Excited to meet my counterparts from Chicago arts organizations from across disciplines which, like Bella Voce, gratefully receive support from the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. It’s always a pleasure to share ideas with other arts administrators. #BellaVoce #DonnelleyFdn #ArtisticVitality (fb)

Join our friends at The Newberry Consort this weekend for ”In the Realm of Osman: Music from the Early Modern Ottoman Empire and Beyond,” curated by Ronnie Malley! The Newberry Consort and Ronnie Malley present a program of varied musical traditions from the realm of Osman Ghazi, or Osman I, founder of the vast territory that would eventually be known as the Ottoman Empire. Originally performed at the Newberry Library and back by wildly popular demand, this program was inspired by the Tarih-i Yeni Dünya, or A History of the India of the West, an Ottoman manuscript dated around 1600. The Tarih relates stories of the explorations of Columbus, Cortés, Pizarro, and others, with commentary by Ottoman scholars. Illuminated hand-drawn maps and images from the Tarih are projected onto slides behind the musicians, and music is played on period instruments from the Ottoman Empire and beyond, including oud, sandouri, sackbut, nay, violin, percussion, and kanun. Friday, May 9th – 7:30pm, Hyde Park: First Unitarian Church of Chicago Saturday, May 10th – 7:30pm, Near North: Newberry Library Sunday, May 11th – 4:00pm, Evanston: St. Luke's Episcopal Church Monday June 2nd through Monday, June 23rd – Concert streaming online Use promo code BV2025 for 15% discount tickets! For more information about The Newberry Consort and the 2024-25 concert season, please visit www.newberryconsort.org (fb)