Family Matinee Series

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Symphony Center is the only place in town where your family can experience great family-friendly programs featuring members of the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra!

Welcome to the 2013/14 CSO Family Matinee Series!

Enrich your child’s life through the one-of-a-kind experience of hearing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing orchestral masterpieces. Ignite the imagination and a lifelong love of music with these fun and engaging programs for the young and the young at heart. Perfect for children ages 5–9!

With prime seat packages starting at $42 for all 3 concerts, this is the best family deal in Chicago. For one low price, you get:

  • Up to 22% savings on the best seats in the house.
  • A Kidsbook activity booklet we’ll mail you in the fall to learn more about the music, the orchestra, the conductor and guest artists.
  • Free preconcert activities that start one hour before every concert in the Symphony Center Rotunda.
  • Quick and easy fee-free exchanges.* If you’re not sure what concert you want to exchange into, we’ll store the value of your tickets in your account, and you can decide later!
  • 15% off Symphony Center merchandise.
  • Reduced, prepaid parking at Grant Park South Garage for only $12.75.
  • Personal 2013/14 season pocket guide and convenient calendar stickers.
  • Free lost ticket replacement.
  • Exclusive, subscriber-preferred prices for other family-friendly Symphony Center events, including our popular holiday concerts Hallowed Haunts and Welcome Yule!

 

AND BEST OF ALL, MUSICAL MEMORIES WITH YOUR CHILD AND THE CSO THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME!

 Subscribe to Family A (11:00 a.m.) >      Subscribe to Family B (12:45 p.m.) > 

 
Mother Goose and More
 
Nov
16
  • 11:00 AM & 12:45 PM
 

Program

Ravel 
Mother Goose Suite
Various 
TBD


Performers

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alastair Willis
 conductor
 
 


Alien Invasion: Orchestra from Planet X
 
Feb
8
  • 11:00 AM & 12:45 PM
 

Program

Williams 
Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Copland 
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo
Joplin 
The Entertainer (arr. Gunther Schuller)
Anderson 
The Typewriter Song


Performers

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Magic Circle Mime Company
 
 


Adventures with Aladdin
 
May
10
  • 11:00 AM & 12:45 PM
 

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov  
Sheherazade


Performers

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Outwater
conductor
 
 


2012/13
Get Up and Dance
 
May
4
  • 11:00 AM & 12:45 PM
 

Program

Stravinsky 
The Firebird
Copland 
Appalachian Spring


Performers

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
 
Alastair Willis
 conductor
Hubbard Street 2 
guest artists
 
 



Featured Partners

Select preconcert activities presented by:

Civic Orchestra of Chicago   Art Institute of Chicago   Quinlan and Fabish Music Company
MusiCORPS