Posts Tagged ‘Monday Night Concert Series’

The Monday Night Concert Series continues with Jeremy Kahn’s “American Masters Concert” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

Born near Chicago, Kahn holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Boston’s New England Conservatory. For 12 years, he lived in New York City, but today, he and his family reside in Oak Park.

“Although I am mainly a jazz pianist, having played in jazz-type venues around the world, I also play on recordings that motivate people to consume their favorite products,” Kahn said. “I also play in pit orchestras for some of popular theatrical extravaganzas.”

Kahn has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Joni Mitchell, Phil Woods, Teramasu Hino, Charlie Haden, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Cook and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. Call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.

The Monday Night Concert Series continues with The Fleurs de Chanson Recorder Trio at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

Rose Mattax of Forest Park, Alice Muciek of Oak Park, and Ann Masur of Oak Park are three women who together make The Fleurs de Chanson Recorder Trio.

The recorder’s roots lie in the flute family. It’s melodically blissful tunes have fluttered as far back as the 14th century. The recorder is recognized by its simple, but proficient framework. It is composed of a whistle mouthpiece, seven finger holes on the front of the instrument, and by the thumbhole on the back side. Though often made of plastic in the hands of children, the instrument is typically made of wood and even, in medieval days, ivory.

Rose fell in love with the recorder after her husband had given her a gift certificate for lessons nearly a decade ago. Then nine years later Mattax teamed up with Muciek and Masur to form their trio.

This performance for The Fleurs de Chanson Recorder Trio has personal sentiments. Rose’s mother, Roberta Pullman, is a resident at Oak Park Arms Retirement Community.

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. Call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.

The Monday Night Concert Series continues with pianist Mark Valenti at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

Valenti received his master’s degree in Music from Northwestern University and his bachelor’s degree in Music from the Philadelphia Musical Academy. He has studied with such notable teachers as Benjamin Whitten, Zoltan Kocsis, and Mary Sauer.

In addition to giving solo recitals in cities throughout the U.S., Valenti has performed in France, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg as well as for former First Lady Barbara Bush in Washington, D.C.

Valenti has performed in recital live on WFMT classical radio. He has done extensive work in the jazz field including performances with Gregory Hines, Frank Foster and Al Grey and has appeared on television with Joe Sudler’s Swing Machine and singer/actor Christopher Durham.

Formerly a professor of music at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Xavier University in Chicago and the Loire Valley Music Institute in France, Valenti currently teaches at his studio in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. Call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.

The Monday Night Concert Series continues with “American Masters” performed by pianist Bobby Schiff at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

Bobby Schiff is back at the Arms with his “American Masters” lineup.

As a composer, arranger, conductor, pianist and producer, Schiff has been in the music scene in Chicago and Los Angeles for over 45 years.

Throughout the years he has worked with premiere entertainers and musicians, including Mel Torme, Peggy Lee, Johnny Hartman, Frank D’Rone, Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby Rydell, both in the states and internationally.

He has led orchestras and bands, performed on piano and keyboards, directed, composed and arranged for and with the best. In the 70s he worked for Sesame Street, McDonald’s, John Deere, Sears, Kraft and Hallmark.

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. Call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.