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Shaped by the meeting of three continents, Europe, Africa and the Indigenous Americas, the music reflects a cultural dialogue, tension and fusion. The pieces selected for this program speak from both a distinct cultural identity and to something universally human. In these sounds, we hear longing, joy, resilience and memory, emotions that belong to no single place, yet find a powerful voice in Latin America’s unique artistic inheritance. 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Ethelbert Miller, poet Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet & peace activist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1764099889008-VU3WMSZ4U96KP5HLMPAR/PHOTO-2025-10-29-20-30-51.jpeg Past Events - Celebrating LatinAmerican Women Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents Victoria Moreira and the KAIA String Quartet:  Celebrating LatinAmerican Women KAIA String Quartet will present works by Latinamerican composers that represent the female voice. The concert will feature two commissioned pieces including a world premier, by Chicago composer Amos Gillespie based on writings of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Isabel Allende. After the performance, stay for a virtually Q&A with composers Sonia Morales Matos from Puerto Rico and Laura Chavez Blanco from Mexico. Artists:  ‍‍ Victoria Moreira, violin 1 Naomi Culp, violin 2 James Kang, viola Hope DeCelle, cello   -- LOCATION -- The Check Out 4116 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1764957512625-O2C9E40ERE1PPGVMJK52/unnamed.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point New Music Project and The Bridge present International Creative Music Featuring Julián Pujols Quall, piano and co-curator November 1, 2025 - 8:30 PM Artists: The Bridge 2.18 Hunter Diamond (tenor saxophone), Florian Nastorg (baritone saxophone), olula negre (cello) Yoram Rosilio (double bass). Fulcrum Point New Music Project AuxIN:Connected Julián Pujols Quall, piano Florian Nastorg (baritone saxophone Bakudi Scream media artist  -- LOCATION -- Constellation Chicago 3111 North Western AvenueChicago, IL, 60618 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1757108815821-E11DLG7TOVV4OY85GC8O/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%282%29.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point presents Viaggio Profondo: Homenaje a Gustavo Leone Fulcrum Point presents - Viaggio Profondo: Homenaje a Gustavo Leone A 75-minute celebration of Argentinian American composer Gustavo Leone featuring works for trumpet, electronics and string quartet with Artistic Director trumpeter Stephen Burns Artists: ‍‍ Stephen Burns, trumpet & conductor Rika Seko, violin Amanda Beaune, violin James Kang, viola Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola Paula Kosower, cello Kuang Hao Huang, piano  -- LOCATION -- Fourth Presbyterian Church Buchanan Chapel 126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1757447304109-FQJAXDNZJ48LUX6W4AZ5/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Brass+Knuckles.jpg Past Events - Urban Classical Funk A concert featuring virtuoso brass music by 3 generations of Minimalist, Modern, Thirds Stream, and Post-Modern composers reflecting upon the topsy-turvy, social dynamics of our time. Artists: Stephen Burns, Rebecca Oliverio, trumpets Momo Hasselbring Seko, French horn Robyn Smith, trombone Kevin Harrison tuba   -- LOCATION -- Women’s Club of Wilmette 930 Greenleaf AvenueWilmette, IL, 60091 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1756137716722-OPDDUAKWCXGI71D2FGAM/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%282%29.png Past Events Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents “MODULAR MODES” Julián Pujols Quall (Pianist and keyboardist) Aaron Kaufman-Levine (Saxophonist) Frank Morrison (Drums) Leo Buczkowski (Upright and electric bass) -- LOCATION -- Jazz Showcase ABOUT MODULAR MODES Imagine puzzle pieces that, when arranged in different ways, each reveal a distinct, complete image—or a Swiss Army knife whose tools sprout new tools as you use them. 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Stephen Burns, Rebecca Oliverio, trumpets Momo Hasselbring Seko, French horn Robyn Smith, trombone Kevin Harrison, tuba -- LOCATION -- Nichols Hall at the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston 1490 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1745869518313-1NJ5RVMHBSKX2OZCI775/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text.jpg Past Events - Monologue, Mantra and Cross Talk Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents Monologue, Mantra and Cross Talk The Pyrenean String Quartet from the Fulcrum Point New Music Project will be performing on a program alongside The Porphyrion String Quartet from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. 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The artists will develop the elements and attributes of 3 characters, weaving a narrative in real time, while engaging with the audience in an investigation of the artists’ inspiration, sources, and creative process. Artists: Julián Pujols Quall, Curator, pianist, composer Lorin Benedict, Vocalist Qiujiang Lu, Electronics Sabrina Alsaffar, Poet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1741387464139-4AX25TOEFABH85FMUZGK/unnamed+%281%29.png Past Events - A Deep Dive Into the Center for Black Music Research  February 13, 2025 Sherwood Auditorium Memories: Energico Lettie Beckon Alston (1953-2014) Currents for string quartet Talib Rasul Hakim (1940-1988) Excursion Zenobia Powell-Perry (1908-2004) Lyric for Strings George Walker (1922-2018) Modes for String Quartet Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940-2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1741387313958-MZ2WF2Z948YW0QEFWLKY/unnamed.png Past Events - Echoes & Tears with Doug Cleveland January 24, 2025 Fourth Presbyterian Church Doug Cleveland, organ Hamed Barbari, trumpet/flugelhorn Stephen Burns, trumpet Melody with Echo Robin Holloway Quiet City Aaron Copland Echoes Mischa Zupko Lejanía Ricardo Lorenz Angel Tears and Earth Prayers Augusta Read Thomas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1734549731478-YE0BE6TIJ95MIH1ABHTR/1.png Past Events - Fulcrum Point 26th Annual Concert for Peace: Lamentations & Aspirations Fulcrum Point 26th Annual Concert for Peace: Lamentations & Aspirations GUEST ARTISTS (Poets) Faisal Mohyuddin Hila Ratzabi This music is our response to the violent repression the government executed against civilian protesters, repression that costed lives and the continuous violation of human rights. With longing of times of peace and prosperity, the piece engages with dream-like sections in which a color-saturated