

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Concert
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: FREE ADMISSION

This annual tribute to the historic American leader features performances by Music Institute students and community partners.

This year celebration includes a keynote address given by Dr. Jonathan Bailey Holland, dean of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, where he is also the Kay Davis Professor of Music.

Dr. Holland's opera “The Bridge”, commissioned by Boston Modern Opera Project and premiering in 2026, chronicles Martin Luther King’s years in Boston, narratively framed by the journey to Selma and the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The Music Institute is collaborating with Hearing in Color, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to sharing music that has been historically excluded from musical spaces.  MIC has commissioned a world premiere composition for the occasion from Hearing in Color Young Composer Abisola Toukourou, which will be performed by Chroma, their new permanent, professional chamber ensemble consisting of performers with marginalized identities.

The program also features Evanston Children’s Choir, Ravinia's Reach Teach Play, Chicago Musical Pathways, and the Evanston Art Center.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/23rd-annual-martin-luther-king-jr-community-celebration-concert/200029420244452
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, martin-luther-king-day, performances, live-music, art, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Evanston
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Nichols Concert Hall
- **lat**: 42.044942562445
- **long**: -87.680683135986
- **full address**: Nichols Concert Hall, 600 Grove St, Evanston, IL 60201-4404, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Music Institute of Chicago (https://allevents.in/org/music-institute-of-chicago/26567793)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Nichols Concert Hall, 600 Grove St, Evanston, IL 60201-4404, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Music Institute of Chicago
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, martin-luther-king-day, performances, live-music, art, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration Concert ?
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