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Virtual Events

  • Cool Works in Progress: a sneak peek

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    Katie Rub

    Sep 14, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – An online experience hosted by Christine Steyer RESERVE YOUR PLACE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 7-8:30PM CDT ZOOM ONLY Grab your favorite beverage and join us as eight visual artists and musicians share short presentations about exciting projects in the works followed by 30 minutes of Q…

  • Toujours l’amour!

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    Katie Rub

    Nov 9, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – From Piaf to Sinatra and Michel Legrand to his own original songs, Jean-Claude ORFALI, pianist, performs his jazzy and semi-classical arrangements of standards, French and International music. Join him as he takes you on a musical journey with his various improvisations and variations on the…

  • SongShop Live presents “Better Together”

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    Claudia

    Jun 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Click to RSVP Let’s meet at the beautiful salon of PianoForte Chicago for two delicious sets of songs, Better Together. — Being together is usually better, so they say. Songs and stories will provide evidence to prove the case—or not! Offering opera, pop, jazz, Broadway,…

  • “Making jazz, Arthur Briggs, and Josephine Baker French” – an online international round table

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    Claudia

    Apr 10, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Making Jazz, Arthur Briggs and Josephine Baker French: Join an international conversation about the history of African-American artists living in France, the cross-cultural stories of their fight for recognition, race relations, and the embrace of solidarity through music. Travis Atria (author of Better Days Will…

  • Our operatic love letter “On Call: COVID-19” for essential healthcare workers

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    Claudia

    Nov 28, 2021 – Feb 28, 2022 @ 12:00 am – LEARN MORE or SIGN IN to WATCH NOW We are bringing our acclaimed online opera in thanks to health care workers who have been on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19. We’re especially please to have Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73…

  • Midsummer’s Dream—songs in 2 acts

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    Claudia

    Jul 17, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Songs to celebrate summer, rose gardens, lazy afternoons, midnight walks, and moon dancing. Pianists: Elizabeth Doyle, Bobby Schiff, Dan Stetzel. Singers: Adrienne Minnes, Carrie Hedges, Carol Weston, Christian Halvorsen, Claudia Hommel, Evelyn Danner, Jonathan Lewis, Lydia Stux, Patrick Davis, Ruth Fuerst, Sharon Waltham TWO WAYS…

  • Healing through Song Part 3 – Dream On

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Mar 28, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm –   Healing through Song Part 3 – Dream On (Sunday, March 28th) Room opens at 2:30 p.m. to meet and greet the artists and each other. Show begins at 3:00 p.m. Live-chat with emcees David Stephens and Arlene Armstrong and today’s cast from Chicago and…

  • Healing through Song Part 2 – I’m Here: See Me As I Am

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Mar 21, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm –   Healing through Song Part 2 – I’m Here: See Me As I Am (Sunday, March 21st) Room opens at 2:30 to meet and greet the panelists and each other. Livechat with emcees David Stephens and Arlene Armstrong and today’s cast from Chicago and beyond:…

  • Healing through Song Part 1 – I Know Where I’ve Been

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Mar 14, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm –   Healing through Song Part 1 – I Know Where I’ve Been (Sunday, March 14th) Rooms open at 2:30 to meet and greet the artists and each other. Livechat with with emcees David Stephens and Arlene Armstrong and today’s cast from Chicago and beyond: Paula…

  • Black Voices in Conversation—A History of Cabaret

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Mar 7, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Black Voices in Conversation—A History of Cabaret (Sunday, March 7th) Moderated by Mark Ruffin Panel begins at 3:00 PM Central Time. Room opens at 2:30 to meet and greet the panelists and each other. So much was going in the 19-teens and twenties to make…

  • SongShop Live presents “A Brand New Day” for Valentine’s

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    Claudia

    Feb 14, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm – We all deserve a Brand New Day and what better than celebrating it with more than a dozen songs, a Valentine’s Day bouquet from some of our favorite performers. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. for a meet and greet with artists via Zoom.  The concert…