The Music Institute of Chicago presents a joyful afternoon of performances by faculty and students, culminating in a community sing on Sunday, November 3 at 3 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. This concert supports the nearly $500,000 in scholarships and financial aid the Music Institute provides each year.
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Chicago’s Merit School of Music– a nationally accredited music school headquartered in the West Loop – proudly announces the opening of Merit Near North branch in the Old Town neighborhood at 458 W Eugenie Street. Merit will begin offering private music lessons, group classes, and early childhood music classes at Merit Near North this Fall. As part of Merit’s multi-year growth-focused strategic plan, the new expansion is grounded in Merit’s mission to transform the lives of Chicago-area young people by removing barriers to a high-quality music education. The bold strategic plan also encompasses a new Merit South Shore branch which launched this past summer through a partnership with Bryn Mawr Community Church.
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Celebrate the start of Chicago’s cultural season with a melodic evening under the stars. Lyric’s annual free concert, Sunday in the Park with Lyric, takes place on August 25, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park and promises an opportunity to embrace the end of summer with a fun-filled night of music. The event will be hosted by Lyric’s Chief Artistic Administration Officer Matthew Ozawa, NBC5’s Arts and Entertainment Reporter LeeAnn Trotter, and the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth.
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NEXUS Chamber Music has served as Guarneri Hall’s ensemble-in-residence since 2018. This year’s NEXUS Chamber Music Festival will feature two rehearsals open to the public, two programs at Guarneri Hall, and their first performance on the North Shore.
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For most, opera offers a world all its own. Likewise, the source material from which opera is born can seem to encapsulate a universe of possibilities. For fans of new operatic works, however, the subject matter from which composers draw inspiration is often entirely modern.
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Creative performance is often at its most impactful when it imparts a true message. When that message pays homage to a culture, it becomes even more poignant, and therefore impactful. Directed by multi-instrumentalist and media artist Tatsu Aoki, Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW).
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Twelve-time Grammy Award winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas offers no ambiguity when he takes the podium. His tempi are exact and his approach to balance, tone and intonation are fiercely deliberate at every hearing. He’s a passionate proponent of some of classical music’s most challenging and relatively modern repertoire, but he’s also a staunch advocate of connecting the dots from past to present and even the future of the music he loves.
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Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago’s flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, has announced its 34th concert season,
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Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Opera in the Neighborhoods program will once again bring a live performance tour to school and
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In its most ambitious undertaking to date, Chicago’s enterprising early-music ensemble Third Coast Baroque will present Beyond Baroque, a four-day
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