Event Description

Join some of the most exciting artists from New Music Chicago – including founding ensembles, well-known solo artists, AND newcomers to the Chicago new music scene! – in a double concert event on October 10th at the new Epiphany Center for the Arts, celebrating NMC’s 15th anniversary! Sets at 7:30 and 9:00.

This will be a live-streamed event, with a small, invite-only in-person audience. Tickets will be available for the live streamed event. One ticket gives you access to both incredible sets! Purchase tickets here.

For access to full program notes and performer bios, visit this page!

Program:

7:30

Lisa Kaplan of Eighth Blackbird: 

Vick (i/y) – Andy Akiho
Patience – Ayanna Woods

Lawrence Axelrod and Elizabeth Start of The Chicago Composers’ Consortium:

Oscurecimiento gradual – Orlando Jacinto Garcia
Talking to Trees – Lawrence Axelrod
April in New Orleans in April – Elizabeth Start

Jacob Greenberg of International Contemporary Ensemble:

Endless Shout – Geoge Lewis

Janice Misurell-Mitchell:

Density 21.5 – Edgard Varèse
The Light that Burns: in memoriam Gabriel Mitchell – Janice Misurell-Mitchell

9:00

Stephen Burns of Fulcrum Point New Music Project:

movements from Pendulum – Clarice Assad

Nick Photinos:

Inner Space – Kyong Mee Choi
Everything in Bloom – Susanna Hancock
 Dam Mwen Yo – Nathalie Joachim

Henry Zheng:

Three Miniatures – George Benjamin
Nocturne – Kaija Saariaho

Marianne Parker:

Setting the World at Five and Seven – Frank Oteri

Amy Wurtz:

Psychotic: A Tainted Land – Malcolm Solomon

Amy Wurtz and Marianne Parker:

“Karnavalito” from Sonata Serrana No. 1 – Gabriela Lena Frank

Shi-An Costello:

encores for piano – Shi-An Costello