Sergio Mims: Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti Leads Chicago Symphony Orchestra Free at Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn on October 13

CSOA PRESENTS SERIES OF FREE  CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN   CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITIES IN 2016/17

Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti Leads CSO in Free  Community Concert at  Apostolic Church of God in  Woodlawn on October 13 Series of Free Concerts and Events begin in  November and include  CSO All-Access Chamber  Music Concerts, Civic Orchestra’s Third Annual  Bach Marathon and Civic Orchestra Chamber  Music Concerts Programs Offered in South Side Venues  including South Shore Cultural Center, Kenwood  Academy and the Logan Center for the Arts CHICAGO—The CSOA presents a series of free concerts and events on Chicago’s south side in multiple venues during the 2016/17 season. Serving as an overture to the series of 2016/17 free concerts and events is a free community concert featuring CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti leading the CSO in an all-Beethoven program at Apostolic Church of God (6320 South Dorchester Avenue, Chicago) on Thursday, October 13, at 7:30 p.m.  The October 13 concert in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood extends a tradition of free CSO community concerts that began in 2010, at the start of Muti’s tenure as music  director.