imagery of a perfect future is tinted with crispy dissonances. — Carolina Heredia They bury their dead with great ululations Osnat Netzer Ius in Bello Carolina Heredia Mioritza: Requiem for Rachel Corrie Alice Shields Lamentation on the Disasters of War Karim Al-Zand Lo Yisa Goy Stacy Garrop -- LOCATION -- Fourth Presbyterian Church Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church 126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611 Tuesday, December 17, 2024 @ 7:00PM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1734482316596-K36CR09B2F1J16RMHRHB/unnamed.png Past Events - A Night of Community, Belonging, & Connection Fulcrum Point: AuxIn Connected! presents Conversations: A Night of Community, Belonging, & Connection Wednesday, November 20, 2024 @ 7:30PM Performers Curated by Angelo Hart, piano with Clif Wallace, drums John Sutton, bass Mai Sugimoto, alto, flute, and percussion -- LOCATION -- Elastic Arts 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1730760530393-6K39Y1G0OPHPW99K0L2T/3.png Past Events - Día de los Muertos: Homenaje a Javier Álvarez Co-curator Dalia Chin Performers Fulcrum Point New Music Project Ben Bolter, Guest Conductor Stephen Burns, Artistic Director and trumpet Ed Harrison, maracas soloist Diana Lopez, trumpet soloist Rachel Castellanos, trombone Jeremy Ruthrauff, soprano sax Andrew Lawrence, piano Paul Mutzabaugh, electric bass Fonema Consort Accordion, Julia Williams Soprano, Nathalie Colas Flute, Dalia Chin Guitar, Sam Rowe David Cubek, conductor Beyond This Point John Corkill, percussion Adam Rosenblatt, percussion Celebrate an extraordinary evening of music and collaboration at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. Join us for a unique performance where Fulcrum Point, Fonema Consort, and Beyond This Point come together for a night of unforgettable music honoring the life and work of Javier Álvarez. Fulcrum Point is accepting $20 suggested donations (Donation not required for admission) -- LOCATION -- Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (SRBCC) Saturday, November 2, 2024 @ 7PM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1728579298810-C13STXRTJW8N71MUYS1F/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%281%29.png Past Events - Meditations: Reflections on John Coltrane Fulcrum Point: AuxIn Connected! presents Meditations: Reflections on John Coltrane Performers Curated by Angelo Hart, piano with Greg Artry, drums Sarah Clausen, saxophone/bass clarinet Hunter Diamond, electronics/sax Marion Mallard, bass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1727451169130-RAPJ6RFG8WVMOS4J1BA4/Thirsty+Ears+-+676x380.jpg Past Events - Thirsty Ears Festival (2024) Thirsty Ears Festival 2024 Fulcrum Point New Music Project featuring Stephen Burns, trumpet Shi An Costello, piano Sonata for Piano and Trumpet Paul Hindemith (1939) Again and Again Viet Cuong (2021) Paths Toru Takemitsu (1994) Reappearance Shi-An Costello (2021) Hikari Sômei Satoh (1986) Scene I Igor Santos: (2022) Area of Refuge Christopher Cerrone: (2022) A Julia de Burgos Leonard Bernstein/arr. Burns (1977) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1727451005878-WJS81JHYE51HQOPFNQ6O/Meier%2BFoundation%2BPresents%2B-%2BFulcrum%2BPoint%2BPerforms%2B%E2%80%9CMusic%2Bfor%2BTrumpets%2Band%2BTrees%E2%80%9D.png Past Events - Meier Foundation Presents: Art in Action at the Woman's Club of Wilmette: Music for Trumpets and Trees by Dick Higgins Music for Trumpets and Trees by Dick Higgins What would it sound like if you could hear the visual patterns of the world, not the sounds of the wind or waves or a city street – that’s John Cage’s idea for 4’33” of ‘silence’ -- but the lines, colors and shapes, as if they were the notes? Music for Trumpets and Trees ( 1976) by seminal Fluxus Artist/Composer Dick Higgins, uses graphic notation as a guide for a group improvisation. What does the soft edge of a cloud sound like? Does a blue sky sound blue? How about the jagged edge of a leaf? A solid tree trunk? What about playing trees, or playing in trees? How about trumpets in trees? TIME: 11 AM LOCATION: 915 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091 THE PLAYERS Josh Berman, cornet Stephen Burns, trumpet Ben Lamar Gay, cornet Chad McCullough, trumpet Corey Wilkes, trumpet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1722356098179-7D2Q97C11G0Z4J7OVUHG/Screen+Shot+2024-07-30+at+11.13.09+AM.png Past Events - Center for Black Music Research Join us July 25th for a concert celebrating the works and lives of composers from the archives of the Center for Black Music Research. Featuring works by: Irene Britton Smith, Frederick J Work, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and Coleridge Taylor Perkinson. Musicians: Caitlin Edwards Khelsey Zarraga Wilfred Farquharson Lindsey Sharpe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1716224743974-8YM51LZVCYCFFQ31NKTB/6-13.jpg Past Events - Angelo Hart Preview Join us for this album preview event. Angelo has planned an evening of innovative new music. Featuring feast for both the eyes and ears, the event will also couple with a catered reception. We hope to see you there. “I am very excited to be presenting some new music with such great musicians! This night is all about digging into our creative wells to create a memorable experience for everyone involved. This is an album preview. I had a different idea ahead of my next album. Instead of creating the music alone, I am getting some of my favorite musicians together in a sort of think tank . The idea is to keep the creative process as organic as possible, while keeping the creative direction open to endless possibilities. Then I take what we come up with into the studio and build off of it. I am so thrilled to have a live audience in the process!” — Angelo Hart Musicians: Angelo Hart - Piano Tomasso Moretti - Drums Jake Wark - Sax Ben Dillinger - Bass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1719517184412-UQFITIHWJ1XFPHQRRT3V/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Espirales+1+%281%29.png Past Events - Josh Henderson "One More Night" Fulton Street Collective 1821 West Hubbard Street, #suite 307 Chicago, IL 60622 Wednesday, April 24, 2024 A Tour de force evening-length performance piece created by multi-instrumentalist Josh Henderson and inspired by "The Day the Music Died" and Rock & Roll Legends - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson - One More Night is a musical odyssey that takes the audience from the Blues to experimental Opera to Punk Rock with metaphysical pit stops along the way exploring this grand journey of life that we're all on together. Henderson is joined by an All-Star band featuring Sylver Wallace (Voice), Caroline Davis (Alto Sax), Brendon Randall-Myers (Electric