Past Performances
March
20, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Music for two pianos
With Bette Coulson & Philip Seward.
Sherwood Conservatory
Recital Hall
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
March 15,
2008
7:00 p.m.
Light Classical & Smooth Jazz
St. James Arts Series
Featuring Eliabeth Doyle & Philip Seward
January 19, 2008
7:00 p.m.
A Little Cabaret
St. James Arts Series
October
2, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Lira Ensemble
Philip Seward, Piano
Featuring songs of Poland and
Philip Seward playing the music of Chopin.
Harold Washington Library
Chicago, Illinois
October 22,
2007
12:00 p.m.
Philip Seward in Concert
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
October
2, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Lira Ensemble
Philip Seward, Piano
Featuring songs of Poland and
Philip Seward playing the music of Chopin.
Harold Washington Library
Chicago, Illinois
September 9, 2007
3:00 p.m.
Concert of Marian Music
Lira Ensemble of Chicago
Conducted by Philip Seward
including compositions by Philip Seward
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
1300 N. Noble Street
Chicago, Illinois
August 16, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Philip Seward’s
African Stories
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sherwood Conservatory of Music
Recital Hall
1312 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
August 11-12. 2007
Saturday,7:30 p.m.
Sunday, 9:30 a.m
Stages Festival 2007
Theatre Building Chicago
1225 W. Belmont, Chicago
Two days of new musicals
featuring “Downtown”
Downtown
Book by Barbara Georgans
Lyrics by Charles Elito Mehler
Music by Philip Seward
June
27, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Summer Concert
Philip Seward, Tenor
Witold Pienkowski, Piano
Featuring music by Bernstein, Karlowicz, Puccini, Rodgers, and Seward
Dom Narodowy Concert Hall
Main Market Square
Cieszyn,
Poland
June 9, 2007
A Midsummer Cabaret
Arts at St. James Series
St. James Presbyterian
6554 N. Rockwell
Chicago, Illinois
Featuring
Kelli Glaser, Anita Hillin,
Katrina Kelley, Andrew Kremer, Steven Price, Philip Seward,
& Price Thomas
March 30, 2006
Philip Seward’s
The Passion of John
Arts at St. James Series
St. James Presbyterian
6554 N. Rockwell
Chicago, Illinois
Featuring
Theresa Enright, Soprano
Philip
Seward, Tenor
Steven Price, Narrator
Eric Schaeffer, Cello
Andrew Kremer, Guitar
Annie Clapper, Flute
March 1,
2007
12:00 p.m.
Four Hands at the Piano
A
Duet Recital featuring
Bette Coulson & Philip Seward
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
December 3, 2006
G.
F. Handel
The Messiah
Philip Seward, Tenor
Elmhurst
Choral Union
Elmhurst Symphony
James MacDonald, Conductor
Hammerschmidt
Chapel
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, Illinois
November 26, 2006
A
Polish Christmas
at Orchestra Hall
Featuring
the world premier of
Festival Overture
and other works by Philip Seward
Lira
Ensemble of Chicago:
at Symphony Center
220 Sl Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
September 27, 2006
Music for Piano
Philip Seward, Piano
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014
S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
August 18-19 , 2006
Belle
Barth
An autobiography
Joanne
Koch, playwright
featuring Honey West & Philip Seward
Acorn Theatre
Three Oaks, Michigan
July 3, 2006
Concert for Tenor & Piano
Philip
Seward, Tenor
Grazyna Ney, Piano
Art songs by Alban Berg, Lee Hoiby, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Philip Seward, Richazrd Strauss and others.
Uniwersytet Rzeszów
Rzeszów, Poland
March 14. 2006
Music
for Tenor
& Classical Guitar
Philip
Seward, Tenor
Norman Ruiz, Guitar
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014
S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
February 11, 2006
8:15 p.m
Piano Solo Concert
Philip
Seward, Piano
Playing works of Barber, Bartok. Chopin, Debussy, Fulkerson, Gerswhin,
Huydts, Liszt, Segall, and Seward
Engelse
Kerk Concert
Beginhof 48
Amsterdam, Holland
Saturday,
February 4, 2006
12:00 p.m.
African-Polish Concert
Lira
Ensemble of Chicago
Philip Seward, Conductor
DuSable
Museum.
Chicago, Illinois
Sunday,
November 27, 2005
3:00
p.m.
2005 Christmas Gala
Symphony
Center
Chicago
Featuring:
a world premiere composition
celebrating
the 40th anniversary
of the Lira Ensemble
by Philip Seward
Saturday,
October 29,
2005
3:00 p.m.
Memorial
Concert for
Louise Fassler
St.
James Choir,
Philip Seward, Piano
Margaret Hoover, Flute
St.
James Presbyterian Church
6554 N. Rockwell, Chicago
(Corner of Albion)
Tuesday,
October 18, 2005
12:30
p.m.
Pops
for the Piano
Philip
Seward, Piano
Music of Barber, Carpenter, Confrey, Poulenc, Seward & Szymanowski
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014
S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois
9:00 p.m.
(21:00)
Polish
& American
Music for Independence Day!
