Bethel
United Church of Christ
Bethel
United Church of Christ
(630) 279-4040
(630) 279-4043 fax
email: office@bethel-ucc.org
2007-2008 Monday Evening Concert Series
9th Season
Our opening concert of the Monday Evening Concert Series’ ninth season on September 24, Jeff Panko and Friends, will feature several artists already familiar to our MECS audience. Jeff will be joined by his piano duet partner, world renowned pianist Amy Dissanayake, the immensely talented soprano Sarah Gartshore, violinist Thomas Yang and John Schreckengost on French horn in a program featuring works of Dvorak, Schubert and Dukas as well as Brahms’ famous Horn Trio.
Jazz at Bethel
December 10, 2007
Jazz at Bethel returns to our Monday Evening Concert series lineup December 10 and will showcase the superb jazz vocalist Margaret Carlson and the Scott Stevenson trio in a jazzy tribute to the holiday season. The Chicago Tribune says that Carlson’s CD, “This Christmas" “….offers bona fide jazz improvisation from a first-rate vocalist and her accomplished collaborators."
Chamber Music at Bethel
Sunday at 3
March 2, 2008
The Monday Evening Concert series will introduce Chamber Music at Bethel in our Sunday at 3 performance March 2. Three of Chicagoland’s outstanding classical musicians, violinist Katherine Hughes, cellist Jill Kaeding and pianist Jeffrey Panko will be featured in their first public performance as a trio. Their program will include trios of Mozart and Brahms and will also highlight each musician in solo performance.
Elmhurst’s Own
May 5, 2008
Our final performance for the ninth season of the Monday Evening Concert Series will feature three of our talented Elmhurst musicians. Dramatic soprano Marcy Stonikas, flutist Jennifer Brown and Jeffrey Panko will present a program featuring major works including Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” the Faure Flute Sonata and the Busoni piano transcription of Bach’s famous “Toccata and Fugue in d minor.”
Ticket Information
| General | Senior (60+) | Students | Amount | |
| Buy an Annual Subscription! | $70 | $65 | $15 | $ |
|
Jeff Panko and Friends September 24, 2007 |
$20 | $18 | $5 | $ |
|
Jazz at Bethel December 10, 2007 |
$20 | $18 | $5 | $ |
|
Chamber Music at Bethel Sunday at 3 March 2, 2008 |
$20 | $18 | $5 | $ |
|
Elmhurst's Own May 5, 2008 |
$20 | $18 | $5 | $ |
Doors open thirty minutes before the concert. Tickets are available at the door. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more and must be purchased in advance. Please contact the church office for more information.
Concert goers are invited to a reception to meet the artists immediately following the program. Refreshments and desserts will be served.
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