, which around 35th and State St. The famous Club DeLisa later System’s Wilson Ave. train yard. included the Marbro and Paradise theaters and the was located farther south on State St. near 55th. The next Elevated stop north of Wilson is at Lawrence Paradise Ballroom. In the 1920s, clubs and entertainment venues extended and Broadway. The Aragon Ballroom is located just east east of State St. along both 31st St. (Schiller’s Café, Lincoln of the El station on Lawrence Ave. To the west, across 63rd St. and Cottage Grove Ave. or Royal Gardens) and 35th St. (Sunset, Plantation, Broadway, were the Riviera and Uptown Theaters, An El ride south from the Loop took patrons to Entertainer, Apex and others) as far as Cottage Grove the Green Mill nightclub and a number of other clubs the city’s far south major entertainment and Avenue. Streetcars ran along both streets. Many of these to the north and south. The Rainbo Gardens, one of the recreation areas along the Jackson Park branch. clubs continued to operate into the 1930s and 40s largest nightclubs in the country, was located further The giant White City Amusement Park was at what under new names. west at Lawrence Ave. north of Clark St. is today the M. L. King Drive stop. The site featured There also were venues located along South Parkway The north side entertainment venues really amusement rides, a giant lighted tower and two (now Martin Luther King Dr.) down to 47th St. like the began north of Fullerton and were located mostly ballrooms--the White City Ballroom and the Casino. Regal and Metropolitan Theaters and the original along Broadway and Clark Sts. One of the biggest The White City Ballroom had the largest dance floor in Grand Terrace. During WWII the entertainment clubs_The Rendezvous (northeast corner of Diversey Chicago, nearly 34,000 square feet. venues expanded south to 55th St. and Clark)--featured dance bands and entertainers. The next stop east was Cottage Grove Avenue The El was important during World War II because The large Marigold Gardens (Grace at Broadway) where the night-life district at 63rd and Cottage Grove it, along with the North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad, originally had been a beer garden but later also spread from about 60th St. on the north, where the which shared tracks with the El, carried entertainment- featured dancing and acts in an inside building. Midway Dancing Gardens, the Merry Garden and the hungry GIs from Fort Sheridan and sailors from Training Further north the Winona Gardens and 5100 Club Trianon were located, to about 68th St. on the south. Center Great Lakes to the nightclubs, bars and ballrooms were located in the 5100 block of north Broadway near Numerous clubs dotted 63rd St. to the east and west. to the south. The clubs near the Howard St. El stop were Foster. Winona Gardens featured Dixieland jazz and the Just south of the 63rd and Cottage Grove intersection popular with the soldiers and sailors because it was the 5100 Club, where comedian Danny Thomas got his start, on the east side of Cottage Grove were the Tivoli Theater first place they could get alcoholic drinks. featured floorshows and a small band. and the Granada Ballroom. Across the street on the west The El truly proved to be a major lifeline for Helsing’s Vodville (sic) Lounge on Sheridan Rd. near side was the Pershing Hotel, which had both a large Chicago’s commercial districts and entertainment venues, Montrose, slightly off the El route, was a very popular nightclub and a ballroom. speeding patrons to their doors from all over the city in A view of the original Wilson Ave. nightery in the 1940s and 50s. George Gobel made his The popular Granada Café was located farther south the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Elevated Station entrance on Montrose. mark in show business there. on Cottage Grove at 68th Street, across from the Oak © 2018 Charles A. Sengstock, Jr. Woods cemetery, not a prime location. Operator Al The exterior is now being restored to its Quadbach liked dance bands and hired Paul Whiteman, original 1923 appearance. (Courtesy of the Chicago Transit Authority)

10 Intermezzo April 2018 April 2018 Intermezzo 11 Rami Solomonow expertise and experience with his many colleagues and with his students at DePaul University and at the many music festivals. 1949-2018 A Tribute After years of being one of Chicago’s most eligible bachelors, Rami met the love of his life, his wife Ronit. Just as Rami Solomonow was the very first person that I met in he was the witness at my wedding, I was Chicago. In 1978, I was coming out of the building where the witness at his. And I witnessed their I had just played an audition for the Lyric Opera orchestra, family life where love ruled. Rami was and he was standing outside. They say, good things come an adoring husband and soon became a Nancy C. Boehm position, leading crews during work on many well-known in small packages. But great things must come in big ones doting and proud father of Yoni and Ben. 1952-2018 buildings in the Chicago area, including the Sears Tower, the because it was impossible to miss Rami - so tall and so fiercely His pride in his boys was enormous, his John Hancock Building, the Drake Hotel and the American handsome. On that day we became friends and so we remained devotion to his family all-encompassing. Nancy Colemier Boehm, age 65, of Glenview, passed Airlines Terminal at Chicago’s O’Hare Field. George was for forty years, until the day he died. Rami truly took care of Ronit in sickness away on February 25, 2018. Nancy is survived by her blessed with incredible skills as a drummer, playing on and in health: when she became gravely ill, he was nursing