For those used to hearing the CSO at full scale, with its famous brass section booming at full volume, this evening’s concert ...

Guest conductor Petr Popelka leads the CSO in an ambitious program featuring Brahms, Strauss, and an Aucoin world premiere ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra visits the Mondavi Center on Sun. Jan 18 at 2 p.m., with Ricardo Muti, music director emeritus ...

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Do you remember Mother Goose? Are you familiar with the nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Pretty Bird?” What about “The Cuckoo”?

We love living within minutes of downtown Chicago, but I sometimes ask myself, what good is boasting about our world-class cultural institutions if I’m not taking advantage of them? Luckily, the ...

Once every year, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a local nonprofit group get together with grieving families to honor their loved ones in song. It's called Notes for Peace, and the goal is to keep ...