Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles today announced its 2013/14 season, a slate of concerts and events that reflects its commitment to helping the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community connect to diverse audiences everywhere through music.
Last year, the Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band, Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band, and shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble reached a combined audience of more than one million people in the Chicagoland area.
Subscription series packages the 2013/14 season ticketed concerts are now available online at lakesidepride.org . Subscribers save 25% over single ticket prices. There are three different series packages available:
HEAR IT ALL SERIES
Be the ultimate fan with tickets to five concerts featuring the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band and the shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble.
Oct. 29, 2013 Zombie Apocalypse
Nov. 9, 2013 Stand Up! A Musical Celebration of Equality
Dec. 14, 2013 Holidays in Uptown
April 12, 2014 British Invasion
June 10, 2014 Rainbow Rhapsody: Annual Pride Concert
Subscription Package: $75. ON SALE NOW
BAND SERIES
Experience the power of the 60-piece Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band.
Nov. 9, 2013 Stand Up! A Musical Celebration of Equality
Dec. 14, 2013 Holidays in Uptown
April 12, 2014 British Invasion
Subscription Package: $45. ON SALE NOW
JAZZ SERIES
Swinging and bopping with the shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble.
Oct. 29, 2013 Zombie Apocalypse
Dec. 14, 2013 Holidays in Uptown
June 10, 2014 Rainbow Rhapsody: Annual Pride Concert
Subscription Package: $45. ON SALE NOW
Concerts are performed at the following locations. See the chronological listing for the exact location of each event.
Reduced parking for Lakeside Pride events is available at the following locations:
Capital Parking, Horace Greeley Elementary School, 832 W. Sheridan.
Near Center on Halsted
Rate: $10.
Weiss Memorial Hospital Main Parking Garage, 4650 N. Clarendon Ave.
Near Preston Bradley Center.
Rate: $5.
Media support for the 2013/14 Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Concert Season is provided by Windy City Media Group and ChicagoPride.com .
Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles is a recognized Resident Partner of Center on Halsted. Additional support provided by Preston Bradley Center.
Chronological Listing of Concerts and Events for the 2013/14 Season
AIDS RUN & WALK CHICAGO
Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band
Saturday, Sept. 28 @ 8:00 a.m.
Soldier Field, Chicago
Walkers and runners alike will once again start and end this event with a variety of fun pep-band tunes performed the Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band. AIDS Run & Walk Chicago raises funds, increases awareness, and fights the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
Visit AIDSRunWalk.org for additional information.
ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, Oct. 29 @ 7:30 p.m.
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago
Program highlights include:
PORTER: I've Got You Under My Skin
MONK/WILLIAMS: Round Midnight
O'BRIEN: Time Warp
They're coming! Save yourselves from the onslaught of flesh-eating zombies by joining us for our creepy monster mashup of music that's sure to get "under your skin"...and suck your brains out. This program of chart-topping hits made famous by jazz legends from the Funk, Fusion, and Swing eras will make the undead get up and dance. We even have a special cocktail at our cash bar from Transylvania, sent to us by the mad "doctor" himself, where you won't be the only one waiting in line with a corset and garter belt, for a change.
And remember, we live for the APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE! So get your zombie on, come on down to the Center, and let it all hang out!
Single Tickets: $20. $12 seniors and students. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
STAND UP! A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF EQUALITY
Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band
Saturday, Nov. 9 @ 7:00 p.m.
Nettelhorst School Auditorium, 3252 N. Broadway, Chicago
BERNSTEIN: Candide Suite
BERNSTEIN: Somewhere
CAMPHOUSE: A Movement for Rosa
GIROUX: Journey Through Orion
JANSA: Colors: A Celebration
MASLANKA: Give Us This Day
MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March
TICHELI: Rest
Queer culture has always been in the vanguard when it comes to discovering the new and cutting edge. Who could doubt the influence of power gays like Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Sappho, and Oscar Wilde? After centuries of gays blazing trails, the world finally realizes what we've espoused all along: all are created equal with certain unalienable rights…Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Same-Sex Marriage.
This program highlights music that reflects the struggle for equality around the world. Be among the first to experience the Chicago premiere of Colors: A Celebration, a special 2013 commission by the Atlanta Freedom Bands for the 2013 Lesbian and Gay Band Association Annual Conference. Native Chicagoan Mark Camphouse wrote A Movement for Rosa to honor civil rights hero Rosa Parks. David Maslanka was inspired by the Vietnamese Buddhist pacifist-monk Thich Nhat Hanh and the meditative practice of mindfulness to compose Give Us This Day. He wrote: "Give us this very moment of aware aliveness so that we can build a future in the face of a most dangerous and difficult time." The concert culminates in two works that inspire a sense of victory, transcendent peace, and hope for the future: Mendelssohn's triumphant Wedding March, followed by Frank Ticheli's shimmering work based on the American lyrical poet Sara Teasdale's There Will Be Rest.
