Previous Events

Friday, October 10, 8pm, Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building, dal niente season opener: Italian music

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 6pm: Race to Save Lives Benefit Concert and Silent Auction with Gerald Rizzer, piano. Entertaining and Virtuosic music for flute and piano. Free Will donations and Silent Auction proceeds to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Reception following

Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, solo flutist, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO  June - August Performances at Harris Hall: 4pm on 6/21, 4pm on 6/28, 3pm on 7/5,  7/8 Day of Music, 8:30pm on 7/11, 3pm on 7/12, 2pm on 7/24 for the American Opera Theatre Company, 4pm on 8/2, 8:30pm on 8/8, 8:30pm on 8/12, and 4pm on 8/16

June 2, 7pm., Chicago Cultural Center: dal niente performs works for the Chicago Composers Forum

April 15, 8pm, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan. University Symphony Orchestra

April 12, 4:30pm, Kerrytown Concert House, UM Composers Concert

April 2, 8pm, Britton Recital Hall, Flute Studio Recital

March 6, 2008, 7:30pm: Faculty Composition Recital, Roosevelt University featuring works by Kyong Mee Choi and Stacy Garrop. Shanna Gutierrez, Flute, performing Slight Uncertainty is Very Attractive.

University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra Tour, February 24-28, 2008,  Carnegie Hall premiere of Evan Chambers' The Old Burying Ground, Mahler's 5th Symphony.

January 12, 2008, 8pm: Master of Music Degree Recital, McIntosh Recital Hall, University of Michigan School of music. Shanna Gutierrez, Flute, Matthew Gemmill, Piano, Rachel Patrick, violin, Nick Finch, cello, Nick Hancox, viola. Works by Gubaidulina, Debussy, Jacob Gade, Boulez, Saariaho, and Mozart. For directions info: http://www.music.umich.edu

December 10, 2007, 8pm: University Symphony Orchestra Concert, including a world premiere by Evan Chambers and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Hill Auditorium
 

November 8-11, 2007: University of Michigan Opera Production of Puccini's La Boheme. Power Center.

October 11, 2007: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. 8pm Hill Auditorium

September 24, 2007: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. 8pm Hill Auditorium

June-August 2007: Aspen Contemporary Ensemble

May 14-15, 2007: Solo Recital Bucaramanga, Colombia, UNAB: In a program entitled Kaleidoscope, Shanna Gutierrez will present a recital of music for solo flute from Baroque to jazz-fusion and contemporary works in conjunction with a masterclass at UNAB. Santiago Sierra, professor of flute at UNAB will make a guest appearance on the recital program.

April 1, 2007 8pm: Mad About Chamber Music, Kerrytown Concert House. Poulenc Sextet

March 30, 2007 8pm: University of Michigan Symphony Band concert for the CBDNA. Hill Auditorium.

Sunday, March 18, 2007, 7pm: Race to Save Lives Benefit Concert and Silent Auction to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Kerrytown Concert Hall, Ann Arbor, MI. As members of Team in Training, Shanna Gutierrez and Brandy Hudelson, flutes, accompanied by David Gilliland, piano, will present an exciting concert program to help raise money for the LLS. Silent auction items include concert and event tickets, unique art works from local and nationally known artists. for more information and tickets contact me.

Sunday March 11, 2007, 10am: Chicago Flute Club Annual Flute Fair, Northeastern University. Young Performer's Masterclass guest teacher. See http://www.chicagofluteclub.org/ for more information.

Friday, December 8, 2006, 8pm: "Variations and Fugues" UM Symphony
Band, Hill Auditorium. Variation techniques have been a consistent tool of
composers for centuries.

Sunday, November 19, 2006. 2pm Women Composer's Concert, MacIntosh
Theater, UM, Saariaho's Laconisme de l'aile and other works

Friday, November 3, 2006, 8pm: UM Symphony Band, Hill Auditorium.
Band-O-Rama: American Icons

October 29, 2006, 4pm: New Music Chicago: Sonic Impact, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Dal Niente Ensemble, with feature performance of Saariaho's Laconisme de l'aile by Shanna Gutierrez. For more info: http://www.mcachicago.org/performances/perf_detail.php?id=4

Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 8pm: "Consorts" University of Michigan Symphony Band, Hill Auditorium. Repertoire highlights individual musicians, sections, and unique combinations. UM faculty member Andrew Mead's Concerto for Winds will be premiered.

Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 pm: Northwestern Univ. Summer Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Robert G. Hasty, conductor, Louise Chan, piano, Claude Debussy, Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune", Franz Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1, S.124, E-flat major, Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3, op.90, F major

Sunday, July 9, 7:30 pm: Northwestern Univ. Summer Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Robert G. Hasty, conductor, Michael J. Anderson, chorus master, Northwestern University Summer Community Chorus, University Choir, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No.9, op.125, D minor ("Choral")

Sunday, May 7, 2006, 4pm: Student Recital : Around the World in 80 Minutes: This will be a fun dramatic and musical presentation of music from around the world complete with comic relief, costume and a musical finale not to be missed. Reception follows. 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL. For directions: http://www.nsumcglencoe.org/Directions.htm  

Monday, May 1, 2006, 8-10pm: "Live from WFMT "   --   WFMT 98.7FM
(Mavericks and Masters)   Shanna Gutierrez, flute and Gerald Rizzer, piano in a live radio broadcast recital program with host Kerry Frumkin. Works of composers who helped challenge the boundaries of musical invention, including works by Poulenc, Mower, Martin, Mozart, Jolivet, and Wilder. see www.wfmt.com for more info.

Saturday, April 29, 2006, 8pm: Preview Concert (Mavericks and Masters)

As a preview to their radio debut, Shanna Gutierrez, flute and Gerald Rizzer, piano, will present their radio program in a salon-style concert in Highland Park. Works of composers who helped challenge the boundaries of musical invention, including works by Poulenc, Mower, Martin, Mozart, Jolivet, and Wilder. Please contact me directly if you'd like info on attending this private event.

Sunday, April 23, 2006, 2:30pm: Preview Concert (Mavericks and Masters) : As a preview to their radio debut, Shanna Gutierrez, flute and Gerald Rizzer, piano in a short recital program at the North Shore Retirement Hotel in Evanston. Works of composers who helped challenge the boundaries of musical invention, including works by Mozart, Jolivet, and Mower.

Sunday, January 22, 2006, 4PM: Gurnee and Des Plaines studios Student Solo Recital! Featuring works by Vivaldi, Brahms, Faure, Prokoviev, Bach, Chaminade, Ganne, Hindemith, Caplet, and more! Guest appearance by Shanna with Saariaho's Laconisme de L'Aile. Reception follows. 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL. Click for Recital INFO. For directions: http://www.nsumcglencoe.org/Directions.htm

Sunday, November 13, 2005, 4pm: Sonic Sculptures: Benefit Concert featuring Shanna Gutierrez, flute, and Gerald Rizzer, piano. Reception to follow. Program featuring the substantial Sonata in B Minor by J.S. Bach, the effervescent Sonata for flute and piano by Poulenc, the powerful Chant de Linos by Jolivet and Ballade by F. Martin, an unusual Sonata for Flute, Alto, and Piccolo by Alec Wilder, and the playful and exciting Opus di Jazz by Mike Mower. North Shore United Methodist Church, 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL (Hazel and Greenleaf). Free will Donations will benefit the All Africa Famine Relief Initiative of UMCOR. For directions: http://www.nsumcglencoe.org/Directions.htm

July 26, 2005 7:30pm, 2005: Northwestern Summer Orchestra Concert. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Featuring Claude Debussy, Rapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, conducted by Dr. R. Hasty.

July 10, 2005 6pm: Full Score (formerly Zion Chamber Orchestra) presents American Folk Music, including Appalachian Spring by A. Copland. Zion, IL.

June 17, 18, 2005 7:30pm and June 19, 3pm: Chicago Chamber Opera Company, Loyola University. The Telephone and The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti.

Saturday, May 7, 2005, 4pm: Student Recital presenting Bach, Beethoven, and Friends: Music's Comically Abridged History. This will be a fun dramatic and musical presentation of music history complete with comic relief, costume and a musical finale not to be missed. Reception follows. 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL. For directions: http://www.nsumcglencoe.org/Directions.htm

Sunday, May 1, 2005, 3pm: Student Solo Recital Music Starts Here Studio, featuring works by Mozart, J.S. Bach, Roussel, Proust, Sancan and more. Join us for a reception afterwards. United Methodist Church of Park Ridge, 418 Tough Ave., Park Ridge. Guest appearance: Shanna Gutierrez.

Sunday, April 24, 2005, 3pm: Come see Laura Brooks perform in the Walgreens Concerto Competition Winners Recital in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center! Free to Public.

Sunday, April 10, 2005: Lakeside Flutes performing at the Chicago Flute Fair at Northeastern University.

March 15, 2005, 7:30pm: Exposure --Musicians for New Music concert. Shanna Gutierrez performing music of Nomi Epstein and Ryan Vigil. Ditmar Gallery, Norris Center, Northwestern University

March 4, 2005, 8pm: A Parisian Salon Concert, sponsored by Baird & Warner, Northbrook Library, featuring a Shanna Gutierrez, Kim Sopata, and Ellena Chen in works for two flutes, and two flutes and piano.

February 20, 2005, 2pm: Lakeside Flutes Flute Choir will perform at the North Shore Retirement Hotel.

