Be delighted and inspired by this contemporary chamber music concert curated and performed by the Civic Fellows, members of the International Contemporary Ensemble and special guest Douglas Ewart. Fellows are selected through a competitive process that seeks artistically excellent, civically engaged, collaborative and entrepreneurial musicians.
PERFORMERS
Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, flute
Rebekah Heller, bassoon
Josh Modney, violin
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Jacob Greenberg, piano
PROGRAM
Douglas R. Ewart: Concentric (2005)
Mario Díaz de León: Trembling Time II (2009)
Reena Esmail: Nadiya (2017)
inti figgis-vizueta: Openwork, knotted object / Trellis in bloom / lightning ache (2019)
Pauline Oliveros: Rock Piece (1979)
Elizabeth Raum: Four Elements (1980)
SiHyun Uhm: Dancing in the Rain Forest (2018)
CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO
Founded in 1919 by Frederick Stock, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago prepares young professional musicians for lives in music. Civic members participate in rigorous orchestral training, September through June each season, led by Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur, musicians of the CSO, and some of today’s most luminary conductors including CSO Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti. The Orchestra also performs free concerts in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center and in communities across Greater Chicago.
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE
Now in its third decade, the International Contemporary Ensemble is a multidisciplinary collective of musicians, digital media artists, producers, and educators committed to building and innovating collaborative environments in order to inspire audiences to reimagine how they experience contemporary music and sound. The Ensemble creates a mosaic musical ecosystem as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), honoring the diversity of human experience and expression by commissioning, developing, recording, and performing the works of living artists in “a mission worth following” (I Care If You Listen).
CREDITS
The International Contemporary Ensemble’s performances and commissioning activities during the 2023-24 concert season are made possible by the generous support of our board of directors, many individuals, as well as the Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc., Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, Amphion Foundation, Cheswatyr Foundation, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Siemens Musikstiftung, New Music USA, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, BMI Foundation, as well as public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council for the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for the International Contemporary Ensemble.