FOURTH COAST ENSEMBLE
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        • A Brush With Our Time, world premiere
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 2017-18 Season ​

INSPIRING PERFORMANCES          REMARKABLE VOICES          POWERFUL SONG

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I-THOU, world premiere
a new song cycle by Wayland Rogers

​featuring Dana Brown, piano
with staging by George Cederquist
May 3, 2018 
World Premiere

Newberry Library
Gold Coast, Chicago, IL
May 4, 2018 
World Premiere
​Pleasant Home
Oak Park, IL
May 6, 2018 
World Premiere
​North Shore Unitarian Church
Deerfield, IL
Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano
Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano
​Zachary Vanderburg, tenor 
David Govertsen, bass-baritone

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Americana
​featuring Mark Bilyeu, piano

January 19, 2018
Logan Square - Parlor Concert

Chicago, IL
​January 23, 2018
Newberry Library
Gold Coast, Chicago, IL
January 22, 2018
St. Paul & the Redeemer
Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano 
Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano
​Zachary Vanderburg, tenor
David Govertsen, bass-baritone

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2017-18 Season Benefit Concert
​featuring Beth Parker, piano
and Matthew Gemmill, piano

November 10, 2017



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alla Rossini
​featuring Beth Parker, piano
​and Matthew Gemmill, piano

November 9, 2017
Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL
Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano 
Bridget Skaggs, mezzo-soprano
​Zachary Vanderburg, tenor
​David Govertsen, bass-baritone
November 12, 2017
Lincoln Park - Parlor Concert
Chicago, IL
Fourth Coast Ensemble is supported in part by the generosity of Arts Work Fund at Chicago Community Trust, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Illinois Department of Commerce Community Development Fund.
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1631 S. Michigan Ave., #307
Chicago, IL 60616
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Website photography by Elliot Mandel Photography
  • About
    • The Organization
    • Quartet & Staff Members
  • On Stage
    • Upcoming
    • 2024-25 Season >
      • 2024 Holiday Soirée
      • WordSong Chicago: Woodwinds by Ami Kaye
      • 6th Annual Chicago songSLAM
    • Past Seasons >
      • 2023-24 Season >
        • Chicago Public Art in Song
        • 2023 Holiday Soirée
        • Shores of Song Festival >
          • From Schumann to Chicago
          • WordSong Chicago
          • Off the Bench: Songs from the Pianist Perspective
          • Fifth Annual songSLAM Chicago
        • End of Season Kabarett
      • 2022-23 Season >
        • 2022 Gala: Chicago Public Art in Song
        • Laughterreise: Liebeslieder Edition
        • Chicago songSLAM
        • Fine Folk
        • End of Season Potluck
      • 2021-22 Season >
        • A Brush With Our Time, world premiere
        • Laughterreise
        • Roaring Twenties
        • Chicago songSLAM
        • End of Season Talent Show
      • 2021 HD Season >
        • Soprano | Mezzo Duo
        • Tenor | Bass Duo
        • Quartet Remix
        • songSLAM
      • 2019-20 Season >
        • Songs of Fourth Coast
        • American Woman
        • Between the Lines
        • Four by Four
  • Blog
  • Support
    • Give
  • Contact
  • Shop