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5 Questions to Lia Kohl and Nick Meryhew (Mocrep)

Mocrep, one of the newer ensembles on the burgeoning Chicago contemporary music scene, is making wav...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Renée Baker (composer, conductor)

Composer and conductor Renée Baker is a dynamic force in the creative music scene in Chicago. She ha...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Erica Mott and Ryan Ingebritsen (3 Singers)

Chicago-based choreographer Erica Mott and composer Ryan Ingebritsen have led an army of collaborato...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 Questions to Chartreuse-Plus (new music string trio plus guests)

Chartreuse ensemble is a tricoastal new music string trio formed by violinist Myra Hinrichs (Chicago...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Ryan Muncy Breaks New Sonic Ground for Saxophone in Chicago

Michael Lewanski, conductor of Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente, introduced saxophonist (and EDN Execut...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Spektral Quartet and Pretty Monsters Steamroll into Summer in Chicago

For its season-ending Sampler Pack, the Spektral Quartet invaded another iconic Chicago  venue not o...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
Composer John Corigliano

Corigliano Stimulates the Mind in Fulcrum Point’s “Altered States”

Movie composer John Williams turned 81 in February, and no orchestra stepped up to celebrate the pas...
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Sam Zelitch
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5 Questions to Parlour Tapes+ (contemporary music recording label)

Chicago, the wellspring of collaborative artistic ventures like the Association for the Advancement...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Post-Classical Meets Rock-n-Roll: Todd Rundgren and ETHEL in Chicago

The Northwestern University Bienen School of Music's Side by Side music festival  featured an impres...
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Sam Zelitch
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5 Questions to Scott J. Hunter (contemporary music and art advocate)

Scott J. Hunter is a modern renaissance man. Raised in a musical family, he majored in science in co...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Fonema Consort Dazzles with Mirrors II in Chicago

Fonema Consort’s Mirrors II concert dazzled like the Swarovki crystal-studded images by their host,...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Another #ChicagoNewMusicPlethora

Chicago is a hot burning bonfire of contemporary music, bursting with talented composers, expert pla...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Hour of Power: Chicago Q Ensemble on (Un)Familiar Music Series

Doyle Armbrust, creator and curator of the (Un)familiar Music Series, scored another hit for Chicago...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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New Amsterdam Benefit in Chicago on December 16 (Preview)

When composer Marcos Balter heard the news that Superstorm Sandy had ransacked the headquarters of N...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn

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