Looking back at CAIC's 2014-15 season

April 23, 2015 in Music

The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago closed out its 2014-15 season this month, and with it, my second season shooting for them. Through terrific recital programming, a series of master classes, and expert coachings, CAIC has added a vibrant art-song presence to Chicago's music scene, and I've been happy to see its audience grow at each event. Congratulations to my friends at CAIC on another wonderful season - I was happy to see it all, once again, through the camera.

Joshua Hopkins, Kelley O'Connor, Susanna Phillips, Nicholas Phan at Poetry Foundation

Michelle DeYoung and Kevin Murphy at Harold Washington Library

J'nai Bridges at Dixon Stein

John Brancy and Peter Dugan at Logan Center

Maureen Zoltek at Dixon Stein

J'nai Bridges at Dixon Stein

John Brancy and Peter Dugan at Logan Center

Dr. Timothy Cheek coaches Czech singing

Martin Katz coaches French music

Bridget Skaggs performs in a master class

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CAIC's Winter Lieder Lounge

February 03, 2015 in Music, Concerts

Back for another wonderful Lieder Lounge with my friends at the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. From the Dixon-Stein instrument shop, CAIC hosted this salon recital featuring mezzo-soprano J'nai Bridges, pianist Maureen Zoltek, and violist Frank Babbitt in music by Brahms, Ravel, de Falla, and Britten.

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A gallery of singers.

September 05, 2014 in Music, Concerts

I love photographing singers - it's the perfect combination of drama and music.

Laquita Mitchell, Shannon McGinnis

Kiera Duffy, Shannon McGinnis

J'nai Bridges

Alice Teyssier

Anthony Clark Evans

Juliet Petrus, Matthew Gemmill

Deborah Selig, Shannon McGinnis

Julie Anne Miller, Maureen Zoltek

Saturday night with a soprano

April 15, 2014 in Concerts, Events, Music

The Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago is quickly changing the way Chicago audiences listen to vocal music. No fancy halls or microphones; just intimate venues and soloists singing the long neglected form of art song. On Saturday, CAIC held its Spring Lieder Lounge in the Dixon-Stein studio on the 8th floor of the Fine Arts Building. Perched above Michigan Avenue, the Dixon-Stein space was a perfect salon-style setting to listen to songs by Schubert, Fauré, Sibelius, and American composers Libby Larsen and Tom Cipullo, performed by renowned soprano Deborah Selig and pianist Shannon McGinnis. This was the fifth event I've shot for CAIC, and my appreciation for vocal music grows with every performance. As an added bonus, CAIC announced its 2014-15 season with a brochure that features my photos.

Soprano Deborah Selig and pianist Shannon McGinnis

The Dixon-Stein instrument shop doubles as a performance salon on the eighth floor of the Fine Arts Building.

Violins hanging in the Dixon-Stein studio.

CAIC's attractive new brochure for its 2014-2015 season.