Zafa at Northwestern
2019-03-14 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, McClintock Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, 60208, United States
Zafa Collective’s residency at Northwestern University culminates in a performance of five works, by composers Karen Bao, Tyler Kramlich, Kitra Razin, Ruud Roelofsen, and Lisa Atkinson. Each work is scored for string quartet, piano, and percussion.

Spring Recital
2019-03-24 14:00 - 17:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform in three mini-recitals at 2:00pm, 3:00pm, and 4:00pm.

Raquel Navarro, violin
2019-04-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Raquel Navarro, student of Rachel Brown,
performs her senior violin recital with guest musicians.
Partita No. 2 in D minor, Johann Sebastian Bach
Etude Op 10 No. 7, Frédéric Chopin
Violin Sonata No. 3, Johannes Brahms
Bagatelle No. 3, Antonin Dvorak
True Impromptu No. 2, Seamus Fisler
Danse Espagnole, Manuel de Falla

Beyond This Point
2019-04-26 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Join Beyond This Point for an evening of works being developed for upcoming shows. Featuring percussionists Alex Monroe, John Corkill, and Rebecca McDaniel alongside vocalist/actors Emmy Bean and Sarah Thompson Johansen, the evening’s works focus on exploring the topics of identity and nature among others.

Viet Cuong – Water Wine Brandy Brine
Sean Griffin – Pattycake
Casey Cangelosi – fAnaTiC
Jennifer Margaret Barker – Blue Waters
John Cage – Dream
Emmy Bean – The American Girl’s Handy Book for Frogs

Katie Klocke & Minji Kwon
2019-05-15 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Katie Klocke, violin
Minji Kwon, piano
Program:
Preludio from Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Song without words, Op. 19b, No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn
“Obsession”from Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor by Eugene Ysaÿe.
Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano by César Franck
Widmung (Dedication) by Schumann-Liszt
Sonatensatz (Scherzo in C minor from the F.A.E. Sonata) by Johannes Brahms

The Hours
2019-05-17 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Narloch Plays Glass III
Christopher Narloch performs the complete film score of “The Hours” composed by Philip Glass, arranged by Michael Riesman and Nico Mühly.

Golconda / Andrew Weathers
2019-05-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Golconda (Luke Gullickson), and Andrew Weathers perform original acoustic folk music.
Andrew Weathers (Littlefield, TX)
arteries of vast pastures
andrewweathers.bandcamp.com
andrewweathers.com
Golconda (Albuquerque, NM)
perceptional brume distillations
http://golconda.band
lukegullickson.com

Reggie Thomas, Matt Ulery, and Gregory Beyer
2019-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Reggie Thomas, Matt Ulery, and Gregory Beyer present jazz standards, João Gilberto, and more.
FREE
Bios:
Reginald “Reggie” Thomas is Coordinator of the internationally recognized Northern Illinois University School of Music’s Jazz Studies program. He succeeds the esteemed jazz educator Ronald Carter, who retired after 20 years at NIU.
Thomas has performed internationally in Canada, Italy, Poland, Senegal, and England, and his recordings include work with Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, Clark Terry, and Mike Vax, as well as recordings as a leader and with his jazz vocalist wife, Mardra. Thomas is co-author with Wynton Marsalis and others on the important jazz teachers’ resource Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz (GIA Publications).
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Chicago based bassist/composer and bandleader, Matt Ulery, has developed an instantly recognizable sound. Known for his sweeping lyricism, unconventional phrase structures, expressionistic emotionalism, Ulery’s music, from small, diverse chamber ensembles to full orchestras, is informed by the entire spectrum of jazz, classical, rock, pop, and folk– specifically American, South American, Balkan, and other European folk styles. He has been performing for 23 years on upright, electric, and brass basses. For a decade, Ulery has been the leader of his own groups and frequent collaborator. Ulery has produced and released 8 albums of all original music under his name including three recent releases of critical acclaim, “By a Little Light,” “Wake an Echo,” and “In the Ivory,” on Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music record label in 2012-2014 and his latest, “Festival (2016),” and “Sifting Stars (2018)” on his own label, Woolgathering Records.
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Fulbright Scholar, composer, educator, and “prodigiously talented percussionist” (Chicago Classical Review), Gregory Beyer is a contemporary music specialist who blends the disciplines of orchestral, jazz, and world music into a singular artistic voice. He is the Director of Percussion Studies at Northern Illinois University and is a core member of two Chicago-based new music ensembles: Dal Niente and the CCCC’s Grossman Ensemble. Beyer is also Artistic Director of Arcomusical, an organization dedicated to the Afro-Brazilian berimbau. Arcomusical released its first album, MeiaMeia, in 2016 on Innova Recordings and has subsequently appeared on WNYC, WBEZ, and NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Arcomusical received a 2016 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant to create the twenty-minute, four-movement “Roda” with composer Elliot Cole. “Roda” has received over two dozen performances and most recently was performed as a concerto with the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra as “Roda Grande.” In March 2019 on National Sawdust Tracks, Arcomusical released its second album, Spinning in the Wheel.