Guitar), Rick Martinez (Drums), and The Desdemona String Quartet. The One More Night Band Josh Henderson (Composer, Violin/Viola, Electric/Synth Bass), Caroline Davis (Alto Sax), Rick Martinez (Drum Set), Brendon Randall-Myers (Electric Guitar), Danielle McKnight (Vocalist), Desdemona String Quartet: Caroline Drexler (violin), Rose Kow Xiu Yi (violin), Kayla Williams (viola), Julia Henderson (cello) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1713383737761-QZ8VPDYEQTA7NAI063V6/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Espirales+1.png Past Events - Espirales Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard : Espirales Monday, April 15th, 2024 7:30 - 9 p.m. The Rhapsody Theater “Espirales" is a dynamic new quintet of Gold Medal Awarded Cuban musicians who perform new art music bridging jazz, classical, and Cuban popular music. Its members (Tania Haase, Olivia Rodríguez, Alejandro Aguiar, Jesús Estrada and Rodrigo García) have extensive national and international experience in multiple genres, giving "Espirales" a unique style in the panorama of current Cuban music. This year they have been featured at the prestigious "Cuban International Jazz Plaza Festival" and the "Havana Clásica Music Festival" among others. Their first tour of the USA will bring them to Boston, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1700327789126-J1GGN3B1O76NPO4Q248G/Copy+of+Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text+%283%29.png Past Events - Social Sounds/Black Music Fulcrum Point New Music Project & ~Nois Saxophone Quartet Epiphany Arts Center Sanctuary February 18, 2024 7:30 p.m. Please join us on February 18th at 7:30 p.m. at Epiphany Arts for “Social Sounds”; our second collaboration with the ~Nois Saxophone Quartet. This concert shines a spotlight on our latest Walder Foundation commission in our innovative program Hindsight/Foresight: Amplifying the Voices of Underrepresented Composers. The World Premiere of “Black Music” by Shawn Okpebholo explores the brilliance and virtuosity of Motown and Chicago horn bands, through a kaleidoscopic chromatic lens of polytonal creative composition. Raised By Wolves: Scott Johnson Social sounds of whales at night: Emily Doolittle Dwalm: Gemma Peacocke Black Music: Shawn Okpebholo (World Premiere) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/40aeb33c-c28d-4cb8-88ff-8035ae4a7e38/Brass+Knuckles+%283%29.png Past Events - Mischa Zupko's Brass Knuckles Saturday Feb. 10TH, 2024 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Church of The Ascension “Brass Fantasy” is a celebration of chamber music, in neo-romantic style, inspired by British pub-songs, Renaissance music, Cuban dance rhythms, and the dynamic complexities of boxing speed bags. Featuring premieres by Jorge Amado: Brass Quintet No. 1 and Mischa Zupko: “Brass Knuckles” this free, one-day-only concert packs a punch and will send you reeling with the power of this new art music! We welcome first time collaborators French hornist Momoko Hasselbring Seko and trombonist Robyn Smith on this adventure in new art music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1700353484314-V4PDYYMQ3BJWDXKYYFOP/2.png Past Events - 25TH ANNUAL CONCERT FOR PEACE: "Border Crossing" FULCRUM POINT NEW MUSIC PROJECT 25TH ANNUAL CONCERT FOR PEACE: "Border Crossing" Wednesday, December 13, 2023 7:30 PM 9:00 PM Epiphany Center For The Arts: Epiphany Hall Take our musical journey of new art music from minimalism to Negro Spirituals. Featuring the exquisite soprano Joelle Lamarre with the Fulcrum Point String Orchestra, this concert takes us on a sonic adventure from Sômei Satoh’s Zen-inspired “Toward the Night” through Brit Rocker Steve Martland’s “Crossing the Border” leading us to Tania León’s “Green Pastures” and Jessie Montgomerie’s “5 Freedom Songs” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1696523229931-PCNTKYG38B8EQI8JRBWB/la-monte-young.jpg Past Events - The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China (1962) in Dream Light" by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela Thursday, November 16, 2023 Chicago Humanities Festival Presents - Experience the Midwest premiere of “The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of China (1962) in Dream Light" by legendary minimalist artists La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela—This transformative work, performed by Fulcrum Point (led by Stephen Burns and Ben Neill), bathes the audience in magenta light while the tones from 8 muted trumpets flood the space. Join Fulcrum Point and The Chicago Humanities Festival for a wholly unique experience that will transport you into the sonorous and luminous minds of these singular, creative artists. Performers Stephen Burns, Ben Neill, Nicolas Bejarano, C.J. Camerieri Joe Drew, Rob Frear, Jim O’Connor, John Charles Thomas La Monte Young Artistic Representative Jung Hee Choi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1695674654946-W9C8VEEA2D1TAD7V3JN1/The+Bridge+Website+Poster.png Past Events - Fulcrum Point Presents: The Bridge Thursday, November 9, 2023 In a time of division, polarity, and isolation, being connected is essential! Fulcrum Point New Music Project partners with The Bridge in curating a soulful, immersive musical experience in The Sanctuary of Epiphany Arts. Tapping into their intuitive creativity these internationally acclaimed musicians explore blues, jazz, electronics, and free-improv in a communal expression of curiosity, collaboration and joy. This one-time confluence of artists is not to be missed! FEATURING: Fulcrum Point: Co-Curator of AuxIn: Connected Angelo Hart, piano; Marion Mallard, bass; Corey Wilkes, trumpet & Bridge Artists: Quentin Biardeau, sax & synths and Étienne Ziemniak, drums With special guest Françoise Dô, poet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1696362850769-O9XPGZ722PY5XK3JAHHS/Awards-graphic-option1.jpg Past Events - Poetry Foundation's 2023 Pegasus Awards Thursday, October 26, 2023 Fulcrum Point New Music Project has been invited to participate in this year’s Pegasus Awards. The Pegasus Awards are hosted annually by the Poetry Foundation and are among some of the most prestigious award given in American poetry. Fulcrum Point’s contribution to the celebratory night will include performances by the following: Dalia Chin-flute & co-curator Constance Volk - flute Caitlin Edwards - violin & co-curator Julimar Gonzalez - violin Wilfred Farquharson - viola Lindsey Sharpe - cello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1691001370141-6AJEK8MUYT0B78U5QDMN/download-1.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point Presents: Fernanda Navarro - Premiere of Reflex Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Fulcrum Point Presents: Fernanda Navarro- Premiere of Reflex on Wednesday October 18th! Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, developing concert music, intermedia works, performance art and installations. She is interested in sound, in the idiosyncratic relationship between the corporeality of the performers and the physicality of their instruments, in the exploration between music and language, the use and misuse of technology, and in the transformational power that experimental music can exert on issues related to feminism and social otherness. Her music has been performed nationally and internationally by soloists and ensembles such as NY Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea, Yarn/Wire, Fonema Consort, Gnarwhallaby, Platypus, Nadar, among others. Her works have been featured at festivals such as June in Buffalo, Banff music festival, Domaine Forget, Festival Internacional de Campos do Jordão, New Music Gathering, Visiones Sonoras, MATA, SEAMUS, NYC Electronic Music Festival, Darmstadt Summer Festival and others. LINEUP: Stephen Burns, trumpet/flugelhorn; Diana Lopez, trumpet; Julia Bentley, mezzo soprano; Rika Seko, violin; Sara Dailey, mezzo soprano PROGRAM: Lejanía: Ricardo Lorenz; Stephen Burns, trumpet/flugelhorn; Diana Lopez, trumpet Folk Songs: Luciano Berio; Sara Dailey, mezzo soprano Déjate Caer: Carolina Heredia; Rika Seko, violin Reflex, Fernanda Aoki Navarro (World Premiere): Julia Bentley, mezzo soprano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1691001165333-B7WLLA4J1V5JLB69EYC6/FP+Trumpets+and+Trees+%282%29.jpeg Past Events - Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park -- 20th Anniversary Saturday, September 9, 2023 Music for Trumpets and Trees by Dick Higgins (1:30pm on North side of The Cloud Gate sculpture) What would it sound like if you could hear the visual patterns of the world, not the sounds of the wind or waves or a city street – that’s John Cage’s idea for 4’33” of ‘silence’ -- but the lines, colors and shapes, as if they were the notes? Music for Trumpets and Trees ( 1976) by seminal Fluxus Artist/Composer Dick Higgins, uses graphic notation as a guide for a group improvisation. What does the soft edge of a cloud sound like? Does a blue sky sound blue? How about the jagged edge of a leaf? A solid tree trunk? What about playing trees, or playing in trees? How about trumpets in trees? Josh Berman, cornet Stephen Burns, trumpet Ben Lamar Gay, cornet Chad McCullough, trumpet Corey Wilkes, trumpet Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Joan Tower (6pm open the concert on Pritzker Stage, Millennium Park) Joan Tower’s “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #5” (1993), features four trumpets in pairs exploring the trumpet's heroic, melodic and virtuosic character. The 4-minute work opens with a lone, laconic trumpet answered by others. The work gains momentum and new rhythmic impetus, only to return temporarily to its former, quieter nature. In the last quarter of the work, the “Fanfare” truly lives up to its name, releasing radiant, joyous, poly-tonal salvos of joy. Burns, trumpet William Denton, trumpet Diana Lopez, trumpet Rebecca Oliverio, trumpet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1689880834666-BCGG68JV4ZUHPKQY28V1/Copy+of+Copy+of+Your+paragraph+text.png Past Events - Raised By Wolves Sunday July 16th, 8:30pm Constellation Chicago “Raised By Wolves” a 75-minute collaboration between two of Chicago’s leaders in new art music: Fulcrum Point New Music Project and ~Nois. The program was dedicated to Scott Johnson who generously composed the eponymous work for Fulcrum Point, making revisions throughout the winter before his death in March 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1689880751569-2CZJMWR5QSPSXU5MAPDN/Soundscapes+-+0629+%40+Epiphany+%28blank%29.png Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard! – Soundscapes June 29, 2023 7 - 8:30 p.m. Epiphany Center for the Arts Curated by Angelo Hart A collaboration of improvisation provided by musicians and soundscapes. During this program, artists will use sound art/soundscapes as a foundation to build impromptu and meaningful compositions. Using mixed media and active listening, this concert will showcase the organic and conversational nature of live music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1684280643395-L9UWAJ3HDJ47YVAOPMK6/Copy%2Bof%2BCopy%2Bof%2BCopy%2Bof%2BCopy%2Bof%2BYour%2Bparagraph%2Btext.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard! – Quijote Duo: "Windmills" May 14, 2023 7 - 8:30 p.m. Epiphany Center for the Arts Curated by Caitlin Edwards In Miguel de Cervants’ eponymous novel, Alonso Quijano, AKA Don Quijote plots against the intruders invading La Mancha. His idealism, courage, and strong-will place him in harm's way as he embarks on a fanciful series of misadventures. WINDMILLS is a program of new art music that pays tribute to all the real-life "Alonso Quijanos" who choose to dedicate their most valuable efforts to creating new works of music, often fighting all sorts of adversities, from financial hardships to biased public exposure and personal vulnerability. – Quijote Duo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1684279973502-PU0GCIF63EALG41V68E5/Website%2BPromo%2BPhoto.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point 25th Anniversary Concert: A Celebration of Chicago Trumpet March 21 at 8:00pm to 9:30pm Holtschneider Performance Center, Gannon Concert Hall International trumpet virtuoso Håkan Hardenberger joins Fulcrum Point New Music Project artistic director and faculty member Stephen Burns, Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet and faculty member Esteban Batallán, Lyric Opera’s Rebecca Oliverio with faculty member Paul Lowry in a program of dazzling trumpet solos, duos, trios, quartets, and trumpet ensembles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1675886273217-ZKKFHELEUTVKMUZA127B/1_26_23%252BSquare%252BImage%252B%2525283%252529.jpg Past Events - AuxIn: Connected! Channeling Charles Mingus January 26, 2023 Epiphany Center for the Arts Charles Mingus is one of the great composers, musicians, and visionaries of all time. In jazz, he paved a path for musicians and composers to explore new and exciting veins of creative and improvisational music. This night of music will be a celebration of the creative genius that is Charles Mingus. All pieces are inspired by a Mingus composition, album, or by his creative vision. The quartet includes me on piano, Jake Wark on sax, Ben Dillinger on bass, and Tommaso Moretti on drums. In this performance, we are striving to create an organic and flowing conversation between musicians. One characteristic of Charles Mingus's arrangements is group or collective improvisation. We see it in many of his different groups. The