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Chicago Sinfonietta Cadence Newsletter for February 2024

Arts and Entertainment

March 5, 2024

From: Chicago Sinfonietta

Celebrate Women's History Month with our next hometown concert, ECHO. The program was specially curated to shine a spotlight on women's musical artistry.

Witness the Chicago debut of legendary Florence Price's Concert Overture No 2. Then young Violinist Amaryn Olmeda makes her Chicago debut playing Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto.

Composer Clarice Assad takes the stage next with her newly commissioned piece The Evolution of AI, a contemporary musical composition that delves into the intricate interplay between human artistry and artificial intelligence.

Lastly, enjoy the masterful blend of neoclassical and jazz in Francis Poulenc's Les biches Suite.

Discounted tickets are available through our Pay What You Can Program.

- $5 tickets - use code RESONATE5

- $10 tickets - use code RESONATE10

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TOUR UPDATE
Great news our Atlanta Homecoming concert is sold out!
We’re so excited to showcase the musical mastery of Scott Joplin, Florence Price, Margret Bonds and more at Spelman College on March 5.
In next month’s Cadence newsletter, we’ll share a recap of our Atlanta activities.

FREEMAN FELLOW NEWS

Conducting Fellow from the New World Symphony Molly Turner will be joining 2023-24 season Freeman Fellow Juliano Dutra Aniceto to participate in mentoring and conducting sessions with Maestra Mei-Ann Chen and members of the Chicago Sinfonietta. These sessions will take place during the March concert cycle.

More about Molly

Molly Turner is a Chinese-born conductor and composer. She is currently a first-year Conducting Fellow at the New World Symphony. Recently, she has conducted the Orchestre de Paris, Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, Juilliard Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Primrose International Viola Competition, Aspen Conducting Academy, Colburn Orchestra and Eastern Festival Orchestra.

Learn more.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

May 10-11 | REVERB: Season Finale Concert 
Help us close our season out with a bang! REVERB features a lineup of works that showcase the power and energy of classical music.? Featuring Pianist George Li.

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CS IN THE NEWS

Former Freeman Fellows Michelle di Russo and Taichi Fukumura are among four finalists for the Music Director position at the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Nearly 150 applications were received from around the world. Each candidate will perform with the orchestra during the 2024-25 season. Join us in wishing them all luck!

More good fortune for another Former Freeman Fellow. Athlone Artists has announced Yabetza VIvas as the newest addition to their client roster.

Learn about Yabetza’s journey.

Block Club Chicago explored the inner workings of the Gimmie Shelter Mixtape, which includes work by Chicago Sinfonietta musicians.

Music Director Mei-Ann Chen continues to be acclaimed for her work on the podium. Here’s recent press coverage about San Francisco Symphony New Year's concert.

"Sometimes the party is the highlight of a fine arts activity, but on this day I’d hand that trophy to guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen, who treated the performance like one giant storytime with the San Francisco public and glitterati. Her infectious enthusiasm encouraged attendees including Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and Symphony President Prisca Geeslin to sing along to Gong Xi Gong Xi, a popular Chinese Lunar New Year song that translates to “Congratulations” or “Wishing You Happiness and Prosperity,” wrote The Bold Italic.

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