Where Are They Now?  Classical Music Competition

In the 2011-2012 season of the Lyric Opera, enjoy performances by past winners of CAF’s Classical Music Competition.  The competition is now over 50 years old and these are only a few of the accomplished performers to be recognized.

The Tales of Hoffman by Jacques Offenbach

  Hoffman - Matthew Polenzani,… Read More »


2009 Jazz Improvisation Competition Winner, Victor Garcia

Victor Garcia, Civic and Arts 2009 Jazz Improvisation Competition Grand Prize Winner, graduated from University of Illinois with an undergraduate degree in Jazz.  He’s a full-time musician who plays throughout the world.  He has started his own Big Band, the Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, which played at the city’s Millennium Park this summer.  At the… Read More »


2007-08 Visual Arts Competition Winner and Finalist Angel Otero

Angel Otero is a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute and an up-and-coming painter whose work offers rich brushwork, dynamic colors and unique imagery that reflects his experiences growing up in Puerto Rico.  For two years, Angel has been a winner of the Civic & Arts Foundation’s Visual Arts Competition.  Through this… Read More »



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