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Green Mill All-Stars - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct10-tin monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/90c0c8a0-2532-4227-95c0-b2566db40e33/PD-Oct10-tin.jpg Full Schedule - Career Conversations with Christopher Tin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ac-chicago-bagatelles monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1756407468836-1EK2CMTMYMJKWK1UN4IE/AC_28_chicago-bagatelles-project.jpg Full Schedule - Chicago Bagatelles Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/depaul-faculty-artist-series-christopher-jones-and-osnat-netzer-composers monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/a909777b-d8a8-47d2-8258-e7e261c648fe/AC_25_jones-netzer.jpg Full Schedule - Depaul Faculty Artist Series: Christopher Jones and Osnat Netzer, Composers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/michael-hall-stories-at-the-blackstone monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d68f221a-f6b3-4ab8-8dfd-68f200d9247c/AC_20_michael-hall.jpg Full Schedule - Stories at the Blackstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/magnificent-misdeed monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/c9265fee-2044-455c-a2bc-3956114eabb3/AC_21_magnificentMisdeed.jpg Full Schedule - The Magnificent Misdeeds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/vanishing-point monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/25493a54-2e3c-4925-85d8-bc4cfade3195/AC_30_vanishing-point.jpg Full Schedule - Vanishing Point - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/station4 monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1758039970855-5BRZC8MMCUJYG2V7AX15/AC_23_station4.jpg Full Schedule - Mark Nagy's Station Four - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct14 monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1218cd24-d871-4d59-b27b-e01dd4db877a/PD-Oct14.jpg Full Schedule - Demystifying Contracts for Creatives with Odell Mitchell - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct12 monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/2e03510e-30ce-46c4-b7aa-a95479f88090/PD-Oct12.jpg Full Schedule - Music Community Networking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/dissolving-paradigms monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1758035603606-AABIKEIA3GPR3WI89NP9/PD-Oct13-dissolving-paradigms.jpg Full Schedule - Dissolving Paradigms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ccpa monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/402ff07a-874d-49be-8e72-d1b60246205f/AC_25_ccpa.jpg Full Schedule - Lemuria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ac-threads-of-time monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/4d27a391-f0b9-4cdf-82cc-6dd0e57ebaeb/AC_11-1_ayse.jpg Full Schedule - Threads of Time - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ac-dalniente monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/82a84973-5468-4631-a40c-bfa9da491e37/AC_19_dalniente.jpg Full Schedule - Hard Music, Hard Liquor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/cosmia monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1757688470796-BTOUE6VY516X2BSOI45A/AC_26_cosmia.jpg Full Schedule - moth songs ii: thresholds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/benjamin-sung-and-david-kalhous monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/a5beb8a7-59c1-4080-9989-eb572524039c/AC_31_Sung-Kalhous.jpg Full Schedule - Benjamin Sung and David Kalhous - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/fulcrum-point monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/87e31867-1db8-4837-98c7-adc24ba2c06b/AC_21_fulcrum-point.jpg Full Schedule - Fulcrum Point New Music Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/alarm-will-sound monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/368e0abf-5d70-4451-b6ab-f233517c4968/AC_24_alarm-will-sound.jpg Full Schedule - Alarm Will Sound - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/daniel-baer monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1761315676409-18S2IFTTG6D721G9IVAZ/AC_24_Daniel-Baer.jpg Full Schedule - Nervous Liturgies: The Piano Music of Robert Savage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/trio-accord monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/cab87bca-996d-4bba-a5ed-62ef479f5894/AC_24_trio-accord.jpg Full Schedule - Grand Accord Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pnext monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/f49a86fb-1be6-4d1b-a050-1a373569ccbe/AC_25_pNeXT-Ensemble.jpg Full Schedule - pNeXT Ensemble - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ryan-de-ryke-and-daniel-schlosberg monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/3edcc5db-7c9d-4978-bbc2-11649c677b8d/AC_24_Ryke-Schlosberg.jpg Full Schedule - Ryan De Ryke and Daniel Schlosberg - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/rising monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/bbb2b178-ce63-4bc5-b6c4-6fa25311c8c9/AC_21_Rising.jpg Full Schedule - Rising - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/northwestern-university-chorale monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/e465c4d3-23b5-4534-bf2c-bc50e956acf3/AC_11-1_Northwestern-University-Chorale.jpg Full Schedule - Northwestern University Chorale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/bce monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/c1243f2d-55ce-4e1e-9f24-55a1b998bc84/AC_24_Northwestern-BCE.jpg Full Schedule - Bienen Contemporary/ Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ac-mucca-pazza monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/05ac3b27-d2a5-4e86-be5a-960df71db203/AC_11-2_muccapazza.jpg Full Schedule - Mucca Pazza with 7th Period - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct10 monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/a309bf36-4ef5-4846-97be-b76382fda765/PD-Oct10.jpg Full Schedule - Check It Out: The benefits of getting your music into libraries – a guide for the entrepreneurial composer. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct7 monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d389bf07-e700-4680-a65e-066270c45328/PD-Oct7.jpg Full Schedule - Sonic Speculations in the Documents of Postwar Japanese Art - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ap-oct-18 monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751572135916-ZE0Y5OT59AERSG48RID9/Chicago+Phil%2C+Apollo+Chorus+-+An+African+American+Requiem.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival presents Invictus &amp; An African American Requiem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ap-oct-17 monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751571467109-MDKIFQXN9WIFB2BUBBBL/Chicago+Fringe+Opera+-+Soper%2C+Baiocchi%2C+Barnes.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Chicago Fringe Opera present Soper, Baiocchi, and Barnes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ap-oct-11 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/c575483d-7870-45e0-ab7b-a25307f4272d/The%2BLost%2BBirds%2B-%2BWFC%2B%26%2BE20%2B_v2.jpg Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival, DePaul Ensemble 20+, and&nbsp; William Ferris Chorale present “The Lost Birds” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/cs-oct4 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/70cb512e-6902-42e4-a1c1-0fe835beeba3/10_4_Quintet%2BAttacca.jpg Full Schedule - Composer Showcase Featuring Quintet Attacca - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/cs-oct16 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/ae583080-a9a0-4450-95dd-4020e0c80b47/10_16_Lakeshore%2BRush.jpg Full Schedule - Composer Showcase Featuring Lakeshore Rush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/ap-oct-3 monthly 0.5 2025-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751570528673-0FW24RBE5FML32A4TLZB/Bella+Voce+-+Lost+Objects.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/43c52397-d8b7-430e-9d95-f832bb3f1a6a/NEW+IAC+LOGO_Black_Green+%283%29.jpg Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1e764555-63ad-4e74-a60f-80731f21b533/image001.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/5c4d2084-49e2-46a4-b461-4ec62fcba7a6/DCASE+LOGO.jpg Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1593534237073-2BE9LX9FP3WN1KNM0836/Driehaus_RGB_Print.jpg Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dd6db8b1-73b6-4787-80d3-e038b24e82f6/Study_Logo_the-study-at-University-of-Chicago-midnight.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/cc2b7969-b127-42c2-a305-a48791e7d938/NMUSA-logo-social-2.jpeg Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/35939095-ffce-4ac3-96e2-bda34788976d/begyle_hop_illustration.png Full Schedule - Ear Taxi Festival and Bella Voce present “Lost Objects” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/cs-oct12 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1752021379520-TFLKFQZOBM0AGLXP8JIH/Voice+%26+Piano.png Full Schedule - Composer Showcase Featuring the Ravinia Steans Institute - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/cs-oct10 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751463774142-K9JSBKSO1AGOBMC7Q5AN/Kaia+String+Quartet.png Full Schedule - Composer Showcase Featuring KAIA String Quartet - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct15 monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751507407189-GJ6NLWK6N0Z3PNQKL3RD/10_15+Picosa%2C+Flannau+%26+Quijote.png Full Schedule - Flannau Duo + Quijote Duo // Picosa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/pd-oct13 monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1755006810385-S563NBA3G3WOHJSQDWJB/ETF25_Oct13-Pleiades-Jam.jpg Full Schedule - The Pleiades Improv Jam - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct9 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751506361272-MYDHUZ46O4VVPV5RCGRI/10_9%2C+Ase%2C+Nick+Zoulek%2C+Ty+Boque.png Full Schedule - Ty Bouque // Nick Zoulek // Aśe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct4 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751505060125-BJ0K8W5XRK0EV5VU7DQY/10_4+%28Constellation+Men%27s+Ensemble%2CChicago+Composers+Consortium%2C+Caroline+Jesalva%2C+Shannon+McGinnis+and+Corrine+Costello%2C.png Full Schedule - Chicago Composers Consortium // Caroline Jesalva // Shannon McGinnis &amp; Corrine Costell // Constellation Men’s Ensemble - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct12 monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751506811910-0KPMT4IPHCUL7A9CD61J/10_12%2C+Stare+at+The+Sun%2C+Arcomusical%2C+Fonema+Consort.png Full Schedule - Fonema Consort // Arcomusical &amp; Krissy Bergmark // Stare at the Sun - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct8 monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751505584826-NTPQWBS1H5WB8XDD5TC0/10_8+Black+Moon+Trio%2C+Alyssa+Arrigo+%26+Leila+Bowie.png Full Schedule - Alyssa Arrigo and Leila Bowie McClenahan // Black Moon Trio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/full-schedule/tc-oct5 monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1751504526132-ZUWN7YKVS7B4IYHJ3Z8Q/10_5%2C+La+Caccina%2C+Holocene%2C+Crossing+Borders+Music.png Full Schedule - Crossing Borders // La Caccina // Holocene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/loki-karuna monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/karen-freeman-wilson monthly 0.5 2025-10-15 https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/doyle-armbrust monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1011bed9-1769-44d4-a4b0-e6d1d7492d51/doyle.jpg 2025 Artists - Doyle Armbrust - Noted as “a well-connected pillar of the Chicago new-music scene” by The New York Times, violist Doyle Armbrust is a founding member of the multi-Grammy-nominated Spektral Quartet. Motivating his work are the twin beliefs that 1) Curiosity should be the only prerequisite for a captivating musical encounter, and 2) For a musical encounter to be relevant, it must immediately connect to what it means to be alive today. This creed threads through his professional writing, found within the pages of Time Out Chicago, Chicago Magazine, and Crain’s Chicago Business, as well as program books at the Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati Symphonies. Doyle is currently violist for new-music supergroup The Grossman Ensemble as well as host and creator of The Society of Disobedient Listeners pre-concert discussion series at UMS on the University of Michigan campus. He is conspicuously proud to serve on the board of directors for D-Composed, a Black ensemble based in Chicago and driven by a mission to uplift and empower society by providing a platform for exceptional Black music. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/marta-aznavoorian monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/11c09a26-e183-4a9c-9936-97365420beef/marta.jpeg 2025 Artists - Marta Aznavoorian - A Pianist of exceptionally finished technique and purity of musical Impulse” (Boston Globe), Armenian/American Pianist Marta Aznavoorian is known for her inspiringly spirited playing and vast emotional reach. The multi-Grammy-nominated artist has performed to critical acclaim throughout the world as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She made her professional debut at the age of 13, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, K 491 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the invitation of Sir George Solti. She then went on to engage with orchestras throughout the United States and abroad, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and many others, including an engagement with the New World Symphony as a result of an invitation from Michael Tilson Thomas, who was also the conductor. Aznavoorian has many awards and accolades, including First prize in the Stravinsky International Competition and the special prize for best interpretation of the commissioned contemporary work. As a recipient of the Level 1 award in the National Foundation of the Arts talent search, Aznavoorian became a Presidential Scholar and was invited to the White House, where she met former President George H.W. Bush and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. With her expressive energy and originality she brings to new and traditional classical music, Aznavoorian has recorded extensively for Naxos, Warner Classics, and Erato, and has just released her 7th album under the record label, Cedille Records. Aznavoorian is a founding member of the Grammy-nominated Lincoln Trio, which Fanfare Magazine has labeled as the “hottest Trio in the business”. Aznavoorian also performs extensively with violinist Stefan Milenkovich and her sister, cellist Ani Aznavoorian. The Aznavoorian sister Duo is set to release their debut album in 2022 called “Veiled Mountain: Gems from Armenia” for Cedille Records. A champion and lover of contemporary music, she has recorded music and premieres by the world’s leading composers of our time, including William Bolcom, Osvaldo Golijov, Augusta Read Thomas, Shulamit Ran, Stacy Garrop, Joan Tower, and Jennifer Higdon, among others. A student of the renowned teacher Menahem Pressler, Aznavoorian received her Bachelor’s Degree and Artist Diploma at Indiana University and her Master’s Degree from New England Conservatory. As a dedicated educator and philanthropist, she gives lessons and masterclasses across the United States and abroad and is on faculty at DePaul University and the Music Institute of Chicago, where she is also an Artist in Residence. Aznavoorian works with many programs to help create training pathways for students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. Her new foundation aims to help fund these students and help them achieve their full musical potential. Marta Aznavoorian is a Steinway Artist. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/stacy-garrop monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8a302432-5965-483c-8235-ebf55abadd78/stacy+garrop.jpg 2025 Artists - Stacy Garrop - Stacy Garrop’s music is centered on dramatic and lyrical storytelling. The sharing of stories is a defining element of our humanity; we strive to share with others the experiences and concepts that we find compelling. She shares stories by taking audiences on sonic journeys – some simple and beautiful, while others are complicated and dark – depending on the needs and dramatic shape of the story. Dr. Garrop (b. 1969) is an award-winning, internationally recognized freelance composer and lecturer living in the Chicago area. Her catalog covers a wide range, with works for orchestra, opera, oratorio, wind ensemble, choir, art song, various sized chamber ensembles, and works for solo instruments. Recent commissions include Forging Steel for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Goddess Triptych for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, There's a village in my sneakers for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Spectacle of Light for the Music of the Baroque Orchestra, Berko's Journey for the Omaha Symphony, Song of Orpheus for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, The Battle for the Ballot for the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, In a House Besieged for The Crossing on texts by Lydia Davis, Forged by the Sea for the United States Navy Band, and Alpenglow, a double concerto for saxophone, tuba, and wind ensemble commissioned by a consortium of 18 organizations. Notable past commissions include My Dearest Ruth for soprano and piano with text by Martin Ginsburg, the husband of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Glorious Mahalia for the Kronos Quartet, Give Me Hunger for Chanticleer, Rites for the Afterlife for the Akropolis and Calefax Reed Quintets, Slipstream for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Musicians Chamber Music Series, and Terra Nostra (oratorio), commissioned by the San Francisco Choral Society and Piedmont East Bay Children’s Chorus. Her current commissions include a concerto for pianist Marta Aznavoorian and the Chicago Philharmonic, song cycle for soprano, baritone, and orchestra for Cabrillo Festival on texts by Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony, and a string quartet for Grant Park Music Festival. Dr. Garrop has received numerous awards and grants including an Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fromm Music Foundation Grant, Barlow Prize, and three Barlow Endowment commissions, along with prizes from competitions sponsored by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Omaha Symphony, New England Philharmonic, Boston Choral Ensemble, Utah Arts Festival, and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. Earlier in her career, she participated in reading session programs sponsored by the American Composers Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra (the Composers Institute). Recent performances of her orchestral works were given by the Baltimore, Chicago, Fort Collins, Fort Worth, Philadelphia, Reading, Richmond, and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras, of her wind ensemble works by the U.S. Marine Band and U.S. Navy Band; and of her chamber works by the Avalon String Quartet, Boston Trio, Capitol Saxophone Quartet, Ensemble Échappé, h2 Saxophone Quartet, Kronos Quartet and the Lincoln Trio. Theodore Presser Company and ECS Publishing carry her works. Dr. Garrop is a Cedille Records artist with pieces currently on thirteen CDs, with the most recent release April 2024 with the first recording of her oratorio Terra Nostra. Cedille also released the piano trio version of Repair the World as a digital download. Her works are also commercially available on more than a dozen additional labels. In recent years, she has served as the featured composer of the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival and Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, with additional guest residencies at the Great Plains Saxophone Workshop, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan State University, Florida State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and University of Denver. She also served as a mentor composer for the Cabrillo Conductors/Composers Workshop, LunART Festival Composers Hub, and the Toulmin Foundation. Garrop is an ongoing mentor for Chicago a cappella’s HerVoice Emerging Women Choral Composers Competition. She was the first Emerging Opera Composer of Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Program (2018-2020), during which she composed The Transformation of Jane Doe and What Magic Reveals with librettist Jerre Dye. She also held a 3-year composer-in-residence position with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra (2016-2019), funded by New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras. She previously served as composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony (2009/2010) and Skaneateles Festival (2011), and as well as on faculty of the Fresh Inc Festival (2012-2017). Dr. Garrop earned degrees in music composition at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.M.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Indiana University-Bloomington (D.M.). She taught composition and orchestration full-time at Roosevelt University from 2000 to 2016 before leaving to launch her freelance career. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/damien-geter monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/b2e64df1-65dd-4f91-8814-cca48d631219/Damien+Geter.jpg 2025 Artists - Damien Geter - Damien Geter is an acclaimed American composer who infuses classical music with various styles from the Black diaspora to create music that furthers the cause for social justice, as well as a celebrated bass-baritone – “amazing to listen to. Possessed of a rolling, resonant voice even at the lowest register” (Northwest Reverb) – whose varied credits include performances from the operatic stage to the television screen. He is Richmond Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence through 2026 and serves as Interim Music Director & Artistic Advisor at Portland Opera. Geter’s rapidly growing and “invigoratingly fresh” (Opera Today) body of work includes chamber, vocal, orchestral, and full operatic works, with his compositions praised for their “skillful vocal writing” (Wall Street Journal). In the 2024/2025 season, the world premiere of Geter’s new major opera, Loving v. Virginia, concludes Virginia Opera’s 50th anniversary season. Based on the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the opera is co-commissioned by Virginia Opera and Richmond Symphony, co-produced by Virginia Opera and Minnesota Opera, and features a libretto by Jessica Murphy Moo, Denyce Graves as director, and Adam Turner conducting. Another new opera of Geter’s, Delta King’s Blues, commissioned by IN Series, will be workshopped in January 2025 and premiered later that year. His song, Amanirenas, commissioned by soprano Karen Slack for her African Queens art song program, tours at Washington Performing Arts, the Ravinia Festival, Aspen Music Festival, 92nd Street Y New York, the Nashville Symphony, and Friends of Chamber Music Denver. His newly commissioned song, Gentle lady, do not sing, is included on the Choral Scholars University College Dublin’s album, Music by James Joyce, Volume I (September 2024, Signum Classics). As conductor this season, he leads Paul Moravec’s opera The Shining, based on Stephen King’s iconic novel, at Portland Opera, and Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night Gala, America the Beautiful concert. Future commissions include world premieres with the Richmond Symphony and Nathaniel Dett Chorale, plus a new operatic production at Portland Opera in 2026. In the 2023/2024 season, Des Moines Metro Opera presented the full-length world premiere of Geter’s opera, American Apollo, starring Justin Austin, William Burden, and Mary Dunleavy, with a libretto by Lila Palmer and David Neely conducting. Opera Now proclaimed Geter’s orchestrations created “a kaleidoscopic ‘American Impressionism’, with borrowings from other genres of the time, creating a diverse palate to accommodate the vivid characters” and Opera Today stated the composer’s “sound palette and approach is very much his own distinct amalgamated voice”. Last season, Chicago Symphony Orchestra programmed Geter’s Annunciation on the concert Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7; Richmond Symphony premiered Sinfonia Americana; his song cycle COTTON saw its New York premiere at the 92nd Street Y, starring Denyce Graves and Justin Austin; Oregon Bach Festival presented his new Bach transcription after Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier; and the Recording Inclusivity Initiative recorded his String Quartet No. 1 “Neo-Soul”. In 2022, Geter had six premieres as a composer, including his large work, An African American Requiem, in partnership with Resonance Ensemble and the Oregon Symphony with subsequent performances at the Kennedy Center; I Said What I Said for Imani Winds, co-commissioned by Anima Mundi Productions, Chamber Music Northwest, and The Oregon Bach Festival; his one-act opera Holy Ground for Glimmerglass Opera; Elegy for the American Guild of Organists; The Bronze Legacy for Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and the chamber version of American Apollo for Des Moines Metro Opera. Called “superb” by The News Tribune, DC Theater Arts praises his “commanding presence and voice full of bass-baritone gravitas”. Last season, Geter portrayed the role of abolitionist and historian William Still to great critical acclaim in Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s oratorio Sanctuary Road, presented by Virginia Opera, and based on the writings of Still, who is credited with helping nearly 800 enslaved African Americans escape to freedom. He also joined Auburn Symphony Orchestra in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony and Rembrandt Chamber Musicians in The Wayfarer’s Melodies: A Musical Journey, singing the John Ireland Songs of a Wayfarer cycle. Recent season highlights include Geter’s Metropolitan Opera debut in the Grammy award-winning production of Porgy and Bess as the Undertaker. He performed the title role of Quamino in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s Quamino’s Map with Chicago Opera Theatre; as Angelotti in Tosca with the Portland and Eugene Operas; as Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden with Hawaii Opera Theatre; and as Sam in Reno Symphony’s Voices of a Nation: Trouble in Tahiti. In concert, Geter performed as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Richmond Symphony and Fresno Philharmonic, Handel’s Messiah with North Carolina Symphony, and in the role of William Still in Sanctuary Road with the Oakland Symphony. On television, Geter made his TV debut as John Sacks on NBC's Grimm and was seen in Netflix's Trinkets. Musical theater credits include Kevin Rosario in Lin Manuel-Miranda's In the Heights and Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. Geter is an alumnus of the Austrian American Mozart Festival and the Aspen Opera Center, and was a semifinalist for the Irma Cooper Vocal Competition. He toured with the prestigious American Spiritual Ensemble, a group that helps promote preserving the American art form the spiritual. He is the owner of DG Music, Sans Fear Publishing. Music in Context: An Examination of Western European Music Through a Sociopolitical Lens, the book he co-authored, is available on Amazon, or directly from the publisher, Kendall Hunt. