MIC GALA

The Music Institute of Chicago welcomed more than 250 guests to its annual Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. Highlights of the evening included the presentation of the David and Dorothy Dushkin Award to Paquito D’Rivera, the Cultural Visionary Award for Chicago to J. Thomas Hurvis, and the Richard D. Colburn Award for Teaching Excellence to Sang Mee Lee. The event raised nearly $700,000. Proceeds support excellence in teaching, upholding a standard and tradition that has evolved and thrived for nearly a century, and provide the single-largest source of funds for scholarships and merit-based aid, tuition-free community engagement, and neighborhood-based service activities. musicinst.org