Looking back at CAIC's 2014-15 season

April 23, 2015 in Music

The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago closed out its 2014-15 season this month, and with it, my second season shooting for them. Through terrific recital programming, a series of master classes, and expert coachings, CAIC has added a vibrant art-song presence to Chicago's music scene, and I've been happy to see its audience grow at each event. Congratulations to my friends at CAIC on another wonderful season - I was happy to see it all, once again, through the camera.

Joshua Hopkins, Kelley O'Connor, Susanna Phillips, Nicholas Phan at Poetry Foundation

Michelle DeYoung and Kevin Murphy at Harold Washington Library

J'nai Bridges at Dixon Stein

John Brancy and Peter Dugan at Logan Center

Maureen Zoltek at Dixon Stein

J'nai Bridges at Dixon Stein

John Brancy and Peter Dugan at Logan Center

Dr. Timothy Cheek coaches Czech singing

Martin Katz coaches French music

Bridget Skaggs performs in a master class

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CAIC's Winter Lieder Lounge

February 03, 2015 in Music, Concerts

Back for another wonderful Lieder Lounge with my friends at the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. From the Dixon-Stein instrument shop, CAIC hosted this salon recital featuring mezzo-soprano J'nai Bridges, pianist Maureen Zoltek, and violist Frank Babbitt in music by Brahms, Ravel, de Falla, and Britten.