RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
A FREE concert series on Tuesdays
June through August
TIME: 5:45 pm
LOCATION: James Cathedral
65 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2728
2021 SEASON
JUNE 1 - SEASON OPENER
The Schubert Cello Quintet
Stephanie Jeong and Gina DiBello, violins
Lawrence Neuman, viola
Brant Taylor and Kenneth Olsen, cellos
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
JUNE 8 - Deborah Sobol Memorial
Robert Chen and Laura Park Chen, violins
Beatrice Chen, viola
Noah Chen, cello
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
for Piano Quintet
This concert is generously sponsored by Dr. Rowland Chang, Cynthia and Norm Goldring and Friends of Deborah Sobol.
JUNE 15 - The Romantic Piano Trios
MingHuan Xu, violin
Alexander Hersh, cello
Winston Choi, piano
JUNE 22 - Adu-Gilmore, Tchaikovsky and Debussy
Eleanor Kirk, harp
Paul Hauer and Eleanor Bartsch, violins
Amy Hess, viola
Nomin Zolzaya, cello
JUNE 29 - The Lincoln Trio
Desirée Ruhstrat, violin
David Cunliffe, cello
Marta Aznavoorian, piano
JULY 6 - Master Performers: Alex Klein
William Grant Still – Incantation and Dance
JULY 13 - KAIA String Quartet
Hope DeCelle, cello
JULY 20 - Shaw and Brahms
Anthony Devroye, viola
Kenneth Olsen, cello
Victor Asuncion, piano
JULY 27 - The Grand Tour: A Journey Through Baroque Europe
AUGUST 3 - Kontras Quartet
Eleanor Bartsch and Francois Henkins, violins
Ben Weber, viola
Jean Hatmaker, cello
AUGUST 10 - Avalon String Quartet
Blaise Magnière and Marie Wang, violins
Anthony Devroye, viola
Cheng-Hou Lee, cello
This concert performance is generously sponsored by the
Zell Family Foundation.
AUGUST 17 - SEASON FINALE
Russell and Mendelssohn Octets
Musicians of the Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra
Jeremy Black, violin *GPMF Concertmaster
Ying Chai, Allison Lovera and Audrey Lee, violins
Terri Van Valkinburgh and Edwardo Rios, violas
Walter Haman and Cole Randolph, cellos
ABOUT RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Rush Hour Concerts exists to provide “great music for busy lives” free of charge every Tuesday evening, June through August, at 5:45pm in historic St. James Cathedral in downtown Chicago. In the Summer of 2000, concert pianist and civic leader Deborah Sobol founded the Rush Hour Concert series to reinvent the traditional classical music concert format by presenting chamber music masterworks in an engaging setting, accessible to all. These 45-minute concerts offer unparalleled access to repertoire spanning 700 years, performed by world-class musicians from Chicago’s leading ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago and independent chamber music groups. Informal education via pre-concert conversations about the music with artists, composers and other members of Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene and post-concert opportunities to interact with the performers make for an inviting and invigorating cultural experience.
LISTEN
We have a large selection of pieces on our SoundCloud account, we invite you to take a listen.