Narloch Piano Studio

Jay Pike, viola; Rachel Brown, violin
2016-08-18 20:30 - 21:30 UTC | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Program:
Rachel Brown, violin
Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 – J.S. Bach
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
Sonata No. 4 in E minor (1923) – Eugene Ysaye
I. Allemanda
II. Sarabande
III. Finale
Fire Rainbow Cloud (2015) – Jonathan Hannau
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Jay Pike, viola; William McDaniel, piano
Infanta Marina, Op. 83 (1960) – Vincent Persichetti
Lachrymae (1950) – Benjamin Britten
Lament for two violas (1915) – Frank Bridge, with Sixto Franco, viola
Bios:
Rachel Brown is an active chamber musician, soloist, orchestral performer, and educator. After three years as a regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she is now the Associate Principal Second Violin of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster of the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Brown is currently the Artistic Director of the Chicago-based chamber group, Ursa Ensemble, of which she is also a founding member. The group focuses on engaging unique audiences in the chamber music repertoire by working with collaborative artists and curating programs that directly involve the listener.
Rachel is dedicated to continuing the existence of art music by performing and commissioning contemporary works. She has given countless world premiers, has performed with ensembles such as Ensemble Dal Niente, Fifth House Ensemble, and Ensemble 20+, and has worked with world-renowned composers such as Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Rodolfo Acosta, and Mathias Spahlinger.
Extremely devoted to educating future generations, Rachel is on faculty at both Harold Washington College and Chicago Academy for the Arts, and is a coach for the Chicago Arts Initiative’s New Music Youth Ensemble. She holds a Certificate of Performance and a Master of Music degree from DePaul University’s School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
A native of Montana, Jay Pike studied viola at the University of Montana and later at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Has has performed with many ensembles in the Chicago area including Chicago Opera Theatre, the Elgin Symphony, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and Ensemble Dal Niente. Some highlights include an amazing production of Bluebeard’s Castle at Thalia Hall with the New Millennium Ochestra, and performing alongside college teachers and mentors in a String Orchestra of the Rockies concert last fall.
Jay also keeps a busy teaching schedule. In addition to running Suzuki programs in Morton Grove and Lincoln Square, in January Jay started teaching for The People’s Music School’s new community music program in Back of the Yards, on Chicago’s south side.
Originally from the Washington, DC area, William McDaniel began piano studies at the age of six. He began studies with Lydia Frumkin in 1993 and continued studies with Professor Frumkin at Oberlin Conservatory, graduating in 2002 with a B.M. in Piano Performance. In addition to awards and competition prizes, he has appeared in recitals as both soloist and in chamber music across the country in such locales at San Diego, Cleveland, New York, and the Washington area, and at such venues as the John F. Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, where he made his solo debut in 1998 as a guest of the Russian-American Music Association. William has also given performances abroad in Moscow, Geneva, and across Holland. After winning the college division of the National Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists’ Competition, he made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra in July of 2000. William has also made radio appearances on WQXR in New York and WFMT in Chicago. While at Oberlin, William was extremely active as a chamber musician, performed frequently with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, studied harpsichord and historical performance under Barbara Weiss and Lisa Goode Crawford, and made his debut as a composer. He is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) as pianist and composer and and first appeared with the ensemble in its Chicago premiere in January, 2002. Currently a resident of Chicago, William is a member of ICE’s board of directors.
Violist of the Kaia String Quartet, Sixto Franco, is an active performer, teacher and composer. Besides his presence in the chamber music scene, Mr. Franco has also appeared as soloist in California and his native Spain, performing works of Mozart, Bruch and other contemporary composers.
In addition to commencement with Kaia String Quartet, current projects of Mr. Franco’s include a solo performance in Madrid, Spain as well as Los Angeles featuring Orchestra Camerata Musicalis, Symbiosis Ensemble and various appearances with Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. His past solo appearances have involved collaborations with contemporary composers such as Nick Gianopoulos, Oscar Navarro, Juan José Colomer, Javier Navarrete and Ferrer Ferran. In 2012, Jason Barabba dedicated his duet for viola and clarinet to Mr. Franco who then premiered and recorded the work June of that year in Madrid, Spain.
As a composer, Sixto Franco made his debut on February 2011 premiering his work for viola and Piano “Blanco y Negro” in a Cancer Benefit Concert promoted by the Spanish Consulate of Los Angeles and the Symbiosis Ensemble.
Sixto Franco has been a member of National Spanish Youth Orchestra, Barcelona Symphonic Orchestra, Shleswig-holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of Netherlands and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California and has performed with guests artists, Christoph Eschenbach, Lutz Kholer, George Pehelivannian, Lonard Slatkin, Herbert Blomstedt, Mikhail Pletnev among others. He currently performs with the Oistrakh Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Franco began his studies in the professional conservatory, “Rodolfo Halffter” in Móstoles, Madird, studying with Maestro Aurelio Perez de Gracia. He continued his education at the prestigious music center of ESMUC, Escola de Música de Catalunya where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in Viola Performance under the tutelage of Ashan Pillai, a Pinchas Zukerman´s alumnus. In 2008, Sixto Franco moved to Los Angeles to join Mr. Donald McInnes’ studio at the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California where he obtained his Graduate Certificate and Master Degree in Viola Performance and was awarded the Debora Borda Scholarship, Ruth Valentine Endowed Music Scholarship and Fellowship as well as the Dean´s Scholarship.
Sixto Franco recently completed a Graduate Certificate at Northern Illinois University for the Graduate String Quartet Residency under the tutelage of the Avalon String Quartet.

