The evening will feature live painting from visual artist TBA.
Mycelium New Music is a Chicago-based ensemble committed to creating exciting, multidisciplinary performances of contemporary music. Like a mycelial network – the vital underground web of fungi through which plants symbiotically share resources and communicate – the ensemble is dedicated to building connections and supporting emerging voices in Chicago’s ecosystem of art-making.
In its debut 24/25 season, the ensemble presents two performances of new and recent music, all by rising star young composers, and with all of the composers present. At its fall concert at Constellation, composer and alt-folk vocalist Annika Socolofsky joins the ensemble for the Chicago premiere of her song cycle Don’t say a word, alongside music by young composers Seare Farhat, Christian Quiñones, and Grace Ann Lee. Its spring performance centers the world premiere of a new version of Bobby Ge’s Picture Whimsies, paired with readings of new work by Chicago-based poets, alongside new and recent works by Ania Vu and ensemble members Paul Novak and Jonathan Hannau.
PROGRAM
Mycelium New Music presents a performance which explores connections between music and poetry. The program centers the premiere of a new version of Bobby Ge’s Picture Whimsies, which celebrates the intersection of visual art and music, paired with readings by Chicago-based poets. The performance will also feature works by Chicago-based composer Ania Vu and ensemble members Paul Novak and Jonathan Hannau.
Mycelium New Music
Justin Weiss, conductor/co-artistic director
Paul Novak, flute/co-artistic director
Michael Tran, clarinet
Dylan Feldpausch, violin
Isidora Nojkovic, cello
Jonathan Hannau, piano
Rebecca McDaniel, percussion
7pm Doors
7:30pm Show
In-Person Only
$20 Suggest Donation
FREE PARKING
