Chicago Opera Vanguard presents The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook — songs by Lawrence Axelrod, Natasha Bogojevich, William Bolcom, Seth Boustead, David Cerda, Philip Dawkins, Lisa Dillman, Ivan Fuate, Amos Gillespe, Greg Gliena, Ricky Ian Gordon, George Howe, Joshua Kartes, Evan Kuchar, Patricia Morehead, William Jason Raynovich, Eric Reda, Robert Steel, Augusta Reed Thomas, 4NOW
: Douglas Ewart and the Nyabinghi Drum Choir presents Ujamaa : Douglas Ewart, Ann Ward, Aquilla Sadalla, Mankwe Ndosi, Janis Lane-Ewart, Keith Eric, Paul Cotton, Clifton Robinson