Summer Recital
2019-07-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Ravenswood Manor Park, Chicago, IL, United States
Students of Narloch Piano Studio perform at Ravenswood Manor park.

Emma Ritter and Esther Nyberg
2019-07-15 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Emma Ritter and Esther Nyberg present an evening of music for voice and piano.
Set 1: The Witches
Felix Mendelssohn – And’res Maienlied “Hexenlied”, Op. 8, No. 8
Richard Strauss – Junghexenlied, Op. 39, No.2
Clara Schumann – Lorelei
Set 2: Antonín Dvořák – Cigánské melodie, Op . 55
1. Má píseň zas mi láskou zní
2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj prerozkošně zvoní
3. A les je tichý kolem kol
4. Když mne stará matka
5. Struna naladěná, hochu toč se v kole
6. Široké rukávy a široké gate
7. Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého
Set 3: The Lore
Franz Schubert – Erlkonig D.328 ; Op.1
Der Geistertanz D.116
Hugo Wolf – Der Feuerreiter, Mörike-Lieder, No.44
Set 4: Paul Bowles – Blue Mountain Ballads
1. Heavenly Grass
2. Lonesome Man
3. Cabin
4. Sugar in the Cane
Bios:
Emma Ruth Ritter, 26, was born in Northwest Indiana, but cultivated, grew, and blossomed in Greenville, South Carolina. While the sweet tea and humidity treated her well, the call of corn fields brought Emma back to Northwest Indiana for her undergraduate degree. Emma attended Valparaiso University on a full tuition scholarship and received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2015.
Following her graduation, Emma, and her cat Oliver, went off to the great land of upstate New York, where Emma began her graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. At Eastman, Miss Ritter was seen in productions of Cendrillon​(Madame de la Haltiére), Turn of the Screw ​(Mrs. Grose), Le nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), and won awards in both the Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition and the Friends of Eastman Opera Aria Competition.
Before making her move to Chicago, Emma soaked up the sunshine in Santa Barbara, California as a Vocal Fellow at the prestigious Music Academy of the West.
Emma now resides with her fiancé and two cats in Rogers Park. Currently, Emma is in her second and final year as a Chicago Opera Theater Young Artist. Miss Ritter made her Chicago Opera Theater last year and in November, performed her second role with the company, Marta in Iolanta ​by Tchaikovsky. Emma studies with Judith
Haddon. Last year, Emma was the grateful recipient of the Farwell Trust award from the Musicians Club of Women as well as the Arthur J. & Glenna B. Collins Scholarship from the American Opera Society.
Esther Nyberg was born in Chicago and began playing the piano at the age of four. A winner of numerous scholarships and awards, Ms. Nyberg has performed in venues in the United States and Europe, including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center, The Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Cremona’s Museo del Violino, and Salzburg’s Wiener Saal. As concerto soloist, she has appeared with the Skokie Valley Symphony, the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony, and Portugal’s Orquestra de Camara de Cascais e Oeiras. She has participated in several summer music programs, most recently the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, where she received the Outstanding Lieder Collaborative Pianist Award. She has also performed in solo and collaborative masterclasses conducted by Barbara Bonney, Bo Skovhus, Martin Katz, Ingrid Fliter, Jeremy Denk, and Boris Berman, among others.
Inspired by her teachers and mentors to serve the community, Esther continues to perform at several Chicago assisted living centers and thoroughly enjoys teaching. She currently serves on faculty at Concordia University’s Preparatory and Community Piano Program and maintains her own private studio. She is also very interested in literature, the visual arts, poetry, dance, philosophy, and theology.
Ms. Nyberg holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Catholic University of America and a Master of Music degree from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, where she recently received a Performance Diploma studying under scholarship with Ludmila Lazar. Her past principal teachers include Ivo Kaltchev, Whe Do Kim, and Denis Moffat.

Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet
2019-07-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Nora Shaffer, Erin Miesner, Cally Laughlin, Joe Sanchez
Program:
Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 for Clarinet Quartet – Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), arr. Erin Miesner
Allegro non tanto e comodo
Adagio con sentimento religioso
Allegretto moderato ed innocente
Molto adagio – Allegro non tanto, ma molto scherzoso
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Works for Clarinet Quartet arranged by Erin Miesner:
Perpetuum Mobile – Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899)
“Pas de Trois” from Swan Lake – Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
“The Brisk Young Sailor” from A Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Shepherd’s Hey! – Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder (b. 1950)
Bio:
Established in 2011, Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet (LECQ) is committed to the performance of high quality chamber music, unbounded by style or instrumentation, that showcases the unique capabilities and versatility of the clarinet family. Comprised of voices similar to a string quartet, LECQ’s repertoire is focused on translating music originally written for other instrumentation into relevant listening experiences.
As Vandoren artists, LECQ concertizes and presents clinics throughout the Midwest. Lake Effect has performed at the International Clarinet Association’s Clarinetfest (2017, 2019), Vandoren Clarinet Ensemble Festival (2013), presented at the Vandoren booth at the Midwest Band Clinic (2013, 2014), and was invited to compete in the quarterfinal round of the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in South Bend, Indiana. Additionally, the quartet was in residence with Chicago Composer Jonathan Hannau at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute (2017). LECQ will release their first album in the summer of 2019.
Members Nora Shaffer (Clarinet, E-flat Clarinet), Erin Miesner (Clarinet), Cally Laughlin (Clarinet), and Joseph Sanchez (Bass Clarinet) met while students at DePaul University. In addition to giving clinics and performances with Lake Effect, they are each active freelancers and teachers in the Chicago area.
During time not spent perfecting the art of clarinetistry and quarteting, LECQ passionately pursues the craft of (s)wordplay, the art of matching outfits to their red shoes, and a deep, deep love of adorable kitty-cats.

Myra Hinrichs and Carrie Frey
2019-08-05 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Myra Hinrichs and Carrie Frey string duo
Fjola Evans “Dogged”
Erica Dicker “The Hierophant” and “Udall’s Cove”
Bohuslav Martinu “Three Madrigals”
Some Motets by Orlande de Lassus
Maybe a new piece by Robert Scott
Myra and Carrie (of Chartreuse) are coming to Chicago to play a lil’ duo show! Myra is usually around these parts but Carrie is flying from NYC to enjoy the Chicago summer. They are excited to play some things they have never played before.

Aaron Michael Butler and Justin Peters
2019-08-06 20:00 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Aaron Michael Butler and Justin Peters
vibraphone music
$10 suggested donation
Program:
Justin Peters
Improvisations (25′)
Aaron Michael Butler
Brian Harnetty – Could I Tell You A Little Story About That? (9′)
Aaron Michael Butler and Justin Peters
Sarah Hennies – Flourish (35′)
Bios:
Aaron Michael Butler is a percussionist/composer/educator based in Athens, Ohio. When not performing or teaching he enjoys 90s R&B, cheap beer, mid-shelf whiskey, and tacos.
https://www.aaronmichaelbutler.com/
Justin Peters is a Chicago-based drummer, percussionist, and producer. He is currently Artist-in-Residence at Zen Yoga Garage.
https://justinpetersmusic.squarespace.com/

