New Music Chicago – Past Concerts

Program includes works by Jonathan Hannau, Lila Mora, Brice Maresh, Elliot Andrews, Liam Lupescu, Sarah Chae, Ezra Shuminas, and Joel Styzens.

Michael Gordon's percussion sextet Timber is reframed as an exploration of housing & homelessness in Chicago, in this performance utilizing slats of wood from the city's abandoned & vacant houses.

To close out Impromptu Fest 2021, Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents its program, “Songs & Chamber Music by Black Composers.” Works by Anthony Davis, B.E. Boykin, John Daniels Carter, & Eleanor Alberga.

Chicago Composers’ Consortium founding member Lawerence Axelrod presents his solo piano program to celebrate LGBT Pride Day. Works by Axelrod, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Copland, Samuel Holloway, & more.

Saxophone trio Dial-Up Stepmom (Julian Velasco, Jordan Lulloff, & Nick Zoulek) play tasteful covers of songs by Bon Iver, Taylor Swift, Moses Sumney, Whitney Houston, & more.

Chicago experimental music collective Mad Myth Science performs spontaneous compositions & rituals for an increasingly unstable world, utilizing instruments, electronics, objects, language, & movement.

Saxophonist Phil Pierick & cellist Audrey Q. Snyder present their program, “1reed4strings” to close out the first night of Impromptu Fest 2021. Works by Dorothy Chang, Jeffery Mumford, & more, plus free improvisation.

Pianist Koeun Grace Lee presents her solo program, “Surfing between Tonality & Post-Tonality,” featuring South Korean & American piano music that blurs the line between the tonal & atonal.

Join some of the most exciting artists from New Music Chicago in this special double-concert event. Featuring musicians from Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, & more.

Cassie Wieland – gossamer
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes