The Chicago Sinfonietta is Chicago's premier mid-sized professional orchestra dedicated to Musical Excellence through Diversity. Through its performances and community programs, the Sinfonietta fosters the talents of emerging and established soloists, composers and musicians of color as it creates new, more inclusive audiences for symphonic music.
 
The mission of the Chicago Sinfonietta is to serve as a national model for inclusiveness and innovation in classical music through the presentation of the highest quality orchestral concerts and related programs. The Chicago Sinfonietta aspires to remove the barriers to participation in, and appreciation of classical music through its educational and outreach programs that expose children and their families to classical music, and by providing professional development opportunities for young musicians and composers of diverse backgrounds enabling new, important voices to be heard. This will help America become a true cultural democracy, in which everyone can share fully in its cultural resources and in which all can contribute to its cultural richness.