CCPA News

An Orland Park native who landed a position with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s first-violin section as a Roosevelt music student returns to Chicago on Nov. 22 to perform a concerto at Symphony Center.

Seven award-winning student pianists from Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University will open CCPA’s weeklong PianoFest celebration with solo performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in Roosevelt University’s seventh-floor Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

World-class concert pianists from around the country, including Roosevelt’s own Winston Choi, will present a rich and diverse selection of piano music as the University presents its 11th annual PianoFest event.

The most prestigious award made annually by the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) will be presented on Oct. 19 to Sharing Notes, a non-profit organization that includes student volunteer musicians performing for patients at area hospitals.

Roosevelt University president, Ali Malekzadeh, and Robert Morris University Illinois president, Mablene Krueger, announced that Roosevelt has submitted an application to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) to make Robert Morris University Illinois a part of Roosevelt. The combined universities would continue under the name of Roosevelt University. The joining of the two universities would help them build on their historic missions that honor diversity, inclusion and access to education for all.