Members of the orchestra will be in costume, and audience members are encouraged to do likewise. The 7 p.m. concert is geared especially toward families; children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

The program will feature Felix Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Charles Tomlinson Griffes' "The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan" and "Bacchanale," Rimsky-Korsakov's Suite from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and music from Walt Disney's Aladdin, all conducted by Music Director Barbara Schubert.

Admission to the concert is free, but donations will be requested at the door. Suggested donations are $4, $2 for students and children. For more information, call the Music Department's Concert Hotline at 702-8069. Shadow Vignettes jazz band to perform for first time in decade

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photo Shadow Vignettes, a 26-piece jazz band led by composer/saxophonist Edward Wilkerson, will present its first Chicago performance in more than a decade at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in Mandel Hall. Shadow Vignettes, composed of members of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, has entertained audiences in the United States, Europe and Japan with its interpretation of the African-American musical heritage, and Wilkerson's ability as a composer and saxophonist has been acclaimed worldwide. In addition to working with Shadow Vignettes, Wilkerson is the leader of Chicago's Eight Bold Souls, an ensemble whose second recording on the Arabesque label, "Ant Farm," will be released in 1995. He is also a member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. The concert will feature flute soloist James Newton, who has been acclaimed in recent years as the nation's premier jazz flutist in Downbeat magazine's polls of critics and readers. Newton has recorded on the ECM, Blue Note and Gramavision record labels. The concert is co-sponsored by the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Department of Music and is underwritten by the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest National Jazz Network and the Illinois Arts Council. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for members of the Jazz Institute and $8 for students. For tickets, call the Concert Office at 702-8068. Program change announced for Chamber Music Series concert Oct. 27, 1994 Vol. 14, No. 5 current issue archive / search contact The Department of Music has announced a program change for the opening-night concert of the 52nd season of the Chamber Music Series. The Takacs String Quartet, scheduled to open the six-concert series, will be unable to appear. The series will open instead with a performance by the Vermeer Quartet in a send-off concert for the quartet's European tour. The concert will be presented at the originally scheduled time and location, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, in Mandel Hall. The Vermeer Quartet will perform Mozart's String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, Bartok's String Quartet No. 3 and Schubert's "Death and the Maiden." Tickets for the concert are $22, $19 and $17 (students $8). Subscriptions to the series are $99 (students $50). For tickets and more information, call the Concert Office at 702-8068.