Events

Renée Fleming and Kevin Spencer explore how the arts impact the brain, drawing from Fleming’s 2024 anthology Music and Mind and leading initiatives in music, health, and neuroscience.

Renée Fleming’s Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene blends Romantic and contemporary song with film, reflecting on humanity’s evolving relationship with nature through music and visual storytelling.

With the 2014 formation of I’m With Her, singer/songwriters Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins introduced an essential new force into the world of folk music.

The Waterboys have been led by Scottish singer and guitarist Mike Scott since the 1980s and have evolved through many line-ups, winning a fearsome concert reputation along the way.

Dominique Fils-Aimé is a rising name in jazz that you’ll want to watch—since her 2018 debut full-length, she has steadily collected awards and acclaim for her music.

Santa Fe Pro musica Orchestra
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Gabriel Kahane, singer and conductor
Colin Jacobsen, violin and leader

DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
KAHANE Clarinet Concerto
“If love will not swing wide the gates”
KAHANE Songs

The Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band's goals are to celebrate and continue the tradition of song as a vessel for stories and lessons of the Indigenous people of the Americas. The project celebrates the diversity and vitality of Indigenous peoples in jazz: past, present, and future.

Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film was directed by renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme and is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time.

For forty-eight years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance, bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond.

Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley AI Research Group. She received her BA from McGill University and her PhD. from Oxford University. She is a leader in the study of cognitive science and of children’s learning and development.

Grammy-nominated songwriter and pianist Jim Brickman is known for his chart-topping hits and captivating live performances.

Soul legend Booker T. Jones brings his iconic sound to the Lensic, celebrating a legacy that includes Stax Records classics, a Grammy Lifetime Award, and Rock Hall induction.