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.

Schedule
Program
Prokofiev (arr. Ochoa)

March in B-flat Major

Fucik

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
Conductor
Steelpan
Winner of the Crain-Mailing Young Artists Competition.
Sponsors

Support for this program is generously provided by the Leslie and John Burns Teacher Enrichment Fund