Friday, Sept. 3, 12NOON

Want to get back to feeling like an on-campus community? We’re back!  Music Fridays @ Noon is back LIVE this fall on an ‘almost every week’ basis. This week on Music Fridays @ Noon: One of our talented student jazz/pop combos will perform on the Lakeside Pavilion — also known as ‘the MAC’s back patio!” Join us…

Saturday, Oct. 2, 7:30 & Sunday, Oct. 3, 3p

Conducted by Maestro Kirk Muspratt Maestro Muspratt conjures up witches, sorcerers, and poltergeist with only his baton, and of course with the help of New Philharmonic orchestra- in costume! Your Halloween musical treats include Mussorgksy & Rimsky-Korsakov’s Night on Bald Mountain and Berlioz “Witches Sabbath” from Symphonie Fantastique and the march from The Damnation of…

Saturday, Nov. 13, 7:30p & Sunday, Nov. 14, 3p

Conducted by Maestro Kirk Muspratt Audience favorite, David Taylor, Assistant Concertmaster for the CSO, returns to the MAC stage to perform one of the most technically challenging pieces of the violin repertoire, Sarasate’s challenging Fantasy on Bizet’s opera Carmen. Our music continues with one of the most popular of all symphonies, the New World, composed in 1893 by…

Saturday, Feb. 19, 7:30p & Sunday, Feb. 20, 3p

Conducted by Maestro Kirk Muspratt Newly Added: Stream tickets now available! Watch the performance live on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7:30p or On-Demand available Sunday, Feb. 20, 10a-11:59p. A streaming ticket offers one-time access for a household.  Sometimes all you need is music… because the music makes the movie! Maestro Muspratt will conduct your favorites…

Friday, Dec. 31, 1:30, 5, & 8:30p

Conducted by Maestro Kirk Muspratt Viennese classics, music favorites, champagne and more! SPECIAL GOLD CIRCLE TABLE SEATING: $77 Includes a glass of bubbly, premium seats, & party favors. Streaming tickets are now available for Friday, Dec. 31, 1:30p; On Demand available from Friday, Dec. 31, 7p – Sunday, Jan. 2, 11:59p. A streaming ticket offers one-time access…

Saturday, Apr. 9, 7:30p & Sunday, Apr. 10, 3p

SUNDAY SOLD OUT Conducted by Maestro Kirk Muspratt Brooklyn Snow, soprano – Maria Matthew Greenblatt, tenor – Tony Kate Tombaugh, mezzo-soprano – Anita Evan Bravos, baritone – Riff Leonard Bernstein’s music and Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics capture this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that won two Tony Awards and ten Oscars on the stage…

Sunday, Sept. 12, 7p

The High Kings have earned a reputation as a phenomenal live band, serving up laughter, good times, and sing-alongs. The Sept. 12 concert will feature tunes from their most recent album, “Home from Home” (2021), plus fan favorites. WDCB 90.9FM is Media Sponsor for this concert.  Members of The High Kings all grew up in households steeped…

Saturday, Dec. 11, 2 & 7p

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Clark Gesner Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Directed by Connie Canaday Howard Music Direction by Christopher Kriz Choreography by Kyle Donahue Performance Program: Link to digital program: https://audienceaccess.co/show/MAC-3520 Or text “charlie” to (630) 523-8668   Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life’s great…

July 8 - 18

Directed by Amelia Barrett Script created through improvisation by ensemble FREE Streaming Link Available July 8 – 18 When the sky is falling who saves the day? Chicken Little and a flock of friends! Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Join us as we learn that courage takes listening to one another and belief…

Wednesday, June 23, 7p

Dr. Zavala, curator of the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Art Garden Life (New York Botanical Garden 2015), will explore Frida Kahlo’s creativity in the context of the cultural renaissance that followed the Mexican Revolution. Her lecture will offer a close examination of several of the artist’s most important paintings and will also consider how Kahlo’s self-adornment…