Backstage at the CSO
Backstage at the CSO: Communications/PR Manager Dana Navarro
A lifelong love of music and a natural talent for writing set Dana Navarro on a career path toward her…
Backstage at the CSO: VIP Services Manager Robert Coad
With approximately 400 concerts and events each season, it’s no easy task to manage ticketing and customer service for the…
Making it all possible: CSO stage manager Kelly Kerins bids farewell
It’s mid-morning, and longtime CSO stage manager Kelly Kerins sits quietly in his backstage office at Symphony Center. In three…
In 1908 World Series, ‘Crowds in Orchestra Hall Shout Madly as Cubs Win’
In 1908, before Chicago had a Wrigley Field, baseball fans watched the Cubs win the World Series — at Orchestra…
Backstage at the CSO: audio engineer Charlie Post
Hidden down a corridor just behind the Orchestra Hall stage is a state-of-the-art recording studio where audio engineer Charlie Post…
How to get to Orchestra Hall? Press ‘Up’
Symphony Center hosts plenty of piano supporters. Front and center, there’s none stronger and more steady than Orchestra Hall’s piano…
Backstage at the CSO: house manager Charles Braico
Charles Braico thought he wanted to study journalism but he discovered he had a passion for the hospitality industry, so he switched his major. The change paid off. In 2012, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra hired Braico for the crucial post of house manager.
Backstage at the CSO: principal librarian Peter Conover
Ask Peter Conover about his duties as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal librarian, and he gives a well-rehearsed if apt…
Always an adventure: Patrick Reynolds on 30 years as a CSO stagehand
It’s obvious that to have a great orchestra you need great players and a dynamic conductor. You also need dedicated…
‘Messiah’ puts a spotlight on chorus and its associate directors
As just the second director of the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Chorus since its founding by Margaret Hillis in 1957, Duain…