Gabriela Lara performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a CSO Fellow in 2022. Lara plays her debut concert as a member of the CSO’s first violin section on January 30 at Symphony Center.

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. To play, the musician holds the long tube of the flute in both hands and ...

With the Nordic Soundscapes Festival, Thomas Sondergard puts his stamp on the Minnesota Orchestra (and its interior spaces). Thomas Sondergard, outside of Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis ...

What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...

All of these deep profundities aside, however, let me say that “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” is a magnificent piece of entertainment. It will make you laugh and may even make you cry. When old, ...

Juan Williams details 2nd civil rights movement in 'New Prize for These Eyes' In 1987, journalist Juan Williams helped illuminate the Civil Rights Movement with "Eyes on the Prize," a ...

Michael Kruzich is fascinated by eyes. His mosaic artwork is filled with close-ups of eyes, both male and female. There's an expressive intensity to these images, all of which are done in mosaic.

If they do, the tile is folded down with a flick of the wrist. For over 45 years, Guess Who? has been a fun diversion for millions of people. But despite the game’s popularity, relatively few ...

As in the new book “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” by Juan Williams, there are some who’ve gone before you but your effort is what matters now.

Nearly four decades later, he returns with "New Prize for These Eyes," a powerful update looking at the 21st-century movement. Geoff Bennett discussed the work with Williams. In 1987, journalist ...

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