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The Performing Arts Series is arranged by the Irving Park Fine Arts Committee. The group is dedicated to providing the Irving Park community with a variety of high quality professional musical and theatrical events with no admission charge and to providing professional Chicagoland musicians, theatrical directors, dancers and actors a venue for performance and artistic growth.

All concerts, unless otherwise noted, are at 2:00 PM in the Irving Park Lutheran Church sanctuary located at the NW corner of Belle Plaine & Harding in Chicago.

For information, please contact Roger Bingaman at (773) 267-1666 or e-mail Irving Park Fine Arts Committee

The programs for the 2008/09 season will be (Download the 2008/09 season brochure):

October 12, 2008

PolyKrome Brass Ensemble

Assembled of some of Chicago’s finest musicians, PolyKrome Brass has a combined performing experience of over 20 years. PolyKrome's members have had the opportunity to work internationally, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo Japan, and extensively throughout the US. Member's have performed with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, the Millar Brass Ensemble, Chicago Light Opera Works, and Ohio Light Opera. Never afraid to step away from the traditional, PolyKrome Brass and it's members are always interested in new and fun ways to perform and bring music to it's audiences. More...

December 14, 2008, 4:00 pm

The Lutheran Choir of Chicago

LCC was founded in 1947 as part of the centennial celebration of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. What began as a celebration is now a select group of performers ranging from different spiritual backgrounds.

Whether performing from the chancel or from center stage, the Lutheran Choir of Chicago presents a wide range of styles and compositions with a spirit that is contagious. From Bach to Brahms to contemporary song, LCC is a popular group at places of worship, music festivals, civic events, concert halls, and on radio and television programs. LCC reaches out to people everywhere with musical reflections of our common Christian heritage. More...

February 22, 2009

Andrew McCann, violin
Amy Briggs, piano

A native of Philadelphia, PA, violinist Andrew McCann holds degrees from Oberlin College and Conservatory (B.Mus. violin and B.A. history) and the University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign (M.M. violin). His principal teachers include Gregory Fulkerson, Jorja Fleezanis and Sherban Lupu. He is a member of the New Millennium String Quartet and since 2007 has performed as a duo with Grammy award winning eighth blackbird violinist, Matt Albert. More...

Pianist Amy Briggs has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of living composers, while also bringing a fresh perspective to music of the past. Based in Chicago, she is the pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW ensemble. More...

April 26, 2009

Apollo Trio

Scott Metlika-Flute
Karl Rzasa-Bassoon
Matthew Coley-Marimba & Percussion

The Apollo Trio is one of the Chicago metropolitan area's premiere chamber music ensembles. It was founded in 1995 as a woodwind ensemble, and over the years has incorporated harp, piano, strings and percussion. Members perform regularly with the Elgin Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, Illinois Philharmonic, Metropolis Symphony, and Light Opera Works of Evanston. More...

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