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Corky Siegel poses with the Chicago Skyline

Corky Siegel at 80: Gathering No Moss at this Magnificent Milestone

“I have so much pouring out of me that I would like to share before I can’t share it anymore. It seems the more years I’ve been given, the more I need.”

George PrestonAugust 9, 2019

Meet the Pianist Who Is Setting Some of the Internet’s Most Hilarious Viral Videos to Music

Candice AgreeAugust 8, 2019

Going Medieval on Twitter

Associated PressAugust 7, 2019

Rhiannon Giddens, Francis Johnson to get Americana award

wearing a green necklace and a black sweater, Jessie Montgomery looks past the camera standing against a rich red wall

CSO Announces Next Mead Composer-in-Residence

Keegan MorrisApril 20, 2021

Riccardo Muti has appointed Jessie Montgomery as the Mead Composer-in-Residence. Montgomery will succeed the CSO's current composer-in-residence, Missy Mazzoli, in July of this year.

Playlist: Classical Music for the Earth and Environment

Daniel GoldbergApril 19, 2021

Composers like Terence Blanchard, Ludovico Einaudi, Rachel Portman, and Lei Liang have brought light to the ongoing climate catastrophe through their music.

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Grant Park Music Festival’s “Pastoral Picnic in White” in Pictures

Michael San GabinoJuly 29, 2019

A flurry of white dresses and shirts, white tablecloths and candelabras sprinkled the Great Lawn in Millennium Park as patrons celebrated the Grant Park Music Festival’s annual “Pastoral Picnic in White” on Saturday, July 27. Originally inspired by a 1988 gathering at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, the Grant Park Music Festival joins thousands of similar “Dinners in White” ...

the mcgill brothers pose in front of the strikingly modern pritzker pavilion in millennium park

Video: The McGill Brothers Return Home for Grant Park Music Festival Debut

Keegan MorrisJuly 26, 2019

The Chicago-born brothers reflect on their first forays into music, their ongoing support of young arts organizations, and their debut performances at their hometown Grant Park Music Festival.

Tour the Glyndebourne gardens, where music meets nature

Michael San GabinoJuly 24, 2019

Glyndebourne, located in the England countryside, declares that it produces “no ordinary opera,” and one could certainly use a similar mantra for its stately, stunning gardens. Musicians and patrons alike gain inspiration from the visual splendor of Glyndebourne. And according to Glyndebourne’s head gardener Kevin Martin, the inspiration is mutual. “I get inspiration from the music but also from the ...

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