Violist and composer Joanna Mattrey performs solo and discusses her work with Option programmer Andrew Clinkman.
On Friday, May 22nd, from 7-9 PM CST, the Renaissance Society guest curates a night of live performances on this platform, featuring Theodore Cale Schafer, C. Spencer Yeh, and Karl Larson performing the hour-long piano composition SOVT, by Sarah Hennies.
A mainstay of the Chicago music scene for more than 20 years including work with seminal bands The Eternals and Trenchmouth, Option welcomes bassist, guitarist, and composer Wayne Montana for a set of original sound making. Come and close out the 2019 Option series with a legendary musician from the city we call home!
Bay area oboist and composer Kyle Bruckmann pays a visit to his former home to mark his debut on the Option stage. Kyle will perform solo as well as in a trio setting with Chicago musicians Macie Stewart and Ted Moore.
Vocalist and electronic musician Andrea Pensado brings her highly intuitive approach to music making to ESS for a solo performance as well as a discussion about her work with Option curator Andrew Clinkman.
“Option is pleased to welcome Oakland based composer and multi - instrumentalist John Krausbauer in a duo setting with the legendary Japanese guitarist and violinist Tetuzi Akiyama.” - tim daisy/Option curator
C3 combines music, food and friends in the galleries and gardens of ESS. Over the course of the afternoon, guests are invited to listen to works from the repertoire played by the C3 ensemble.
Composer, performer and co-director of the New York based Wet Ink Ensemble, Alex Mincek makes his debut on the Option stage. A conversation with Option’s own Ken Vandermark about his creative work follows the performance.
Option is pleased to welcome the prolific composer, pianist and Guggenheim fellow Myra Melford for a solo performance and discussion about her work with curator Tim Daisy. Don’t miss your chance to hear one of the giants of modern music perform in the cozy confines of Studio A.
Sarah Clausen is one of a new generation of musicians currently making waves in Chicago’s fertile creative music scene.
American musician and composer Darin Gray is best known for his multiple collaborations with diverse musicians - perhaps less known is his fantastic solo work for both bass and electronics which he will present for the Option Series followed by a discussion with Tim Daisy.
Flutist, improviser and composer Anne Laberge and vocalist/composer Amanda Schoofs mark their debut on the Option stage. Please join us for an evening of solo and duo music by these two of giants in the field of sound.
Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer Anna Webber performs a set of solo music followed by a duo set with Chicago percussionist and composer Tim Daisy. Don’t miss the chance to hear these two artists collaborate in what’s sure to be an exciting evening of sound exploration.
Prolific NY based composer and saxophonist Sam Weinberg and the versatile bassist and composer Henry Fraser perform solo and duo for their first appearance on the Option Series.
