CYSO: Symphony Orchestra Musicians Play “A Concert of Hope”

“Violins of Hope” is a traveling exhibit currently on display in the Chicago area featuring instruments that belonged to Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. As part of the celebration around the exhibition, members of CYSO will play alongside Illinois Philharmonic and students from South Suburban College Orchestra this Monday, April 17 at Prarie State College in Chicago Heights in an event entitled “A Concert of Hope.” The free concert will feature a five Symphony Orchestra musicians—a quartet featuring Sofia Grimes, Bea Sjostrom, Elliot Schaffrath, Matthew Jordan, as well as co-concertmaster Joshua Wolford, who will perform with Illinois Philharmonic musicians.