Program Book - Shaken, Not Stirred

Shaken, Not Stirred

June 4, 2024

Presenting Sponsor

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the following participants for generously supporting Corporate Night for the past thirty-three years, since its inception in 1990.

CORPORATE NIGHT

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 33rd Annual Corporate Night! On behalf of the Board and the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA), it is our pleasure to welcome you and to salute the strong partnership between the CSOA and Chicago’s corporate community. The funds raised here tonight support the CSOA’s artistic, educational, and community engagement programs.

In 1891, Chicago business leaders invited Theodore Thomas to establish this orchestra, driven by the strong belief that a great city needs great art. Since then, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has become an internationally celebrated ensemble reaching millions of music lovers around the world. Corporate Night not only celebrates today’s partners, but also the history of support from Chicago’s corporations since the Orchestra’s first season, 133 years ago. Although sponsorship may look different today, corporate philanthropy and leadership are essential parts of the past, present, and future of this organization.

We thank the following major sponsors of the 33rd Annual Corporate Night: CIBC Private Wealth, ITW, the Zell Family Foundation, the TAWANI Foundation, Abbott, Sidley Austin LLP, and United Airlines.

Frontline healthcare workers from across Chicago are joining us for tonight’s concert thanks to Gallery Sponsors Bank of America, Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Jenner & Block LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, PNC Bank, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

Thank you for joining us! We look forward to seeing you at Symphony Center again soon.

DAN SULLIVAN Managing Director, Head of Private Banking, CIBC Private Wealth

CORPORATE NIGHT

CHAIR

LIZ BRANCH

CORPORATE NIGHT LEAGUE EVENT CHAIR

JESSICA ERICKSON

CORPORATE NIGHT LEAGUE EVENT CHAIR

CORPORATE NIGHT 33RD ANNUAL

The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Event Committee

PRESIDENT, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA

SHARON MITCHELL

VICE PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING, LEAGUE OF THE CSOA

SARAH GOOD

CORPORATE NIGHT EVENT CHAIRS

LIZ BRANCH

EVENT COMMITTEE

JUDY ALLEN

SARAH GOOD

Corporate Committee

CORPORATE NIGHT CHAIR

DANIEL E. SULLIVAN, JR.

CIBC Private Wealth

CORPORATE NIGHT COMMITTEE

BRIAN FAHRNEY

Sidley Austin LLP

JOHN HOLMES

AAR CORP.

NEIL T. KAWASHIMA

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

SUSAN C. LEVY

Northern Trust

JESSICA ERICKSON

MERLE JACOB

ELIZABETH SHELLY

MELISSA M. ROOT

Jenner & Block LLP

SCOTT SWANSON

PNC Bank

JEFFREY J. WEBB

Deloitte

The League is a creative, vibrant, and dedicated group of over 250 members with a 90-year history of supporting the CSO. Members plan and produce fundraising and social events, implement outreach opportunities for adults and children, and support audience development. To learn more about the League of the CSOA, please visit cso.org/league.

Lighting Sponsor

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary generosity of its Corporate Night sponsors.

Presenting Sponsor

Guest Artist Sponsor

Program Book Sponsor

Zell Family Foundation

Production Sponsor

Reception Sponsor

Gallery Sponsors

Media Partner

Official Airline of the CSO

CORPORATE NIGHT

Corporate Participants and Donors

AAR CORP.

Abbott

Altair Advisers

Ariel Investments, LLC

Baird Bank of America

Chicago Blackhawks Foundation

CIBC Private Wealth

Deloitte

Dentons

Four Seasons Hotel Chicago

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

GCM Grosvenor

Huron Consulting Group Inc.

