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Chicago a Capella
Music

Chicago a cappella presents “Jazz a cappella” March 29-April 6

March 6, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago a cappella

Chicago a cappella (CAC), Chicago’s premier unaccompanied vocal ensemble, continues its 2024/25 Season this March with Jazz a cappella, a

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CYSO Spanish Rhapsody Gala 2025
Classical MusicMusic

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Gala, “Spanish Rhapsody” Raises $500K

March 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating its mission and its talented young musicians, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras welcomed more than 300 guests to its 2025

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Avalon String Quartet
Arts

Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame to Present Free Community Concert by the Avalon String Quartet Friday, April 4

March 3, 2025 Fred Cummings

The Chicago-based, world-renowned Avalon String Quartet will present a free community concert on Friday, April 4 at 7:00 pm at

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Classical MusicMusic

Music Institute Gala to Honor Paquito D’Rivera with Dushkin Award

February 24, 2025 Fred Cummings Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago hosts its Gala Benefit on Tuesday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. at The Four Seasons

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The Listeners
Classical MusicMusicOpera

A New “Cult” Classic: Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” Comes to Lyric Opera This Spring

February 18, 2025 Fred Cummings Lyric Opera of Chicago

The haunting hum of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners will transfix audiences at Lyric Opera of Chicago this

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Yang Liu. Photo by Olivia Tsai.
Classical MusicMusic

New Phil to Present Tchaikovsky’s 4th & “Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto” with Yang Liu

February 17, 2025 Fred Cummings McAninch Arts Center,  New Philharmonic

Under the baton of music director and conductor Kirk Muspratt, New Philharmonic, the professional orchestra in residence at the McAninch

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Trinity Irish Dance Company Dancers 2. Photo by Lois Greenfield
Dance

Chicago Trinity Irish Dance Company to Make Jacob’s Pillow Debut

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings Jacob's Pillow,  Trinity Irish Dance Company

Chicago’s Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC), the uniquely Irish-American company that celebrates founding artistic director Mark Howard’s pioneering vision to

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Giordano Dance Chicago "Studio 62" Benefit
Dance

Giordano Dance Chicago’s Feb. 1 “Studio 62” Benefit Supports the Giordano Dance Chicago Dancer Fund

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Giordano Dance Chicago

Giordano Dance Chicago hosted “Studio 62,” a benefit patterned after the incomparable New York City’s legendary 1970s nightclub Studio, Saturday,

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Stella Chen
Classical MusicMusic

Stella Chen to Step in for Robert Chen as Violin Soloist in CSO February 20-22 Concerts

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Concertmaster Robert Chen must regrettably withdraw from his planned solo appearances with the Orchestra and conductor

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Black Oak Ensemble
Classical MusicMusic

~Nois Quartet and Black Oak Ensemble join forces in Nova Linea Musica’s ‘Letters from Home’ March 12

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings ~Nois Quartet,  Black Oak Ensemble,  Nova Linea Musica

Chicago-based chamber music series and new-music incubator Nova Linea Musica (NLM), will present “Letters from Home,” a concert featuring two

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