Single Tickets: $20. $12 seniors and students. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
In partnership with Equality Illinois
A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will benefit Equality Illinois.
CHICAGO GAY AND LESBIAN HALL OF FAME
Lakeside Pride Woodwind Quintet
Tuesday, Nov. 12 @ 5:30 p.m.
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago
Fourteen individuals and two organizations will be inducted on Nov. 12 into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, the country's only known government-sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) communities. The Lakeside Pride Woodwind Quintet will perform at the opening reception. In 2011, Lakeside Pride was inducted for its contributions to the LGBT community. This event is open to the public.
FREE
REELING: THE CHICAGO LGBT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, Nov. 14 @ Closing Night Reception
Stan Mansion, 2408 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago
Reeling is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the U.S., and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBT films and videos each and every year. Not only has Reeling become one of the most important cultural events for Chicagoans, it also attracts LGBT people from throughout the Midwest who consider the festival to be the highlight of their cinematic year. The shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble will make a special appearance at the closing night reception of the 31st year of this annual event.
Visit ReelingFilmFestival.org for tickets and additional information.
13TH ANNUAL DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER
Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band
Sunday, Dec. 1 @ NOON / 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago
Sugar-plum fairies and toy soldiers of all ages return once again for the 13th annual Dance-Along Nutcracker, an interactive holiday event presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Audience members, young and old, are encouraged to dress in their finest tutus and hit the dance floor alongside professional dancers. The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, the world's first openly gay musical organization, originally created Dance-Along Nutcracker in 1985.
FREE
HOLIDAYS IN UPTOWN
Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, Dec. 14 @ 7:00 p.m.
Preston Bradley Center, 941 W. Lawrence
shhh…OUT! JAZZ ENSEMBLE
COULMAN: Jingle Bell Jazz
GUARALDI: A Charlie Brown Christmas
LOESSER: Baby It's Cold Outside
JAVITS/SPRINGER: Santa Baby
BERLIN: White Christmas
HEATH: Hot Toddy
KENTON: X-Mas Medley
STOMMEN: Big Band Christmas
SYMPHONIC BAND
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
ELFMAN: Nightmare Before Christmas
HERBERT: March of the Toys
GANNON-KENT-RAM: I'll Be Home for Christmas
KNIGHT: Christmas Eve is Coming Soon
MADDEN: Fantasy on a Bell Carol
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker ( selections )
TRADITIONAL: Greensleeves
TRADITIONAL: Hava Nagila
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Christmas Suite
Don your gay apparel! We're decking the halls with style in Chicago's historic Uptown neighborhood. Lakeside Pride's Symphonic Band and the shhh…OUT! Jazz Ensemble join forces for this concert that's chockablock with Christmas cheer. We'll warm your heart with holiday hits — old and new — and tickle your tonsils with a Christmas Karaoke Sing-Along. We provide the soundtrack and hand out the lyrics — you bring it with some hard-hitting vocals! And because no holiday concert would be complete without fairies — of the sugar-plum variety, of course — we'll be putting The Nutcracker through its paces.
Oops, we almost forgot — yes, we've booked Santa to give things a sense of occasion, and you can sit on his lap!
Single Tickets: $20. $12 seniors and students. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
A CHAMPAGNE TOAST TO JAZZ ROYALTY
Annual Benefit
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, March 8 / 6:30 p.m. reception / 7:30 p.m. concert
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago
Program highlights include:
BASIE: Corner Pocket
DAVIS: Selections
ELLINGTON/ STRAYHORN: Chelsea Bridge
GOODMAN: Stompin' At The Savoy
MINGUS: Selections
MONK: Selections
STRAYHORN: Selections
You know The Duke! And The Count! But do you know The Baron, The King, The High Priest of Bop, and what about The Prince of Darkness? It's time you make the acquaintance of immortal musicians so iconic they earned aristocratic titles in the prestigious pantheon of jazz royalty. Laissez-les bonnes temps rouler — "Y'all let the good times roll!" — with bottomless bubbly at this Mardi Gras Carnival Champagne Showcase. Be sure to bring along your fabulous party pumps for a little "Stompin' at the Savoy."
You won't want to miss our special feature on the music of the great Billy Strayhorn, one of the first and few openly gay composers of his time.
Tickets: $25 Advance. $35 Door. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
BRITISH INVASION
Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band
with vocalists to be announced
Saturday, April 12 @ 7:00 p.m.
