Your experience begins long before the first note. Find your perfect seat and explore information about parking, dining, accessibility and shopping to make your visit seamless and memorable.
Young Composers Initiative Finale Concert
June 12, 2026 — 7:00 PM
Overview
With leadership from former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, the Young Composers Initiative engages youth from across the Chicago region and empowers them to create new pieces of chamber music. In this season’s culminating event, musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago perform world premieres by the composers selected to participate in the program.
Note Location: Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center
Learn more about the Young Composers Initiative »
Tickets are free; reservations are required.
Program
Baeza
mesh and misalignment
Page
Albedo
Blair
Organs of Chicago
Dong
Dream of a Butterfly
Mertz
flâneur, obscured
Muñoz
Tierra y despojo
Performers
Musicians from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Sponsors & Partners
The 2025/26 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.
The Civic Orchestra of Chicago acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
The Young Composers Initiative is generously supported by Margo and Mike Oberman.