Full Text of HR1050 97th General Assembly
HR1050 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor the Grant Park Music | 4 | | Festival on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Grant | 5 | | Park Chorus; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival, the nation's only | 7 | | remaining free outdoor summer classical music series, was | 8 | | conceived by Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak in 1931; in 1935, | 9 | | the festival was founded by James C. Petrillo, president of the | 10 | | Chicago Federation of Musicians, to lift the spirits of | 11 | | Chicagoans during the Great Depression; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1962, the award-winning Grant Park Chorus was | 13 | | established under the direction of Thomas Peck; the chorus has | 14 | | been led by Chorus Director Christopher Bell since 2002; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 2012, the Grant Park Music Festival will | 16 | | celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Grant | 17 | | Park Chorus, now a professional ensemble of more than 100 | 18 | | vocalists; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival annually offers a | 20 | | 10-week season of free concerts, artistic development | 21 | | initiatives, radio broadcasts, and community education and |
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| 1 | | outreach programs; the festival shares the enrichment of | 2 | | symphonic music with nearly 1.8 million people each year and | 3 | | has made its home in Millennium Park and its state-of-the-art | 4 | | outdoor concert facility, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, since | 5 | | 2004; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival has earned a | 7 | | reputation for artistic excellence by consistently presenting | 8 | | varied and adventurous repertoire - juxtaposing well-loved | 9 | | favorites with less familiar classical and contemporary | 10 | | masterworks - at the highest professional level; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival remains committed to | 12 | | making live symphonic and choral performances broadly | 13 | | accessible and to fostering a lifelong appreciation of | 14 | | classical music among people of all ages, backgrounds, and | 15 | | means; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival will celebrate the | 17 | | 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus with a number of | 18 | | special activities and events throughout the 2012 season, | 19 | | including a Golden Anniversary Choral Spectacular on June | 20 | | 29-30, 2012; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The Grant Park Music Festival has further | 22 | | commemorated this anniversary with the commissioning of 2 new |
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| 1 | | works for the Grant Park Chorus by esteemed American composers | 2 | | Michael Gandolfi and Sebastian Currier; the composers will | 3 | | present their world premieres on July 15-16, 2012 and July 6-7, | 4 | | 2012, respectively; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 | | we honor the organizers and performers of the Grant Park Music | 8 | | Festival on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Grant | 9 | | Park Chorus and commend their continued efforts to enrich, | 10 | | enlighten, and uplift all of Chicago's residents and guests | 11 | | with world-class, free classical music concerts; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the Grant Park Music Festival as a symbol of our | 15 | | esteem and respect.
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