Robin Meiksins, flute
2019-08-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Robin Meiksins performs a solo flute recital.
Program:
Cliff House Haze (2018) – Brooke C. Herndon
To the four corners and around again (2018) – Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer
Aubade (1987) – Libby Larsen
I was not who (2019) – Rebecca Gray
Worry (2019) – Robin Meiksins
Shadowmark (2014) – Laura Harrison
Inrageous (2018) – Kimberly Osberg

Liz Pearse
2019-09-06 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Singing while accompanying oneself at the piano is not a “new” endeavor — but in the realm of art song, it is certainly unusual. Performer Liz Pearse’s self-accompanied recitals hearken back to the era of the salon: an informal, intimate, and fresh atmosphere in which to absorb songs both old and new. This particular evening presents some gems of 20th and 21st century song, including a centennial celebration of Francis Poulenc’s La bestiaire, alongside newly-commissioned works inspired by members of the animal kingdom.
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Finding joy in variety, Liz Pearse is a musician of many pursuits. Liz began her exploration of the endless possibilities of the voice after a childhood spent playing any instrument she could lay hands upon. As a performer, her uniquely colorful and versatile voice has led to performances of wide-ranging works from medieval to modern, and though she is known as a specialist in contemporary vocal repertoire, she also deeply enjoys a well-aged song. Liz has recently begun a long-term project commissioning and performing works for singer at the piano (though she still enjoys the collaborative process!), and presents her second full-length program of such pieces, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Poulenc’s La bestiaire featuring newly-commissioned animal portraits, on tour in 2019.
Liz is one-fourth of Quince Ensemble, a treble-voice quartet dedicated to “charting bold new directions in vocal chamber music” (John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune). Their third album, Motherland, was released to critical acclaim by New Focus Recordings in spring 2018, and they head back to the studio to record love fail summer 2019.

The Blue Rose
2019-09-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
A performance of avant-garde Jazz and Classical fusion.
Erin Peisert: Vocal Stylings
Vivian Yanzhe Yu: Electronics
Christopher Narloch: Piano
Jason Wayne Sneed: Bass

Alyssa Conde
2019-09-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Mozart – Sonata A Major, K. 331
Scriabin – Prelude & Nocturne for Left Hand, Op.9
Schubert – 3 Piano Pieces, D.946
Bio:
Alyssa Conde grew up in Sunrise, FL and began her studies with Ms. Sandra Feraco. Today she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance from Florida Atlantic University where she studied with Dr. Irena Kofman. And a Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts where she studied under Dr Ludmila Lazar. She has performed throughout the United States and Europe. Some festivals she has attended include The University of Florida’s Summer Academy, Brevard Music Festival, The Chamber Music Institute in Lincoln Nebraska, The International Academy of Music in Cremona, Italy, The InterHarmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso Tuscany, Italy and the Golandsky Institute Piano Symposium of 2018 in Portland, Oregon. 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. Recently she was selected to perform in the 2018 PianoFest at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, which honored the centenary of Claude Debussy’s death. Ms. Conde has performed in Master Classes by Nelson Delle – Vigne Fabbri, James Giles, Enrico Elisi, Asaf Zohar, the Escher String Quartet, Gabriel Dobner and more. Currently a sought after collaborative pianist, and in pursuit of furthering her performing career, she also teaches privately and is on the Piano Faculty at the Chicago School of Music.

Clara Schumann's 200th Birthday
2019-09-18 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Clara Schumann:
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
piano solo selections from Op. 5
Jonathan Hannau, piano
Hannah Christiansen, violin
Kelly Quesada, cello

Michael Finlay
2019-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Schubert – Four Impromptus, Op. 90
Ravel – Gaspard de la Nuit
Chopin – Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54
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, Colorado Springs, 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.
In addition to his work as a soloist, he is an active chamber musician. He has performed piano chamber music in numerous international music festivals including the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Banff Centre. He is also highly sought-after as a collaborative pianist and has worked with countless established vocalists and instrumentalists over the years.
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.

Adult Piano Student Recital
2019-09-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Adult piano students from the studio of Alyssa Conde perform.

