$25,000 Challenge Gift Announced

Longtime ESO volunteer Lois Myers-Bauer was named Volunteer of the Year at the ESO’s Fanfare Gala on Sunday, May 19.

Violinist Joseph Malmquist, a member of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra since 1981 and a career music educator, has been named the ESO’s 2024 Educator of the Year.

Additional music has been added to the 75th Season Classics Series.

Hemmens construction continues as new lobby starts to take shape.

Adventure trips, local experiences, live music events including your Elgin Symphony Orchestra musicians… these and other exciting experiences will be offered at our annual Fanfare Gala on Sunday, May 19, at 11:30 a.m. at the Chicago Marriott Northwest in Hoffman Estates.

Robbie Herbst, Assistant Principal Second Violin with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, will discuss the upcoming ESO concerts at the April 30 and May 1 Listener’s Club events.

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth with the ESO on May 4 and 5, 2024.

Sava Velkoff recently joined the ESO as a violist.

Meet Carmen Abelson, violinist.

Meet Erin Rafferty, violist.

We are excited to announce that Caroline Slack has won a position in the ESO’s Second Violin Section!

Elgin Symphony Orchestra Violinist and Concertmaster Isabella Lippi, third from left, is one of four artists to be included in the 2024 Class of the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.

The talented Robbie Herbst joins as the ESO as Assistant Principal First Violin.

Kate Carter, a skilled violinist with a doctorate degree in music from Northwestern University, is excited to join the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s first violin section.

Andrew Port was recently named Principal Oboe of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.

Brant Taylor, cellist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will perform with the ESO on Nov. 4 and 5,2023 as a guest soloist on Brahms’ Double Concerto. We recently asked Brant a few questions.

The ESO welcomes Violinist Stephen Rose, who will perform with cellist Brant Taylor on the Brahms Double Concerto, at the ESO’s concerts on Nov. 4 and 5, 2023. We recently asked Stephen a few questions about his career.

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra presents “Friday Favorites, Music You Know” on Oct. 13, 2023, at Elgin Community College’s Blizzard Theatre.