2005
Each year West choirs’ major project is to travel to a great city and perform the music of the greatest composers of that city in it’s greatest venues. The choirs traveled to Los Angeles in 2002 and were joined by composer Morten Lauridsen, first at the University of Southern California and then at the magnificent First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. This past spring the choirs traveled to Boston to present Charles Osborne’s Souls on Fire with special guest Leonard Nimoy and then they presented the world premiere of Daniel Pinkham’s Let the Word Go Forth at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. This spring the choir will travel to Chicago to perform newly commissioned works of Chicago composers at such places as Holy Name Cathedral and Orchestra Hall. These collaborations are indicative of the distinctive and inimitable opportunities available to West choir students.
April 27 -May 1
(TENTATIVE)
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
7PM load buses
7:30PM depart West by motor coach
Thursday, April 28, 2005
9:00 AM arrive in Chicago
9:30 AM tour Hancock Tower, observation deck
10:30 AM walk to Quigley Seminary
11:00 AM perform at mass at St. James Chapel
12:00 PM lunch at Water Tower Place
1:30 PM Fourth Presb. Church for rehearsal
2:00 PM rehearsal with composers
4:00 PM transfer to House of Blues
4:30 PM dinner at House of Blues
6:00 PM transfer to Navy Pier--Free Time
9:00 PM transfer to Holiday Inn Elk Grove
11:00 PM curfew
Friday, April 29, 2005
7:30 AM breakfast in hotel
9:00 AM Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium
12:00 PM lunch on own
1:00 PM free time in Millenium Park
2:00 PM informal sing at Grant Park Shell
2:30 PM transfer to St. James Cathedral
3:00 PM rehearsal in music room, then brief
singing in the Cathedral
5:00 PM walk to Ed Debevics for dinner
5:15 PM dinner
6:30 PM Fourth Presbyterian Church & change
8:00 PM concert
10:30 PM transfer to hotel
11:30 PM curfew
Saturday, April 30, 2005
8:30 PM breakfast at Rainforest Cafe
10:00 PM transfer to Navy Pier for boat tour
12:45 PM lunch at Hard Rock Cafe
2:15 PM depart for Chicago Symphony Hall
3:00 PM workshop and singing on stage
4:00 PM transfer to Holy Name Cathedral
5:30 PM sing at mass
7:00 PM transfer to boat
7:30 PM board Spirit of Chicago--dinner/dance
11:00 PM transfer to hotel
11:30 PM curfew
Sunday, May 1, 2005
6:30 AM breakfast in hotel
8:00 AM depart
11:00 PM arrive back at West