Romanian Library and Cultural
Center, Niles, IL will host a concert of Classical music arranged and directed
by Stelian Aioanei, founder and director of Logos School of Music (LSM), in
Niles, IL, Friday, November 12.
The Cultural Center is part of
the non-profit organization American-Romanian Network Inc., founded by Steven
Bonica in 1995. “Our purpose is to promote the Romanian traditions and culture
and to keep the Romanian language alive,” says Bonica.
The concert is part of a social
event that is design to gather Romanians from Chicago area to a black-tie
dinner of cultural interaction. “The event is a ‘thank you’ to the people that
supported the Romanian Cultural Center and who made possible our foundation,”
says Bonica.
Logos School of Music has open in
the Spring of 2006, as part of the Logos Christian Academy, previously known as
Norwood Park Christian School. “Our purpose is to help anyone achieve the dream
of pursuing a professional music career,” says Aioanei.
The school began with 15 students and 7 faculty members and now it has 70 students and more than 20 music instructors. The majority of the student body consists of students in elementary level to high school level.
Many of the instructors received their music degrees from local institutions such as DePaul University, Northwestern University, or Northern Illinois University, and some are part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Choir. Some Logos Christian Academy students pursued music careers and after finishing college went back to teach at the LSM.
Watch the Logos School of Music Christmas concert 2009
The school began with 15 students and 7 faculty members and now it has 70 students and more than 20 music instructors. The majority of the student body consists of students in elementary level to high school level.
Many of the instructors received their music degrees from local institutions such as DePaul University, Northwestern University, or Northern Illinois University, and some are part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra, and the Chicago Symphony Choir. Some Logos Christian Academy students pursued music careers and after finishing college went back to teach at the LSM.
Watch the Logos School of Music Christmas concert 2009
This is the case of Marius
Olariu, a former student at Logos Christian Academy, who after graduating from
DePaul School of Music, went back to teach music at the Logos School of Music.
“I am proud to teach at the school, because I think it is a remarkable
realization for the Chicago-area Romanians and also for the people living
around the school who bring their kids to learn music here. Our students rage
between 3 and 45 years old,” says Olariu.
The Logos School of Music is for anybody who wants to learn music, not just for the students enrolled at the Logos Christian Academy. “This school is blessed to have facilities that accommodate first class musical activities and learning,” says Bonica, who has one daughter enrolled at the school and one that just graduated.
The Logos School of Music is for anybody who wants to learn music, not just for the students enrolled at the Logos Christian Academy. “This school is blessed to have facilities that accommodate first class musical activities and learning,” says Bonica, who has one daughter enrolled at the school and one that just graduated.
Logos School of Music has a
Symphony Orchestra composed of teachers and advanced students and several small
ensembles which include string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, as
well as the school choir.
They have won different music competitions including Illinois grade school of music association competition and Evanston Northshore concert band competition and performed at Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Romanian local Churches works of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Bach.
They have won different music competitions including Illinois grade school of music association competition and Evanston Northshore concert band competition and performed at Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Romanian local Churches works of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Bach.
Besides the Friday night concert,
which will feature a strains ensemble, made of 8 young musicians, the Logos
School of Music students are preparing their annual Christmas carols concerts
on December 11, at the Romanian Baptist Church in Des Plaines, IL.
Romanian Heritage Festival
Romanian Heritage Festival
In the past, the Romanian
Cultural Center hosted art exhibitions, official dinners, and most of the
social events that take place in the community. Also, the American-Romanian
Network is the organizer of the Romanian Heritage Festival, an annual festival
with live Romanian bands (usually brought from Romania) traditional food and
folklore dance.