Narloch Piano Studio

Cory Hills
2017-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Cory Hills performs a solo percussion program through Eighth Blackbird’s Chicago Artists Workshop.
Works by:
Charles Amirkhanian, Mark Applebaum, John Cage, Cory Hills, and Graeme Leak
Program:
Drum Factory by Cory Hills
Child of Tree by John Cage
Churchcar by Charles Amirkhanian
Aphasia by Mark Applebaum
…and now for the news by Graeme Leak
Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger/arr. by Cory Hills
Cory Hills Biography:
Multi-percussionist, composer, and improviser Cory Hills thrives on breaking down musical barriers through creative, interdisciplinary projects. He has received degrees from Northwestern University, Queensland Conservatorium, and the University of Kansas, and was awarded a research fellowship to Institute Fabrica. Currently, Hills is an active performer, composer, and recording artist in Los Angeles, as well as a member of the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Percussion Quartet.
An advocate of new music, Hills has individually commissioned and premiered over 85 new works for percussion. He has given solo and chamber recitals across Europe, Australia, The United States, Mexico, and China. These include a featured performance for the International Society of Improvised Music, the Days of New Music Festival in Chisinau, Moldova, the Queensland Music Festival, the Ravello Concert Festival, the Venice Art Biennale, four PASIC conventions, the Morelia Percussion Festival, and Festival Mozaic. An advocate for percussion as an artistic discipline, Hills has been the artist-in-residence at Rocky Mountain National Park, Conservatorio de Las Rosas, and a fellow at the OMI international artist’s colony.
Percussive Storytelling, a program that brings classical music and storytelling to kids in fun and accessible ways, was launched by Hills while a fellow at Institute Fabrica. The program recently marked its 430th performance, and has reached more than 80,000 children in eight countries. For this work, Hills has been the recipient of numerous arts grants, and was named the 2009 Emerging Artist through the Kansas Arts Commission. The Lost Bicycle, Hills’ debut solo CD of percussive stories, has received four national parenting and creative arts awards (NAPPA Parent’s Awards Gold, Parent’s Choice Silver, World Storytelling Honors Award, and a Creative Child preferred choice). In June 2015, The Lost Bicycle was released as a fully illustrated children’s book published by AcutebyDesign. Drum Factory, Hills’ second CD released on Sono Luminus Records, received a Parent’s Choice Silver award, three nominations for the Independent Music Awards, and was named CD of the Year by Creative Child.
Hills is an artist for Innovative Percussion, Remo, Sabian, and Black Swamp Percussion.
For more information please visit www.splatboombang.com.

Movie Night: Note by Note
2017-03-24 18:30 - 19:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Note by Note is a film that shows how a Steinway piano is built. A description and preview can be seen here:
http://www.pbs.org/program/note-by-note/
This will be shown for FREE for all ages!

Spring Recital
2017-03-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago, 60602, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Indulgence: Chocolate and Chamber Music in Concert
2017-03-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Pianist Marianne Parker and flutist Emma Koi team up with Katherine Anne Confections in a collaboration of luscious chocolate and dreamy chamber music.
Chicago Chocolatier Katherine Duncan, owner of Katherine Anne Confections, has created a specific truffle to pair with each flute and piano piece to satisfy your tastes while you enjoy live chamber music, including a piece by Chicago’s own Marc Mellits.
Suggested donation:
$20
Program:
Mason Bates, “White Lies for Lomax” for piano and recorded tape
Robert Schumann, “Drie Romanzen” for flute and piano
Ian Clarke, “Hypnosis” for flute and piano
Marc Mellits, “11 Pieces for flute and piano” (selections)
Jacob TV, “The Body of Your Dreams” for piano and recorded tape

Noise Bias
2017-03-11 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Noise Bias performs works by Alex Temple, Kyong Mee Choi, Kate Soper, and Kelley Sheehan.

