Our 2025 salon concert series begins with a special afternoon of arias and art songs. Attendees will be seated in the beautiful parlor and dining room of the house, while listening to selections presented by soprano Hayley Fox and pianist Jonathan Gmeinder, performing on the Glessners’ 1887 Steinway & Sons piano.
Hayley Fox is a soprano making waves in new works and classic repertoire alike. As someone who is passionate about championing new American repertoire, she will workshop and perform the role of The Girl in Remedios Varios by Carlos Carillo and Stephanie Fleischmann with the COT Vanguard Initiative in its world concert premiere. Previously with the Vanguard initiative, she premiered the role of Emily in The Weight of Light by Gillian Perry and Marcus Amaker to critical praise. Hayley has worked with Chicago Opera Theater, The Glimmerglass Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, and the Chicago College of the Performing Arts. Her upcoming roles include Elle in La Voix Humaine at CCPA, and she will sing Lauretta and cover Mimi at Opera Company of Middlebury in 2025.
Jonathan Gmeinder works extensively as a coach, collaborator, and piano teacher, currently coaching opera students at Roosevelt, DePaul and Northwestern Universities in Chicago. Additionally, Gmeinder coaches and accompanies the young artists at the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, as well as the Baumgartner studio artists at Florentine Opera in Milwaukee.
Seating is strictly limited. The concert will last approximately one hour and will be followed by a reception where guests will have an opportunity to meet the artists.
Generously underwritten by a friend of Glessner House.
$50 per person / $40 for members
All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.