Wrap up a year of wonder, laughter, and fun…
Wrap up a year of wonder, laughter, and fun…
Tiny Great Performances™ bring professional and community performers to the Museum to promote a life-long love of the arts in children and their families. Performances feature a variety of subjects including dance, music, storytelling, theatre, and more.
Tiny Great Performances are designed to be an integration of play and performance. Guests are welcome to stop, listen, watch, and/or participate. DCM strives to provide opportunities for interactive experiences with performers and to inspire creativity, curiosity, and courage.
Tiny Great Performances are included with Museum admission.
Scroll down to see what’s coming.
Saturday, August 9 | 9:30 & 10:30
The Black Willow Brass Quintet is one of Chicago’s most unique and thrilling chamber groups. Known for embracing a wide variety of literature — everything from Bach to Brahms, Ragtime to Radiohead, and folksongs to theme songs — the quintet offers programs for audiences of all ages and interests. The quintet’s members all work as musicians and educators, and pride themselves in making technically demanding brass music relatable, moving, and fun!
Saturday, August 9 | 11:30 & 12:30
Little Miss Ann plays upbeat, interactive fun songs that kids will sing, jump, and dance along to! Little Miss Ann is a Filipina-American, nationally touring kids musician who has made 8 award-winning Family Music albums.
Thursday, August 14 | 11:00
Let’s have some circus fun with the Venardos Circus as we celebrate their arrival. Join us for a preview of the excitement when their Pre-Show Host will be at DCM for a special mini-performance! Venardos Circus is a Broadway-style animal-free circus.
Saturday, September 27 | 11:00 & 11:45
Join us for an engaging, interactive musical performance as father and son musicians get you singing, dancing and playing along to their super fun original songs!
Saturday, October 4 | 11:00 & 11:45
Enjoy Tiny Great Performances from Allegro Ballet of Oswego as they perform excerpts from their upcoming show!
Allegro Performing Arts offers dance, music, theatre, and fitness for students ages 3 to adult. They have programs that meet the needs of the recreational, competition, and pre-professional dancer or any level fitness client.
Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 & 11:45
The Naperville Suzuki School Children’s Orchestra Violins will perform at DCM. Following the philosophy of the world renowned pedagogue and humanitarian shin’ichi Suzuki, the Naperville Suzuki School has been enriching the lives of children through the study of music for over forty years.
Saturday, October 18 | 11:00 & 11:45
Join us for the ultimate STEMusic Concert Tiny Great Performances! Dive into a world where music meets STEM education in the most exciting way possible. From mind-blowing experiments to math problem-solving, coding dances, and even rocket launches, this event has it all! Hosted by the one and only Roy Moye III, aka “The Singing Engineer.”
Saturday, October 25 | 11:00 & 11:45
Singer/Songwriting team Wendy & DB are a multi-cultural award-winning children’s music duo from Chicago. Their unique style is reflected in the music with catchy lyrics along with their vocal harmonies as their themes examine the world with curiosity. What you experience is just plain fun!
Saturday, November 1 | 11:00 & 11:45
The Naperville Suzuki School Children’s Orchestra Cellos will perform at DCM. Following the philosophy of the world renowned pedagogue and humanitarian shin’ichi Suzuki, the Naperville Suzuki School has been enriching the lives of children through the study of music for over forty years.
Saturday, November 8 | 11:00 & 11:45
Salt Creek Ballet is coming to DCM for Tiny Great Performances! They will perform excerpts from their winter show The Nutcracker Suite. Salt Creek Ballet is a leading Chicagoland ballet school, and performance company, dedicated to dance education, providing high-level performance opportunities for their dancers, founded upon the discipline and artistry of classical ballet.
Saturday, December Date TBD | 11:00 & 11:45
Black Moon Trio reimagines the breadth or a horn, violin, and piano trio by showcasing underrepresented voices in their artistic programming and original commissions, inspiring young musicians and non-musicians alike through captivating educational programs, and connection community members through the arts.
Please contact:
Shamra Fallon, Public Programs Manager
If you have any questions regarding Tiny Great Performances.
[email protected]
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council..
