The nation's most diverse symphony orchestra.
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- Members:
- Chicago Sinfonietta
Maestro Paul Freeman, Founder and Music Director
Music Excellence Diversity - Genre:
- Classical Music
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Iliinois
- Record Label:
- Cedille Records
Favorite Pages
Events
8 past eventsSee All
- Sound / Waves
Dominican University/Symphony Center
Monday, May 11 at 7:30pm - The Glory of Creation
Shedd Aquarium
Thursday, April 30 at 7:30pm - Global Voices
Dominican University/Symphony Center
Monday, March 23 at 7:30pm - Circle of Life Suite
Shedd Aquarium
Friday, February 27 at 7:30pm - The Dream Lives On
Dominican University/Symphony Center
Monday, January 19 at 7:30pm - Holiday Concert
Harris Theater for Music and Dance ...
Monday, December 22 at 7:30pm - Dip Your Big Toe
Shedd Aquarium
Friday, November 28 at 6:00pm - Think Big!
Symphony Center
Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm
Photos
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Sinfonietta Musicians Perform at Shanghai TerraceCreated about a week ago
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Chicago Sinfonietta Free concert featuring 09-10 guest artist, Betty Xiang.
Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series featuring In Tribute: A Chinese Voyage with Rachel Barton Pine, Jo
Source: www.emptywallet.org
Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series is a new series of four free concerts on Monday nights in June and July will push the boundaries of chamber music, mixing electronic music, improvisation and rock and roll, with classical music.
Chicago Sinfonietta Who was Beethoven's Elise?
Source: news.smh.com.au
Alongside the opening bars of his Fifth Symphony, "Fuer Elise" is one of Beethoven's best-known melodies, prompting scholars down the years to puzzle over her real identity.
Chicago Sinfonietta Interesting article from the science section of the New York Times.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Archaeologists said a bone flute and two fragments of ivory flutes discovered last fall represent the earliest known flowering of music-making in Stone Age culture.
Chicago Sinfonietta Speaking of re-imagining classical, any thoughts on this blog post, fans?
Source: www.insidethearts.com
Musings on Practical Solutions For Arts Management
Chicago Sinfonietta Ali Akbar Khan passes away at age 87.
Source: sfcv.org
authored_by: Janos GerebenAli Akbar KhanAli Akbar Khan<br>Photo by Graeme Vanderstoel, London, 1964Yehudi Menuhin called him "the greatest musician in the world." He brought "Indian music"
Chicago Sinfonietta Interesting blog post on Debussy's Caprices en blanc et noir.
Source: jonathan-morse.blogspot.com
, one of Debussy's last compositions, is a suite for two pianos whose title seems to be a formal contemplation of the piano as such: a music conceived as a dance for fingers moving in pure abstraction across keys white and black. ...
Chicago Sinfonietta Summer chamber fest.
Source: www.newyorker.com
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Chicago Sinfonietta Sinfonietta quartet performs @ Shanghai Terrace on June 23rd, 6 pm.
Source: chicago.metromix.com
Join Metromix for this after-work summer soiree at The Peninsula Hotel's terrace
Chicago Sinfonietta Cool event, featuring one of our 09-10 guest artists.
Chicago Sinfonietta NYTimes article on previously posted arts education survey.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Music and art instruction in American eighth-grade classrooms has remained flat over the past decade, according to a survey by the Department of Education.
Chicago Sinfonietta Just read some interesting statistics in the 2008 Nation's Arts Report Card.
Source: nces.ed.gov
Chicago Sinfonietta Cool story.
Source: online.wsj.com
Soprano Jessye Norman adds the role of curator to her extensive repertoire, in shaping the festival
Source: www.google.com
CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of mourners honored Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor at her funeral Friday by singing her signature song "Wang Dang Doodle" and remembering why she was known as the "Queen of the Blues."
Chicago Sinfonietta Music education on the telly. Super interesting.
Source: www.californiachronicle.com
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Chicago Sinfonietta Speaking of diversity...
Source: leagueconference2009.blogspot.com
Today we welcome Jim Hirsh to the Conference Blog! If you will be in Chicago, Mr. Hirsch will be one of our panelists for the Towards Greater Diversity and Inclusion Toolbox session on June 10.Post by ...
Chicago Sinfonietta Call to action: things looking dire for arts funding in the state of Illinois. Click on this link to do your bit to support the arts.
Source: capwiz.com
Arts Funding Cut 75% Unless Responsible Budget Is Passed
Chicago Sinfonietta Heard on the radio: Stanley Drucker, the oldest member of the New York Philharmonic, retires after 60 years at center stage.
Source: hosted.ap.org
With youthful looks and the energy of a person half his 80 years, the New York Philharmonic's principal clarinetist still makes a precision commute - by train, by subway, and by his own spry steps - from his home in Massapequa to Lincoln Center. ...
Chicago Sinfonietta Interesting article featuring one of our 09-10 guest conductors, Michael Morgan.
Source: sfcv.org
When it comes to classical music and opera, we enlightened ones are supposed to be color-blind. Regardless of our race, the racial characteristics of singers and musicians are not supposed to matter … some of the time.
Chicago Sinfonietta Escaping to an ocean retreat for the weekend. Will strive to keep y'all in the chicago classical loop from beantown!