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/christopher-jones-and-osnat-netzer monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Christopher Jones and Osnat Netzer - Osnat Netzer /osˈnat ˈnɛtsɛʁ/ is a composer, performer and educator. Osnat creates her compositions collaboratively, tailoring her work to the performer’s sensibilities, physicality and improvisational inclinations. She takes inspiration from cognitive linguistics, and in dialogue with the embodied experience of physical forces, such as potential and kinetic energy, resulting in compositions that are rich in musical languages and connected to the fulsome pursuit for tension and relaxation. Netzer’s works have been commissioned and performed by Ensemble Dal Niente, ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble), saxophonists Kenneth Radnofsky and Geoffrey Landman, Spektral Quartet, and Winsor Music, among many others, published by Edition Peters and earthsongs, and recorded on Bridge Records and New Focus Recordings. She is currently Associate Professor and Director of Composition and Musicianship at DePaul University. Christopher Wendell Jones is a composer of intricately designed music that explores issues of identity, memory and time in distinctive, unconventional ways. Jones' music has been performed internationally and throughout the United States at venues including the Darmstadt Ferienkurse in Germany, the Havana Festival of Contemporary Music, Merkin Hall in New York, and the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D. C. He has given lectures at many institutions, recently including Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. As a recipient of commissions from the Koussevitzky Foundation and the American Composers Forum, among others, Jones has collaborated with a broad range of musicians, including sfSound, the Mivos and St. Lawrence String Quartets, the Callithumpian Consort, David Milnes and the U. C. Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and many outstanding soloists. Jones currently resides in Chicago, where he is Associate Professor of Musicianship and Composition and Chair of Musical Studies at DePaul University. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/green-mill-all-stars monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Green Mill All-Stars - The Green Mill All Stars were formed for the purpose of performing new music at the Green Mill for the fall concert, part of a series of three new music concerts at the club that are presented each year. The founder of the series, composer George Flynn, began it with a January concert that would always include a celebration for his birthday, done with humor and often with audience involvement. The new music concerts are now scheduled three times a year: fall, winter, and spring, and the curators are usually members of New Music Chicago or Chicago composers and performers of new music. The fall concerts have been curated by Frank Abbinanti and Jeff Kowalkowski, and since 2023 have been curated by Janice Misurell-Mitchell. Recent programming has included a wide range of music from the 20th and 21st centuries: new instrumental and electronic music, jazz, vocal and spoken word pieces, and a few that include audience participation. The fall concert repertoire is created with particular themes in mind. These may be related to musical traditions, political ideas, or general repertoire that relates loosely to the concert's title. An example is the satiric "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" concert, which brought in 100 people. The concert venue provides a welcoming space for musical risk-taking, humor, and pieces that may fit more into performance art than traditional new music concerts. The casual nature of the concerts creates an atmosphere of music which challenges its listeners yet makes them feel included in the musical space. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ccpa monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/402ff07a-874d-49be-8e72-d1b60246205f/AC_25_ccpa.jpg 2025 Artists - Roosevelt University CCPA Contemporary Ensemble - Benjamin Firer is the newly appointed Assistant Professor of Conducting at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. Based in Chicago, he also serves as Music Director of the Harper Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Conductor of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025–2026 season, he is a Music Director finalist with the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra, where he will lead a performance of Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with CCPA guitar faculty An Tran. Additionally, he will serve as principal conductor for Harmonie North and will appear as guest conductor of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, presenting Video Games in Concert, a fully immersive multimedia experience. He previously served for eight years as Orchestra Director at Northeastern Illinois University, where he led orchestral ensembles, opera productions, and developed the conducting curriculum. He has previously directed collegiate orchestras at Penn State University, Juniata College and Lewis University. Firer serves on the board of directors of the Illinois Council of Orchestras where is serves on the conducting mentorship committee, devoted to supporting budding orchestral conductors and music educators. A dynamic and sought-after guest conductor, Firer has appeared with orchestras nationally and internationally, including the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra (Hungary), Milwaukee Symphony, Altoona Symphony, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, DuPage Symphony, Miami Symphony, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, and Orchestre de la Francophonie (Canada). He has also served on the conducting staff of the Quad Cities Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, and Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra. Firer holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree from Yale University. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/threadsoftime monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/f8148685-4e8c-468f-80a1-5ed49dc10675/threads-of-time-event-819x1024.jpg 2025 Artists - Ayse Celasun-Cacie Miller-Maya Galperin - Ayse Celasun Ayse Celasun is a French-Turkish pianist based in Chicago. A former tenured professor at the Conservatoire de Créteil (France), she is the founder of Notre École de Musique LLC (2014), a French-style music school, and Fine Arts Music – Performance & Scholarship (2013), a nonprofit supporting concerts and scholarships. She earned a Performance Diploma from the École Normale de Musique in Paris and a Licence de Musicologie from Paris VIII University. Ayse performs internationally while teaching piano and organizing cultural events, building bridges between Europe and the U.S. through music and education. Her repertoire spans Classical to Contemporary. Cacie Miller Chicago-based pianist Cacie Miller is an active chamber musician and founding member of the Ferrer Miller Duo and the Helia Trio. She leads Composing Our Climate, performer-driven commissioned works engaging the climate crisis. Cacie has performed solo and chamber music across Chicago as well as in Germany, Italy, and Puerto Rico. Her work emphasizes storytelling, community partnerships, education, and an environmentally attentive performance practice. Maya Galperin Originally from Russia, pianist Maya Galperin is a soloist, chamber musician, and international collaborator. She earned an MM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University’s Bienen School, studying with Sylvia Wang and Betty Buccheri. She has performed in Russia, the U.S., France, Italy, Belgium, and Czechia. Since 2003 she has been a collaborative pianist and coach at Northwestern. She also teaches at the Merit School of Music in Chicago and appears in masterclasses, recitals, and competitions across the city https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/dal-niente monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1757687705780-5934VRUKKOM9JUMIR4KE/dal-ninete.jpg 2025 Artists - Ensemble Dal Niente - Ensemble Dal Niente performs, develops, and sustains new and experimental music for small to large chamber ensemble. We are dedicated to growing relationships with artists, composers, and listeners; advancing distinct and challenging musical voices; and sharing that work with our Chicago, U.S., and international communities. For more information, go to www.dalniente.com. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/cosmia monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - cosmia opera collective - cosmia opera collective is a student-run organization facilitating the performance of new works by historically-marginalized (female-identifying, LGBTQ+, and/or POC) composers at northwestern university. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/rising monthly 0.5 2025-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/b70e2cc7-0fcb-4885-8fc6-eaaa8e0b5b07/Rising.jpg 2025 Artists - Rising - This ensemble of midwest-based women (Mary Kothman and Lisa A. Williams-violins, Nora Frisk-viola, Elizabeth J Start-cello) formed to elevate composers who might be underrepresented & whose voices need to be heard. They rose to share this common vision. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ryan-de-ryke-and-daniel-schlosberg monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Ryan De Ryke and Daniel Schlosberg - Ryan de Ryke is a vocal artist whose versatility and unique musical presence have endeared him to audiences in the worlds of song, musical theater, early music, oratorio, and concert music. He has performed at many of the leading international music festivals including the Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals in the UK and the summer festival at Aix-en-Provence in France, garnering significant acclaim as both a recitalist and singing actor. Having studied with John Shirley Quirk, Ian Partridge, and Georges Backes, he is also an alumnus of the Britten-Pears Institute in the UK and the Schubert Institute in Austria where he worked with great artists of the song world such as Elly Ameling, Wolfgang Holzmair, Julius Drake, Rudolf Jansen, and Helmut Deutsch. His performances with Haymarket Opera have been heralded by the Chicago Tribune among their top 5 list. Pianist Daniel Schlosberg leads a kaleidoscopic musical life. He has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in numerous chamber music and new music concerts. He has a passion for contemporary music, and has premiered Augusta Read Thomas’s “Starlight Ribbons” and given the US premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s Calices with violinist Austin Wulliman. He has recorded for the Albany, Bridge, Bright Shiny Things, Centaur, Navona, New World, Nimbus, Jacaranda and Permelia labels. In the art song realm, he was on staff at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and was the founder of the Baltimore Lieder Weekend. Based in Chicago, he is on faculty at the University of Notre Dame. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/pnext-ensemble monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/edfda08e-ea76-4372-b03b-e7a7bb1bcb00/pNeXT+Ensemble+Trio+indoor1.jpg 2025 Artists - pNeXT Ensemble - Composer, pianist, and organist Michael Gustav Miller (b.1968) began studying piano in 1973 with Sandra Renegar in Ida Grove, Iowa, including theory, composition, and wind instruments. At 13 he started organ lessons with Phyllis Schultz. He continued studying piano with Arne Sorensen in Sioux City, Iowa. Early concerto appearances included Beethoven second in Sioux City, and Saint-Saëns second in Valparaiso, Indiana, as the first winner of the Lutheran Summer Music Program national academy’s concerto competitions, in 1983. He served as organist for several churches in his hometown during middle and high school, and for churches in Iowa City while in college. Michael attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City as one of only ten full scholarship academic Presidential Scholars, studying piano with noted pedagogues John Simms and Kenneth Amada, oboe with James Lakin, and composition with Richard Hervig and William Hibbard, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1988 with degrees in piano and oboe. At the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Michael studied with many extraordinary artists, including members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Further appearances with orchestra included works of Bach and Cage in Boston. Michael has been heard live on WGBH radio in Boston playing works of Rameau, Harbison, and Etler. He can be heard as soloist with orchestra on John Cage’s unusual Ryoanji on a CD issued by Mode Records. John Cage described Michael’s playing as “extraordinarily beautiful”. Michael received the Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory in 1991. Michael returned to the University of Iowa for further graduate work in music composition, collaborating with fellow artists while on staff of the University’s Dance and Music Departments. After working with various churches, orchestras, theatre, and ballet companies in the Midwest and New England, he settled in Chicago in 2001 to work full-time as an independent artist as a teacher, composer, and performer. He has been twice nominated for a Jeff Award for theatre music direction in Chicago. Michael taught piano lessons for many years at Access Contemporary Music in Ravenswood (Chicago). Currently he serves as the Organist and Music Director of Unity Lutheran Church in Edgewater (Chicago), and since 2016 as founder of Concerts at Unity concert series. Recent compositions include Elegy Variations for flute, for Trevor Watkin; Enambered, for the Chicago Bass Ensemble; Insomnia for double bass, for Doug Johnson; Byzantine Fantasy, for English horn and harp, for St Simon's Episcopal Church (Arlington Heights); Heart of Tungsten, for cello and piano, for Alexa Muhly; Spinning on the Beach, for clarinet and piano, for John De La Paz and Unity Lutheran Church; and Caduceus Fantasy, for violin and cello, for the International Museum of Surgical Science. Jonathan Thomas recently graduated with a Master’s degree in horn performance at DePaul University where he studied with Chicago Symphony Orchestra second horn James Smelser and Lyric Opera second horn Neil Kimel. Jonathan is also an avid music educator and is currently the horn instructor for People’s School of Music as well as the temporary band director of Forman High School in CPS. Prior to living in Chicago, Jonathan studied horn performance and music education at University of Michigan where he studied with Adam Unsworth. During his time there, Jonathan performed in a wide variety of musical ensembles including Michigan’s Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Band, Jazz Ensemble, Creative Arts Orchestra, Digital Music Ensemble, and Michigan Marching Band. Jonathan has also performed with a variety of professional ensembles in Michigan including the Dearborn Symphony, Rochester Symphony, Detroit Chamber Orchestra, and the Regenerate Orchestra which specializes in newly composed aleatoric music. In 2019, Jonathan also received an EXCEL grant from the University of Michigan to commission a new piece of music for horn, soprano, and piano. As an avid chamber musician, Jonathan has enjoyed playing in a variety of chamber music contexts including the DePaul graduate brass quintet, a string plus horn quintet to play Eleanor Alberga’s “Shining Gate of Morpheus”, DePaul Brass Ensemble, and new music ensemble Ensemble 20+, where he premiered a new piece for nine brass musicians and timpani by Augusta Read Thomas. Jonathan has also spent six quarters playing in DePaul’s Symphony Orchestra and has also greatly enjoyed his time in DePaul’s Wind Ensemble. When not performing or teaching, Jonathan enjoys exploring the various musical venues all over Chicago including jazz clubs and street festivals. Ari Hunter Scott is a cellist, composer, and improviser based out of the Chicago area. With performing degrees from Illinois Wesleyan and DePaul University, Ari has been performing around the midwest for several years, both as a soloist, and as an orchestral and chamber musician. Her repertoire is wide, often performing Debussy, Poulenc, Prokofiev, and Francaix, together with her own music and that of many emerging composers. She often has worked across genres, with jazz musicians, pop artists, and many others. As a composer, she has written several chamber and solo works, as well as several soundtracks, both featuring acoustic and digital music. She often performs concerts, weddings, and other events. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/fulcrum-point-new-music-project monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Fulcrum Point New Music Project - Conductor, composer and trumpeter Stephen Burns is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project in Chicago. He has been acclaimed on four continents for his virtuosity and interpretative depth in recitals, orchestral appearances, chamber music, and multi-media performances. He has worked closely with composers John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Gunther Schuller, Jacob TV, and La Monte Young. Native to Wellesley, Massachusetts, Mr. Burns studied under Carmine Caruso, Armando Ghitalla, Arnold Jacobs, Vincent Penzarella, Gerard Schwarz, Pierre Thibaud, William Vacchiano, and Roger Voisin at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Julliard School, and postgraduate work in Paris. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Avery Fisher Career Grant, the NEA Recital Grant, the Naumburg Award, the Charles Colin Award, the Meier Arts Achievement Award, and the Maurice André Concours International de Paris. A certified teacher in The Art of Practicing and Performing Beyond Fear, Mr. Burns is on faculty at DePaul University’s School of Music and The Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, as well as a Visiting Lecturer with Amici della Musica in Florence, Italy. CDs at Naxos, MHS, Dorian, Delos, Essay, Kleos, & Innova. Stephen Burns is a Yamaha Performing Artist. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/dongryul-lee-benjamin-sungdavid-kalhous monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1757300103542-5W2XRDVMW55F9S54GWWO/Screenshot%2B2025-09-07%2Bat%2B8.21.50%25E2%2580%25AFPM.png 2025 Artists - Dongryul Lee, Benjamin Sung,David Kalhous - David Kalhous is recognized for his elegant musicianship, brilliant pianism, and engaging programming. Equally at home with Scarlatti, Beethoven, Ligeti, and Feldman, he has performed at the Prague Spring Festival, Symphony Space, and Czech Philharmonic Chamber Music Society. A champion of contemporary music, he collaborates with composers and ensembles worldwide. He holds a Doctor of Music from Northwestern University and is Associate Professor of Piano at Florida State University, with recordings on Czech Radio and Arco Diva. Benjamin Sung is Associate Professor of Violin at Florida State University, Faculty Artist at the Brevard Music Center, and principal second violin of the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. A champion of contemporary music, he has worked with John Adams, Pierre Boulez, and Helmut Lachenmann and recorded for Centaur and Albany Records. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician worldwide. Sung holds degrees from Eastman and Indiana University and studied at Carnegie Hall’s Professional Training Program. From engineering campanology to an ecological mass cycle, composer Dongryul Lee explores the boundary between sound and idea, reinventing classical expression with clarity and pathos. His works have been performed internationally by ensembles including the Kairos Quartet, Jupiter Quartet, and Avanti!, and in Chicago by the Grossman Ensemble, Axiom Brass, and New Earth Ensemble. A prizewinner of the Bartók World, GMCL Lisboa, and Città di Udine competitions, Lee was the fourth CCCC Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Chicago and is currently Assistant Professor of Music at Loyola University Chicago https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/lisa-kozenko-zoran-jakovcic-rene-lecuona monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/958a78be-2a3b-428d-bcf9-dd3b3c51b171/Grand+Accord+Trio.JPG 2025 Artists - Grand Trio Accord - Lisa Kozenko, faculty oboe, Ball State University; Zoran Jakovcic, faculty viola, Ball State University; Rene Lecuona, faculty piano, University of Iowa https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/daniel-baer monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Daniel Baer - The New York Times has hailed Daniel Baer as a pianist who plays with “fluidity, warmth, and sparkle” who “achieved the often elusive…goal of putting virtuosity at the service of bigger ideas.” Daniel Baer was the artist-pianist for the 2020-2021 LYNX Project, premiering new compositions for voice and piano and recording songs for an anthology celebrating four years of its autism advocacy series. He currently serves as Music Director for Queer Poem-a-Day, a poetry podcast for the month of June. Daniel Baer is an active performer of solo and chamber music throughout the United States. Dr. Baer earned his Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and his Doctorate from the Eastman School of Music. He is currently on faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago where he also directs the Chamber Music Program. @danielbaerpiano https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/alarm-will-sound monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fae470f2-3bf0-435b-a69a-53775829268b/AWS+TimeSpans+Photo-by-Thomas-Fichter.jpg 2025 Artists - Alarm Will Sound - Alarm Will Sound is “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the American music scene” (The New York Times). A 20-member band committed to innovative performances and recordings of today’s music, they have established a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic virtuosity. With classical skill and unlimited curiosity, Alarm Will Sound takes on music from a wide variety of styles. “Stylistically omnivorous and physically versatile” (The Log Journal), their repertoire comes from around the world, and ranges from the arch-modernist to the pop-influenced. Since its inception, Alarm Will Sound has been associated with composers at the forefront of contemporary music. The group itself includes many composer-performers, which allows for an unusual degree of insight into the creation and performance of new work. Alarm Will Sound is the resident ensemble at the Mizzou International Composers Festival. Held each July at the University of Missouri in Columbia, the festival features eight world premieres by early-career composers. In 2013-14, Alarm Will Sound served as artists-in-residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Alarm Will Sound may be heard on eighteen recordings, including Land of Winter, their most recent release featuring music of Donnacha Dennehy, and the premiere recording of Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite. Acoustica, their genre-bending, critically-acclaimed album, features live-performance arrangements of music by electronica guru Aphex Twin. For more information and to join the mailing list, visit Alarm Will Sound’s website at www.alarmwillsound.com. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/mark-nagys-station-four-edya5 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1ee9a233-2fc0-4708-bf4b-cebfb82fde65/210628_Ogni_Suono_260_INTERNET_FINAL.jpg 2025 Artists - Phil Pierick - Classically trained and experimentally minded, Chicago-based saxophonist, improviser, composer, singer, and educator Phil Pierick has been called “the Swiss Army knife of saxophonists.” Though equally at home performing music spanning the past five centuries, he is an emphatic advocate for new music and has commissioned more than 35 new works and presented over 60 premieres. I CARE IF YOU LISTEN describes his duo Ogni Suono's album SaxoVoce as “a tour de force of new possibilities for saxophone and voice.” He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Slovenian Armed Forces Band, and MIT (Taiwan) among others. Phil has taught at the Eastman School of Music, the University of Illinois, Butler University, the College of Wooster, and as a guest at more than 40 universities and conferences around the world. The only prizewinner at both the Jean-Marie Londeix and ISSAC International Saxophone Competitions, Phil studied at Eastman School of Music (DMA), the University of Illinois (MM, BM), and in Vienna (Fulbright Scholar) and Paris (Beebe Scholar). His primary teachers were Debra Richtmeyer, Jean-Michel Goury, Lars Mlekusch, and Chien-Kwan Lin. Phil is a Vandoren Performing Artist. More info at PhilPierick.com. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/mark-nagys-station-four-mespx monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/40055d5d-8bbe-4a81-b7b6-0e4b019b211a/NMC+Square+logo.png 2025 Artists - New Music Chicago Presents - New Music Chicago Presents is the main performance program of New Music Chicago, featuring members on a monthly basis with hybrid concerts presented free to the public. NMCP brings a new body of repertoire and innovative performances to listeners in Chicago and beyond while also exposing new audiences to the world-class new music being created among local musicians, in partnership with Experimental Sound Studio. This month's NMCP features the concert premiere of "The Magnificent Misdeeds of Madame Blanc", an operetta by Paul Scherer with a libretto by Germaine Shames. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/mark-nagys-station-four monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1758039970855-5BRZC8MMCUJYG2V7AX15/AC_23_station4.jpg 2025 Artists - Mark Nagy's Station Four - Station Four is a Chicago band using music, dance, and text to create a multi-sensory experience for its audience. Each of Station Four’s musician-members have a long and varied performance career and together have collaborated stretching back 30 years. Saxophonist-composer Mark Nagy, guitarist Steve Doyle, modular synthesizer player and bassist Neil Jendon, and bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel wrap their uniquely structured electro-acoustic improvisations around the spoken-word performance art of Kao Ra Zen in Nagy’s most recent work for the ensemble a multi-movement suite “Urban Voices: Listening to the Unheard”. In addition to the music and text, the ensemble is augmented by four dance artists, Tuli Bera, Heather Zimny, Karen Fisher-Doyle, and Mindy Meyers. Nagy conceived and formed Station Four in 2022, initially inspired by the works of Merce Cunningham and John Cage. In 2023, Nagy was awarded a DCASE grant from the city of Chicago to create a multi-movement work for musicians and dancers to celebrate diverse neighborhoods and important events in the city’s history entitled “Dynamic Fabric: Chicago Intersections”. Station Four uses a combination of strictly notated music as well as verbal cues to inform group improvisations, which creates an environment in which the ensemble’s members are challenged to respond simultaneously to the aural textures and visual stimuli. The objective of the ensemble is to lead both ensemble members and audience members to question preconceived notions and consider new ideas. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/northwestern-university-chorale monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - Northwestern University Chorale - University Chorale is a large mixed-voice ensemble devoted to performing a diverse selection of works. Comprised of graduate and undergraduate students, University Chorale often collaborates with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra in masterworks and music of the 21st century. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/bce monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dbc698eb-8782-4d0f-a070-ef8a34d00861/yellow-background.jpg 2025 Artists - BCE - BCE — the initials could easily stand for Beyond the Common Era or Before the Common Era. The 24-voice ensemble, conducted by Andrew Megill, sings a highly specialized, virtuosic repertoire for advanced choral singers, concentrating on music of the 21st century and drawing relationships to its polyphonic roots in early music, primarily that of the Renaissance. This ensemble is only open to music majors. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/mucca-pazza monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/4025448f-7fe6-4f4c-8fc1-11a6731fb7ab/Mucca+Pazza+Courtside+by+Chad+Leverenz+Photography.jpg 2025 Artists - Mucca Pazza - Mucca Pazza assembled itself in a steel mill parking lot along the Chicago River in 2004. Combining marching band traditions and street theater spectacle with rock and roll sensibilities, Mucca Pazza quickly found a home for its 30-odd members in the thriving Chicago underground music scene. An unparalleled eccentric, frenetic visual presence and genre-bending original compositions earned Mucca Pazza critical praise and a loyal local following. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/6-degrees monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/da9f5a1f-8d9d-4d07-9120-67c50735af24/6Degrees+Composers+LtoR-Baiocchi-Morehead-Choi-Hanviriyapunt-Mitchell.jpg 2025 Artists - 6 Degrees Composers - Founded in 2010, 6Degrees Composers is dedicated to writing and performing music by Women. 6Degrees Composers is the brainchild of Regina Harris Baiocchi. In the tradition of premiering music, Regina joined forces with sorors of American Women Composers, American Composers Forum, International Alliance of Women in Music, AACM-the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, CUBE, BMI, and ASCAP. Members of 6Degrees are Regina Harris Baiocchi, Kyong Mee Choi, Ester Hanviriyapunt, Janice Misurell-Mitchell, and Patricia Morehead. The group frequently includes a guest composer, such as Chen Yi and Samantha Ege. They have presented concerts in honor of Black History Month, International Women's Heritage Month, and in the HotHouse Online Performance series in 2020-21. As described by M.L. Rantala, in the Hyde Park Herald, "A 6Degrees concert is always a smorgasbord, with many compositional traditions represented, and this latest concert was chock-full of a variety of approaches." https://6degreescomposers.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/alex-taylor monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9df2dda9-850e-48e9-a464-02e4d143cf74/Alex+Taylor_photo+by+Wonderstruck+Photography.jpg 2025 Artists - Alex Taylor - Alex Taylor (b. 1988) has been commissioned and performed by prominent artists in his native New Zealand and abroad, including Orchestra Wellington (NZ), Enso Quartet (US), Ensemble U (EE), Ensemble Proton Bern (CH), Susan Narucki (US), Justine Cormack (NZ), Steven Schick (US) and the Tanglewood Music Center (US). He has received a number of awards, including the 2012 SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the 2013 CANZ Trust Fund Award, and a 2016 New Zealand Arts Foundation New Generation Award. Past residencies include the NZSO National Youth Orchestra Composer-in-Residence, Caselberg Trust Creative Connections Artist-in-Residence, and Composition Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center. With collaborator Simon Ingram he was a co-finalist for the 2020 SOUNZ Contemporary Award for their work for orchestra and painting machine Assemblage. Alex recently completed his Ph.D. in Composition at the University of California San Diego under the supervision of Lei Liang, and currently teaches Theory and Composition at Illinois State University. Previously he studied English Literature and Music at the University of Auckland, completing a Masters in Composition with First Class Honours under the supervision of Eve de Castro-Robinson and John Elmsly. Alex’s compositional work often explores interactions between seemingly disparate materials, especially between old and new musics. His output includes works for orchestra, chamber music, music for theatre, and concertos for flute (with soloist Abigail Sperling) and bassoon (with soloist Ben Hoadley). He has also worked extensively with vocalists, having composed several substantial song cycles: Poema de La Siguiriya Gitana, Sea Gods, Dryad, and Agee Songs, as well as an opera, The Last Delirium of Arthur Rimbaud. As well as composing, Alex is also a multi-instrumentalist, writer and music educator. He has written about music for the Pantograph Punch, Radio New Zealand, and Canzona, taught at Unitec, the University of Auckland, UC San Diego, and regularly gives pre-concert talks for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. He served for six years on the committee of CANZ, the Composers’ Association of New Zealand, and co-convened the Nelson Composers Workshop in 2014 and 2015. He was the artistic director of the Intrepid Music Project, and co-directed the performance group hear|say with Eve de Castro-Robinson. Alex has performed across a range of vocal and instrumental genres, including as lead vocalist for the Blackbird Ensemble, and as the Sorceress in his own recomposition of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Frances Moore’s Unstuck Opera. Alex’s music has been recorded on the Rattle label, including releases by NZTrio (Lightbox, 2015), Sarah Watkins and Andrew Beer (11 Frames, 2019), and Henry Wong Doe (Perspectives, 2023), as well as his own solo releases Dryad (2023) and The First, the Fool (2015) on bandcamp. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/blog-post-title-two-gkbmc monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/cc9a15f9-6584-46c3-bc8d-b8cf9f3eb164/IMG_3135+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists - Alyssa Arrigo and Leila Bowie-McLenehan</span> - Alyssa Arrigo is a freelance pianist in the Chicagoland area and former collaborator with such companies as Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Fringe Opera and Civic Orchestra. As an adjunct faculty member at Moraine Valley Community College she teaches private piano instruction, Music Appreciation and the Music History sequence for music majors. She is also on faculty at Concordia College in Oak Park, IL, where she teaches private piano instruction and Music History. Alyssa is a graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. While completing her Master’s Degree, Alyssa worked as an opera coach and rehearsal pianist for the IU Opera Theater. Alyssa received her Bachelor’s Degree in piano performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts with a minor in music theory. Ms. Arrigo is an avid collaborator. In 2011 she was seen with tenor Andrew Lunsford at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She continues to collaborate with Chicago area vocal and string studios. Alyssa lives in Lockport with her husband, two kids and their pet turtle. If she didn't play piano, Alyssa would be a mandolin player in a bluegrass band (she has a mandolin and will learn to play it "one day"). Calling Chicago home, Leila Bowie McClenahan has made her mark as a soloist throughout the region and abroad performing both in concert and on the operatic stage. Local highlights include making her Orchestra Hall debut as a soloist in “Beyond the Score: Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben” with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, appearing as First Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Chicago Opera Theater and as a recipient of the Lynne Harvey Music Scholarship from the Musicians Club of Women. Other exciting local projects include several World Premieres and CD recordings with composer, George Flynn, performing the works of composer Kyong Mee Choi, as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, singing Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, and as a guest soloist with both the Elgin and Waukegan Symphony Orchestras. She is an advocate for contemporary composers and has appeared in recital presenting wide-ranging repertoire. Leila is an adjunct voice faculty member at Moraine Valley Community College. Outside of making music with her friends, she serves as a full-time Realtor, Mom, and partner, who loves to garden, thrift, and dabble in stained glass art. arrigopiano.wordpress.com liskermusic.org/leila-bowie https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/blog-post-title-three-ddjt8 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/55067f5b-1ea4-427b-ac1a-4bf934b39da7/Andrei+Skorobogatykh+Headshot_photo+by+Anatoli+Truskalo.jpg 2025 Artists - Andrei Skorobogatykh - Andrei Skorobogatykh (b. 1992) is a Russian-born composer, pianist, and organist from Moscow currently residing in Bedford, IN. His early musical education was connected with a famous long tradition of Gnessins musical institutions - Gnessins Music College (high school) and Russian Gnessins Academy of Music, both graduated with honors in 2011 and 2016 respectively. After moving to the US in 2018, Andrei completed a Master's Degree in Composition at Syracuse University and Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with cognate in Organ Performance. Andrei is the Director of Music in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Bedford, IN. His compositions were performed by the following ensembles and soloists: Sofia Philarmonic Orchestra, Russian Gnessins Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra “Resonance”, Illinois Modern Ensemble, Society for New Music CNY, Moscow Cello Quartet, Verona Quartet, Akropolis Reed Quintet, Ritual Action Trio, Anna Polovinkina (soprano), Katherine Skafidas (soprano), Natalia Abryutina (organ), Lana Stafford (flute), Rakhadin Yarmetov (piano). “My style can be called romantic since I attach great importance to the emotional component and psychologism. The complex, coloristic harmonies of my music are largely inspired by Scriabin, Myaskovsky, and especially Messiaen. The areas that interest me most are organ music and orchestral compositions. Recently, I have also rediscovered for myself the old-new expressive possibilities of melody and wrote a lot of vocal music. Since 2022, I have completed two cycles of art songs based on poems by Russian poets Alexander Kuprin and Boris Ryzhiy, wrote 2 choirs based on poems by Sarah Teasdale, and the song “Music” based on a poem by Walter de la Mare. Finding the poetry for a new song is always a challenge. I still believe in the classical harmony of the rhymes and the musical sense of the word choice, but I try to find new original, interesting images and themes. In this sense, the Paradoxical Ode by James Maxwell is a great find that combines romantic sophistication of poetic technique with futuristic, esoteric imagery.” https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/bella-voce-89cmp monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/09436d22-3630-46f0-b133-61cb02b64214/Bella+Voce+Headshot.jpg 2025 Artists - Andrew Lewis - Andrew Lewis is Artistic Director of Bella Voce and the Bella Voce Sinfonia, Music Director of the Elgin Master Chorale, Director of Music & Choirmaster at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, Artistic Director of Opus 327 NFP, and Lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Theatre & Music. Mr. Lewis was Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and has been a guest conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. He has appeared on several occasions as a guest conductor with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Lewis’s performances with Bella Voce, the Elgin Master Chorale, and the Elgin Symphony have been broadcast nationally on WFMT 98.7. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/angel-bat-dawid monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/79c17e01-a20c-42a9-a97d-84eadfcdf017/Angel_Bat_Dawid+photo+credit+By+TERRENCE+ANTONIO+JAMES.jpg 2025 Artists - Angel Bat Dawid - Angel Bat Dawid is a Black American composer, bandleader, educator, DJ, recording artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Her acclaimed debut album, *The Oracle* (2019), examines contemporary Black life and has received accolades from leading publications including Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. Renowned for her dynamic performances, Angel has premiered and composed significant works such as "Requiem for Jazz" and "Peace: A Suite for Yoko Ono’s Skylanding" She leads the ensemble "Tha Brothahood" and the all-women’s group Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty, with their live album featured in NPR Music’s “Best Albums of 2020.” As an educator, she teaches her “Great Black Music” course at Old Town School of Folk. She is also clarinetist with Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble, and hosts a monthly show on NTS Radio. Honored in Pitchfork's “25 Next” list in 2022 and named The Chicago Tribune’s “Chicagoan of the Year,” Angel has graced stages at prestigious events such as Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall and festivals in Europe & Japan. She also scored for season 2 of Terence Nance HBO series “Random Acts of Flyness”, highlighting her impactful contributions to contemporary music. Additionally, Angel serves as the 2024 Artist in Residence at Northwestern University’s Black Arts Consortium. “Music is a language, you see, a universal language.” - Sun Ra https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4-dlhbw-y6952 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Angela De Venuto - Praised for her versatility and range, lyric-soprano Angela De Venuto is emerging as a formidable presence in the world of Classical music. Some recent credits include, soloist in Beethoven No. 9 with the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra, Mozart concert soloist with The Intermezzi Ensemble, world premiere of Flo in The Eleanors by Jodi Goble, her role debut as Musetta (La Bohème) with The Savannah Voice Festival, and as the title role of Alice Riley (Michael Ching) under the baton of Andrew Bisantz. This season, she will make her debut with the Opera Festival of Chicago covering the role of Fiora in Montemezzi’s rarely performed L’Amore dei Tre Re and in concert. Angela has performed as soloist under the baton of Maestro Marin Alsop singing Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Villa-Lobos, with Ensemble 20+, the Metropolis Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra of Evanston, and DePaul University’s Symphony Orchestra. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/khary-laurent-dc6ee-7p9d5 monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1754059874276-D8O2MBH7DC5860AKWJRT/Apollo-Image-3.jpeg 2025 Artists - Apollo Chorus - Founded in 1872, just after the Chicago Fire, the Apollo Chorus of Chicago is one of the oldest auditioned volunteer choral societies in the United States, and the oldest musical organization in Chicago. Under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Stephen Alltop, the Chorus regularly presents choral masterworks in illustrious Chicago venues such as Symphony Center and the Harris Theater. The 2022-23 season, the 100th anniversary for the Apollo Chorus, included Bach's St. John Passion, the Chicago premiere of Stacy Garrop’s oratorio, Terra Nostra, and a performance of contemporary choral music for the American Choral Director’s Association. Recent collaborations have included Rachmninoff's Aleko, Joby Talbot's Everest and Karol Szymanowski’s King Roger with Chicago Opera Theater. One of the most active presenters of contemporary choral music in the Midwest, the Apollo Chorus has collaborated with many prominent composers, including Jeff Beal, Jeremy Beck, Flannery Cunningham, Eleanor Daley, Stacy Garrop, Stephen Paulus, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, and Eric Whitacre. Highlights from 2025-26 include The Consolation of Apollo by Kile Smith and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Chorus membership includes people from many professions united by a love of choral music and dedication to excellence. In addition to six appearances at the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, WI, the Apollo Chorus has collaborated with outstanding artists and organizations, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Josh Groban on Tour, Chicago Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, and Louis the Child at Lollapalooza. Since 2002, the Chorus has appeared on many occasions with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. Recent performances with the CSO have included Mozart’s operas La Clemenza di Tito in 2022 and The Magic Flute in 2023, and Holst’s The Planet’s in 2024. The Apollo Chorus released Handel’s Messiah on the Clarion label. Dedicated to reflecting the richness of diverse cultures, recent programs have included works from Latin America, Estonia, Georgia, Africa, Ireland, and many other countries, and such styles as Gospel, Jazz, Samba, Broadway. and film music. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/arcomusical-and-krissy-bergmark monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/a317cf69-d21b-4243-9439-79fd120a4094/20220821%2BGrittani%2BCreative%2BSEXTET%2B1%2BWEB.jpg 2025 Artists - Arcomusical and Krissy Bergmark - Arcomusical is an ensemble with a unique mission…reimagining the Afro-Brazilian berimbau through powerful chamber music. The ensemble commissions, collaborates, arranges and composes new works that generate spellbinding and uniquely beautiful musical performances. Their repertoire ranges from solos to sextets to concerti. arcomusical.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ae monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8f73e3a4-00df-424f-9ed8-6f7a7fa081e8/20200222-DSC_9997+%281%29.JPEG 2025 Artists - Aśe - Aśe is a multi genre experimental sound group that fuses classical, jazz, and everything adjacent to create a sound experience that challenges an audience to redefine preconceived notions about the philosophy about music and life. John Bitoy is an Afro-Dominican pianist and composer from Chicago, known for his work as both a soloist and collaborative pianist. Recent performances include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the South Loop Symphony and Symphony of Oak Park. He has played in prestigious venues such as the Eastman Theatre, Chicago Symphony Center, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and Perelman Theater. An advocate for new music, John has premiered and recorded works by Steve Wallace and performed compositions by Marcus Norris, Tyshawn Sorey, and Davóne Tines. As a chamber musician, he has appeared at the Gateways Music Festival, Boston Celebrity Series, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, among others. In addition to his classical engagements, John is committed to highlighting the works of composers from the African Diaspora. He also explores jazz, having performed with Sigur Rós on their 2019 U.S. tour and showcased his own compositions at Epiphany Center, the Jazz Showcase, and Andy’s Jazz Club. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/asher-sizemore monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8fd20db1-9d91-4d75-8c82-954d1204f5fa/Screenshot+2025-07-16+at+8.41.30%E2%80%AFPM.png 2025 Artists - Asher Sizemore - Asher Sizemore is a composer and performer based in Chicago. Her music originates from her background as a producer, songwriter, and performer. Her music synthesizes her interests in electronic, pop, rock, classical, and experimental music. She draws inspiration from queer culture, fashion, and literature. Asher regularly performs and records as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. As a participant in the Chicago DIY music scene, she advocates for the expansion of performances into non-traditional venues. She writes and performs in a collaborative project with Jennifer Femme, Zhuzh Girls. She has studied with Mark Engebretson, Alejandro Rutty Lisa Bielawa, and Christopher Wendall Jones. She has worked with ensembles and performers such as the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet, Present~Continuous, 2+1 Trio, and Matt Haimovitz. Her works have been performed at Colorado State University, La Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and in Marfa, Texas. In 2020, she was commissioned by Matt Haimovitz to write a piece for the Primavera Project. Her composition, Six Graces, was featured on Matt Haimovitz’s Grammy-Nominated Album Primavera I: The Wind, and was published by Oxingale Music in 2023. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/bang-on-a-can monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753906882223-EF6CLUFMWEK0Y04IIBDR/BangonaCanMJDphoto-by-George-Etheredge.jpg 2025 Artists - Bang on a Can - Bang on a Can is dedicated to making new music. Since its first Marathon concert in 1987, Bang on a Can has been creating an international community dedicated to innovative music, wherever it is found. With adventurous programs, it commissions new composers, performs, presents, and records new work, develops new audiences, and educates the musicians of the future. Bang on a Can is building a world in which powerful new musical ideas flow freely across all genres and borders. Bang on a Can plays “a central role in fostering a new kind of audience that doesn’t concern itself with boundaries. If music is made with originality and integrity, these listeners will come.” (The New York Times) Bang on a Can has grown from a one-day New York-based Marathon concert (on Mother’s Day in 1987 in a SoHo art gallery) to a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a broad range of year-round international activities. “When we started Bang on a Can, we never imagined that our 12-hour marathon festival of mostly unknown music would morph into a giant international organization dedicated to the support of experimental music, wherever we would find it,” write Bang on a Can Co-Founders Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. “But it has, and we are so gratified to be still hard at work, all these years later. The reason is really clear to us – we started this organization because we believed that making new music is a utopian act – that people needed to hear this music and they needed to hear it presented in the most persuasive way, with the best players, with the best programs, for the best listeners, in the best context. Our commitment to changing the environment for this music has kept us busy and growing, and we are not done yet.” Projects include the annual LONG PLAY (Brooklyn) and LOUD Weekend (MASS MoCA) festivals; the People’s Commissioning Fund, a membership program to commission emerging composers; the Bang on a Can All-Stars, who tour to major festivals and concert venues around the world every year; recording projects; the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA – a professional development program for young composers and performers led by today’s pioneers of experimental music; Asphalt Orchestra, Bang on a Can’s extreme street band that offers mobile performances re-contextualizing unusual music; OneBeat, an acclaimed exchange program for American and International musicians; cross-disciplinary collaborations and projects with DJs, visual artists, choreographers, filmmakers and more. Bang on a Can has also launched an extensive public digital archive, CANLAND, including recordings, videos, posters, program books, and more. Each new Bang on a Can program has evolved to answer specific challenges faced by today’s musicians, composers and audiences, in order to make innovative music widely accessible. Bang on a Can’s inventive and assertive approach to programming and presentation has created a large and vibrant international audience made up of people of all ages who are rediscovering the value of contemporary music. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/bella-voce monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/09436d22-3630-46f0-b133-61cb02b64214/Bella+Voce+Headshot.jpg 2025 Artists - Bella Voce - Since its founding in 1983 under the name His Majestie’s Clerkes, Bella Voce has delivered unique, disciplined choral performances to live audiences in the Chicago area, earning recognition as a leading ensemble within early music and historical performance practices. Over time, as the ensemble’s repertoire expanded, a name change was in order and the group became Bella Voce in 2001. For over forty years, Bella Voce has cultivated the living tradition of choral music from the earliest chant to contemporary creations. Its wellspring is in the works and performance practices of the European Renaissance and Baroque traditions, and modern masters who invoke or innovate within those traditions. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/black-moon-trio monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/59e3b744-559c-49f0-bd32-c6747bf3ae1c/Black%2BMoon%2B-%2BGroup-1001.jpg 2025 Artists - Black Moon Trio - Black Moon Trio is committed to collaboratively affecting positive change in communities through chamber music. We reimagine the breadth of a horn, violin, and piano trio by showcasing underrepresented voices in our artistic programming and original commissions, inspiring young musicians and non-musicians alike through captivating educational programs, and connecting community members through the arts. By engaging with diverse audiences, youth, and artists of every type, Black Moon Trio works to prove that classical music is for everyone. Black Moon Trio was founded in 2022 by Parker Nelson, Jeremy Vigil, and Khelsey Zarraga. Each rooted in musical, cultural, and community organizations across the region, Parker, Jeremy, and Khelsey aim to continue making classical music available and relevant to everyone. Harnessing the experience from years of professional chamber music performance, music-making in social service settings, facilitating workshops at universities, and developing curriculum for youth in schools and community development through music, Black Moon Trio is excited to provide a classical music experience that resonates far beyond the reverberations of a final chord. With a commitment to featuring the voices of composers of color and women composers, building educational opportunities for all ages, and working with artists of other disciplines, Black Moon Trio actively develops programs featuring newly composed works and designed for audiences new to the concert experience. blackmoontrio.