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CHICAGO CHAPTER: NEWS

ACF MEMBER BENEFITS IN CHICAGO

Listed below are some of the many discounts you can receive by joining the American Composers Forum. Call the Chicago chapter office at 312.922.6311 for more information.*

Concert & Music Venue Tickets

Bella Voce: 20% off general ticket; $10 off season ticket; 312.461.0723

The Chicago Chamber Musicians: ComposersPerspectiveSeries; $15 ticket (normally $30); $5 off other CCM concerts; 312.692.9000

Chicago Master Singers: $25 general ticket (normally $35); 877.825.5267

CSO MusicNOW Series: $10 general ticket (normally $19); 312.294.3000

CUBE Ensemble: $8 ticket Spring Festival Series (normally $15)

Grant Park Music Festival: 50% discount on single night reserved seating pass (normally $10); 312.742.4763

Mostly Music at NEIU: $10 general ticket (normally $15+); 773.442.4978 call in advance

New Classic Singers (at the McAnnich Arts Center at College of Dupage): 50% off regular ticket price, maximum 2 tickets; 630.942.4000

The Orion Ensemble: $15 general ticket (normally $23);630.628.9591

Polish Arts Club: Call for discount; 773.862.4686 or 847.318.7975

University of Chicago Presents: 50% off all Contemporary Chamber Players concerts, both single (normally $20 general/$11 students) and subscriptions ($45 general/$30 students); 773.702.8068


Music Businesses in Chicago

Tower Records: $2 off any CD @ $12.99 or more which is not on sale

American Music World: Additional 10% on sale pianos & keyboards; 312.786.9600

Performers Music: one time 10% discount in store (must use coupon provided by ACF-C). 312.987.1196

Sweetwater: 10% discount on most sound equipment and items; ask for Sam Rodgers; 312.867.0250

*Discount subject to availability & limited to one discount per member. Must provide active ACF-C membership card at time of purchase to receive discount.

SINAI COMMUNITY INSTITUTE PROJECT DOCUMENTARY COMPLETE

(JUNE 2003) Videographer Tom Buckley of Prairie Fire Media has completed his chapter-commissioned documentary on the chapter’s innovative partnership with Sinai Community Institute. The 11-minute video was culled from more than 14 hours of footage, and is being used to inspire continued public participation in this groundbreaking program.

With support from the MacArthur Foundation, the program brought in eight composers to work with the institute in Chicago’s underserved North Lawndale community. As part of institute projects supporting school-aged children, pregnant and parenting teens, parents struggling with addiction, high-risk adolescents, and families with special requirements, the composers worked with community members to write new works.

CHICAGO AREA PARKS TO HOST CONCERT SERIES

(MAY 2003) The chapter and the Chicago Park District are currently planning a concert series to be held in area parks between May and July 2004. The chapter will plan the event in conjunction with the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music; the Guild Complex, a poetry organization; Sones de Mexico, a Latino ensemble; Miyumi/Asian Improv Project, an Asian performance ensemble; and the park district.

The series will be presented with support from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund.