New Music Chicago – Past Concerts
Virtual NMC: Beyond This Point – Reclaimed Timber
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Michael Gordon's percussion sextet Timber is reframed as an exploration of housing & homelessness in Chicago, in this performance utilizing slats of wood from the city's abandoned & vacant houses.
Free (Free)
Impromptu Fest Concert #6: Fulcrum Point New Music Project [LIVE]
Sunday, June 27, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online event
To close out Impromptu Fest 2021, Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents its program, “Songs & Chamber Music by Black Composers.” Works by Anthony Davis, B.E. Boykin, John Daniels Carter, & Eleanor Alberga.
Free
Impromptu Fest Concert #5: Lawrence Axelrod, piano [LIVE]
Sunday, June 27, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Chicago Composers’ Consortium founding member Lawerence Axelrod presents his solo piano program to celebrate LGBT Pride Day. Works by Axelrod, Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Copland, Samuel Holloway, & more.
Free
Impromptu Fest Concert #4: Dial-Up Stepmom [LIVE]
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Saxophone trio Dial-Up Stepmom (Julian Velasco, Jordan Lulloff, & Nick Zoulek) play tasteful covers of songs by Bon Iver, Taylor Swift, Moses Sumney, Whitney Houston, & more.
Free
Impromptu Fest Concert #3: Mad Myth Science [LIVE]
Saturday, June 26, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Chicago experimental music collective Mad Myth Science performs spontaneous compositions & rituals for an increasingly unstable world, utilizing instruments, electronics, objects, language, & movement.
Free
Impromptu Fest Concert #2: Phil Pierick & Audrey Q. Snyder [LIVE]
Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Saxophonist Phil Pierick & cellist Audrey Q. Snyder present their program, “1reed4strings” to close out the first night of Impromptu Fest 2021. Works by Dorothy Chang, Jeffery Mumford, & more, plus free improvisation.
Free
Impromptu Fest Concert #1: Koeun Grace Lee [LIVE]
Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Pianist Koeun Grace Lee presents her solo program, “Surfing between Tonality & Post-Tonality,” featuring South Korean & American piano music that blurs the line between the tonal & atonal.
Free
New Music Chicago 15th Anniversary Bash [LIVE]
Saturday, October 10, 2020 @ 5:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Join some of the most exciting artists from New Music Chicago in this special double-concert event. Featuring musicians from Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, & more.
$10
New Music Chicago Presents: ~Nois Saxophone Quartet
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 @ 5:30pm – 6:15pm (PDT)
Online event
Cassie Wieland – gossamer
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Free (Free)