Arts & Entertainment
Music for Peace at Church of Beethoven
Meet Chicago's rising stars in classical music. Church of Beethoven-Oak Park presents Music for Peace with the Virtuoso Philharmonic Duo
Meet Chicago’s rising stars in classical music.
Church of Beethoven-Oak Park presents Music for Peace for a Sunday morning with the Virtuoso Philharmonic Chamber Duo Nov. 16.
Violinist Olya Prohorova and Flutist Erina Koyasu will perform music by C.P.E Bach, J.S.Bach, Mozart and Telemann.
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Founded in the fall of 2012, the Virtuoso Philharmonic of Chicago, based out of Roosevelt University, Chicago, is one of the only orchestras in the world comprised of and managed by people under the age of 30 and one of the few orchestras in the United States that is run by members of the orchestra.
The show takes place at the Open Door Theater, 902 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Oak Park.
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The Church of Beethoven is “...a ‘church’ with no preaching, just uplifting music, poetry and two minutes of silence in an all-too-busy world.” The goal of the Church of Beethoven is to build a sense of community around the arts, by removing the typically formal atmosphere of classical music, by breaking down the proverbial “fourth wall” between the audience and the performers. Featuring intimate Sunday morning performances by professional poets and musicians, it is located in the Arts District of Oak Park Illinois.
Mistress of Ceremonies is walking-musical-encyclopedia Val Camilletti of Val’s halla Records.
Val will be reading a special poem for her 75th birthday.
The original Church of Beethoven was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Oak Park native and classical cellist Felix Wurman in an abandoned gas station on historic U. S. Route 66. http://youtu.be/F_NekVF9XXY The Albuquerque “Church” grew out of its humble beginnings and moved into The Kosmos, a larger arts space. Felix Wurman died of cancer in 2009, but the Church of Beethoven (now Sunday Chatter) lives on in Albuquerque and has sprouted new branches in Durham, North Carolina. Tuscon, Arizona, Santa Monica, California and here in Oak Park, Illinois.
Show begins at 10:30 a.m., with complimentary cookies and coffee at 10 a.m.
See website: www.churchofbeethoven-oakpark.com for more information.
