by Carlo Diaz | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
CHICAGO (August 27, 2014) – Anthony Devroye, Chicago-based violist of the Avalon String Quartet and an Associate Professor at the Northern Illinois University School of Music, has been named the new Artistic Director of Rush Hour Concerts (RHC), the 15-year-old...
by Carlo Diaz | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, Listening Moment, Listening Moment Series, News, Uncategorized
Deborah Sobol, the founder of Rush Hour Concerts, was devoted to the music of J.S. Bach. On July 15th, Rush Hour celebrated its 15th Anniversary with a program focused on Bach, featuring organ music performed by Bruce Barber as well as the Sones de México Ensemble...
by Carlo Diaz | May 30, 2014 | Listening Moment, Listening Moment Series, News, Uncategorized
This month we’ve asked Bruce Barber to share his thoughts on Alexandre Guilmant. The relationship between Rush Hour Concerts and the Great Organ at St. James Cathedral was firmly established 15 years ago during the first Summer Concert Series, and this joyous...
by Carlo Diaz | Apr 17, 2014 | Blog, Listening Moment, News, Uncategorized
This month we’ve asked Winston Choi to share his thoughts on Gabriel Fauré. Please watch for Civitas Ensemble’s performance of Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor at the end of the month in our April newsletter. Gabriel Fauré believed...
by Carlo Diaz | Mar 28, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RUSH HOUR CONCERTS 2014 Celebrating 15th Anniversary and Honoring Memory of Founder Deborah Sobol Brant Taylor takes reins as Interim Artistic Director and Kitty Rothschild takes lead as Acting Executive Director Free Concerts every Tuesday...
by Carlo Diaz | Jan 15, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
The snow is swirling outside my window in Chicago as I write this on a mid-January morning. My thoughts turn to Austria – Vienna, to be specific – and what January in the mid-1700’s must have been like. No central heating, no electricity, only the...