quartet will embody Mingus's approach to this while trying to capture the spirit of Mingus himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1671131558226-3AJJSJAC8UA5L8K4SWAH/Freedom+past+concerts+square.jpg Past Events - JacobTV: The Freedom Songs 24th Annual Concert for Peace December 14, 2022 Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago American Premiere Stephen Burns, trumpet & flugelhorn Steve Roberts, electric guitar Cheryl Wilson, voice Cynthia Yeh, percussion JacobTV, Mission Control https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1667590032174-QVMH80TUQIF8KTR4RKLQ/bridge+2+for+epiphany+purple+square.jpg Past Events - Epiphany of Improvisation Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago November 3, 2022 Fulcrum Point New Music Project and The Bridge present their second collaboration of 2022. Join us as we bring together creative improvisors from France and Chicago for a unique, one-time only concert event. Eight brilliant improvisors in two sets of spontaneous musical creativity: Christian Dillingham, bass; Gaspar Claus, cello; Carmani Edwards, bass; Angelo Hart, piano; Gerrit Hatcher, tenor sax; Erwan Keravec, bagpipes; Chad McCullough, trumpet; with Marvin Tate, voice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1665684021846-K5JLH33CGDVEVZAZCK5G/Terra+Infirma+Square.jpg Past Events - Terra Infirma: Healing the Earth October 12, 2022 Rhapsody Theater, Chicago Electroacoustic music in honor of our planet. Four composers address climate change, prairie restoration, and the impending extinction of too many species. Their intermedia works create a dialogue between whales, birds, amphibians, and the acoustic instruments of Fulcrum Point artists set in the context of vivid video and imagery. Social sounds from whales at night | Emily Doolittle Nine Revolutions | Derek Bermel Phoenix Rising | Paul Oehlers Terra Infirma | Judith Shatin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1663016239508-VZZLYG7UCTQD1KY914XH/1+%282%29.jpg Past Events - Angelo Hart: Space and Dissonance Fulcrum Point AuxIn: Connected! Constellation Chicago, July 22, 2022 Pianist, composer and improviser Angelo Hart makes his AuxIn: Connected! featured artist debut. This set features original improvisational ideas by Angelo with a focus on musical components that zero in on the intimacy of creative music: Space and Dissonance. Joining Angelo will be two stalwarts of Chicago’s creative music scene: Drummer Avreeayl Ra and saxophonist Dave Rempis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1737666267883-9B39055AISHOW28ZUI7B/IMG_4148.jpg Past Events - Joy Wey's Radical Acceptance AuxIn: Connected! Constellation Chicago, July 1, 2022 Curated by Caitlin Edwards Joy Wey: bassoon, theremin, voice, electronics, and video. Radical self-love, compassion, laughter, and the drive to amplify Black artmakers and noisemakers comprise the core of Joy Wey’s work. A versatile improviser and a composer of experimental, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling, Joy’s own music channels their inner child in honor of their ancestors and predecessors. Radical Acceptance is the title of Joy’s new album, and it tells their story of processing trauma, self-care, self-love, and finding hope for the future. Face to Face Live Electronics Inner Child Bassoon and Live Electronics 72 hours Live Electronics How to Breathe While Dying Bassoon and Electronics Grace Live Electronics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1653404641868-H2VVYIB1EPJ26K6D6TRX/Publication1.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard - NextGen The Pyrenean String Quartet Plays Works by DePaul University Student Composers May 23, 2022 Holtschneider Performing Arts Center of DePaul University Kate Carter and Rika Seko, violins Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola Paula Kosower, violoncello Rhapsody on a Country Tune | Luke Sailstad Digression | Dominic Reyes Lesson 4 | Sam Kudra Vulnerability | Corinne Klein Golem | Jimmy Levi Expanding Personalities | Xavier Davenport Looking In | Justin Torzala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1653404656279-Z39Y5JM3HHVYXBLLHYGF/Brass+Insta+image.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point Brass: The New Romantics Neo Romantic Music for Brass Quintet May 21, 2022 Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Northfield, IL Stephen Burns, trumpet Rebecca Oliverio, trumpet Matthew Oliphant, French Horn Felix Regalado, trombone Scott Tegge, tuba Program curated by Stephen Burns and Mischa Zupko Introit | Jonathan Bailey Holland Street Songs | Michael Tilson Thomas AC’s Turning | Trevor Weston Copperwave | Joan Tower Take My Hand | Heidi Joosten Frost Fire | Eric Ewazen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1650899255965-FCVIVA6N9EOK983YZV7L/Phoenix+square.jpg Past Events - Phoenix Rising Intuitive Music in the Colabyrinth Experience rebirth at this singular event of Franco-American Collaboration in Improvisation between The Bridge, a transatlantic network for jazz & creative music, and Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Explore The Colabyrinth, a space for creativity shared by musician Kahil El'Zabar and artist/designer Lucy Slivinski. Kahil El’Zabar, percussion & conduction Angelo Hart, piano Katie Ernst, bass Marvin Tate, voice Corey Wilkes, trumpet Emilie Lesbros, voice Gilles Coronado, electric guitar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1650034453620-CWYRH5YZPG9QZPA0RZ8O/Cries+square.jpg Past Events - Cries From the Heart March 30, 2022 | Elastic Arts, Chicago Electroacoustic music amplifies the depths of emotion, synchronizing the digital world with humanity. Special guests Sarah Belle Reid (composer/trumpet/electronics) and Eric Elshtain (poet) Alveoli | Sarah Belle Reid Crib Dweller | Ted Hearne Stray Birds | Jorge Sosa Grito del Corazon | Judith Shatin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1647014223842-C3UN9RCBHP446VEG32CG/AuxIn+social+media+image.jpg Past Events - AuxIn: Connected! Caitlin Edwards & Angelo Hart Curate AuxIn: Connected! First Set (8:00): Caitlin Edwards Caitlin Edwards, violin Malik Johnson, cello John Bitoy, piano A Spark and A Glimmer (piano trio) by Lauren McCall Cotton Candy (solo violin and electronics) by Joy Guidry Peace (violin and piano) by Jessie Montgomery Be Still and Know (piano trio) by Carlos Simon Watch Over Us (solo violin and electronics) Nathalie Joachim Piano Trio by Brian Raphael Nabors Second Set (9:30): Jam Session led by Angelo Hart: Musicians invited! Angelo Hart, piano Caitlin Edwards, violin Malik Johnson, cello Tomasso Moretti, drums https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1639067724595-7PCPRXDW4PRLVMYY7W17/peace+composers+%282%29.jpg Past Events - Peace 