Rachel Barton News

A pair of successful Music Institute of Chicago alumni will give a recital Saturday from their new CD, "Violin Lullabies," which has been getting national attention for its unusual focus and beautiful sound.

THE ISSUE: Chicago violinist performs Saturday in Ottawa OUR VIEWPOINT: Come for the music, enjoy the 'reunion' with a friend Chicago violinist Rachel Barton Pine has a love for La Salle County.

When Rachel Barton Pine was 5 years old, she was already signing her papers "Rachel the violinist." When she was 10, she was scanning the dial of her transistor radio, listening to the likes of Guns N' Roses and AC/DC. Now, she does both, traveling the world as a classical violinist and rocking out in her thrash/doom metal band, Earthen Grave, ... (more)

Chicago's own violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pine will perform selections from her newly released Violin Lullabies album on Saturday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Institute of Chicago 's Nichols Concert Hall.