YAK // Jani Parsons & Chris Sies
2017-03-09 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
$10 Suggested Donation
YAK visits Chicago in their 2017 midwest tour.
Jani Parsons, piano, and Chris Sies, percussion, perform as a duo.
Program TBA
YAK is an ambient/industrial duo of amplified, bowed friction on strings and metal. Their 2017 Midwest Tour is an audio-visual journey into the existential mind-state of the Tibetan beast, the Yak. These sounds are tailor-made for the shaggy beast of burden of the Himalayan Plateau, evoking their life and spirit in a mesmerising structured improvisation cycle.
Yuri Popowycz is a Detroit-based violinist, electronic music producer/performer, and illustrator. He performs with the Michigan Opera Theatre and is assistant concertmaster with the Michigan Philharmonic. He also plays out frequently in the city and is active with Detroit Bureau of Sound. Yuri is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy ‘11, and the Oberlin Conservatory ‘15, and has toured in Japan as concertmaster of the PMF orchestra as well as performed in Europe alongside the Jack quartet with the Lucerne Festival Academy. Currently he runs the ambient music label Music To Stretch To and enjoys working with all the wonderful artists living nearby.
Zac Brunell is a performer and concert producer in the Motor City. As director of the Detroit Bureau of Sound, his work engulfs a range of avant garde music through his productions, which have been described as “sounding as raw as mating bull elephants” (Lansing City Pulse on “X is for Xenakis”). A classically trained percussionist and pianist, Zac is a graduate of the Michigan State University College of Music and is currently Production Manager with the award-winning ensemble New Music Detroit.
facebook.com/yakdetroit
detroitbureauofsound.com/yak
soundcloud.com/detroitbureauofsound
Yakdetroit.bandcamp.com
http://www.chrissiesmusic.com/

Concerto for Frenemies
2017-02-25 19:30 - 20:30 | PianoForte, 1335 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60619, United States
Concerto for Frenemies returns for a second live performance.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concerto-for-frenemies-tickets-30925516051?aff=erelexpmlt

Artemis
2017-02-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Artemis performs new works for voices.
Led by Bethany Battafarano, Artemis is a chamber women’s ensemble based in Minneapolis. Touring Chicago, they will be featuring a new work by Tara Loeper.

Michael Finlay, piano
2017-02-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, 60625, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Program:
Debussy Estampes
Mozart Sonata K. 333 in B-flat Major
Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29
Bio:
Michael Finlay’s captivating performances have thrilled audiences all over North America. Michael Finlay’s recent concert appearances include a North American tour with concerts in New York, Chicago, Austin, San Antonio, Toronto, and Montreal. He is especially invested in outreach, a passion that regularly brings him back to his native Texas to teach and to concertize.
Dr. Finlay holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he worked with Paul Schenly and Kathryn Brown, a Master’s from the Peabody Conservatory where he studied with Yong Hi Moon, and a Doctorate from the University of Montreal, where he studied with Marc Durand.

Morton Feldman Chamber Players
2017-02-16 20:30 - 21:30 | Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
Christopher Narloch performs with Morton Feldman Chamber Players (MFCP) at Constellation.
http://www.constellation-chicago.com/event/1378912-morton-feldman-chamber-players-chicago/

Alyssa Conde, piano
2017-02-10 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
$15 Suggested Donation
Program:
J. S. Bach – Italian Concerto BWV 971
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Pathetique” Sonata No. 8, Op. 13
Robert Muczynski – Dream Cycle Op. 44 (1983)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Allegro risoluto
Robert Schumann – Novelette Op. 21, No. 8
Bio:
Alyssa Conde holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance from Florida Atlantic University where she studied with Dr. Irena Kofman. She recently completed her Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts where she studied under Dr Ludmila Lazar. She has performed within the United States as well as Europe. Some festivals she as taken part in include, The University of Florida’s Summer Academy, Brevard Music Festival where she worked privately with concert pianist Sandra Shen, The Chamber Music Institute in Lincoln Nebraska and the International Academy of Music in Cremona, Italy. In 2012 she was selected to perform at the Palm Beach International Piano Festival representing the USA. As a vocal collaborative artist she attended the 2014 University of Miami’s Frost School of Music Summer Program in Salzburg, Austria where she and duo partner Kacey Kurpinsky received honorable mention in the Schloss Mirabell competition. Ms. Conde has performed in Master Classes by Nelson Delle – Vigne Fabbri, James Giles, Enrico Elisi, Mutsumi Moteki, Francois Germain, the Escher String Quartet, and more. Currently a sought after collaborative pianist, and in pursuit of furthering her performing career, she also teaches privately and strives to develop genuine love for music in the younger generation. Ms. Conde currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Concerto for Frenemies
2017-01-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Merit School of Music, Gottlieb Hall, 38 S. Peoria St., IL, 60607, United States
Get tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/concerto-for-frenemies-tickets-9389529335