Preston Bradley Center, 941 W. Lawrence
ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances
THE BEATLES: Medley
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance
GRAINGER: Gum-Suckers March
GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand
HOLST: First Suite in E-Flat
LLOYD WEBBER: Medley with Vocalists
VAUGHN WILLIAMS: Sea Songs
WALTON: Crown Imperial
Take a trip back in time to the sixties when hot Brits invaded the States! While Beatlemania was busy changing the face of music and fashion, Andrew Lloyd Webber was just getting started on transforming "The Great White Way" with Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, his first foray in a long line of beloved Broadway blockbusters. But before that, Brits were toiling tirelessly in the vineyards of classical crossover, popularizing traditional British folk music and culture. And we Yanks couldn't get enough of it. We will be encouraging audience members during the concert to KEEP CALM and FAKE a BRITISH ACCENT!
Single Tickets: $20. $12 seniors and students. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
THIRD ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, May 5 / 8:30 p.m.
The Call Bar Chicago, 1547 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago
Program highlights include:
ABREU: Tico-Tico No Fuba
BEN JOR: Mas, Que Nada
COREA: Spain
Get ready to shake your maracas with host Senorita Ashley Morgan during this celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. Audiences will recognize Jorge Ben Jor's Mas Que Nada, which has been interpreted by countless jazz luminaries, including Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, and Dizzy Gillespie. Woody Allen fans will remember Zequinha de Abreu's Tico-Tico No Fuba from his 1987 film Radio Days. We'll have a selection of Latin hits and jazz standards under our sombrero for this special night so rest up. The hips don't lie, and during this celebration, they'll be shaking till dawn.
Cover: $10 Donation Suggested. Includes one domestic beer, wine, or well drink ticket.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
CHICAGO MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band
Saturday, May 24 @ NOON
Corner of State St. / Lake St., Chicago
Lakeside Pride will march with the Chicago Chapter of the American Veterans for Equal Rights ( AVER ) in what is considered one of the largest Memorial Day parades in the nation. AVER is a non-profit, chapter-based association of active, reserve and veteran service members dedicated to full and equal rights and equitable treatment for all present and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Since 1870, Memorial Day parades have graced the streets of Chicago to honor all men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country.
FREE
A RAINBOW RHAPSODY
Annual PRIDE Concert
shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, June 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago
Program highlights include:
BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
PORTER: Night and Day
STRAYHORN: Isfahan from The Far East Suite
Sappho, the poet of Ancient Greece, proclaimed "Love has the sun's splendor and beauty," and in June, we feel the same: what could be more lovely and splendiferous than sunny Chicago during Pride Month! We're celebrating over 15 years of musical fabulousness with our GAY-LA GRAND FINALE featuring "America's Classical Music" — Jazz. Wave your rainbow flags and snap your fingers to toe-tapping, ear-catching music by such LGBT composers and recording artists as Cole Porter, Billy Strayhorn, and Leonard Bernstein.
Single Tickets: $20. $12 seniors and students. ON SALE OCT. 3.
Programs, artists, dates, prices and availability subject to change.
CHICAGO PRIDE PARADE
Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band
Sunday, June 29 @ NOON
Corner of Montrose Ave. / Broadway, Chicago
Lakeside Pride was born out of the idea to have a marching band in the Annual Pride Parade. Each year, hundreds of thousands of spectators gather in Chicago to celebrate the milestones associated with more than 40 years of fighting for LGBT visibility, dignity, and equality. The first Pride marches were held in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots that began after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village. The Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band will announce its special musical program later in the season.
FREE
OAK PARK FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band
Friday, July 4 @ 10 a.m.
Longfellow Park at corner of Ridgeland Ave. / Adams St., Oak Park
Celebrate the birth of American independence in Oak Park at this 10th annual event with Lakeside Pride and the Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association ( OPALGA ). Since its inception in 1989, OPALGA has become one of the largest community based, multipurpose lesbian and gay membership organizations in Illinois. This event is one of several produced by OPALGA throughout the year to help highlight all the dimensions of diversity in America. The Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band will perform a selection of crowd favorites as spectators young and old wave both their Old Glory and Pride flags along the parade route.
FREE
ABOUT LAKESIDE PRIDE MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles is a recognized 501( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit organization. Our annual appearances and performances help the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community connect to diverse audiences everywhere through music. Last year, our Lakeside Pride Freedom Marching Band, Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band, and shhh...OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble reached more than one million people. In 2011, we were named to the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame for our contributions to our community. Additional information, including how to join an ensemble, is available at LakesidePride.org .
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