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Working In Concert concerts

  • Spoon River House Festival

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    Claudia

    Sep 13, 2024 – Sep 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Working In Concert invite you to the Hyde Park house where Edgar Lee Masters wrote the classic Spoon River Anthology. Three different shows take place in a 2-weekend festival celebrating this iconic work from…

  • Voices in Bloom Friendraiser

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    Katie Rub

    Aug 25, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Get your tickets here Sunday, August 25, 2024, 3 pm to 6 pm $35 for single ticket, $60 for a pair of tickets. An extravaganza of songs from opera to cabaret, with Howie Pfeifer at the keys and a bouquet of singers to cover the…

  • A musical tribute to Carol Weston

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    Claudia

    Aug 4, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Old Town School of Folk Music and Working In Concert invite her legion of friends, colleagues and fans to honor the late Carol Weston on Sunday, August 4, 2024, 3pm to 6pm at the Szold Hall of Old Town School. RSVP’s are appreciated, but…

  • An operatic double-header

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    Claudia

    Jul 20, 2024 – Jul 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Save the date for “Speed Dating” and get ringside seats for “Outside the Ring” as Bellissima Opera brings us a double bill of the often poignant, sometimes outrageous, and always spectacular sports of dating and boxing. Speed Dating Tonight!, libretto and music…

  • Bastille Day in Old Town!

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    Claudia

    Jul 14, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm – In honor of the twinning of Old Town Chicago and Montmartre of Paris, chanteuse Claudia Hommel and accordionist Sam Hyson are celebrating Bastille Day with songs of Paris. 2 PM at Burton Place Plaza, 1447 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610 4 PM at Old…

  • SongShop Live gives the Weather Report: Thunder and Rainbows

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    Claudia

    Jun 23, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Our first garden concert of the season, Howie Pfeifer is at the keys and a coterie of singers will sing from the verandah: Patrick Davis, Beth Halevy, Ruth Fuerst, Carrie Hedges, Christian Halvorsen, Claudia Hommel, Lauren Lassen, Ren Perez, Barbara Smith, Swingin’ Sisters, and Gabriel…

  • Romance Language: French songs for lovers

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    Claudia

    May 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – An idyllic view overlooking the Chicago River sets the scene as chanteuse Claudia Hommel transports you to Paris and the river Seine. Come to Rockwell on the River for the songs and stories; stay for the dinner, drinks, and moment to dance with your own…

  • Bridge Over Muddied Waters with Cynthia Clarey

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    Katie Rub

    May 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The waters in our country have been muddied with hate, fear, and division. What are we going to do about it? Join Cynthia, along with Beckie Menzie and Irwin Berkowitz, as she traces where we’ve been and how we got here, finding truth, compassion, and…

  • Chicago Cabaret Week 2024

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    Katie Rub

    May 10, 2024 – May 19, 2024 @ All Day – Chicago Cabaret Week returns for its third year! Unique in the U.S., the festival features a variety of blues, Broadway, R&B, jazz, American songbook, French chanson, world music, and pop, by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample Chicago’s growing cabaret scene and explore places…

  • Celebrate the Cabaret Connexion in Old Town

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    Katie Rub

    May 6, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Join us for a Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion reunion concert at Steppenwolf theater and the launching of the Old Town-Montmartre neighborhood twinning project. Hosted by the Paris Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, with the participation of the Old Town Triangle Association, The Old Town…

  • Sean Harris sings Henry Mancini

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    Katie Rub

    Apr 29, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – This program celebrates the 100th anniversary of Mancini’s birth on April 16, 1924 and will include some of his most famous and memorable motion picture music. Sean Harris brings his luscious bari-tenor voice to the lush songs from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Charade and beyond.…

  • The Southside Girls Sing Rodgers & Hart

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    Katie Rub

    Apr 28, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Featuring Carrie Hedges, with Ruth Fuerst, and Evelyn Danner. Music Direction by Elizabeth Doyle From Sing for your Supper to Johnny One Note and lots of notes in between, Carrie Hedges is exploring the wit (and sometimes wisdom) of the great lyricist Lorenz Hart and…