Chicago Philharmonic 2019-2020

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Families to the Phil Live music experiences play a crucial role in inspiring a child to develop an abiding love for the art form of music. Families to the Phil provides young people from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to share the powerful experience of a live, fully professional symphonic concert with their family. Each seasonwe underwrite tickets for Chicago Philharmonic symphonic concerts for students and family members from a list of Chicago-area public schools, community music schools, and youth orchestras. In our 2018-2019 season, over 500 tickets were issued to students and their families across 4 symphonic concerts. Almost all of the schools in the program reach a signi cant low- income population and students that may not otherwise have the opportunity to experience the Chicago Philharmonic. Schools served by this program have included: Washington D. Smyser Elementary, Washington Elementary, Chute Middle, Lincoln Middle School, and Nicholas Senn High Schools as well as students from e Musical O ering and e People’s Music School, among many others. Families for the Phil is supported by e Pauls Foundation, Albany Bank, and U.S. Bank. Photo by Elliot Mandel THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY | 2019-2020 SEASON 27