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/blair-boyd monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/ac916051-8fda-45db-b301-2c63c3338b0d/Boyd.Blair.Headshot_Photo+by+DT+Photography.jpg 2025 Artists - Blair Boyd - Blair Boyd is an American composer whose highly energized compositions engage with physical movement and the perception of time. Her works have been performed throughout the U.S. and internationally, including Cheltenham Music Festival (U.K.), impuls Festival (Austria), and HighScore New Music Festival (Italy), as well as broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Recent commissions include O Spirit of the Living God for SSAB chorus for Mars Hill Presbyterian Church in celebration of its bicentennial. Her piece for trumpet and vibraphone Shapes and Echos was commissioned in 2022 by Kenken Gorder and is featured on his upcoming NüToots album. In 2020 Boyd composed Shadows through the Lattice for pianist Slade Trammel to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment and her family's historical connection to guaranteeing women’s right to vote. In the same year, Boyd provided the score for a production of Hamlet in her hometown in Tennessee, marking her first foray into incidental music. Boyd holds degrees from the University of Tennessee (BMus), the University of Bristol (MA), and recently completed her doctoral studies at Cardiff University under the supervision of Prof. Arlene Sierra. As a 2019-2020 Britten-Pears Young Artist, she developed a new work for the Aldeburgh Festival (U.K.) under the guidance of Colin Matthews and Mark-Anthony Turnage. In 2018 her string quartet Juncture was selected for presentation in masterclass with Helmut Lachenmann. She has also studied with Judith Weir and Kenneth Hesketh on summer festival courses. As a strong advocate of music by women, Boyd co-directed Illuminate Women’s Music, a touring concert series that presents forgotten historical works alongside new commissions from 2017-2022. In 2023 she was a semi-finalist for Ravinia's Breaking Barriers Festival Call for Scores, receiving mentorship from Augusta Read Thomas and Clarice Assad. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/brad-robin monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/c69b9755-7d2d-4404-b1b0-93139c7f040b/Bradley+Robin_photo+by+Jon+Nelson.jpeg 2025 Artists - Brad Robin - Composer, pianist, programmer, improviser, sound and media artist Brad Robin creates and performs integrating numerous genres including classical, jazz, electroacoustic, experimental, and popular mediums, as well as traditional and experimental intermedia theatre. Often while merging media into the world of theater, dance, and video, his music produces visceral experiences integrating musical and naturally occurring sounds and images. The music swirls, bites, and caresses, creating an immersive experience for performers and audience. His music has been performed at national and international festivals including ICMC, SEAMUS, and NYCEMF. His recent piano works, Shimmer and Spread, won 1st and 2nd place respectively and have been performed in the 2023 and 2022 Golden Key Piano Composition Competitions in Vienna. His live piano improvisations album, Release, is available through Naxos on the Centaur label, and Universal Edition distributes his scores. Robin's principal teachers were Joel Hoffman, Joseph Klein, and Christopher Trebue Moore for instrumental music, and Jon Nelson and Chris Mercer for electronic music. He has done workshops at Juilliard with Dalit Warshaw and Evan Fein. He currently teaches at DePaul and Northwestern Universities in Chicago https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/brent-funderburk monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Brent Funderburk - One of the nation’s most promising collaborative pianists, Brent Funderburk is also fast becoming known as a recitalist, coach, and music director. Having served as pianist and music director of the Metropolitan Opera’s nationwide “Rising Stars Concert Series” tour, he anchored the 2022 world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel at Lincoln Center Theater which was broadcast nationally on PBS Great Performances. He has graced Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Arts Club of Washington, and other distinguished recital venues. A faculty member of the Schmidt Vocal Institute, he has performed art songs at festivals including Carnegie Hall’s “Marilyn Horne Song Celebration” and “The Song Continues,” the Ravinia Festival, and Music Academy of the West. His discography includes five complete albums, and he has been featured on radio broadcasts by Sirius XM, New York’s WQXR, Chicago’s WFMT, and Minnesota’s MPR. A graduate of Wisconsin’s Lawrence University and New York’s Juilliard School, where he was a staff pianist in the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts, Funderburk coaches at the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center, DePaul University, and Northwestern University, while maintaining a private coaching studio in Chicago, IL. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/cameo-humes monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/6bbfa05e-e57f-460e-bdea-95d194a0d70c/cameo.jpg 2025 Artists - Cameo Humes - Hailed by critics for possessing a “compelling lyric tenor that pulses with the perennially conflicted feelings of the character” [Opera News] and a “sonorous, dark-hued timbre which vividly projected the complicated nature of the drama” [theWholeNote], CAMEO HUMES is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after tenors in operatic and concert repertoire. He has performed with Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Richmond Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, SANAA Opera Project, and the Orchestra Sinfonica dell’International Chamber Ensemble in Italy. His most recent engagements included a debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago in the role of Mano Alfaro in Terrence Blanchard’s Champion as well as debuts with Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Teatro alla Scala in the roles of Peter, Crab man, Mingo and Robbins in Porgy and Bess. Other operatic credits include the title role in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, Reverend Milton Allison in the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen’s Quamino’s Map with Chicago Opera Theater, Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with Operafestival di Roma, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Gastone (La Traviata), Prunier (La Rondine), Peter (Porgy and Bess) with Lyric Opera of Chicago (cover), Dayton Opera and Skylight Music Theatre of Milwaukee, Crab man (Porgy and Bess) with The Princeton Festival, Nelson (Porgy and Bess) with Cincinnati Opera, and Ensemble (Show Boat) with Houston Grand Opera. He has recorded the lead role in Richard Thompson’s The Mask in the Mirror—a modern opera based on the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar—with Navona Records which was reviewed by Opera News and selected as Critic’s Choice. A lover and avid performer of the Negro spiritual, Cameo has toured Spain, France and Ireland with the world renown American Spiritual Ensemble. He is also a full-time member of the chorus at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/caroline-jesalva monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8513bcd9-3bf2-41f4-9730-c039fcaed54f/_DSC8482.jpg 2025 Artists - Caroline Jesalva - Caroline Jesalva is a violinist-vocalist traversing the worlds of improvisation, composition, collaboration, and experimental music. Her musical dreams take shape through experimental theater, glossolalia, poetry, song-writing, and free jazz. Her creative works have been seen at Elastic Arts, Experimental Sound Studio, Comfort Station, Color Club, and the Hungry Brain. Passionate about new music, she has had the pleasure of collaborating with A Far Cry, Callithumpian Consort, YellowBarn Young Artists, Bang-on-A Can, and Black House Collective. carolinejesalva.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/chicago-composers-consortium-with-brad-jungwirth monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/33f0bd5d-53e6-4363-826d-3cf20c245861/Brad_Jungwirth_300x300+%281%29.png 2025 Artists - Chicago Composers Consortium with Brad Jungwirth - Brad Jungwirth has been described by critics as “a muscular baritone with an evocatively dark instrument” and has been praised for his “dulcet and lyrical” voice and “no-holds-barred intensity.” He recently made his subscription concert debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Louis Langrée, performing Schönberg's A Survivor from Warsaw. These concerts were broadcast throughout the Ohio area, and recorded for digital release. He returned to the Cincinnati Symphony as soloist for concerts of music from Hollywood musicals for their summer Pops series in 2015. Recent operatic performances include the Prophet in the Chicago-area premiere of Nico Muhly’s opera Dark Sisters with the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble, his role debut as Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s Fidelio with the 2014 Shippensburg Music Festival conducted by Robert Trevino, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen with Michigan’s Soo Opera Theater and in the Peter Brooks’ adaptation, La tragédie de Carmen, for Chicago’s CUBE Ensemble. The Chicago Composers’ Consortium is a grass-roots organization of composers dedicated to creating new music in Chicago. We are a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1988 and incorporated in 1989. Since then c3 has organized scores of concerts, invited many distinguished composers, and collaborated with several musicians and ensembles, creating unique musical events. What has set the consortium apart from other contemporary music organizations has been its composer-generated collaborative projects. As a presenter of contemporary music in the Chicago area, the consortium has found new ways to introduce Chicago to what is new in music. c3composers.org/wordpress3/ https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/chicago-fringe-opera monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/b6723b74-3860-43d8-8143-2cf4b5a3e594/Chicago+Fringe+Opera_photo+2.jpg 2025 Artists - Chicago Fringe Opera - Chicago Fringe Opera is dedicated to presenting innovative vocal works with an emphasis on new and contemporary styles, engaging with the Chicago community through intimate and immersive performance experiences, and fostering and empowering local artists. Furthermore, Chicago Fringe Opera is committed to fostering a culture that values and respects all people, their identities and their histories. We denounce harm against any individual based on their identity, including race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, immigration status or ability. We want to support, engage, and lift up those who have had their power diminished for the privilege of others. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/chicago-philharmonic monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/0e6840e9-d63b-49f3-b8f7-22b9b8a34e55/CPL241012_589.jpg 2025 Artists - Chicago Philharmonic - Founded by musicians of the Lyric Opera Orchestra in 1989, The Chicago Philharmonic Society is on a mission to reimagine the orchestra concert experience. With nearly 200 musician members and a unique system of musician governance, the organization is one of the most versatile, innovative, and ambitious orchestras in the country. Chicago Philharmonic proudly collaborates with the greatest artists of our time, in every genre. Past collaborations have included the The Joffrey Ballet, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, English National Ballet, Kishi Bashi, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Sleeping At Last, Joshua Bell, Tank and the Bangas, American Ballet Theatre, Ryan Speedo Green, and more. The Illinois Council of Orchestras has awarded Chicago Philharmonic “Orchestra of the Year” (2018), “Programming of the Year” (2019), “Community Relations of the Year” (2019), “Executive Director of the Year” (2020), and “Conductor of the Year” (2021). https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1754059775729-6LYXTUUHHP2GYCBBAV9D/Chiemerie+Obianom+H.jpg 2025 Artists - Chiemerie Obianom - Hailing from Nnewi, Anambra State, Chiemerie E Obianom began his musical journey in Nigeria, where he excelled both academically and musically. His talent was evident in his early years as he actively participated in his parish choir and mastered various musical instruments. Recognized for his exceptional vocal abilities, he earned a coveted spot in the Musical Society Of Nigeria Diploma course, sponsored by the MTN Foundation. Under the mentorship of Sir Emeka Nwokedi, he graduated with honors, winning competitions and earning accolades. Currently studying at Roosevelt University, Chiemerie continues to pursue his passion for music while sharing his expertise through vocal lessons and community engagement. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4-dlhbw-y6952-l3af2 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1754057494611-06PLCAXAZWOR71AOVVE7/Bernardoni%2C+Christina+Headshot+%28cropped%29.jpg 2025 Artists - Christina Bernardoni - Chicago mezzo-soprano Christina Bernardoni’s opera credits include: Aunt Cecilia March (Little Women), Ruth (The Pirates of Penzance), La Voix (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Elizabeth Proctor (The Crucible), La Badessa (Suor Angelica), The Announcer (Gallantry), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Olga (Eugene Onegin), and Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus). Concert soloist credits include: the little match girl passion (David Lang), The Gonzales Cantata (Melissa Dunphy) singing Orrin Hatch, Messiah (G.F. Händel), Requiem (Maurice Duruflé), Gloria (Antonio Vivaldi), and Stabat Mater (G.B. Pergolesi). Christina recorded a new opera by Chicago composer Paul Scherer where she originated the role of Mrs. Memorall in In Venice. Christina gave North American premieres of two pieces: Artemisia, by British composer Paul Ayres and Hum, by Swiss composer Marc Neufeld. Additionally Christina has received numerous awards for competitions and scholarships, including the American Prize for Professional Women in Opera and the London Opera Guild. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/christopher-tin monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/69bdb41a-13dc-441b-b862-4a1ab618f99e/10+Christopher+Tin+Grammy+Award+2011+Credit+Alfredo+Chocano+jpeg.jpeg 2025 Artists - Christopher Tin - Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer of concert and media music. His music has been performed and premiered in many of the world's most prestigious venues: Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, the United Nations and Carnegie Hall. Performers include the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and US Air Force Band, alongside Washington National Opera, Danielle de Niese, Ewa Plonka and Frederica von Stade. His song "Baba Yetu", a Swahili setting of The Lord's Prayer originally written for the video game Civilization IV, is a modern choral standard, and the first piece of music written for a video game ever to win a Grammy Award. It's been licensed for use by groups ranging from Premier League Football to the Vatican. Two different contestants performed it in the same season of America's Got Talent. It was even a question on the legendary game show Jeopardy! His debut album, the multi-lingual song cycle Calling All Dawns, won him a second Grammy in 2011, and his follow-up release The Drop That Contained the Sea debuted at #1 on Billboard's classical charts having premiered to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. His next album To Shiver the Sky also debuted at #1, and was funded by a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign that raised $221,415. The Lost Birds, a collaboration with acclaimed British vocal ensemble VOCES8, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2023 and has been heard live across Europe, the US, Asia and Australia. He is also an in-demand collaborator, working with musicians across a wide-range of genres: Lang Lang, VOCES8, Danielle de Niese, Lara Downes, Alan Menken, BT, and Danny Elfman, to name a few. In 2024 Tin was invited by Francesca Zambello (director) to compose a new ending for Puccini’s Turandot at Washington National Opera. Writing in collaboration with librettist Susan Soon He Stanton (playwright and screenwriter/producer of Succession) the run at the Kennedy Center was sold out, played to standing ovations and was adored by the artists, audience and critics alike. Tin is signed to an exclusive record deal with Universal under their legendary Decca label, published by Concord and Boosey & Hawkes, and is a Yamaha Artist. He works out of his own custom-built studio in Santa Monica, California. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/constellation-mens-ensemble monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/f998495a-5e51-467f-a6df-7a5be4778411/IMG_1309.JPG 2025 Artists - Constellation Men’s Ensemble - Constellation Men’s Ensemble (CME) is a Chicago-based vocal group dedicated to creating distinct performances in unique spaces, empowering the next generation of singers through educational engagement, and expanding the repertoire for tenor/bass vocal music by commissioning new works from both emerging and established composers. In 2016, CME founded our new music series NOVA—“New. Original. Vocal. Art.” NOVA seeks to capitalize on their mission of commissioning new works and expanding the repertoire for tenor/bass voices. In 2022, NOVA V premiered works dealing with the theme of humanhood including our largest commission to date, Robert Maggio’s Man Up/Man Down, exploring how masculine identity takes shape in our evolving world; how our personal histories of family, race, religion, education, status, exposure, geography, etc. affect the formation of our identities. Man Up/Man Down was released on Constellation’s debut album in 2023 with Sono Luminus Records. Most recently, CME commissioned Eric Malmquist and premiered Open, Clear, and Free in 2024, detailing the storied history of green space in Chicago. Since 2019, Constellation has begun partnering with other local nonprofits to raise awareness and funding for impactful organizations to the Chicagoland community through their Community Uplift program. Organizations to date include Chicago Park District, Center On Halsted, Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Chicago, Fostering Dignity, and the Alzheimer's Association of Illinois. CME has partnered with Music of the Baroque’s Strong Voices program to bring their music and passion to students within Chicago Public Schools. Workshop performances focused on careers in music, the joy of community through singing, and the multitude of ways that music can remain a part of your life after high school. CME is the 2019 winner of the American Prize in Choral Performance, professional division. constellationensemble.org https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/crossing-borders-music monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/dd683e59-b4f8-43b1-b7b5-d75fa134b386/CBM%2Bstring%2Bquartet%2Bcandid%2Bphoto%2C%2Bphoto%2Bcredit%2BMike%2BKing.jpeg 2025 Artists - Crossing Borders Music - Crossing Borders Music is a multicultural organization of color that shares the stories and music of those whose voices are suppressed because of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation, other identity, or related trauma. We do this through free, accessible programs in community spaces in service and affirmation of our communities and collaborators. The mission of Crossing Borders Music is to use music to promote the dignity of people from all cultures.Founded in 2011, Crossing Borders Music has become a leading, critically acclaimed interpreter of chamber music by composers from under-represented cultures. Crossing Borders Music was a Headline Artist at the African Festival of the Arts, a Resident Arts Organization at the Chicago Cultural Center, and has been presented by the Old Town School of Folk, Montréal’s Society for the Research and Promotion of Haitian Music (SRDMH), United World College of South East Asia, and at Chicago’s Symphony Center through the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s African American Network. Crossing Borders Music has been featured on NBC-5 and ABC-7 Chicago News, on WFMT, on WBEZ, in the Chicago Tribune, and as a Critic’s Pick in TimeOut Chicago. Through a grant from the Sparkplug Foundation, Crossing Borders Music recorded a world premiere album of original chamber music with the composer, Grammy-nominated sitarist Gaurav Mazumdar, which was released in 2023 on Ropeadope Records. crossingbordersmusic.org https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/depaul-ensemble-20 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/834468cf-3b84-4b0e-b626-eabab5c88af6/DePaul+Ensemble+20.jpg 2025 Artists - DePaul Ensemble 20+ - DePaul Ensemble 20+ performs a wide range of repertoire, showcasing the works of living composers, pieces from the latter half of the 20th century, and contemporary compositions. Comprised primarily of School of Music students, the ensemble rehearses, performs, and studies a broad repertoire spanning from the early 20th century to the present. Ensemble 20+ collaborates with a wide range of composers and performers, including DePaul University faculty and students, Chicago-based composers, and artists from across the nation and around the world. The ensemble is dedicated to exploring the dynamic and evolving landscape of contemporary composition and musical expression. By fostering collaboration and mutual respect among performers, composers, and audiences alike, it nurtures a vibrant and supportive musical community that thrives on creativity, engagement, and imagination. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4-dlhbw-y6952-l3af2-5ewp9 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/2c4096f6-8f25-4914-9d48-0df809848a5f/Share-5393059559137418558.jpg 2025 Artists - Emily Venturella - Emily Venturella is a soprano currently pursuing her DMA at the University of Illinois, under the tutelage of Professor Yvonne Redman. Emily earned her Master of Music degree from the University of Kansas where she studied with Drs. Julia Broxholm and Genaro Mendez. Emily also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and attended the Boston Conservatory. As a performer, Emily specializes in art song and chamber music. An avid performer of new works, she premiered the role of Julianne in Landlocked Opera’s production of The Murderess in 2023, which subsequently became a finalist for the 2024 American Prize in Opera. She has also worked extensively with Felipe Hoyos-González in the creation of works for computer and soprano. Together, the two are founding members of the Huitaca Ensemble, a recent winner of the Presser Graduate Music Award. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ephraim-champion monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/0b40d627-6cc3-48d9-ac55-b16f9f941f8a/IMG_0520+2.jpg 2025 Artists - Ephraim Champion - Ephraim Champion is an active composer (stage & screen) and musician based in Chicago, Illinois. His music has been praised as “strongly individual,” “compelling,” and “distinctive” by the Chicago Classical Review. In 2021, Gaudete Brass premiered Ephraim’s work, Scenes from South Shore, Chicago, at the Ear Taxi Music Festival in Chicago. The following year, Ephraim showcased his talents with Humanhood, premiered by Constellation Men’s Ensemble for their fifth annual NOVA concert series. In 2023, Ephraim’s promising career was solidified when he was selected as the second annual Hearing in Color/La Caccina Young Composer-in-Residence. During this residency, he wrote All Things Sublime and Colossal for the virtuosic women’s acapella ensemble, La Caccina, and A Stone of Hope (Martin’s Song) for the Music Institute of Chicago’s annual MLK Celebration Concert, featuring the talents of multi-Grammy nominated pianist, Marta Aznavoorian. The same year, he joined Slightly American Productions as their resident film composer, scoring the short films Girls in the Back of the Club and Rejection is God’s Protection. Ephraim’s music made its international debut with the world premiere of his Suite for the F Horn & Tenor Saxophone at the 2023 World Saxophone Congress in Spain. Shortly after, The Yamaha Tuba Duo (featuring Tuba extraordinaire, Sérgio Carolino) commissioned Ephraim to write his next work, The Spectacle, which premiered in Fukuoka, Japan in March of 2024. In August, Ephraim’s piece, Vicariously Through You, was recorded as part of the upcoming Project Encore, Vol. 2 album, commissioned by world-renowned classical saxophonist, Timothy McAllister. Outside of music, Ephraim enjoys writing, watching movies/TV, and spending time with his amazing wife, Kianti, and their two adorable Yorkies, Heath & Ginger. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/eric-malmquist monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8f51e098-c100-44a2-a8b0-8ad238ed445e/Eric+Malmquist+Headshot_photo+by+Nicole+Bitonti.jpg 2025 Artists - Eric Malmquist - Eric Malmquist (b. 1985) writes earnestly heartfelt and engaging music. He draws on a deep love of early music and modern influences to produce works that are focused and emotional. He has been commissioned and performed by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, Baroque on Beaver Island, Chicago Composers Orchestra, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, tubist Scott Tegge, historical keyboardist Charles Metz, historical flutist Leighann Daihl Ragusa, Chatter, Constellation Men’s Ensemble, the International Chamber Artists, the Newberry Consort and the Wicker Park Choral Singers. Recent performances include City Music with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Accelerando Strings; Open, Clear & Free, a 25-minute men's choir cycle on parks for Constellation Men's Ensemble; A History of Fatherhood in Sante Fe and Albuquerque with Chatter; and a concerto grosso for Baroque on Beaver Island entitled Great Lake Music. His Tuba Sonata has been performed by Gene Pokorny of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Scott Tegge of Gaudete Brass. A passionate composer of art song, his works have been performed by Grammy-nominated tenor Nick Phan, Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling, early music specialists Ellen Hargis and Josefien Stoppelenburg, and soprano Ariana Strahl. Ariana premiered his orchestra song set Let Me Sing with the Chicago Composers Orchestra in 2019. His commissioned work Prairie Music for CYSO was featured on Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival in October 2016 and at Midwest Clinic in December 2016. CCO and WPCS co-commissioned and performed Blemish’d Muse, a twenty-minute work for choir and orchestra, in 2016. His song cycle If You Travel Far Enough was the very first commission of the ICA, and was featured on Live from WFMT in 2015. Michael Hall premiered his Sonata for Viola and Piano in 2014, and Gaudete Brass premiered his Three Preludes in 2013. