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C a l e n d a r

2021

Fulcrum Point New Music Project Peace Concert with soprano Joelle Lamarre

Dec 9, 2021

7:00 PM

Gannon Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Daniel Bernard Roumain | They Still Want to Kill Us 

Fulcrum Point New Music Project Peace Concert with soprano Joelle Lamarre

Picosa

Dec 8, 2021

7:00 PM

Buik Recital Hall, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL

Beethoven | Clarinet Trio, Op. 11

Shulamit Ran | Birds of Paradise (2014)

Debussy arr. Kirk | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Joan Tower | Petroushskates (1980)

Picosa

Picosa

Dec 6, 2021

6:00 PM

Epiphany Center for the Arts

Beethoven | Clarinet Trio, Op. 11

Shulamit Ran | Birds of Paradise (2014)

Debussy arr. Kirk | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Joan Tower | Petroushskates (1980)

Picosa

Picosa

Nov 18, 2021

7:00 PM

Allen Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Beethoven | Clarinet Trio, Op. 11

Shulamit Ran | Birds of Paradise (2014)

Debussy arr. Kirk | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Joan Tower | Petroushskates (1980)

Picosa

CCPA PianoFest

Oct 28, 2021

7:30 PM

Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL

Randy Bauer | Folk Song and Gigue from Partita for Piano (2019, rev. 2021)

Kyong Mee Choi | Unleashed for piano (2018)

Winston Choi | Tetrachromatic Musings (2018, arr. 2021) with Winston Choi

Shawn Okpebholo | Eden Park (2009) with Winston Choi

CCPA PianoFest

Concordia University University Band Fall Concert

Oct 2, 2021

8:00 PM

Chapel of Our Lord, Concordia University, River Forest, IL

Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue

Concordia University University Band Fall Concert

Ear Taxi Festival presents. Picosa

Sep 30, 2021

12:00 PM

Kehrein Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

Raven Chacon | Dead White Men

Xavier Betata | Fragments of a Distant Dream

Jonathon Kirk | Winter Meteors

Shulamit Ran | Mirage


Ear Taxi Festival presents. Picosa

Pilgrim Chamber Players presents Notorious RBG in Song

Sep 26, 2021

3:00 PM

Highland Park Community House, Highland Park, IL

Composer/soprano Patrice Michaels, soprano Michelle Areyzaga, tenor Matt Dean, baritone Evan Bravos, and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang offer a collection of songs saluting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Pilgrim Chamber Players presents Notorious RBG in Song

Ben Folds with the Chicago Philharmonic

Sep 19, 2021

8:00 PM

Ravinia Festival Pavilion, Highland Park, IL

Ben Folds with the Chicago Philharmonic

Chicago Philharmonic

Sep 12, 2021

3:00 PM

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL

Still | Out of the Silence

Copland | Appalachian Spring (original version)

Chicago Philharmonic

All-Mozart program with St. Charles Singers and Metropolis Chamber Orchestra

Aug 28, 2021

1:00 PM

Baker Community Center, St. Charles, IL

Mozart | Quintet in E-flat Major for piano and winds, K.452

Mozart | various arias, duos, and trios from La Clemenza di Tito, Cosi Fan Tutti, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, and The Marriage of Figaro

All-Mozart program with St. Charles Singers and Metropolis Chamber Orchestra

Grant Park Orchestra

Aug 13, 2021

6:30 PM

Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL

"Classic Broadway" program.  It will be repeated at the same time on August 14th.


Grant Park Orchestra

Dame Myra Hess Concert w/flutist Gabriela Vargas

Aug 11, 2021

12:15 PM

Livestream from the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

J.S. Bach | Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031

Stephanie Ann Boyd | Songbird Sonata  *US Premiere*

Poulenc | Sonata for flute and piano

Dame Myra Hess Concert w/flutist Gabriela Vargas

Grant Park Chorus

Aug 4, 2021

6:30 PM

Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL

"From Ireland with Love" with conductor Christopher Bell


Grant Park Chorus

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus

Jul 21, 2021

6:30 PM

Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL

Jonathan Dove | The Passing of the Year (2000)

Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus

Picosa

Jul 1, 2021

Virtual concert from Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL. Available from July 1-31.

