Ossia Musical Forum

We book extraordinary live and virtual shows with top-rated chamber music performers. We specialize in matching up just the right ensemble to your unique event. Offering repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary. Solos, duos, trios, quartets, and quintets comprised of strings, woodwinds, piano, harp, guitar, and/or vocals. A variety of styl... es, including classical, chamber, flamenco, jazz, rock, and contemporary. Artistic Director at Ossia Musical Forum, violist, Nora Williams brings excitement and passion to every work she performs. A varied performer with a penchant for chamber music, Nora delights in exploring and introduciing her audiences to hidden gems in the chamber music repertoire. During the 2020 pandemic, Nora has presented several small house concerts to audiences starved for live music. Nora is principal viola with the Highland Park Strings, founder and violist with the contemporary string quartet, Red Riding Hood, guest soloist with the South Loop Symphony, and past principal viola and soloist with the Bach and Beyond Chamber Orchestra. Nora spent seven years as a member of the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, and has made appearances with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, the New Philharmonic, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, da Corneto Opera, LOpera Piccola and Light Opera Works. Nora has maintained a private teaching studio in Chicago since 1998. Nora is a past board member of the Musicians Club of Woman and the Steering Committee of the Fine Arts Building Studios Collective where she participates regularly in Chicago Loop Alliance, and Chicago Cultural Mile functions. Since 2012, she has been on the faculty of the Interharmony International Music Festival in Acidosso, Tuscany, Italy.Read More