Min Park and Alexandra Matloff, violin
2016-08-11 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Program:
Min Park, violin
Ignis Fatuus (2008) – Marcos Balter (b. 1974)
Talking in Circles – Robert Honstein (b. 1980), violist Brittany Nelson
At Swim-Two-Birds (2016) – Luke Gullickson, marimba Sean Connors

Three Miniatures (2001) – George Benjamin (b. 1960)
—break—
Alexandra Matloff, violin
Viva (2012) – Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
STOMP (2010) – John Corigliano (b. 1938)
The Light Guitar, mvt III (2006) – Patrick Zimmerli (b. 1968)
Caprice No. 1 (1986) – Mark O’Connor (b. 1961)
Bios:
Min Park graduated from Northwestern University, with degree of MM in Violin Performance under the tutalage of Almita Vamos. Before NU, she received BM in Violin from University of Texas at Austin under Brian Lewis and Miro Quartet. She has been in masterclasses with Erin Keefe, Catherine Cho, Donald Weilerstein, Augustin Hadelich, to name a few. Min is active as a chamber musician as well. She formed Aoide Quartet at Northwestern University and had masterclasses with St. Lawrence Quartet, Lynn Harrell, Philharmonia Quartett Berlin, Shumul Ashkenasi to name few. In her spare time, you can find her in bikram yoga classes.
A native of Arizona, Alexandra Matloff is recognized as a versatile orchestral musician, chamber musician, and soloist. She currently performs in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has held positions with the Eastern Festival Orchestra, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. While in Florida, Alexandra served as Concertmaster of the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra for the 2014 Naxos release of Dohnányi’s Symphony No. 2 and Two Songs, Op. 22. Alexandra was also a member of the Eppes String Quartet, the graduate string-quartet-in-residence at Florida State.
With a passion for new music, Alexandra frequently premieres contemporary works, having worked with composers Julia Wolfe, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Steve Reich, Yehudi Wyner, and Chester Biscardi, among others. She has additionally collaborated and premiered new works with members of the JACK Quartet, the American Modern Ensemble, and the International Contemporary Ensemble.
As a teacher, Alexandra has worked with violinists and violists of broad ability levels. She is on the faculties of the Chicago Institute of Music Education and the DePaul University Community Music Division as a registered Suzuki teacher in Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10. While in Florida, she was a Graduate Assistant to Corinne Stillwell at Florida State University and a violin coach for the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras. Alexandra has additionally taught at Carthage College, Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Camp, and the Innsbrook Institute Summer Music Academy and Festival.
Alexandra earned her Doctor of Music and Master of Music in violin performance from Florida State University. She completed a Bachelor of Music in violin performance at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Film Screening: The Holy Mountain
2016-07-24 15:00 - 18:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Join us for a film screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain (1973). This is also a potluck, so feel free to bring food or drinks to share. Free.
More info about the film can be found here:
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0071615/

Suzanne Gillen, flute
2016-07-20 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Suzanne Gillen performs works for flute.
Program:
East Wind, Shulamit Ran
Air for Flute, Toru Takemitsu
Troglodyte, Elliott Lupp
Kokopelli, Katherine Hoover
Pathway (—>), by Jonathan Hannau
Bio:
Suzanne Gillen is an active freelance performer and teacher in the Chicagoland area. She earned both her BM and MM in flute performance from DePaul University, studying with Mary Stolper and Jennifer Clippert. While at DePaul, she not only studied orchestral repertoire and performance practice, but she also worked with various clinicians on chamber music and studied new music with DePaul’s Ensemble 20+. Notable masterclasses she’s participated in on flute and piccolo include: Mary Kay Fink, Keith Underwood, Gary Schocker, and Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.
Upon completing the first year of her MM, Suzanne took some time away from her studies to make her professional theatre debut as “Lily” in Court Theatre’s production of James Joyce’s THE DEAD; the Chicago Tribune described her as “…especially deft at those dual actor/musician duties,” for that role. After working with the combined genius of Doug Peck and Charles Newell, she returned to DePaul to complete her degree and brought with her a new, unorthodox opinion of performance practice. After convincing some other brilliant and daring musicians to join her, Suzanne and her team performed an arrangement of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf from memory while acting as the characters in the beloved children’s tale. Passionate about the marriage of different performance arts in a production, and is always looking for opportunities to combine instrumental doubling with movement, acting, and singing.
Since graduating, Suzanne has been on stage and in the pit orchestras for various theaters in the Chicago area, most notably in TimeLine Theatre’s production of JUNO, Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of SWEENEY TODD, and returned to Court Theatre as an actor musician for SECRET GARDEN (“Robin”). She also turned her energies toward private flute instruction. Suzanne is an invigorating, demanding, and encouraging flute teacher. Though she strives to make music fun and exciting, she requires diligent practice, focus, and a desire to continue improving from all of her students, regardless of skill level. She can be found teaching at the Music Institute of Chicago, Marian Catholic High School, and in her private studio in Lincoln Park.

