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Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago classical concerts

Hyde Park campus · Chicago

Associated programming: University of Chicago Department of Music and UChicago Presents

Mandel Hall is the University of Chicago's historic Hyde Park auditorium for orchestras, chamber music, lectures, ceremonies, and campus performing-arts programs.

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CSO Chamber Music at the University of Chicago

Sunday, October 11 at 3:00 PM · Ticketed

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Planning a visit to Mandel Hall at the University of Chicago

Choose Mandel Hall for a university-presented orchestral or chamber program in a historic campus auditorium. Confirm the Mandel room name, presenter, seating or admission format, program, run time, accessibility arrangements, and ticket terms on the event page, then check current campus directions, parking, accessible entry, and event instructions before setting out.

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Before or after the performance

Check current hours, performance-day service, travel time, and reservations before relying on any stop.

  • Restaurant

    Virtue Restaurant ↗

    A reservation-oriented Hyde Park restaurant for a full meal before an evening concert; match service time to the trip back to Mandel Hall.

  • Restaurant

    Medici on 57th ↗

    A long-running casual restaurant and bakery near campus for a more flexible meal; confirm current service and allow time to reach the hall.

  • Quick bite

    Plein Air Cafe ↗

    A campus-adjacent café for coffee, pastries, or a lighter daytime stop; check current hours before building it into a performance plan.

  • Attraction

    Smart Museum of Art ↗

    Pair an earlier university museum visit with the concert, confirming exhibitions, admission, gallery hours, and the campus route to Mandel Hall.

  • Attraction

    Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum ↗

    Visit the university's ancient-cultures museum before a later program, checking gallery hours, admission, closures, and campus travel time.

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Date: Sun, Oct 11, 3:00 PM CDT

Format: OrchestraTicketed
Venue: Mandel Hall • Neighborhood: Chicago metro • • Details

Savor a musical feast by Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians! Inspired by the theme of "gastromusicology," this program explores the intersection of food and music. Whet your appetite with Martinu's kitchen utensil-inspired ballet suite La revue de Cuisine , and indulge in other musical food for thought by Brahms, Beethoven, and Schoenfield. Join us for a pre-concert lecture (2:00 PM) with Assistant Professor Paula Harper and post-concert discussion with the artists moderated by Professor Harper. Supported by the Office of the Provost and Mary Lou Gorno. Ticket Rates (inclusive of fees) $14-$39 See Special Offers page for how to book Free Youth, $14 Student, $25 Under 35, and UChicago Faculty & Staff tickets. Gastromusicology Program: Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11, “Gassenhauer” Martinu: La revue de Cuisine Schoenfield: Allegro from Café Music for Piano Trio Brahms: Trio in A Minor for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114

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Date: Sat, Oct 24, 7:00 PM CDT

Format: OrchestraFree
Venue: Mandel Hall • Neighborhood: Chicago metro • • Details

Pictures of the Imagination Colorful, exuberant, and sometimes scary musical pictures by Franz Liszt, Anatol Liadov, and George Whitefield Chadwick spur the imagination – and the creative choreography of the Hyde Park School of Dance – in a captivating concert featuring costumes, storytelling, and special effects. At the centerpiece of this year’s USO Halloween spectacular is Mussorgsky’s masterful Pictures at an Exhibition, composed as a tribute to the artist Viktor Hartmann, the composer’s close friend. Bring your family and friends to Mandel Hall for this favorite USO tradition! Audience costumes are encouraged. Free admission. Donations requested at the door: $10 general, $5 students and children.

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Date: Sat, Oct 24, 9:00 PM CDT

Format: OrchestraFree
Venue: Mandel Hall • Neighborhood: Chicago metro • • Details

Pictures of the Imagination Colorful, exuberant, and sometimes scary musical pictures by Franz Liszt, Anatol Liadov, and George Whitefield Chadwick spur the imagination – and the creative choreography of the Hyde Park School of Dance – in a captivating concert featuring costumes, storytelling, and special effects. At the centerpiece of this year’s USO Halloween spectacular is Mussorgsky’s masterful Pictures at an Exhibition, composed as a tribute to the artist Viktor Hartmann, the composer’s close friend. Bring your family and friends to Mandel Hall for this favorite USO tradition! Audience costumes are encouraged. Free admission. Donations requested at the door: $10 general, $5 students and children.

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Date: Sat, Dec 5, 8:00 PM CST

Format: OrchestraFree
Venue: Mandel Hall • Neighborhood: Chicago metro • • Details

Stravinsky and Scriabin Pianist Isaac Cohen, Co-Winner of the 2026 University of Chicago Concerto Competition, is the featured soloist in Russian symbolist composer Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20, written in 1896. Three fascinating works by Igor Stravinsky from early in his career – his short orchestral fantasy Feu d’artifice (Fireworks) , Op. 4 of 1908, his Quatre Études pour Orchestre , which are 1928 arrangements of chamber works from the prior decade, and the 1919 suite from his magical ballet of 1910, L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird), which catapulted the composer to international fame – complete this richly nuanced program of turn-of-the-century Russian gems. Free admission. Donations requested at the door: $10 general, $5 students and children.

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