Community Calendar

Join the Without Shoes Modern Dance Company and the Rockford Wind Quintet at the RPL Nordlof Center for a collaborative night filled with live music and dance. The program features a children's production of Peter and the Wolf directed by Maria Castello, narrated by Gaen McClendon, and set to the music of Prokofiev. Additional performances will include the Rockford Dance Company alongside professional adult dancers presenting original choreography to a suite by Rameau, and more!

On his visit to Iowa in 1893, Czech composer Antonin Dvorak said that in the African American melodies “I discover all that is needed for a great and noble school of music.” This program, American Voices, will explore music in the Americas since that time.

$21 In Advance / $25 At the Door / $6 Student

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra, led by Chad Goodman, finishes its 75th season with Holst’s The Planets on May 3 and May 4 featuring the Women of the Elgin Master Chorale. Also Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris” and Ligeti’s Lontano.

Celebrate the conclusion of our 48th season with a musical journey to France!

This concert will feature Claude Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Maurice Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole, and concludes with Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

This concert is sponsored in part by JoAnn Smelser.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra, led by Chad Goodman, finishes its 75th season with Holst’s The Planets on May 3 and May 4 featuring the Women of the Elgin Master Chorale. Also Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris” and Ligeti’s Lontano.

Featuring the Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra.

This concert featuring student musicians is a great way to spend an afternoon and to introduce younger family members to an orchestral concert experience.

Doors open at 2:30pm.

Orion’s season concludes with “To Joy!” including Strauss’s Quartet in C minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Op. 13 and Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Major for Strings and Winds, Op. 20, which welcomes guest musicians Stephen Boe on viola, Robert Kassinger on bass, Andre Muravev on bassoon and Gregory Flint on French horn, Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. at New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora; Monday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago; and Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors (65+) and $15 for students (13+); children 12 and younger are free. Tickets are available at 630-628-9591 or info@orionensemble.org.

All programming is subject to change; for information visit orionensemble.org.

Orion’s season concludes with “To Joy!” including Strauss’s Quartet in C minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Op. 13 and Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Major for Strings and Winds, Op. 20, which welcomes guest musicians Stephen Boe on viola, Robert Kassinger on bass, Andre Muravev on bassoon and Gregory Flint on French horn, Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. at New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora; Monday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago; and Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors (65+) and $15 for students (13+); children 12 and younger are free. Tickets are available at 630-628-9591 or info@orionensemble.org.

All programming is subject to change; for information visit orionensemble.org.

Orion’s season concludes with “To Joy!” including Strauss’s Quartet in C minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Op. 13 and Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Major for Strings and Winds, Op. 20, which welcomes guest musicians Stephen Boe on viola, Robert Kassinger on bass, Andre Muravev on bassoon and Gregory Flint on French horn, Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. at New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora; Monday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago; and Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors (65+) and $15 for students (13+); children 12 and younger are free. Tickets are available at 630-628-9591 or info@orionensemble.org.

All programming is subject to change; for information visit orionensemble.org.

The season comes to a triumphant close with Beethoven’s joyous immortal classic, Symphony No. 9, performed by the Nielsen Chorale, world-class soloists, and your Rockford Symphony Orchestra.