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Warm fall greetings from Rush Hour!
On the heels of our tremendously successful 2007 summer season, we are pleased to launch our
monthly newsletter to keep you up-to-date on all of our events,
happenings, and recommendations for the "culturally curious" year-round. |
2007: A Spectacular Season
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 Over 5,000 cookies and brownies, 4,000 glasses of wine, 260 pounds of fruit, and 75 pounds of cheese were served over the course of the summer at the pre-concert receptions...
A roster of 30 world-class artists performed 13 diverse programs for audiences of over 400 listeners each week...
 ... and nearly 5,000 people visited the new Rush Hour website during the season, which includes a blog, audio clips and podcasts, program notes, artist biographies, and much more.
Thank you again to all who have contributed
financially at any level to help us guarantee that our weekly concerts and audience enrichment activities continue to remain free and available to all.
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Welcoming Our New Executive Director
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Rush Hour is pleased to welcome Megan Balderston as its new Executive Director.
She will cultivate partnerships between Rush Hour and community leaders
as well as provide strategic planning and management of musical
programs and fundraising activities.
"Megan has extensive experience in
development, administration, and concert production. She embraces Rush
Hour's philosophy of innovation and inclusion, and is dedicated to
expanding our influence on the Chicago cultural landscape," said
Deborah Sobol, Rush Hour's Artistic Director.
Megan has spent 16 years in the nonprofit arena, including positions with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, and DePaul University.
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Fanfare Committee Corner
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 The Fanfare Committee is comprised of Chicago-area young professionals who help expand Rush Hour's outreach to new audiences and generate revenue through products and events, which help keep the weekly summer festival free and accessible to all.
Formed in January 2007, the committee hosted its first annual "Rush Hour Tasting" house concert in April and operated ENSEMBLE, Rush Hour's gift shop, during the summer season.
Stay tuned for details regarding the Fanfare Committee's upcoming fall membership gathering and its special holiday party.
To learn more about how you can get involved with the Fanfare Committee, please contact Managing Director Julie Hutchison at julie@rushhour.org or 773.338.9480.
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Recommendations from the Artistic Director
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At the last concert of our '07 season, I recommended several series to those who wanted to keep great music in their busy lives over the fall, winter and spring months.
Here are three great concerts coming up this month featuring artists from the '07 Rush Hour roster -- all very different from one other, all guaranteed great events!
- Deborah Sobol
This Sunday, October 21, attend the
third annual MozartFest at St. James Cathedral
(4 p.m. - 65 E. Huron St., Chicago.)Hear a stellar Mozart
program: Serenade for Strings in G major, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" KV
525 and the last work Mozart penned: his Requiem Mass, KV 626 (featured
so prominently in the play and movie "Amadeus.")
The Cathedral Choir and Chamber Orchestra are conducted by Director of
Cathedral Music Bruce J. Barber II and are joined by soloists Carole
FitzPatrick, soprano; Pamela King, mezzo-soprano; Mark Goodrich, tenor;
and Brandon Mayberry, bass. (RH audiences will remember Carole
FitzPatrick from our August 28 PDQ Bach program.)
The requested
donation for this concert is $15.
Read the full article >>
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