Zafa Collective
2017-01-21 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
The Zafa Salon Series presents a benefit concert for the Chicago Women’s Health Center at Narloch Piano Studio!
Please join us for an evening of community in support of this local organization whose mission is to facilitate the empowerment of women and trans people by providing access to health care and health education in a respectful environment where people pay what they can afford.
In lieu of admission, we ask that you make a donation to CWHC. This can be done with cash or Venmo in person at the concert, or online at http://www.chicagowomenshealthcenter.org/donate. Our suggested amount is $10 per person, but please feel free to give more or less as able.
The program will include:
Ellen Ruth Harrison, Invisible Topography (2010)
Hannah Christiansen, violin, Danielle Taylor, viola, Maurice Cohn, cello,Casey Karr
Caroline Shaw, Gustave le Gray (2012)
Daniel Brottman, piano
Joan Tower, Wings (1981)
Andy Hudson, (bass) clarinet
George Walker, Lyric for Strings (1946)
Emelinda Ann Escobar and Hannah Christiansen, violins, Danielle Taylor, viola, Audrey Q Snyder, cello
Elisabeth Lutyens, Trio Op. 135 (1979)
Andy Hudson, clarinet, Audrey Q Snyder, cello, Daniel Brottman, piano

NMSG: Amanda DeBoer Bartlett
2017-01-19 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
New Music Study Group (NMSG) – Amanda DeBoer Bartlett presents “chaos and improvisation”. She will talk about the different improvisation methods that she has used with Jesse Langen and show the books and tools used to create their pieces in Hasco Duo.

Noise Bias
2017-01-14 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested donation: $10
Join Noise Bias for an evening of buzzing bees, a cathartic sound matrix, extreme slow walking, a toyland piano, the sound of silence, meandering pentatonic music, a lamenting violin, and more! Works by Adina Izarra, Paulina Oliveros, Kasia Szczech, Nicole DeMaio, and Samara Rice.
Noise Bias is a new music ensemble consisting exclusively of female-identified musicians and artists who collaborate to perform works by female-identified composers.
Existing as a collective of over 30 musicians, composers, poets, and artists, the women of Noise Bias share a common goal of creating and sustaining an environment where women are in positions of creative power and musical decision-making.
Our goal is to curate new music performances that directly confront and challenge the gender disparity within the Chicago new music scene.

Tim Parkinson
2017-01-12 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested donation: $10

Tim Parkinson performs a solo piano concert of recently written British experimental pieces. Co-produced by a.pe.ri.od.ic and Narloch Piano Studio.

Program:

“Len Valley Us” (2014) by Laurence Crane

“untitled (behaviour)” (2012) by Tim Parkinson

“Traces” (2014) by Jane Dickson

—(small break)—

Piano Sonata No.143 (2004) by John White

“2016 No.4 and No.5” by Tim Parkinson

“Artificial Environment No.8” (2012) by Joanna Bailie

Biography:
Tim Parkinson has consistently pursued an independent path, seeking to engage with whatever it means today to be a functioning composer in the world. His music is mostly performed by a dedicated community of friends and musicians (amongst others Philip Thomas, Anton Lukoszevieze, Julia Eckhardt, James Saunders), but he has also written for the London Sinfonietta, the Basle Sinfonietta, Plus Minus and others. He has organised many public concerts to promote the presence, wealth and variety of present day music exploration, one thread of which is the concert series, Music We’d Like to Hear, co-curated with John Lely and Markus Trunk annually in London since 2005. As a soloist he has performed with Object Collection, Skögen, Apartment House, Set Ensemble, Incidental Music, Q-02, J.G. Thirlwell, Phill Niblock, Matteo Fargion, Lee Patterson, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Jürg Frey, Michael Pisaro, Michael Parsons, Gavin Bryars, Joshua Rifkin, Tom Johnson, and Christian Wolff, amongst others.
His music has been labelled as experimental, “reconstructing music from the ground up”, and “sounding like nothing else”, the work invariably returning to fundamental questions around the meaning of sound. He has been associated with other British independent voices of the same generation, such as Bailie, Crane, Harrison, Newland, Saunders, Whitty.
In 2011 he was visiting Professor of Composition at Brno Academy, and he has also lectured at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Oxford Brookes, Ostrava New Music Days, Huddersfield University.
www.untitledwebsite.com

