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Student & Alumni Stories
Meet violinist Sasha Varchenko, this month's Academy Student Spotlight!
Student & Alumni Stories
Meet violinist Leo Zupko, this month's Community Music School Student Spotlight!
Student & Alumni Stories
"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...
Competition & Award Winners Announcement
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!
Alumni Spotlight
The Academy Celebrates Joshua Brown, Winner of the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grant!
Student & Alumni Stories
Meet Varun Murali, trumpet student of Chris Hasselbring, and this month's Student Spotlight!

All MIC Events

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Student/Faculty Performance

Academy Chamber Music Concert

and Academy Family Potluck

Winter Recess

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

Private instruction, group classes and ensembles resume

Fall semester 2025 resumes

Last day of Fall Semester

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed

No private lessons, classes and ensembles

Fall Semester make-up week, if applicable

Tuesday, January 20 through Sunday, January 25, 2026

 

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

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.