So, in case you didn't know this already, in addition to running around singing all the time, I'm the Artistic Director and a founder of new-ish organization in Chicago that promotes classical art song and vocal chamber music, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. The pinnacle of it's programs is the annual Collaborative Works Festival.
Preparations for the 2013 Collaborative Works Festival are underway and progressing fairly smoothly! Our line-up of artists is complete: we have an extraordinary roster of guest artists this year, including countertenor David Daniels, soprano Kiera Duffy, Grammy Award winning mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, pianist Martin Katz, members of the Grammy-Award winning ensemble eighth blackbird, and more! You can check out complete information on the festival at our website here. We also are very excited to be partnering with both The Poetry Foundation and The University of Chicago for our opening night concert.
CAIC just launched a small Kickstarter campaign to help raise a little extra money to cover some of the production costs of this year's festival. In case you aren't familiar with Kickstarter, it's a great crowd funding platform that allows individuals and organizations raise a lot of money through lots of smaller pledges from individuals. The catch to Kickstarter is that, if we don't raise our minimum goal by the deadline - CAIC won't receive any of the donations pledged. As of today, there are 13 days left! This year, we are aiming the kickstarter campaign to help us cover the cost of venue rentals, and we have set a minimum fundraising goal of $4,000. $25 is the most common pledge on kickstarter - right now we are only 130 individual $25 pledges away from reaching our goal!
If you have already donated or just simply can't donate, it would also be MOST helpful if you could help us spread the word about the campaign. The link to the campaign is:
I hope that you will be able to make it down to Chicago for our festival this September to witness the fruits of your pledges. It's going to be an amazing long weekend of concerts, and I would love to be able to share this momentous occasion with you.
I can't thank you all enough personally for your continued support of CAIC, and thank you so much for helping spread the word!
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