ITW

Jenner & Block LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

McKinsey & Company

Northern Trust

PNC Bank

Steve and Megan Shebik

Sidley Austin LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Smith Hulsey & Busey

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

TAWANI Foundation

United Airlines

Jeffrey J. Webb & Catherine Yung

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Zell Family Foundation

Event Patrons and Donors

James Belcastro

Elizabeth Berry and Philip S. Revzin

Bill Best

Evelyn Bosenberg

Lizbeth Branch

Sue and Nicholas Bridge

Carol and Joel Brosk

James Brown

Kathryn L. Collier

Michelle Czerwinski

Angela D’Aversa

Tracy Davis

Kathleen Dominguez

Mimi Duginger

Jane Ellingsworth

Jessica Erickson

Judith E. Feldman

Joseph Fernicola III and Gary Yurkanin

James J. Furmanek

Allisa Gam

Nancy Hammitt

Terri Hanson

Debra Hayes

John Head

Nancy L. Hess

Christy Horan

Bobbie Huskey

John Jawor

Barbara Kimble

James Kocal

Jeffery Kuhr

Susan H. Laffer

Philip Lane and Amanda Howland

Leah Laurie

Michelle Lee

Peter Litton and Jill Rein

Andrew M. Ludeman

Ernest Mahaffey

Steve McHale, Sr.

Cheryl D. McIntyre

Brendan McKillip

Tyler Metcalf

Kevin Moncrieff

Michelle Moore

Mark Mosley and Sarah J. Good

Erika R. Lowe Mullins

Amy Munday

Susan Nutt

Katie O’Malley

Jerome Paluch

Sheila A. Penrose and R. E. Mahaffey

Marrey C. Picciotti

Tom Pizzato

Hector Rodriguez

Kemp Ross

Sandra Rusnak

Arthur Sievers

Betty W. Smykal

Suada Spirtovic

Beth Steele

Benjamin Stewart

Emma Tanase

Mark C. Toriski

Joseph Troiani

Linda Vishwanat

Gladys Walker

Patricia and Steve Winegar

Tricia Wood

Creed Woodka

Kimberlie E. Wright

Laura Yergesheva

Janice Young

Michael P. Zygmunt

The music and programs of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association enrich our city’s cultural landscape, inspire with musical excellence and innovative collaboration and transform lives through education.

Thanks to a generous matching grant, all gifts to the CSOA will be doubled.

Celebrate the ways music connects us all and support your orchestra today.

CORPORATE NIGHT

Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 7:30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

John Morris Russell Conductor

Capathia Jenkins Vocals

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED

The program will be announced from the stage.

CIBC Private Wealth is the Presenting Sponsor of Corporate Night. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

John Morris Russell Conductor

John Morris Russell’s embrace of America’s unique voice and musical stories has transformed how orchestral performances can connect and engage with audiences everywhere. The wide range and diversity of his work with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra as a conductor, collaborator, and educator invigorates the musical scene in Cincinnati and beyond. Mr. Russell is music director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, and served as principal pops conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, following in the footsteps of Marvin Hamlisch and Doc Severinsen. He served as music director of Ontario’s Windsor Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2012.

A popular guest conductor, Mr. Russell has worked with the leading North American orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, and the National Symphony.

For over a decade, Mr. Russell has regularly led the National Orchestral Institute and Festival in College Park, Maryland, one of the nation’s premier training orchestras. Dedicated to sharing the American musical experience with the newest generation of players, he helped develop and conducted the Link Up educational concert series at Carnegie Hall, and has piloted educational programs with the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Windsor, and Hilton Head.

For over two decades, he has led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s wildly successful Classical Roots initiative honoring and celebrating Black musical excellence, which has garnered record-breaking in-person and online audiences.

Mr. Russell’s seven recordings with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra include the 2023 holiday album JOY! and the landmark recordings in the American Originals Project, including American Originals (the music of Stephen Foster) and the Grammy-nominated American Originals 1918 (a tribute to the dawn of the jazz age).

John Morris Russell earned degrees from the University of Southern California and Williams College and has studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, and the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, Maine.

