• Schedule Update

    Stay tuned for details of our upcoming 2021-22 season. We can't wait to bring you concerts again, as soon as it's safe to do so.

    2020–21 season ticket holders will be exchanged into 2021–22.
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  • The Melodica Men "Scheherazade"

    "The Melodica Men play these melodicas like they are trumpet players with their amazing tonguing technique. That’s because they ARE trumpet players! Tristan plays principal trumpet with the Jacksonville Symphony, and Joe has TWO master's degrees from Peabody. They both have a sense of humor that really makes listening to music FUN! Enjoy!"

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    Share the Stage lets you sponsor a chair in the Orchestra. It’s our way of recognizing that the ESO Community is made up of Orchestra Members and Supporters.

     

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Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

Friday, April 23 at 1:30 pm

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO General Manager David Ellis and ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling take you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Maestro Lawrence Eckerling and David Ellis will explore the April concert program in depth.

The Merion
Friday, April 23 at 1:30 pm,
The Merion Crystal Ballroom at
1611 Chicago Avenue at Davis Street, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-562-5318.

Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of newly renovated apartments will be available after the program.

Give the gift of music

Treat a friend or relative to the ESO

Give the gift of music by ordering directly from our website and purchasing a custom gift certificate in any denomination of your choice! Certificates may be redeemed for single ticket or season subscriptions for any of our concerts.

You will receive an electronic gift certificate or we can mail the certificate to you or directly to the recipient.

SHOP and Support the ESO!

Are you looking to buy a gift for someone at Amazon? Need to stock up on supplies from Amazon?

Amazon has a special program called Smile, where the company donates a small amount of your purchase to your designated charity. Once you select the ESO as your Smile recipient, just point your browser to smile.amazon.com each time you want to shop at Amazon and the Evanston Symphony will benefit. It won’t cost you a thing!

Thanks, and happy shopping.

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More about the ESO

ESO Holiday Concert videos

Are you feeling the absence of the Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert this year? We have something to provide some cheer! Visit our Holiday Concert Videos page and soak in the spirit, the fun and the beauty.

University of Maryland: Appalachian Spring, Copland

University of Maryland: Appalachian Spring, Copland

"This is the encore (the following year) of their Debussy 'Afternoon of a Faun' performance. Equally Brilliant!

I had no idea how they memorize all that music. I was SO curious that I looked up one of the players on Facebook (a cellist). She told me that they worked on it all year. They learned the music as an orchestra first in a traditional way. Then while they were choreographing, they had the score on a screen above the stage so that players could look when necessary. And eventually, they took away the screen. This is an amazing feat!"

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