Columbia College Chicago Music Department Archive

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June...
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the world premiere of Turret, starring Oscar and Tony nominee Michael Shannon. Produced by A Red Orchid Theatre, the...
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the Chicago premiere of In Quietness, extended through March 10 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located...
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are in the cast and creative team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, running February 13 through March...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Victor Holstein ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in Christmas With Elvis, running November 24, 2023, through January 7, 2024, at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the hit musical A Taste of Soul, which has been extended through October 29 at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the creative team for Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s classic drama A View from the Bridge, running September 8 through...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the creative team of The Innocence of Seduction, a new play running August 25 through October 8 at City Lit Theatre, located at...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s...