Music Institute of Chicago New Horizons Band is part of an educational music network founded at Eastman School of Music. For adults ages 50 and up.
The Music Institute of Chicago invites you to join the New Horizons Band, an educational program founded at the Eastman School of Music and designed for adults ages 50 and up. The band rehearses on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and participants also receive a sectional once a week immediately following a rehearsal. Members of Music Institute of Chicago's New Horizons Band find this experience to be enjoyable, healthful, musically and personally satisfying, and a wonderful opportunity for social interaction. Our New Horizons Band plays public concerts in MIC's historic Nichols Concert Hall and in local communities.
If you played an instrument earlier in life and are ready to take it up again, MIC can help you get back in shape quickly and recapture the excitement you once knew as a musician. If you have never played an instrument before, it's never too late to give it a try. MIC's highly experienced staff of professional musicians/teachers will guide you every step of the way from producing your first sounds, through learning to read music, to developing your technical skills to the very best of your ability. This is a terrific opportunity to engage in a low-stress physical and mental exercise, and to meet people and enjoy new experiences in a friendly and non-competitive atmosphere.
Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 -10:15 am, Regina Dominican High School, 701 Locust Road, Wilmette
Sectionals: 11:00 am, MIC's Winnetka Campus, 300 Green Bay Road
Tuition: $200/semester; free sectionals are included
All instruments welcome!
For the 2013-14 year, we are especially in need of the following instruments:
Saxophone (espeically tenor and baritone)
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
Trumpet
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Music INstitute of Chicago's mission is to provide the foundation for a lifelong engagement with music by:
- Offering the highest quality music education for all ages and
levels of ability.
- Reaching individuals with music education where opportunities
are limited.
- Supporting growth of therapy through music and the arts as a
community service for individuals with special needs.
- Supporting lifelong musical learning in every community.
- Building upon a proud tradition of developing the
exceptional performer.