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ethan-dymit monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/42386f6b-59e2-4572-8153-b4b366932227/Ethan+Dymit+Headshot_photo+by+Jennifer+Dymit.jpg 2025 Artists - Ethan Dymit - Ethan Dymit (b. 2001) is a composer, guitarist, and arranger from Wheaton, Illinois, known for his dynamic and contemporary sound. His music draws from across genres, eras, and traditions to create a sound that engages with the past and looks to the future. He has studied composition under such names as Carlos Carrillo, Reynold Tharp, and Jim Pugh, and has written for performers like the Mivos Quartet, Adib Young, Ritual Action, the UIUC Concert Jazz Band, and the Blueshift Big Band. He has studied guitar with Larry Gray and has performed across the Midwest in various groups and genres, and currently teaches guitar privately. Ethan obtained his Bachelor’s in Music Composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When not writing or performing music, Ethan loves cooking, taking care of his plants, and watching science fiction films. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/the-flannau-quijote-duo monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/3b42ce40-da35-41d0-8187-dc73a11c07e7/Flannau%2Band%2BQuijote%2BDuos.jpg 2025 Artists - The Flannau + Quijote Duo - The Flannau Duo ( Flens+Hannau ) is a dynamic, new music loving, tour-de-force ensemble combining piano, percussion, electronics, improvisation, and absurdism. Flannau Duo is: Jonathan Hannau (piano), and Kyle Flens (percussion). Jon and Kyle first performed together as part of the 2021 Thirsty Ears Festival. Shortly after they schemed to create an official identity for themselves solely out of puns and hybrid names. The duo takes pride in eclectic programming, not adhering to any specific musical aesthetic. Flannau Duo performs in the Chicago area and beyond exploring a multitude of sounds, styles, and moods from composers and artists from every musical corner. The duo is the recipient of a 2023 Chicago DCASE individual artist grant. New Music specialists and chamber music enthusiasts, Juan Horie (cello) and Sixto Franco (viola) have joined forces to form the Quijote Duo, a formation that strives to create spaces for innovation and experimentation through collaboration. With a combined experience in many fields including theater, education, composition, concert music and arts management, the Quijote Duo has been expanding the limits of the performative arts and the relationship between artist, performance and audience. Based in New Orleans, Quijote duo is committed to supporting emergent composers resulting in numerous premiers in its short existence. They have performed at the Ear Taxi Festival, Thirsty Ears Festival, Project 88 Music Academy, and the Frequency Series at Constellation. flannauduo.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/fonema-consort monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9fe3aac4-3760-42db-b42d-61f0ad0dee39/fonema_newphoto_website.jpg 2025 Artists - Fonema Consort - Fonema Consort commissions, performs, and records new and experimental music that explores the limits of the human voice in a radical chamber setting. Known for their “enthusiastic embrace of daring new music” (Chicago Reader), Fonema is driven by a fascination with pieces that foster rich interplay of voices and instruments characterized by a vibrant viscerality. The ensemble is highly committed to presenting works by Latin American composers to US audiences and encouraging musical and cultural exchange between these regions. Fonema Consort was founded in 2011 by singer Nina Dante and composers Pablo Santiago Chin and Edward Hamel. Since its founding, the ensemble has premiered over 50 works, and traveled widely across the US and increasingly in Latin America. National performance highlights include appearances with the Americas Society (NYC) the Mexican Consulate’s Mexican Cultural Institute (Washington DC), National Sawdust (New York City), the Chicago Cultural Center, the Latino Music Festival (Chicago), WFMT’s Thirsty Ear Festival (Chicago), the Frequency Festival (Chicago), the 113 Composer’s Collective (Minneapolis), and many more. Fonema Consort has held residencies and given performances at Columbia University, Oberlin Conservatory, Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, UC Berkeley, New England Conservatory, and many others. Fonema Consort is a recipient of a FACE grant (2013), an Aaron Copland Fund for Music grant (2016), two Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation grants (2016 and 2017), and two Amphion Foundation grants (2018 and 2019). fonemaconsort.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/cc3d5881-6162-4ba2-8e66-0c6de7878a14/Gillian+Rae+Perry+Headshot_+photo+by+Joe+Mazza.jpg 2025 Artists - Gillian Rae Perry - Gillian Rae Perry is a composer and songwriter whose work explores the relationships between mental health, childhood, the subconscious, and dream worlds. She was the Vanguard Emerging Opera Composer with Chicago Opera Theater for the 2022-2024 seasons. In 2023, Perry won the Ravinia Breaking Barriers Call for Scores, allowing her to have her orchestra piece, I’m Sorry to My Body, rehearsed and performed by the Chicago Philharmonic. In addition to the Chicago Philharmonic, Perry’s work has been performed by the Tenessee Valley Music Festival Orchestra, the Mostly Modern Orchestra, Euclid Quartet, Aperture Duo, and members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In 2018, she was awarded a Composition Fellowship with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; she was a Composer Fellow for both the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons. Perry has recorded and 2 songwriter albums as well as 2 classical records. Her songs have been described as “speaking from the heart” (Sinusoidal Music) and her classical record, Lost Children, was deemed “beautiful, audacious, surprising and thought-provoking” by Music Web International. Perry graduated from Southern Methodist University with degrees in both music composition and film and is greatly influenced by art forms outside of music – such as film, dance, and theatre. An avid poetry reader and writer, Perry is also influenced by text and how text can interact with music in both spoken and unspoken ways. Perry holds an MFA in music composition from The California Institute of the Arts. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet-t4mce-38ehg-wx27d-25zgh-9mkfp monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Grace Ryan - “Captivating with [her] vocal power and lush sound” (W. Kromash, Evanston Roundtable), young mezzo soprano Grace Ryan is a national award winning artist, hailing originally from Chicago. She is pursuing her Masters of Music in Voice Performance at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, studying with acclaimed tenor Stanford Olsen. She most recently performed as Hänsel in University of Michigan’s mainstage opera, Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdink). She received her degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education at DePaul University in Chicago in 2024, where she studied with tenor Scott Ramsay. Most recently, Grace was the first place recipient of Opera Grand Rapids’ Vanderlaan Prize and the first place recipient of Fox Valley Orchestra Voice Competition. She also was honored to receive an Encouragement Award in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in the Illinois district in 2023. Outside of the world of opera, Grace has a strong background in musical theatre and dance, and has a passion for education and sharing the fine arts with the next generation. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/graham-meyer monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/f1b99c9f-eead-43bb-93a7-2df70d4bd3e5/GrahamMeyerSpring2025_5.jpg 2025 Artists - Graham Meyer - Graham Meyer is a journalist and musician based in Chicago. In his journalistic life, he has been covering local arts, culture, and dining for the past 20 years. His classical-music coverage has appeared regularly in Chicago magazine—where he was the classical-music stringer for 10 years—Crain's Chicago Business, and I Care If You Listen. His concert reviews have appeared in Chicago Classical Review and Bachtrack. He has previewed arts events in several newsletters and magazines, most recently in the weekly column The Big Ticket for Crain's. In the dining sphere, he has reviewed restaurants for Chicago magazine and Crain's and for many years was one of the co-authors of Chicago magazine's Dish newsletter, winning a City and Regional Magazine Award in 2014. Other publications his work has appeared in include the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, Rotarian magazine, and the websites of WBEZ and WFMT. As a musician, he specializes in vocal music. He currently sings baritone in the semiprofessional choir Vox Venti, an ensemble dedicated to recently composed music, especially by composers of historically excluded demographics. Vox Venti programmed his own arrangement of the French Advent carol "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" in its first holiday concert in December 2022. His setting of the John Keats sonnet that begins "When I have fears that I may cease to be" for SSAA chamber choir won a composition competition conducted by the San Francisco-based chamber choir Musae and was recorded on their album Five. Beyond journalism and music, he constructs crossword puzzles. His puzzles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Sun, National Wildlife magazine, and other places. He also plays competitive bridge with his teenage daughter. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/greg-macayeal monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/0804c87a-5263-4d23-99e1-cc2b7326fdcb/Greg+portrait+7.22+%281%29.JPG 2025 Artists - Greg MacAyeal - Greg MacAyeal has been working in libraries for 30 years, and is presently Curator of Music Collections at the Northwestern University Library, overseeing all collections and services related to music materials. He is also a Bienen School of Music Lecturer and teaches on the topic of research methods. His own research interests include musical experimentalism since 1945, the music and writing of John Cage, and the “No Wave” arts movement. Greg holds degrees in music composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (BM) and DePaul University (MM), and an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet-t4mce-38ehg-wx27d monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/6b2867e5-4481-4cd0-be5d-d1d11e2c728e/IMG_3809.jpeg 2025 Artists - Hayley Fox - Hayley Fox is a versatile soprano making waves in new works and classic repertoire alike. As someone who is passionate about championing new American repertoire, she performed the role of The Girl in Remedios Varios by Carlos Carillo and Stephanie Fleischmann with the COT Vanguard Initiative in its world concert premiere. Previously with the Vanguard initiative, she premiered the role of Emily in The Weight of Light by Gillian Perry and Marcus Amaker to critical praise. Hayley has worked with Chicago Opera Theater, The Glimmerglass Festival, Wolf Trap Opera, and the Chicago College of the Performing Arts. Her upcoming roles include Elle in La Voix Humaine at CCPA and she will sing Lauretta and cover Mimi at Opera Company of Middlebury in 2025. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/holocene monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/e5f76072-8eb0-4e36-aad5-37ab10932c48/Holocene%2Bheadshot%2B2.png 2025 Artists - Holocene - Holocene is a Chicago-based music ensemble made up of Phoebe Wu (pianist), Dalia Chin (flutist), and Isidora Nojkovic (cellist). Holocene means “entirely new”, and is also the geological time period we are currently in. The ensemble performs contemporary classical and genre-bending music, welcoming listeners into the communal, grounding, and timeless experience of live new music. Active soloists and collaborators in the vibrant Chicago music scene and beyond, the members of Holocene originally met while performing in the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium in 2022. The trio was brought together by a shared passion for creating genuine connection between people, music, and place.Holocene is a Chicago-based music ensemble made up of Phoebe Wu (pianist), Dalia Chin (flutist), and Isidora Nojkovic (cellist). Holocene means “entirely new”, and is also the geological time period we are currently in. The ensemble performs contemporary classical and genre-bending music, welcoming listeners into the communal, grounding, and timeless experience of live new music. Active soloists and collaborators in the vibrant Chicago music scene and beyond, the members of Holocene originally met while performing in the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium in 2022. The trio was brought together by a shared passion for creating genuine connection between people, music, and place. isidoranojkovic.com phoebewupiano.com daliachin.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/jasmine-barnes monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/5efb7119-e1b6-4b3d-8437-878f681558c3/jasminebarnes.png 2025 Artists - Jasmine Barnes - Jasmine Arielle Barnes (September 28, 1991) is an Emmy award winning composer and acclaimed vocalist who has performed and has had her music performed worldwide. Her music has been described as “refreshing..,engaging...,exciting” by San Francisco Classical Voice, "Beautifully lyrical" by The Telegraph (UK), and “the best possible blend of Billie Holiday and Claude Debussy” by Boston Globe. The twice over graduate from Morgan State University is is a recent recipient of Opera America’s Discovery Opera Grant for women composers among two other grants from Opera America for her new opera “She Who Dared” premiering at Chicago Opera Theater in June 2025, commissioned by American Lyric Theater with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, librettist. She has been commissioned by numerous organizations such as NY Philharmonic , American Composers Forum, and Juilliard Pre College, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Carnegie Hall, Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Apollo Chamber Players, Baltimore Choral Arts, CityMusic Cleveland, LyricFest Philadelphia, among others. Drawing her attention to Opera more often , she's now written 5 operas: "The Late Walk" -Nikolaus Cox, librettist (10 min) "Star Arts High" (45 min) "The Burning Bush" - Joshua Banbury, librettist (10 min) "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" - Marcus Yi, librettist (30 min) "She Who Dared" - Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, librettist (120 min) (orchestra workshop via American Lyric Theater in August 2024)) "The Late Walk" commissioned by Bare Opera as a part of the Decameron Opera Coalition has been archived in the Library of Congress and featured as study subject in book titled "Narrative Oper" by Sonja Dierks, a German author. Barnes was featured in on PBS by way of MPT in an "Artworks" episode titled "Dreamer", which focuses on her work "Portraits: Douglass and Tubman" premiered by Baltimore Choral Arts in 2022. A subsequent album titled "Dreamer" was released in 2023 by ACIS productions. Barnes has recording projects with many artists including recording projects with world class artists such as Lawrence Brownlee (Rising 2023, Grammy Nominated 2024), Will Liverman ( A Sable Jubilee 2024, Grammy Nominated 2025), Joshua Conyers (A Miracle in Legacy 2024), and many other incredible new projects on the horizon. Barnes was named the recipient of the Florence Price award for composition from Pricefest, named a winner of the International Women's Brass Conference Emerging Composer Competition, a winner of the Black Brilliance award by The Pleiades Project , recognized as the Gwendolyn J Brinkley Fine Arts First Place Award Winner of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. South Central Region 2021, and named a finalist of All Classical Portland's Recording Inclusivity Initiative. Aside from commissions, Barnes’ work has been performed in prestigious halls and festivals around the world, including LA Opera, Metropolitan Opera Museum, BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall, Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Opera, Tulsa Opera, Elbphilharmonie, The Kimmel Center, Dallas Opera, Concertgebouw, Abu Dhabi Festival, Arizona Opera, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, among many others. She has worked with numerous artists such as Lawrence Brownlee, Karen Slack, Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Russell Thomas, Demarre McGill, Titus Underwood, Anthony McGill, Andrew Brady, Leonna Mitchell, Marquita Lister, among other established artists and organizations. Barnes is also a part of a network of composers called "The Blacknificient Seven" with 6 other composers, Damien Geter, Jessie Montgomery, Shawn Okpebholo, Dave Ragland, Carlos Simon, and Joel Thompson. Recently, they collaborated on "African Queens" for Grammya ward winning Karen Slack and Grammy Nominated Kevin J. Miller. Jasmine is not only a composer/vocalist, but an educator. She is the former Head of Compositional Studies and Jazz Voice Studies at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX. She holds her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Music from Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland. Her Master of Arts in Music was earned as a Composition student studying under Dr. James Lee III. She proved her musical prowess in her debut composition concert entitled "Reality Race and Religion" that took place on May 9th, 2018 in the Gilliam Concert Hall of the Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center. She was the very first composition major of Morgan State University, thus hosting the first composition recital, setting the bar high for those to follow. As a student in the Morgan State University Choir, she was privy to showcasing her work through the choir, who has performed her music in three continents and all over the United States. She held the esteemed pleasure of being a Graduate Teaching Assistant teaching Music Theory and Aural Skills to students of Morgan State University which prepared her well for teaching various levels of Music Theory including AP Music Theory in her career as a teacher. Her professional career in teaching lead her to educator honors such as National Young Arts Foundation Educator (5x recipient), Teacher Recognition award recipient from American Composer's Forum; NextNotes High School Music Creator Competition, as well as partnering with AT&T Performing Arts Center in creating a composition competition for her students to compose an original piece for the acclaimed chandelier in the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, TX, home of the Dallas Opera.. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated as well as Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity Inc. One motto of Sigma Alpha Iota that Jasmine holds true to her life as an artist is "Vita Brevis, Ars Longa" which translates from Latin to English as "Life is Short, Art is Long". She believes that giving your all to music, contributing to the art, and teaching what you've learned is truly upholding Art and being a true musician. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/joanne-evans monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9ac750f4-9bcd-45d6-bb66-a08b85cb6d60/JE+Headshot.jpg 2025 Artists - Joanne Evans - London-born mezzo soprano Joanne Evans is a graduate of the Merola Opera Program, and of the residencies at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Britten Pears Young Artist Program, Fondation des Treilles and the Festival d’Aix en Provence where she was awarded Le Prix des Amis for Voice. Recent and upcoming performances include appearances at the Aldeburgh Festival, a role debut as Dorabella with Opera San Jose, a recital with Ravinia Festival x Ear Taxi Festival, and a European tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Joanne most recently appeared as Flora in Annapolis Opera’ production of La Traviata, a role that she will be reprising at Opera San Jose next year. As a Fellow at Music Academy of the West in 2022, Joanne sang the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin and was named winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition. Further awards include a first prize win in the Handel Aria Competition and awards from the Dallas Lone Star Competition and the Gerda Lissner Foundation. www.joanne-evans.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/john-dorhauer monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/256bbee7-c983-4357-9dfe-56d54bdc1242/John+Dorhauer+Headshot_photo+by+Harvey+Tillis.jpg 2025 Artists - John Dorhauer - John Dorhauer (johndorhauer.com) is a composer, educator, and performer from Chicago. A nine-time recipient of ASCAP Plus Awards, John’s music has been recorded/performed by International Contemporary Ensemble, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Latitude 49, Timothy Munro, The New Collaborative, Orion Ensemble, Fifth House Ensemble, University of Nevada- Reno New Music Ensemble, Elmhurst University Percussion Ensemble and New Music Collective, Origin of Animal, and his own jazz band, Heisenberg Uncertainty Players (HUP). In recent years, John has received grants from Illinois Arts Council Agency and the 3Arts Arts for Illinois Relief Fund. HUP released an album of John’s original music called Gradient in 2020, and they hold monthly residencies at Wicker Park’s Phyllis’ Musical Inn and the Chicago Magic Lounge. Recent projects for HUP include performances featuring John’s arrangements of The Beatles’ Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy, Heart’s Dreamboat Annie, Wings’ Venus And Mars, and Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here albums; a historical retrospective of boy band music; an all 90’s show; a heavy metal-themed show; and We Tear Down Our Coliseums, which is a nine- movement multi-media suite in which each movement is written as an homage to a baseball stadium that has been destroyed. In 2021, HUP performed at Ear Taxi Festival, in which they premiered John’s eight-movement suite Functions. As an educator, John has served as adjunct faculty at Elmhurst University for the past 13 years, where he has taught classes in music theory, composition, and popular music studies. His classes and ensembles include multiple levels of music theory, Orchestration, Composition Seminar, The Beatles, History of Rock, New Music Collective, and Popular Music Ensemble. John also teaches private lessons in trumpet and composition to students ranging from elementary school to college. As a trumpeter, John performs in numerous jazz, rock, and classical ensembles around Chicago, including Shout Section Big Band, Fort Frances, and Schaumburg Youth Symphony Orchestra. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/66a66696-b72e-4777-bf4e-741e0546aa1b/Jordy+Vargas.jpeg 2025 Artists - Jordy Vargas - Nicaraguan tenor, Jordy Betancourt-Vargas, is an artist to watch. Passionate about new music and opera, Jordy most recently premiered a scene from Inna Onofrei’s opera, Ara the Beautiful with the Cleveland Composers Guild. He has also performed the role of The Witch in Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Jordy holds a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University, where they were seen as Ethan in Kamala Sankaram’s Looking at You and Claudio in Hector Berlioz’s Beatrice et Benedict. in 2023, they made their Pittsburgh Opera Chorus debut in Mozart’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer. In recital, they have used their platform to uplift works that exist outside of the standard repertoire, with a focus on the historical presence of queerness in music. Jordy has also commissioned art songs by Nicaraguan composers with texts by Nicaraguan poets, which will be a lifelong project to broaden the catalogue of Nicaraguan music. Jordy is currently based in Chicago, IL. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/justin-weiss monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/6b88376f-ce2d-454b-ad2e-815f3905ffaa/Justin+Weiss+Headshot+Mycelium_photo+by+Aline+Stern.jpg 2025 Artists - Justin Weiss - Justin Weiss is a composer and conductor whose music has been described as “lush, colorful” (Cleveland Classical) and full of “rustling energy” (Hyde Park Herald). His music explores the perception of time, energy, and transformation through textural play and melodically driven lyricism. Much of Justin’s recent work has been focused on the relationship between visual arts and sound. Justin’s work has been recognized with a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Prix Langage Musical from Les Écoles d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau, the Walter E. Aschaffenburg, and awards and recognitions from institutions such as ASCAP, Society of Composers, Inc., and The American Prize, Tribeca New Music, and YoungArts. Justin’s music has been performed internationally by ensembles including Quatuor Diotima, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Grossman Ensemble, TAK Ensemble, ~Nois Saxophone Quartet, Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, and Sandbox Percussion Quartet. Justin is the co-executive/artistic director and conductor of new Chicago-based contemporary music ensemble, Mycelium New Music, as well as the co-director of the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble and has premiered dozens of pieces internationally. Justin studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago where he studies with Augusta Read Thomas. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4-dlhbw-y6952-l3af2-5ewp9-rfl8l monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Julian Otis - Julian Terrell Otis a creative vocalist, improviser and composer is known for bringing fresh perspective, nuance, and “high drama” to the contemporary music world. He has performed with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Imani Winds, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, and Steven Schick. Most notably he created the role of Male Vocalist in George E. Lewis’ Opera Afterword and is exploring the vocal music of Julius Eastman. Julian’s goal is to integrate music, dramatic instincts and experiential elements to create moments for contemplation and social action amongst his audiences.He is so grateful to be apart of Angel Bat Dawid's Tha Brothahood, an ensemble dedicated to continuing the legacy of Great Black Music. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9cf618e1-d7b5-4126-8028-f7b1d3e20c8a/KAI170404_031f.jpg+-+Amanda+Grimm.jpeg 2025 Artists - KAIA String Quartet - KAIA String Quartet is dedicated to inspiring and connecting with audiences through dynamic performances of classical string quartet repertoire while championing the rich music of Latin American composers. With a commitment to cultural exploration, they bridge traditions and celebrate underrepresented voices. Praised by DownBeat for “beautifully blurring the lines between jazz, classical, Latin, and world music,” KAIA has performed across the U.S. and abroad, with highlights including collaborations with jazz vocalist Paul Marinaro, a tour of Uruguay and Argentina culminating at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, and appearances at Rendezvous Arts Festival, Rush Hour Concert Series and the Chicago Jazz Festival. KAIA was the first ensemble-in-residence at WFMT, where they produced broadcasts, citywide concerts, and the educational video series KAIA Kids. Equally dedicated to education, KAIA teaches through Ravinia’s ReachTeachPlay, Classical Music Chicago’s Young People’s Concerts, and DePaul University’s Community Music Division. