SPRING REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
🌷 Save $30 when you register through December 17 with code EARLY30.
Join Merit’s spring semester music classes and lessons! Choose from a wide range of instruments, including guitar, piano, violin, trumpet, voice, and more. Already registered? Spring is a great opportunity to learn a second instrument or share with your friends and siblings!
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WINTER BAND CONCERTS
Friday, December 9
Experience Merit’s talented Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory ensembles in action at our West Loop music center! 🎷🥁 Join us for our 2022 Conservatory Winter Band Concerts, featuring live performances by more than 300 of Chicago’s most committed, passionate, and talented young musicians.
7:00pm: Concert Band/Trombone Choir Concert
- Trombone Choir
- Concert Band
7:50pm: Symphonic Band Concert
8:30pm: Wind Symphony Concert
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WINTER INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES CONCERTS
Saturday, December 10
Experience Merit’s talented Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory ensembles in action at our West Loop music center! 🎸🥁 Join us for our 2022 Conservatory Winter Instrumental Ensembles Concerts, featuring live performances by more than 300 of Chicago’s most committed, passionate, and talented young musicians.
9:00am Instrumental Ensembles Concert
- Percussion Ensemble
- Brass Ensemble
- Guitar Ensemble
- Clarinet Choir
- Alegre Violin, Viola, & Cello Choirs
WINTER VOICE & ORCHESTRA CONCERTS
Saturday, December 10
Experience Merit’s talented Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory ensembles in action at our West Loop music center! 🎤🎻 Join us for our 2022 Conservatory Winter Voice & Orchestra Concerts, featuring live performances by more than 300 of Chicago’s most committed, passionate, and talented young musicians.
11:30am: Voice & Orchestra Concert
- Voices of Merit
- Chamber Choir
- String Orchestra
- Combined Choirs & Merit Philharmonic
- Concluding with Merit Philharmonic
WINTER JAZZ CONCERTS
Saturday, December 10
Experience Merit’s talented Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory ensembles in action at our West Loop music center! 🎷🎶 Join us for our 2022 Conservatory Winter Jazz Concerts, featuring live performances by more than 300 of Chicago’s most committed, passionate, and talented young musicians.
2:30pm Instrumental Ensembles Concert
- Concert Jazz Band
- Merit Jazz Collective
- Jazz Combo B
- Honors Jazz Combo