BARRISTERS BIG BAND BENEFIT BALL
in support of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Live Auction & Silent Auction Items
(as of 16 April 2012)
Concerts, Performances, Museums, Events
Private Performance as Clarence Darrow in a One-Man Play
(donated by Kevin Bry)
Professional actor and lawyer (and Chicago Bar Association Chorus bass) Kevin Bry will give a lecture-performance on the life and legal career of America’s foremost trial attorney, Clarence Darrow, at a Chicago-area venue of your choice. The show features Darrow’s great legal arguments and includes not only Darrow’s perspective, but also many other points of view, including those of his clients, opposing counsel, and friends and acquaintances. The lecture-performance is approximately 90 minutes long and recommended for a minimum audience oftwelve. A performance date in the August-October range is preferred.
Value: $250
Minimum bid: $100
Music of the Baroque 2012-2013 Season Gift Certificate
(donated by Music of the Baroque)
A set of two flexible 3-concert subscriptions to the Music of the Baroque’s 2012-2013 concert series. The winning bidder is entitled to a pair of tickets (for “A” seats, the best tier of seats) to any three concerts from the list below:
· Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass (with soprano Susanna Phillips) and Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony
· “Bravura Bach,” an evening of instrumental works by J.S. Bach, including the fourth orchestral suite and E Major violin concerto
· Holiday Brass & Choral Concert featuring performances of inspiring music for virtuoso chorus and brass ensemble
· “Mozart Celebration,” commemorating Mozart’s birthday with a program of works for orchestra, piano, and voice, including “Exsultate, jubilate,” the Symphony No. 39, and the C Minor piano concerto
· “Handel’s Water Music—and More,” a program featuring Handel’s complete Water Music, one of Haydn’s great “London” symphonies, No. 97, and his Symphony No. 64
· Handel’s “Israel in Egypt”
· Bach’s “St. John Passion”
The winning bidder will receive a hard-copy certificate that can be redeemed by phone. If needed, he/she may subsequently exchange a pair of tickets and attend a different performance (as long as there is available seating, which there almost always is).
Value: $342
Minimum bid: $175
Two Season Passes to the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2012-13 Concert Series
(donated by Rebecca Burlingham)
Each season pass includes admission for one (reserved priority seating) to all subscription concerts in the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and Chorus’s 2012-2013 season, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Bruckner, Saint-Saens, and others. Concerts will take place at St. James Cathedral (65 E. Huron, at Wabash) in downtown Chicago. The orchestra and chorus will perform three major concerts, tentatively scheduled for November, March, and May. An additional chamber concert will feature members of the orchestra and chorus, performing in small ensembles.
Value: $60 each
Minimum bid: $30 each
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO) Tickets
7:30-9:00 PM, Sunday, May 13, 2013 at Symphony Center (Orchestra Hall)
(donated by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Have an enchanting night at Orchestra Hall with your friends, with four tickets to the May 13 concert by the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO)! Tickets are for general-admission seats on the main floor (first-come, first-served).
The program includes two world premieres:
· Bedřich Smetana:“The Moldau” from Má vlast (performed by CYSO’s Concert Orchestra, Terrance Malone Gray, conductor)
· Jonathan Newman (b. 1972):Blow It Up, Start Again (world premiere)
· Joel Puckett (b. 1977): Concerto Duo for Flute, Clarinet, and Orchestra (world premiere featuring CYSO alumni Demarre Anthony McGill – Demarre is the principal flute of the Seattle Symphony, and Anthony is the principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
· Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64
The winning bidder will receive a hard-copy gift certificate for a set of four tickets.
Value: $80
Minimum bid: $20
Private Violin & Piano Recital, Hosted by 98.7 WFMT’s Dennis Moore
(donated by Sara Su Jones & Dennis Moore)
Enjoy a private violin recital by Sara Su Jones, the concertmaster of the CBASO and a professional-level violinist, at your home or other location of your choice (with a piano) in the Chicago area, including the suburbs. Sara Su's regular recital partner is pianist Tatyana Stepanova, a former first-place winner of the Russian National Piano Competition who has performed at Symphony Center with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 98.7 WFMT program host Dennis Moore will offer commentary on the pieces being performed.
A “house recital” typically runs 40-45 minutes; the date and time will be arranged by mutual agreement. If you wish, you may select the works to be performed from Sara Su's broad repertoire list, including sonatas by Franck, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Vivaldi, and Handel, and a wide variety of virtuoso works and popular encore pieces in diverse styles, from Gershwin and Kreisler to Debussy and Rachmaninov.