Arboretum & Chartreuse
2016-07-15 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Arboretum (Zachary Good+Ben Roidl-Ward) teams up with frequent partners-in-crime Myra Hinrichs and Carrie Frey of Chartreuse to present a program of solos and duos, featuring music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ashley Wang*, Peter Kramer*, David Bird, and Nathan Heidelberger.

*World Premiere

Summer Recital
2016-07-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in the annual outdoor summer recital.

Spektral Quartet
2016-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Spektral Quartet performs in Ravenswood Manor Park as part of the Horner Park Advisory Council Summer Concert Series.
Program:
White, LJ – zin zin zin zin
Blake, James (arr. Fisher-Lochhead, Chris) – I Never Learnt to Share
Reminick, David 2 – movts
Mendelssohn, Felix – String Quartet No. 1 in Eb Major, Op. 12
1. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
2. Canzonetta. Allegretto
3. Andante espressivo
4. Molto allegro e vivace
(break)
Arthur Russell (arr. Young, Katherine) – I’m Hiding Your Present From You Spektral Quartet Commission
Pluta, Sam – binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state Spektral Quartet Commission
Schubert, Franz – Quartettsatz, D. 703
Reich, Steve – Triple Quartet
Biography:
Since its inception, the Spektral Quartet has sought out the discourse between the great works of the traditional canon and those written this decade, this year, or this week. Creating connections across centuries, the group further invites its listeners in with charismatic deliveries, interactive concert formats, an up-close atmosphere, and bold, inquisitive programming.
In addition to its forward-thinking Mobile Miniatures project, which commissioned over forty notable composers to write ringtones for download to mobile devices, the quartet’s recorded output includes Chambers (featuring prismatic works by living, Chicago-based composers), From This Point Forward (a zesty Latin-jazz and tango collaboration with bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro), Fin de siècle (Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet with Swiss violin soloist Rachel Kolly d’Alba), and an upcoming, comedy-themed album on the Sono Luminus label, Serious Business.
Keen on frequently treading outside the lines of classical music, Spektral Quartet partnered with avant-pop artist Julia Holter in the 2014/15 season for composer Alex Temple’s Behind the Wallpaper at the Ecstatic Music Festival in NYC and the Liquid Music series in St. Paul, MN. In 2015/16, the ensemble invigorates its ongoing collaboration with Julien Labro, and continues to season its multifarious programs with composer re-imaginings of tunes from artists such as Björk, Wilco, Arthur Russell, Bessie Smith, and James Blake.
Titled UP CLOSE, the Spektral Quartet’s 2015/16 season is studded with new works from composers like Hans Thomalla, Morgan Krauss, Mikel Kuehn, Ryan Ingebritsen, Tomas Gueglio Saccone, and Anthony Cheung as well as cornerstones of the string quartet repertoire by Beethoven, Schubert, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, and Bartók. Season highlights on the road include a residency with the JACK Quartet at Stanford University, a teaching residency at the New World Symphony, and an appearance with flutist Claire Chase at the University of Maryland’s Common Tone series.
The Spektral Quartet proudly serves as ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago’s Department of Music.

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
2016-06-25 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Stabat Mater (1736)
Kacey Kurpinsky, Soprano;
Hope Littwin, Mezzo Soprano;
Elikem Fiase, Organ

Jonathan Hannau, piano
2016-06-23 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
$10 Suggested Donation
Jonathan Hannau performs solo piano works featuring new commissions as part of the Rocking Chair Series.
Program:
A Table of Chords: Dante Thelestam
Contrast (#6): Jonathan Hannau
Chiaroscuro: Jordan Jenkins
Untitled: Shawn Lucas
Intermission

