Open Rehearsals
Each season the CSO opens several of its working rehearsals to certain groups across Chicagoland.
Education Open Rehearsals
Select rehearsals are open for groups of high school music students and their teacher to observe how a professional orchestra works behind the scenes and prepares for a concert. After the rehearsal, the audience participates in a Q&A session with musicians of the Orchestra.
Community Open Rehearsals
Community rehearsals are open for an audience of seniors and veterans, coordinated by members of the League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
Reserve your seats
Education Open Rehearsals (for high school music students)
*Please note that exact rehearsal schedules and soloist attendance are TBD and will be confirmed nearer each date. Below are the full program listings that rehearsal content will be chosen from.
Wednesday, December 10, 10:00am–12:30pm
*Q&A with CSO musician will be from 12:30-1:00
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
James Ehnes violin
Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Britten Violin Concerto
Prokofiev Symphony No. 4
Wednesday, April 29, 10:00am–12:30pm
*Q&A with CSO musician will be from 12:30-1:00
Karina Canellakis conductor
Conrad Tao piano
Dvořák Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66
Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Community Open Rehearsals (for seniors and veterans)
*Please note that exact rehearsal schedules and soloist attendance are TBD and will be confirmed nearer each date. Below are the full program listings that rehearsal content will be chosen from.
Wednesday, February 18, 10am-12:30pm
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Sibelius Lemminkäinen: Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Sibelius Musette from Suite from King Christian II, Op. 27
Wednesday, March 25, 10am-12:30pm
Riccardo Muti conductor
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (Polish)
Rota Music from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
Rota Suite from The Godfather
Wednesday, June 17, 1:30-3:30pm
Joshua Weilerstein conductor
Montgomery Banner
Martinů The Rock
Copland Lincoln Portrait
Ives Three Places in New England
Ellington Harlem
Sponsors
Funding for Chicago Symphony Orchestra open rehearsals is provided by The Margo and Michael Oberman Community Access Fund.