January 23, 2005, 4pm: Student Solo Recital! This year promises to be spectacular, featuring works by Vivaldi (prize-winning competition performance), Couperin, C.P.E. Bach, Godard, Joncieres, Burton, and more! Guest appearance by Shanna with the Carnival of Venice. Reception follows. 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL. For directions: http://www.nsumcglencoe.org/Directions.htm

November 7, 4pm: Benefit Recital featuring Shanna Gutierrez, flute, Robert Hasty, violin, and Gerald Rizzer, piano performing works by Bozza, Prokoviev, Martinu, Mower, J.S. Bach, Griffes and others. Proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity. Reception to follow. North Shore United Methodist Church, 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL (Hazel and Greenleaf). CDs available mid-December.

October 1, 2004 8pm: Parisian Salon Concerts and the Northbrook Library Celebration concert and reception.

August 14, 2004, 8pm: Chicago Virtousi Symphony Orchestra performing works by Michael Karasis at the Northside Preparatory School. 5501 N. Kedzie, Chicago

July 11, 2004 7:30pm: Northwestern Summer Orchestra Concert. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Featuring Tschaikowsky's 5th Symphony and the Prokoviev Violin Concerto No.2, conducted by Dr. R. Hasty.

June 20, 2004 10-11:30am: Lake Bluff Arts Festival on the Village Green in Lake Bluff, featuring performances of Bach, Carnival of Venice Syrinx, etc.,  performed by Shanna Gutierrez

May 2, 2004, 4pm: "Animal Crackers" Chamber Music Recital featuring the whole flute studio performing in small chamber groups, quintets, and full flute choir, all with an Animal Flair. Works include: Animal Crackers, Tico Tico, Kuhlau Duets, and more! 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe. Contact me for directions.

April 25, 2004, 3pm: Come see Matthew Wright and Courtney Vinopal perform in the Walgreens Concerto Competition Winners recital in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center! Free to Public.

February 21, 3pm: MYA Orchestras Concert! Featuring Jenny Matias and Matthew Wright in the Concert Orchestra performing Peter and the Wolf by Prokoviev, and also featuring the winners of the Concerto Competition!

January 24, 2004, 8pm: Chicago Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra in performance of works by Michael Karasis. Woodstock Opera House.

January 18, 2004, 4pm: Student Solo Recital! Mark calendars now! This year promises to be spectacular featuring such works as the Mozart Concerti, Suite in B minor by J.S. Bach, and many more works by Vivaldi, Proust, Beethoven, Samuel Barber, Blavet, Donjon, Satie, Handel, and more! Reception follows. 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, IL.

January 4-5, 2004: Come see Matthew, Courtney and Jenny perform and compete in the annual Walgreens Concerto Competition held in then Midwest Young Artists' Fort Sheridan center. Check out the results at www.mya.org

December 14, 2pm: Lakeside Flute presents a holiday concert in Willowbrook, featuring a variety of entertaining holiday pieces. Check back for directions.

December 13, 7:30pm: MYA Orchestras Winter Concerts! Featuring Jenny Matias and Matthew Wright in the evening with the Concert Orchestra performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony and other works. Also performing that night, Haley Hynes in the Senior Chorus. Go support your colleagues, kids!

December 8, 2003, 6:30 pm: Performing at the Light of Hope Benefit dinner and silent auction at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Chicago.

November 22, 2003, 8pm: A concert featuring music of Michael Karasis in celebration of World War II America, the GI Suite. The work will be narrated by former senator, Paul Simon. Event to take place at Chicago Historical Society.

November 7, 2003, 7:30pm: A Parisian Salon Concert, sponsored by Baird & Warner, Northbrook Library, featuring a Broadway Review, Argentinean Pianist, Ana Fau playing Albeniz and more, and Shanna Gutierrez playing solo flute works by C.P.E. Bach, Debussy, and DeLorenzo.

October 19, 2003, The Chicago Flute Club will hold a masterclass with Gary Schocker. Shanna will be performing in this masterclass playing the "Chant de Linos" by A. Jolivet with Gerrald Rizzer, piano at the Sherwood Conservatory in Chicago. Gary Schocker will be giving a concert at 2:30pm and the masterclass begins at 4pm.

Tuesday July 29, 7:30pm: Northwestern Summer Orchestra Concert. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Sunday July 13, 7:30pm: Northwestern Summer Orchestra Concert. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Saturday June 21, 3:45-5pm    Outdoor Festival of the Arts on the Village Green in Lake Bluff, featuring performances of Tangos, Carnival of Venice and Syrinx performed by Shanna Gutierrez, and the Trio for flute, violin, and cello by the Elmwood Trio (Matthew Wright, Flute)

Sunday May 4, 3pm         Student Chamber Music Recital (Glencoe)