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Student & Alumni Stories

Academy Student Spotlight: Sasha Varchenko

Meet violinist Sasha Varchenko, this month's Academy Student Spotlight!
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Student & Alumni Stories

Student Spotlight: Leo Zupko

Meet violinist Leo Zupko, this month's Community Music School Student Spotlight!
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Student & Alumni Stories

Academy Student Spotlight: Lily Sullivan

"The music I get to play is too good not to continue. I also feel as if this is what I have to do. " Lily Sullivan, 17...
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Competition & Award Winners Announcement

Academy and Community Music School on the Road to Fischoff 2025!

The Music Institute of Chicago is proudly sending off groups from the Academy and the Community Music School to the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition Quarterfinals!
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Alumni Spotlight

Joshua Brown, 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient

The Academy Celebrates Joshua Brown, Winner of the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant!
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Student & Alumni Stories

Student Spotlight: Varun Murali

Meet Varun Murali, trumpet student of Chris Hasselbring, and this month's Student Spotlight!
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All MIC Events

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Music Institute's Academy Chamber Music concert
Student/Faculty Performance

Academy Chamber Music Concert

and Academy Family Potluck

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Music Institute Winter Recess

Winter Recess

Monday, December 22, 2025- Sunday, January 4, 2026

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Music Institute group classes and ensembles resume

Private instruction, group classes and ensembles resume

Fall semester 2025 resumes

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Last Monday of Fall Semester group classes and ensembles

Last day of Fall Semester Monday group classes and ensembles

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Music Institute Monday Make-up Day, if applicable

Make-up day for Monday group classes/ensembles, if applicable

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Music Institute's Last Day of Fall Semester

Last day of Fall Semester

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Music Institute observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed

No private lessons, classes and ensembles

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Music Institute Fall Make-up week

Fall Semester make-up week, if applicable

Tuesday, January 20 through Sunday, January 25, 2026

 

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Music Institute Resident Ensemble, Civitas Ensemble
Resident Ensembles

Civitas Ensemble 2024-2025 Season Finale

Close out Civitas Ensemble's 2024-25 Season with a moving performance, featuring incredible octets for strings.

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