We are thrilled to share videos from our most recent performance, Composer Alive: Brazil! Check out the videos below, including the world premiere of Alexandre Lunsqui’s wild and unpredictable TOY. Volante – Marisa Rezende from ACM on Vimeo. Last Song – Clarice Assad; arr. Ondrej Vesely from ACM on Vimeo. Melodia – Edson Zampronha from… Read more »
Our fruitful collaboration with the Concorde Ensemble continues! We are happy to announce that the Ireland-based group has performed yet another work by one of our composer members, Jorge Muñiz. He was fortunate enough to travel to Galway to hear Concrorde play his La Nueche De San Xuán back in January. You can listen to… Read more »
ACM’s summer workshops for high school aged composers are now in their tenth year! For ten years young composers have worked with us to create a new piece of music, receive instruction from a professional composer and hear the piece workshopped by professional musicians and then performed and recorded live in a formal concert setting…. Read more »
In Geometry textbooks we’re told that parallel lines never meet but, from our visual perspective, they do meet at the horizon or the vanishing point as it’s called. Similarly in music it seems that singer/songwriters and composers have very little in common. But, as in geometry the truth depends on our perception. Vanishing Point will… Read more »
Thanks to all who came out to Vanishing Point this Tuesday! The concert received a fabulous review in the Chicago Classical Review thanks to Wynne Delacoma. Click the image below to read it:
On October 16 ACM’s resident ensemble Palomar gave the World Premiere of Liminal Bends by Ben Vida, the recipient of our annual Composer Alive commission. Liminal Bends is a hypnotic tour de force merging fixed electronics with live performance by four musicans to create a mesmerizing, immersive experience. Since the focus of the 2012 Composer… Read more »
ACM’s resident ensemble Palomar will partner with WFMT’s contemporary music show Relevant Tones to feature music by talented emerging composers in the composition departments at the Chicago College of Performing Art, Columbia College, DePaul University and Northwestern University. Relevant Tones believes that now is the most fascinating time in classical music history which makes them… Read more »
Composer member Janice Misurell-Mitchell recently released Vanishing Points (Southport Records), a new CD of works spanning her entire career. A long-established member of the new music community here in Chicago, Janice recruited an impressive roster of musicians that she has befriended over the years to perform the music on this disc. (Even our executive director Seth… Read more »
We’re happy to announce that our composer member Janice Misurell-Mitchell will be releasing her new CD “Vanishing Points” this Sunday, November 24th on Southport Records! The release of the album will culminate in a concert at the Green Mill in Chicago showcasing a a variety of the composer’s works. The concert will also feature some… Read more »
Organized by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Open House Chicago (OHC) is an annual weekend festival of FREE behind-the-scenes access to many of Chicago’s greatest places and spaces. This year ACM partnered with the foundation to have composers write music inspired by 4 of the spaces and musicians to play the music every 15 minutes or… Read more »
tenxtenchicago.com/ Ten x Ten is a collaboration between visual artists and musicians exploring visual and auditory interaction. By challenging artists to conceptualize their work across media, Ten x Ten asks participants stretch and explore their creative process. Through producing a limited edition compilation and public presentation of the resulting artworks, Ten x Ten documents, celebrates,… Read more »
ACM composer member and pianist Emili Rackemann recently talked to Andrew Tham about the contemporary music situation in Australia. She’ll be performing at our school at 1758 W. Wilson on Sunday, November 3rd at 3:00 PM. “As a composer and pianist here in Australia, contemporary classical music has, to some extent, remained secure, controlled… Read more »