St. John Brebeuf Presents Magnificat Concert

SJB Musica Lumina music series continues with “Magnificat”

The third concert of the Musica Lumina 2015-16 season – Magnificat – is Sunday, Oct. 25 at St. John Brebeuf, 8307 N. Harlem Avenue, Niles. The 3 p.m. performance will feature soloists soprano Maureen Smith, mezzo soprano Ewa Kowcz-Fair, mezzo soprano Jennifer Olenic, tenor Scott Brunscheen, baritone Ryan de Ryke. Conductor Marek Rachelski will lead the Niles Metropolitan Chorus and with the Musica Lumina Orchestra.

Admission is free but a free will donation would be greatly appreciated.

The Musica Lumina 2015-16 concert series opened on Sept. 27 with “Perspectives on Love and War” featuring renowned tenor Christopher Reames and Soprano Maureen Smith. The second concert featured the New Tradition Chorus and the Purdue Varsity Glee Club

Sponsored by Relevant Radio and Bugle Newspapers, the nine concert 2015-16 series organized by SJB Music Director Marek Rachelski (pictured)will include three commemorative concerts given in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Stanley Rudki, the former chair of the Niles College Department of Fine Arts, who founded the Niles Concert Choir and Niles Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s. They are Magnificats on Sunday, October 25, at 3 p.m., a Do-it-Yourself Messiah on Tuesday, December 1, at 7 p.m., and Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427, on Sunday, March 20, at 3 p.m.

Five additional performances include Quintet Attacca on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m., Avanti Guitar Trio on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m., Kantorei: The Singing Boys of Rockford on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. and Musica Lumina: Music from the Slavic World on Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m.

For more information, call 847-966-8145 or visit www.sjbrebeuf.org. For information about sponsorships on individual concerts or the series, call 847-720-4495.