Holiday Recital
2016-12-18 15:00 - 17:00 | PianoForte, 1335 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60619, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in the annual Holiday Recital. This year it is located at PianoForte’s concert hall!

NMSG on Trump
2016-12-15 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
New Music Study Group (NMSG) will have an open discussion on what we can do as a music community in light of our devastating political situation.

Mortar/ Noise Bias
2016-12-13 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
In the spirit of direct and concrete action following the November election, Noise Bias and Mortar are collaborating to raise money in support of Planned Parenthood, which will continue to be under intense political scrutiny in the coming months.
“Mortar” merges musicians from widely varying musical backgrounds into an ensemble that fuses seemingly incongruous music traditions. “Mortar” subverts expectations of chamber brass playing by frequently utilizing a very reserved, personal brass sound in conjunction with low strings and electric guitar. The result is a combination of composed and improvised elements that strives to be both deeply intriguing and entirely approachable. Chris Shuttleworth, Trombone and compositions; Ben Phillips , Trumpet and Flugelhorn; Zac Nunnery, Electric Guitar; Aaron Brancato, Cello; Eli Broxham, Acoustic Bass
Noise Bias is a new music ensemble consisting exclusively of female-identified musicians and artists who collaborate to perform works by female-identified composers. The women of Noise Bias share a common goal of creating and sustaining an environment where women are in positions of creative power and musical decision-making.

Eric Hollander Trio
2016-12-01 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
This performative piece is from the mind of Eric Hollander, combining improvisation and 15th century written music.

The base layer is a drone improvised from a binge-eaters anonymous therapy tape, using the pitches of the chant clausula from Domine. The next layer is a poem written and recorded by Eric using similar thematic material to the therapy tape. Then on top of that bed of sound we will play the mass ordinary, Missa Sine Nomine by Jacob Obrecht.

Performers: Min Park, Myra Hinrichs, violins, Eric Hollander, viola

Christopher Narloch, Chris Sies & Isaac Stevenson at Constellation
2016-11-27 20:30 - 21:30 | Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
Michael Pisaro’s “Concentric Rings in Magnetic Levitation” is an evening-length work for 3 musicians, consisting of several rings (or loops) of sounds that are wound around each other, interacting to create a dense counterpoint of contemplative sound. The work will feature Christopher Narloch playing piano and sine tones, Chris Sies on percussion, and Isaac Stevenson on laptop and electronic objects.
The program will begin with a new sound installation by Isaac Stevenson, pulling from a large collection of field recordings made with Pisaro’s music in mind.
http://www.constellation-chicago.com/event/1326623-chris-narloch-chris-sies-chicago/

New Music Study Group: Darmstadt
2016-11-17 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
This month’s meeting will be a group discussion on the Darmstadt festival.

Halloween Recital
2016-10-30 13:00 - 17:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in the annual Halloween Recital in costume!

Ursa Ensemble
2016-10-28 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Ursa Ensemble performs:
Milhaud suite for violin, clarinet, piano;
Bruch 8 pieces for viola, clarinet, piano;
Stavinsky’s Soilder’s Tale suite;
Lutoslawski Bucolics for cello and viola.

