Help Support Our Summer Concerts!

Concert donations can be mailed to:
PRFAS
PO BOX 89A
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Park Ridge Fine Arts Society

P.O. Box 89A Park Ridge, IL 60068

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Please take a moment with us to mourne the loss of our beloved Mary B. Millweard Jersey and Jackie Van Mieghem.  May 2013 has been a very sad month for us.  Mary was always there with Russ to hand out the ad booklets and the programs at our concerts.  Jackie was there with Dennis to support the orchestra.  Mary, Jackie, we miss you.  Our sympathies to the families

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Join us for our 2013 Concert Season beginning Friday June 21, 2013 through August 9, 2013.  You may have missed our November fundraiser at Park Ridge Country Club, but we’ll see you during the 2013 summer season where you will see the thousands of familiar faces that attend our concerts.  Here’s some pictures of our orchestra and concert crowd!!! 

If you are a business in Park Ridge and would like to support the concerts and our audience of thousands by advertising in our 2013 booklet or weekly flyer, go to Advertisers Page and see our pricing and call one of the board members if any questions.   

 

 

 We are so happy Barbara Schubert will resume her duties as Music Director and Conductor this summer.  We missed her beautiful style this past summer. 

You can help support the continuation of our concerts by making a donation, sponsoring a concert or a page in our 2013 ad booklet or participating in our November 2013 benefit.  Call Dawn Himley-Grandi at 847-298-0300 if you’d like more information.

Providing Free Concerts In Park Ridge

Concerts in the Park Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony Summer 2013 – Our 53rd Year!

Barbara Schubert, Music Director and Conductor

• Five orchestral concerts June 21, 2013 to July 26, 2013 by Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony, a 50-piece ensemble of the finest free-lance professional musicians in the Chicago area.
• Two concerts by the Brian Patti Big Band – July 3 at Maine East High School and August 2 in Hodges Park.
• PLUS the Rob Parton Big Band August 9 at Hodges Park sponsored by the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District. All concerts are at 8 pm in Hodges Park, in front of Park Ridge City Hall, except July 3rd

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Friday June 21, 2013 - Dance Away the Night with Barbara

An evening of familiar dance music from 19th century greats such as Dvorak, Borodin, Strauss and Tchaikovsky to Latin-American  and contemporary fare.

Friday June 28, 2013 - Love Makes the World Go Round with Barbara

Soprano Valerie Vinzant.  Excerpts from Nicolai’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Bernsteins “Candide” along with love-themed arias from opera and Broadway. 3 –

Wednesday July 3, 2013- Patriotic Salute at Maine East with Brian Patti

Celebrate the 4th of July with Brian Patti Big Band at the Maine East High School Athletic Field.

Friday July 12, 2013 – Travel the World in Song with Barbara

Baritone David Govertsen, member of the Ryab Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago to present Vaughan Williams’ exquisite ‘Songs of Travel’, based on poems by Robert Louis Stevenson along with Rodgers and Hammersteins ‘South Pacific’ and Gershwin’s ‘An American in Paris’.

Friday July 19, 2013 – Passion and Poetry with Barbara

Romantic program with Tchaikovsky’s Symphoney No 6, the- Pathetique’ along with Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Russian Easter

Overture’.

Friday July 26, 2013 – Broadway to Hollywood with Barbara

Barbara concludes her five concert season with our annual Broadway night celebrating the music of Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more, along with music by the greatest Hollywood composer of all time from Erich Korngold to John Williams.

Friday August 2, 2013- Big Band Hits through the Decades with Brian Patti Big Band

Friday August 9, 213 – More Big Band with Rob Parton Big Band

Special Bonus Concert sponsored by the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District.

Saturday November 9 – Annual Fundraiser Dinner Dance at the Park Ridge Country Club

Help support our concerts by attending our fundraiser, making a donation or providing a silent auction gift.