Copland | Appalachian Spring, arr. Jonathan Kirk

Picosa

Impromptu Fest 2021 with Fulcrum Point New Music Project and soprano Joelle Lamarre

Jun 27, 2021

5:00 PM

Nevermore Performance Space, Chicago, IL (live and livestream)

Anthony Davis | Goddess of the Water from Amistad

B.E. Boykin | selections from Moments in Sonder

John Daniels Carter | Prelude & Rondo from Cantata

Impromptu Fest 2021 with Fulcrum Point New Music Project and soprano Joelle Lamarre

Make Music Chicago 2021

Jun 21, 2021

38 Venues, 91 In-Person events, 12 Online events

Make Music Chicago is a day-long, citywide celebration of music-making that takes place every June 21

Make Music Chicago 2021

Rush Hour Concert with Chen String Quartet

Jun 8, 2021

5:45 PM

St. James Cathedral, Chicago, IL

Bongani Ndodana-Breen | Safika: Three Tales of African Migration

Schumann | Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

Rush Hour Concert with Chen String Quartet

Picosa

May 11, 2021

7:00 PM

Livestream from Allen Recital Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Florence Price | We Have Tomorrow

Valerie Coleman | Portraits of Langston

Stacy Garrop | My Dearest Ruth

Stephen Albert | To Wake the Dead

Picosa

Northwest Horn Symposium Recital w/CSO principal horn David Cooper

Apr 23, 2021

Virtual recital

Bach | Flute Sonata in E Major

Jane Vignery | Sonate, Op. 7

Leone Sinigaglia | Zwei Stücke, Op. 28

José Siquiera | Drei Etüden für Horn und Klavier

Northwest Horn Symposium Recital w/CSO principal horn David Cooper

CSO Sessions Episode 18 with CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen, Principal Cello John Sharp and Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson

Apr 22, 2021

Pre-recorded on the Armour Stage at Symphony Center, Chicago, IL

Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time

CSO Sessions Episode 18 with CSO  Concertmaster Robert Chen, Principal Cello John Sharp and Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson

Picosa

Apr 16, 2021

7:00 PM

Livestream from Wentz Hall, North Central College, Naperville, IL

Jonathon Kirk | Crossing Field

Valerie Coleman | Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

Florence Price | Adoration

Reena Esmail | Saans

Picosa

Music with a View: Recital w/CSO principal horn David Cooper

Apr 11, 2021

2:00 PM

Livestream from Sheridan Music Studio, Chicago, IL

Bach | Flute Sonata in E Major

Jane Vignery | Sonate, Op. 7

Leone Sinigaglia | Zwei Stücke, Op. 28

José Siquiera | Drei Etüden für Horn und Klavier


Music with a View: Recital w/CSO principal horn David Cooper

Dame Myra Hess Concert with violist Beatrice Chen

Mar 24, 2021

12:15 PM

Livestream from the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Paul Hindemith | Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4

Rebecca Clarke | Viola Sonata

Dame Myra Hess Concert with violist Beatrice Chen

Picosa

Mar 1, 2021

7:00 PM

Livestream from Allen Recital Hall, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Jonathon Kirk | Crossing Field

Valerie Coleman | Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes

Florence Price | Adoration

Reena Esmail |  Saans

Shawn Okpebholo | CryptOlogiE

Picosa

Fourth Coast Ensemble: Origin Stories Soprano|Mezzo Duo

Feb 20, 2021

7:00 PM

Livestream from LYRIQ Music School, Chicago, IL

Jake Heggie | selected songs

Catharina Van Rennes | selections from De Kleengedichtjes

Britten | Folk Song arrangements

Lori Laitman | One or Two Things

Stacy Garrop | selections from Terra Nostra

James Kallembach | Weightless Dreams

Fourth Coast Ensemble: Origin Stories Soprano|Mezzo Duo

Dame Myra Hess concert with cellist Paula Kosower

Jan 13, 2021

12:15 PM

Livestream from the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Debussy | Cello Sonata

Nadia Boulanger | 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano

Beethoven | Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2

 Dame Myra Hess concert with cellist Paula Kosower
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