Welcome to Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, Chicago’s home for Art Song and Vocal Chamber Music. 

CAIC provides educational programs and performance opportunities to classical singers and pianists in the Chicago area, with a specific focus on art song and vocal chamber music repertoire. Through these programs, and through its standard vocal coaching and accompanying services, CAIC aims to further the art of collaboration between singer and instrumentalist, student and teacher, and audience and performer.

COLLABORATIVE MUSINGS: THE FIRST COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL - 4/12/2012

Two weeks ago CAIC had the honor of presenting the first annual Collaborative Works Festival. Nicholas Phan’s visionof creating an annual art song Festival in downtown Chicago was an integral part of the development of CAIC, and we are thrilled (and more than a little proud) that we were able to bring that vision to fruition just one year after presenting our first CAIC event, a House Concert, in March 2011.... (read more)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE REVIEW OF THE INAUGURAL COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL - 4/1/2012

"...The organization took a giant leap toward that goal last week at the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium of the Harold Washington Library, where it launched its first Collaborative Works Festival, an annual celebration of art song showcasing up-and-coming singers. Jesse Blumberg, a greatly gifted young baritone from New York, presented Franz Schubert's song cycles "Die schone Mullerin" and "Winterreise," with the veteran pianist Martin Katz as his accompanist. I caught "Winterreise" on Saturday night and was glad I did..."  (read more)


CHICAGO TRIBUNE PREVIEWS THE 2012 COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL - 3/27/2012

"Chicago is about to experience a long-needed festival devoted to art song singing.The planned annual Collaborative Works Festival is integral to the mission of its sponsoring organization, the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, to train young area singers in the art song repertory and provide performance outlets they would not otherwise receive, all the while building local audiences for a uniquely intimate form of music-making that long has been a hard sell in the city..." (read more)

COLLABORATIVE MUSINGS: A MOMENT WITH THE LEGENDARY MARTIN KATZ - 3/1/2012

We took a moment to sit down and catch up with Martin Katz, who will be performing and teaching as part of CAIC's inaugural COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL later this month.  CAIC Executive Director, Shannon McGinnis, sat down with Martin, asking him for his thoughts on his life in music, on the state of the recital in today's world, and on the challenges of Schubert's songs... (read more)

CAIC LAUNCHES KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF INAUGURAL COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL - 2/21/2012

See above for the details of the campaign and make a donation here! 


INAUGURAL 2012 COLLABORATIVE WORKS FESTIVAL TO FEATURE SCHUBERT'S SEMINAL SONG CYCLES - 2/6/2012

Jesse Blumberg and Martin Katz to Perform Schubert’s Song Cycles March 29 and 31 at Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago’s Festival
 
CHICAGO-- Baritone Jesse Blumberg and pianist Martin Katz will perform Franz Schubert’s two seminal song cycles during Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago’s inaugural three-day 2012 Collaborative Works Festival. These two outstanding performers will present Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerinon March 29 and Winterreise on March 31. Each recital will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium of the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street in Chicago... (read more)