In a Landscape: John Cage
Shadow: Rebecca Saunders
Bio:
Jonathan Hannau is a Chicago-based composer who hails from New England. Starting his musical career as a classically-trained pianist, his exposure to experimental and avant-garde music as an undergraduate sparked an interest in composition. In 2014, he was the winner of the Kleinman Composition Competition for his chamber piece Petite Counterpoint.
Quirky, eclectic, and colorful, his compositions have been performed by Ursa Ensemble, Disquiet Music Ensemble, 20+ New Music Ensemble, Lakeshore Rush, and Opera on Tap. His new solo bass work Restructured Possibilities was premiered in part of a collaboration project with Access Contemporary Music and the Architecture Foundation of Chicago at the Nichols Tower during the Open House Chicago event in October 2015. Other collaboration projects involve a series of songs for New Brew at Opera on Tap.
An avid pianist and performer of new music, he currently plays in two Chicago-based groups: Ursa Ensemble and Disquiet Music Ensemble, both of which perform contemporary and classical music during their concert seasons. His new solo project titled the Rocking Chair Series involves commissions of short solo piano works to be presented alongside an interview with the composer. This is done in an effort to create an inviting atmosphere for the audience as they listen to a wide variety of musical styles and expose them to the ideas that composers think about while writing.
Jonathan completed his graduate studies at Roosevelt University and undergraduate studies at DePaul University where he studied composition with Stacy Garrop, Kyong Mee Choi, Kurt Westerberg, Christopher Jones, Seung-Won Oh and piano with Jelena Dirks. While at DePaul he was the recipient of the George & Rita Flynn Endowed Scholarship in composition. Additionally, while at Roosevelt, he served as a teaching assistant in music theory specializing in 20th century techniques. Jonathan maintains the position of music director for the Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist church and liturgy pianist for the St. Vincent DePaul Catholic church. He also serves as piano teacher at Access Contemporary Music.

VexFest
2016-06-21 12:00 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
In celebration of Make Music Chicago and Summer Solstice, we present VEXFEST.
This is a marathon interactive performance and reading of music / writing by composers Erik Satie, John Cage, and Morton Feldman. In addition to our musicians who will be coming in and out of the space to perform works by these composers–often simultaneously–, passersby will be encouraged to join in, either by playing with the musicians or reading from a variety of texts aloud in the space. Performances throughout the entire event will be organized by chance-determined time slots. The event will also feature a continuous performance of Erik Satie’s Vexations.
Led by:
Andrew Tham
Andy Costello
Christopher Narloch
Performers include:
Valdone Arffa
Stephen Boi
Jason Chen
Sean Connors
Andy Costello
Jonathan Hannau
Eric Hollander
Jeffrey Levin
Christopher Narloch
William Smith
Isaac Stevenson
Susan Tang
Andrew Tham
Ryan Zerna
Works that will be performed but are not limited to:
Erik Satie’s Vexations, Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes
John Cage’s One, One5, Five, ASLSP
Morton Feldman’s For Bunita Marcus, Two Pianos, Vertical Thoughts I for two pianos, Four Hands, Intermission 6, Piano Piece 1952
Books that will be read:
Erik Satie: Cahiers d’un mammifère
John Cage: Silence
Morton Feldman: Give my regards to Eighth Street
So join us at anytime you’re available from noon to sunset on summer solstice to play music and listen to music!
This event is FREE and open to the public.

Benefit Concert
2016-06-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Presenting pianists Alyssa Conde and Esther Nyberg in an evening of classical piano music
7:30 Concert
8:30 Reception
Suggested Donation $15 at the door.
All proceeds will be contributed toward Alyssa Conde and Esther Nyberg’s trip to the InterHarmony International Music Festival.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Italian Concerto, BWV 971, mvt. 1
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Sonata in A minor, D. 784
I. Allegro Giusto
II. Andante
III. Allegro Vivace
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
III. Largo
IV. Presto, ma non tanto
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo e sostenuto
III. Finale. Presto, ma non troppo
Bios:
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. With a full commitment to music, other activities also hold great importance. She is currently training for her first half marathon, as a healthy lifestyle is priority, she also loves to travel and explore different cultures, cross off her long bucket list, and devote all she can to those she surrounds. Ms. Conde currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
Esther Nyberg was born in Chicago, IL to a musical family and began playing the piano at the age of four. Winner of national and international competitions and recipient of numerous scholarship awards, Esther has performed in the United States and Europe, including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago Symphony Center, and Salzburg’s Wiener Saal. She participated in music programs such as the Cremona International Music Academy (Italy), Young Piano Soloists (Portugal), Green Lake Chamber Music Festival, International Music Academy Orpheus (Austria), Washington International Piano Festival, and the Mozarteum International Summer Academy.
Recent awards include top prizes in the Cremona International Piano Competition, the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra’ s Young Artist Competition, the Musicians Club of Women (Farwell Award), and the American Opera Society of Chicago (Collins Award). She was also selected as a winner in the 2015 Chicago College of Performing Arts Solo Competition and appeared as concerto soloist with the CCPA Symphony Orchestra at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Inspired by her teachers and mentors to serve the community, Esther continues to perform at several Chicago area assisted living centers and thoroughly enjoys teaching. She is also very interested in literature, the visual arts, film, dance, philosophy, and theology.
Esther earned her Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from The Catholic University of America and recently completed her Master of Music degree at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, where she studied with Ludmila Lazar. Her past principal teachers have included Ivo Kaltchev, Whe Do Kim, and Denis Moffat.
InterHarmony International Music Festival provides a chance to study with internationally renowned faculty of soloists and chamber musicians for two weeks of string, piano, woodwind, brass, percussion, or vocal instruction in Arcidosso, Italy. IIMF’s piano and string professors bring together decades of pedagogical and performance experience, offering an international outlook with an edge honed in the famous Russian school. All students will enjoy a life-changing opportunity to develop their musical abilities, grow artistically, network with fellow musicians and perform in concert. Through our Outstanding Guest Artist Series, participants will be brought together with some of classical music’s brightest lights. Students will receive four one-hour private lessons, ample practice facilities, performance opportunities in master classes, solo and chamber concerts, as well as the chance to perform
at the InterHarmony Concert Series at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York City, either solo or with the experience to play alongside faculty in serious chamber pieces.

