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Chicago Chorale Founder Announces Retirement

The 75 year-old Artistic Director and Founding member has spent the last 24 years developing the ensemble: now, he is handing off the reins to someone else. 

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Keegan MorrisFebruary 18, 2025

New Releases Feb. 18: Bach, Strauss, Goodyear, and More
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Associated PressFebruary 17, 2025

Trump has purged the Kennedy Center’s board, which in turn made him its chair – why does that matter?
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Keegan MorrisFebruary 14, 2025

Breaking Boundaries: The Genre-Defying Legacies of Black Musicians
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New Releases Jun. 10: Chopin, Shostakovich, Mayer, McKay
Keegan MorrisJune 10, 2025
Two album-length surveys of music by Chopin, plus unsung Shostakovich, and rep by two lesser-known composers: Emilie Mayer and George Frederick McKay. And an album of double bass repertoire.
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Tony Awards laud android rom-com ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and history-making ‘Purpose’
Associated PressJune 9, 2025
“Maybe Happy Ending” had a definite happy ending at the Tony Awards. The android rom-com won the best new musical crown Sunday on a night when Kara Young made history as the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively.

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New Releases Feb. 11: Three Sopranos, Chamber Works, Rare 20th-Century
Keegan MorrisFebruary 11, 2025
A creative, historically minded album from Apollo’s Fire, an unusual combination of instruments team up, a deep-dive into “Dies irae”, and two separate explorations of obscure 20th-century rep.

Chopin in the City Fest Celebrates Ninth Year
Adela SkowronskiFebruary 10, 2025
Classical and jazz interpretations, artmaking listening parties, and other innovative programming awaits.

A Stradivari violin made in 1714 sells for $11.3M at auction
Associated PressFebruary 9, 2025
The violin is believed to have influenced legendary composer Johannes Brahms when he wrote the famed “Violin Concerto in D Major” and was actually played during the concerto's 1879 premiere.
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