Formed as an unprecedented umbrella organization comprised of all of the groups in the city performing contemporary music, New Music Chicago is a model of large-scale, inter-organizational cooperation. We’ll feature audio from their ten-year anniversary concert.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
JacobTV: Close Fight (excerpt)
Stephen Burns, trumpet, Andy Baker, trombone (Fulcrum Point)
1:22
Timothy Ernest Johnson: Fantasy in 3G
James Baur, Jesse Langen, T. E. Johnson, guitars (Chicago Composers’ Consortium)
5:25
Augusta Read Thomas: Incantation
Andrew Williams, violin
4:55
Max Grafe: Mars One
Amanda DeBoer, soprano, and Jesse Langen, guitar (The Hasco Duo; members of Ensemble Dal Niente)
4:39
Kyong Mee Choi: Freed (excerpt)
Shanna Gutierrez, bass flute and electronics
Amos Gillespie: Jasper Johns, I
The Amos Gillespie Quartet
3:5
Amy Wurtz: Confessions for solo piano
II. Lullaby
VII. Abbreviations
Amy Wurtz, piano
5:00
William Jason Raynovich: Duet for Solo Violoncello
Herine Coetzee Koschak, vc. (Fifth House Ensemble)
8:20
Zhou Long: Five Maskers
Gaudete Brass Ensemble
9:25