2021: Out of the Ashes Holtschneider Performance Center of DePaul University Wednesday, December 8, 2021 “And they shall beat their swords into plowshares…” Guest Artists: Joelle Lamarre, soprano Simón Gómez Gallego, timpani Talowa’ Hiloha (Thunder Song) | Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate They Still Want to Kill Us | Daniel Bernard Roumain (Midwest Premiere) Lo Yisa Goy | Stacy Garrop Teen Murti | Reena Esmail Tulsa 1921: Pity These Ashes. Pity This Dust | Adolphus Hailstork, text by Dr. Herbert Martin (Midwest Premiere) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1633626149404-XCIRLYI19WLBOZI0SCJV/Publication1.jpg Past Events - Ear Taxi Festival: Latinx Musix Gannon Concert Hall Holtschneider Performance Center Desmoronamiento by Darlene Castro Dalia Chin, flute | Darlene Castro, Electronics Jaromiluna by Ricardo Lorenz Alison Attar, harp | Rika Seko, violin Nubes by Lupita Diaz-Donato (World Premiere) Wagner Campos, Solo clarinet Book of Spells by Clarice Assad Chapter 1: Love and Relationships: The Siren’s Seduction Chapter 2: Wealth and Prosperity: Spell to Summon Greed Chapter 3: Health and Well-Being: A Spell for Global Healing Dalia Chin, flute | Ricardo Castañeda, oboe | Wagner Campos, clarinets | Lisa Marie Kahn, harp | Arturo Ziraldo, viola Stephen Burns, conductor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1627936725837-LQVEEH6YE2MND9YUKXJH/AAMOA+rewind+square.jpg Past Events - Rewind: AAMOA Tribute July 28, 2021 A YouTube and Facebook streamed presentation of our May 26, 2021 concert at Connect Gallery, Hyde Park, Chicago. Curated by Angel Bat Dawid Featuring new works composed and performed by: Isaiah Collier Julian Terrell Otis Anaiet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1624984146794-QWGC7BR48TYMUD5AWA9C/impromptu-2021-V3.1-socialsquare.png Past Events - Songs & Chamber Music by Black Composers New Music Chicago Impromptu Fest 2021 Nevermore Performance Space & streaming on YouYube June 27, 2021 Joelle Lamarre, soprano | Kuang-Hao Huang, piano 1. Cantata: Prelude & Rondo - John Daniels Carter 2. Goddess of the Water – Anthony Davis/Thulani Davis 3. Moments in Sonder – B.E. Boykin/Maya Angelou Rika Seko and Kate Carter, violins | Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola | Paula Kosower, violoncello String Quartet #3 – Eleanor Alberga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1624982987999-A15KBH3RUJQNHWRBUU0U/website+square+AAMOA.jpg Past Events - AAMOA Tribute May 26, 2021 Connect Gallery, Hyde Park, Chicago Fulcrum Point Aux In and Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard co-curator Angel Bat Dawid honors the 1970’s-era Afro-American Music Opportunities Association by presenting works from three young composers. Isaiah Collier Mineziple Tariq Heaven’s Lament - Children of the Sky: Isaiah Collier, sax; Oliva Harris, cello; Angel Bat Dawid, bass clarinet Julian Terrell Otis A Dirge & A Dream I. Dirge - Isaiah Collier, sax; Oliva Harris, cello; Angel Bat Dawid, piano II. Dream - Julian Terrell Otis, voice and electronics Aniaet Live in Peace Tied Up Ocean Wind, Be My Friend Blueberry Skies - Anaiet, voice and guitar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1619631202327-7WYGX8KJEO20MVBQXR8K/Hailstork+square.jpg Past Events - Celebrating Adolphus Hailstork Online at YouTube & Facebook April 21, 2021 Fulcrum Point New Music Project celebrates the legacy of pioneering Black composer Adolphus Hailstork on the occasion of his 80th birthday with a performance of music for string quartet written by BIPOC composers from the Americas. Gabriela Lena Frank: Kanto Kechua #2 Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet #3 (Movements III & IV) Adolphus Hailstork: String Quartet #1 performed by Rika Seko and Kate Carter, violins Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola Paula Kosower, violoncello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1617303713730-2Z8KTFRHUD0XPQ1D4P23/Latinx+remix+artist+square+-+Copy.jpg Past Events - Latinx Remix Wednesday, March 31, 2021 on Zoom & YouTube Revisit highlights from Fulcrum Point's presentation "Aux In: Connected - Kaleidoscopic Latinx Music" that was streamed live from Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in October 2020. Fulcrum Point Artistic Director Stephen Burns welcomes artists from this exciting concert to watch key performances and discuss new art music from Argentina, Brazil, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Guests include Clarice Assad (composer/performer, Brazil), Dalia Chin (Costa Rica), Gustavo Leone (composer/performer, Argentina), Craig Davis Pinson (composer, Mexico), and James Sanders (composer/performer, Chicago/Dominican Republic) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1614617709961-XCCE80AN76SUUBKK5MAR/Publication1.jpg Past Events - Trumpets & Trees: Fluxus Redux Wednesday, February 24, 2021 on Zoom & YouTube Fulcrum Point brought 5 trumpeters from jazz, avant-garde, and new art music backgrounds to 5 Chicago parks on August 22, 2020 for 5 distinct site-specific performances of Dick Higgins’ Fluxus composition “Music For Trumpets and Trees”. We gathered trumpeters Josh Berman, Ben LaMar Gay, Chad McCullough, Corey Wilkes, and FP Artistic Director Stephen Burns again on Zoom to talk about the performing experience, then view the premiere of a video chronicling the performances. Also joining the conversation was writer and Fluxus scholar Hannah Higgins, daughter of the composer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1611336712440-H4XIIX8OXJHC9CZZ2JPR/intuitive+square+2.jpg Past Events - Intuitive Music: New Beginnings January 20, 2021 online event Fulcrum Point launches its 23rd season with a gathering of world-class improvisers as they embark on a boundary-crossing musical adventure drawing from jazz, Latin and new art music, streamed live on YouTube from Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Chicago. Isaiah Collier, saxophone Kahil El’Zabar, percussion, voice, conduction Katie Ernst, bass Jean-Christophe Leroy, percussion Chad McCullough, trumpet James Sanders, violin https://youtu.be/iThNt8imCz0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1608310044921-JAOQBDDNTQJQ7U176U4Q/peace+concert+2020+square.jpg Past Events - Peace 2020: For the Fallen 22nd Annual Concert for Peace December 16, 2020 Online event pre-recorded at PianoForte Chicago Dedicated to front-line workers who’ve given so much this year of COVID-19 and social upheaval. Electroacoustic and intuitive music with special guest artist Angel Bat Dawid, Co-Curator of Aux In: Connected and Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard. Stephen Burns, Kuang Hao Huang, Steve Roberts, Dalia Chin, Rika Seko, Kathleen Carter, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, and