Acute Trio
2019-10-17 20:30 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Acute Trio is a modular saxophone trio with members Kyle Hutchins (USA), Bera Romairone (Argentina), and Sara Zazo (Spain) who met at the 2016 Darmstadt Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Germany. Their program will consist of new works written for them by 113 (One Thirteen) Composer’s Collective members Joey Crane, Benjamin J Mansavage Klein, Sam Krahn, Joshua Musikantow, Tiffany M. Skidmore, and Adam Zahller.

Laura Farré Rozada
2019-10-19 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Program:
The French Reverie
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – Prelude n.8 ‘Un reflet dans le vent’ (1929)
Philippe Manoury (b.1952) – Toccata pour piano (1998)
Ofer Ben-Amots (b.1955) – Akëda (2000)
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) – Sonate pour piano (1946-1948)
I. Allegro con moto
II. Lied
III. Choral et Variations
Joel Järventausta (b.1995) – La vehemència del despertar “for Laura” (2016)
Thierry Escaich (b.1965) – Jeux de doubles (2001)
Vladimir Djambazov (b.1954) – 33:8 (1981/2016)
Bio:
Laura Farré Rozada is an award-winning pianist and mathematician specialised in contemporary music. She has been among the 11 musicians selected for the NEXT music programme with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group for the 2018/2019 season.
She recently completed her Master of Music degree at the Royal College of Music in London as an RCM Patrons’ Award Holder, where she received an ‘Exceptional’ Distinction (94%) at her 1st-year MMus Recital. Previously, she graduated with Distinction from her Bachelor and Master piano studies with Jean-François Dichamp at ESMUC (Catalonia College of Music), and from her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics at UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). She obtained several Distinction Awards in all her studies.
Laura recently published her first solo album The French Reverie, funded by 208 patrons from 28 countries across the 5 continents.
She has performed as a soloist in Spain, France, Germany, Canada, Bulgaria and the UK, and has appeared on the main Catalan and Spanish media, Channel France 3, France Musique, Classic FM Radio and the Bulgarian National Radio.
In 2018, Laura made her debut with Robert Gerhard’s Piano Concerto with ‘Camerata Eduard Toldrà’ Chamber Orchestra conducted by Edmon Colomer. In the same year, she World-Premiered in London Joel Järventausta’s Piano Concerto with the New Perspectives ensemble conducted by Timothy Lines, giving a second performance at the CBSO Centre with the NEXT ensemble conducted by Michael Coleby. She has also performed with ensembles conducted by Thomas Foskett-Barnes, Matthew Hardy and Jean-Bernard Matter.
She has worked with composers such as George Crumb, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Rebecca Saunders, Márton Illés, Rolf Hind, Nino Russell, Albert Sardà, Sergi Ramis, Pablo Carrascosa, Carlos Rojo and Lewis Coenen-Rowe; and premiered works by Philippe Manoury, David Lang, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Vladimir Djambazov, Thierry Escaich, Ofer Ben-Amots, Joel Järventausta, Lara Poe, Stella Fiorenzoli, Dani López, Ákos Lustyik, Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Karim Younis, Benjamin Heim, Bronwen McVeigh and Patrick McGraw.
Laura has participated in several masterclasses with professors Stanislav Pochekin, Mikhail Voskresensky, Felix Gottlieb, Konrad Elser, Boris Berman, Dmitri Alexeev, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Michel Béroff, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Andrew Haigh, Albert Tarakanov, Natasa Sarcevic, Marcel Baudet, Mark Knoop, Malcolm Wilson, Mark Knoop and Nelly Ben-Or, among others.
As a researcher, she has written essays on music and mathematics and the piano repertoire of the 20th century. Due to her multiple interests and her training in other instruments, Laura has also engaged in several musical projects that involved her in arranging music for the Swedish choir Köörmit, singing in choir festivals in Germany, France and Russia, and performing and recording for bands such as GentleMusicMen, The Pinker Tones and Love of Lesbian.
In 2017, Laura was among the 20 performers selected to join the Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions in Canada, and received a High Commendation from the jury (Mei Yi Foo and Tim Gill) at the RCM Contemporary Competition. Since April 2018, she has been featured at the itinerary exposition ‘D’ONES: Women’s (R)evolution in Music’ in several venues, including Palau Robert in Barcelona.