New Music Study Group: Jesse Langen
2016-06-08 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Jesse Langen’s Description:
I’ve been teaching aspects of new music for ten years. Students from the program are at (or graduated from) Oberlin, New England Conservatory, CalArts, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Boston Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Eastman, and USC, in each case with substantial scholarships. My students have written eight operas in the time I’ve been doing this, and won a number of commissions and awards. My youth new music ensemble recently collaborated with Eighth Blackbird at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and is near the end of a yearlong collaboration with Studio Musikfabrik, which will conclude with concerts at Darmstadt and Cologne later this summer.
I believe a significant part of my success has nothing to do with my skills as a performer, composer (I am not at all a composer, for example!) or teacher; rather that I’ve come to understand a handful of things about the environments of new music and of education, and found ways to capitalize on overlaps. I believe that my way of generating and catalyzing these programs is available to anyone in new music who also teaches, and I would very much like to see others create programs like mine.
Wednesday night I’ll describe the history of my work, go into a bit of detail on my curriculum, talk about how my work fits into the national and international picture of new music education (to the extent that I can), and describe strategies for creating youth new music programs.

Ursa Ensemble
2016-05-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Program:
Quartet for the End of Time ~ Olivier Messiaen
I. Liturgie de cristal
II. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
III. Abîme des oiseaux
IV. Intermède
V. Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus
VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
VII. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
VIII. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus
Quintet in A minor for Piano and String Quartet, Op. 84 ~ Edward Elgar
I. Moderato-Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Andante-Allegro
Joseph Sanchez, Clarinet; Jonathan Hannau, Piano; Rachel Brown, Violin; Nicholas Jefferey, Viola; Veronica Nettles, Cello
Biography:
The Ursa Ensemble is a Chicago based Chamber group that seeks to present uncommon music to our audiences in unique ways, in unconventional places, and with individual interpretations. The Ursa ensemble is currently in its second official season, and has performed at a variety of locations across the Midwest, including Constellation Chicago, Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, DePaul University School of Music, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the DANK Haus, Tavern of Fine Arts, The Musical Offering, and the Ravenswood Fellowship United Methodist Church.
The Ursa Ensemble consists of some of the best young musicians in the Chicago area, all of whom are dedicated performers and artist-teachers. Clarinetist Joe Sanchez just accepted a position as Alternate Bass Clarinet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Jonathan Hannau is also an accomplished composer, who recently won DePaul University’s distinguished Kleinman Award in Composition. Violinist Rachel Brown is the Associate Principal Second Violin of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and teaches violin lessons and chamber music at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Violist Nicholas Jeffery holds the Principal Violist position with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and maintains a private studio in addition to teaching at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Cellist Veronica Nettles focuses on performance in classical chamber music and world music collaborations as well as maintaining a private studio at DePaul University Community Music Division.

Goldfeather
2016-05-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
GOLDFEATHER is a Brooklyn-based folk music band-meets contemporary classical ensemble, with a dash of cabaret for flavor. Led by native Minnesotan singer and violinist Sarah Goldfeather, Goldfeather‘s music explores unusual melodies garnished with three-part harmonies against a lush indie-folk-pop backdrop. Sarah and her fearless conservatory-trained five-piece band – Dylan McKinstry (mandolin/voice), Katie Martucci (guitar/voice), Nathan Koci (accordion/banjo/voice) and Pat Swoboda (double bass) – have collective musical backgrounds in almost every genre imaginable, including classical, contemporary classical, folk, bluegrass, avante-garde jazz, rock, musical theater, electronic music, and more, all of which factor into Goldfeather‘s unique sound. Sarah herself, in her concurrent life as a contemporary music violinist, was recently featured at TEDxMET at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and spent the fall touring with Courtney Love. The band, which was recently featured at the Ecstatic Music Festival in New York City and the Times Two Series in Boston, has a 2014 EP called Goldfeather (released under their previous moniker, Sarah Goldfeather) and will release their first full-length album, Patchwork Quilt, in 2016. Goldfeather is licensed by Finegold Music.

