Chicago a cappella rocks out in new show
If the past is prologue, Chicago a cappella can anticipate sold-out houses for its April concerts. Titled "History of Rock and Soul, Part 2" it builds on the popularity of...
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Chamber series features acclaimed groups
Northwestern University's Winter Chamber Music Festival at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston is serving a musical menu for classical fans of every taste from Jan. 12-28. All concerts are at...
Bring your grandkids for free to Northbrook Symphony concerts
At the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi is engraved the phrase "Know thyself." A corollary for those in the performing arts might be "Know thy audience." Last...
Lake Forest Symphony starts season with new director, more local concerts
The Lake Forest Symphony is coming home. In a move to connect more powerfully with its namesake, the organization will present more programs in Lake Forest than it has for...
Lake Forest pianist joins other Lang Lang scholars in concert
Quick! Name the young Chinese pianist whose electrifying performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival in 1999 catapulted him to instant...
Glenview native Elizabeth Joy Roe co-emceed Cliburn International Piano Concert
In the spring of 2000 when Elizabeth Joy Roe was a senior at Glenbrook South High School, she was chosen to play at the benefit dinner for the Music Institute...
Mayslake concerts dive into Broadway, American, international hits
Who doesn't love the vintage songs of Tin Pan Alley? Or the Broadway melodies of Richard Rodgers with either clever lyrics by Lorenz Hart or the graceful words of Oscar...
Pink Martini headlines lively CSO Corporate Night party
It was hot the evening of June 12, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra held its 28th annual Corporate Night benefit in Symphony Center. And despite comfortable air conditioning, Orchestra Hall...
Sinfonietta Bel Canto performs sentimental favorites
Musically, a lot happened between 1880 and 1922 — Scott Joplin composed "Ragtime," Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" opened in Vienna and Carrie Jacobs-Bond wrote a hit titled "I Love...
Evanston-based Civitas Ensemble to perform with Czech group Gipsy Way
The Evanston-based Civitas Ensemble of Chicago and the Gipsy Way Ensemble from the Czech Republic will present a program of music by Brahms, Liszt, Sarasate, Kreisler, Enescu and others who...