About this Event
Presented in the Colvin House, a historic turn-of-the-century Edgewater mansion, built in 1909 by Frank Lloyd Wright contemporary George Maher, and revived and maintained by the Creative Coworking Company, we are thrilled to present CANDLELIGHT VOYAGE, an intimate journey through the beauty of classical music.
In the Candlelight Voyage, come be transported to the furthest reaches of classical music's beauty. From the Baroque, to the joyful simplicity of the Classicalists, to the emotional depths of the Romantics and the surreal and existential questionings of the 20th and 21st centuries. This four-evening series highlights the most profound moments chronologically, starting with Bach and before, to Rachmaninoff and beyond. Each performance will include an intimate, powerful, candlelit stage, and one-of-a-kind personal introductions from the musical artists themselves.
Night 1 (Th 5/2): Works for piano, violin and cello. Featured works: Leoninus, Vivaldi, Mozart, Boccherini, Haydn, J.S. Bach and Beethoven.
Night 2 (Th 5/9): Works for piano, violin and cello. Featured works: Chopin, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.
Night 3 (Th 5/16): Works for piano, violin and cello. Featured works: Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Britten, Ysaye, Ravel, Clarke and Shostakovitch.
Night 4 (Th 5/23: Works for piano, violin and cello. Featured works: Part, Schnittke, Messiaen, Glass, Xenakis, Saariaho, Nicole Mitchell and Nina Simone.
Each evening will include personal introductions from the artists, as well as audience interaction with artists onstage.
About Creative Coworking: With locations in Evanston, Edgewater, and West Town, Creative Coworking is a network of members-only workspaces, small event venues, and business incubators for creative professionals, startups, entrepreneurs, and everyone in between. Here, you will find quiet, comfortable workspaces with a sense of community. From private offices and conference rooms to collaboration zones and public spaces, all members of Creative Coworking can find a place that best suits their work mode.
About the Artists:
Missing Piece (Kelly Quesada and Dan Galat) - resident ensemble
Shi-An Costello - artist-in-residence and curator
Kelly Quesada's early career brought first prizes in the concerto competitions of University of Oregon and Baldwin Wallace Youth Orchestras. After full scholarship orchestral studies at the University of Alabama, Ms. Quesada served as principal cellist of the Civic Orchestra, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony. In recent years, she has appeared as a soloist and chamber artist with: Eugene Symphony and North Mississippi Symphony; Tuuli, Ido and Delgani String Quartets; and a special concerto appearance of a new Griffin Candey cello concerto with the CHAI Collaborative Collective. Ms. Quesada is a pupil of David Alan Harrell of the Cleveland Orchestra and Baroque cello virtuoso Marc Vanscheeuwijck.
Violinist Dan Galat received his BM, MM and Performance Diploma from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. After serving 5 seasons as Assistant Concertmaster of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Galat went on to hold positions with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, New Philharmonic, Illinois Philharmonic, Bach Cantata Vespers, and Fulcrum Point New Music Project. He has also appeared with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Galat is a co-founding member of Missing Piece Duo, and currently serves as concertmaster of the Chicago Composers Orchestra.
Pianist and composer Shi-An Costello is a recent recipient of a Chicago Takes Ten High Concept Labs/Walder Foundation new music commission for his electro-acoustic work, Household Sounds of Chicago, and an Individual Artist Support Award from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, for his newest solo piano work, The Orient. Other recent commissions include works for Masso Quartet, The Blank Experiment, Chromic Duo, and Missing Piece. As a pianist, Mr. Costello has recently appeared in recital with members of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Winnipeg, Honolulu, and Thunder Bay Symphonies, the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago, and the Musical Pathways Initiative of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In his youth, Costello was a piano and theory student under Vladimir Leyetchkiss, one of the last pupils of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus, and a trombone student under Richard Schmitt, former principal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Food & Drink:
We are officially selling food onsite at Colvin House! Guests can order from a limited menu each week.
We do not sell alcoholic beverages. A selection of non-alcoholic beverages is available for purchase, but you're welcome to bring your own beer, wine, etc.
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Parking Info:
Colvin House can only provide very limited parking onsite for this event, usually reserved for parkers with disabilities.
The first 20 cars can park FREE at George B. Swift Elementary School, just a block west of Colvin House (as space allows). Please pull up to Colvin House's driveway gate (Thorndale Ave) first to receive a parking permit, which will provide further instructions.
The Malibu Condominiums (6007 N Sheridan) parking garage is under construction and not open for public parking.
We recommend arriving early if you need to park.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Colvin House, 5940 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, United States
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