There are some moments in music that have broken my heart and made time stand still. Last Thursday, the musical phenom that is Michael Mayo thrilled the audience at Guarneri […]
With an astonishing palette of sound and moods at his disposal, Music Director-designate Klaus Mäkelä led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through tone poems celebrating heroes at Symphony Center on Thursday […]
Following last year’s release of her astronomically spectacular powerhouse album, The BPM, multi-instrumentalist and singer Brittney Denise Parks, better known by her stage name as Sudan Archives, has embarked on […]
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra brought new life to popular classics on Wednesday at the Music Institute of Chicago. I was thrilled to see how much soul was imbued into the […]
It was a cold Saturday night when Patti LuPone returned to Chicago. But LuPone brought a warm message in a revised edition of Matters of the Heart, the concert piece […]
I’ll admit that I am extremely rusty—with both concert-going and writing reviews. A slew of changes in my personal life have made it hard for me to focus on either […]
Music of the Baroque found a great excuse for bringing Chicago native and flutist extraordinaire Demarre McGill to the Harris Theater on Saturday night. Rather than simply performing a flute […]
Gone can mean a lot of things, but not “sold out”. No, when a show is sold out, it’s sold out, and Greg Freeman sold out Schubas Saturday night for […]
Nova Linea Musica continued its mission to create, present, and promote new music in an innovative and enjoyable fashion at Guarneri Hall on Wednesday evening. In a program entitled Threads […]
It’s that time of year again when Chicago hosts the renowned winter festival Tomorrow Never Knows that spans across some of the city’s most iconic independent music venues. This year’s […]
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States of America’s declaration as a sovereign democracy. The Declaration of Independence guaranteed the citizenry the right to life, liberty, and […]
With an unbelievable combination of youthful exuberance and mature technique, Trio Seoul wowed a large audience at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Sunday. They did it with a program […]