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaneko-tomotaro-and-lou-mallozzi monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1405d551-fa89-4a37-b880-e34082d95156/Lou+Mallozzi%2C+Sidewalk+Standstill+for+Nomura%2C+2024.JPG 2025 Artists - Kaneko Tomotaro and Lou Mallozzi - Sonic Speculations in the Documents of Postwar Japanese Art introduces a sound world little known outside Japan: Japanese artists working with sound in galleries and public spaces to interrogate artistic practice and social relations during the cultural and political upheavals of postwar Japan from the 1950s to 1970s. The radical artistic output of this period occurred in the complex context of Japan’s postwar economic boom, the failure of its student uprisings, the Mono-ha movement, Expo '70, and numerous other factors. It is a period that remains virtually unexplored outside Japan, one that offers much to an increasingly global perspective in the field of the sonic arts. In a public talk on October 7, scholar Kaneko Tomotaro and artist/scholar Lou Mallozzi offer insight to this world, blending research, archival materials, re-enactment, diaristic speculation, and original artworks. The Japanese Art Sound Archive is a solo research project by Kaneko Tomotaro to investigate sound in postwar Japanese art. He has realized re-exhibitions and the release of editions bringing this history into an immediate present. Informed by a profound understanding of Japan’s postwar cultural and political context, his detailed and ongoing research introduces the distorted sounds of 1970s Japanese art through images and recordings. For Sonic Speculations, Kaneko presents photographic images and rare archival recordings from the 1970s played on CDs to reference a “double history” of listening across the transition from analog to digital technologies in an increasingly consumerist economy. Artist and educator Lou Mallozzi has pursued parallel paths of research, writing, and artistic production to develop a personal response to the sounds of postwar Japanese artists. Focused on direct sonic encounters with their work and his own audio-centric interpretations amplified by the generosity of artists, curators, and historians, he has produced intentionally subjective essays and sensitive artworks of his own in response to the work he has experienced. One such project is Sidewalk Standstill for Nomura, created in 2024 as an homage to artist Nomura Hitoshi (1945-2023) and in direct response to Nomura’s 1970 performative sound work Telephone Eyeshot. It is presented for the first time in public in Sonic Speculations. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/ee056057-d1c6-4e78-9883-cb08c5a9bd7d/Karlos+Pin%CC%83ero-Mercado+Headshot.jpeg 2025 Artists - Karlos Piñero-Mercado - Puerto Rican tenor Karlos Piñero-Mercado (they/them) is a Chicago-based performer known for the “sensitivity and earnestness” of their “strong, clear tenor” Parterre Box. Karlos is a recent alumnus of Chicago Opera Theater's Young Artist Program. They are passionate about new music and introducing Latine art song, especially the music of Puerto Rico, to mainstream audiences. Piñero-Mercado is an alumnus of the music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. They received their Bachelor of Music from the University of Central Florida and their Master of Music from CCPA at Roosevelt University, studying under countertenor Mark Crayton. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kate-soper monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/b8efd874-dbbd-42c4-8144-4e9bce41bd88/soper_headshot-MarcoGiugliarelli.jpeg 2025 Artists - Kate Soper - Described by The New Yorker as "one of the great originals of her generation," Kate Soper has been creating unique and uncategorizable musico-theatrical spectacles for over a decade. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and Rome Prize fellow, she has received awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Koussevitzky Foundations and the American Academy of Letters, and has been commissioned by Miller Theatre, Alarm Will Sound, and the New York Philharmonic. Her large-scale works include the monodramas "Voices from the Killing Jar" and "IPSA DIXIT" and the operas "Here Be Sirens," "The Romance of the Rose," and "The Hunt." Praised by The New York Times for her "lithe voice and riveting presence," Soper performs frequently as a new music soprano, and has been featured as a composer/vocalist on the New York City-based MATA festival and Miller Theatre Composer Portraits series, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW series, and the LA Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series. As a non-fiction and creative writer, she has been published by McSweeney's Quarterly, PAJ, the Massachusetts Review, Theory and Practice, and the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies. She is a co-director of Wet Ink, a New York-based new music ensemble dedicated to seeking out adventurous music across aesthetic boundaries. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Katherine Petersen - "Katherine Petersen is an engaging Soprano specializing in the performance of 21st Century repertoire for Voice and Saxophone. Her recent collaborations with Decho Ensemble include an ensemble residency at Ohio University (2023), performances at the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna (2022), the International Saxophone Symposium (2020), and an ensemble residency at Ohio University (2023) and the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho (2019). You can find Decho Ensemble’s recently released, self-titled album on Youtube, Apple Music, and Spotify. Dr. Petersen is Assistant Professor of Voice at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where she teaches Pedagogy, Repertoire Seminar for Voice, Studio Voice and Diction for Singers. She holds a MM in Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College and a DMA in Voice Performance from Ohio State University. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/khary-laurent-1 monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/3b81abc7-2543-40e3-8364-a00aa45c066c/unnamed.jpg 2025 Artists - Khary Laurent - Khary Laurent (also known as K. F. Jacques) is a classical singer and hip-hop producer. He has been featured on The Rosie Show (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network), WGN News, ABC7 News, and multiple television and radio networks, having toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. Currently, Mr. Laurent serves as head composer and stars as Figaro in The Rosina Project—a “hip-hopera” adaptation of The Barber of Seville, featuring a dynamic cast of rappers, dancers, singers, a beatboxer, and a DJ. The production has been featured in the Pivot Arts Festival for two consecutive years, and highlighted by the Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Tribune. It also received grants for a citywide summer tour through the Chicago Park District’s “Night Out in the Parks” initiative. His latest work, Telekinetik, was commissioned by Catapult Opera and incorporates cameos of his octogenarian, Haitian-born father. Blending science fiction elements, the piece explores themes of violence and bravado in contemporary society. Previously, L'Assassino—a hip-hop opera film commissioned by Resonance Works Pittsburgh—delved into the backstory of Verdi’s infamous villain Sparafucile. During the pandemic, Chicago Fringe Opera commissioned Corsair for the Decameron Opera Coalition’s Tales From a Safe Distance. The work premiered to critical acclaim, earning “Best New Local Opera Production” from The Chicago Reader and “Best Music Video” from the Aladerri International Film Festival, among other awards. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Laurent holds a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. His recent roles include Tom in Fizz ‘n’ Ginger with Chicago Fringe Opera, and the title role in Don Giovanni with Fargo-Moorhead Opera. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/la-caccina monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d47e0214-f8b9-49d1-896e-ae6ca02c12de/La%2BCaccina%2BEns.%2BShot.jpg 2025 Artists - La Caccina - La Caccina champions and performs diverse, innovative repertoire for women’s voices to engage audiences and inspire the next generation of collaborative musicians. The ensemble finds its namesake in Francesca Caccini, a prolific Baroque composer known for her virtuosic musicality and beautiful singing voice. Following in Caccini’s footsteps, the singers of La Caccina bring a wide range of expertise to the ensemble, enabling them to easily adapt to a variety of musical styles—from Renaissance madrigals to South African folk songs, and from contemporary pop songs to classical masterworks such as Vivaldi’s Gloria in D and Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. Since their founding, La Caccina has collaborated with symphony orchestras, bluegrass trios, actors, and poets, and has commissioned and premiered over a dozen works by composers including Marie-Claire Saindon, Timothy C. Takach, Augusta Read Thomas, Matthew Harris, and Melissa Dunphy, among others. No matter the music, La Caccina’s expressive, emotional singing highlights the versatility of the treble voice and brings musical excellence, integrity, and honesty to every performance. lacaccina.org https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/lakeshore-rush monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/bcc81ba6-7bf3-44a3-8b16-98e3dec899da/Lakeshore+Rush+Pics+Thirsty+Ears+2022+7+of+13.JPG 2025 Artists - Lakeshore Rush - "As an ensemble our priorities are to present music by living composers and forgotten chamber music masterpieces. We are especially interested in performing works written by composers living in the Midwest, and to continue to champion lesser known chamber works. Lakeshore Rush comprises a collection of extraordinary musicians from Chicago who are delighting audiences of all ages with riveting contemporary and classical standards and forgotten masterpieces, characterized by programmatic innovation, synergistic collaborative partnerships, and intimate performances. Co-founded by clarinetist Laura McLaughlin and flutist Erin Murphy in 2014, Lakeshore Rush has since premiered new works by Beth Bradfish, Griffin Candey, Yong Mee Choi, Amos Gillespie, Jonathan Hannau, Joshua Hintze, Pierre Jalbert, Laura Schwendinger, and Roger Zare. Lakeshore Rush takes its name from a previously endangered lakeshore grass that has recently revitalized Lake Michigan’s shores in Chicago. Like the renewal of this plant, the resurgence of contemporary classical music has taken root and flourished in Chicago’s music culture. Indeed, just off Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, one need only stroll along Rush Street and Lake Shore Drive to experience the energy which motivates and exhilarates the musicians of Lakeshore Rush. Their inaugural 2014-2015 season included performances in the Chicago Symphony Center as part of Meritfest, the George Crumb Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, PianoForte Studios in Chicago, the Chicago Center for Music Education, and Chicago’s Fine Arts Building. Outreach programs include performances, masterclasses, and reading sessions at Lawrence Conservatory in Wisconsin, the University of Illinois – Chicago, and Merit School of Music. In 2016 Lakeshore Rush presented an innovative program including compositions for toy instruments commissioned by the ensemble. In the following season, they were invited to collaborate with the Chicago Composers’ Consortium to select and prepare new pieces for Pierrot ensemble as part of their 2017 call for scores competition. The concert featuring Amos Gillespie and members of C3 took place at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall. Their collaboration with Amos Gillespie continued through the 2018-2019 season, with performances at the Fulton Street Collective, New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest at Guarneri Hall, and a concert at PianoForte Studios Chicago. Recent seasons included performances at Constellation, Garfield Park Conservatory, Thirsty Ears Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, St. Charles Public Library, PianoForte Studios, and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute in New Hampshire. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet-t4mce-38ehg monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Laura Strickling - Two-time GRAMMY® award nominee for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album for 40@40 (2024) and Confessions (2022), soprano Laura Strickling was recognized by The New York Times for her “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence.” Celebrated for her work performing and promoting art song, with an emphasis on new additions to the canon, she is the host of SongCycle – a podcast covering all things song – has been featured twice in Classical Singer Magazine, curated The NewMusicShelf Anthology of contemporary art songs for soprano, and has performed recitals and presented masterclasses and lectures with art song and chamber music organizations, music festivals, and universities around the world. Her, “powerful and expressive voice across a large range, her variety of timbre and character,” (Classical Scene), make her a welcome guest soloist for a range of opera, oratorio, concert, and chamber works – from Bach to Britten and beyond. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/leah-dexter monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9e7eb9dc-4181-4c97-826d-bf1cfb12238a/DSC_0138-3.jpeg 2025 Artists - Leah Dexter - Leah Dexter, mezzo soprano, is excited to be debuting with the Ear Taxi Festival. A force in the Chicago area performing arts scene, Leah debuted two world premiere roles, this past season, with Chicago Opera Theater: Herbalist in Remedios Varios, and Susie “Mama Sue” McDonald in the critically acclaimed, She Who Dared, for which her performance was praised as “pointed and iridescent” (Chicago Tribune). Further solo performances for the 24/25 season included Girlfriend 3 (cover) for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Blue, Handel’s Messiah with Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Rutter’s Feel the Spirit with the DuPage Symphony, and Reicha’s Requiem with the DePaul Community Chorus. Upcoming engagements include Notes for Peace recordings and concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Negaunee Institute, a return to Chicago Opera Theater for Die Silbersee in the role of Frau von Luber and a debut with the Rockford Symphony for Bernstein’s “Jeremiah” Symphony No. 1. In addition, Leah continues her work with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and the Grant Park Festival Chorus throughout the season. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/lee-r-kesselman monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/a15efaa1-d908-46cb-8760-d723d93d4aa1/Lee+Kesselman+Headshot_photo+by+Lee+Kesselman.jpeg 2025 Artists - Lee R. Kesselman - Composer Lee R. Kesselman is best known as a composer of vocal works, including opera, music for chorus, chamber music and solo songs. Large vocal works include the opera The Bremen Town Musicans (commissioned by Opera for the Young with libretto by James Tucker), The Emperor's New Clothes (a choral opera), Measuring the Holy for SATB, children and orchestra, Shona Mass for voices and African percussion, and Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, a symphony for treble chorus and orchestra, and Praise to the Light of the World for men, women, SATB and symphonic band. The Bremen Town Musicans has been performed over 350 times for schoolchildren in Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas. Kesselman has written numerous pieces for instrumental ensembles, including O lente, lente currite noctis equi!, CG, and Love Song for a Common Destiny for string orchestra, Metallum and Bei Mir for percussion ensembles, and works for various combinations of solo piano, violin and piano, cello and bass, violin and bass, and Duo Mythologique for flute and string bass. His extended works for solo voice and instruments include JOLERE for soprano and string quartet (and dance), FACES for soprano and piano, In the Garden of Love for soprano and piano, LOVE PHASES for baritone and piano, Prairie Epitaphs for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano, and CIRCLES for soprano, string bass and piano. Kesselman has been commissioned to write for children’s choirs, middle school, junior school, high school, college, community, church, and professional ensembles. Boosey & Hawkes, Roger Dean Music, Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Colla Voce, Carl Fischer Music, Hal Leonard and G. Schirmer have published many of Mr. Kesselman’s choral works. He is published by North Star Music (vocal) and Trevco Music (double reeds). His compositions and arrangements are also available through www.kesselmanpress.com and www.MusicSpoke.com. He served as a long-time choral editor for Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers. A complete listing of his works can be found at www.kesselmanpress.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/liza-sobel-crane monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d34051ef-cc59-41c0-a678-e7fca87d6d1a/Liza+Sobel+Crane+headshot_photo+by+Gail+Westerfeld.jpg 2025 Artists - Liza Sobel Crane - Liza Sobel Crane is a Chicago based composer and soprano. Her compositions are often influenced by current social issues. Recent inspirations include anxiety and stress in today’s society, the negative impact of social media and its links to depression and suicide, sexual assault, neurodiversity, and other health issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic. V enues her music has been performed in include Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Symphony Space, Bang on a Can, Aspen Festival, Creative Lab, Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Norfolk New Music Workshop, Brevard, and Bowdoin. Performers that have played her music include: Orchestra of St. Luke's, Minnesota Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, Spektral Quartet, Thalia Quartet, Cygnus Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion, Nouveau Classical Project, and Ekmeles. Liza was a Fulbright scholar to the UK. As a singer, Liza performs standard and new repertoire, and numerous composers have written pieces for her. Most recently, she performed the world premiere of her opera, I DID, DID I? with the Zafa Collective at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. This season, she also performed George Crumb's Apparition at Constellation as part of Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival. Liza studied at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music (DMA), Rutgers University’s Mason Gross Conservatory (MA); Cornell University (BA with honors), and Manhattan School of Music. For more information, please see her website, lizasobel.com. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/marci-cohen monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/263e5c03-e7f5-4aa1-9cc3-7b0c27962eca/Marci+Cohen+small.jpg 2025 Artists - Marci Cohen - Marci Cohen is a retired music librarian. She worked in music libraries for more than 20 years, most recently at Boston University as Head of the Music Library. She remains an active member of the Music Library Association and served as editor of the association’s robust copyright website. Prior to entering librarianship, Marci was an intellectual property paralegal and popular music journalist. She guest lectures on copyright for the Simmons University music librarianship course. Marci earned a BS from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and an MA in Music from Tufts University. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/marybeth-kurnat monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/144f6751-560c-4af3-9de8-637d3a1f5470/Marybeth+Kurnat+headshot+2024_photo+by+Marybeth+Kurnat.JPG 2025 Artists - Marybeth Kurnat - Illinois-based composer Marybeth Kurnat (b. 1987) is a rising voice in modern choral music. Her debut work, Epitaph For A Romantic Woman, was premiered by the St. Charles Singers in October 2021. Her SATB work, I, Lover, was the 2021-22 winner of True Concord's Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers' Competition. She premiered her work, The Lagoon, as a Composition Fellow for the 2023 PREMIERE|Project Festival. She has premiered 15 works from 2023 to 2024. Described as "transcendent" and "otherworldly," Marybeth's compositional voice is strongly influenced by her musical roots as a jazz saxophonist - most clearly illustrated in her colorful, adventurous harmonic vocabulary and uniquely fluid command of rhythm. She has received especially high praise for her piano writing. Her compositional influences include Brad Mehldau, Wayne Shorter, Jacob Collier, Rollo Dilworth, and Ivo Antognini. Her arranging portfolio also includes music for jazz ensemble, concert band, chamber music, string orchestra, and commercial a cappella. Marybeth earned a B.M.E. from Northern Illinois University, where she studied voice with Diane Ragains and saxophone with Steve Duke. She has spent 14 years in public schools, and currently teaches middle school band and AP music theory for the DeKalb School District. She is a District 8 Representative for ILMEA, and was a Student Composition Workshop clinician at the 2024 ILMEA All-State Festival. She is currently pursuing her M.A. in Composition at Washington State University. In addition to teaching and composing, Marybeth writes poetry and maintains an active performance schedule as a choral singer and soprano soloist in the greater Chicago area. She regularly appears with the St. Charles Singers, Chicago Choral Artists, and the Grant Park Music Festival Chorus. She is a member of ACDA, AGMA, ILMEA, and ASCAP. Her music can be found on MusicSpoke and in Graphite Publishing's Compose Like a Girl Series. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet-t4mce monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Michelle Areyzaga - "Praised for her “radiant and all-encompassing soprano” (Chicago Tribune), Michelle Areyzaga performs a diverse range of orchestral, oratorio, opera, and chamber repertoire. As a “consummate vocal actress” (Fanfare), she is held in high regard throughout the United States and abroad for her “appealing, expressive soprano” (New York Times). Highly respected for her work as an avid chamber musician and recitalist, Michelle has been a repeat guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Festival of Song, the Avalon String Quartet, The Lincoln Trio, and has been a member of the Chicago Ensemble since the beginning of her career. Ms. Areyzaga is artist faculty at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and Loyola University Chicago. Michelle is passionate about guiding and inspiring her private voice students through her knowledge of vocal literature, technique, and her training as a life coach." https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/kaia-string-quartet-t4mce-38ehg-wx27d-25zgh monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Naomi Brigell - Naomi Brigell, mezzo-soprano, has been praised as “expressive, athletic and strong-voiced” for her performances with companies such as Des Moines Metro Opera, Nashville Opera, Opera Saratoga, Dayton Opera, Opera in the Heights, and Opera Naples. Role highlights include Hänsel, Cherubino, Olga (Eugene Onegin), and Nica (Charlie Parker’s Yardbird). As an advocate for contemporary opera, Naomi is often contracted for world premieres and workshops, including performances with Chicago Fringe Opera, the Decameron Opera Coalition, Thompson Street Opera, and Chicago Opera Theater. On the concert stage, she has appeared as a soloist with the Dayton Philharmonic, Palm Beach Symphony, Bach Collegium Fort Wayne, and the Salt Creek Song Festival. Alongside performing, Naomi works with the non-profit From the Top to support young musicians and promote musical accessibility. An avid avocational tap, ballet, and jazz dancer, she lives in Chicago with her partner, literary translator Kevin Gerry Dunn, and their three-legged cat, Champion. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/natasha-bogojevic monthly 0.5 2025-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/ffb417dd-21b4-48b2-98f3-bbc09d81721c/natasha.jpg 2025 Artists - Natasha Bogojevic - Natasha Bogojevic has been named a competitive Fulbright Scholar award recipient for the 2024-2025 academic year. She will spend the year sharing her expertise internationally, teaching and researching at the University of Arts, Serbia. Natasha, an award-winning and internationally acclaimed composer and pianist, has earned global recognition for her highly original, passionate, and imaginative pieces. Her music, which spans symphony orchestras, various chamber ensembles, choral and vocal pieces, multimedia works, ballet, and scores for theatre and film, has captivated audiences worldwide. Notably, she showcased her versatility by appearing as an actress and composer in the recent film Gray in White and Black (Amazon Prime Video). She has received numerous awards, including the National Public Radio, International Rostrum of Composers, Festival Expresiones Contemporaneas, Opera Contempo, Joseph Jefferson, and New Music Chicago, and received honorable mentions at the prestigious USA MACRO Competition, American Prize Competition, and NYC Contemporary Music Symposium at Columbia University. Not only a prolific composer and pianist, Natasha has also dedicated herself to educating generations of musicians in Europe and the U.S. She has been a part of the musicianship faculty at the DePaul University School of Music since 2003. Born and educated in the former Yugoslavia, she started her teaching career as a professor of composition at the University of Arts in Belgrade. In 1995, during the brutal civil war and break up of Yugoslavia, she immigrated to the U.S. where she continued to pursue her musical journey. Her music has been commissioned and presented at major festivals and concerts on four continents. Notable recent performances include ISCM World New Music Days 2024 in Faroe Islands (Lapland Orchestra), "Ex/Odus of Joy" - chamber opera commissioned by SKGG (Slovenian Chamber Musical Theatre), based on the story "Diary of a Migrant" (Ljubljana, Slovenia), European Festival of Experimental Music (led by Pierre Schaeffer), IRC (International Rostrum of Composers, Paris, France), Beyond Biography, Gaudeamus, New Music in Middleburg, STIFT (Netherlands); International New Music Festivals (Slovakia), Concerts for Peace (Japan); Music Forum (Ukraine); Arrai Music Festival (Canada); Versicherungskammer Bayernin (Germany), Mikhail Shemiakin Foundation in St. Petersburg, DOM in Moscow, (Russia), International Festival of Music & Visual Arts «BLACK BOX» in Tashkent, (Uzbekistan), Electroacoustic Festival in Athens (Greece), Music and Silent Film Festival and Composers Concordance in New York, The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook, Annual International Women's Electroacoustic Project, Portland Chamber Music Festival and Princeton Symphony. Her biography appeared in several books, including "European Musical Heritage" by Jim Samson, "Parallel Histories" by Dr. Ivana Medic, "And the World of Woman in Classical Music" by Dr. Anne K. Gray. