ACM’s Thirsty Ears Festival is Chicago’s only classical music street festival! Crossing Borders Music will perform Saturday Aug 5, 4:00pm-5:00pm. For two days Wilson street between Hermitage and Ravenswood are closed to feature stellar ensembles and soloists performing music from Beethoven to Shostakovich to Reich and everything in between on the main stage. Thirsty Ears ... Read more

This program features music by Black American composers of yesterday and today, including “Five Folksongs in Counterpoint” by trailblazing, early 20th century Chicagoan Florence Price – plus a reading of new works by four youth composers from Chicago’s West side! The program will also include “Rara” by Jean “Rudy” Perrault, “Forgotten Royalty” by Jessica T ... Read more