New Philharmonic Announces 2021-2022 Season

New Philharmonic, the professional orchestra in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), is pleased to announce the return to in-person performances for their 2021-2022 45th Anniversary Season. All performances will take place in the MAC's Belushi Performance Hall, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage.

The season begins with Halloween Spooktacular (Oct. 2 & 3) and includes “Dvořák's New World” featuring Dvořák's Ninth Symphony (Nov. 13 & 14), three New Year’s Eve Concerts (Dec. 31), “A Night at the Movies” (Jan. 15 & 16) and “West Side Story” in Concert (April 9 & 10). For the holidays, New Philharmonic will once again perform Tchaikovsky’s score live for Salt Creek Ballet’s beloved production of “The Nutcracker” (Dec. 18 & 19). Dates, times, artists and prices are subject to change.

“The musicians, staff of New Philharmonic and I are extremely grateful to the MAC and College of DuPage,” says Maestro Muspratt. “With their help and the support of our fans and donors we were able to offer first-class virtual concerts over the past season that gave our musicians and guest artists the chance to perform at a time when many in our industry could not. But nothing can replace the experience of live performance. We are all looking forward with joyous anticipation to once again be performing before an in-theater audience for our 45th season.”

Tickets are available to renewing subscribers now and new subscribers beginning Aug. 16. Single concert tickets go on sale Aug. 24. Renewing subscribers receive up to 25% off single ticket prices if they renew their subscription by Aug. 10. New subscriptions are available beginning Aug. 16. New subscribers save up to 20% off of single ticket prices. Subscribers also are the first to have the opportunity to secure tickets to Salt Creek Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” in advance of the general public. New Philharmonic single-concert tickets go on sale for Aug. 24. For more information visit AtTheMAC.org or call the MAC box office at 630.942.4000.

New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, Ill., has inspired classical music enthusiasts in Chicago and the suburbs for more than four decades. It continues to thrive with the goal to give innovative treatment to both classic compositions and modern works while striving to make the music accessible to new audiences and youth through a variety of educational efforts. Today, under the direction of Kirk Muspratt, named 2018 Conductor of the Year (Professional Orchestra) by Illinois Council of Orchestras, New Philharmonic consists of more than 60 professional musicians and typically performs more than a dozen concerts a year, reaching more than 7,500 from the greater Chicago area annually. New Philharmonic was recently honored with the Illinois Council of Orchestras’ 2020 ICO Award in the category Programming of the Year.