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/nick-zoulek monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/8f229e77-5994-48b2-9966-27d4f44a3a5b/2023%2BPress%2BPhoto%2B2.jpg 2025 Artists - Nick Zoulek - Nick Zoulek is at the forefront of performer/composers who are expanding the possibilities of the saxophone. Wrote The Wall Street Journal, “Zoulek's performance, on saxophones in every range, is stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre….Circular breathing yields rapidly undulating, swirling figures that seem unstoppable. Overblowing produces...fascinating chordal figures, as well as evocations of electronic timbres and feedback.” A musician of “pure mindfulness and talent” (PopMatters), Zoulek builds entire worlds out of breath, brass, and reeds. His intuitive playing and commanding technique have earned him admirers from across the musical spectrum. His upcoming album Enter Branch highlights collaboration, featuring S. Carey from Bon Iver, Grammy-winning spoken-word artist J. Ivy, the ~Nois saxophone quartet, and others. Zoulek’s artistic practice encompasses performance as a soloist and chamber musician, composition, visual media, and audio production. As a classical saxophonist, he has commissioned and premiered more than 100 works for saxophone, including pieces by Martin Bresnick, Shelley Washington, Ted Hearne, Emma O’Halloran, and Aaron Kernis. Although he is a sought-after interpreter of contemporary music, Zoulek’s own recordings offer the purest view of his artistry. After earning an undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he went to Paris, where he studied avant-garde repertoire Jean-Michel Goury and improvisation with legendary bassist Jöelle Léandre. He subsequently received his DMA in Contemporary Music from Bowling Green State University. Zoulek currently lives in Chicago, where he performs, composes, and hones his visual practice through his media production company, NZMEDIA. nickzoulek.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/odell-mitchell-iii monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1756222911716-R2A2WJHX3X0CS4YXYNGV/Odell+02.jpeg 2025 Artists - Odell Mitchell III - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/paul-novak monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/60faaadb-25a8-4ade-a569-2c9ada5eaa85/Paul+Novak_headshot_photo+by+Emma+Foster.jpg 2025 Artists - Paul Novak - The "spellbinding" (Washington Post) music of Chicago-based composer Paul Novak immerses listeners in shimmering and subtly crafted musical worlds full of color, motion, light, and magic. His recent projects engage with dreams and memory, queer identity, climate change and the natural world, and psychosomatic illness. Novak has received commissions from American Composers Orchestra, Balourdet Quartet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, ASCAP and Society of Composers, Inc., Music from Copland House, Lynx, Quatuor Lontano, the Boston New Music Initiative, Blackbox Ensemble, and Kinetic Ensemble, among others. His recent collaborators include the Austin Symphony, Orlando Philharmonic, Reno Philharmonic, the U.S. Army Band, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, DanceWorks Chicago, Sandbox Percussion, Ekmeles, Quince Ensemble, Decoda, InfraSound Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Dmitri Atapine, Quatuor Diotima, LIGAMENT Duo, and Tribeca New Music. In 2024, Novak was selected for the top prize from both the ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Awards and the BMI Composer Awards; other recent honors include a Barlow Commission and Underwood Commission, and awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, SCI/ASCAP Competition, Red Note Competition, League of Composers/ISCM, Lake George Music Festival, and National Association of Composers of the USA.He has received fellowships from Aspen, Norfolk, Copland House, Millay, and I-Park, and was featured in the Washington Post's "23 for '23: Composers and Performers to Watch this Year," where he was praised for his "impressive range and restless energy" in a catalog spanning "lithe, elastic vocal pieces...vibrant orchestral works...and evocative etudes for string quartet." Novak’s recent projects include collaborations with poets, visual artists, dancers, choreographers, and a spoken word artist. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/picosa monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/2112b592-7db4-4422-94bf-296dda49bce8/Picosa+Group+1+-+Picosa+Music.jpg 2025 Artists - Picosa - Peter Ferry is an acclaimed percussion soloist known for reimagining classical performances through contemporary repertoire and innovative collaborations. He has performed numerous percussion concerti and given TEDx talks. His collaborations include work with choreographer Nick Pupillo and glass artist Carrie Fertig. Ferry serves as Artistic Director of Artistic Planning with Alarm Will Sound and is an Eastman School of Music alumnus. Picosa is a mixed chamber ensemble specializing in contemporary classical music. The conductor-less group performs at venues including the Chicago Cultural Center, Ear Taxi Festival, and Constellation Chicago, with live broadcasts on WFMT. They maintain residencies at Elmhurst University and North Central College. The ensemble actively champions Chicago composers and has premiered numerous works, including Redlin[ing] by Shawn Okpebholo through a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning grant. Their Composer-in-Residence, Jonathon Kirk, regularly contributes original compositions and orchestral transcriptions to their repertoire. picosamusic.com picosamusic.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/quinn-middleman monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1758039724767-ZAZJ8HCUY3O4RM5PNSJI/quinn.jpeg 2025 Artists - Quinn Middleman - "Praised for her “fine, warm mezzo-soprano voice,"" Quinn Middleman is known as an ""animated musical storyteller."" She looks forward to 2024-25 engagements including returns to Annapolis Opera as Berta/Il barbiere di Siviglia and Haymarket Opera as Mary Cleofe/Resurrezione, and a debut with Opera Montana in her signature role as The Witch/The Mother/Hansel and Gretel. She will also premiere Rosśa Crean’s Werifesteria with the PICOSA Ensemble and solo in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Cleveland Suburban Symphony Orchestra. Quinn has recently appeared with Utah Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Opera, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Opera Birmingham, Madison Opera, Opéra Louisiane, Des Moines Metro Opera, Music Academy of the West, OPERA Iowa, Crested Butte Music Festival, Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, and Tanglewood Music Center. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University, and received bachelor’s degrees in both Oboe Performance and Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/quintet-attaca monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/3056cbbf-6d28-40b5-a1f4-e3425f441a80/Pic+QACouchBricks.jpg 2025 Artists - Quintet Attaca - Founded in 1999, Quintet Attacca is one of Chicago's most dynamic chamber music ensembles. Grand Prize Winner and Wind Division Gold Medal Winner of the 2002 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the quintet spent 2006-2009 as the Chicago Chamber Musicians' Professional Development Program Ensemble. Quintet Attacca is also proud to be in residence at the Music Institute of Chicago, offering performances, family programming, chamber music coaching and individual lessons. Quintet Attacca is an ensemble dedicated to bringing the unique sound of the wind quintet to all types of audiences: to this end, the quintet has played in venues across the Midwest, with extensive programming in Chicago. Quintet Attacca has reached audiences from Italy (at the 2003 Emilia Romagne Festival) to New York (at the Schneider Concerts Series at the New School) to concert halls all over Chicagoland as well as many live broadcasts on WFMT. Recent performances have included the First Monday Series at the Chicago Cultural Center and a residency with Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Priding itself on its innovative programming, Quintet Attacca enjoys presenting concerts that are both accessible and cutting-edge. Programs have included works that reflect the Classical and Romantic eras, as well as jazz and Latin influenced works and pieces by many of today’s leading composers. Additionally, five works have been written for the quintet: David Smooke's Trompe L'oeil, Collin Anderson's Tangram, Rami Levin’s Dancas Brasilieras and Portrait, and Dana McCormick's Two Episodes for Wind Quintet. To create balanced and entertaining programs, QA combines the challenges of today's most intriguing works with gems from the past. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/regina-harris-baiocchi monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/bec982cd-2a93-4251-9f4b-a21dcea15d0c/Regina_Harris_Baiocchi_1200x550.jpg 2025 Artists - Regina Harris Baiocchi - Regina Harris Baiocchi writes notes and words to fill vessels called music, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Regina is driven by her curiosity to create art that is informed by research, speaks to diverse audiences, and moves people. Regina’s catalogue includes compositions for woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, orchestra, keyboard, multi-media, choral, sacred, jazz, opera, art songs, and pop tunes. Her music has been performed by members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Philharmonic, US Army Band, American Guild of Organists, Chicago Brass Quintet, Gaudete Brass Quintet, Milwaukee Brass Quintet, Lincoln Trio, Avalon String Quartet, and other acclaimed artists. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/rosa-crean monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/e44f01b8-0a1b-42aa-bc88-7d44c6466ae8/Ross%CC%81a+Crean+headshot_photo+by+Rossa+Crean.jpeg 2025 Artists - Rosśa Crean - Multimedia artist Rosśa Crean (they/them) jokingly says they “create strange things that they like to appreciate when they are by themself, eating raw cookie dough in a dark closet,” but in truth, their music has been referred to as being “funny...and virtuosic” (Classic Concert Nova Scotia), having “exceptionally different, outstanding quality” (Download), and music that “stirs you deep, undertones of humanity” (Access Contemporary Music). Composing and creating music with a focus on the evocative and lyrical, they began their professional career as a Bass- Baritone, specializing in avant-garde and Contemporary Classical music, many of which were their own compositions. While pursuing their Masters at Illinois State University in Composition, they have studied with Stephen Taylor, David Feurzeig, and Nancy Van de Vate. They have trained in several vocal styles, including rock, opera, sean-nós (traditional Gaelic singing), and Indian and Middle Eastern vocal ornamentation. As a person with synesthesia, Crean occasionally creates projects that focus on their own neurological responses between sound, color, and emotional states. Their chromesthesia was a creative tool in the creation of the Edward Gorey partnering art installation entitled "Summerland: A Ghost Story," a collaboration with visual artist Ken Gerleve. It has most recently been featured in their American Prize winning opera, "The Great God Pan," where the prepared piano was notated with specific color designations for each note of a pitch class Crean saw as representing the other world that threatened the moral existence of humanity in the original story on which it was based. Their one-act opera “The Times Are Nightfall,” a queer sequel to “Don Giovanni,” premiered at Opera America in July 2018. Their most recent commission, “The Priestess of Morphine,” a monodrama in song cycle style, was commissioned and premiered by the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago in June 2019, and will be released as a recording with Navona/Naxos Records in 2021. Rosśa’s most recent opera “The Harbingers,” an a cappella performance about several harbingers of death convening on Halloween night to decide the fate of a recently-departed soul, premiered on Halloween Night 2019 at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. As a painter, Crean specializes in what they call “liminal abstract” works. Crean considers their chromesthesia as a tool that puts them in a liminal space between mind and body. Most of their paintings consist of acrylic paint with massive amounts of water. “I love the chaos that water brings to a work. I never know what I am going to be putting on the canvas at the beginning,” Crean says, “but the element of water also encourages adaptability, and I love it when I feel like I can co-conspire with my own synesthesia and creativity to create something I never expect. It is like my own personal teamwork within me.” Crean has done development work with MoMA, and has been a resident artist at Lakeside Inn in Lakeside, MI, Illinois State University, and Loyola University Museum of Art. A prolific collaborator, Crean has received commissions from and worked with numerous artists, including The Mozart Players at Oberlin College, the International Museum of Surgical Science, clarinetist Andrew Hudson, bassist Gahlord Dewald, The New Consort, and the Lynx Project. Their musical work has also been featured on Skope TV, Much Music, Fuse TV, and Comcast OnDemand. A staunch advocate for queer and gender equality, Rosśa founded the “Rosśa Crean Presents” performance series in Chicago, Illinois, which showcases emerging BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ composers and performers. For more information on Rosśa and their work, please go to www.rossacrean.com. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/gillian-rae-perry-82lr8-y7h2d-cyp3b-rkr8s-ntsx4-dlhbw monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/fc91e67f-8f3e-4414-a52e-10cb7f9a23f2/blue+air+taxi+background.jpg 2025 Artists - Ryan Alexander - Ryan Alexander is an artist and activist whose work spans art song, musical theater, and film. A former special education teacher and college administrator, his creative projects are shaped by a commitment to education and social justice. In 2024, he premiered The Tale of Bea, a multimedia work written by Meg Huskin that honors his grandmother’s life as a Jewish immigrant in a segregated Chicago. He originated the role of Dr. Penrose in the off-Broadway reading of Wesley and has performed with Peabody Opera Theater. Ryan recently launched Project Poetic Justice, a poetry and music program at the DC Jail, resulting in 10 new compositions for voice, piano, and synthesizer. A champion of new music, he performs with the Cerberus and Dualis Ensembles and will participate in the 2025 Source Song Festival. Ryan recently relocated to Chicago and looks forward to joining its vibrant musical community. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/sabrina-langlois monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/79a4fa3b-1e94-4be6-ae08-36abf5eebf22/headshot1.jpeg 2025 Artists - Sabrina Langlois Sabrina Langlois is an emerging Haitian-American soprano celebrated for her versatility and dynamic presence on stage. A champion of new works, she made her mark as a soprano soloist in the world premiere of Omar’s Journey, a chamber opera by Rhiannon Giddens, at the Ojai Music Festival. Sabrina has also performed premieres of innovative operas, portraying Penelope in Kay Rhie’s Quake and Dr. Veronica Vera in the workshop production of The Grand Hotel Tartarus by Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour. Sabrina's operatic repertoire spans a variety of roles, more recently, Despina in Così fan tutte, Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, and Adina in L’elisir d’amore. Equally comfortable in art song and concert repertoire, she was invited as a fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute for Singers in 2022 and 2024. An advocate for art song, she enjoys presenting compelling programs that resonate with both seasoned audiences and newcomers alike. Sabrina holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Miami and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of California, Los Angeles. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/scott-speck monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/405ecfd7-8e0f-4e57-9fda-746c638f9763/unnamed+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists - Scott Speck - With recent performances in London, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, Scott Speck has inspired international acclaim as a conductor of passion, intelligence, and winning personality. Scott Speck was named Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Chicago Philharmonic in June of 2013 and has been Music Director of the Joffrey Ballet since 2010. He has become a frequent guest for the Chicago Symphony’s family concerts. His work with Chicago Philharmonic earned him the award “2021 Conductor of the Year” from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. His gala performances with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Renée Fleming, Joshua Bell, Midori, Evelyn Glennie, and Olga Kern have highlighted his recent and current seasons as Music Director of the Mobile Symphony. This season he also collaborates intensively with Carnegie Hall for the seventh time as Music Director of the West Michigan Symphony. He was invited to the White House as former Music Director of the Washington Ballet. In past seasons Scott Speck has conducted at New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center, San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, and the Los Angeles Music Center. He has led numerous performances with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Houston, Baltimore, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing, Vancouver, Romania, Slovakia, Buffalo, Columbus (OH), Honolulu, Louisville, New Orleans, Oregon, Rochester, Florida, and Virginia, among many others. Previously he held positions as Conductor of the San Francisco Ballet; Music Advisor and Conductor of the Honolulu Symphony; and Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera. During a tour of Asia, he was named Principal Guest Conductor of the China Film Philharmonic in Beijing. Scott Speck is the co-author of two of the world’s bestselling books on classical music for a popular audience, Classical Music for Dummies and Opera for Dummies. These books have received stellar reviews in both the national and international press and have garnered enthusiastic endorsements from major American orchestras. They have been translated into twenty languages and are available around the world. His third book in the series, Ballet for Dummies, was released to great acclaim as well. Scott Speck has been a regular commentator on National Public Radio, the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Voice of Russia, broadcast throughout the world. He has been featured in TED talks and at the Aspen Ideas Festival. His writing has been featured in numerous magazines and journals. Born in Boston, Scott Speck graduated summa cum laude from Yale University. There he founded and directed the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, which continues to perform to this day. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, where he founded Concerto Grosso Berlin, an orchestra dedicated to the performances of Baroque and Classical music in a historically informed style. He received his Master’s Degree with highest honors from the University of Southern California, served as a Conducting Fellow at the Aspen School of Music, and studied at the Tanglewood Music Center. He is fluent in English, German and French, has a diploma in Italian, speaks Spanish, and has a reading knowledge of Russian. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/shane-scott-cook monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/728336a9-1d2a-4dcf-a56d-8ca0ce83998f/Shane+Scott+Cook+Headshot+%28Tamiya+Joseph+Photography%29.jpg 2025 Artists - Shane Scott Cook - Shane Scott Cook (b. 1994) is a composer, performer and songwriter whose work focuses on nature, loss, community and connection. A compelling up-and-coming voice in new music, his work draws from his eclectic musical upbringing as a classical percussionist, jazz singer, folk enthusiast and musical theater aficionado, with works commissioned by Del Sol String Quartet, Duo Cortona, Salastina, LYNX Project, Chicago Choral Artists, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak. Currently, Shane serves as Teaching Artist-in-Residence with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music in Boonville, California for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, developing new curriculums in percussion, piano, composing and songwriting for public school students. He is a 2024-25 Sounds Promising Young Composer Fellow with Salastina, who premiered his work sky, and sea, and stone in September 2024. Recent projects include a work for Del Sol Quartet, a song cycle for Duo Cortona, and the premiere of his song cycle for high voice and chamber orchestra, The Distance Between, by soprano Lindsay Kesselman and UT Austin’s New Music Ensemble in March 2024. Outside of classical music, recent projects include contributing orchestrations to pop star Halsey’s summer 2023 orchestra shows, string quartet arrangements for Orchid Quartet’s string of Los Angeles singer-songwriter showcases and digital releases, and developing a jukebox musical using the music of Alabama Shakes with playwright Selena Deer. He is also writing and recording songs for his solo singer-songwriter project, with plans to release an EP in early 2025. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/shannon-mcginnis monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/02fd27ad-76bf-48ca-9e8a-9e711c950f0a/McGinnis%2BHeadshot_EarTaxi.jpg 2025 Artists - Shannon McGinnis - Pianist Shannon McGinnis has been recognized for partnerships with some of the brightest stars in the classical vocal music world. Her playing has been described as “excellent” (Opera News), “strong and supportive” (Chicago Tribune), and “boldly projected, characterful, and delicately nuanced” (Chicago Classical Review). Recent highlights include appearances as official pianist for the Joyce DiDonato Master Classes at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (broadcast on medici.tv); debuts with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and San Francisco Performances; recitals with soprano Nicole Heaston, recorded live at the Ravinia Festival and broadcast on WFMT; with soprano Olivia Boehm, as part of the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series; and a recital with Grammy-award winning tenor Karim Sulayman (spring 2024). A passionate champion of art song, McGinnis is a co-founder of Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, where, as Director of Education, she pioneered and oversees organization’s tuition-free Vocal Chamber Music Fellowship. In summer 2023 McGinnis was appointed as Interim Associate Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where she has served on the faculty since 2016. As Associate Professor of Opera and Director of Opera programs, McGinnis oversees CCPA's undergraduate and graduate opera curricula, as well as the highly selective Professional Diploma in Opera program. During her tenure at CCPA, McGinnis has maintained a sought-after vocal coaching studio, from which her students go on to earn coveted spots in graduate schools and elite training programs in the United States and abroad. McGinnis holds the DMA in Accompanying and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan, as a student of Martin Katz. She is a recipient of the Emerging Artist Award in Music by the School of Music, Theatre and Dance Alumni Society Board of Governors, and is a co-recipient (as a founder of Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago), of the Christopher Kendall Award. Corinne Costell is a soprano from Port Jefferson Station, New York who is currently enjoying her fifth year in Chicago. She most recently finished her time with the Chicago Opera Theater/Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University Professional Diploma and Young Artist Program. During her time at COT, Corinne premiered the role of Ivy in The Cook-Off, part of the Vanguard composer program alongside Shawn Okbebholo, composer, and Mark Campbell, librettist. Previously, Corinne performed as Wren #1 in The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing while also covering the role of Sara Turing in the same production in March 2023. She also “winningly played”* the role of Emmie in Albert Herring in January 2023, while also covering the role of Miss Wordsworth in the same production. Additionally, Corinne premiered the role of Phoebe in The Beekeeper, composed by Wang Lu and libretto by Kelley Rourke with the Chicago Opera Theater in March 2022. She has covered multiple roles with the Chicago Opera Theater, such as Micaëla in their September 2021 production of Carmen, and Yan the elf in Mark Adamo’s Becoming Santa Claus in December 2021. She has already been invited back by the Chicago Opera Theater to be the Soprano Soloist/The Vendor in the production of The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich in December 2023. Most recently in 2024, Corinne premiered a new opera entitled Wet Dirt as the lead role of Deer with Thompson Street Opera. Additionally, Corinne performed in concert works with both CAIC in their spring lieder lounge, as well as performed her first Carmina Burana as the soprano soloist with the Naperville Chorus. Corinne is excited to bring new roles to life in upcoming contemporary works during her time here in Chicago. shannonmcginnispiano.com corinnesings.