Philip Seward, Piano
Czerwony
Fortepian
Poznan, Poland
Thursday,June
30, 2005
6:00
p.m.
(18:00)
Polish
& American
Songs & Arias
Philip
Seward, Tenor
Grazyna Ney, Fortepian
Wroclaw, Poland
April 23, 2005
7:30 p.m.
Music of Love & Loss
Ewa Kowcz, soprano • Philip Seward, tenor
Music of Bernstein, Karlowicz, Kern, Loesser, Moniuszko, Szymanowski & Weill
Polish National Museum
Milwaukee
at Augusta
Chicago
Saturday,
March 19, 2005
3:00
p.m.
sonata,
polonaise, preludes
& a rhapsody
music
of
Bartok, Chopin, Seward & Gershwin
Philip Seward, Piano
at St. James Presbyterian Church
6554 N. Rockwell (at Albion)
Chicago
Thursday,
March 10, 2005
12:30
p.m.
Songs
of Love & War
music
for baritone & tenor
featuring Andrew Shultze & Philip Seward
1014 S. Michigan
Sunday,
November 28, 2004
3:00
p.m.
2004 Christmas Gala
Symphony
Center
Chicago
Featuring:
Rivers, Rejoice
& additional orchestrations
by Philip Seward
Thursday,
October 14, 2004
12:30
p.m.
sonata,
polonaise, preludes
& a rhapsody
music
of
Bartok, Chopin, Seward & Gershwin
Philip Seward, Piano
1014 S. Michigan
Saturday,
September 18, 2004
7:30 p.m.
Praise Gathering:
St. James Choir in Concert
6554
N. Rockwell (at Albion)
Chicago
Featuring:
Spiritual Settings and
adaptations of Southern Harmony by Philip Seward
Thursday,September
9, 2004
6:00
p.m.
Mostly Music Benefit
Featuring:
Prayer
a
new work for a cappella choir,
commissioned for Bella Voce, by Philip Seward
Saturday,March
13, 2004
7:30
p.m.
Chiaroscuro
CUBE:
First Hearings
Featuring:
Hopewell Community
a new work by Philip Seward for oboe, violin, cello, piano and percussion
1014 S. Michigan
Sunday,
December 14, 2003
2:30 p.m.
Concert
at the Kikker Theatre:
Proeflokaal # 24
Amsterdam
Muziek in Theater Kikker:
Dag
Muziek [NL] Proeflokaal # 24 -
met o.a. Henk Spies, Boca Raton (aka Martijn Tellinga),
Sarah van Lamsweerde c.s. (dans), Philip Seward, James Fulkerson
toegang > gratis
A
concert of varied music
featuring the artists listed.
Featuring:
Philip Seward’s Rhapsody on Hans Brinker and Three Preludes
Sebastian Huydts’ Noel
played by Philip Seward
Sunday,
October 26, 2003
3:00
p.m.
WFMT Radio 98.7
Premiere of
Blessing
A prayer setting for six part chorus
piano & percussion
October
13, 2003
7:00
p.m.
Sylvia
& Danny Kaye Playhouse
68th & Lexington, New York
Reservations: (212) 772-4448
New York Premiere of
...And
Piano Make Three
part of Les Dames á trois...et piano
performed
with Patrice Boyd
Sarah loves Richard and Richard loves his piano. After a year of dating, how can a frustrated Sarah move their romance forward? The opera will be performed on a bill with songs by Lee Hoiby.
a dark comedy with music
Music
by Philip Seward
Libretto by Kelli Glaser, Steve Price & Philip Seward
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, & 15, 2003
Fridays
& Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday Matinees at 2:30
Northtown
Community Arts Center
6554 North Rockwell, Chicago
Tickets
may be reserved at
(773) 465-3973
Set primarily in present day Argentina, the story concerns Gayle (Anitia Hillin) and Dirk (Seward), an American couple from Chicago who travel to South America in order to find the lost fortune of Juan Peron. Complications ensue when their contacts in Buenos Aires, underground revolutionary Consuela (Glaser) and mercenary Victor (Price) join the search with hidden agendas of their own.
World
Premiere!
February 14-21, 2003
Northtown
Community Arts Center
6554 North Rockwell, Chicago
Sincerely
Yours
Book by Barbara Georgans
Music & Lyrics by Philip Seward
featuring:
Kelli Ann Glaser, Anita Hillin,
Steven Price & Philip Seward
Marriage on the rocks? A publisher of romance novels tries to re-ignite romance in his marriage to his wife, a dream analyst. Romance takes a comedic turn as husband courts his wife all over again as her secret admirer! The comedy winds up on a romanticly wacky weekend in Vermont!
December 5 & 6, 2002
two evenings of new music
Columbia
College of Chicago Composer’s Consortium
(C5)
featuring:
Dance Suite from the Prince & the Pauper, by Philip Seward
(Dec. 6)
The
Madman, by Kim McCarthy,
Philip Seward, tenor
(Dec. 5)
Columbia
College Dance Center
13th & Michigan, Chicago
World
Premiere!