Crook & Folly
2016-04-28 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s art and literature magazine, is hosting an Open Mic, featuring readings from their staff and a special sneak preview of the 36th edition. Come join fellow writers and artists and celebrate the annual publication. Music, refreshments, and snacks will be served.
Get your free ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crook-folly-open-mic-sneak-preview-tickets-24661701814

Eric Hollander and Jason Chen
2016-04-02 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Eric Hollander, viola, and Jason Chen, accordion, perform as a duo
ERIC HOLLANDER is a multidisciplinary artist in search of mind-opening concepts and better methods for the globalization of original ideas. With extensive exposure in classical viola repertoire (especially focused on 20th and 21st century performance practice), traditional Irish and Celtic music, big band jazz, ska, funk, and free improvisation, Eric has found his way into a wide variety of ensemble, composer-collaborative, and creatively driven experiences. Most notably, he has participated in the Midwest Fleadh Chiol (1st place), the Massachusetts 2014 ASTA competition (2nd place), The Bowdoin International Music Festival, Gamper New Music Festival, and The Lucerne Festival Academy. Besides his musical adventures, Eric is deeply involved in poetry writing and works as the editor-in-chief of Crook & Folly literary magazine. Eric received his BM in viola performance from the Boston Conservatory in 2014 and an MA in writing and publishing from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois in 2015. Recently, Eric has been working extensively with keyboard artist, Jason Chen – whose positive collaboration, enthusiasm, and psychological tolerance he considers to be absolutely unparalleled.
Since his move to Chicago in summer 2015, JASON CHEN has been present primarily as a recent graduate in piano performance from a neighboring university and a freelance accompanist to the performance circle – despite his occasional reluctance. A peculiar tendency to indulge in any activity that would potentially prevent him from practicing the piano has recently brought him to the unexplored territory of playing other types of keyboard instruments, specifically the accordion and melodica. Jason works extensively with Eric Hollander, whom he considers one of the most politically incorrect, lucid and sincere violists and chamber music partners he has known thus far.

Spring Recital
2016-03-27 13:30 - 16:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform solo piano pieces
Refreshment sign-up sheet:
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Live stream:
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Earsight Duo
2016-03-26 20:30 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
Edo Frenkel – “how to draw the human figure” for piano and video
Earsight Duo is a creative duo that pairs Ferry’s daring percussion with Xuan’s virtuosic video art. Together, they create programs that unite music and visuals with extraordinary skill, humor, and sophistication.
EarsightDuo.com

Patterns in a Chromatic Field
2016-03-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Alexander Ellsworth and Christopher Narloch perform Morton Feldman’s rarely performed 90-minute work written in 1981:
PATTERNS IN A CHROMATIC FIELD
Suggested Donation: $10
Alexander Ellsworth, cello
Christopher Narloch, piano

Second Species
2016-03-05 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Second Species 2016 Tour

New Music for the Flute and Bassoon

Hannah Hammel, flute

Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoon

$10 Suggested Donation

Program:

Seven Pieces (2015) Theo Chandler (b. 1992)

Enlaced (2016) Jesse Limbacher (b. 1991)

Mythical Maze (2015) Daria Tennikova-Satral (b. 1989)

carnal species (2015) Kurt Isaacson (b. 1986)

(PAUSE)

grandFather (2012-13) Chris Fischer-Lochhead (b. 1984)

Caccia (2016) Peter Kramer (b. 1989)

Sittin In A Tree (2016) Rob Hutchinson (b. 1970)

Second Species is an ensemble committed to exploring the sonic and expressive capabilities of the flute and bassoon duo by working closely with living composers in the development of new works and sharing this music with a broad range of audiences across the country. As students at the Oberlin Conservatory, Hannah Hammel and Ben Roidl-Ward founded Second Species in 2015, making their debut with the world premiere of Kurt Isaacson’s eerie carnal species. This season, the duo expands its repertoire with commissions from Theo Chandler, Rob Hutchinson, Peter Kramer, and Jesse Limbacher. Second Species will perform these new works in six cities on tour in spring of 2016 in addition to Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos’ mysterious and evocative Bachianas Brasilieras No. 6 ,Chris Fisher-Lochhead’s groundbreaking grandFather for solo bassoon, and Daria Tennikova-Satral’s Mysterious Maze​ for solo flute.

http://secondspecies.weebly.com/

Crippled Symmetry
2016-01-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Isaac Stevenson, Dalia Chin, and Christopher Narloch perform Morton Feldman’s rarely performed 90-minute work written in 1983:
CRIPPLED SYMMETRY
Suggested Donation: $10
Isaac Stevenson, percussion
Dalia Chin, flutes
Christopher Narloch, piano and celesta

