Review: Despite Setbacks, the Legacy MLK Set in Motion Cannot be Stopped

Chicago Sinfonietta's 2015 Martin Luther King Tribute Concert
“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.

Music director Mei-Ann Chen conducts the Chicago Sinfonietta's 2015 Martin Luther King Tribute Concert
“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

Mucca Pazza performs Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture with the Chicago Sinfonietta.
“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

FootworKINGz performs a hip hop version of Swan Lake with the Chicago Sinfonietta at the annual Sinfonietta Gala at the Fairmont Chicago on Saturday, May 31st, 2014
“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

The Chicago Sinfonietta during intermission at the final concert of their 2013-14 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

The Sinfonietta performs Jacob Ter Veldhuis's piece
“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

A masked chorus sings Mozart's Requiem alongside the Chicago Sinfonietta
“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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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta Celebrates Dia de Los Muertos

A masked choir performs Mozart's Requiem with the Chicago Sinfonietta at their 2013 Dia de los Muertos concert
“We love Chicago Sinfonietta’s approach to classical music: it really opens it up to a new audience and makes it approachable and interesting.”   Hear more from Chicagoist about our 2013 Day of the Dead performance here!
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Review: Chicago Sinfonietta’s ’13-14 Season Opener

Mei-Ann Chen conducts the opening concert of the Sinfonietta's 2013-14 season
“Can classical music and hip hop dance truly be friends? I don’t know… …but the Chicago Sinfonietta had the guts to try it in its opening performance for the 2013-14 season at Symphony Center Saturday night. The first half of the evening was a fascinating salad of Swan Lake, Hip Hop Dance, symphonic Americana, and Aram Khachaturian.” Hear
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