November 22 , 2002
A Noteworthy Tale
Music
& Libretto by Philip Seward
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Education Department
Christian
Heritage Academy
415 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Illinois,
Call
(847) 446-5252
for more information
American
Premiere!
November 8, 2002
8:00 p.m.
also
running
November 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Evening performances at 8:00 pm
Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm
The
American Premiere of
Mileva Einstein
a new
play by Vida Ognjenovic
directed by Kathleen Carot
with a score by Philip Seward
Oakton
Community College
Des Plaines, Illinois
October 21 & 27, 2002
7:30 p.m.
Danny
Kaye
Supreme
Court Jester
a new play with music by Joanne Koch
featuring:
Peter Mohawk, Denise Blank, Jamie Axtell, Katrina Kelley,
& Philip Seward
October
21:
Theatre Building Chicago
1225 W. Belmont, Chicago
October 27: Champaign, Illinois
June 14, 15, 21 & 22, 2002
8:00
p.m.
Northtown
Community Arts Center
6554 North Rockwell, Chicago
Tickets
may be reserved at
(773) 465-3973
a dark comedy with music
Music
by Philip Seward
Libretto by Kelli Glaser, Steve Price & Philip Seward
Set primarily in present day Argentina, the story concerns Gayle (Anitia Hillin) and Dirk (Seward), an American couple from Chicago who travel to South America in order to find the lost fortune of Juan Peron. Complications ensue when their contacts in Buenos Aires, underground revolutionary Consuela (Glaser) and mercenary Victor (Price) join the search with hidden agendas of their own.
February
9-25, 2002
Fridays & Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.
Marquee
Theatre
2123 Harrison Street
Evanston, Illinois
Cole!
Featuring the music of Cole Porter
Featuring Philip Seward, Tenor
for information call (847) 604-0535
February 1, 2002
Friday: 12:00 p.m.
Stone Soup
Music
& Libretto by Philip Seward
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Education Department
Christian
Heritage Academy
415 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Illinois,
Call
(847) 446-5252
for more information
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.
Columbia
College Concert Hall
1014 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
December 1-30, 2001
The
Theatre Building
1225 W. Belmont, Chicago
Returning to Chicago!
Call
(773) 327-5252
for tickets and showtimes
Music
by Philip Seward
Lyrics by John Sparks
Book by Jane Boyd
& Concept by New Tuners Theatre
November
24, 2001
Warren, Michigan
November
25, 2001
South Bend, Indiana
December
2, 2001
Cicero, Illinois
December 8, 2001 Wilmette, Illinois
December 16, 2001 LaSalle, Illinois
The Lira Ensemble of Chicago
presents
Christmas
Gala Concerts
of
Polish & American Music
November 16 & 17, 2001
Friday: 10:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m.
Stone Soup
Music
& Libretto by Philip Seward
Commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago, Education Department
World
Premiere!
Christian Heritage Academy
415 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Illinois,
Call
(847) 446-5252
for more information
November 16 & 17, 2001
7:30 p.m.
Grace
United Methodist Church
Corner of Wrightwood & Kimball
Die
Fledermaus
e-mail: thebatgala@aol.com
Intimate
Opera
presents
Die Fledermaus
by Johann Strauss, Jr.
featuring
Philip Seward
as Gabriel Eisenstein
October 21, 2001,
2:00 p.m.
St.
Vincent DePaul Church 1010 W. Webster, Chicago
(312)
409-7874
Ars Musica Chicago presents music
“From The Royal Habsburg Court”
with Philip Seward, Tenor
May 2 at 12:30 p.m.
and May 3, 4 & 5 at
7:30 p.m.
Columbia College of Chicago
presents
Club Allegro
a music theatre event
directed by Philip Seward & Bobbi Wylsin
admission
is free
Concert Hall: 1014 S. Michigan, Chicago
Story and opening number by Philip Seward,
including music by Gershwin, Porter, Holiday, Hundley, Catalini, Goodman, and others
April 12, 2001
12:30 p.m.
Columbia College Music Centre
presents
The Music of Doug Lofstrom
1014 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
featuring Laura Amend, soprano, and Philip Seward, piano,
performing Songs of Tagore
Admission Free
February
9, 10,16 & 17,
2001
Marquee Theatre Company
presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
The King & I
Evanston, Illinois
featuring Philip Seward as LunTha
For more information and tickets please call (847) 604-0535
January 7, 2001
7:00 p.m.
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
presents a reading of
68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, New York City
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served; R.S.V.P. (212) 772-5207
November 10 & 11,
2000
8:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
presents
Nobody Likes Retsina
Chicago, Illinois
For
more information and reservations please
call
(773)
465-3973
November 4,
2000
8:00 p.m.
No Exit Cafe
presents
Songs of Ireland
Chicago, Illinois
For
more information and reservations please
call
(773)
743-3355
Kate Bolgrien
Ray Cunha
Kathleen Doherty
Lynelle Kirkwood
Philip Seward
& Charlie Madigan
July 31, August 1,
2000
3:30 & 7:00
Stages 2000
presents
Les Dames à trois ...et piano
Chicago, Illinois
For
more information and reservations please
call
(773)
327-5252