her devoted husband of 32 years, Bradley Richard Boehm; son, weekend evenings at many Chicago jazz clubs. With his Rami was principal of the viola section at Lyric, and I was until her very last breath; she died at home in his arms. Daniel Richard Boehm; daughter, Heather Ruth Boehm; and passion for drumming and music, he ran in circles with always looking forward to his solos. His sound was sweet and many other loving relatives and friends. Born in Stillwater, famous drummers such as Gene Krupa, Louis Bellson and thick like honey, and warm like a Mediterranean sunset on a Yet, even people closest to him never heard him complain. Minnesota on November 11, 1952 Nancy received her Buddy Rich. George was a lifelong member of the Chicago warm spring evening. We played together many times, and I He was not a man of many words, but his actions spoke louder Bachelors degree in music from St. Olaf College in 1972. She Federation of Musicians. After summer visits to the Lake will never forget playing Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” than any words ever could, and his courage and strength attended on a Wisconsin area in the early 1960’s George and Lois fell in with Rami. During the second movement all I was thinking inspired awe and admiration. performance scholarship for her Master’s love with the slower paced yet exciting lifestyle the lake was: I never want this to end, so beautiful was the playing, in Music (1975) where she graduated area offered. They purchased property and began, with their with his sound enveloping and hugging all in the audience. When he himself became ill, nobody ever heard him with departmental distinction and played children, building their dream lake home in Okee, which Later, when he co-founded Chicago String Quartet, it was complain. He was always shielding his sons and people close with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. became their permanent residence in 1978. George loved always a treat to hear him perform chamber music, with his to him from pain. His silence fooled us, and his death was An accomplished French hornist, Nancy sharing the exciting summer lake life of boating, water rich sound soaring. unexpected. His passing leaves a gaping void in Chicago’s performed as a soloist on the Britten skiing, tubing and swimming with his family, along with musical life and in the lives of all those who had the honor of Serenade for Horn, Tenor, and Orchestra, Mozart’s Horn snowmobiling in the winter months. George was a member Outside of the concert hall, Rami was a master raconteur knowing him personally. For me, it is a deep personal loss, Concerto No. 3, and concertized with a French horn quartet. of First Lutheran Church, Lodi and Lodi’s American with a wonderful sense of humor, he could turn the most as Rami was an integral part of my life. I want to extend my She performed and toured with the Chicago Symphony Legion Post. For many of the past 25 years, after enjoying mundane episode into a stand-up routine. His sense of loyalty deepest condolences to the loved ones he left behind: to his Orchestra under Sir George Solti playing Wagner and one or two early Wisconsin snowfalls and snowmobile ride, and of integrity was absolute: he never asked for help but was wonderful boys and to his loving brother Moshe and his family. French horn. Nancy played with Chicago Opera Theatre, where George and Lois thawed out during the remaining winter always the first to offer it. And if Rami said that he would do We will miss Rami and will remember him always. she met Brad, who was playing trumpet. Nancy and Brad months in St, Petersburg. There George enjoyed following something, it was as good as done, and done right. His largesse Alexander Belavsky were married on September 4th, 1986. After Daniel was born, several Jazz groups which he occasionally had the was also legendary. If you went out with Rami, he was always Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra Nancy worked as the assistant librarian of Springman Junior opportunity to drum with, keeping his passion for music and the first to offer to pay for the entire meal, and sometimes High School in Glenview and Technology Coordinator at Main drumming alive. Preceding him in death were his parents we had to actually fight for the check in front of the waitstaff. South High School in Park Ridge. Upon retirement, she served George and Mary Pales and his two siblings Will Pales and He was just as generous with his time, sharing his talent, her community as a volunteer concierge at Glenbrook Hospital. Bess Bagel. He is survived by three children, Debbie (Richard) Memorials may be made to Lutheran Church Charities Canine Hode of Crystal Lake, Illinois, George (Carla) Pales of Comfort Dogs, 3020 Milwaukee Ave., Northbrook, IL 60062 Littleton, Colorado, Kenneth (Nancy) Pales of Charlotte, North By Heather Boehm Carolina: seven grandchildren, Todd (Catherine) Hode, Scott (Niki) Hode, Alyson (Kirk) Shore, Christopher (Dee) Pales, George M. Pales Timothy (Janessa) Pales, Christina (Neil) Blazin, Brittany Pales, and twelve great-grandchildren, Johnathon, Ivana, Kate, 1927-2018 Paige, Caleb, Lydia, Brielle, Ava, Preston, Mylan, Grayson Deceased May they rest in peace George M. Pales of Lodi, Wisconsin passed away quietly and Theodore. George is also survived by many wonderful on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, while at his winter residence nieces, nephews and dear friends. George leaves an incredibly Last First Instrument Died Born Elected in St. Petersburg, Florida. George was born on December 25, beautiful legacy as a loving devoted and proud husband, father, Barron Ron Drums 01/25/18 10/14/28 06/15/78 