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Spektral Quartet--Photo by Drew Reynolds

Ear Taxi Festival 2016: Blowout Party!

Zoom out. The Ear Taxi Festival is (or rather, was) six days of music celebrating the contemporary c...
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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Ear Taxi Festival 2016: Spektral Quartet and Ensemble Dal Niente

When you arrive at the The Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, you come-in off a busy Chicago road,...
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Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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5 Questions to James Ginsburg (Cedille Records)

Did you know that September is Classical Music month? It was introduced by Bill Clinton 22 years ago...
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Thomas Deneuville
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F*ck you. Pay me: Some Thoughts on Musicians and Money.

Yesterday morning, Ellen McSweeney wrote an excellent piece detailing payment trouble she and others...
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Andrew Lee
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5 questions to Claire Chase (flutist)

Claire Chase is a flutist and artistic director/CEO of the International Contemporary Ensemble. A fi...
Author
Andrew Tham
Ryan Muncy - Photo by Chelsea Ross Photography

5 questions to Ryan Muncy (Saxophonist)

Ryan Muncy is a saxophonist who has commissioned and premiered over 100 works for the instrument.  H...
Author
Andrew Tham
Chicago Moves Cover Art

Gaudete Brass’ Chicago Moves on Cedille Records

The Chicago based quintet Gaudete Brass presents here a celebration of new, American music for brass...
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Justin D. Wright
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5 Questions to Mabel Kwan (pianist)

Mabel Kwan is a Chicago-based pianist who specializes in contemporary music.  She is a frequent musi...
Author
Andrew Tham
The Empty Bottle

(Un)Familiar Music’s (Re) New Amsterdam Benefit Concert

"Why are we holding a new music fundraiser in a Chicago rock bar?" Organizer Doyle Armbrust was the...
Author
Sam Zelitch
Chaya Czernowin - Photo Schott Promotion/Astrid Ackermann

5 Questions to Chaya Czernowin (composer)

Israeli-born Chaya Czernowin is one of the most sought-after composers in the world, receiving commi...
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Andrew Tham
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5 Questions to Kyle Vegter (composer/sound designer for Manual Cinema)

Kyle Vegter is a composer, sound designer, and producer based in Chicago. He co-founded Manual Cinem...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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(Un)familiar Wind: The City of Tomorrow in Chicago

The wind quintet The City of Tomorrow (TCOT) blew into the Windy City to perform a lively slate of c...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
The March: A Civil Rights Opera

The March: A Civil Rights Opera Emerging in Chicago

Something quite remarkable is happening in Chicago. Equal parts drama, music, history, and social ac...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Third Coast Percussion premieres Augusta Read Thomas’ Resounding Earth

On Sunday, September 30, 2012, Third Coast Percussion performed the premiere of Augusta Read Thomas&...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Ensemble Dal Niente - Photo by Max Anisimov, with kind permission

Resisting Silence, Inevitability: Dal Niente at the Beethoven Festival

For this year’s anniversary of September 11, Chicago’s second annual Beethoven Festival asked Ensemb...
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Andrew Tham
Ensemble Dal Niente

Confluence and Synchronicity: Ensemble dal Niente performs Chinary Ung at High Concept Laboratories

New music dynamo Ensemble Dal Niente presented a stirring program of music by Cambodian-American com...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Marcos Balter

5 Questions to Marcos Balter (composer)

Marcos Balter is a composer based in Chicago, where he frequently collaborates with local ensembles.
Author
Andrew Tham
Spektral Quartet at Empty Bottle - Photo Larry Dunn

Spektral Quartet’s Sampler Pack at The Empty Bottle in Chicago

Spektral Quartet served up a multi-layered sandwich of new and old music in their third annual Sampl...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Inuksuit at Millennium Park - Photo Larry Dunn

A Rain-Soaked Inuksuit in Chicago Millennium Park

In a modern world too often marked by conflicts of humanity versus nature, an exhilarating human com...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Third Coast Percussion | Soundcheck and interview at MoMA

httpv://youtu.be/82yTH0uBKHs Third Coast Percussion, a Chicago-based percussion ensemble, is: Owen C...
Author
Thomas Deneuville

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