Announcements
April 2, 2024 by
Thanks to a generous donor match to recent contributions, the campaign to upgrade our seating is very close to complete. With just a little more help, we will be able to have new chairs in place for a more comfortable ‘24-’25 season. If you haven’t get given, your donation could bring the campaign home!
February 13, 2024 by
With sadness we note the passing of conductor, composer, arranger, educator, and mentor Cliff Colnot on February 12, after a long illness. He was a powerful force in Chicago’s musical scene for over four decades, developing the DePaul School of Music into a world-class institution and helping countless musicians and ensembles in many ways.
February 5, 2024 by
Guarneri Hall is incredibly lucky to enjoy the audio recording abilities of two of the best sound engineers in the business, Chris Willis and Charlie Post. We are thrilled to see Charlie win a share of this year’s Grammy for Best Engineered Album, Contemporary American Composers for his work with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
February 1, 2024 by
Watch the Soto Quartet’s potent reading of the 3rd movement of Alberto Ginastera's powerful String Quartet No. 1, Calmo e Poetico (Calm and Poetic).
February 1, 2024 by
The Pocket Philharmonic launched on January 19 with a highly successful concert at the Old Town School of Folk’s Szold Hall. The enthusiastic audience heard Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace Overture and Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, featuring the father-son duo of Stefan Hersh (violin) and Alex Hersh (cello) as soloists.