Value: $500
Minimum bid: $200
Private Performance by the Barristers Big Band
(donated by John Vishneski)
Have the Barristers Big Band (25-piece ensemble with vocalists) play at your office party, wedding, or private party. Up to three hours of music and dancing.
Value: $2,500
Minimum bid: $1,000
Private Performance by the Scales of Justice
(donated by John Vishneski)
Don’t need a full 25-piece big band? Have the Scales of Justice (5-8 piece combo) play at your office party, wedding, or private function.
Value: $500
Minimum bid: $250
Guest Passes to the Driehaus Museum
(donated by the Driehaus Museum)
Discover Chicago’s own American palace! Steps away from Chicago's Magnificent Mile, the Driehaus Museum offers visitors a fascinating view of one of the few remaining examples of the palatial homes erected by the wealthy of America's Gilded Age. The galleries, elegantly furnished with period pieces selected from the Driehaus Collection, are presented in harmony with the interiors and surviving furnishings, immersing visitors in the original splendor of this late 19th-century home.
Receive four adult guest passes to the Driehaus Museum (40 E. Erie, at Wabash), and spend the day viewing beautiful and historic pieces from the Driehaus Collection of Fine and Decorative Arts.
Value: $80
Minimum bid: $40
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Pair of Tickets to “The Iceman Cometh” at the Goodman Theatre
(donated by Gilda Small)
Eugene O'Neill’s towering masterpiece “The Iceman Cometh” becomes a once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event, featuring Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy, at the Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago.
Welcome to Harry Hope’s saloon, home to a ragtag band of drunks and dreamers who today celebrate the arrival of Hickey, the charismatic traveling salesman whose raucous presence always ensures a grand good time. But when a newly sober Hickey blows in with a renewed outlook on life, his zealous attempts to fix the lives of his old friends lead to a series of events that are at once devastatingly comic and heartbreaking—and culminate with a revelation that threatens to shatter the tenuous illusions that fuel their lives. O'Neill's monumental drama is an unparalleled theatrical journey, “as corrosive as rotgut whiskey, as morbidly funny as a funeral gone amok, as hallucinatory as an alcohol-fueled excursion into purgatory” (Chicago Sun-Times).
Enjoy two tickets to the Thursday, May 24, 2012 show (at 1:30 PM); the seats are Mezzanine Rear Aisle 6, Row JJ, Seats 17 and 18, in the Albert Theatre. Approximate running time: 4 hours and 30 minutes, including 3 intermissions.
Value: $52
Minimum bid: $26
Pair of Tickets to “Crowns” at the Goodman Theatre
(donated by the Goodman Theatre)
Regina Taylor's gospel musical sensation “Crowns” returns to the Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago, promising audiences a rollicking good time. When Chicago-born Yolanda is sent down South after the death of her brother, she finds strength in the tales of the wise women who surround her—and the powerful rituals connected to their dazzling hats. This jubilant musical traces the roots of Gospel through contemporary hip hop, fusing rich storytelling with abundant “hattitude” into a stirring coming-of-age tale. Crowns is a not-to-be-missed celebration of song, dance, cultural history—and glamorous headwear.
The play, written and directed by Regina Taylor, is adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Mayberry. Select a performance date and time between June 30 and August 5, 2012. Approximate running time: 2 hours.
Value:$176
Minimum bid:$88
Sentiments, Sweets, and Song
(donated by Carole Hays and Joan Behrens)
This lovely package includes an assortment of musical, artistic, and epicurean treats!
· Two ticketsto theApollo Chorus of Chicago's performance of Rachmaninoff's "Solemn Vespers" on Friday, May 11, at 8:00 PM. Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" is one of the most sublime and unmistakably Russian masterpieces for unaccompanied chorus. Known to some simply as "Vespers," this hour-long work weaves liturgical chants into rich choral harmonies of timeless beauty. Be inspired by this candle-lit concert in one of Chicago's most beautiful Gothic spaces: Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street (at Michigan Avenue), Chicago.
· A recording (two-CD set) of Handel's "Messiah" performed by the Apollo Chorus
· Set of ten handcrafted greeting cards for an assortment of sentiments (birthday, thank you, sympathy) in primarily floral motifs
· An assortment of chocolate specialties in musical shapes from Louisa’s and Millie’s Chocolates in Downers Grove, IL
· All items will be arranged in a basket suitable for home decor
Value: $150
Minimum bid: $75
Cubs vs. Miami Marlins Tickets (July 18)
(donated by Marilou Gervacio)
Spend an evening in the best place in the world during the summer—Wrigley Field! Two tickets (general admission) to see the Cubs play the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, July 18, at 7:05 PM in the (in)famous bleachers, where you can join in the heckling of the Marlins and maybe catch a Cubs home run! Plus, you never know what other excitement might happen with Ozzie Guillen and Big Z back in Chicago!
