Monthly Archives: April 2022

ACM’s Thirsty Ears Festival will be held on August 13 and 14 this year.  The event is Chicago’s only classical music street festival and combines performances by our resident Palomar… Read More »Apply to Perform on the Thirsty Ears Festival

Throughout the centuries composers have challenged performers to new heights of manual dexterity by writing études, pieces of music expressly designed to push the boundaries of what is technically possible.… Read More »Relevant Tones: Étude 21

Composers Kelly Sheehan and Chi Wang are finding great creativity in everyday technological objects like Wii remotes. Host Austin Williams gives us a glimpse into this fascinating musical world.

D-Composed is a Chicago-based chamber music experience that honors Black creativity and culture through the music of Black composers. Since 2017, they have created intimate, out-of-the-box experiences that celebrate a… Read More »Relevant Tones: D-Composed

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow’s widely acclaimed memoir is the source for this extremely moving story of his traumatic youth in Louisiana. Composer Terence Blanchard, one of the… Read More »Relevant Tones: Fire Shut Up in My Bones

The 17th annual Sound of Silent Film Festival is April 16th at the beloved Music Box Theater. We are so excited to present an all-new program of modern silent films… Read More »Tickets Now on Sale for the Sound of Silent Film Festival

Composer Alive is an innovative commissioning project in which we work with a composer to write a new piece in installments and rehearse and record each installment in front of… Read More »Composer Alive Second Installment Open Rehearsal