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| Price: | $20.00 |
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| Event Type: | Choral |
| Composer: | Rossini |
| Tickets: | Purchase Tickets |
The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 pm as a part of the Fine Arts Series at Saint Cletus Church in LaGrange, Illinois, and again on Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 pm at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville, Illinois.
One of Rossini’s last works, he referred to this setting of the Mass as “the last of my sins of old age.” The work reveals Rossini’s signature playfulness and wit tempered by glimpses of sincerity and grace.

| Price: | $20.00 |
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| Event Type: | Choral |
| Composer: | Rossini |
| Tickets: | Purchase Tickets |
The Downers Grove Choral Society will perform Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle on Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 pm as a part of the Fine Arts Series at Saint Cletus Church in LaGrange, Illinois, and again on Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 pm at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville, Illinois.
One of Rossini’s last works, he referred to this setting of the Mass as “the last of my sins of old age.” The work reveals Rossini’s signature playfulness and wit tempered by glimpses of sincerity and grace.

| Price: | $50.00 |
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| Instrument: | Viola |
| Tickets: | Register HERE |
Join MYA for it's 1st Annual Chicago Viola Festival on Sunday, March 18th! The Viola Fest will be full of workshops, master classes, sessions, technique classes, lectures, and performances. Please join us and the following faculty to make this outstanding event a great first! Visit: http://chicagoviolafestival.mya.org/
Charles Pikler: Principal Violist, CSO; Faculty, Northwestern University
Rami Solomonow: Faculty, DePaul University; Chicago Chamber Musicians member
Lewis Rosove: Former Assistant Principal Violist, Milwaukee Symphony; Faculty, UW-Milwaukee
Matthew Michelic: Faculty, Lawrence University
Rose Armbrust: Faculty, Wheaton College; Faculty; Midwest Young Artists
Kate Lewis: Faculty, Illinois State University

| Price: | $20.00 |
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| Event Type: | Instrumental |
| Composer: | Debussy, Loeffler |
| Tickets: | Reserve Now! |
The award-winning Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players will present a concert titled Trio Mania featuring Impressionist works written in the early 20th century by the American Charles Martin Loeffler and the French Claude Debussy. Guests will enjoy an exceptional performance in the inspiring sanctuary of Union Church of Hinsdale.
The Chicago Philharmonic is made up primarily of Lyric Opera Orchestra members and other top-tier professional musicians from the Chicago area. The group will perform Charles Martin Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano; Claude Debussy’s Sonate en Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp and Carlos Salzedo’s Song in the Night.