Carolyn Enger
2016-10-27 08:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Carolyn Enger, pianist
Lyricism Then and Now
Franz Schubert 1797-1828
Impromptu in A-Flat Major, Op. 142, No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847
Three Songs without Words
Op. 19, No. 6 “Venetianisches Gondellied”
Op. 30, No. 6 “Venetianisches Gondellied”
Op. 19, No. 1
Ned Rorem b. 1923
Piano Album l
Song Without Words (1978)
(For Jim, to help him on his birthday. With all my faith and most of my love.)
Carol-Pastiche (1984)
(To the only Jim in the world, this Carol-Pastiche to thank him for giving a point to the past seventeen years.)
Golden Notes on Nearing Fifty (1986)
(For Jim at forty-nine, this mirror-image of Christmas 1986 because any mirror into which he gazes turns to gold.)
Another Little Song Without Words (1987)
(For JH on another birthday. Since no words could even describe the depth of my feeling for you.)
For a Perfect Friend (1991)
(For Jim on Christmas Eve 1991)
Marriage Measures (1992)
(To John Simon and Pat Hoag)
Snapshot of Jack (1992)
(For Jack Mitchell)
For Jim (1993)
(On Christmas Eve 1993. With love for longer than forever…)
A Little Waltz for Jim at Fifty-Five (1994)
(For the only Jim in the world without whom I could not write this or any music.)
A Melody for Shirley (1994)
(For Shirley with love from Ned today and forever. A note for every year.)
A Sarabande for the Only Jim in the World (1998)
(For Jim on his birthday with love forever.)
Sixty Notes for Judy (1999)
Alexander Zemlinsky 1871-1942
Albumblatt “Erinnerungen aus Wien”
Arnold Schoenberg 1874-1951
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
I. Leicht, zart
II. Langsam
III. Sehr langsam
IV. Rasch, aber leicht
V. Etwas rasch
VI. Sehr langsam
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Piano Sonata No. 31in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
II. Allegro molto
III. Adagio ma non troppo
Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo
Biography
Pianist Carolyn Enger has gained critical acclaim for her lyrical and dynamic playing, her deeply felt interpretations of works from Beethoven and Schubert to contemporary music, and her warm personal approach. In addition to an active performance schedule, Ms. Enger has enjoyed remarkable success as a recording artist, particularly with her 2013release of piano music by Ned Rorem on Naxos Records. The album was selected as one of the “Best in Classical Recordings” by The
New York Times:
Among the 90th-birthday tributes this year to the essential American composer Ned Rorem, this recording especially stands out. The fine pianist Carolyn Enger plays Mr. Rorem’s complete Piano Album I, published in 2003, a collection of tender yet pungent miniatures written for friends, intimates and personal occasions from 1978 to 2001. – Anthony Tommasini, 12/2013
Renowned critic Laurence Vittes wrote in his review for Gramophone (2/2014): “Enger raises the miniatures to a higher level by taking the time and care to capture the emotional impact each must have had when their dedicatees read their inscription and title, and then heard the music for the first time.”
Ms. Enger has a special gift for creating original and intriguing programs that range from European masterworks to fresh discoveries among the compositions of such innovative American and Israeli composers as Ned Rorem, Caroline Shaw, John Luther Adams, Avner Dorman and Lior Navok. Her debut album, In Evening Air, released in 2009, offers a refreshing mix of music by Beethoven, Scriabin, Hanson, Copland, Liebermann and Rorem – all attesting to her command of a wide variety of musical idioms. MusicWeb International lauded her playing as “thoughtful and sensitive… expressive… She plays with fine nuance and tone shading. (10/2010)” And from Fanfare came praise for “Enger’s dynamic control and emotional sensitivity, her keen sense of timing and proportion. (9/2009)”
Ms. Enger’s latest creation, The Mischlinge Exposé, pays tribute to her father, Horst Joachim Enger, who survived forced labor and the Holocaust as a Mischling in Germany. It takes the form of a multimedia concert program set in the World War II period, combining music, literature and images that focus on the haunting memories of the lives of Mischlinge – half-Jews – and converts, in Germany before, during, and after the Holocaust, an experience reflected in Ms. Enger’s own family history. The Mischlinge project will be enriched by a new commission by the acclaimed composer Bruce Adolphe, which will premiere in 2017. Find out more about the project at www.mischlingexpose.com.
Highlights of Ms. Enger’s 2016/17 season include a performance at Michaelis Kirche in Erfurt, Germany; a Chicago residency with recitals at several Steinway Galleries and the Chicago Public Library; a performance at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts in Massachusetts; and a variety of recitals in the Tri-State area. Ms. Enger will present her ambitious multimedia concert experience, The Mischlinge Exposé, at community centers throughout New York and New Jersey, and will premiere a new work written by the acclaimed composer Bruce Adolphe especially for this project at the Center for Jewish History in Spring 2017.
Carolyn Enger is a Steinway Artist.

