Harmony Piano Studio
Brahms! Selected Works of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Drei Duette Op. 20 (1861)
Weg der Liebe Völker
Weg der Liebe Völker
Die Meere Müller/Italian
Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114 (1891)
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino grazioso
Allegro
Intermission
Zigeunerlieder "Gypsy Songs" Op. 103 (1887)
Selections-two, four, six, seven, eight Conrat
Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 (1893)
Zwei gesänge Op. 91 (1884)
Gestillte Sehnsucht Rückert
Geistliches Wiegenlied Geibel
Hungarian Dances
Con moto/Presto- #6 (1880) arr. K. Bjorling
Vivace- #16 (1869)
Jennifer K. McCabe, piano
... is an inspired piano teacher and adjudicator at The Musical Offering and in the Chicago area who loves bringing music to a new generation. A 1995 graduate of Northern Illinois University in piano, she has also studied voice, woodwinds, steel pan, non-profit management and composition. As a collaborative pianist, vocal coach and music director, she has worked with local opera companies and universities, Temple Beth Israel, MIC, Merit School of Music, ChiArts, Renee Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Ramsey Lewis, Michael Ehrman, Nisanne Howell of the CSO and singers from the CSO, Lyric Opera and Grant Park Choruses.
Sammi Block, mezzo soprano
...is a graduate student in the Master of Music in Voice Performance program at North Park University in Chicago. She performs with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Grant Park Chorus, Bella Voce, William Ferris Chorale, The Chicago Bach Ensemble, and St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church’s Parish Choir. Sammi teaches voice lessons at The Musical Offering in Evanston.
Marla Aviva Bentley, soprano
...is a passionate educator, conductor, voice teacher, and singer. She has recorded nearly 30 operettas with the Comic Opera Guild for the National Library of Congress Archives Collection. Marla Aviva earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Choral Music Education with Honors from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Pedagogy from Oakland University. She serves in Skokie as the Cantorial Soloist and Music Director at Temple Beth Israel.
Kurt Bjorling, clarinet
...is a teacher here at the Musical Offering, director of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble, has toured with Brave Old World, the Klezmatics and Itzhak Perlman and has taught klezmer music interpretation at numerous festivals and workshops worldwide. He studied clarinet with Lloyd Scott, Larry Combs, and Rose Sperrazza. In addition to Yiddish music, he is active in jazz, 16-17th century chamber music, various styles of ethnic folk music and composing and arranging music for chamber and theater orchestras.
Ruth Rozen, cello
... studied cello at Tel Aviv University and was a member of the Haifa and Israel Opera orchestras before returning to the United States. She is now a senior curriculum designer at the Hadley School for the Blind in Winnetka, Illinois. She continues to be an active cellist as a member of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra as well as an enthusiastic chamber musician. She plays a cello built in 1992 by her father, Zvi Rozenn.