Paula Kosower perform works by Judith Shatin, Patrick Grant, Kaija Saariaho, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Intuitive music by Angel Bat Dawid and the Sistas of the Nitty Gritty: Angel Bat Dawid, Anaiet, and Brooklynn Skye Scott. https://youtu.be/ASDlfy9vOqU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1604685916576-MM0X2IUVXYZ4FW56H167/soundsphere+11.4+fire+pit+square.jpg Past Events - Sound^Sphere: LIVE! Fireside Concert November 4, 2020 Facebook Live Works for string quartet blending new art music with Shostakovich. String Quartet No. 5 Bel Canto | Elena Ruehr Eight Colors for String Quartet | Tan Dun String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op 110 | Dmitri Shostakovich Rika Seko and Kate Carter, violins; Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola; Paula Kosower, violoncello https://www.facebook.com/61400417768/videos/357242608681126 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1604685705952-QUQOHBXUBSXPIM1NHWTF/aux+in+3+%28square%29.jpg Past Events - Aux In: Connected! Kaleidoscopic Latinx Music October 21, 2020 Online event streamed live on YouTube and Facebook from Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Chicago. Co-presented by Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in partnership with The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago. New art music from Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico with works by Gustavo Leone, Clarice Assad, Pablo Chin, Tomas Gueglio, and Craig Davis Pinson. | Programmed and Curated by Dalia Chin. | Performed by Gustavo Leone, Jesse Langen, Ben Melsky, John Corkill, Alex Monroe, Stephen Burns and Clarice Assad. Special sets of Brazilian and Latin jazz by Clarice Assad, Freddy Quintero, Víctor González, and James Sanders & Conjunto. https://youtu.be/SkY7VUXkjMM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601492973066-Z0XKD8RGP5CJKNR55CGJ/soundsphere+9.23+sunset+square.jpg Past Events - Sound^Sphere: LIVE! Sunset Lawn Concert September 23, 2020 An outdoor Facebook Live concert with works that set new art music alongside the canon for an eclectic program of music for strings featuring members of Fulcrum Point New Music Project. - String Quartet - Claude Debussy III. Andantino, doucement expressif - Strum - Jessie Montgomery - String Quintet No. 1 in A major Op. 18 - Felix Mendelssohn I. Allegro con moto Rika Seko and Kathleen Carter, violins Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff and Paul Vanderwerf, violas Paula Kosower, violoncello https://www.facebook.com/61400417768/videos/389707618706748 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601492745461-O3BW5E6COWTZ69AFAK1V/soundsphere+8.22+-+square.jpg Past Events - Music for Trumpets and Trees August 22, 2020 Fulcrum Point New Music Project returned to live, in-person performance with five safe, socially distant concerts in neighborhood parks throughout the south, west, and north sides of Chicago in a single day. All five performances were also streamed on Facebook Live. Dick Higgin's "Music for Trumpets and Trees" was performed by an ensemble drawn from the fields of be-bop, classical, jazz, and new music: Josh Berman, Stephen Burns, Ben LaMar Gay, Chad McCullough and Corey Wilkes. "Music for Trumpets and Trees" is a site-specific composition that morphs depending on who plays it and where it is played. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601492442085-G1MFFQE7TUYAO6L2254S/olly+wilson+soundsphere.jpg Past Events - Revisiting Olly Wilson's "Trio" July 15, 2020 Sound^Sphere: LIVE! is an online series of concerts and conversations creating community and providing music for thought and enjoyment. Fulcrum Point New Music Project presented a performance of the composer Olly Wilson's “Trio” as part of our The Black Composer Speaks series in 2017. In this Zoom discussion, featured musicians Seth Parker Woods, Rika Seko, and Kuang-Hao Huang, historian/researcher Bill Doggett, and FP Artistic Director Stephen Burns viewed the performance, then discussed Wilson's work as well as the broader topic of programming composers of color in classical and new art music. Audience members joined the conversation through Zoom’s chat function https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1611771279408-5K6C1BYKZ5W9LTG1Q81M/are+u+experienced+2.jpg Past Events - Are You Experienced? June 17, 2020 | Online Event Sound^Sphere: LIVE! is our online series of concerts and conversations creating community and providing music for thought and enjoyment. Highlights from our 2016 Annual Peace Concert were followed by FP Artistic Director Stephen Burns discussion of how the arts can be used as a means to combat systemic inequity with the performance's guest musicians Kevin Harrison and Frank Babbitt, plus multidisciplinary artist, curator, and deejay Sadie Woods, whose work focuses primarily on social movements and resistance, and producing collaborations within communities of difference. Featured video includes composer David Lang's "Are You Experienced?: On Being Hit on the Head" as well as performance poetry by Malcolm London and Stella Binion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601491746749-RPEJRQMYY8YHDBVA92IG/soundsphere+square+facebook.jpg Past Events - Intuitive Music May 20, 2020 | Online Event Sound^Sphere: LIVE! is our online series of concerts and conversations creating community and providing music for thought and enjoyment. Excerpts from Fulcrum Point concerts were followed by a discussion of Intuitive Music with composers and improvisers Angel Bat Dawid, Kahil El Zabar, Paul Mutzabaugh and James Sanders, hosted by FP Artistic Director Stephen Burns. Viewers joined on Zoom with their questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601493191946-QBOFJSHK7H5XTCEWFVKR/93409553_10158324018032769_5371293827023765504_o.jpg Past Events - Introducing Sound^Sphere: LIVE! Sound^Sphere: LIVE! is our new online series of concerts and conversations creating community and enjoying new art music during this year of living spaciously. At our premiere Sound^Sphere: LIVE! we will be featuring “Lalit” by Shirish Korde, performed by tabla master Kalyan Johnny Bongo Pathak and jazz saxophonist Greg Ward. Join us Live for a discussion with Stephen Burns, Founder & Artistic Director. Ask your questions, engage the community. Hear & Be Heard! Be sure to join our Facebook Fulcrum Point Sound^Sphere group, where the video will be shared on April 15th along with an invitation and password to the Zoom meet-up, which will take place from 7-8pm CST. Come hear, see, and speak with these brilliant artists! