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Sam Zelitch

Sam Zelitch is a writer and a performer out of Chicago, Ill.
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Ensemble Dal Niente Closes (Un)Familiar Music with 7 World-Premieres

May 29, 2013
Chicago, May 22, 2013 — The (Un)Familiar Music Series closed its season by presenting seven world pr...
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Composer, soprano, and Parlour Tapes+ co-founder Jenna Lyle (photo credit: parlourtapes.com)
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Chicago New Music Label Parlour Tapes+ Makes a Killing

May 22, 2013
Just like Jay Gatsby (the literary version, not the current Luhrmann fiasco), Chicago's new music sc...
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Composer John Corigliano
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Corigliano Stimulates the Mind in Fulcrum Point’s “Altered States”

May 16, 2013
Movie composer John Williams turned 81 in February, and no orchestra stepped up to celebrate the pas...
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Post-Classical Meets Rock-n-Roll: Todd Rundgren and ETHEL in Chicago

Apr 17, 2013
The Northwestern University Bienen School of Music's Side by Side music festival  featured an impres...
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No-name $100 electric guitar
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$100 Guitar Project on Bridge Records

Mar 7, 2013
This is a Golem monster of musical compilations, a crazy idea that got out of control. “We are kind...
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Cathy Berberian
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Waiting for the Berberians

Jan 11, 2013
Here's a story I hope is true. Years ago, Laurie Anderson contacted Thomas Pynchon via snail mail to...
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The Empty Bottle
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(Un)Familiar Music’s (Re) New Amsterdam Benefit Concert

Dec 20, 2012
"Why are we holding a new music fundraiser in a Chicago rock bar?" Organizer Doyle Armbrust was the...
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