Capathia Jenkins Vocals

The Brooklyn-born and raised singer/actor, Capathia Jenkins, premiered her new show, She’s Got Soul, with the Houston Symphony in October 2022, with recent and upcoming performances including the Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Asheville Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Richardson Symphony, No Name Pops, Binghamton Philharmonic, and Wheeling Symphony, among others.

Ms. Jenkins starred as Medda in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of “Turn Back, O Man,” which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of the Washing Machine in Caroline, Or Change and Frieda May in Martin Short—Fame Becomes Me, where she sang “Stop the Show” and brought the house down every night. In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy—The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.

An active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with numerous orchestras around the world, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Cincinnati Pops (with John Morris Russell), Philly Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others. She was also a soloist with the Festival Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic multiple times. Ms. Jenkins had the great honor of performing in the Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba concert as part of the Festival de Teatro de La Habana. She returned to Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops for Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound and also sang in a tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at the Library of Congress.

Her television credits include 30 Rock, The Practice, Law & Order SVU, The Sopranos, and Law & Order. Recordings include her critically acclaimed CD, Phenomenal Woman, with Louis Rosen and her most recent single, “I Am Strong.” She can be seen in the film Musical Chairs, directed by Susan Seidelman. Ms. Jenkins was also seen in a live performance of The Wiz on NBC. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, and Legally Blonde 2.

capathiajenkins.com

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 133rd season in 2023–24. The ensemble’s history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905, just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham.

Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Stock founded the Civic Orchestra of Chicago— the first training orchestra in the U.S. affiliated with a major orchestra—in 1919, established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.

Three conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the CSO are still considered hallmarks. Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.

Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time. The CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction and released numerous award-winning recordings. Beginning in 1991, Solti held the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra each season until his death in September 1997.

Daniel Barenboim became ninth music director in 1991, a position he held until 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, and

twenty-one international tours. Appointed by Barenboim in 1994 as the Chorus’s second director, Duain Wolfe served until his retirement in 2022.

In 2010, Riccardo Muti became the Orchestra’s tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. In September 2023, Muti became music director emeritus for life.

In April 2024, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Orchestra’s eleventh music director and will begin an initial five-year tenure as Zell Music Director in September 2027.

Carlo Maria Giulini was named the Orchestra’s first principal guest conductor in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Pierre Boulez was appointed as principal guest conductor in 1995 and was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor.

Jessie Montgomery was appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence in 2021. She follows ten composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contemporary MusicNOW series. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Violinist Hilary Hahn became the CSO’s first Artist-in-Residence in 2021.

The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.

Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus— including recent releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s recording label launched in 2007— have earned sixty-five Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Klaus Mäkelä Zell Music Director Designate

