CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA “We would like to thank you and your splendid band for ‘playing your hearts out’ at our wedding.” CHRISTY HIBBARD “Your orchestra’s performance was truly outstanding. We couldn’t be more pleased” HOUSTON GRAND OPERA ...
Take in an evening with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, or spend an afternoon with marine wildlife at Shedd Aquarium. Enjoy a scenic stroll along Chicago’s Lakefront Trail or through one of its many sprawling parks. Meander through the Museum of Contemporary Art, or take the grandkids to ...
“I am honored to have been chosen as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and inspired to embark on this journey with an orchestra that combines such brilliance, power, and passion,” said the conductor in a statement released by the CSO. “I look forward to getting to know th...
Ravinia Music Festival is an all-summer-long music festival located in Highland Park–a suburb about forty minutes north of the city. The venue is outdoors, so it’s only open in the early spring and summer months. The lineup includes everything from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to Count...
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To no one’s surprise, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced Friday that Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson would be the CSO’s new principal flute. Currently principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, a post he has held since 2008, the Icelandic native will take up his new position ...
Interment Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family lovingly encourages contributions to charities that advance Diane’s passions and wishes, including: The Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras, PO Box 258039, Madison, WI 53725,wysomusic.org/support/how-to-give/and the Wills Eye Hospital, 840...
what people wear, it’s the chaos that I dread. You never know what to expect, flights are changed on a whim, doors are blowing off and seats are now one inch apart. It’s not exactly the luxe life but it’s the only alternative and we can’t afford our own plane, yet. We use...
In what has been a very wet and unseasonably cool summer, it was good to have the thunderstorm only on paper Friday with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6. Beethoven’s paean to his beloved nature is hard to resist when played in al fresco surroundings, not least those as inviting as Chicago’...
Consider an epic symphony orchestra, where each instrument plays a crucial part in weaving the grand musical narrative. If one instrument is out of tune – be it a brass trumpet blaring the wrong note or a cello losing its rhythm – the entire symphony is affected: ripples of discord run ...