Chamber Music Students

Join us for a fun and informal Chamber Music Sight-Reading Session, from 2 to 4pm, to pick repertoire for our upcoming Autumn Chamber Session in the fall. Autumn Chamber Session. RSVP to nora@ossiamf.com with your name and instrument. 

Chamber Music Performance

Join us on Friday evening, 5:30 to 8:30 pm, for a reading of Terry Riley's minimalist piece, In C. This event is free and open to the public to attend.

If you're an instrumentalist or vocalist and would like to participate in the 45 minute performance, RSVP nora@ossiamf.com for sheet music and instructions.

Chamber Music at William Harris Lee

Enjoy duos and quartets from Haydn, Mozart, Franck, Corelli. This late afternoon concert is free and open to the public, 5 to 6pm.

2nd Friday Open Studios

Observe a violin lesson this Friday at 5 pm, and informal performances from 6 to 9 pm.

Second Fridays

Join us as the Fine Arts Building opens its doors to the public on the Second Friday of the month! Violinist Claire Stroger will be performing Bach Double Concerto and Massenet’s Meditation from ThaÏs from 5:30 to 6. There will be additional informal chamber music from 6:30 to 8.

Bach and Beethoven

The Luminesce Quintet ladies perform selected quintet works from Bach and Beethoven, during a special afternoon (3 to 5pm) of chamber music with violins, viola and cello.

Vivaldi and Beethoven

Students of Ossia Musical Forum perform selected works from Vivaldi and Beethoven, from 6:30 to 7:30pm. Free admission.

Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky

Featuring Masha Lakisova, violin and Lyudmila Lakisova, piano. 3 to 4 pm. Free admission.

Informal Chamber Music

This month’s Open Studio Salon is a great opportunity to experience live chamber music! We are open from 5:30 to 9pm. There will be an informal performance from 6:30 to 8pm.

Passacaglia Duet Performance

Catch me Sunday at 4pm for a duet performance with Erica Carpenedo. We are playing a passacaglia by Handel-Halvorsen.

Chamber Music Trio

This month’s Open Studio Salon features a Trio Rehearsal for violin, viola and cello, a great opportunity to experience live chamber music! We are open from 5:30 to 9pm. My adult students will present on open rehearsal of Beethoven's String Trio in E flat major from 6:30 to 8pm. From 8 to 9pm we are adding a flutist to make it a quartet!

This month's Fine Arts Building Open Studio coincides with our Spotlight event. We welcome Larry Simon, a piano coach who's been working with Ossia Musical Forum for years. He is also an art photographer; see his work at larrysimonphotographer.com. 

Learn more about Larry Simon's Piano Coaching by clicking here.

Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia
Annual Benefit

Sponsored by The Negaunee Foundation
3 pm – $40 General Admission
For tickets call 847.831.3622

VITALI
Chaconne in G minor for Violin
Timothy Chooi, Violin
RAVEL
Tzigane for Violin
Timothy Chooi, Violin 
BARBER
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Nikki Chooi, Violin
MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

“Richly expressive and technically assured” – Calgary Herald

“Vigorous and colorful” – New York Times

7:30 pm Concert
6:15 pm pre-concert lecture

The Auditorium at Bethel Church
on Broadway, south of US 30 in Crown Point

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5 - Emperor Concerto
RACHMANINOFF
Symphony No. 2

“The most beloved and ultra-romantic symphony of all time!” -Kirk Muspratt

This concert showcases Ossia Musical Forum students. Enjoy a variety of chamber music at this free event.

Sunday, January 28th, 3 to 4pm

The Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Avenue, Studio 412

Meet my student, Carol Kyros-Walker at our Open Studio Salon this Friday at the 2nd Friday Fine Arts Building Studios Event. Read about her musical influences in our interview here.

Friday, January 12th, 6 to 8pm

The Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Avenue, Studio 927

Open Rehearsal

Join us for a chamber music open rehearsal session with Mozart String Quartet in G Minor.

On the evening of the second friday of every month, the Fine Arts Building in Chicago opens its' doors to the public to connect with the community and share work in a casual and relaxed setting. Stop by and tour the building at your leisure.

Highland Park Strings
3pm
Free admission

VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Galina Sakhnovskaya, Soprano
BEETHOVEN
Concerto No. 5 for Piano
in E-flat Major, Op. 73
( the “Emperor”)
Mikhail Yanovitsky, Piano
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1 in
C Major, Op. 21

“Particularly striking was the sound: big without brutality, rich but always clear in focus”
– New York Times

"Yanovitsky will become one of the great piano talents of our time"
– Duluth News-Tribune

“Galina possesses a most glorious soprano voice…a great singer and performer.”
– John Shirley-Quirk, Baltimore, MD

Join us for a sight-read chamber music session! This session is an optional introduction to joining our Autumn Chamber Music Session. Prior chamber music experience helpful but not necessary.

This concert showcases the Ossia Musical Forum summer music students. Enjoy a trio of duos and a delightful Bach violin and oboe concerto with small orchestra.

Saturday, September 16th, 1pm

The Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 412

Join us on for our monthly open studio event! Tour the wonders of the entire Fine Arts Building for free.

2nd Friday Salon + Music
Ossia Musical Forum Student Performance Night
5 TO 6:30 pm

The Fine Arts Building
410 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 412
Chicago