Value: $80
Minimum bid: $40
Cubs vs. Houston Astros Tickets (July 1)
Donor: Kate Starshak
Spend asunny summer day in the best ballpark in the world—WrigleyField.Two tickets (4th rowin the upper deck boxes - just to the third base side of home plate) to see the Cubs play the Houston Astros on Sunday, July 1, at 1:20 PM. The first 10,000adults at the game receive Cubs earbuds.
Value: $141
Minimum bid: $70
Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers Tickets (August 30)
Donor: Kate Starshak
Play hooky from work andenjoy a sunny summer afternoon watching the Cubs take on their rivalsfrom thenorth whenRyan Braun and the Milwaukee Brewerscome totown on Thursday, August 30, at 1:20 PM. Two tickets (4th rowin the upper deck boxes - just to the third base side of home plate).
Value: $100
Minimum bid: $50
Multimedia
DVDs of the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra and Chorus’s “Romantic Muse” Concert
(donated by Jim & Stefania Dion)
10 DVDs of the CBA Orchestra and Chorus’ March 7, 2012 “Romantic Muse” concert at St. James Cathedral, featuring the orchestra performing Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, with Neil Posner, soloist; Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony; and the chorus presenting Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes, op. 52, with duo-pianists Janet Eckhardt and Jennifer Zlotow.
Value: $20 each
Minimum bid: $10 each
Boxed Set of Frank Sinatra Records
(donated by Christine Rhode)
16-LP boxed set of Frank Sinatra records -- a special edition of Capitol recordings from original master discs issued in the early 1980s, in mint condition. The recordings are from the 1950s and early 1960s, before Sinatra founded his own Reprise label.Most of the songs were arranged by Nelson Riddle, some by Billie May. Each LP includes a list of musicians who performed each song.
Value: $200
Minimum bid: $100
Five-CD Set of the Barristers Big Band’s Collected Works
(donated by John Vishneski)
Each fall, the Barristers Big Band (“BBB”) performs a free concert at the Harold Washington Library Center’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. Every year, the BBB explores a different artist or theme. This collection includes five CDs with over 100 swinging songs:
· Duke Ellington, A Fresh Look
· A Tribute to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw
· TheFabulousDorseyBrothers
· Celebrate Chicago
· A Tribute to Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters
Value: $50
Minimum bid: $25
Collection of the CBASO’s (and CBA Chorus’s) Greatest Hits: 5 CDs & 1 DVD
(donated by John Vishneski)
The Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra (CBASO), directed by David Katz, recently celebrated is 25th anniversary with a spectacular performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at Orchestra Hall. This collection of the CBASO's greatest performances includes both the CD and DVD of the 25th anniversary concert in June 2011. The other four CDs include performances of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, featuring renowned violinist Henry Criz); Gershwin's An American in Paris; Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3 (the "Organ” Symphony), featuring organist Bruce Barber, Music Director of St. James Episcopal Cathedral; and Poulenc's Sextet, featuring the Fair Use Quintet and pianist Susan Macaulay.
The collection also showcases the Chicago Bar Association Chorus, directed by Rebecca Patterson. The CBA Chorus appears in Carmina Burana and Faure's Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48, as well as in the CBASO's 20th anniversary performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom.
Value: $70
Minimum bid: $35
In a Classical Mood (Set of 3 Books and 3 CDs)
(donated by David Katz)
This brand-new 3-book/3-CD collection is a lovely introduction to the greatest music of all time.
1. In Celebration—featuring uplifting music from the masters, from Handel to Wagner.
2. A World of Dreams—music in a more contemplative vein from Debussy, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and more.
3. Impressions of France—music by Gershwin, Offenbach, Saint-Saens, and more.
Many of these works have been featured on CBA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus concerts!
Each CD has its own hardcover book of introduction.
Value: $35
Minimum bid: $20
Our Intrepid Maestro’s CDs—Ravel, Bizet, Bach, and More!
(donated by David Katz)
Two brand-new compact discs from our intrepid maestro. First, from Hat City Music Theater in Connecticut, and direct from their debut at the Caramoor Festival in New York, come the Fontenay Chamber Players, in music by Bach and Bizet, and Ravel's gorgeous Introduction & Allegro for Harp and Strings. Next is David’s debut album with Michigan’s acclaimed Adrian Symphony Orchestra, featuring music by Brahms and Griffes, as well as Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2, a performance Chicago Symphony President Henry Fogel hailed as "most beautiful, indeed."
Value: $25