Chicago Sinfonietta has announced that single tickets for IGNITE!, the 2025-26 season, are now on sale. Tickets are available for all five season concerts. Pick 3, 4, and 5 subscriptions are also on sale.
Experience the best of Chicago's modern and historic venues! Chicago Sinfonietta offers memorable performance in six venues throughout the city and suburbs: Studebaker Theater, Chicago; Mandel Hall, Hyde Park; The Auditorium, Chicago; Harris Theater, Chicago; Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville; and Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston.
Single ticket prices range from $30, $50, $60, $70, to $85 via the Sinfonietta box office for concerts at Studebaker Theater, Mandel Hall, The Auditorium, Wentz Concert Hall, and Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
Single ticket prices for Harris Theater range from $31, $54, $66, $77 to $95.
All prices are all-inclusive - no surprises at checkout.
BOLLYWOOD & BEYOND -Opening Season Concert
A dazzling world of spirit and culture—just in time for Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Bollywood & Beyond blazes onto the stage in a swirl of sound and celebration. Selections from Symphony Masala, conducted by Indian American guest conductor Roger Kalia and starring the evocative vocals of North American Bollywood star Anuradha “Juju” Palakurthi. Maestra Mei-Ann Chen leads a luminous East-Meets-West second half with music from China, Taiwan, India, and France.
Led by blazing talent Kedrick Armstrong, this sparkling program gift-wraps beloved holiday music in bright new packing. From Duke Ellington’s swinging take on The Nutcracker to global holiday gems like Piñata by Robert Xavier Rodríguez. Our annual audience singalong, led by CS CEO Sidney P. Jackson, Jr., and build-your-own luminaria return. Light up your festivities with a family-friendly concert!
OPEN HEART: MLK Tribute Concert
Dr. King's vision for community, brotherhood, and equality endures in our annual MLK Tribute concerts. Enjoy the World Premiere of a new film suite by Kathryn Bostic, Adapted from the major motion picture The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, based on the novel by CS cellist Edward Kelsey Moore, Bostic's score was an Emmy nominee! We revisit Joel Thompson’s powerful breathe/burn: an elegy, commissioned by Chicago Sinfonietta in 2020 in remembrance of Breonna Taylor, featuring acclaimed cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.
STILL I RISE: Women's Month Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta ignites the stage with an empowered tribute to women who break molds, blaze trails, and rise—again and again. Conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, featuring Chicago’s own Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, we pair live orchestra with original choreography in not one, but two works: Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes,
reimagined through movement that honors her, and the World Premiere of a new CS commission from Shirley J. Thompson, inspired by women's intuition.
AMERICAN RHAPSODY - Season Finale
A powerful tribute to the voices that shaped the American dream - from the pioneering spirit of jazz to the deep roots of African American spirituals, this concert honors musical legacies that define our nation’s sound—and pushes them forward with bold new vision. In celebration of the 100th birthday of jazz icon Miles Davis, CS presents a brand-new symphonic commission by our own Seth Pae, Assistant Principal Violist and former Freeman Orchestral Fellow. Pianist Clayton Stephenson, lights up the stage in George Gershwin’s jazz-infused masterpiece. William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, a towering emotional work rooted in African American spirituals, closes the program. This masterpiece remains a stirring tribute to resilience, heritage, and hope—more relevant and moving than ever.
-Attend all 5 Chicago or Naperville concerts and save 30% to 40% off single ticket prices. Subscription packages offer the best savings! Subscriptions also offer:
Priority seating — choose the best seats before anyone else
Free guest tickets — bring a friend to every concert, on us (new guest each event)
An extra 25% off — a personal code for future single ticket purchases
Early access — receive our digital program book 2 weeks in advance
Invitations to exclusive events — just for subscribers
Subscribe today and save hundreds — while supporting bold, diverse, and local artistry in your community.
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A tenured orchestra and acclaimed cultural leader that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion by creating community through curated symphonic experiences, Chicago Sinfonietta is a source of community through music, as well as ensuring and inspiring a continued investment in diversity and inclusivity in the genre of classical music to promote fairness and equity. Recognized as groundbreaking, dynamic and daring, with core values built around being culturally responsive and advocates of inclusivity in all aspects of the 38-year-old organization’s work, Chicago Sinfonietta’s unrelenting commitment to being at the forefront of innovation drives its high standard of symphonic experiences. CS takes pride in leading by example with immersive audience engagement activities, impactful career development, education, and extensive community outreach programs. Please visit Chicago Sinfonietta’s website to learn about upcoming events, IGNITE, our 2025-26 season, and more: https://chicagosinfonietta.org.