“Chicago Composers: the Next Generation” celebrates the work of composers in the Crossing Borders Music Young Composers Project. In the project, youth from music programs in North Lawndale and Garfield Park receive weekly composition lessons and write a piece for the Crossing Borders Music string quartet.

Richard Brasseale (saxophone) and Jonathan Hannau (piano) explore reflective musical works for saxophone and piano, including premieres by Brasseale and Hannau.

Composers Xavier Beteta (Guatemala), Josh Rodriguez (Colombia), and Richard Scofano (Argentina), will offer three world premieres – a rich sonic feast presenting eclectic aesthetics that draw inspiration from classical, contemporary, and Latin American dance and folk music. A celebration of music by Chicago-based composers from Central and South America, this concert of new piano trio music performed by Stephen Uhl, Brian Ostrega, and Brian Gaona will also feature the bandoneon. 

Legendary sound collage group Negativland and “real-time cinema” visual artist SUE-C collaborate to bring you their latest audio-visual performance

Composer & vocalist Elizabeth Rudolph presents original songs and chamber music, featuring soprano Angela Born, pianist Florence Mak, and Theresa Lams on clarinet and saxophone.

Marissa Kerbel, pianist, will perform a program comprised entirely of new works by friends and colleagues with an emphasis on works by NMC composers.

A piano program of musical reckonings with climate change, including works by Alexandra Du Bois, Brian Field, and Miller.

Join us for this improvisation session featuring current and past Chicago Jazz String Summit artists. 

Dorothy Carlos (solo cello)Doyeon Kim (gayageum) and Tomas Fujiwara (drum set)Yacouba Sissoko's SIYA (kora and n'goni)

Suite for Bass and Ironing Bored Variation is a 20-minute piece performed by six bassists under the direction of bass choirmaster Tatsu Aoki.

A double bill of new vocal music!

Join us on 4/12/2024 at 7:00 pm for an evening of experimental community and multimedia theater at the International Museum of Surgical Science.

Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones pushes the boundaries of free jazz, composition and electronic forms, with the raw riotous energy of “spiritual punk”

Join us for a special collaboration between Duo RIso and Garden Unit Duo as a quartet!

Birdhouse Inc., Constellation, and Experimental Sound Studio are proud to present the Greg Ward Quartet performing Fred Anderson, Composer; interpretations celebrating Fred Anderson’s 95th year. 

The Bridgeport-based string duo presents an evening-length work for detuning instruments by Shi-An Costello.

Veronica Anne Salinas will be leading a deep listening practice followed by a guitar drone performance by Zane Morris.

Featuring works by women composers, including a world premiere by Kristen Kunkle, in collaboration with Dr. Abbie Brewer, piano.

Join us for the release of Osnat Netzer's debut album of contemporary chamber music, with live performances, refreshments and an art exhibit

In partnership with New Music Chicago Presents, CCE presents the program "The Midwestern Connection" which features mixed chamber music by living composers based in Chicago and the Midwest.

Laurel Halo performs solo at Bond Chapel. Presented in partnership with The Renaissance Society

Pianist and Chicago Composers Consortium member Larry Axelrod performs works by Lisbon-based composers, as well as his own composition.

Experience the Midwest premiere of legendary minimalist composer La Monte Young’s The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China (1962) in Dream Light.

Experimental Sound Studio and Asian Improv Arts Midwest are proud to present Japanese performer, composer, and sound poet Tomomi Adachi with Chicago artist Lou Mallozzi.

For this one night performance, musician and composer Macie Stewart has arranged her debut solo album Mouth Full of Glass for a large ensemble. The evening opens with a special guest performance by Damon Locks and Dana Hall.

ESS presents Moment to Moment, a collective of artists including Hamid Drake, Joshua Abrams, Lisa Alvarado, Michael Zerang, and Zahra Baker.

Friday, April 21: The Bridge Presents Sophie Agnel & Michael Zerang - 7:30PM

The Tuning of the Elements involves four distinct areas of binaural electronic beat patterns corresponding to the frequencies of different brainwaves, situated around a droning string quartet in the center.

A special afternoon of free music with a subset of the magisterial Exploding Star Orchestra, Rob Mazurek's incendiary large ensemble.