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 Read more
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
$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 Read more
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 Read more
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.
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in the annual Halloween Recital in costume!
This month's meeting will be a group discussion on the Darmstadt festival.
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more