The Music Institute of Chicago will present a free concert celebrating the life of Abraham Stokman, beloved teacher, master improviser, and visual artist, Sunday, October 20 at 3 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
“Abraham Stokman: The Man, The Music, The Legacy” features friends, family, and colleagues sharing personal anecdotes, inspirational remarks, and moving performances. A post-performance reception takes place in the Nichols Concert Hall lobby, where art created by Stokman will be on display.
After graduating from Juilliard, Stokman served as a vocal coach in the school’s opera department for five years. He toured the U.S. and Canada giving solo and chamber concerts, then moved to Chicago and became the artist-in-residence and assistant professor at the Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University, while also serving as chairman of the piano department at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Stokman had countless successes in solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall, the Town Hall in New York City, the Gardner Museum in Boston, the Phillips Gallery in Washington, and Mandel Hall in Chicago. He was also featured as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He recorded Ramon Zupko’s music for CRI, as well as a CD of 20th century American piano music for Centaur Records.He also recorded “Hyperbolea” on a recording by Shulamit Ran. Throughout the years, Stokman also participated in a series of chamber music concerts with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra around the Chicago area.
Stokman taught private piano lessons for years, but more recently, he focused on piano improvisation classes for advanced pre-college piano students.
Read more about Abraham Stokman here.
For information about the concert, call 847-905-1500.
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Music Institute of Chicago
The Music Institute of Chicago leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music through unparalleled teaching, exceptional performances, and valuable service initiatives that educate, inspire, and build strong, healthy communities. Since its founding in 1931, the Music Institute’s commitment to innovation, access, and excellence has served as an important community resource and helps to ensure music is available to everyone. Each year, the Music Institute provides personalized music instruction to more than 1,500 students, regardless of age, level of experience, or financial means, across Community Music School locations in Chicago, Downers Grove, Evanston, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Wheaton, and Winnetka, as well as online. In addition, the Music Institute brings music education, masterclasses and sectionals for local K–12 ensembles, professional development, and music performance and engagement opportunities to thousands in the Chicago area; offers scholarship opportunities to students in its Community School and its Academy, a nationally recognized training center for highly gifted pre-college pianists and string players; and welcomes more than 15,000 visitors annually for performances, master classes, and special events at Nichols Concert Hall.
The Music Institute of Chicago is grateful for the support of these annual institutional supporters: Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Edwardson Family Foundation, John and Pauline Fife, John R. Halligan Charitable Fund, Horejsi Charitable Foundation, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, ITW, The Julian Family Foundation, The Kiphart Family Foundation, William Harris Lee & Co., The Negaunee Foundation, Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Family Foundation, Northern Trust, Sargent Family Foundation, Shure, and The Wallace Foundation. The Music Institute also acknowledges the generous support of Cook County Arts; the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston; the Highland Park Community Foundation; the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
For information, visit musicinst.org.
Photos provided by Arlene Stokman unless otherwise noted.
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