Saturday, August 25, 2018

ANNOUNCING our 2018-19 SEASON and our RETURN to SYMPHONY CENTER!

David Katz, founding music director and conductor,
Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
Marek Rachelski, CBA Symphony Resident Conductor

Stephen Blackwelder, chorus director
The CBA Chorus
Janet Eckhardt, Chorus Accompanist 

—Our 33rd Season—


Chamber Concert:
Sunday, September 30, 2018, PianoForte Studios at 3pm
1335 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
TICKETS: https://cbachamber2018.bpt.me


Octoberfest:
Friday, October 26, 2018 from 5:30-7:30 at Corboy Hall in the CBA building
details TBA


Fall Concert:
Brahms and Haydn—Full Orchestra & CBA Chorus
David Katz, Stephen Blackwelder and Marek Rachelski, conductors
Music includes Brahms Symphony No. 2, Haydn's Mass in Time of War and the Chicago premiere of Nancy Bloomer Deussen's American Hymn
CONCERT—Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:30 pm—St James Cathedral
TICKETS: https://brahmsandhaydn.bpt.me


Jewelry Fundraiser:
Thursday, December 6, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Join Andie Kaufman, jewelry designer and partner at McDermott, and other attorneys from the CBA, for a special fundraiser (and get some of your holiday shopping done, too!)


Holiday Classics (aka "Holiday Sparkle")
Stephen Blackwelder and Michael Poulos, conductors 
Joanne Burne, piccolo soloist
Full Orchestra & CBA Chorus
Program includes festive music by Rossini, Vivaldi, Handel, Rimsky-Korsakov, holiday classics and more.
CONCERT—Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 7:30 pm—St James Cathedral
TICKETS: https://holidaysparkle.bpt.me


Wine Tasting:
Friday, February 8, 2019 from 5:30-7:30 at the CBA’s Corboy Hall
details TBA


Barristers Big Band Benefit Ball:
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Standard Club
details TBA


Special Touring Performance: 
ODE to JOY—more than 300 musicians!
DePaul Community Chorus
Niles Metropolitan Chorus
CBA Chorus
Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
David Katz, Stephen Blackwelder and Marek Rachelski, conductors Winners of The American Prize Chicago Oratorio Award
Neil Posner, piano soloist
John Vishneski, clarinet soloist
Sara Su Jones, violin soloist
Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 3pm—St John Brebeuf, Niles
Music by Saint-Saens, Mozart, Schumann, and the Choral Finale to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the entire last movement of the symphony.)
TICKETS: https://odetojoyniles.bpt.me


Return to Symphony Center/Orchestra Hall—home of the 
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ODE to JOY—more than 300 musicians!
DePaul Community Chorus
Niles Metropolitan Chorus
CBA Chorus
Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
David Katz, Stephen Blackwelder and Marek Rachelski, conductors 
Winners of The American Prize Chicago Oratorio Award
Neil Posner, piano soloist
John Vishneski, clarinet soloist
Sara Su Jones, violin soloist  Music by Saint-Saens, Mozart, Schumann, and the Choral Finale to Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (the entire last movement of the symphony.)
SYMPHONY CENTER CONCERT: Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 8pm
Ticket info soon!