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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta’s “Primal Instincts” Concert Review – A Perfect Spring Concert

“The Libretto for Carmina Burana in Latin and English was contained in the program and illuminated the music. All of the performances were outstanding and included the Roosevelt University CCPA Conservatory Choir, Anima Young Singer of Greater Chicago, Kimberly Jones, Soprano, Jonathan Weyant, Tenor (expressing the agony of a dying swan) and Joseph Lattanzi, Baritone. The music was so powerful […]
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Review: Despite Setbacks, the Legacy MLK Set in Motion Cannot be Stopped

“I see Dr. King’s dream personified in the mission and vision of the Chicago Sinfonietta,  the country’s most diverse symphonic orchestra, which hosted their annual MLK Concert on yesterday. It was more than serendipity that Maestro Paul Freeman, the Sinfonietta’s founder, met Dr. King in an airport and the idea to form the organization was born. Maestro Freeman’s […]
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Review: I Have a Dream – Chicago Sinfonietta Promoted Young Talents at its Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If this great man would be alive today, he would look at the performances of those young talented people of color with great satisfaction and pride.” “This triumph of equity and freedom demonstrated by young and talented people of different races and nationalities was presented by one of the most incredible symphony orchestras in the […]
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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta and Mucca Pazza at Symphony Center Review – Kindred Spirits Leave Audience Beaming Smiles

“When Chicago Sinfonietta coined it’s new logo – ‘Daring, Defiant, Different’—they mistakenly left out ‘Delightful’. That was abundantly clear by the end of their joint concert with seeming kindred spirit Mucca Pazza, the punk marching band that has bottled joy in its shtick-on-steroids marching band persona. “…With cheerleaders carrying pom-poms made from crime scene caution tape, band members wearing […]
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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta Ball Review – Rethink, Redefine, Reimagine

“That performance was just one way that Chicago Sinfonietta and its hard-working volunteers for its annual ball certainly met their mission of “Rethink, Redefine and Imagine”.  Along the way they helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra—with style and panache as exquisite as some of the fashion statements on display at this […]
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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta Presented a Great Celebration of the End of the 2013-2014 Season

“This time, as many times before, the Chicago Sinfonietta demonstrated its high professionalism and devotion to the musical art and as always impressed the audience by its excellent performance.”   Read more about our season-ending concert “Identities” in Patch’s review!
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Review: Identities Review – Concluding The Chicago Sinfonietta’s 25th Season

“This program is the perfect reflection of the mission of this unique orchestra, which prides itself on being the most diverse in the country and has a mission “to form unique cultural connections through the universal language of symphonic music”. Tying East and West together through the Silk Road, the program began with “Shtetl Scenes” […]
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Tribute to MLK Review: Joy and Inspiration

“Like the great religious works of Bach or Handel, great gospel music transcends belief because it is a sublime worldly manifestation of human gifts performing in service to a belief in the spiritual. The soloists and the choir were marvelous artists, whose performance inspired some in the audience to clap with the music, or even […]
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Chicago Sinfonietta “Día de los Muertos” Concert Review – Infusing Cool into Classical Music

“Chicago Sinfonietta is creating an audience for classical music and doing it with great imagination and boldness. If you are seeking the consummate classical music performance the Chicago Sinfonietta might disappoint. But if you want to share in the enthusiasm of a crowd heavily populated with people hearing classical music for the first time you […]
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