Don’t miss the final concert of Rush Hour’s ninth season - join us Tuesday, August 26 for a spectacular finale event!
Rush Hour was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams - watch the segment below.

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This Tuesday, Rush Hour audiences enjoyed a special concert event with Bruce J. Barber II, organ, in Organ 101: Back to Bach. In addition to hearing Bach’s magnificent works on St. James’ organ, Rush Hour audiences were able to see the physical complexity of Mr. Barber’s performance through the use of a live video feed [...]

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Organists are often asked these two simple questions . . . the answer, however, is both simple and complicated! I offer you my best shot at answering clearly and simply!
What is an organ? The very first organs were winded through the use of moving water and were popular in Greek civilization to provide a “drone” [...]

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This week, Rush Hour welcomed Emily Lodine, mezzo-soprano, Capriccio (Donna Milanovich, flute, and Stephen Hartman, harp), and Elizabeth Start, ‘cello for a memorable concert event. The performance featured the poignant I Remember - Based on the Diary of Anne Frank (music by Michael Cohen, text by Enid Futterman), as well selections from Charles Lichter’s Four [...]

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It may seem that Tuesday’s program, “I Remember,” is an unusual choice for a chamber music series such as ours. What do the writings of an adolescent trapped by hatred and a cruel war have to do with a beautiful evening in Chicago 70 years later, and you, our community of concertgoers?
Everything.
Rush Hour is a [...]

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CINCO Brass Quintet (Guillaume Fortin and Dorival Puccini, trumpets; Anna Mayne, horn; Brian Risinger, trombone; and Jared Bulmer, tuba) joined Rush Hour this Tuesday to perform a diverse selection of repertoire in Brass Outings: Music of Giovanni Gabrieli, André Previn, and George Gershwin.
Jared Bulmer paused the performance after the Gabrieli Canzone per Sonare No. 1 [...]

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Rush Hour was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Tuesday, August 5 as part of their “What Works” series. We’re very pleased to share the national recognition and thank all who have helped keep Rush Hour free and accessible to all for the past nine seasons.

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Third Coast Percussion members Owen Clayton Condon, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore dazzled Rush Hour audience members with a dynamic presentation of contemporary percussion music on Tuesday. Beginning with Nico Muhly’s arresting Ta and Clap, the quartet was joined by Constance Schoepflin, flute, for George Crumb’s An Idyll for the Misbegotten and [...]

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This week, Rush Hour was delighted to welcome Yang Wei, pipa, Brant Taylor, cello, and Artistic Director Deborah Sobol, piano, for their cross-cultural exploration of the works of European and Chinese composers. This “outside the box” program featured unique instrumentation in works of Bach, Beethoven, and Dvorak, as well as 2 pieces from or inspired [...]

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I had a conversation with a colleague from our ‘08 artist roster last week in which he remarked how Rush Hour is one of the few musical organizations he plays with that is willing to experiment with projects a little “outside the box.” Tuesday’s program, an East-West fusion, might fall into that category. After [...]

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