Seasoned Trio
2016-10-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
$10 Suggested Donation
Seasoned Trio presents their debut concert as an ensemble.
Program:
Trio in E-flat major, K.498 – W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet Trio, Op.3 – Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Fantasy Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano – Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Oblivion – Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Biographies:
Seasoned Trio was formed in July 2016 with the love of music (and food) by three classical musicians, Taiwanese Pianist Li-Ying Chang, Hong Kong Clarinetist Yuen-Yee Richardson, and local Cellist Desiree Miller. They aim to share their passion in music with all kinds of audience while improving their musical and artistic levels through public performances as well as receiving coaching lessons from the finest musicians.
Li-Ying Chang (Piano)
Taiwanese pianist Li-Ying Chang graduated with a Master’s of Music in Piano Performance from Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, under the tutelage of Pianist Benjamin Pasternack. As a musician, Li-Ying seeks to share the transcendent experience of music with others as a solo and collaborating artist. In 2015, Li-Ying graduated with the Artist Performance Diploma at The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, in the studio of Taiwanese Pianist Meng-Chieh Liu and Dr.Winston Choi. Li-Ying is a previous winner of the CCPA Showcase at Roosevelt, and played the opening concert at Pianofest 2013. Li-Ying was chosen to collaborate with the CCPA Wind Ensemble for an annual performance at Ganz Hall, in 2013. Ms. Chang played the piano with CCPA’s Chamber Orchestra as they recorded Thunderwalker, composed by Composer Stacy Garrop, for Cedille Records. Chang actively performs as a solo pianist, Collaborative pianist and chamber musician in the Chicagoland area.
Yuen Yee Richardson (Clarinet)
Yuen Yee Richardson is an active music teacher and performer currently located in Chicago. Originally born and raised in Hong Kong, Yuen Yee studied Clarinet and Piano at Hong Kong Baptist University with John Schertle and Genevieve Wong. In 2010, Yuen Yee moved to Chicago and earned a Master’s degree in Music Performance from Roosevelt University, where she studied Clarinet performance with Carol Lee Smith. After graduating in 2012, Yuen Yee performed with various music ensembles including Chamber Opera Chicago, Chicago Clarinet Ensemble, and Chicago Concert Winds. Currently, Yuen Yee is primarily performing with a classical chamber group the Seasoned Trio and an original music duo Adjacent Cruise. Besides performing, Yuen Yee is also passionate in music education where she is teaching clarinet and piano at her own music studio and at ACM School of Music.
Desiree Miller (Cello)
Desiree Miller has performed in music halls all over the world as a chamber musician, concert soloist and recitalist. She has performed in various music festivals and outreach programs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, as well as in Haiti and South Korea. An avid devotee to the progress of new music, Desiree has world premiered and recorded numerous chamber and solo works. In the same vein, Desiree composes cello solo works to accompany theatrical plays and dance performances. Many of her works have been performed in New York, Washington DC, Chicago and even as far as Jerusalem!
Desiree holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, where she studied under Dr. Stefan Kartman from 2002 – 2006. She then went on to earn two Master degrees in Cello Performance and String Pedagogy at Ohio University under Dr. Michael Carrera from 2006 – 2009. Wanting more performance experience, Desiree attended the University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory, where she earned an Artist Diploma with Professor Lee Fiser from 2009 – 2011. With nearly a decade spent in the university setting, Desiree moved to the Windy City in the fall of 2011 to perform with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. As a member of this illustrious orchestra, Desiree enjoyed the privilege of performing on the same stage as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as receiving mentorship from both members of the Chicago Symphony and guest conductors.
Overall, Desiree’s focus is on the promotion of new music and the collaborative process between composer and performer. She believes that it is just as important to perform and learn from the great music of the past as well as to explore and create with musicians and artists of the present. Desiree is honored to be a member of the Seasoned Trio with stellar musicians Li-Ying Chang and Yuen Yee Richardson.

