Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra presents its season finale concert featuring 18-year-old Music Institute of Chicago Concerto Competition winner Matthew Lipman playing Walton's Viola Concerto and Ars Viva's stirring Brahms First Symphony. Opening the concert is an homage to music by former CSO composer-in-residence John Corigliano. Learn more...
Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra Presents Walton and Brahms
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (Skokie, IL)
Chicago Chamber Choir Performs Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Evanston, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs an All-Russian Program at Symphony Center
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
At only 37 years old, Vladimir Jurowski is already one of the world's most successful conductors, with prominent artistic roles at the London Philharmonic, Glyndbourne Festival Opera and the Russian National Orchestra. He brings a powerful all-Russian program to Symphony Center for his CSO debut, including the spine-tingling Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninov. American great Peter Serkin joins Jurowski for Stravinsky's Piano Concerto. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Performs Bach & Brahms at the Fourth Presbyterian Church
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble presents an engaging program of music both old and new, including Bach's beloved Suite No. 2 in B Minor, rich with French dance themes, and ending with the drama of Brahm's masterful Quintet in F Minor, op. 24. The ensemble will also perform selections by Martinù and Fine. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Presents Spring Delights for Winds and Piano
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble celebrates spring with their April program of classical chamber music at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. The ensemble will perform a multinational program that includes music by Telemann, Mozart, Piston and Poulenc. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Performs Bach & Brahms
The Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble presents an engaging program of music both old and new, including Bach's beloved Suite No. 2 in B Minor, rich with French dance themes, and ending with the drama of Brahm's masterful Quintet in F Minor, op. 24. The ensemble will also perform selections by Martinù and Fine. Learn more...
The New Philharmonic Performs Passionate Piano Strings
McAninch Arts Center (Glen Ellyn, IL)
Tanya Bannister has been named "an artist to watch" by BBC Magazine and her performance has been described as both intelligent and poetic. Bannister has played concert halls around the world and now brings her emotional playing style to Chopin's poignant Piano Concerto No. 2. Learn more...
The Chicago Ensemble Presents Spring Delights for Winds and Piano
International House at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Ensemble celebrates spring with their April program of classical chamber music at International House at the University of Chicago. The ensemble will perform a multinational program that includes music by Telemann, Mozart, Piston and Poulenc. Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Choir Performs Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...
Chicago Sinfonietta Performs Las Américas
Symphony Center (Chicago, IL)
Music from three continents will be featured when the Chicago Sinfonietta presents the Chicago debut of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and cellist Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York's Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Rymer is the 2009 First Place winner of the prestigious Sphinx Competition. Learn more...
Mozart Gets Religion Explores the Spiritual Side of Mozart
Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL)
In his works, Mozart dealt with life, death and God. Elmhurst Choral Union and Orchestra will explore that spiritual side of Mozart, in music that is familiar from the films Amadeus, Eyes Wide Shut and Primal Fear. The program will include Mozart's Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, and Regina Coeli. Soprano Kimberly Eileen Jones will join the orchestra for Exsultate Jubilate (including the closing "Alleluia!"). Learn more...
Acappellago: Escape to... The Light of the Moon
Naperville Congregational Church (Naperville, IL)
Acappellago presents Escape to... The Light of the Moon at Naperville Congregational Church. This group of talented a cappella singers will perform songs dedicated to the night, ranging from 19th-century romantic music to modern pop and contemporary sounds. The program includes the world premiere of New York composer Beth Anderson's "Dream Song." Learn more...
Chicago Chamber Choir: Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth
Unity Lutheran Church (Chicago, IL)
The Chicago Chamber Choir presents Grounded: Songs of Our Majestic Earth, a wide-ranging selection of classical songs and modern standards celebrating the planet Earth. The program will include "For the Beauty of the Earth," "The Earth is the Lord's," "Let There be Peace on Earth," "This Land" and "What a Wonderful World," among other selections. Learn more...
Ethos Percussion Group, the Critically Acclaimed Percussion Group
Lund Auditorium (River Forest, IL)
Ethos Percussion Group integrates global instruments and playing styles into the conventions of Western chamber music to create a visually and aurally compelling experience. The ensemble's critically acclaimed performances regularly feature numerous commissions and world premieres, traditional rhythms from India, West Africa and the Middle East, and landmark works by composers such as John Cage, Lou Harrison, Steve Reich and Frank Zappa. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Wentz Concert Hall (Naperville, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Merit School of Music - Gottlieb Hall (Chicago, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Nichols Concert Hall (Evanston, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Chicago a cappella: The Birds and The Bees
Pilgrim Congregational Church (Oak Park, IL)
In Chicago a cappella's spring concert, they'll sing songs about birds, bees and The Birds and The Bees. A varied program features charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, works by Paul Hindemith and Felix Mendelssohn, passionate standards like "Fever" and "The Nearness of You" and more. Learn more...
Chicago Sinfonietta Performs Las Américas
Lund Auditorium (River Forest, IL)
Music from three continents will be featured when the Chicago Sinfonietta presents the Chicago debut of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and cellist Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York's Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Rymer is the 2009 First Place winner of the prestigious Sphinx Competition. Learn more...
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