ACM School of Music

08/13/2026

Thirsty Ears is right around the corner! Join us August 22nd and 23rd for Chicago's only classical music street festival! We have incredible classical performances, delicous b**r and w**e, fabulous local vendors and lots of activities for the kiddos! You won't want to miss it!

03/12/2026

We're halfway to our goal with 12 days to go! Donate to the ACM Scholarship Fund and support a current student's practice goal here:

https://app.99pledges.com/fund/practiceot

03/04/2026

We are in Week Two of ACM's Practice-o-thon and things are heating up! Students have been logging in the practice hours and raising funds for our scholarship fund all while winning fun prizes!

If you would like to support the ACM Scholarship Fund, you can contribute to the Practice-o-thon here: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/practiceot

12/29/2025

There's still time to help us Close the Gap! Donate now at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/access-contemporary-music/close-the-gap?fbclid=IwY2xjawO_hhBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMR3dYWjd5QnRvQmF6azZvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpuYAd8GmeoyAzb491FVP1AbLtjszIbS3yrHfDg8EZfo4cJKLupqnQpbh9wp_aem_iHiEYKwmpSXE0HeyMBYCDw

Exactly one year ago we set the ambitious goal of transforming a long-empty former 7-Eleven at Clark and Southport into The CheckOut—a vibrant new home for chamber mus...

12/23/2025

We're getting close to reaching our year-end goal! Help us close the gap and complete our latest project - the CheckOut: Chicago's only chamber music venue in a former 7-Eleven!

Donate now!

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/access-contemporary-music/close-the-gap?fbclid=IwY2xjawOoPlBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFaemU3TUJOOFR3V2M4Qm5kc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHl-jIUaJ5tAo5i-hSAhG-JNtKDOsjDIuP3p0RNs1kAfdv871iuWojGLWLVjp_aem_X6c84PmjzX8EPytVFtCkHA

Exactly one year ago we set the ambitious goal of transforming a long-empty former 7-Eleven at Clark and Southport into The CheckOut—a vibrant new home for chamber mus...

12/16/2025

We’re closing in on the halfway mark of our year-end fundraiser! Help us Close the Gap and complete our new chamber music venue—so we can expand affordable music lessons and create more opportunities for music to be part of everyday life.

Exactly one year ago we set the ambitious goal of transforming a long-empty former 7-Eleven at Clark and Southport into The CheckOut—a vibrant new home for chamber mus...

12/11/2025

We've made it most of the way to our ambitious $500,000 goal for the CheckOut, but we need your help to close the gap! Donate now to help us complete our contribution to the Chicago music venue scene!

12/02/2025

Exactly one year ago we set the ambitious goal of transforming a long-empty former 7-Eleven at Clark and Southport into The CheckOut—a vibrant new home for chamber music performances of all kinds and music instruction.

Today, The CheckOut is open and already welcoming artists, audiences and students. The change from an abandoned storefront to a living, breathing cultural space has been extraordinary—and it’s only possible because of supporters like you.

But while the doors are open, our work isn’t finished.

We set the ambitious goal of raising $500,000 to bring this project to life and today we are just $10,000 away from that goal. Now we’re asking for your help to close that $10,000 gap.

Your contribution—no matter the size—directly supports the final phase of this exciting project. Every gift helps stabilize our launch, strengthen our programming, and ensure The CheckOut becomes the lasting cultural asset for Chicago that we envision it to be.

We are so close. With your help, we’ll get all the way there. Please make a donation today and help us Close the Gap!

Donate at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/access-contemporary-music/close-the-gap

Music by Amos Gillespie.