Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Elgin Master Chorale to offer open rehearsal Jan. 16Dec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Choral singers interested in joining the Elgin Master Chorale are invited to attend an open rehearsal from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the Elgin Community College A...
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Violinist to perform ESO premiere of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5Dec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Bulgarian-born violinist Bella Hristova will return to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to perform the ESO premiere of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 on Friday, Jan. 5, at t...
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Altrusa presents an evening of 'Love Songs' by Diva MontellDec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Altrusa International of Elgin, a service club for active and retired executive and professional women, presents "Love Songs" by Diva Montell with pianist Murna Hanseman...
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ESO Listeners Club to explore 'Hungarian Rhapsody' Jan. 3Dec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Elgin Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andrew Grams takes to the podium Jan. 5-7 to conduct the first ESO program of the new year, which has a distinct Slavic flair. Li...
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Sound check: Black Bolts headline Skyline's year-enderDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - Black Bolts plays series at BaseCamp Skyline Music wraps up a year of monthly concerts presenting original suburban bands with one final show for 2017. Woodridge's Blac...
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ESO to perform the famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt, the first musical superstarDec 25, 2017 10:00 pm - The award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform the orchestral version of Franz Liszt's famous "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Prairie Cente...
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Sunday picks: Cruise through Aurora's Festival of LightsDec 24, 2017 6:00 am - Aurora Festival of Lights 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, Dec. 24-26, at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora. Drive through more than a mile of animated...
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What's it like to dance 'The Nutcracker'? It's a marathon of painDec 23, 2017 6:29 am - Her calves are cramping and her back is aching, but if Megan Johnson, a New York City Ballet dancer, peers through her false eyelashes at the first rows of the audience ...
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Weekend picks: I Fight Dragons takes on Lincoln HallDec 23, 2017 6:00 am - I Fight Dragons at Lincoln Hall Their catalog is already packed with catchy songs (including a couple of surprisingly beautiful ballads), but Chicago pop-rock band I Fig...
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Constable: Worldwide fame for 'accidental tenor' from Hawthorn WoodsDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - When his boss wouldn't let Donald Kaasch out of work to attend the birth of his daughter in 1986, a co-worker came to the Hawthorn Woods man's defense. World-renowned te...