Tammy McCann Yes, Mahalia! 10.29.22

2022 2023 NICHOLS CONCERT HALL PRESENTS

Tammy McCann: Yes, Mahalia!

October 29, 2022

S E A S O N S P O N S O R S

NICHOLS CONCERT HALL 2022-2023 The Music Institute of Chicago is grateful to the following sponsors, whose generous support helps us to entertain, inspire, and educate through live music performed by both new emerging artists and the most established artists of our time.

This program is partially funded by the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Sponsorship opportunities range from concerts and performances, to the annual Gala, special capital projects, and community engagement initiatives.

Please contact the Development Office to learn more: 847.448.8323.

DEAR FRIENDS, Welcome! The 2022-23 season is one of spectacular diversity including chamber music, a Gospel tribute, romantic era piano repertoire, a family concert, MLK celebration, elegant jazz, and dynamic alumni performers – truly something for everyone.

There is no better place to hear a concert than Nichols Concert Hall. The pristine acoustics, Greek revival architecture, and welcoming hospitality, create an intimate and thoroughly satisfying listening experience.

I encourage you to share your Nichols Concert Hall experience with friends and colleagues. The Music Institute of Chicago regularly presents world-class musicians in a beautiful and conveniently located performance space, for a fraction of the cost of events in downtown Chicago. Nichols Concert Hall is a tremendous value.

The concert series is only one part of our mission, which is to lead people toward a lifelong engagement with music. The Music Institute of Chicago is a top-tier community music school, offering lessons and classes to thousands of students of all ages and levels. The Music Institute is also deeply committed to making music and music education accessible to people and communities who might not otherwise have access.

You can learn more about MIC’s many activities, register for lessons, and purchase tickets by visiting www.musicinst.org. I look forward to seeing you and your friends throughout the year at Nichols Concert Hall!

Mark George President and CEO Music Institute of Chicago

TAMMY McCANN Named the Chicago Tribune’s 2020 Person of the Year in Jazz, Tammy McCann has a powerful, sultry, and emotionally charged voice that paints pictures and tells stories by merging classical vocal technique and gospel esthetic with jazz to create a sound that is completely her own. She has performed with such luminaries as Chicago’s own Ramsey Lewis and NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman, John Clayton, Branford Marsalis, Joe Locke, Charles McPherson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Carmen Bradford, and she toured as a “Raelette” with the great Ray Charles. McCann has thrilled audiences in festivals and clubs worldwide, from Thailand to Greece, as well as the nation’s premier concert and jazz venues, including Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, The Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, and Chicago's Jazz Showcase.

YES, MAHALIA! Mahalia Jackson’s connection to Chicago is historic, through her link to Thomas Dorsey and his creation of the modern gospel sound. Yes, Mahalia!, which McCann created with arranger Eyal Vilner and premiered in Israel in 2019, is a fresh and soulful reimagining of Jackson’s music that captures the synergy of her unique sound and pairs it with the sonic power of big-band jazz. The show celebrates not only Jackson’s music, but her life experiences and her contribution to the world community.

Since 1996, McCann has traveled the world with her gospel group Tammy McCann and The Voices of Glory celebrating the music and legacy of Mahalia Jackson. “I always saw my jazz and gospel worlds as separate until a friend suggested I explore synergies between the two genres, and Yes, Mahalia! was born,” she shared. “I love this quote about Mahalia’s performance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, which said she was ‘able to take a sacred moment into the secular, thus making all moments before, after and around ring out with reverence and reverie.’ My mission is for her music and legacy to ‘ring out’ for future generations.”

Tammy McCann YES, MAHALIA! Saturday, October 29 at 7:30 pm

PROGRAM COME ON IN THIS HOUSE KUMBAYA COME SUNDAY ELIJAH ROCK I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME HOW I GOT OVER

INTERMISSION MOVE WADE IN THE WATER CANAAN LAND DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE TOTAL PRAISE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

CHICAGO’S HOME FOR JAZZ AND BLUES ... and more!

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THE BAND VOCALS Tammy McCann DIRECTOR Marques Carroll BACKING VOCALS J'lyn Hope, Laquisha Burries, Ken Davis, and Noah Brown SAXOPHONE Rajiv Halim, alto/flute, Marquel Jordan, tenor, and Leni McKinney, baritone TRUMPET Marques Carroll and Ryan Nyther TROMBONE Norman Palm and Joe Mende RHYTHM Tom Vaitsas, piano, John Sutton, bass and Sam Jewell, drums

MARQUES CARROLL A bold performer and passionate educator, Chicago-based trumpeter Marques Carroll has worked and shared the stage with jazz powerhouses like Carmen Bradford, Dee Dee Bridgewater (Count Basie Band), Etienne Charles, Christian McBride, Jon Faddis, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Randy Weston (Chicago Jazz Ensemble).

