Music
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Senior Suburban Orchestra to host Family & Friends Concert May 3Apr 11, 2025 3:05 pm - The Senior Suburban Orchestra, now in its 25th season, invites the community to a Family and Friends Concert on Saturday, May 3. During this concert, the orchestra will ...
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Sinfonietta DuPage presents Mozart and Beethoven masterpiecesApr 11, 2025 2:03 pm - The Sinfonietta DuPage will perform works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Boieldieu in the May 6 spring concert, featuring musicians from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Music of the Baroque.
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Batavia Community Band brings generations together through musicApr 10, 2025 4:00 am - Batavia Community Band’s diversity in age and experience allows them to tackle challenging pieces, with older members reigniting their joy for music and younger members perfecting their craft.
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New Philharmonic presents ‘Butterfly Lovers’ violin concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony 4Apr 09, 2025 10:20 pm - “Where words fail, music speaks,” said Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, presents conce...
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Elton John, ‘Hamilton’ and more enter National Recording Registry
Apr 09, 2025 3:15 pm - Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and the original Broadway cast album for “Hamilton” are among the 25 selections entering the National Recording Registry this year.
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Concerts April 11-17: Jack White, Pino Farina Band, Peter Frampton and moreApr 08, 2025 2:27 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Jack White, Ani DiFranco, Myles Smith, BoDeans, Pino Farina Band, The GooRoos, Peter Frampton and more.
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Things to do April 11-17: David Sedaris, Brookfield Zoo’s Spring Fest and moreApr 08, 2025 1:39 pm - Mark your calendar for David Sedaris’ appearances in Evanston and Aurora, Vince Carone at Zanies in Rosemont, Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Spring Fest, Professional Championship Bull Riders Border Battle International and more happening this week.
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Young musicians bond through letters and music in cross-country collaborationApr 08, 2025 1:08 pm - Elgin and San Francisco Bay Area youth orchestras collaborate on April 12 performance in Skokie, strengthening camaraderie through pen pal letters.
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Best Bets: Classical, contemporary music and dance fill local stagesApr 08, 2025 12:36 pm - The New Philharmonic performs Tchaikovsky at Glen Ellyn’s MAC, the United States Army’s Jazz Ambassadors perform a free concert at the Raue and the contemporary New York City ensemble Parsons Dance takes over Chicago’s Auditorium.
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Clem Burke, multifaceted drummer of iconic rock group Blondie, has died
Apr 08, 2025 7:32 am - Clem Burke, whose versatile drumming propelled the iconic rock group Blondie during its decades performing everything from new-wave punk to disco-infused tunes, has died....