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/stare-at-the-sun monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/ad720e78-1f4a-44ed-8fd7-d560f0d96aa3/436855625_456936470015709_6604850942439237719_n.jpg 2025 Artists - Stare at the Sun - Named one of Chicago’s “new ensembles you should know” by WFMT, Stare at the Sun is a professional mixed-voice chamber choir dedicated to curating music by living composers, with an emphasis on commissioning new works from Chicago-based composers. Stare at the Sun provides a unique outlet for local composers to have their work performed at the highest level by virtuosic singers. They aim to engage artists and the public with issues of social responsibility and the complexities of living in the 21st century. Stare at the Sun has premiered works by Ted Hearne, Lansing McLoskey, Alex Berko, Alissa Voth, Matthew Recio, and Nicholas Cline, and has curated works by Evelin Seppar, Ted Hearne, David Lang, Caroline Shaw, Per Nørgård, Karin Rehnqvist, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Tõnu Kõrvits, Edie Hill, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Hans Abrahamsen, Missy Mazzoli, Judith Bingham, Judith Weir, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Puts, Eric Whitacre, Joanne Metcalf, Pawel Łukaszewski, Gabriel Jackson, Kile Smith, and Michael Gilbertson. stareatthesun.org https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/khary-laurent-dc6ee monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1754059998902-T3XY5PHDLFK54XKQAM0R/Alltop-%2BStephen.jpg 2025 Artists - Stephen Alltop - Stephen Alltop serves as Music Director of the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra, and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. A specialist in oratorio and historical performance practice, he is a full-time member of the conducting and keyboard faculties at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. Dr. Alltop has conducted numerous opera productions at Northwestern, including Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Piccinni’s La Buona Figliuola, Handel’s Theodora and Alcina, and Orfeo and L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi. Stephen Alltop has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as both a harpsichord and organ soloist. He has performed with the Joffrey Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and every season since 2011 as harpsichordist for Music of the Baroque. Alltop served as Coordinator for WFMT’s Bach Complete Organ Work Project in 2014, and the WFMT Bach Complete Keyboard Festival in 2015, and has performed as a keyboard artist across Europe. Dr. Alltop has guest conducted orchestras and choruses in the United States, Europe and South Korea. He has led world premieres of works by John Luther Adams, Jan Bach, Frank Ferko, Stacy Garrop, Stephen Paulus, Joseph Schwantner, and many others. In June of 2022, he stepped in on four-hour’s notice to lead the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Schubert and Tchaikovsky that was broadcast live on WFMT. He returned to the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in August of 2023. An advocate for diversity in programming, he has sought to bring attention to under-represented composers in both the orchestral and choral realm. Dr. Alltop lectures frequently about music for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Northwestern University Alumnae Continuing Education Series and Osher Lifelong Learning. Since 2014, he has given presentations on leadership for various programs in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/tiana-sorenson monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d10bdc8f-c936-4940-a5ee-ce5c41be645a/Tiana+Sorenson.jpg 2025 Artists - Tiana Sorenson - Wisconsin-born and Chicago-based soprano Tiana Sorenson is an accomplished performer whose work spans the breadth of the classical repertoire—from early music to contemporary commissions. In chamber settings, she has collaborated with renowned ensembles across the country, including The Crossing (featured on their 2023 and 2025 Grammy Award–winning albums), Conspirare, Lorelei, Alarm Will Sound, and Apollo’s Fire. Tiana is a frequent collaborator with The Thirteen, a Washington, D.C.–based ensemble, where she serves as a mentor for their Vocal Fellows Program—an initiative designed to support and develop early-career singers from underrepresented backgrounds. In Chicago, she has performed with a wide range of ensembles: Hearing in Color, Newberry Consort, William Ferris Chorale, and Bella Voce, as well as the choruses of Grant Park and Chicago Symphony. Her operatic work includes covering roles with both Chicago Opera Theater and Lyric Opera of Chicago, most recently in Lyric’s 2024–25 season as Girlfriend 1/Nurse in Jeanine Tesori’s Blue. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ty-bloomfield monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/4c25e7b3-8bb5-44ff-9a5a-bd478a05e7f9/Ty+Bloomfield+-+headshot-photo+by+John+Gonzalez+Jr..jpg 2025 Artists - Ty Bloomfield - The music of composer and conductor Ty Bloomfield is characterized by its intimate and patient soundscapes, jazzy undertones, hidden melodies, and emotional complexity. His recent works, focused on conveying social dynamics, have been based on topics such as companionship, love, competition, and hostility. He has also had the fortune to collaborate with and be performed by artists such as the JACK Quartet, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, clarinetist Berginald Rash, Lati2de, \newline, saxophonist Noah Stoker, and percussionist Xin Yi Chong among many others. His music has been showcased at the International Clarinet Association’s New Music Weekend, Dublin Chamber Music Festival, and RED NOTE Music Festival. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, IL, Bloomfield is currently a Dorothy Greenwald Fellow at the University of Michigan where he is pursuing a graduate degree (MM) in music composition. He holds a bachelor's degree (BM) from Illinois State University. His principal teachers include composers Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Carl Schimmel, and Roger Zare. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/ty-bouque monthly 0.5 2025-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/6c5359c5-709d-403f-b0e6-212102725965/BOUQUE_headshot_umbrella+%281%29.jpg 2025 Artists - Ty Bouque - Ty Bouque sings in various solo, ensemble, and opera configurations around the world. (Highlights include The Kennedy Center, The Barbican, Copenhagen Opera Festival, ECLAT, Gaudeamus, Maerzmusik, and Klangspuren.) Elsewhere, Bouque writes about opera: its slippery histories, its sensual bodies, and the work of mourning for a dead genre. (Writing can be found at VAN Magazine and TEMPO, in a forthcoming book from Lyrebird Press, and, less formally, on Substack.) Bouque lives in Chicago. tybouque.com https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/william-ferris-chorale monthly 0.5 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1754415910462-OG7V7138QV4XYFSQFVC0/WFC+2022-02-22-18.jpg 2025 Artists - William Ferris Chorale - Chicago’s leading voice in new music, WFC seeks to redefine “choir.” At the forefront of Chicago’s contemporary music scene for over 50 years, and with over 200 premiere performances, we expand choral repertoire through the performance of living composers. By supporting voices innovating choral music, our artists create new connections with the world around us, connecting audiences, composers and artists through dynamic, evocative music. Led by Artistic and Music Director Christopher Windle, WFC breaks barriers and innovates the art of choral singing. Founded 53 years ago by composer and conductor William Ferris, WFC continues Ferris’s legacy of championing the music of living composers. With an unparalleled history of commissioning and premiering works, WFC has offered over 200 world-premiere performances since its inception, including premieres of work by Samuel Barber, Carlo Menotti, Steven Paulus, Augusta Read Thomas, Kile Smith, Robert Maggio, Gabriel Novak, Ed Frazier Davis, and many more. WFC produces an annual season of 3-4 concerts. In addition to genre-bending solo performances, WFC also partners with organizations throughout the country, including Chicago Public Schools, ACDA-IL, Musicspoke, and beyond this point. These concerts showcase the virtuosity of our artists and the multitude of unique compositional voices around the world, as well as our commitment to Chicago and the future of choral music. Recent seasons have seen audiences hungry for new choral music. Audiences come away from concerts exclaiming the unique experience of hearing WFC as “Beautiful, Energetic, Filled with nuances, Delicious” and insisting that “I don’t know of any other chorus in the city doing this kind of gutsy work.” These lauded performances have included Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, David Lang’s the little match girl passion, Arvo Pärt’s Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen, Wally Gunn’s The Ascendant, and Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/90068b5f-29e1-4d37-b66b-2fe2e2ad3f4a/WFC+Ear+Taxi+Program+Ad+-+Rectangle.png 2025 Artists - William Ferris Chorale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-artists/blog-post-title-four-ftz5s monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/d0299d45-f2e9-457a-80b4-258a2e11c4c6/Xavier+Beteta+headshot+_photo+by+Greg+Schreck.jpg 2025 Artists - Xavier Beteta - Guatemalan-American composer Xavier Beteta was born in Guatemala City where he studied piano at the National Conservatory with Consuelo Medinilla. At age 18, he was awarded the first-prize at the Augusto Ardenois National Piano Competition and third-prize at the Rafael Alvarez Ovalle Composition Competition in Guatemala. He continued his piano studies in the United States with Argentinean pianist Sylvia Kersenbaum and with Ukranian pianist Sergei Polusmiak. He also attended master-classes with pianists Massimiliano Damerini and Daniel Rivera in Italy. Xavier has performed in different venues in the United States, Europe and Latin America and has been a soloist with the Guatemalan National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Augusto Ardenois, and the Camellia Symphony in Sacramento. As a composer, Xavier did most of his studies privately with Rodrigo Asturias. In 2013 he won the Silver Medal at the fourth International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague. Xavier studied music theory at the University of Cincinnati where his thesis was ranked no. 4 in the National Best-Seller Dissertation List. He obtained his Ph.D. in composition at the University of California San Diego where he studied with Roger Reynolds, Philippe Manoury, and Chinary Ung. His compositions have been performed in diverse festivals such as Festival Musica in Strasbourg, France, Darmstadt Composition Summer Courses in Germany, June in Buffalo, SICPP in Boston, Opera Theater Festival of Lucca, Italy and by ensembles such as Accroche Note, Ensemble SoundScape, Ensemble Signal conducted by Brad Lubman, UCSD Palimpsest, the Mivos Quartet, Formosa Quartet, The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players under Steven Schick, the Guatemalan National Symphony and the Camellia Symphony. Xavier also holds a law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law and his diverse interests include art law, copyright, poetry, and tango. 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Since its inception, PianoForte has evolved into a specialized piano boutique with a focus on selecting fine instruments at various price levels. As part of the selection process, PianoForte has chosen to represent selected few piano manufacturers which reflect our philosophy of quality and ethics. These include Fazioli, Bechstein, Mason and Hamlin, Schimmel, and Feurich pianos. Through these manufacturers, pianos are made available across all price points seen in the market today. At the same time, PianoForte has developed a line-up of pre-owned pianos to sell in order to widen the offering and touch/sound possibilities including pianos by Yamaha, Kawai, Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Bechstein, Baldwin, and other high quality brands. The showrooms provide a unique setting to allow piano lovers to take their time and explore the possibilities of one or several pianos. When coming to look at pianos, it is recommended that one makes an appointment to ensure the best conditions to try pianos and discuss options with our staff. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/logan-center-penthouse-f2gn9 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/94dcc512-99c9-48a7-927a-bf6a6c682b38/ACM-checkout.jpeg 2025 Venues - The Checkout - The newest contemporary concert venue in Chicago, “The Checkout” is Access Contemporary Music’s new concert venue in the Uptown neighborhood. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/logan-center-penthouse monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/220208e7-fa02-4e52-abb3-0908cbba88db/performance_penthouse_empty.jpg 2025 Venues - Reva &amp; David Logan Center for the Arts | Penthouse - The Logan Center, with eleven stories and 184,000 square feet of mixed-use creative space, features a wide range of facilities and resources to support the work of UChicago faculty, students, visiting artists and scholars, arts organizations, and community partners. Individuals and groups may request use of a space, though the Logan Center’s core users have priority in certain spaces and extra permission may be needed. Logan Center facilities include a performance hall, exhibition space, two theaters, a screening room, performance penthouse, classrooms, studios, rehearsal rooms, performance labs, a digital media center including editing suites, a café, and much more. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/logan-center monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/60cf683b-e87c-4642-a6f9-0f6ff28bd9aa/logan+center+for+the+arts.jpg 2025 Venues - Reva &amp; David Logan Center for the Arts | Performance Hall - The Logan Center, with eleven stories and 184,000 square feet of mixed-use creative space, features a wide range of facilities and resources to support the work of UChicago faculty, students, visiting artists and scholars, arts organizations, and community partners. Individuals and groups may request use of a space, though the Logan Center’s core users have priority in certain spaces and extra permission may be needed. Logan Center facilities include a performance hall, exhibition space, two theaters, a screening room, performance penthouse, classrooms, studios, rehearsal rooms, performance labs, a digital media center including editing suites, a café, and much more. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/gannon-hall monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753899063394-L3FJQT24N6W7EP8AHL8P/gannon+hall.jpg 2025 Venues - Gannon Hall | Holtschneider Performance Center - The Holtschneider Performance Center houses the 505-seat Mary Patricia Gannon Concert Hall, the 160-seat Sasha and Eugene Jarvis Opera Hall, the 140-seat Murray and Michele Allen Recital Hall, the 80-seat Brennan Family Recital Hall, and the 75-seat Mary A. Dempsey and Philip H. Corboy Jazz Hall along with state-of-the-art rehearsal spaces, a sound recording technology suite, box office, atrium café, and dynamic and flexible classrooms. All to serve the students of the School of Music. If you need ticketing assistance, please contact the Holtschneider Performance Center Box Office by email: musicboxoffice@depaul.edu or by phone at 773.325.5200. The HPC Box Office is open for the summer Wednesday through Friday, noon – 3pm. Starting on September 10, hours change to: Tuesday through Saturday, 10-3pm. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/elastic-arts monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753898883992-GTOADHKMCJMYJYYU5ZRR/elastic+arts.jpeg 2025 Venues - Elastic Arts - In 1998, an extended group of friends, some of who were going to Northwestern University at the time, began working together as a collective of musicians, performers, and artists sharing rehearsal, recording, and performing space in Pilsen. In March 2002, after moving to their first venue location, a converted church in Humboldt Park called 3030, Elastic Arts was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. Elastic Arts began its programming mission during this time by responding to a need for performance space, production resources and artistic leadership. By creating and nurturing organic relationships with many musicians and artists throughout the West Town neighborhoods and beyond, and to provide a reliable and innovative performing environment for artists and audiences alike, regular performance series were established, led by artist/curators extending from Elastic Art’s growing network, many of which are still active today. Since then, Elastic Arts has presented over 3,000 events — live music shows, multi-disciplinary performances, theater pieces, literary readings, art exhibitions, and film/video screenings – establishing itself as a leader among grassroots organizations in Chicago and throughout the world. With the development and presentation of innovative, non-conventional music, art, and performance, Elastic Arts provides the community the opportunity to participate in uncommon and stimulating programming in an intimate performance environment, free from commercial constraints. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/epiphany monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/19b3f3f2-b077-44eb-b41f-2196b24817cd/6_Epiphany-Hall_looking_east_Post-Rehab_2020_Photo_by_Tom_McDonald-1.jpg 2025 Venues - Epiphany Center for the Arts - Conceived with the vision to return Epiphany to a place for people to once again congregate in, the shuttered, historic Church of the Epiphany has been preserved and adapted into an iconic cultural hub ‘For the Good of Art, Entertainment and Events’. Thoughtfully designed, the exemplary 42,000 square foot campus boasts three distinct venues and a stunning array of amenities, including art studios, classroom, exhibit space and gallery, a commercial and catering kitchen, café, VIP suite and a collection of artistically appointed outdoor spaces; a charming quarter-acre courtyard, spacious terrace and stunning patio. Epiphany’s diverse and inclusive art programming serve to unite community and artists alike while ‘Bringing Chicago Together’. From dance to theater, literary arts, comedy and magic, performance art is curated to complement Epiphany’s live music programming offering several performances to choose from seven days a week. And, from ages 17 to 70… whether traditional, old school or alternative, Epiphany’s eclectic and ageless music offerings include… Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, Funk or Classical; R&B, Soul, Folk, House or Fusion, or, Indie, Hip Hop, Bedroom Pop, Lounge or Rap. Historic venues Epiphany Hall and The Sanctuary exude old world charm rivaled only by the elegance of their acoustics; and underground, The Catacombs embrace house music and other old school classics reminiscent of the ‘spins’ by the Godfather of House Music, Frankie Knuckles. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/constellation monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/9b2409b7-406a-44d3-8d19-d9f040a5d1f4/constellation.jpg 2025 Venues - Constellation - In March of 2013 Chicago musician and arts presenter Mike Reed opened Constellation in the building that formerly housed the Viaduct Theater. Launched in a unique partnership with Links Hall, which shares space in the building and frequently organizes and produces cross-disciplinary programs and events together, Constellation quickly filled a void in the city’s cultural landscape by providing a reliable, high-end performance platform for jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music. Constellation was initially founded as an African-American owned business, and in 2018 Constellation officially developed its NFP arm to further address the needs of the artistic community through its diverse programming. From the beginning the venue’s professional facilities have allowed musicians from Chicago and abroad to perform and develop work without stifling commercial pressures. It has become a vital resource and meeting place for artists involved with all disciplines, including visual art, film, literature, and dance. Constellation has become an important hub for the city’s contemporary music community through the weekly Frequency Series and the annual Frequency Festival, presenting Chicago musicians and composers on equal footing as visiting artists from across the US and the rest of the globe. Annually, more than 600 musicians —the bulk of which hail from the Chicago area—perform at Constellation on more than 220 concerts. While the majority of the performances at Constellation feature local working groups, the programming has consistently facilitated collaborations with visiting artists from around the US and the rest of the world, either through direct musician-to-musician partnerships or endeavors organized with other programming partners including Doek (Netherlands), Jazztopad (Poland), and the Bridge (France), often in programs that send and facilitate performance opportunities in foreign countries for Chicago area musicians. Series and events of note include, Frequency Series and the annual Frequency Festival, annual Dog Days Festival (programming surrounding Jazz Fest), the 29th Annual Winter Solstice Sunrise Concerts. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/harristheater monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753891585838-HHF6YLYEMQTZFDP8P4F7/Harris+Theater.jpg 2025 Venues - Harris Theater for Music &amp; Dance - The Harris Theater is located in the cultural heart of downtown Chicago, against the spectacular backdrop of Millennium Park – the top tourist attraction in the Midwest. As the home venue of nearly 30 of Chicago’s not-for-profit arts organizations and a presenter of great artists from around the world, the Theater boasts some of the most diverse offerings of any multi-use venue in downtown Chicago. A destination venue for live performances and cultural events, the Theater provides a unique setting for conference keynotes, corporate meetings, product launches, live tapings, and commercial productions. Prominent artists, companies, and thought leaders that have appeared on the Harris stage include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Joshua Bell, English National Ballet, Tom Hanks, Chelsea Handler, Angélique Kidjo, Marie Kondo, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Paris Opera Ballet, Stuff You Should Know, and Sheryl Sandberg, among others. With a range of private event spaces, lighting and technical inventory, and modern amenities included in the rental rate, the Harris Theater is a flexible and accessible space that can be tailored to any event. Beyond the facility itself, the Theater’s in-house technical expertise, box office and ticketing support, marketing services, and experienced customer service staff will ensure that each renter has the support and infrastructure they need to execute a successful event for their clients, employees, and audience. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/nicholshall monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753891826197-164M1ALF0P9PSZVKGGJX/music-institute-nichols-hall-eric-allix-rogers-02.jpg 2025 Venues - Nichols Concert Hall | Music Institute Chicago - Noted architect Solon S. Beman designed the architecturally and acoustically magnificent First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 1490 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, in 1912. In 2003, the building was sensitively restored to become Nichols Concert Hall, a state-of-the-art, 550-seat performance space and music education destination, easily accessible to numerous restaurants, on-street and metered parking, and the Davis Street CTA and Metra stations. The converted building, featuring a fully restored, 1914 E. M. Skinner pipe organ, received the Richard H. Driehaus Award for best adaptive use by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. Each year Nichols Concert Hall reaches approximately 15,000 people and hosts a world-class chamber music series, workshops and master classes, student recitals, and special events. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/blog-post-title-three-gesse monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/1753892243380-D8K23SJXTVFDGC29WK2I/kehrein+center.jpg 2025 Venues - Kehrein Center for the Arts - Located in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, the Kehrein Center for the Arts is the product of a years-long effort to restore an architecturally-significant but unused auditorium into a vibrant fine and performing arts center, complete with a 900-seat storytelling theater, art gallery, and community gathering place—one of the few major projects to occur on Chicago’s West Side since the 1968 riots devastated whole sections of the area. Opened at the turn-of-the-century at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Central Avenue in Austin, St. Catherine of Siena High School was an all-girls secondary school. In 1954, Belli & Belli, an architectural firm that designed many buildings for the Archdiocese of Chicago, completed a new addition for the school, including a stunning auditorium. Evoking the neo-futuristic vision of architect Eero Saarinen (best known for his design of St. Louis’s Gateway Arch), Belli & Belli designed a 1,000-seat theater with an expansive proscenium and main floor, mezzanine and balcony. It is a sculpture of masonry and poured-in-place concrete with curving walls and three dimensional spaces that interlock with a library and exterior courtyard. Over the years, the space witnessed school graduations, musical theater productions, orchestra and choral programs, and contributed to the community’s cultural landscape. But when Siena moved out of Austin in 1971, the auditorium fell into disrepair. The seats were removed, leaving an empty, hollow space. Although it is one of the best surviving examples of mid-century modern architecture in Chicago, the once beautiful auditorium was no longer of use to anyone. The Siena building remained empty until 2008 when Catalyst Circle Rock, a new nonprofit charter school system, moved in (Catalyst purchased the building in 2018). It had sufficient funds to renovate the classroom wing of the addition but not the auditorium. Recognizing that the space held enormous potential to bring about a dramatic change to the school and surrounding Austin community, Catalyst leadership assembled a volunteer committee of community leaders and began planning a massive renovation of this historic community space. After 10 years of dedication and perseverance by the committee, a massive renovation of the historic auditorium began in the spring of 2018. Steve Saunders of Eckenhoff Saunders Architects completed the design with input from McGuire Engineers and Sound Structures. Threshold Acoustics and Gwen Grossman Lighting Design LLC developed the audio and lighting plan, respectively. Wight Company was selected to do the construction. The $5 million project benefited from the support of the Austin neighborhood since the beginning. Illinois State Representative La Shawn Ford rallied State support for the KCA, stating that “the completion of this project would be an enormous boost and anchor in our Austin neighborhood.” Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford worked with Representative Ford, Representative Camille Lilly, and Senator Harmon to rally State support. U.S. Congressman Danny Davis provided encouragement. Their backing resulted in major financial support from the State of Illinois. Alderman Chris Taliaferro, Alderman Emma Mitts, and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel played leadership roles in the construction project by securing $1 million from Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. It officially opened in May 2019. https://www.eartaxifestival.com/2025-venues/ganzhall monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8656fe7bc4960c88689f9c/3ea722c9-ac5a-4bf7-af27-b191202e577a/Ganz+HAll.jpg 2025 Venues - Ganz Hall | Roosevelt University - One of the true gems of Chicago architecture, Rudolph Ganz Memorial Hall is a stunning performance space that sparkles with refined ornamentation. Stained glass windows, gold-leaf stenciled arches, intricate steel chandeliers, and hand-painted murals combine for a breathtaking whole, whether you are performer or audience. Featuring the work of French painter Albert Fleury, designer Louis Millet and his collaborator George Healy, and architects Louis Sullivan, Dankmar Adler, and Frank Lloyd Wright, the hall is one of our city’s ultimate examples of artistic collaboration. 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