In addition to his prolific performing career, Marques is an accomplished educator. He currently teaches Jazz Trumpet at the University in Chicago and regularly holds clinics and master classes around the country. Marques is the leader of his own self-titled quintet, the Trumpet Summit and co-leader of the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective, and also a permanent sub-member of The Count Basie Orchestra. His solo debut record, The Ancestors’ Call, and his sequel to his debut record, Foundations, are now available everywhere.

ABOUT MAHALIA JACKSON Born in New Orleans in 1911, Mahalia Jackson grew up in a shotgun home shared by 13 people. Surrounded by difficult economic circumstances, she found solace and inspiration singing at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church.

At 16 Jackson moved to Chicago, a part of the Great Migration that led many African Americans northward in prusuit of better economic opportunities. She joined the Greater Salem Baptist Church and began touring with the Johnson Brothers, Chicago's first professional gospel group.

By 1937, Jackson had made her first set of recordings with Decca Records.

Gospel music was becoming popular in Chicago churches, and Jackson was building a community of gospel musicians that included Thomas Dorsey, with whom she would usher in the Golden Age of Gospel.

In 1948, Mahalia Jackson recorded "Move On Up a Little Higher" for Apollo Records, selling one million copies in the United States. Two years later, she was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall as the headlining act at the First Negro Gospel Music Festival, a monumental event in the history of gospel music.

Jackson found mainstream success in the late '50s, touring worldwide, recording, and performing at monumental events. In 1958, Jackson collaborated with popular orchestral arranger Percy Faith to record the hit album The Power and the Glory, and contributed vocals to Duke Ellington's suite, Black, Brown, and Beige. By 1960, Jackson was an international star. Her congregational calland-response style, combined with her soulful, voluminous voice, made gospel music popular all over the world.

Mahalia Jackson's struggle with racism had urged her to get involved in the Civil Rights movement and by the early 1960s, gospel music and spirituals had become the inseparable soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement. At the second March on Washington in 1963, the largest demonstration in the history of the nation, Jackson opened her set with "I've Been 'Buked," at Dr. Martin Luther King's request. When it was King's turn to speak, some witnesses say, Jackson leaned forward and whispered, "Tell them about the dream, Martin," urging him to deliver the most famous speech of the Civil Rights movement.

Throughout the era, Jackson sang at monumental events such as President John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral. She also sang at King's funeral in

1968, and recorded an album of his favorite songs, The Best Loved Hymns of Dr. M. L. King.

Mahalia Jackson died of heart failure in January 1972, at the age of 60. Hundreds of musicians and politicians attended Jackson's two funerals gathering to honor the greatest gospel singer of all time, a woman who had conquered poverty, racism, and hardship to win fans and friends all over the world.

Excertped from: www.mahaliajackson.us

JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM Led by Director Audrey Morrison, the Music Institute of Chicago provides opportunities for students of all ages and levels to explore jazz through private instruction, combos and improvisation classes, summer camps and more.

Visit: musicinst.org/jazz-studies

FRIENDS OF THE MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO The Music Institute grateful for every gift. The following friends made contributions of $5,000 or more between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022.

$100,000 or more The Negaunee Foundation Alexandra C.* and John D. Nichols $50,000 to $99,999 John and Pauline Fife ITW Barbara A. Speer $25,000 to $49,999 The Grainger Foundation Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation Susan Kiphart Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Scott and Nancy Santi Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell The Wallace Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous Abbott Abbvie Dr. Prema Abraham and Dr. Jim Buchanan Paul M. Angell Family Foundation BMO Rita and John Canning, The Canning Foundation The Crown Family Edwardson Family Foundation Linda and Bill Gantz Hans* and Denitta Germann Mona Golub Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel Jr. Dan* and Yoo Mi Hahn

