Author Archives: Consortium

Kathleen Ginther is awarded the Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship

Kathleen Ginther was named a 2014 Artist Fellow by the Illinois Arts Council Agency Artist Fellowship Program!

 

function:object • October 24

The Chicago Composers’ Consortium presents

function:object • digital chamber music

an evening of works for reactive and passive digital technologies paired with acoustic instruments such as flute, piano, toy piano and guitar

Friday October 24. 8 PM

Sherman Avenue Theater
1702 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
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Tickets online or at the door $15/$5 students and seniors

 
including works by Kyong Mee Choi, Tim Edwards, Julia Miller, Elizabeth Start, Nic Collins, Christopher Biggs, Francisco Castillo Triguerros, Ben Sutherland and Timothy Ernest Johnson.
Performers will include Lawrence Axelrod, piano and toy piano and others.

Join us for a varied and fun evening using cutting-edge technology and new sounds.

Due East performance at ISU rescheduled for March 19, 2015

Our concert, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 20, 2014 has been rescheduled.

Due East at Illinois State University

Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 7:30 PM (Free Admission)
Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

DUE EAST are Erin Lesser, flutes; Greg Beyer, percussion

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Kyong Mee Choi’s Reform
Timothy Dwight Edwards’s Xcymbalum for flutes, percussion and automated processing
Martha Callison Horst’s Broken Chains
Timothy Ernest Johnson’s Fortune Smiles for flutes, percussion and electronics
Elizabeth Start’s Moving Toward Evening
as well as a piece by Alexander Lunsqui

Lawrence Axelrod and Sebastian Huydts, pianos

Six Studies in Black and White

Friday, April 18 7:30 PM
Sherwood Conservatory at Columbia College Concert Hall, 1312 S Michigan Ave.
Admission at the door: $10/ $5 students & seniors / free to Columbia College students and faculty

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Lawrence Axelrod and Sebastian Huydts, pianos

Colin McPhee  Balinese Ceremonial Music
Martha Horst  Giant Variations (Chicago premiere)
Claude Debussy  En blanc et noir
Emmanuel Chabrier  España
Henri Dutilleux  Figures de Résonances
Dinu Lipatti  Danses Roumaines

 

March 20 concert at ISU postponed until 2015

Sadly, our March 20 concert will be canceled due to illness.

It is our hope that the concert can be rescheduled for the Fall of 2014. We will keep you posted.

Julia Miller’s Dissecting Adam • March 21

Dissecting Adam, an improvised opera by Julia Miller

and

I, Norton by Gino Robair

will be performed at the Music Institute of Chicago Sherman Theater in Evanston at 7:30 pm on March 21, 2014.

Sherman Theater
1202 W. Sherman
Evanston, IL
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c3 presents Lawrence Axelrod and Sebastian Huydts, pianos • April 18

Six Studies in Black and White

Friday, April 18, 2014 7:30 PM
Sherwood Conservatory at Columbia College Concert Hall, 1312 S Michigan Ave.
Admission: $10/ $5 students & seniors / free to Columbia College students and faculty

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Lawrence Axelrod and Sebastian Huydts, pianos

Colin McPhee  Balinese Ceremonial Music
Martha Horst  Giant Variations (Chicago premiere)
Claude Debussy  En blanc et noir
Emmanuel Chabrier  España
Henri Dutilleux  Figures de Résonances
Dinu Lipatti  Danses Roumaines

 

Due East at ISU details

Due East at Illinois State University  - canceled/postponed due to illness

Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 7:30 PM (Free Admission)
Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Kyong Mee Choi’s Reform
Timothy Dwight Edwards’s Xcymbalum for flutes, percussion and automated processing
Martha Callison Horst’s Broken Chains
Timothy Ernest Johnson’s Fortune Smiles for flutes, percussion and electronics
Elizabeth Start’s Moving Toward Evening
as well as a piece by Alexander Lunsqui

DUE EAST are Erin Lesser, ?utes; Greg Beyer, percussion

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C3 brings Due East Metals/Pipes program to ISU

Due East is to perform the Metals/Pipes program at Illinois State University on March 20, 2014. More details soon.

Composers’ Consortium receives the Ditson Award

The Chicago Composers’ Consortium has received the 2013 Ditson Award, providing monetary support for programming.