Grant Wallace Band
2016-01-23 20:30 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Grant Wallace Band, Thomas Snydacker, and Ben Roidl-Ward perform at Narloch Piano Studio.
Suggested Donation: $10
Grant Wallace Band is a trio of composer-performers weaving a diaphanous sound from threads of new music, modern jazz, and old-time folk styles. Composing through a uniquely collaborative process, Ben Hjertmann (voice/mandolin), Chris Fisher-Lochhead (viola), and Luke Gullickson (piano/guitar) also draw inspiration from outsider artists including the band’s namesake. 2015 saw the release of the band’s debut album Axle of the World (with Rabbit) and the EP Four Songs, both on the Two Labyrinths label.
http://www.grantwallaceband.com/
Thomas Snydacker is a saxophonist and educator currently based in Chicago. He has appeared as an orchestral musician with ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and the New World Symphony where he has worked under the direction of such luminaries as John Adams, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Marin Alsop. As a strong advocate for new music, he has a substantial list of premieres to his credit, including works by a pair of Rome Prize winners, Roger Boutry and John Anthony Lennon. Aside from his work with various orchestras; his saxophone quartet, the Estrella Consort; and as a soloist, Snydacker has performed with such notable new music ensembles as the Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble, a.pe.ri.od.ic, and Mocrep. Snydacker is currently the instructor of saxophone at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. He has previously served on the faculty of Northwestern University as an instructor, teaching in the general music curriculum, coaching saxophone quartets, and directing the Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble. He is currently in the final stages of a doctoral degree at Northwestern University. He also holds degrees from Arizona State University and the University of Minnesota, where he studied with Eugene Rousseau.
http://www.tsnydacker.com/
Ben Roidl-Ward is a bassoonist and improviser currently pursuing a Master’s degree at Rice University. A recent graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, Ben has toured with Oberlin’s Orchestra and Contemporary Music Ensemble, and recently presented all-new works for string trio and winds on tour with the string trio Chartreuse. He has performed at the Kennedy Center and as the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings’ Young Ensemble-in-Residence with his Reed Trio, Third Rail. As a soloist, Ben has been featured with the Seattle Symphony and the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble. Currently a student of Ben Kamins, he previously studied with Francine Peterson and George Sakakeeny.

Earsight Duo
2016-01-02 08:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Program:
Long Distance: Monroe, NC by Steven Snowden
Clapping Music Variations inspired by Steve Reich
Long Distance: Brooklyn, NY by Steven Snowden
…Ex Machina: Genghis? by Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez arr. Earsight Duo
Long Distance: Atlanta, GA by Steven Snowden
Bio:
Earsight Duo is a creative duo that pairs Ferry’s daring percussion with Xuan’s virtuosic video art. Together, they create programs that unite music and visuals with extraordinary skill, humor, and sophistication. First prize winners of the 2015 SMIA Competition, their upcoming season includes a week-long residency at the University of South Carolina and a featured showcase at the Chamber Music America conference at (Le) Poisson Rouge.
EarsightDuo.com

InterSpheres Trio
2015-11-05 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Suggested Donation: $10
InterSpheres Trio performs works by Balázs Horváth, Asha Srinivasan, and Dan Tramte.
Program:
Balázs Horváth – Dualith
Asha Srinivasan – Utthista
Balázs Horváth – Racs (world premiere)
Dan Tramte – i/o
InterSpheres Trio is Dr. Lisa Bost-Sandberg, flute; Éva Polgár, piano; Jacob Harpster, percussion.

