Impromptu Festival

Marie Alatalo and Garrett Mendelow. Experience the sound of here and now in eight concerts featuring the music, performers and composers of Chicago today.

Ear Taxi Festival – Background

BACKGROUND Ear Taxi Festival 2021 (ETF2021), a presentation of New Music Chicago (NMC), is a citywide, multi-daycelebration of new and experimental musical traditions that will feature approximately 600 Chicago artistsin dozens of hours of programming, the vast majority featuring recently created works by Chicagocomposers, improvisers, and sound artists. Reaching estimated audiences of over 10,000 through […]

Impromptu Festival

Amos Gillespie Quartet and Gaudete Brass. Experience the sound of here and now in eight concerts featuring the music, performers and composers of Chicago today.

Impromptu Festival

Shi-An (Andy) Costello, Ian Le and Kyra Saltman. Experience the sound of here and now in eight concerts featuring the music, performers and composers of Chicago today.

Impromptu Fest 2019

New Music Chicago is pleased to present Impromptu Fest 2019. Impromptu Fest is a series of 8 concerts, showcasing members of New Music Chicago.  Now in its second year, Impromptu Fest is a platform to hear all that is going on with our members, from freshly composed acoustic music, to works with electronics and film, […]