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Chicago a cappella Announces 2024–25 Season

Across three programs, the ensemble mines early music, prose, and jazz inspirations in performances in Chicago and its suburbs.

The Joffrey Ballet's The Nutcracker (Photo: Cheryl Mann)

Keegan MorrisJune 16, 2020

No 2020 ‘Nutcracker’ as Joffrey Ballet Cancels Performances Through December

Keegan MorrisJune 16, 2020

Lyric Cancels Performances Until January 2021

Associated PressJune 10, 2020

NY Philharmonic cancels fall season, moves up Geffen rebuild

Joffrey Announces 2022-23 Season With ‘Little Mermaid’ and ‘Karenina’

Keegan MorrisMarch 15, 2022

The season will feature four mainstage programs, including the company’s Chicago-centric take on The Nutcracker and the return of Anna Karenina.

Video: Beethoven and Brahms Masterworks With Gabriel Martins & Victor Asunción

Keegan MorrisMarch 10, 2022

In two expressive, charismatic works of cello repertoire, ascendant artist Gabriel Martins Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 2.

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Playlist: Keepin’ it unreal with pioneering composer and artist Moondog

Daniel GoldbergJune 4, 2020

Of the thousands of people who passed Moondog as he stood, dressed as a Viking, on his customary Manhattan street corner, few realized that they were walking by one of the great minds of 20th-century music.

Pianist Lara Downes Joins WFMT for a Moving and Timely Virtual Concert and Conversation

Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2020

In troubled times, music is a source of hope and healing. In a virtual interview and concert with WFMT's George Preston, pianist Lara Downes performs selections from her new album, Some of These Days.

auditorium theatre 130 years after opening

Chicago’s All-Time Top Musical Moments? That’s for You to Decide.

Keegan MorrisJune 1, 2020

In a city replete with an embarrassment of musical riches, you can help decide the 35 musical moments and events that will be remembered in years to come. Or, as the organizing nonprofit Art & Business Council of Chicago, which supports arts, music, and cultural organizations, puts it, you can “help ensure that the beat goes on.” In what is ...

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