1099 String Quartet – 2019
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
One event on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 11:00 am
One event on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 11:00 am
One event on Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 11:00 am
One event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 11:00 am
One event on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 11:00 am
One event on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 11:00 am
1099 STRING QUARTET – 2019
Sundays at 11am – 12:30pm
June 9 & June 23
July 7 & July 21
August 11 & August 25
September 8
No Admission Charge
LOCATION: Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60622
OUTSIDE PERFORMANCE SITE: Damen/Schiller Entrance to Park
RAIN LOCATION: Field House Gym
SIGN UP for the 10am Historic Park & Garden Tour
The Wicker Park Advisory Council & Garden Club in partnership with the Chicago Park District will present The 1099 String Quartet, a cutting edge professional string quartet led by Ryan Loeckel.
The quartet will present thematic programs and perform outside in the park. To enhance thematic content of each performance additional instruments will be added to the quartet at some of the performances.
Come at 10am and take a tour of the Park and Gardens before the performance.
Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy or pick up some food at the WPB Farmers Market (8am-2pm Each Week).
PROGRAMS – CHECK BACK FOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM DETAILS
About Ryan Loeckel
Ryan Loeckel is an active musician, vocalist and arts administrator in the Chicagoland area. Trained as a classical violinist and violist at the Ohio State University, he is a descendant of the Max Aronoff line of violists through studies with Marcia Ferritto. He has played in Principal positions under conductors and composers such as John Corigliano, Alessandro Siciliani, Louis Lane, Michael Tilson Thomas and Krzyszt of Penderecki, in addition to sharing the stage with various recording artists including Josh Groban, Idina Menzel and Barry Manilow amongst others. Ryan’s playing, singing, and arrangements have been heard on syndicated National Public Radio broadcasts, aboard five-star Holland America Line ships and in hundreds of performances at professional Equity theaters. Ryan is Executive Director of the Danville Symphony Orchestra in Danville, IL.
SPONSORS & PARTNERS OF CREATE MUSIC
WPB SSA#33
George Mariner & Michael Payette
Megan Williamson Artist & Creative Activist
Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi
The CryoBar
Chicago Park District
Nights Out in the Parks
Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
These Artists CREATED Backdrops for String Performances
