Saturday 3pm
October 17 Wheaton

This family event will run for 2 hours
including a 20 minute intermission.

Join us for an afternoon of musical excellence!

In a stunning inaugural performance of the 2026 / 2027 Season, Camerata Chicago plays Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, including the famous Wedding March, with excerpts from Shakespeare's play narrated by Maestro Drostan Hall.

Four of Camerata Chicago's superb wind Principals will play Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Four Wind Instruments:
Grace Hong, oboe
Elizandro Garcia Montoya, clarinet
Vincent Karamanov, bassoon
Lee Shirer, horn.

Conducted by Maestro Drostan Hall, the orchestra will perform the World Premiere of Dr. Tony Payne's Fantasy on English Folk Tunes! Dr. Payne is Camerata Chicago's Composer-in-Residence.

Pre-concert Talk
2:15pm

Composer-in-Residence Dr. Tony Payne presents a short pre-concert lecture about his Fantasy on English Folk Tunes in the Armerding Concert Hall.

Repertoire at a glance:

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Four Wind Instruments
Dr. Tony Payne Fantasy on English Folk Tunes

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This concert venue uses assigned seating. Click on a seat to select it for purchase. Details regarding loose seating, swing arm seats, wheelchairs and companions are below.

14 & Under Tickets: please note that children must be accompanied by an adult, senior or student ticket holder. 14 & Under tickets are not valid for VIP seats - please purchase VIP 14 & Under tickets.

Loose seating if needed is available in sections Raised Tier T and Raised Tier U.

ADA Seating

Wheelchairs We request purchasing a seat in Row N for companions so that all wheelchair positions in Row P are available for those with wheelchairs. Note: There are no actual seats in row P!

ROW P Wheelchairs P7  P8  P17  P18

ROW N Wheelchairs Companions - N7 N8 N9 N16 N17 N18

These are held and if you would like to purchase any of these seats please email us at the contact link at the top of this page in the first instance. We will send you a code for you to unlock the seat(s) at purchase.

Swing Arm Seats (by section) Swing Arm Seats allow someone to transfer to the seat from a wheelchair, for example. If you would like to purchase any of these seats please email us at the contact link at the top of this page and we will send you a code to unlock the seat(s).

Main Left - M6
Main Right - M22
VIP Front - A7 A20
VIP Balcony - AA1 AA31