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Working In Concert concerts

  • Vocal Improvisation with Rosi Amador

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    Katie Rub

    Oct 17, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Join Rosi Amador, award-winning Puerto Rican/Argentine Latin vocalist and percussionist from the Latin band Sol y Canto for an afternoon of improvisational singing Sponsored By Chicago Circle Singing and Working in Concert.  $25-35 Sliding Scale Workshop will take place in a private home in Logan…

  • Reimagining Cabaret: Journey through the Genres

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    Katie Rub

    Sep 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – From swing to soul, from Broadway to the opera house, from jazz to blues, we’re taking a Southside trip through the wide world of cabaret. Directed and produced by Lynn Colbert-Jones, musical direction by Theodis Rodgers,Jr. and emcee Margaret Murphy Webb. Lynne Jordan joins the…

  • 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…