Juneteenth Events and Performances 2025
Juneteenth celebrations in Chicago this year include parades, historic walks, music concerts and more!
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$3.5 Million Grant Launches Initiative to Diversify the Next Generation of Musicians
CMPI will support promising young musicians from underrepresented backgrounds and low-income households in order to diversify the next generation of musicians.
Cleveland Orchestra fires 2 musicians over sexual misconduct
The orchestra on Wednesday announced the dismissals of concertmaster William Preucil and principal trombonist Massimo La Rosa.
Lyric Backstage Video: Janai Brugger, Angela Brower, Sing ‘Idomeneo’ Excerpts
In an exclusive backstage performance, WFMT hosted a Facebook live with two of the starring performers of Lyric's new-to-Chicago presentation of Idomeneo.
A Sneak Peek at Guarneri Hall, a New Classical Music Space with a Radical Mission
“The design decisions have been born of our experiences performing and recording,” Stefan Hersh explains.
Joffrey’s ‘Swan Lake’ Launches a New Season of Ballet and Music
Joffrey Ballet's artistic director, Ashley Wheater, and music director, Scott Speck, discuss "Swan Lake," Joffrey's 2018-19 season, and ballet's unique and rich creative relationship with music.
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes a ‘spiritual journey’
Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today’s most in-demand violinists who keeps alive the favorites of the repertoire but also is deeply committed to the music of living composers.
Meet Missy Mazzoli, the CSO’s New Composer-in-Residence
Missy Mazzoli is a composer who is inspired by “weird stories,” and that’s a good thing. Her fascination with “humans who support, undermine, and love each other” has paved the way for opportunities in nearly every realm of the music industry. She is one of two women composers commissioned to write an opera for the Metropolitan Opera in New York ...
Gustavo Dudamel wins the Gish Prize, a top arts honor
The prize is named for the Gish sisters, who were early Hollywood stars and made large donations to benefit the arts community upon their deaths.
“The Only Thing I Want To See in Opera is a Good Story” — Librettist Wende Persons on Patience & Sarah and Patience
Librettist Wende Persons on the creation of Patience & Sarah, an opera based on a self-published novel by Isabel Miller (aka Alma Routsong) of the same name. Third Eye Theatre Ensemble's production runs through October 21 at Chicago's Theater Wit.
Lyric Opera says labor deal reached with striking musicians
A statement released by the music company Saturday night says the agreement would extend through the 2020-21 season, if ratified by members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10-208.
