Civic Fellowship Program
Through an array of experiences designed to build and diversify creative and professional skills, the Civic Fellowship is a season-long program that empowers select members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago to realize their full potential as artistically excellent, civically engaged, collaborative and entrepreneurial musicians.
The program’s curriculum has four major pillars: artistic planning, music education, social justice and project management. Fellows serve as facilitators and teaching artists in projects like Notes for Peace, curate concerts that explore music by living composers, perform at Chicago Symphony Center and in schools and communities across the city, mentor young musicians through the Chicago Symphony Negaunee Music Institute’s expansive School Partnership Program, design and implement independent projects, and more. Additionally, Fellows participate in enrichment activities including regular meetings as a cohort and seminars with guest lecturers.
Participants also receive funding from the Chicago Symphony Negaunee Music Institute to produce a project of their own design that creates engaging musical experiences and serves communities across Chicago.
Read about the innovative projects in the articles below.
2026/27 Civic Orchestra Fellows
As part of the Civic Fellowship program, participants receive funding from the Chicago Symphony Negaunee Music Institute to carry out a project of their own design that creates engaging musical experiences and serves communities across Chicago. Read about the innovative projects in the articles below.