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CSO Latino Alliance Newsletter

May 2025

Nuestras Noches 24|25 Season

In this month’s newsletter:

  • Get your tickets for the final Nuestras noches event of the season: Una Noche de Música con Esteban Batallán on Thursday, June 12
  • View recent photo highlights
  • Explore articles on Experience CSO
  • Read news from the Negaunee Music Institute
  • Connect with other CSOA volunteers at Meet-Up Days
  • Read a note from our friends at the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative
  • Use your special Latino Alliance pricing on an upcoming concert
  • Stay connected!

Get tickets for the final Nuestras noches event of the season — coming up soon!

Una Noche de Música con Esteban Batallán

Riccardo Muti & Esteban Batallán

Thursday, June 12

7:30 Concert: Riccardo Muti & Esteban Batallán

9:30 Nuestras noches Event: Una Noche de Música con Esteban Batallán 

Esteban Batallán, the CSO’s principal trumpet since 2019, makes his much-anticipated debut as a soloist with the Orchestra in a pair of brilliant, high-flying concertos. Afterward, join Latino Alliance members in Grainger Ballroom to celebrate Batallán’s debut.

Specially priced concert tickets start at $40 using promo code LASEASON. A separate ticket to attend the reception is free.

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Your concert ticket pricing will be adjusted after you have added your seats to the order. When ordering your concert ticket, follow the prompts to add your free reception ticket to the order. A separate ticket to attend the Latino Alliance reception is free and required. For questions or assistance, contact Patron Services.


Recent photo highlights

Noche de romance event in Grainger Ballroom on Saturday, April 12

Latino Alliance Advisory Board member Pedro Guerrero at HispanicPro event on Friday, May 2

Advisory Board Co-Chair Estefania García and Outreach Committee Chair Nico Medina at preconcert table on Friday, May 9


Explore articles on Experience CSO

Experience CSO Article

Guys in guayaberas get into the ultra-romantic spirit of Boleros de Noche

Latino Alliance Co-Chair Emeritus Ramiro J. Atristaín-Carrión writes about the Boleros de Noche concert, which had a Latino Alliance Nuestras noches event afterward.


Experience CSO Article

In the music of jazz artist Eliane Elias, someone or something always sings

Brazilian-born Eliane Elias was already a world-renowned jazz artist when, in 2004, she took a creative leap that almost immediately — and positively — altered her career trajectory.


Experience CSO Article

Pablo Ferrández cherishes his musical partnership with Mutter and Bronfman

Performing with classical-music veterans such as violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Yefim Bronfman “motivates me,” says cellist Pablo Ferrández. “I enjoy it so much. I learn from rehearsing and playing with them.”


Experience CSO Article

Eliane and Edmar: a night of South American magic

It was an unforgettable night at Symphony Center: For the SCP Jazz concert on May 9, some of South America’s finest talents, Eliane Elias and Edmar Castañeda, lit up the stage with passion, rhythm and samba.


Experience CSO Article

Johanny Navarro’s ‘Belén’ recognizes and venerates the legacy of ancestors

Puerto Rican composer Johanny Navarro describes her Belén: Un canto sagrado a mis ancestros as a piece that “honors and recognizes the beautiful legacy and inheritance of our ancestors.”


Experience CSO Article

Latino Alliance’s 2024/25 Nuestras noches series reaffirms power of music

The CSO Latino Alliance’s 2024/25 Nuestras noches season marked the 11th year of joyfully celebrating culture, community and creativity — brought to life through the timeless, unifying power of music. 



Negaunee Music Institute news

Experience CSO Article

Equity Arc teen musicians call Symphony Center experience truly awesome

Equity Arc Pathways and similar groups are essential to the future of classical music, says high-school senior and percussionist Rishab Jain: “They allow us to be on a level playing field where we can display our talents.”


Spring 2025 Meet-Up Days

Join us for the last Meet-Up Day of the season! This event is an opportunity for members of the African American Network, Latino Alliance, the League, Overture Council and other affinity groups to meet and mingle, grab a drink and enjoy a Civic Orchestra of Chicago performance together.

Affinity group members will meet at the listed location at 5:30 p.m. and then walk to Symphony Center for the concert. Please reserve your concert tickets in advance to avoid lines at the Box Office before the performance.

Monday, June 2
5:30: Meet at the Gage (24 S. Michigan Ave.)
7:30: Civic Orchestra: Respighi, Tarrodi & Sibelius 2
Please also join us for the League’s postconcert reception in Grainger Ballroom following the performance!

For more information on upcoming preconcert meet-up events or to find out how to get involved, email Brent Taghap, donor engagement manager, at taghapb@cso.org.


From our friends at the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI)

Randall Goosby Violin Masterclass

Friday, June 6, 6:30 PM | Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center

Join the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI) — a program that supports classical music students from underrepresented backgrounds with the financial resources, training and mentorship needed to successfully audition at top colleges, conservatories and universities as music majors — for a violin masterclass featuring esteemed soloist Randall Goosby. This masterclass will feature three CMPI violin fellow performers and is free to attend with no tickets required.

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Special Latino Alliance offer for An Evening with Heather Headley and more

Use your member ticket benefit to enjoy an upcoming concert!

As a member of the CSO Latino Alliance, you have access to specially priced tickets for $40 or less to many concerts throughout the season. Learn more at cso.org/latinoalliance.

An Evening with Heather Headley

Tuesday, June 3, 7:30 PM

Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley joins the CSO for a night of music from her celebrated 25-year Broadway career. Billboard praises her as “one of the great entertainers of the day, on record and on stage,” and says that her live performance “absolutely astounds with its intensity.”

Specially priced concert tickets start at $40 with promo code LA.


Additional concerts with special pricing using promo code LA:

Field of Dreams in Concert
Friday, May 30, 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 1, 3:00 PM

An American Suite
Saturday, May 31, 7:30 PM

Civic: Respighi, Tarrodi & Sibelius 2
Monday, June 2, 7:30 PM

Elder, Goosby & Price
Thursday, June 5, 7:30 PM
Friday, June 6, 1:30 PM
Saturday, June 7, 7:30 PM

Víkingur Ólafsson
Sunday, June 8, 3:00 PM

Mozart & Britten with the Chicago Symphony Chamber Players
Tuesday, June 10, 6:30 PM


Stay connected

Follow the CSO Latino Alliance on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

For more information and to find out how to get involved, email Alyssa Greenberg, audience engagement manager, at greenberga@cso.org.

Forward this newsletter to someone who might be interested in joining the Latino Alliance! Membership is free, and members enjoy access to exclusive special events and ticket offers.


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