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
Park Ridge Fine Arts Society
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Event Calendar
August 9, 2013
The Rob Parton Band
Sponsored by the Park Ridge Park District
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Tonight’s Hits
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| It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing |
| Lightnin’ |
| American Patrol |
| April In Paris |
| I Love Being Here With You |
| (Our) Love Is Here To Stay |
| Thou Swell |
| Serenade To A Bus Seat |
| Body And Soul |
| Keen & Peachy |
| Darn That Dream |
| Too Close For Comfort |
| My Future Just Passed |
| When the Sun Comes Out |
| Harlem Airshaft |
| Come Fly With Me |
| Amazing Grace |
| Star Spangled Banner |
Thank you for patronage. With your support, we will see you again next summer of 2014.
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This concert is sponsored in part by the Music Performance Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, as administered by the Chicago Federation of Musicians. We would like to thank the MPF and CFM as well as the following organizations whose resources make our concerts possible.
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You can help us. Join us for our Fundraiser Dinner-dance at Park Ridge Country Club November 9, 2013
Concerts in the Park
Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
Summer 2013 – Our 53rd Year!
CONCERTS IN THE PARK • SUMMER 2013 • Our 53rd Year!
presented by the Park Ridge Fine Arts Society
with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
Barbara Schubert, Music Director and Conductor
Don’t miss this year’s exciting line-up of FREE outdoor summer concerts in Park Ridge.
2013 marks the 53rd consecutive season that the Park Ridge Fine Arts Society has been bringing
top-quality entertainment to the audiences of Park Ridge.
Our summer 2013 season features:
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Five concerts by Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony, a 50-piece ensemble made up of the finest free-lance professional musicians in the Chicago area, conducted by PRFAS Music Director Barbara Schubert.
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Two concerts by the Brian Patti Big Band – July 3 at Maine East High School and August 2 in Hodges Park.
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PLUS the Rob Parton Big Band – August 9 – 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 3.
Friday, June 21 • Dance Away the Night • with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
For a lively start to the summer 2013 season, the acclaimed Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony brings you an evening of familiar dance music: from 19th-century greats such as Dvorak, Borodin, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky to Latin-American and contemporary fare. It’s an engaging program that is sure to have you tapping your feet – or maybe even dancing in the park!
Friday, June 28 • Love Makes the World Go Round • with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
Soprano Valerie Vinzant joins the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony for a concert centered around the eternal theme of love: the comic side, the poignant side, and the tragic side. Excerpts from Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, and Bernstein’s Candide supplement our soloist’s personal selection of love-themed arias from opera and Broadway.
Wednesday, July 3 • Patriotic Salute • with the Brian Patti Big Band, at Maine East High School
Celebrate the 4th of July holiday with the Brian Patti Big Band, in a special patriotic program presented at the Maine East High School Athletic Field. Fireworks to follow! (Please note that there will not be a Friday evening concert in Hodges Park during this holiday week.)
Friday July 5, 2013- NO CONCERT TODAY.
Friday, July 12 • Travel the World in Song • with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
Baritone David Govertsen, a member of the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, comes to Park Ridge to present Vaughan Williams’ exquisite Songs of Travel, based on poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Gershwin’s An American in Paris continues the evening’s theme of world-wide travel.
Friday, July 19 • Passion and Poetry • with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique” – a work of profound intensity, heart-wrenching pathos, and compelling emotion that the composer himself considered his finest creation – is the central offering on this lushly Romantic program. Rimsky-Korsakov’s colorful Russian Easter Overture opens this very special, all-orchestral concert.
Friday, July 26 • Broadway to Hollywood • with the Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony
The Park Ridge Fine Arts Symphony concludes its 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 composers of all time, from Erich Korngold to John Williams.
Friday, August 2 • Big Band Hits through the Decades • with the Brian Patti Big Band
An evening that features all your favorite Big Band Hits Decades, presented by the ever-popular Brian Patti Big Band.
Friday, August 9 • Special Bonus Concert • with the Rob Parton Big Band
An extra performance this year, sponsored by the Park Ridge Recreation and Park District.
Help Support Our Summer Concerts!
Concert donations can be mailed to:
PRFAS
PO BOX 89A
Park Ridge, IL 60068
