Grammy and Tony Award Winner Heather Headley to Perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on June, 3, 2025
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) recently announced that Grammy and Tony Award winner Heather Headley will perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Reineke, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Headley will join the CSO to perform selections from her Broadway career, which spans more than 25 years. The concert is in support of the CSOA’s 34th Annual Corporate Night and benefits the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association’s artistic, educational and community engagement programs in Chicago and across the globe.
Heather Headley’s multifaceted career took flight in 1997, when she won the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-winning hit musical The Lion King. While still in The Lion King, she was asked to audition for the title role in the writing duo’s next Broadway venture together, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida. Her portrayal of the Nubian princess, Aida, won her the praise of critics and the prestigious Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Headley has also received the coveted Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for her role in Aida.
Headley continued her musical success on the pop charts with her 2002 debut album on RCA Records, This Is Who I Am, which featured the songs, “He Is” and the album track “I Wish I Wasn’t,” both Top 5 R&B and Dance chart hits. In 2016, Headley returned to Broadway, starring in the Tony Award-winning The Color Purple in the role of Shug Avery. She currently can be seen as a series regular on the Netflix series Sweet Magnolias
As one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music, Steven Reineke is now in his second decade as Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, Reineke serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston and Toronto Symphony Orchestras. As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Reineke’s work has been performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label.
Tickets for the June 3, 2025, performance go on sale to the general public on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Patron Services representatives are available to assist with ticket purchases by web chat at cso.org or by calling 312-294-3000. The League of the CSOA is offering a ticket package for $295 per person that includes preconcert drinks and bites and prime seating at the concert. To make a ticket package reservation, visit cso.org/corporatenight.
