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Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Bruce Yeh finding success with intimate, virtual CSO Sessions concerts
Oct 29, 2020 6:13 AM - Former Glenview resident John Bruce Yeh is the longest serving clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Yeh is featured in virtual concerts available this month as part of a socially distant series called CSO Sessions. -
Best bets: New Philharmonic performs virtual 'Music of John Williams' concert
Oct 20, 2020 3:07 PM - The New Philharmonic performs a virtual concert of "The Music of John Williams" this weekend, comedian and actor Rob Schneider does standup at Schaumburg's Improv Comedy Showcase, and the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles hosts a socially distanced Chicago Toy Show Sunday. -
CSO cancels more concerts through March 2021
Oct 15, 2020 7:13 PM - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has canceled its regularly scheduled season concerts and programs through March 30 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. -
Erin Wall, a veteran Lyric Opera and CSO soprano, dies at 44
Oct 15, 2020 11:21 AM - The classical music world is mourning Canadian sorpano Erin Wall, 44, who died from complications of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday. Wall was an alumna of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center and went on to star in many leading roles, and performed often with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Ravinia Festival. -
Best Bets: 'Get Happy' with Angela Ingersoll or explore first Wheaton Art Walk
Oct 6, 2020 6:00 AM - Things to look forward to this week: A special Artists Live Lounge livestream Sunday of "Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland" assists closed live theaters, the first Wheaton Art Walk debuts this weekend and Mundelein Parks District hosts a Doggy Trick-or-Treat Saturday. -
Best Bets: The ESO performs two socially distant outdoor concerts this weekend
Sep 9, 2020 6:00 AM - Members of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra perform two socially distant concerts outdoors Friday and Saturday, the rescheduled Barrington Art Walk returns and the Turner Evolution car show rolls into the parking lot at the Schaumburg Convention Center this weekend. -
New Philharmonic moves first few 2020-21 season concerts online
Aug 26, 2020 1:38 PM - The New Philharmonic is moving its first two concerts of the 2020-21 season online in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The New Philharmonic is also adding three online "Holiday Sing-Along with the Symphony" concerts on Dec. 12 and 13, and hopes to resume in-person concerts in 2021. -
Best bets: Beatles fan festival goes online, 'Blues Brothers' tribute comes to Navy Pier
Aug 4, 2020 6:00 AM - Beatles fans and famous guests come together online for a Virtual Fest for Beatles Fans, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to "The Blues Brothers" at Navy Pier and comedian Mike Toomey plays the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake this week. -
PBS screens Ravinia's 2019 revival of Leonard Bernstein's 'Mass' this weekend
May 14, 2020 6:00 AM - The Ravinia Festival's 2019 revival of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" will be broadcast on PBS Friday and Sunday. The massive work features Marin Alsop conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Tony Award winner Paulo Szot performing as "The Celebrant." -
New Philharmonic's 2020-21 season features several film tie-ins
Apr 30, 2020 5:45 AM - The New Philharmonic announces its 2020-21 season, which includes a tribute to Academy Award-winning composer John Williams, a concert version of "West Side Story" and three piano concertos by Rachmaninoff. The resident orchestra of College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn also outlined safety protocols in response to the coronavirus pandemic. EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:10 a.m.
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