Music Institute of Chicago Hosts Benefit Concert for LEARN Charter School Network

Who:                        Music Institute of Chicago student Emelia Suljic

What:                         Coordinating a concert to benefit LEARN Charter School Network

                        One of the country’s top charter schools

When:                         Saturday, June 9, 1:30 p.m.

Where:                        Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston

Tickets:            Free; all donations benefit LEARN Charter School Network

LEARN Charter School Network of college prep elementary schools was started in 2001 and supports nearly 2,000 underserved students in grades pre-K–8 across five campuses in Chicago.

Music Institute violin student and New Trier High School Symphony member Emelia Suljic has already raised $2,000, which she hopes to use, along with funds raised from the concert, to help support music at LEARN schools through the Music Institute’s Arts Link in-school partnership programs.

New Trier High School student musicians performing include Amber Scherer (Music Institute piano student, winner of the Walgreens Concerto Competition), Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G Minor; Aaron and Jason Lewis (Music Institute classical guitar students recently featured in Chicago Guitar magazine), Piazzolla’s Tango Suites I and II; Emily Jones (Music Institute violin student and second chair in the New Trier High School Symphony), Korngold’s Violin Concerto first movement; Carrie Jones (Music Institute viola student and first violist in New Trier Symphony), Walton’s Viola Concerto first movement; Lexy Prodomos (first soprano vocalist, Opera Idol finalist), Verdi’s Caro Nome; Stephany Prodromos (first soprano vocalist, Opera Idol winner), Lara’s Granada; and a quartet including Vivian Jou, Teagen Robinson, Solena Rizzato, and Emelia Suljic, Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 third movement.