Ossia Musical Forum

11/18/2025

The Second Friday of each month at the Fine Arts Building turns up spontaneous art, music, enlivening conversations and sight-reading Schubert sonatinas, as Larry Blustain and I try out one of the sonatinas...

07/30/2025

An afternoon of summer sonatas is on deck for Sunday, Aug 17 at 2pm in the Fine Arts Building! Come and hear Violin/ Piano Sonatas by Schubert and Beethoven performed by Claire Stroger and Larry Blustain and Phillip Chen and Leeber Cohen. Free admission.

Summer Sonatas at the Fine Arts Building are the perfect way to while away a summer afternoon!

11/19/2024

Come out and see a show this holiday season!! So many festive concerts brighten up the dark nights!

We book extraordinary live and virtual shows with top-rated chamber and classical music performers. We specialize in matching up just the right ensemble to your unique event. Solos, duos, trios, quartets, and quintets comprised of strings, woodwinds, piano, harp, guitar, and/or vocals. A variety of

06/05/2024

I can't think of a better way to celebrate our fathers, than with music! Grab your dad ( biological or spiritual) and join us!

Come celebrate Father's Day -- bring your dad and join us! Typhanie's jazz quartet! Two originals by Eric! Nora's new violin!

05/25/2024

What fun to be quoted in this article about the elevators in the Fine Art Building!

The Fine Arts Building is the last place in Chicago offering manually operated elevator rides to the public. What do we lose when those lift doors close for good?

05/07/2024

Nora Williams and Rebecca Arends talking about the filmmaking process for Prohairesis on this 30 minute podcast. https://www.facebook.com/rrhstrings/posts/pfbid02wvTvyzu2ZhM9d2Jy9mCA3de9wkLnGKKvhwYYWNFZE4SuCGwReZ5jixu1JQBuo7wYl

Rebecca Arends and Nora Williams are featured on the Wildsound podcast talking about the debut of their dance film Prohaires! What a gratifying journey it has been. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlqB1G0VyLQ

02/28/2024

Swan Lake Ballet -

01/31/2024

It is that time of year to start making summer musical plans!! Is anyone up for gelato, espresso and formaggio along with a big helping of Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schubert? Message me if you are interested!

InterHarmony announces two Sessions. Accepting Applications Session I from July 2 - 14 and Session II from July 16 – 28, 2024. If viewing on a mobile device, scroll down to read about each location.

01/02/2024

The holiday season was filled with incredible music, including a Christmas Duo concert with Timelessgifts protege Amber Jones.

12/20/2023

May the Winter Solstice be with you! -

The winter solstice is the precise moment when the Sun appears farthest south in the sky and happens at 9:21 p.m. CST in 2023 in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of deep darkness provides an opportunity to reflect and restore ourselves with the beauty that lies within us and around us.

11/07/2023

By the Light of the November Moon -

The perfect way to end the Thanksgiving holiday with wine, cheese, conversation and a jazz quintet featuring guest jazz vocalist Typhanie Monique with her trio of jazz heavyweigts, Grammy Award-winnin Christian Dillingham on bass and Jon Deitemyer on drums. Let the energy of Eric Wanger's piano play...