Thursday, May 18, 7:30 pm
Axelrod/Huydts • Five Studies in Black and White
Music for two pianos
Lawrence Axelrod and Sebastian Huydts, pianists
Sherwood Conservatory Concert Hall
1312 S Michigan Ave
Chicago
Program:
Lawrence Axelrod ~ As Summer Wanes (world premiere)
Sebastian Huydts ~ Fifth Sonata, op. 39 (for two pianos)
Claude Debussy ~ En blanc et noir
Benjamin Britten ~ Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesca
Frank Martin ~ Overture and Foxtrot
$20/$10
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 7:30 pm
Chicago Stories
Kyong Mee Choi - Water Bloom II was inspired by Grant Park’s Buckingham Fountain.
Timothy Johnson’s Logan Square: Tough Neighborhood, from From Jørgensen to Johnson is based on the family history of the composer in the city of Chicago.
The structure of Martha Horst’s Cloud Gate directly correlates to the structure of Kapoor’s sculpture of the same name.
Océanie La Mer by Laura Schwendinger is inspired by Matisse’ from the Art Institute of Chicago.
And Elizabeth Start’s With the Flow: Musings on the Chicago River takes inspiration from Smetana’s Moldau while referencing the Chicago River’s history and changes of flow, with brief vignettes that reference locations along its path.
at St. James Cathedral
65 E Huron, Chicago [map]
April 7, 2017
CCC joins the Chicago Electro-Acoustic Music Festival
at Ganz Hall
Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago [map]
Several members of the Chicago Composers’ Consortium will participate in a concert on the second day of this exciting festival. More details to come.
Free admission
note: a photo ID is required for entrance to the building
Sunday, October 30, 2016 • 2:00 pm (note changed time due to World Series conflict)
Quintet Attacca
at Nichols Hall
Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL [map]
featuring:
Elizabeth Younan • Shoreditch Grind
and the following premières:
Elizabeth Start • Gibbons: Musings on Orlando, Euell, and the Lesser Apes
Lawrence Axelrod • Fits and Starts
Martha Horst • Flicker • première
Timothy Dwight Edwards • Quintet Attacca
Kyong Mee Choi • ever-present
Timothy Ernest Johnson • Searching for Sean Ison
$20 general admission / $10 students and seniors