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The Grant Park Music Festival (formerly the Grant Park Concerts) is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1] It features the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Grant Park Chorus along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in ...
The naming of Jay Pritzker Pavilion was a cause for protests. The new pavilion was built as a replacement for Grant Park's decades-old Petrillo Music Shell, which had a long history of hosting free music events and was named after James C. Petrillo, a labor union leader who started free concerts in Grant Park. When the original bandshell was ...
[3] [4] Chicago Live! performed live in 2011 at the Haymarket Pub & Brewery place. [5] Billy Corgan was a guest on the show in 2011. [6] In November 2011, Chicago Live! announced that it would shift to eight-week seasons in 2012 and move to the Up Comedy Club in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. [7] [8] [9] John Conroy was a guest on the show in ...
This summer, a brand-new entertainment experience is coming to Tri-Cities. A successful series of shows that have appeared across the globe, Candlelight Concerts, will be coming to town.The shows ...
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In 1974, WNET added The Great Performance, a series of classical concerts. [8] In 1976, Great Performances became the umbrella title and the music section was named Music in America. A third section, Dance In America, was also added. [9] [10] The first episode, "Sue's Leg: Remembering the Thirties", featured choreography by Twyla Tharp.
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The Chicago Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois, governed by the Chicago Philharmonic Society. [1] Founded in 1988 by principals of the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago, it is a musician-governed, non-profit organization consisting of nearly 200 classical music performers from the Chicago area.