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Sparked by belief in music’s healing power, Civitas lights up hospital and concert hall
![Sparked by belief in music’s healing power, Civitas lights up hospital and concert hall Civitas members Yuan-Qing Wu (violin), Kenneth Olsen (cello) and J. Lawrie Bloom (clarinet) with their favorite audience, hospitalized children (credit Civitas)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Civitas-members-Yuan-Qing-Wu-violin-Kenneth-Olsen-cello-and-J.-Lawrie-Bloom-clarinet-with-their-favorite-audience-hospitalized-children-credit-Civitas-125x125.jpg)
Concerts by the chamber music ensemble Civitas are as likely to take place at Lurie Children’s Hospital as they are on a concert stage, and perhaps that focus helps to explain the particular warmth and humor of the group’s programming sensibility. Its performances radiate joyful vigor, a happy blend of virtuosity and camaraderie. ““The last thing we want to be is stodgy,” says founder Yuan-Qing Yu.