Visitor Information for Chicago
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Located close to Lake Michigan, Grant Park offers free outdoor concerts. Concerts begin at 7:30, outside, bring something on which to sit. The concerts taking place during the ASR conference are:
August 4 and 6: Beethoven's EROICA (and other selections, EROICA being the last of three pieces); Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Conductor; Jorge Federico Osario, Piano.
August 7 and 8: "LATIN ACCENTS"; David Loebel, Conductor; Kayo Ishimaru-Fleisher, Harp; works by Ibert, Ginzastera, Piazzola, and Ravel.
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