Stories
“Every time I play a piece of music, I train my mind to look at a score fresh.”
Stephen RaskauskasMarch 8, 2017
Michael San GabinoMarch 7, 2017
Stephen RaskauskasMarch 3, 2017
Keegan MorrisOctober 18, 2019
From downtown's soaring steel and glass skyscrapers to the iconic residential greystone, there are impressive, beautiful, and revolutionary buildings practically everywhere you look. Each fall, the Chicago Architecture Center celebrates the city's many architectural treasures both big and small with Open House Chicago, the two-day festival which lets opens many of these buildings for the public to explore for free!
Keegan MorrisOctober 17, 2019
“I would not consider myself a composer at all,” says Kian Soltani, shortly after playing a piece of music that he composed called Persian Fire Dance. “I’m really a cellist first and foremost, but I try to be creative also.”
Playlists
Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 28, 2017
If you’re looking to expand your own repertoire, why not explore the music of living composers? Check out these 10 composers changing contemporary classical music today who also all happen to be women.
Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 21, 2017
Author and activist Maya Angelou is best for her autobiographical memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. But have you heard Angelou sing?
Michael San GabinoFebruary 19, 2017
Holy Name Cathedral is an architectural landmark in the heart of downtown Chicago. On February 17, 2017, the church opened its doors to another Chicago treasure, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.













