Musical Partnership Award
Cedille Records is a Grammy winning not-for-profit recording company that promotes Chicago’s world-class performers and composers by recording, distributing, and promoting their work. Through its high-quality recordings, Cedille furthers the careers of outstanding Chicago classical music performers and composers as they present innovative programs featuring the music about which they are most passionate. Our success is augmented by the efforts of like-minded partners in a dedicated and vibrant classical music community.
Cedille Records presents the Musical Partnership Award to an organization that has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the classical music community in Chicago. Through their support of the Chicago musical community’s most valuable asset — its musicians and composers — Cedille’s Musical Partners complement our mission of promoting the work of Chicago’s world-class musical artists.
2024 Honoree
Uniting Voices (formerly known as the Chicago Children’s Choir) is a nonprofit organization that empowers and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to find their voice and celebrate their common humanity through the power of music.
Previous Honorees
2015 WFMT
2016 Music Institute of Chicago
2017 Merit School of Music
2018 Chicago Sinfonietta
2019 Rachel Barton Pine Foundation
2021 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
2022 The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
2023 Luminarts Cultural Foundation
The Musical Partnership Award is presented at Soirée Cedille, Cedille’s annual benefit.