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SOUNDSCAPE, Chicago Sinfonietta's Annual Gala is coming October 28th. This immersive and experiential black-tie event is Sinfonietta's biggest fundraiser of the year. LEARN MORE and explore SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES \

CS IN THE NEWS
Former Assistant Conductor and  Freeman Conducting Fellow Taichi Fukumura is one of 22 recipients of a prestigious 2023 Solti US Career Assistance Award. READ MORE

Music Director Mei-Ann Chen featured in article in June issue of Symphony Magazine READ MORE

CEO & President Blake-Anthony Johnson is a recipient of the 2023 Harvard Business School Club of Chicago’s Fellowship to attend Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-profit Management course READ MORE

SUMMER WITH SINFONIETTA: UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE 21 | SUMMER SOLSTICE WELLNESS EXPO
Join us for a special summer solstice celebration featuring regional holistic practitioners Luxury Wellness Spa Retreat, Oh So Medicinal, Space Cake Natural Style Care and symphonic music performance by Chicago Sinfonietta orchestra member Edith Yokley and guest percussionist Joy. Catering by B’Gabs Vegan Scratch Kitchen. TIME: 4-6 PM LOCATION: Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, 9800 Willow Springs Rd, Willow Springs

JULY 16 | SUNDAYS ON STATE
State Street Downtown Chicago Festival, join us for performance and giveaways LEARN MORE

AUGUST 5 & 6 | THIRSTY EARS FESTIVAL (NEW DATE)
Chicago's only classical music festival! LEARN MORE

SEPTEMBER 7 | OPEN HOUSE 
Join us to preview our new venue in downtown Chicago, the Auditoritum Theatre and enjoy tours, refreshments, and 40% off subscriptions! 3-7 PM. LEARN MORE

SEPTEMBER 23 | CHICAGO LIVE! Navy Pier's free two-day Chicago Live! festival returns September 23-24, showcasing the best of Chicago's arts and cultural organizations LEARN MORE

JOIN OUR FRIENDS GROUP
Love Sinfonietta and want to get involved? The Friends of the Chicago Sinfonietta is a group of dynamic leaders who are passionate about the Sinfonietta and its mission, with a focus on building audiences at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville while enjoying exclusive perks.  LEARN MORE

STAFF NEWS
Sinfonietta welcomes Peter Breithaupt as Operations Coordinator. Peter comes to Chicago from San Antonio where he taught courses in music history and applied percussion at the University of Texas at San Antonio; worked for Texas Folklife, a statewide non-profit organization, directing the Apprenticeships in the Folk and Traditional Arts Program; and freelanced professionally as a percussionist, drummer, and 5-string & tenor banjo player. He also performed as a section percussionist with the San Antonio Philharmonic throughout its inaugural 2022-2023 season. As a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin, he studied local and global music cultures of Tanzania. As part of his work in Tanzania, he has performed throughout Europe, the United States, and East Africa with Msafiri Zawose, one of Tanzania’s foremost Gogo musicians. More recently, he had the opportunity to compose, produce, and score the music for Maasai Remix, an award-winning documentary film that explores Indigenous creativity in addressing challenges to Maasai pastoralist livelihoods in Tanzania. Having both grown up in Michigan, he and his wife are excited to be back in the Midwest.

We also congratulate former Assistant Controller Rae Lambrix on her promotion to Director of Institutional Advancement and welcome Farland Jenkins as Director of Finance.