Sergio A. Mims: Civic Orchestra of Chicago to Perform Free Community Concert at Kenwood Academy High School Saturday, June 10 at 7 PM

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Sergio A. Mims sends this release: 

Saturday, June 10, at 7 p.m.

CHICAGO— The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, under the direction of Michael Stern, performs a free community concert in the auditorium at Kenwood Academy High School (5015 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago) on Saturday, June 10, at 7 p.m. Students of the Kenwood Academy music department will perform alongside Civic Orchestra musicians in a program that includes Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43, as well as arrangements of works by Vivaldi, Bach and Desmond. The June 10 concert, which is free and open to the public, is the culmination of a collaboration between the Civic Orchestra and Kenwood Academy that began in April. Inspired by CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, the collaboration has included side-by-side rehearsals, coaching sessions and workshops between Civic musicians and Kenwood students. Additionally, students from Kenwood Academy will visit Symphony Center for an interactive Civic Orchestra rehearsal with conductor Michael Stern on June 8, and Civic Orchestra musicians will visit Kenwood Academy for a series of side-by-side pop-up chamber performances throughout the school with Kenwood student musicians on June 9. Following the pop-up chamber performances, Ma and Stern will visit Kenwood Academy to lead an interactive workshop for the Kenwood music students. Activities on June 9 will conclude with an assembly featuring performances by the Kenwood Academy music department and the Civic Orchestra. Michael Stern serves as music director of the Kansas City Symphony and as founding artistic director and principal conductor of the IRIS Orchestra in Germantown, Tenn. He has conducted major orchestras in the United States, Europe and Asia including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra. The June 10 concert is free and open to the public, but ticket reservations are required. Reservations can be made by phone at 800‑223‑7114 or 312-294‑3000, online at cso.org, or at the Symphony Center box office: 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604. Artists, programs and prices are subject to change. This performance is presented in partnership with Kenwood Academy High School. The Civic Orchestra of Chicago is a program of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.