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Guerrero displays can-do versatility with Grant Park Orchestra

If the current Grant Park Orchestra season is an audition for […]

Jul 13, 2024
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Soprano Slack brings heartening spirit of freedom to Montgomery songs

Carlos Kalmar, now in his 25th and final season as the Grant […]

Jun 20, 2024
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Kontras Quartet brightens a rainy day with bracing array of American music

What a pleasure to spend a rainy Chicago Saturday afternoon listening […]

Jun 02, 2024
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Montgomery premiere upstages the showpieces at Harris Theater

Thanks, Lollapalooza. Every summer when Chicago’s pop music extravaganza moves into […]

Aug 05, 2023
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Grant Park Music Festival opens summer season in spirited fashion

Opening night of the Grant Park Music Festival always feels like […]

Jun 15, 2023
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Glover set to launch Music of the Baroque season with a Handel rarity

Thinking big hasn’t been easy for any arts organization in recent […]

Sep 15, 2022
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Grant Park Chorus celebrates 60 years with a program for a summer evening

It’s been a grand summer for choral singing in Chicago. The […]

Aug 05, 2022
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Pine, Grant Park Orchestra deliver a powerful local premiere for Childs concerto

There was no official announcement, but it was a de facto Rachel Barton […]

Jul 16, 2022
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Michelle Cann lights up Grant Park opener with Price concerto

Opening nights at the Grant Park Music Festival are usually high-spirited […]

Jun 16, 2022
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Apollo Chorus gives powerful advocacy to Garrop’s ecological oratorio

It was utterly appropriate that Mother Nature erupted noisily just before […]

Jun 14, 2022
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