Eine Kleine Lunchmusik: Eat to the Beat with the NMO
Join Maestro Milioto and members of the NMO on November 10, 2011 at 12 pm for the kickoff performance of the Harris Theater’s Eat to the Beat lunchtime series. “Eine Kleine Lunchmusik” will be an hour of delicious music by Mozart — and patrons can feel free to bring a lunch! Visit www.harristheaterchicago.org to buy an individual performance ticket for $5,... Read More
NMO Debuts at Orchestra Hall with Tenor Yonghoon Lee
On September 1, 2011, the New Millennium Orchestra performed their Orchestra Hall debut with internationally acclaimed tenor Yonghoon Lee, to rapturous applause. The orchestra performed overtures to La Forza del Destino and Nabucco by Verdi, Bizet’s ever popular Prelude to Carmen, as well as the intimate Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and the Meditation from Thais.... Read More
2010 Season Highlights
2010 was a monumental year for the New Millennium Orchestra. We performed to record Family Concert audiences at the Harris Theater in January and October. We returned to the Ravinia Festival in July. Our Music Director did his first stint assisting James Conlon at the LA Opera. And we launched two new concert series: MIXTAPE at Architectural Artifacts, and our chamber music series... Read More
‘Hopera’ takes electronica and classical music to hip new level.
By Jennifer Burklow, October 8, 2010, The Chicago Sun-Times The dynamic duo that created “DJ Beethoven” last year for the Harris Theater — New Millennium Orchestra conductor Francesco Milioto and Steve Abrams, the Harris executive vice president and general manager — teams up again for “Hip Hopera,” this year’s Family Series opener at 2... Read More
Mix Tape III: Mozart in the House
Wolfgang Amadeus like you have never heard him before! Join a new generation of musicians as they blend chamber music, opera and electronic fusion in one hot celebration of Mozart. NMO conductor Francesco Milioto will lead the NMO chamber ensemble from the piano in accompaniment to his favorite Mozart arias. Arias will be sung by the awesomely talented Juliet Petrus & Saira... Read More
NMOC Presents: Inna Faliks at the Cliff
Local pianist phenom Inna Faliks joins members of the New Millennium Orchestra for this second chamber music concert at the Cliff Dwellers Club in downtown Chicago. The program will feature the piano quintets of Schumann and Shostakovich. The concert begins at 6:00 p.m. There is a pre-concert cash bar and artist reception. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Read More
MIXTAPE II: Hollows Rawk!
It’s another concert! It’s another party! It’s another concert-party! With NMO’s music director, Francesco Milioto, out of town assisting the L.A. Opera in November, the New Millennium Orchestra strings are going to play some punk rock. On November 18, 2010, The second MIXTAPE concert/party at Architectural Artifacts will feature the New Millennium Orchestra strings in... Read More
NMO Presents: Bach and Brahms with pianist Amy Briggs
For its final concert at the Chicago Cultural Center in the 2010-2011 season, the New Millennium Orchestra string quartet will collaborate with Chicago pianist Amy Briggs, who’s been called “ferociously talented” by the Chicago Sun Times and a “live wire intensity” by the New York Times. The concert will feature J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto... Read More
The NMO returns to the Harris Theater: HipHopera
Opera and hip hop come together in this inventive children’s concert at the Harris Theater. Francesco Milioto and the New Millennium Orchestra will be joined by Juliet Petrus, Soprano, Katherine Pracht, Mezzo, William Bennett, Tenor, William McMurray, Baritone, and local hiphop star, Diverse. Tickets are $10. To purchase, contact the Harris Theater Box Office. Read More
MIXTAPE I: The New Millennium Orchestra Strings and DJ Sound Culture
It’s a concert. It’s a party. It’s a concert and a party! On October 7th, 2010, the New Millennium Orchestra will launch the MIXTAPE series at Architectural Artifacts in Ravenswood, Chicago. Music Director Francesco Milioto will conduct the New Millennium Orchestra in a concert of string music by Biber, Britten and Bartok, followed by an after-party deejayed... Read More