The International Music Foundation is a Chicago non-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to high-quality classical music....

Meet Hamilton, the 10 week old mini-goldendoodle! I’ve wanted to get a dog for as long as I can remember and fell in love with doodles...

Sure! People notice when you are in shape at the beach or the gym, but the kind of muscles I am talking about (the orbicularis oris to be...

Elijah McClain was a young African American massage therapist and violinist who died last year after an encounter with Aurora, Colorado...

The author, above: trombonist and hat enthusiast The excitement in the air was palpable! Well, maybe not in the same way that opening...

Susan Warner, Acting Co-Principal Clarinet When Covid-19 shuttered live music venues, Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra members felt a...

Even though there haven't been in-person performances for months, we've been practicing. While it may sound odd (who wouldn't love a...

I am fortunate to be sheltering in place here in beautiful Schaumburg with three other string players - my wife and two of my three sons....

Like every year, the approach of June brings the final days of the homeschool year. This is nothing new for our family as I have, for the...

After the shock of The Ring cancellation, we search for a way forward. After grieving our loss, we approach our instruments again, as we...

The Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, along with our entire company, is actively committed to crucial and long overdue conversations and the...

Like so many things right now, this article is very different from the one I imagined I would be writing. There are a few things in life...

Debuting on Friday, April 17, the VIRTUAL Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra presented "Ride of the Valkyries" Learn more about how we put...

The past month has been one of both loss and discovery for me. Since the beginning of last summer, in preparation for The Ring, I’ve been...

My husband (CSO horn player Dave Griffin) and I have lived in the same house in Oak Park for the past 24 years. During that time we’ve...

Check out this sweetheart, the newest and furriest member of the family for Katie Brauer (violin) and Mark Brandfonbrener (cello). From...

Regular musicians vote to receive less than full pay so the savings can pay extras and stage band musicians As COVID-19 began sweeping...

The veil fabric from one of Sondra Radvanovsky’s Three Queens gowns, the pistol used to murder the Commendatore in Don Giovanni , the...

Banda members warming up in costume as gypsies and Spanish musicians Have you ever wondered about those people playing musical...

Our group volunteer repack session at the Greater Chicago Food Depository this year included members of Lyric Opera’s administrative...