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Virtuoso violinist who survived polio as a child will perform in special benefit concert to protect the world's children CHICAGO, Jan.

By Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Jul. 8--Most voices show their age when their owners turn 80. Not so the remarkably pliant instrument of Barbara Cook. Tender, supple and nearly unerring of pitch, Cook's lyric soprano seems to scoff at the passage of decades.

By Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune Jun. 24--It was almost a great night for singing. Jazz, cabaret and classic pop dominated the musicmaking Sunday at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, though some genres fared better than others.

By Associated Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - Add a musical composition to all the tributes at next year's 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Ramsey Lewis has been commissioned to compose a new work inspired by Lincoln's life.