NEXT CHICAGO CONCERT: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

LINCOLNWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

PHILIP SIMMONS, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Sunday, MARCH 16, 3PM
LINCOLNWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
4000 W. PRATT, LINCOLNWOOD

A family concert and Petting zoo!

LCO at the Lincolnwood Library

FREE ADMISSION, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM

Impromptu for String Orchestra - Jean Sibelius
Playful Pizzicato from Simple Symphony - Benjamin Britten
Apotheosis - Austin Wintory/arr. Bob Phillips
Toy Symphony - Edmund Angerer
Mighty Jaguar to the Rescue - Ilya Levinson
The Wizard of Oz: A Whirlwind Journey - Harold Arden

Join us for a program intended to delight and inspire, introducing children to the power of live music - its presentation and meaning. Featuring music from film and games, storytelling, and an instrument petting zoo! 

Exclusive Orchestra Sponsor: Loeber Motors


American Music Festivals promotES cultural exchange, PRESERVES ORCHeSTRAL HERITAGE, and BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

Through outreach and partnerships with Chicago’s many diverse communities, we bring people together to enjoy great classical music, exploring traditions with interdisciplinary programming

American Music Festivals is committed to preserving and furthering orchestral heritage.  Our music making has attracted an amazing team of musicians, community advocates, and outreach professionals to our cause.  It has helped us build partnerships and professional relationships with organizations and individuals around the world. Our concerts tell a story that speaks to the power of music to move people, help change perspectives, and to challenge norms.  American Music Festivals is excited to continue to help provide professional orchestral programming throughout the many communities that make up Chicagoland, and around the world. 

Thanks for being a part of our vision.

With Maestro Yuri Temirkonov, backstage at Chicago Symphony Center

Artistic Contributor Leonard Slatkin and Philip Simmons in Hawaii


American Music Festivals
has been committed to cultural exchange Since 1997.

Please join US AS WE BRING OUR UNIQUE VIEWPOINT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMMING.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

In the United States and abroad we work with communities to share culture, celebrating our differences.

ORCHESTRAL HERITAGE

American Music Festivals helps preserve orchestral traditions--with a sensitivity to all the humanities.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our collaborative events bring people TOGETHER, creating understanding and friendship.

ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Through concerts and related outreach, American Music Festivals articulates cross cultural and intergenerational connections. 

Sir Georg Solti Memorial Festival, April 2016

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
NEEDS TO BE EXPERIENCED

American Music Festivals believes that through empathy to cultural diversity, we PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES

In Chicago, Hawaii, and around the world,
American Music Festivals
helps sustain our orchestral heritage