W.H. LEE & CO. OCTOBER NEWS
Maintaining Your Instrument
As you begin to prepare for fall and winter performances,
make sure you are aware of how to maintain your
instrument. For some useful tips, feel free to stop in and
speak to one of our staff for help or a short lesson, or refer
to our maintenance tips.
Pictured above, shavings of spruce sit atop a
viola in the works, crafted in the WH Lee
Chicago workshop by Elijah Biagi Lee.
The scroll and neck, above, are carved from a
single piece of maple. This photo shows the
piece in its beginning stages.
William Harris Lee & Company
800-447-4533
Meet Kayla Comerford, Educational Strings
Coordinator, Chicago
Kayla studied violin under Stefan Milenkovich, Margot
Ehrlich, and Vadim Mazo. Though she is classically
trained, her focus now lies in improvisation and creating
roles for strings in alternative music. Kayla joined the
William Harris Lee family a year ago, where she heads up
all rentals, and manages all tours and social engagement
in Chicago. She works at our Chicago store on the fifth
floor of the landmark Fine Arts Building, just two blocks
south of Symphony Center, where we serve our Chicago
clientele and customers who stop in from all over the
world. Tuesday-Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and
Saturday from 10-5.
Chicago Architecture Foundation Open House
Chicago: October 18
Visit the historic landmark Fine Arts Building on Saturday,
October 18 between 9 am and 5:30 pm as part of the
Chicago Architecture Foundation’s annual two day Open
House Chicago event. Our downtown showroom will be
open with refreshments, open rehearsals and visits to the
luthier workshop. Stop by and see our incredible building,
one of 150 other important architectural sites across the
city. When is the last time you rode a man operated
vintage elevator!
410 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 560
www.whlee.com
Chicago IL 60605
[email protected]
Stories Wrapped in String: Halloween Edition!
Parents
caregivers
Monthand
Day
Year of young children are
invited to join us once a month for a free new story
time series, Stories Wrapped in String, at our
Chicago showroom on Thursdays and at the
Wilmette shop on Saturdays. William Harris Lee
staff and special guest artists from local strings
studios and music schools will perform classical
and improvised music accompanying stories read
by actress, Deirdre Harrison. Please arrive by 9:25
am. After stories and music, we’ll visit our luthiers
in the shop and then gather for a snack before
saying goodbye at 10:15 am.
Vol. 1 Issue 1
Thursday, October 23, Chicago
Saturday October 25, Wilmette
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Featuring Members of The Lucky Bikes: Sid
Samberg, viola; Kimberley Sutton, cello; Sam
Bradwell, bass; and Kg Price, percussion.
Costumes are welcome!
Thursday, November 20, Chicago
Saturday, November 22, Wilmette
Strega Nona by Tomi dePaola
Featuring Bruce Morrow, violin, WHLee Director of
Sales and Marketing
Thursday, December 18, Chicago
Saturday, December 20, Wilmette
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka and Lane
Smith
Special guest artists to be announced!
William Harris Lee and Northwestern University
Extraordinary Orchestra
Strings Petting Zoo before Kids Fare Concert
Saturday, November 8
9:45 am lobby open, concert at 10: 30 am
Pick Staiger Hall, Northwestern, Evanston
Strings students from the Bienen School of Music and William
Harris Lee & Co. bring a fun, hands-on string petting zoo for family
concert goers. Tickets are only $4 and $6 and on sale now.
Second Fridays at the Fine Arts Building-Music in the Showroom!
Join us for a glass of wine and some fabulous free music this fall in our downtown showroom overlooking Lake Michigan.
As a member of the Fine Arts Building Open Studio Collective, WHLee will host open rehearsal of a variety of local strings
talent on second Fridays.
November 14 from 6-8 pm Kaia String Quartet Open Rehearsal
Kaia recently kicked off the 9th Annual Latino Music Festival and released their debut recording, Latinoamérica.
December 12 from 6-9 pm Joyful Noise for Toys for Tots Concert
If you can, make a donation or bring a new unwrapped toy for the 2014 Toys for Tots drive. The Lucky Bikes chamber band
will lead an evening with other guests playing lively classical and contemporary music on this festive holiday night. Shop for
holiday gifts and enjoy other free performances and demonstration classes throughout the Fine Arts Building until 9 pm.
William Harris Lee & Company
800-447-4533
410 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 560
www.whlee.com
Chicago IL 60605
[email protected]