

To learn more or to support the ESO, visit. Additional operating support is provided, in part, by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Season sponsors include Willow Springs Charitable Fund, Otto Engineering, Seigle Foundation, The Pepper Family Foundation, John B. The ESO is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

The ESO has been named Orchestra of the Year four times by the Illinois Council of Orchestras (1988, 1999, 20). Petersburg musical periodical Nouvellist gave him a commission to compose 12 short piano pieces, one for each month of the year. In 1875, Nikolai Bernard, the editor of the St. Today, the ESO continues to draw its creativity and artistry from the Elgin area and gives back to the community through its Adopt-a-School program that provides supplemental music education and in-school performances to local schools Musicians Care program that brings live music performances to local hospitals, hospices and retirement homes informational Listeners Club events and other free programs at public libraries In Harmony Program in places of worship Ainsworth Concerts for Youth free tickets for youth under 18 open rehearsals and free community concerts throughout the region. The Seasons Op.37b for Piano Trio T chaikovsky began work on The Seasons at the same time he was working on the ballet Swan Lake as the result of a commission he received.