Riccardo Muti Music Director Emeritus for Life

Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence

Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence

VIOLINS

Robert Chen Concertmaster

The Louis C. Sudler

Chair, endowed by an

anonymous benefactor

Stephanie Jeong

Associate Concertmaster

The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair

David Taylor*

Assistant Concertmaster

The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair

Yuan-Qing Yu ‡ Assistant Concertmaster

So Young Bae

Cornelius Chiu

Gina DiBello

Kozue Funakoshi

Russell Hershow

Qing Hou

Matous Michal

Simon Michal

Sando Shia

Susan Synnestvedt

Rong-Yan Tang

Baird Dodge Principal

Danny Yehun Jin

Assistant Principal

Lei Hou

Ni Mei

Hermine Gagné

Rachel Goldstein

Mihaela Ionescu

Sylvia Kim Kilcullen

Melanie Kupchynsky

Wendy Koons Meir

Joyce Noh

Ronald Satkiewicz

Florence Schwartz

VIOLAS

Catherine Brubaker

Youming Chen

Sunghee Choi

Wei-Ting Kuo

Danny Lai

Weijing Michal

Diane Mues

Lawrence Neuman

Max Raimi

CELLOS

John Sharp Principal

The Eloise W. Martin Chair

Kenneth Olsen §

Assistant Principal

The Adele Gidwitz Chair

Karen Basrak

The Joseph A. and Cecile

Renaud Gorno Chair

Loren Brown ‡

Richard Hirschl

Daniel Katz

Katinka Kleijn

Brant Taylor

BASSES

Alexander Hanna Principal

The David and Mary Winton

Green Principal Bass Chair

Alexander Horton

Assistant Principal

Daniel Carson

Ian Hallas

Robert Kassinger

Mark Kraemer

Stephen Lester

Bradley Opland

Andrew Sommer

HARP

Lynne Turner

FLUTES

Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson

Principal

The Erika and Dietrich M.

Gross Principal Flute Chair

Yevgeny Faniuk

Assistant Principal

Emma Gerstein

Jennifer Gunn

PICCOLO

Jennifer Gunn

The Dora and John

Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair

OBOES

William Welter Principal

The Nancy and Larry Fuller

Principal Oboe Chair

Lora Schaefer

Assistant Principal

Scott Hostetler

ENGLISH HORN

Scott Hostetler

CLARINETS

Stephen Williamson Principal

John Bruce Yeh

Assistant Principal

Gregory Smith

E-FLAT CLARINET

John Bruce Yeh

BASSOONS

Keith Buncke Principal

William Buchman

Assistant Principal

Miles Maner

HORNS

Mark Almond Principal

James Smelser

David Griffin

Oto Carrillo

Susanna Gaunt

Daniel Gingrich

TRUMPETS

Esteban Batallán Principal

The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor

Mark Ridenour ‡

Assistant Principal

John Hagstrom

The Bleck Family Chair

Tage Larsen

The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair

TROMBONES

Jay Friedman Principal

The Lisa and Paul Wiggin

Principal Trombone Chair

Michael Mulcahy

Charles Vernon

BASS TROMBONE

Charles Vernon

* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave

TUBA

Gene Pokorny Principal

The Arnold Jacobs Principal

Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld

TIMPANI

David Herbert Principal

The Clinton Family Fund Chair

Vadim Karpinos

Assistant Principal

PERCUSSION

Cynthia Yeh Principal

Patricia Dash

Vadim Karpinos

James Ross

LIBRARIANS

Justin Vibbard Principal

Carole Keller

Mark Swanson

CSO FELLOWS

Gabriela Lara Violin

The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow

Jesús Linárez Violin

Olivia Reyes Bass

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL

John Deverman Director

Anne MacQuarrie

Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel

STAGE TECHNICIANS

Christopher Lewis

Stage Manager

Blair Carlson

Paul Christopher

Ryan Hartge

Peter Landry

Joshua Mondie

Todd Snick

The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola, Gilchrist Foundation, and Louise H. Benton Wagner chairs currently are unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Board of Trustees

OFFICERS

Mary Louise Gorno Chair

Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair

Steven Shebik Vice Chair

Helen Zell Vice Chair

Renée Metcalf Treasurer

Jeff Alexander President

Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board

Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer

Dale Hedding Vice President for Development

HONORARY TRUSTEES

The Honorable Richard M. Daley

The Honorable Lori Lightfoot

TRUSTEES

John Aalbregtse

Peter J. Barack

H. Rigel Barber

Randy Lamm Berlin

Roderick Branch

Kay Bucksbaum

Robert J. Buford

Johannes Burlin

Leslie Henner Burns

Marion A. Cameron-Gray

George P. Colis

Keith S. Crow

Stephen V. D’Amore

Timothy A. Duffy

Brian W. Duwe

Charles Emmons, Jr.*

Judith E. Feldman*

Graham C. Grady

John Holmes

Lori Julian

Neil T. Kawashima

Geraldine Keefe

Donna L. Kendall

Thomas G. Kilroy

Randall S. Kroszner

Patty Lane

Susan C. Levy

Vikram Luthar

Renée Metcalf

Britt M. Miller

Sharon Mitchell*

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Mary Pivirotto Murley

Sylvia Neil

Santa J. Ono

Gerald Pauling

LTC. Jennifer N. Pritzker, USA (Ret.)

