Stories

Early Music, New Era: Veteran Newberry Consort Directors to Retire After Upcoming Concerts

Approaching the end of a long tenure, the artistic, administrative, and life partners reflect and look ahead.

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 22, 2016

How Stevie Wonder’s Hit Songs Got to Chicago’s Symphony Center

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 22, 2016

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Lute but Were Afraid to Ask – with Paul O’Dette

WFMTJanuary 21, 2016

Barbara Gaines, Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Artistic Director, Shares Her Favorite Theater Music

Over the Moon for “Moon River”

Larry JohnsonJuly 16, 2019

"I was thirteen years old and on a definite budget: I took some of my paltry allowance and spent the princely sum of $1 on a record."

Elliott Golub, founding concertmaster of Music of the Baroque, dies at 85

Keegan MorrisJuly 16, 2019

Respected Chicago violinist Elliott Golub has died at age 85. He was the founding concertmaster of Music of the Baroque, holding the position from the ensemble’s establishment in 1972 until his retirement in 2006.

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How Handel’s Messiah Got a Gospel Makeover

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 12, 2016

Handel’s Messiah has been a perennial favorite since the oratorio premiered in Dublin in 1742. Like any beloved classic, the work has also been a favorite for composers to adapt. Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah offers a contemporary, American interpretation of Handel’s original.

Mystery Writer Sara Paretsky’s 5 Favorite Pieces of ‘Mysterious’ Classical Music

Michael San GabinoJanuary 12, 2016

Chicago-based author Sara Paretsky is known for her crime and detective novels, but what may be less well-known is that Paretsky is a longtime fan of classical music.

Blair Tindall, Author of ‘Mozart in the Jungle,’ on Her Best-Selling Book and the Hit TV Series

Michael San GabinoJanuary 11, 2016

Blair Tindall’s Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music shocked readers when it exposed some of the low points of high culture.

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