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Terri VanValkinburgh, viola
Mar 8, 20172 min read
From Brazil to China: New Members!
When last we saw these two, they were full of the holiday spirit. Now let's revisit the burning issues of our time with our last two new...
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Teresa Fream, violin
Mar 1, 20173 min read
Sensaphonics and Saving Our Hearing
Two weeks ago, I walked into a small storefront office on Milwaukee Avenue and discovered something unexpected: an entire medical office...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola
Feb 22, 20172 min read
Musical Ambassadors
Lyric Opera’s Principal Harpist, Marguerite Lynn Williams, has been busy since she joined the orchestra in 2011. Her greatest passion,...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola
Dec 9, 20162 min read
Giving
As we enter the season of giving, we celebrate our members who use their gifts to give back. Today we feature Lyric violist Frank...
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Terri Van Valkinburgh, Assistant Principal viola
Dec 3, 20163 min read
New Kids on the Block
Here are two of our newest players, Amy Hess, viola, and Ian Hallas, double bass. Disregard the lady with the thumbs - she already works...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola
Nov 26, 20163 min read
An Afternoon of Chamber Music
St. James Cathedral was filled to capacity Nov. 12, with an enthusiastic crowd waiting to hear chamber music featuring musicians of the...
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Teresa Fream, violin
Nov 20, 20162 min read
A Curse is Broken
The Chicago Cubs – from loveable losers to World Series champions! I think most of Chicago was searching for a way to show their...
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Edited by Roger Pines
Nov 19, 20161 min read
Voices from the Pit
Members of the renowned Lyric Opera Orchestra talk about their greatest joys and challenges! Click here to read the feature article from...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola, and Teresa Fream
Nov 12, 20163 min read
Del Hall and the Lyric Opera Orchestra Photo Project
I arrived at my first Lyric service of the season greeted by a bespectacled gentleman holding a camera. “May I take your photograph?” he...
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Laura Deming, cello
Nov 1, 201610 min read
Introducing Roger Pines, Dramaturg
Roger Pines has spent his entire professional life in opera, including the past 21 years at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where his title is...
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Teresa Fream, violin
Oct 15, 20162 min read
There's Something About Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner said, “Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.” ...
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Terri VanValkinburgh, Assistant Principal Viola
Oct 1, 20162 min read
Welcome to our Newest Players!
Ian Hallas, Bass: Amy Hess, Viola: Paul Dwyer, Asst. Principal Cello:Di Shi, Viola: Samuel Hamzem, Horn Hey everyone, we're back! The...
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Teresa Fream, violin
Apr 1, 20163 min read
Pack It Up and Head Home
Another opera season successfully completed. Now we all go our separate ways, and with a few exceptions we will be away from each other...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola
Mar 7, 20161 min read
A Celebration to End the Season
We like to celebrate in our orchestra; birthdays, retirements, weddings, births and yearly, the end of the opera season. In early...
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chicagolyricoperao
Mar 2, 20166 min read
When Things Go Wrong
Sometimes, in spite of all of the careful preparation and planning, stuff just happens. Enjoy. The Day the Basset Horn Died. The score to...
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Teresa Fream, violin
Feb 22, 20163 min read
A Concert to Remember
Mr. Domingo with Lynn Williams, harp Have you ever had this conversation with someone you just met? What do you do for a living? I am a...
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Terri VanValkinburgh, viola
Feb 15, 20163 min read
Married, with Opera
Irene Radetzky and Eric Millstein having fun in the pit Katie Brauer and Mark Brandfonbrener Many, if not most, work places discourage...
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Laura Deming, cello
Feb 7, 20162 min read
Shell Game
The first week back after the holiday break this season began with a PBS-recorded performance of Lyric Opera’s world premiere, Bel Canto,...
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Melissa Trier Kirk, viola
Feb 1, 20162 min read
Teens Who Love Opera!
Lyric Opera’s Youth Opera Council attended a portion of an orchestra rehearsal for the Domingo/Martinez Gala. Afterwards they were...
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Terri Van Valkinburgh, Assistant Principal Viola
Dec 16, 20151 min read
In Gratitude to our Subs and Extras
Imagine, if you will, a place where you do the same work as the people around you but you're mostly invisible to the people you work for....
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