grandfather and great-grandfather, setting a strong example 1927, in Chicago, Illinois, to George and Mary (Vandlik) Pales. Connors Maurice J. Banjo 01/17/18 04/09/15 07/11/46 He attended Crane Tech Prep High School in Chicago before of hard work, as well as always stressing the importance of joining the US Army. George proudly served from 1945 to family values and unity. George’s charming smile, grand sense Kary Robert W. Piano 01/07/18 11/17/24 08/21/47 1946 in the Motor Pool Division at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas of humor and infectious personality made him an immediate Pales George M. Drums 02/07/18 12/25/27 06/14/62 as well as Fort Ord, Monterey, California. George married friend to countless numbers of people during his years in the love of his life Lois J. (Hanke) Pales on June 3, 1950. Chicago, Lodi and St. Petersburg. He was greatly loved and George and Lois enjoyed 67 beautiful years of marriage. will be tremendously missed by all the lives he touched. They lovingly raised three children in Berwyn, Illinois, Courtesy of The Family of George Pales where George was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Union Local # 73. George worked his way into a superintendent

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Chicago Master Singers Music of the Baroque Music of the English Cathedrals Concertos for Voice – Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Handel By Nancy Van Aacken Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm We have many musicians performing throughout the area. Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 7:00 pm Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 7:30 pm Support them by attending a performance or patronizing Techny Towers North Shore Center for the Performing Arts an establishment where they work. 2001 Waukegan Road, Techny/Northbrook 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie 877-825-5267 Monday, April 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm www.chicagomastersingers.org for Music & Dance 205 E. Randolph, Chicago Enjoy a Musical 312-551-1414 Il Pigmalione & Rita www.baroque.org Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm New Philharmonic Orchestra On Your Feet! Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7:30 pm Beethoven: Five Concertos – One Pianist March 21st, 2018 – April 8th, 2018 Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 3:00 pm Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Studebaker Theater – Fine Arts Building Blues on Thursdays! Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 3:00 pm April 27th – May 6th, 2018 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Jimmy Tillman & The Original 312-977-1700 312-704-8414 www.chicagooperatheater.org 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn Chicago Blues All Stars CIBC Theatre 630-942-4000 Blues & Brews-Family Night Orchestra www.AtTheMAC.org Kids are welcome to jam with Beyond the Black Sea the band Now Playing Rockford Symphony Orchestra Sunday, April 8 2018, 3:00 pm Thursdays 6:00 – 11:00 PM 312-977-1700 Brahms Violin Concerto North Shore Center for Performing Arts Free Admission 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm Drury Lane Theatre Celebrating Leonard Bernstein Motor Row Brewery South Pacific 2337 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Chicago Philharmonic Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm April 5th – June 17th, 2018 with Visceral Dance Chicago Coronado Performing Arts Center 630-530-0111 The Dream 314 N. Main Street, Rockford Sunday, April 29, 2018, 3:00 pm Marriott Lincolnshire Theater 815-965-0049 North Shore Center for Performing Arts www.rockfordsymphony.com Oklahoma! 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie April 11th – June 10th, 2018 312-957-0000 Southwest Symphony Orchestra 847-634-0200 www.chicagophilharmonic.org Youth Concerto Competition Winner, Attend the Ballet St. Xavier University Chorale Oriental Theatre Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra & Skokie Concert Choir Pretty Woman Season Finale: Heart and Soul Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 4:00 pm Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra March 13th, 2018 – April 15th, 2018 Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 7:30 pm Trinity Christian College Midsummer Night’s Dream 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights 312-977-1700 Trinity Christian College, Ozinga Chapel April 25 - May 6, 2018 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights 708-802-0686 Auditorium Theater Paramount Theatre 708-481-7774 www.southwestsymphony.com 50 East Congress Parkway, Chicago www.ipomusic.org Once The Symphony of Oak Park 312-386-8905 and River Forest www.joffrey.org April 25th – June 3rd, 2018 Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra www.chicagophilharmonic.org 630-896-6666 Haydn / Beethoven Beethoven Choral Fantasy & ORFF Carmina Burana Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 8:00 pm Monday, April 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm Jacob Shuda and Vinnie Pillarella Lake Forest Academy Sunday through Saturday 1500 W. Kennedy Road, Lake Forest 220 S Michigan Ave., Chicago 1616 N. Wells St., Chicago Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 2:00 pm James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts 708-218-2648 19351 W. Washington Street, Grayslake www.symphonyoprf.com 847-543-2300 www.lakeforestsymphony.org

If you have future engagements that you would like listed in this column, please send them to Nancy VanAacken at [email protected]. Listings will be included provided there is a Union contract on file.

