Academy Orchestra Concert

Academy Concert Season 2025-2026 continues with a free orchestra concert led by James Setapen, conductor.   

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The program includes “Repair the World” by Stacy Garrop, who composed this work in response to the horrific mass shooting at Highland Park’s Independence Day Parade in 2022. The music honors the victims and survivors and attempts to bring healing to the community. Garrop is working with the Academy Orchestra in rehearsal and plans to speak at the concert. 
 
Also on the program are Academy Coordinator and Orchestra Manager and award-winning composer Ari Barack Fisher’s arrangement of the Korean children’s folk song “Springtime in My Hometown”; Mexican composer Manuel Ponce’s most famous work, “Estrellita,” or “My Little Star,” as part of the Music Institute’s One Composer, One Community initiative; Music Institute Resident Piano Duo and Chicago Duo Piano Festival Founders Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem performing Bach’s concerto for two keyboards; English composer Gustav Holst’s “Brook Green Suite”; and Russell Peck’s “Signs of Life II.”

Can't attend in person? This concert is also available through livestream.   

ACADEMY CONCERT SEASON  2025 - 2026 (Schedule subject to change)
Free admission and open to the public

ORCHESTRA CONCERTS  |  7:30 PM
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Saturday, May 30, 2026 - 20th Anniversary Kick Off Celebration Concert & Senior Recognition Ceremony (featuring Academy Special Guest Artists)

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS  |  7:30 PM
Saturday, December 6, 2025 
Saturday, February 7, 2026  
Saturday, April 4, 2026 
Saturday, May 2, 2026