Dr. Don M. Randel

Dr. Mohan Rao

Melissa M. Root

Burton X. Rosenberg

E. Scott Santi

Steven Shebik

Marlon R. Smith

Walter Snodell

Dr. Eugene Stark

Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr.

Scott Swanson

Nasrin Thierer

Liisa Thomas

Frederick H. Waddell

Paul S. Watford

Craig R. Williams

Robert Wislow

Ann Marie Wright

Helen Zell

Gifford R. Zimmerman

LIFE TRUSTEES

William Adams IV

Mrs. Robert A. Beatty

Arnold M. Berlin

Laurence O. Booth

William G. Brown

Dean L. Buntrock

Bruce E. Clinton

Richard Colburn

Richard H. Cooper

Anthony T. Dean

Debora de Hoyos

Charles Douglas †

John A. Edwardson

Thomas J. Eyerman

James B. Fadim

David W. Fox, Sr.

Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.

H. Laurance Fuller †

Mrs. Robert W. Galvin

Paul C. Gignilliat

Joseph B. Glossberg

Richard C. Godfrey

* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of April 2024

William A. Goldstein

Mary Louise Gorno

Howard L. Gottlieb

Chester A. Gougis

Mary Winton Green

Dietrich Gross †

David P. Hackett

Joan W. Harris

John H. Hart

Thomas C. Heagy

Jay L. Henderson

William R. Jentes

Paul R. Judy †

Richard B. Kapnick

Donald G. Kempf, Jr.

Mrs. John C. Kern

Robert Kohl

Josef Lakonishok

Charles Ashby Lewis

Eva F. Lichtenberg

John S. Lillard †

John F. Manley

Ling Z. Markovitz

R. Eden Martin

Arthur C. Martinez

Judith W. McCue

Lester H. McKeever

David E. McNeel

John D. Nichols †

James J. O’Connor †

William A. Osborn

Mrs. Albert Pawlick

Jane DiRenzo Pigott

John M. Pratt

Dr. Irwin Press

John W. Rogers, Jr.

Jerry Rose

Frank A. Rossi

Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. †

John R. Schmidt

Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.

Robert C. Spoerri

Carl W. Stern

William H. Strong

Louis C. Sudler, Jr.

Richard L. Thomas

Richard P. Toft

Penny Van Horn

Paul R. Wiggin

34th Annual Corporate Night Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is a group of men and women who are not only passionate about the CSO and its mission, but are also committed to investing their time, talent, and resources to insure the future of our world-renowned CSO and its acclaimed musicians. These devoted ambassadors volunteer their time in support of music education and appreciation. Highlights include coordinating school and family concerts, hosting education and engagement programs for seniors and veterans, supporting the Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition, hosting the annual Musicians’ Luncheon, funding both a Civic Orchestra Fellow and the Chicago Symphony Chorus’s Endowed Concert, and hosting Area Salons, all designed to build CSO awareness and audiences. Significant funds are raised through sponsorship of the CSOA Corporate Night and the League’s signature Fall in Love With Music event. Annual dues and contributions to the League Annual Fund also represent significant donations made yearly to the CSOA.

Help spread the word by becoming part of the League and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association family.

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series is generously sponsored by Megan and Steve Shebik.

A NEW SEASON AWAITS

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BEETHOVEN Eroica

R. STRAUSS Don Juan and Don Quixote

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake

BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS A journey through musical stories

BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust Extraordinary talent. Thrilling collaborations. Unforgettable moments.

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Evgeny Kissin

Julia Fischer

Leonidas Kavakos

Mao Fujita

Daniil Trifonov, CSO Artist-inResidence

Klaus Mäkelä, Zell Music Director Designate

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