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Chicago-based arts journalist and critic, covering art, classical music and dance.
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Music in a time of crisis, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century - CSO Sounds & Stories

Music in a time of crisis, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century - CSO Sounds & Stories

csosoundsandstories.org — Lisa Bielawa is far from the first composer to respond to a pandemic or epidemic. Some from centuries past have been stricken by disease or have had to overcome the financial or societal repercussions resulting the outbreaks of deadly illnesses. Here is a look at Bielawa's new work looking at life under the COVID-19 pandemic and nine such composers.
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Chicago museums facing financial woes as major exhibits are sidelined by pandemic

Chicago museums facing financial woes as major exhibits are sidelined by pandemic

Chicago Sun-Times — American museums are losing at least $33 million a day because of continuing closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the American Alliance of Museums, a national support and advocacy organization for the field.
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How Period Musicians View The Pandemic " Early Music America

How Period Musicians View The Pandemic " Early Music America

earlymusicamerica.org — Musicians have been hit especially hard financially by the coronavirus outbreak because many are freelancers who earn money concert by concert and cannot count on full-time salaries or benefits such as health insurance.
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In Florence Price, A Composer Ripe For Rediscovery

In Florence Price, A Composer Ripe For Rediscovery

classicalvoiceamerica.org — From the 1930s to her death in 1953, Florence Price’s talent brought her wide notice. Then, being black and a woman brought her neglect. A new biography by Rae Linda Brown sets the composer’s life in historical context.
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CSO musicians 'string' the praises of their luthiers - CSO Sounds & Stories

CSO musicians 'string' the praises of their luthiers - CSO Sounds & Stories

csosoundsandstories.org — Centuries-old stringed instruments by masters such as Antonio Stradivari and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini are both beautiful art objects and complex musical machines that require regular care to remain in top condition. To that end, the string players of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra all have craftsmen (and most are men) known as luthiers whom they depend on for such rarefied maintenance.
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Students, Faculty Staying Together While Kept Apart

Students, Faculty Staying Together While Kept Apart

classicalvoiceamerica.org — The coronavirus pandemic has forced music schools across the nation to move instruction online. They’re making the best of a bad situation, and taking a few innovative strides forward at the same time.
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Chicago's dance companies feeling the economic impact of coronavirus on the arts

Chicago's dance companies feeling the economic impact of coronavirus on the arts

Chicago Sun-Times — Non-profit dance companies across Illinois expect to lose more than $4.5 million in revenues through April 30 because of shutdowns related to the coronavirus, according to a survey conducted by Arts Alliance Illinois, and the numbers will likely run much higher. Thirty-two companies responded to the survey, and that's just a fraction of the state's dance organizations.
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Art Institute celebrates El Greco on a lavish scale befitting Greek master's grandest work

Art Institute celebrates El Greco on a lavish scale befitting Greek master's grandest work

Chicago Sun-Times — In visitor surveys the Art Institute of Chicago has conducted in recent years, El Greco scored surprisingly high name recognition. While such familiarity was a big plus, it was the expressive power of the 16th century artist's paintings that spurred Rebecca Long, the museum's associate curator of European painting and sculpture, to spotlight him in a large-scale exhibition that runs March 7 through June 21.
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