Schedule of ticketed Events

JULY 2025

CHICAGO DUO PIANO FESTIVAL ~ Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem
Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Festival Co-Founders and Music Institute Piano Duo in Residence Claire Aebersold Neiweem and Ralph Neiweem kick off the Festival with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Eric Ewazen.

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CHICAGO DUO PIANO FESTIVAL ~ Faculty Extravaganza
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Music Institute piano faculty perform a mixed program of works for piano duo, including music by Beethoven, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Florence Price, Gershwin, and Lutoslawski. Faculty duos include Marie Alatalo and Ann Chang, Soo Young Lee and Jeong-Min Lee, Soo Young Lee and Lisa Zilberman, Inah Chiu and Sung Hoon Mo, Brenda Huang and Alexander Djordjevic, Mio Isoda and Matthew Hagle, and Louise Chan and Susan Tang.

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CHICAGO DUO PIANO FESTIVAL ~ Duo Turgeon
Friday, July 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Join the critically acclaimed Duo Turgeon for a sparkling duo piano program. Regarded as one of the top piano duos of our time, the Turgeons have given hundreds of performances, including their European debut at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam and New York debut at Weill Recital Hall. 

Duo Turgeon will perform works by Brahms, Dvorák, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff and “Winter at Gros Cap” by Anne Louise-Turgeon.

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CHICAGO DUO PIANO FESTIVAL ~ Master Class: Duo Turgeon
Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Chicago Duo Piano Festival special guest artists Anne and Edward Turgeon lead a master class for student participants.

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PAST EVENTS...

SEPTEMBER 2024

CHICAGO A CAPPELLA ~ "Lamentations"
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM 
Exploring the universal theme of yearning for a place to call home, “Lamentations” features an evocative collaboration with Ballet 5:8, bringing contemporary movement to Thomas Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah.

ORION ENSEMBLE ~ To Melody! w/ Special Guest Stephen Boe (viola) and Mathias Tacke (violin)
Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Featuring music by Max Bruch, Franz Schubert, and Antonin Dvorák.

OCTOBER 2024

CIVITAS ENSEMBLE ~ Celebrating Bruckner's 200th
Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM 
Celebrating the music of Anton Bruckner, the virtuosic Austrian composer and musician who would have turned 200 years old this year. Featuring guest musicians: Soyoung Bae, violin; Danny Lai, viola; WeiJing Michal, viola; Ian Hallas, bass.

APOLLO'S FIRE ~ Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2,3,4 & 6
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The season opens with sizzling virtuosity! The exhilarating Apollo’s Fire musicians revel in four of Bach’s masterful Brandenburg Concertos, plus the beloved Concerto for Oboe and Violin. Soloists include daredevil violinist Alan Choo and dazzling guest trumpeter Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass.

REMBRANDT CHAMBER MUSICIANS ~ Storytelling
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Featuring violinist Kim Chee-Yun and pianist Henry Kramer in a program of exciting, narrative, and virtuosic works.

NOVEMBER 2024

ORION ENSEMBLE ~ To Hope!
Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Featuring music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Jose Elizando, and Dmitri Shostakovich with guests Stephen Boe, viola and Mathias Tacke, violin

DECEMBER 2024

NICHOLS CONCERT HALL PRESENTS
THE "DUKE IT OUT" NUTCRACKER
Saturday, December 7 at 11 AM
This unique Nutcracker performance pits the classical (Tchaikovsky) and jazz (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn) versions of the holiday favorite in a spectacular side-by-side showdown. Curated by Dance Chicago, the program features members of Braeburn Brass and Music Institute of Chicago Ensemble-in Residence, Quintet Attacca. 

Instrument Petting Zoo at 10 AM   |   Nichols Concert Hall Lobby
Music Institute of Chicago's faculty presents an interactive musical instrument petting zoo, when children ages 3 and older have a chance to try a range of instruments featured in the Tchaikovsky Nutcracker score.

MIC students may reserve up to 3 complimentary tickets for this performance.

CIVITAS ENSEMBLE ~ Happy Holidays
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Join Civitas Ensemble in celebrating the holiday season, performing music by Astor Piazzolla, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Antonio Vivaldi  with featured guest artists Hugh Russell, baritone and Emma Gerstein, flute.

CHICAGO A CAPPELLA ~ Holidays A Cappella
Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The nostalgic joys of friendship, family, and the magic of Christmas come to musical life, as guest actor Greg Vinkler helps us retell Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

FEBRUARY 2025

REMBRANDT CHAMBER MUSICIANS ~Flute for Fun
Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join Rembrandt Chamber Musicians, guest artists and CSO flute and piccolo Jennifer Gunn in "Flute For Fun," an exciting concert featuring an evening of exquisite harmonies and delicate artistry that will captivate your senses and elevate your musical soul. Works by Beethoven, Andrey Rubtsov, and Amy Beach.

APOLLO'S FIRE ~ Vivaldi in Love: Double Concertos Fire & Romance
Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Was Vivaldi in love with young soprano Anna Giraud? Apollo’s Fire musicians explore this question as we take you back to Valentine’s Day in 1725. Double-concertos by Vivaldi and Telemann that are sometimes playful, sometimes romantic, alongside arias of love by Monteverdi and Vivaldi. Vivaldi’s fiery Concerto for Four Violins ends the program with Passion. Period.

MIC Faculty Piano Duos in Concert
Friday, February 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Enjoy a concert of piano music for duo piano featuring MIC's award-winning piano faculty. The annual Chicago Duo Piano Festival Winter Mini-Fest kicks off with a special concert.

MARCH 2025

ORION ENSEMBLE ~ To Life!
Sunday March 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Featuring works by Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Alexander Goldstein

REMBRANDT CHAMBER MUSICIANS ~ 20th Century Romance
Sunday, March 16 at 3:00 PM
Immerse yourself in the lush, emotional landscapes of Rembrandt's 20th-Century Romance showcasing the passionate interplay between violin and piano with music from Shostakovich, Moszkowski, and Korngold. Discover the depth and innovation of modern romantic works as CSO violinist Simon Michal and Grammy Nominated pianist Marta Aznavoorian bring these captivating pieces to vibrant life.

APRIL 2025

CHICAGO A CAPPELLA ~ Jazz A Cappella
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at  7:30PM
Trace the journey of jazz from its roots in the swinging sounds of the big band era to the intricate harmonies of bebop and the sultry allure of vocal jazz styles, with classics by Ellington, Gershwin, and many more.

MAY 2025

ORION ENSEMBLE ~ To Joy!
Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Featuring special guests Stephen Boe, viola; Robert Kassinger, bass; Andrei Muravev, bassoon; and Greg Flint, French horn performing works by Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven.

REMBRANDT CHAMBER MUSICIANS ~ Sound Czech
Sunday May, 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join Rembrandt Chamber Musicians and Black Oak Ensemble for an exciting collaborative concert featuring Czech masterworks by Dvorak, Hans Krasa, Tanec, and Gideon Klein. The Black Oak Ensemble consists of violinist Desirée Ruhstrat and cellist David Cunliffe, members of the GRAMMY-nominated Lincoln Trio, and violist Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, a founding member of the ground-breaking, GRAMMY-nominated Spektral Quartet.

JUNE 2025

CIVITAS ENSEMBLE ~ Civitas Ensemble Season Finale
Sunday June 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Celebrate another fantastic year of live chamber music from Civitas Ensemble with our Season Finale, featuring octets by Enescu and Mendelssohn.