Classical Music – Page 4 – Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts

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.

Classical Music

Guarneri Hall Presents NEXUS 7th Annual Chamber Music Festival, August 19-23, 2024

August 6, 2024 Fred Cummings

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.

Classical Music Music Winter 2024

Feast for the Eyes…and Ears

January 5, 2024 Fred Cummings

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.

Autumn 2023 Classical Music Music

Asian Improv aRTs Midwest Celebrates 20 Years of Taiko Legacy

November 9, 2023 Fred Cummings Asian Improve aRTs, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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).

Autumn 2023 Classical Music Music

Michael Tilson Thomas Draws From Past, Present and Future in CSO Program

October 30, 2023 Fred Cummings Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

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.

Classical Music Music

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians announce 2023-2024 Concert Season Programs

September 4, 2023 Fred Cummings Rembrandt Chamber Musicians

Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, Chicago’s flagship ensemble covering the full spectrum of classical chamber music, has announced its 34th concert season,

Classical Music Music

Lyric Opera of Chicago Announces the 2023 Opera in the Neighborhoods Tour

September 4, 2023 Fred Cummings Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Opera in the Neighborhoods program will once again bring a live performance tour to school and

Classical Music Music

Chicago’s Third Coast Baroque to Launch “Beyond Baroque” Festival

August 10, 2023 Fred Cummings Epiphany Center for the Arts

In its most ambitious undertaking to date, Chicago’s enterprising early-music ensemble Third Coast Baroque will present Beyond Baroque, a four-day

Chicago-Opera-Theater-General-Director-Ashley-Magnus

Classical Music Music

Chicago Opera Theater Launches Search to Replace General Director Ashley Magnus

March 1, 2023 David Henley

The Board of Directors of Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago’s foremost producer of contemporary and re-imagined opera, announced recently that it will launch a national search to replace Ashley Magnus, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson General Director, who departed the company effective Friday, March 3, 2023. Magnus leaves the Chicago area to unite her family in Southwest Michigan, where she and her husband opened the River Trade Brewing Company in Constantine, MI. She has served Chicago Opera Theater for 7 ½ years, including as General Director since January 2019. Chicago Opera Theater Director of Development Meaghan Stainback Smallwood has been named the Interim General Director.

Classical Music Music

Chicago Philharmonic to Welcome Ryan Speedo Green in Orchestra Debut

February 24, 2023 Fred Cummings Chicago Philharmonic, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Ryan Speedo Green

The Chicago Philharmonic Society has announced it will welcome two-time Grammy Award winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green in a concert showcasing selections from opera and musical theater, one night only; Saturday, October 14 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. Featuring repertoire from every era of opera and musical theater, Green will make his debut with the dynamic, musician-led orchestra under the baton of Chicago Philharmonic artistic director Scott Speck.