Harris Family Foundation J. Thomas Hurvis and Ann Andersen Illinois Arts Council Agency Hans and Angela Jostlein Ethelle Katz Susan R. Kiphart Mrs. Paul Klimstra Tom* and Joyce Leddy Jim and Kay Mabie Family* Make It Better Foundation Robert R. McCormick Foundation Brenna and John D. Nichols III Northern Trust Corporation Cathy and Bill Osborn Renée Parquette* Timothy Patenode* and Judy Royal Michael and Cari Sacks Barbara* and Peter Sereda Sidley Austin LLP Liz Stiffel Jim Stone* Pam and Russ Strobel The John Taylor Family Underwriters Laboratories Zalman* and Karen Usiskin Scott* and Areta Verschoor $5,000- $9,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation Beth and Chuck Boehrer Michael and Laura Boutross Dr. Tanya L. Carey Lawrence Corry

Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Thomas L. and Patricia S. Gahlon Mr. and Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Lauren and Blake Harper Courtney Holohan* and Wesley Mueller Erin and Wellington Hsu Jane Irwin Karen and Mark Koulogeorge KPMG Sylvia M. Neil and Dan Fischel Nancy and Marc Poggioli Sargent Family Foundation Dr. Scholl Foundation Jennifer Steans and Jim Kastenholz Lee Anne* and Rich Stoddart Bob and Gael Strong Audrey Weaver David* and Eileen Zampa Helen Zell *Trustee

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NICHOLS CONCERT HALL 1. If you arrive after the performance has begun, please wait in the lobby. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house manager.

If you must leave early, please do so between pieces out of consideration for the artists and other audience members.

2. The box office will be open one hour prior to the performance. All patrons must have a ticket in order to be admitted into the concert.

3. Photography and audio/video recordings of performances is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from the Director of Operations.

4. Smoking is strictly prohibited by law in Nichols Concert Hall or within 20 feet of the building.

5. Restrooms are located on the lower level and may be accessed by using the stairs or the elevator.

All facilities are disability accessible.

6. The presenter reserves the right to ask anyone disrupting the event in any way to leave the hall.

7. In the event of an emergency, please notify the house manager or nearest usher.

Nichols Concert Hall, opened in May, 2003, quickly established itself as one of Chicago’s premier venues for chamber music performances.

Originally designed as a First Church of Christ, Scientist in 1912 by renowned Chicago architect Solon S. Beman, the building was sensitively restored as a state-of-the-art, 550 seat concert hall and music education center. The converted building received the Richard H. Driehaus Award for best adaptive use by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. Music Critics, audiences and performers have hailed the excellent acoustics and elegant vaulted beauty of Nichols Concert Hall.

Nichols Concert Hall is located in the heart of downtown Evanston on the northeast corner of Chicago Avenue and Grove Street. Metered and non-metered parking is available and several public garages are within a two-block radius.

Numerous restaurants are within easy walking distance. Conveniently located near the Davis Street CTA and Metra stations, Nichols Concert Hall is disability accessible.

For rental and booking information, please contact us: 847.448.8329 or visit: nicholsconcerthall.org

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THE MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

TRUSTEES Scott Verschoor, Chair Alexandra C. Nichols, Chair Emerita Tom Leddy, Treasurer Barbara Sereda, Secretary Lee Anne Stoddart, Vice Chair

leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music through unparalleled teaching, exceptional performances, and valuable service initiatives that educate, inspire, and build strong, healthy communities.

Carlos R. Cárdenas, CPA Hans Germann Daniel Hahn Courtney Holohan Kay Mabie Yana Nedvetsky Renée Parquette Timothy Patenode James H. Stone Ross Updegraff Zalman Usiskin Audra Wilson David Zampa Florian Zettelmeyer LIFE TRUSTEES John J. Berwanger Gilbert W. Bowen Mitzi Freidheim Brooks Morgan Rachel Barton Pine Betsey L. Puth Priscilla F. Richman William N. Topaz EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEES Jennifer Koh Nina Kraus Christopher Rintz Deborah F. Rutter

Since its founding in 1931, the Music Institute’s commitment to innovation, access, and excellence has served as an important community resource and helps to ensure music is available to everyone.

Each year, the Music Institute provides personalized music instruction to more than 1,500 students, regardless of age, level of experience, or financial means, across eight Community Music School locations in Chicago, Downers Grove, Evanston, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, and Winnetka, as well as online.

In addition, the Music Institute brings music education, arts curriculum integration, professional development, and music performance and engagement opportunities to thousands in the Chicago area; offers scholarship opportunities to students in its Community School and its Academy, a nationally recognized training center for highly gifted pre-college pianists and string players; and welcomes thousands of visitors annually for performances, master classes, and special events at Nichols Concert Hall.

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