COMPOSER Bios
Balázs Horváth received several prizes at Hungarian and international composer competitions, his compositions are frequently performed in Hungary and abroad. Beside the structural collectedness his music is very colourful, sometimes rich in enterprising sound effects and often uses grotesque poetic and melodic ideas. Balázs Horváth regularly appears as conductor and performer of contemporary music. In 2009 he founded THReNSeMBle with six young musicians for performing contemporary music from Hungary and from abroad.
As an Indian-American composer, Asha Srinivasan draws from her Western musical training and her Indian heritage to create her compositional language. Her music has been presented at various national and international venues including SEAMUS, ICMC, June in Buffalo, SCI, and the National Flute Convention. She won the Ruam Samai award at the 2011 Thailand International Composition Festival for Dviraag (flute and cello) and she was selected for the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, where Svara-lila (chamber orchestra) was premiered by Alarm Will Sound. She has also won national commissioning competitions, including the BMI Foundation’s Women’s Music Commission and the Flute/Cello Commissioning Circle. Other honors include: multiple ASCAPlus Awards, the Walsum prize for Kalpitha (string quartet), and the Prix d’Eté 2nd prize for Alone, Dancing (flute and electronics). Her works have been recorded on Ablaze Records, Beauport Classical, and Mark Records. Her studies include: D.M.A. in Composition at University of Maryland, College Park; M.Mus. in Computer Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, and B.A. at Goucher College. For more information, please visit www.twocomposers.org
Dan Tramte (b. 1985) is a composer, a teaching fellow at Harvard, a new media/music theorist, and the YouTube ‘Score Follower.’ Listeners have described his music in terms such as “noisy, intense” (Computer Music Journal 34-4), “youthful, energetic” (CMJ 35-3) “glitchy, fragmented, lots of silence” (ICMC 2011 review), “medium rare filet mignon” (Elainie Lillios), “I don’t feel safe in this room anymore” (Joseph Lyszczarz), and “This makes my face feel funny” (Monica Hershberger). In 2014/15 his works have been toured throughout USA and Europe by ensembles/soloists InterSpheres Trio, Patchwork, and Nico Couck. 2016 projects include Promenade Sauvage tour, and commissions from Keith Kirchoff, Weston Olencki, and Wild Rumpus.
PERFORMER Bios
(FLUTE)
Dr. Lisa Bost-Sandberg teaches composition at the University of Mary and performs as principal flute of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra and flutist of the InterSpheres Trio. Active as a performer, composer, improviser, and educator, her guest appearances include universities, conferences, and festivals in the United States and Europe. She has recorded on the Albany, GIA, and North Texas Jazz labels. A dedicated advocate of the music of today, she has premiered numerous pieces and is currently serving as chair of the National Flute Association New Music Advisory Committee. Her compositions have been selected for performance at regional, national, and international events, including National Flute Association conventions and the World Saxophone Congress in Scotland. A Montana native, Bost-Sandberg lives in Grand Forks and is a graduate of the University of Iowa (Bachelor of Music), New York University (Master of Arts), and the University of North Texas (Doctor of Musical Arts). www.lisabost.com
(PIANIST)
Hungarian pianist Éva Polgár is a renowned performer of traditional and contemporary music. She has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist in Hungary, Germany, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and the United States. Recent performances have included concerto appearances with conductors Tamás Vásáry at the Budapest Danube Palace and Horst Förster at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. A graduate of the Franz Liszt University in Budapest and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Ms. Polgár has won top prizes in competitions including the International Liszt Competition in Los Angeles. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas where she holds a Teaching Fellowship position. Ms. Polgár was recognized with UNT’s Sherman/Barsanti Inspiration Award for her originality and dedication to her creative pursuits.
(PERCUSSIONIST)
Jacob Harpster is a percussionist currently based in Chicago. As a multifaceted soloist and chamber musician, Jacob has toured throughout the United States, Europe, South Korea and all 47 prefectures in Japan. An enthusiast of contemporary music, Harpster has commissioned and premiered many works throughout the U.S. and Europe. Harpster earned his BM in percussion performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate and while at IU was grand prize winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition. He earned his MM in percussion performance with related field studies in contemporary performance from the University of North Texas. Residing in Chicago, Harpster performs with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and is a collaborating artist with Chicago-based contemporary music ensemble, Fonema Consort.

Fonema Consort: After Interventions at Constellation
2015-11-01 20:30 - 22:00 | Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
PROGRAM
Sivan Cohen-Elias – How Long is Now
Marisol Jimenez – Caro cibus
Chris Mercer – Octoid
Monte Weber – Mimesis
Katherine Young – Master of Disguises

NPS Halloween Recital
2015-10-25 13:00 - 17:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Amanda DeBoer & Christopher Narloch, Erica Dicker & Ryan Ingebritsen
2015-10-08 20:30 - 22:00 | Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
Amanda DeBoer and Christopher Narloch will give the world premiere of “Jumalattaret” by John Zorn.
Elementary Princess of Evil (Erica Dicker and Ryan Ingebritsen)
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS pre-release show
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Penderecki Sextet
2015-08-11 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Penderecki Sextet;
Tuesday, August 11, 8:00pm;
Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave.;
$10 Suggested Donation;
Mathew S. James, horn;
Zachary Good, clarinet;
Min Park, violin;
Helen Hess, viola;
Alexander Ellsworth, cello;
Christopher Narloch, piano;
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Ryan Packard and Quince
2015-08-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Ryan Packard, percussion, opens for the contemporary vocal ensemble Quince as part of the Horner Park Advosory Council (HPAC) Summer Concert Series at Ravenswood Manor Park.
Ryan Packard bio:
Ryan Packard is a percussionist, improviser, and composer based in Chicago who avidly performs contemporary and experimental music. He studied percussion at Oberlin Conservatory of Music under Michael Rosen, completed his Masters of Music at McGill University under Aiyun Huang and Fabrice Marandola, and currently performs both independently and with Fonema Consort.

Quince bio:
With the precision and flexibility of modern chamber musicians, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble specializes in experimental vocal repertoire that is changing the paradigm of contemporary music. Comprised of vocalists Elizabeth Pearse, Kayleigh Butcher, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, and Carrie Henneman Shaw, Quince is dedicated to providing a wider exposure for the music of living composers.

NPS Summer Recital 2015
2015-06-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Come and listen to students from Narloch Piano Studio perform in the third annual Horner Park Advisory Council NPS Summer Recital! Bring your own chair or blanket, or sprawl out on the grass. Enjoy refreshments at the studio afterwards.
