Fourth Coast Ensemble is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 season, featuring programming that celebrates the connections between poetry, music, and voices in the Chicago art song community. The season opens with a festive gala in a beautiful Lincoln Park home on December 8, 2024, and continues into the spring with the second iteration of WordSong Chicago, a literary-forward event featuring four new commissions on the text of a Chicago poet, and the 6th Annual Chicago songSLAM competition, presented in cooperation with Sparks & Wiry Cries.
Tickets for the ensemble's annual fall fundraiser, the 2024 Holiday Soirée, are on sale now and are limited! Join the quartet for an evening of hors d'oeuvres, caroling, and desserts from Toni's Patisserie on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 5pm in a beautiful Lincoln Park home.
Tickets for the ensemble's annual fall fundraiser, the 2024 Holiday Soirée, are on sale now and are limited! Join the quartet for an evening of hors d'oeuvres, caroling, and desserts from Toni's Patisserie on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 5pm in a beautiful Lincoln Park home.
The quartet rings in the holiday season with a festive gala, our 2024 Holiday Soirée in the Lincoln Park home of Eszter Borvendeg and Mark Wight on Sunday, December 8 at 5:00pm. The program will feature a wintry mix of holiday and secular favorites; tickets include access to the cocktail hour, concert, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and sweets throughout the night.
Individual tickets are $250 per person, or $900 for a group of four. Patrons will receive a tax deductible receipt for each ticket purchased. All proceeds benefit the artistic and operating expenses of Fourth Coast Ensemble, 501(c)(3).
Individual tickets are $250 per person, or $900 for a group of four. Patrons will receive a tax deductible receipt for each ticket purchased. All proceeds benefit the artistic and operating expenses of Fourth Coast Ensemble, 501(c)(3).
WordSong Chicago explores how one poem can be interpreted in multiple ways by readers, composers, and performers. Four musical settings of the same poem will be commissioned, including from 2024 Virtual songSLAM winner Tabes Bridges, and performed by Fourth Coast Ensemble. Attendees will receive an interactive guide to write down thoughts, reactions, and insights, and will be encouraged to engage in conversation with the composers and poets in attendance.
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The 6th Annual Chicago songSLAM, in partnership with Sparks and Wiry Cries, is a unique and energizing community event for composer/performer teams to premiere new art songs and compete for cash prizes. Fashioned after poetry slams and storytelling events, teams will premiere a new song of no more than 5 minutes for voice and piano and compete for $3,000 in audience-awarded cash prizes.
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