New Music Study Group: Ear Taxi Festival
2016-10-20 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
This month’s meeting will be a group discussion on Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival.
Speakers:
Augusta Read Thomas
Ashley Wang
Nomi Epstein
Fredrick Gifford
Joan Pamies
Lydia Penningroth
Pablo Chin
Andrew McManus

Karl Larson and Jim Fusik
2016-10-15 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Karl Larson, piano, and Jim Fusik, saxophone
Program:
Scott Wollschleger – ‘That which pushes back is its force’
Sky Macklay – ‘Density Dancity (long)’
George Aperghis – ‘P.S.’
Eric Wubbels – ‘This is This is This is’
Description:
James Fusik (saxophones) and Karl Larson (piano) return to Chicago with an exciting program of cutting edge new works for saxophone and piano. The concert centers around two new works by Scott Wollschleger and Sky Macklay commissioned by the Fusik/Larson duo for the 2016-2017 concert season. Also featured on the program are George Aperghis’s ‘P.S.’ for solo saxophone and Eric Wubbels’s phenomenal memoriam to David Foster Wallace, ‘This is This is This is.’
Biographies:
Dr. James Fusik currently serves as Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at Minot State University (ND), and has previously taught at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He has degrees from Bowling Green State University (M.M., DMA), and Central Michigan University (B.M. Theory/ Composition, B.M.E. Music Ed), with studies under John Sampen,
John Nichol, and Marilyn Shrude. A frequent clinician and recitalist, Fusik has performed at conservatories and universities throughout the Midwest as well as various new music series events in Chicago, New York, and Omaha. Internationally he has performed in Germany, Poland, Canada, Belgium, and recently as a participant in the 2016 Darmstadt New Music Courses. He has premiered over 100 new compositions from composers including Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Luther Adams, Christopher Cerrone, Ravi Kittappa, and Nathan Davis. He is a frequent presenter and active contributor to the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA). Fusik is a Conn-Selmer Endorsing Artist, exclusively performing on Selmer Paris Saxophones and mouthpieces.
Brooklyn based pianist Karl Larson is a specialist in the music of our time, consistently presenting adventurous programs. Karl has premiered many solo piano and chamber pieces, including works by David Rakowski, Ken Thomson, Robert Honstein, Chris Cerrone, and David Lang. Recent performances of note include Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories, Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi, and the world premiere of Scott Wollschleger’s Meditations on Dust for solo piano and string orchestra.
A sought after collaborator, Larson has worked with many notable musicians and ensembles including Tristan Perich, Ashley Bathgate, Vicky Chow, Erik Carlson, Mantra, Ensemble Signal, the Eco Ensemble, the Sleeping Giant Composer Collective, and Contemporaneous. He has been featured on many notable series and festivals including the Bang on a Can Marathon, the MATA Festival, WQXR’s Hammered!, the Contagious Sounds Series, the Frequency Series, Make Music New York, the Outpost Concert Series, the Vanguard Series, the Red Note New Music Festival, the Ball State New Music Festival, the Music in the Shape of a Pear Festival, and the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival.
Larson is also a founding member of Bearthoven, a piano, bass, and percussion trio dedicated to the frequent promotion and performance of brand new works. Since the group’s formation in 2013, Bearthoven has commissioned over 15 pieces and is currently working on their first album, which will be released on Cantaloupe Music in the Spring of 2017.
Karl received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music and a Master of Music in Piano Performance at Bowling Green State University, where he studied with Dr. Laura Melton. Larson completed his undergraduate degree at Luther College in Decorah Iowa as a pupil of Dr. John Strauss. He is on faculty at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.

Tamas Vilaghy
2016-09-29 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Tamas Vilaghy presents an ambient sound installation.
Details TBA.

New Music Study Group: Andrew McManus
2016-09-22 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Andrew McManus presents on his work Neurosonics I and speaks about his music created by neurons in rat brains.