Oasi Trio
2019-10-25 20:00 - 21:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Kathryn Vetter (clarinet), Claire Niederberger (violin), and Magnus Villanueva (piano) as the Oasi Trio present six world premieres by composers Will Healy, Paul Hwang, Clark Hubbard, Chelsea Komschiles, and Diana Marcela Rodriguez. All composers and performers are alumni of the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. The commissioned pieces vary in instrumentation with two trios, one trio with electronics, a solo violin piece, a solo clarinet piece, and a duo for clarinet and piano. These premieres showcase diverse styles including electroacoustic elements, music paired with an olfactory experience, and genre-mixing art-pop. Come join us for an evening of varied instrumentations and musical styles!

Halloween Recital 2019
2019-10-27 14:00 - 17:00 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Students perform solo piano works from jazz to classical to downright spooky! Wear your costume!

The Witching Hour
2019-10-28 21:00 - 22:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Indulge your love of the bizarre, the spooky, the macabre with multimedia performances that will make your spine tingle and your skin crawl. Join us if you dare.
What is being performed?
The music will range from the unsettling to the downright creepy, with a little bit of #3spooky5me in between to cleanse your palate.
Can I wear a costume?
You call it a costume, we call it letting your true self out of the bag once a year… (so, yes, costumes encouraged).
Who’s behind me in the dark?
Idk, probably someone else who’s at this party?
Should I go into this dark room with the burned out light?
No. Literally never. Why.

Adult Piano Student Recital
2019-11-01 19:30 - 20:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Adult students from Narloch Piano Studio perform.

Riley Leitch
2019-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Performing his own solo works and improvisations.
William Riley Leitch is a Chicago area trombonist. Riley has performed at the Nief Norf Festival, soundSCAPE Festival, and the Lucerne Festival Academy where he studied with members of Ensemble Intercontemporain and Ensemble Modern. Riley has premiered over 20 new works for solo trombone, chamber ensemble, and orchestra with groups such as Ensemble Dal Niente and at events and venues such as Ear Taxi Festival and Red Note New Music Festival. His performance and composition focus on deconstructing tradition barriers between disciplines and between performers and audiences.

JUX + Zoulek
2019-11-09 20:00 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Juxtatonal [JUX], a theatrical new music voice and cello duo, teams up with saxophonist Nick Zoulek to explore the concepts of relevance and vulnerability through a playful yet meaningful contemporary music concert. The program includes new commissions from JUX’s latest Relevance Project and works from both of Zoulek’s albums (“Rushing Past Willow” and “Enter Branch”) in addition to works for all three performers.
JUX aims to legitimize playfulness on stage, find creativity in a recreative art, and connect with audiences through compositions that blur the lines between music, art, and theater. In the spirit of this mission, JUX commissioned 14 composers for new works responding to the concept of relevance. The compositions deal with issues of vulnerability, self, privilege, gender, age, and culture.
In addition to collaborating with JUX to perform three world premieres, Zoulek will share some of his own compositions. He explores new possibilities in saxophone performance, creating visceral tapestries of sound and has been praised as a “no-holds-barred engine of avant-garde exploration,” (Portland Press Herald) and “stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre” (Wall Street Journal).
For more information about the artists, visit their websites: www.juxtatonal.com and www.nickzoulek.com

Bow & Hammer
2019-11-15 20:00 - 21:30 | Narloch Piano Studio, 4636 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Bow & Hammer has a very provocative program this season, combining elements of folklore, improvisation, and popular styles within the familiar framework of Mozart, Ravel, and Bartok.
Ravel: Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano
Mozart: Sonata in E minor for Piano and Violin
Bartók: Sonata No 2 for Violin and Piano

Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
2019-11-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Fulton Street Collective, 1821 W Hubbard St Suite 307, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (1985)
Myra Hinrichs, violin; Min Park, violin; Nicholas Jeffery, viola; Kelly Quesada, cello; Christopher Narloch, piano
