Carleton’s Regional Carls Program

Carleton Club at the Grant Park Music
Festival Orchestra Concert

Friday, June 24, 2011, 5:30 p.m.

Millennium Park
(Jay Pritzker Pavilion)

Please join us for the Grant Park Music Festival at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park for a night of music, socializing, and picnicking.

The evening includes a free 6:30 p.m. Latin Works for Orchestra performance.  Grant Park Orchestra conductor Carlos Kalmar will lead a tour of his native continent with such works as a suite from Mexican Carlos Chavez's futuristic ballet orginially created with Diego Rivera, Brazilian Villa Lobos' work inspired by an Amazonian bird, Chicago-based composer Elbio Barilari's work exploring Latin American dance from Canyengue, and Argentinian composer Ginastera's work paying tribute to cellist Pablo Casals.  Please bring your own blanket, chair, picnic, etc. and find us on the South-East corner of the Pavilion.  Look for the maize & blue balloons.  (Note: Alcohol is allowed in the park)

Please contact Vickie Gunderson '05 with questions.

Directions:  The Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park is easily accessible by public transportion (CTA & Metra). Parking garages are available for a fee.

Please visit http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/plan-your-visit/getting-to-the-festival for further directions.