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Chicago Philharmonic’s 2022-2023 Season Recap

by Gizel Issa

  What is AMP?  AMP (Academy of Music Performance) provides young music students with meaningful, repeated interactions with, and mentoring by, Chicago Philharmonic musicians. Musician-mentors provide master classes and side-by-side rehearsals and performances before the student's fellow students, teachers, and...

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Chicago Philharmonic Makes History with American Mavericks at the Obama Presidential Center

by Lydia Penningroth

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Concert Recap, Featured

Lucy Dacus Makes Her Symphonic Debut with the Chicago Philharmonic

by Lydia Penningroth

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]On July 19, 2026, the Chicago Philharmonic performed with Grammy Award–winning artist Lucy Dacus in her first-ever symphonic concert, presented at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. More than 7,000 audience members filled...

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Chicago Philharmonic Announces New Associate Board Leadership

by Lydia Penningroth

The Chicago Philharmonic Society announces new leadership for its Associate Board as the organization’s 2026-2027 Season launches.   Zantraquilla Madkins, previously Vice Chair, has been appointed Chair of the Associate Board, succeeding Jemia Cunningham‑Elder, who completed her term...

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Chicago Philharmonic Announces World Premiere Recording of Stacy Garrop’s Invictus

by Lydia Penningroth

  Chicago Philharmonic is proud to celebrate the upcoming May 8, 2026 release of Invictus, the world‑premiere recording of Chicago‑based composer Stacy Garrop’s piano concerto, on Cedille Records. Inspired by William Ernest Henley’s 1875 poem Invictus, the concerto was...

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Concert Recap, Featured, Performances

A Week of Music, Mentorship, and a Major U.S. Premiere

by Lydia Penningroth

  “...one of the many “wow” moments in her performance. I definitely want to hear Njioma Grevious again.” - Louis Harris, Third Coast Review   From March 30 to April 4, 2026, Chicago Philharmonic launched its second annual Artist in Residence Week with...

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