14 Intermezzo April 2018 April 2018 Intermezzo 15 *Only members in good standing are allowed to list Books For Sale. Jazz on Sundays! Unique Programs April 1 –Bill McFarland & The Chicago Phil Passen Horns …Trombone Carl Bonafede Philip Orem Hammered Dulcimer 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM The Screaming Wildman Songs to Throw at the Sun volume I, for voice and piano Songs from Carl Sandburg’s April 8 –Julius Tucker…Piano “American Songbag” Vibrations from the Dawn of Chicago Rock poetry of Langston Hughes 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM amazon.com A Wonder Is What It Is, for baritone and piano Woodstock Public Library April 15 –Hinda Hoffman featuring poetry of Wendell Berry 414 W. Judd Street, Woodstock Chris Foreman…Sax & Organ Lee Burswold [email protected] Music to Commemorate 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM Six Preludes and Postludes Illinois’ Bicentennial April 22 – Note Worthy Band (for C Instrument and Piano Gordon Peters Wednesday, April 11, 2018 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM or Bb Instrument and Piano) The Drummer Man (“Visual ‘CD’”) Crete Public Library 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM 1177 N. Main Street, Crete April 29 – Joan Collaso 5th Sunday Alliance Publications, Inc. A Treatise on Percussion 608-748-4411, ext. 124 2003 Revised Edition Music to Commemorate Jazz Session… Vocals www.apimusic.org Percussive Arts Society Illinois’ Bicentennial 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM Sunday, April 22, 2018 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM 317-974-4488 Fox River Valley Library James Wagner Hyde Park Jazz Society Tanya Lesinsky Carey www.pas.org 555 Barrington Ave., East Dundee Room 43 Father Lach’s Slovak Boys Band Music of the Civil War 1043 E. 43rd Street, Chicago www.HydeParkJazzSociety.com 1937 Tour of Europe Norman Schweikert Saturday, April 28, 2018 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM celloplayingiseasy.com Maywood Public Library The Horns of Valhalla – 121 S. 5th Ave., Maywood Saga of the Reiter Brothers Music to Commemorate Illinois’ Bicentennial Vincent Cichowicz [email protected] Sunday, April 29, 2018 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Long Tone Studies Wilmette Public Library Flow Studies - Volume One John A. Wright/J.L. Cummings 1242 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette www.philpassen.com Studio259Production.com John A. Wright - Autobiography of a Blessed Man $15. $20 if mailed. Bach Week Festival Richard Corpolongo Phone: (708) 720-0333 45th Annual Opening Night Improvisation Text: (630) 926-5367 Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30 PM (Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced) Candelight Concert at 10:00 PM 217 Sequences For The Contemporary Musician Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 3:00 PM www.richardcorpolongo.com/rcpublications.html Nichols Concert Hall Go Cubbies! Music Institute of Chicago Patrick Dessent (Sam Bennett) Join The 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston Gary Pressy Memoirs of a Trumpet Teacher per Chicago Cubs schedule Closing Concert Memoirs of a Trumpet Player Wrigley Field Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:30 PM Martin Sisters Publishing 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago Anderson Chapel amazon.com North Park University 5149 N. Spaulding Ave., Chicago Nancy Fako Philip Farkas and His Horn Are you willing to walk in solidarity with other unions to help get our union message out to the public? If 800-838-3006 each local union of the Chicago Federation of Labor brings 1% of its membership out to a rally, we will www.bachweek.org A Biography have over 5,000 workers marching and delivering our message to the public. Please join the 1% Solution. [email protected] Add your name to the list of CFM musicians willing to be called to action. Call us at 312-782-0063 or go to our website (www.cfm10208.com) using the CONTACT US tab and adding “One percent solution” to your comments. Robert Bauchens Rich Daniels B. J. Levy Bill Olsen George Blanchett Frank Donaldson Robert Lizik Phil Passen Lisa Bressler Jeff Handley Janice MacDonald Greg Sarchet Bill Buries David Howard Matt Mantell Charlie Schuchat William Cernota Terryl Jares Gary Matts Randy Szostek Matt Comerford Jeff Kowalkowski Leo Murphy

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