Chicago Symphony Orchestra Returns to Symphony Center for In-Person Performances

Get ready to hear a joyful noise, as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra prepares for their first performance to a live audience in over a year.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Returns to Symphony Center for Live Performances
Chicago Symphony Orchestra prepares for reopening performances before live audience at Symphony Center. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Returns to Symphony Center for Live Performances
Chicago Symphony Orchestra prepares for reopening performances before live audience at Symphony Center. Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Returns to Symphony Center for In-Person Performances

Get ready to hear a joyful noise, as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra prepares for their first performance to a live audience in over a year.

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March of 2020. That was the last time the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed for a live audience. Cultural institutions have been some of the hardest hit by the pandemic. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra shares how they’re tuning up for their first live show at Symphony Center on May 27th.

Reset gets the details on what audiences can expect in these reopening concerts.

GUESTS: Jeff Alexander, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

James Smelser, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Members’ Committee Chair and member of the CSO horn section