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School Concert: Community Pride
May 2, 2025
Overview
A community is a group of individuals working toward a common goal — just like an orchestra! Separately, each instrument is unique, but together they create a harmonious symphony of sound. Featuring the winner of the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition, this program pairs well-known classics with contemporary masterpieces to demonstrate the joy, power and beauty of coming together in service of something bigger than ourselves.
Free tickets and transportation are provided to Chicago Public Schools attending CSO for Kids School Concerts and Once Upon a Symphony. For more information, visit the School Concerts FAQ page.
Program
Prokofiev (arr. Ochoa)
March in B-flat Major
Fučík
Entrance of the Gladiators
Mendelssohn
Saltarello from Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
Still
Sorrow from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
Grieg
In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Teague (orch. Whitmarsh)
A Visit to Hell
Brahms (orch. Schmeling)
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Smetana
Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride
Performers
Sponsors & Partners
Support for this program is generously provided by the Leslie and John Burns Teacher Enrichment Fund
Youth Education Program Sponsor
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.