

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Did you hear? The ESO Box Office is serving as a Duck Adoption Center for the Girls and Boys Club of Elgin's annual DUCK PLUCK! Adopt a duck, help a child, and you could win $1 MILLION! Visit http://www.elginducks.com for more information!
Source: www.elginducks.com
Duck Pluck and Duckapalooza Music Festival Benefiting the Elgin Boys and Girls Club.


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Joyce Yang, who will be performing with the ESO in January, reflects on her career after the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Thanks for a great season everyone! What was your favorite concert of the year?


Elgin Symphony Orchestra at 8:27am June 16
Thanks Jodie - agreed that Beethoven was definitely a highlight of the year!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Last concert of the season, Grieg Piano Concerto with Terrence Wilson, starts today!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Wondering whats going on at the League of American Orchestras 64th National Conference? Check out their blog to get insider information:
Source: leagueconference2009.blogspot.com


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Did you hear... All tickets to the Grieg Piano Concerto are now just $25!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Happy June everyone! Are you a fan of WFMT? Be sure to check out the new monthly highlights now posted on their website!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Benny Goodman would be 100 YEARS OLD this Saturday! The ESO wants to know what your favorite song from the "King of Swing" is?


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Announcing the 2009 Jean Hove Young Musicians Scholarship Winners: Dearion Wright (6th Grade/Viola) & Karla Barrera (7th Grade/Violin). Thanks to all the students and teachers who participated, and a very special thank you to our judges: Maestro Hanson, Dan Maki and Susan Thorne!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra The ESO has the weekend off - but you can still see many of our musicians performing Mendelssohn's oratorio "St. Paul" with the Elgin Choral Union on Saturday evening! Check out www.elginchoralunion.org for more information.
Source: www.elginchoralunion.org
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "St. Paul" will engage ear and soul with its wealth of glorious music. Dramatic and contemplative, this major work illuminates the conversion and lifework of ...


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Help us in congratulating ESO violinist Sue Thorne. She was named the 2009 Music Educator of the Year by the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra There's still time to reserve your spot to meet Nina Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, on Saturday May 2nd at the Gail Borden Library. Best of all - it's a Free event! Visit www.GailBorden.info to register.
Source: www.GailBorden.info


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Maestro Robert Hanson is playing "Principal" at Sunnydale Elementary School in Streamwood today as part of District U-46's Principal for a Day Program!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Board President, Tom Roeser, indicates attendance is up at concerts despite recession! Check out today's Courier Newspaper or the link below for the full story.
Source: www.suburbanchicagonews.com
The Courier News :: Local News :: Attendance up for ESO


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Did you know that the first performance of Handel's famous Music for the Royal Fireworks was 260 years ago today in 1749? The ESO will be performing this piece next March at their Royal Fireworks concert!
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Happy Earth Day! Out enjoying the sunshine? Why not take part in one of the many Earth Day Celebrations around Chicago going on now through Sunday!
Source: chicago.about.com
Find key Chicago events to help you celebrate Earth Day during April 2009.


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Thanks to all who came out to see Big Band Blast over the weekend!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Check out the new pictures from La Triviata - the ESO team took home an impressive 2nd place to the University of Chicago All-Star musicologists!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Happy Birthday to the ESO!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra It's a beautiful day in Elgin - perfect weather to kick off the weekend of Big Band Blast concerts!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Tune into 98.7WFMT from 5-6pm TODAY to hear the ESO team on La Triviata: WFMT's Classical Music Game Show!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra The annual Kidz Konzerts are this week - by Friday the ESO will have played 8 concerts for a total of nearly 7000 students!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra General Manager Julie Griffin, Associate Conductor Stephen Squires and principal trumpet Ross Beacraft will showdown against a team from Chicago Opera Theatre & Chicago area musicologists in La Triviata: WFMT's Classical Music Game Show this Thursday from 5:00-6:00pm at Marbles the Brain Store in downtown Chicago! Win a seat to the live broadcast by visiting http://www.WFMT.com


Elgin Symphony Orchestra Thank you to all who were at the All Mozart concert - especially those who braved the April snow on Sunday. Let us know your thoughts!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra ALL MOZART concert weekend with Arianna Zukerman & Shi-Yeon Sung begins today!


Elgin Symphony Orchestra The Economy & The Arts - here is one opinion from yesterday's Los Angeles Times.
Source: www.latimes.com
Many were surprised that the final stimulus legislation signed by President Obama preserved a $50-million increase in arts funding that had been the subject of a heated battle in Congress. Though it amounted ...
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra Happy 4th of July! Where will you be watching your fireworks this year?