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1581357388015-RFTAR0IBCS8EC05MKXCL/Aux+In_+Ted+Hearne+Flyer+%282%29.png Past Events - Aux In: Connected! Ted Hearne Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | 8 PM Meet and chat with Ted Hearne, composer, singer, and 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist during an evening featuring his string music performed by musicians Nick Photinos, Yvonne Lam, Paula Kosower, and John Corkill. THE PROGRAM (All pieces by Ted Hearne) DaVZ23BZMH0 (2016) Cello & Electronics Furtive Movements (2014) Cello & Drumset Nobody's (2010) Violin Force Field (2004) Viola & Vibraphone BYOB & LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED. Location: Elastic Arts, 3429 West Diversey Avenue, #208 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1576164421769-HBDE36SHT82ENHTLYMYR/PEACE+CONCERT+POSTER+FINAL.jpg Past Events - 21st Annual Concert for Peace: Rites of Devotion & Ecstasy December 10, 2019, 7 PM Experience this multimedia celebration of life with music and film. Vijay Iyer performs his score Radhe Radhe: Rites of Holi with the film by Chicago native Prashant Bhargava. Live with the Fulcrum Point Ensemble led by Ben Bolter. Other guest artists include Kalyan Pathak, tabla, and Greg Ward, saxophone. See it, Hear it, Live it! Location: Gannon Concert Hall. Holtschneider Performance Center, DePaul University School of Music, 2330 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, 60614 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1574091343058-7OS585KMCI7QB9VYDBCD/Unlikely+Pairings_Rock+band.png Past Events - Aux In: Unlikely Pairings/Rock band November 14, 2019 at 8 PM The Program Louis Andriessen - HOUT Dan VanHassel - Ghost in the Machine Chaya Czernowin - Sahaf Adrian Knight - Abide with Me Betsy Jolas - Épisode quatrième The Players John Corkill, Ross Lafleur, Louise Chan, Phil Pierick Win Prizes! Network! Light Refreshments / BYOB *Bring a friend for free! Location: Eighth Blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1571932431344-ZM1M5QPDGRD9EDAJLJNT/LATINX+POSTER+FINAL.png Past Events - LatinX Electroacoustic Music & Poetry Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 7:00 PM Fulcrum Point New Music Project & Latino Music Festival 2019 In partnership with Contratiempo Explore the powerful expressions of music, electronics, and poetry of Latin American artists who give voice to the magic and mysteries of spiritual, political, and intellectual forces. Contratiempo curated poets create the soulful contexts in which the music of these diverse composers resonates. Come take the adventure! Guest Artists: Projeto Arcomusical | Keren Díaz de León | Daniel Borzutsky Allen Hall of The Holtschneider Performing Arts Center of DePaul University 2330 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, 60614 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1601494221567-LEUPN9ZXMQOX91A72MOJ/Publication1.jpg Past Events - Gandhi 150: A Legacy of Peace Fulcrum Point New Music Project, in partnership with Indian Development Service & WBEZ, join a birthday celebration honoring Mahatma Gandhi. Saxophonist Greg Ward and tabla master Kalyan Pathak join noted speakers for human rights at Simpson Hall of the Field Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1569509760067-5FPLC75IMD234YUHLV2K/Discoveries+Flyer+smallest.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard September 25, 2019 | 8 PM Experience the excitement of emerging composers performing their own compositions. Engage Ted Moore, Leslie Allison, Molly Jones & Angel Bat Dawid in a discussion of their process and performance. Connect with their sounds and explore the inspiration that reflects our times. Have your voices heard. Featuring composers who perform their own compositions Discoveries includes the audience in a discussion about what that means for 21st century composers. As classical composers--Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Bartok-- Ted, Leslie, and Molly’s enjoy performing their own work. Ted’s music lies heavily on electronic processing, video, and improvisation. Leslie’s music identifies strongly with her background as a poet and performer concentrating strongly on her sexual identity. Molly’s music is based around improvisation and saxophone. Location: Elastic Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1563200356121-407TWITUGXTQ6DYLUHY6/A-Page-of-Madness.jpg Past Events - March Madness Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm In partnership with Asian Improv aRts Midwest The most modern and experimental Japanese silent film to survive the fire bombings of WWII, A Page of Madness throws the viewer into a maelstrom of hallucinations and obsession, and easily stands way out amongst its kabuki and jidai-geki silent contemporaries. The partly composed, partly improvised electroacoustic music will be performed live by Fulcrum Point’s virtuoso musicians led by Tatsu Aoki and Stephen Burns. Location: Constellation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557781108563-5VQ76HAOBC7K186E7F3C/Side-2-Panel-5-Discoveries_-Flux-Bike.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Ryan Packard & Flux Bikes Friday, Mar 01, 2019 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm A fun night of improvisation and Fluxus Events led by Ryan Packard, Ben LaMar Gay, and Rob Frye. Join in their concept/process and get down and dirty. 7pm –Audience-participatory Fluxus Events led by Simon Anderson & Stephen Burns: Below are interactive events for the entire room to join in: Alison Knowles, Shuffle Dick Higgins, New Constellation [Constellation #7] Mieko Shiomi, Disappearing Music for Face 8pm – Ryan Packard and Flux Bikes (Ben LaMar Gay and Rob Frye) Location: Fulton Street Collective https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557781197886-4P5O6VT302ZWQNXI7LUP/Discoveries.jpeg Past Events - Aux In: All In!: All Ayanna aka Yadda Yadda Sunday, Jan 20, 2019 An evening with Chicago’s Renaissance Woman, Ayanna Woods (aka Yadda Yadda). Composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, collaborator with Manuel Cinema, Third Coast Percussion, and the Chicago Children’s Choir Ayanna’s compositions explore the spaces between acoustic and electronic, traditional and esoteric, wildly improvisational and mathematically rigorous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1563203869609-2XGLSSZ6W2RWFFQZ3WMR/Untitled1.gif Past Events - Electronic Mutations Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm What happens to the sounds in a room when they encounter electronic signals? What is the dynamic energy of amplification, modulation, and mutation of these sound created by variations of signal, tone, and frequency? Alchemy of nature, technology, and intuition. In Nic Collins’ Room Variations resonant frequencies of the concert hall are mapped and improvised upon. Ted Hearn’s DaVZ23BzMHO is a reverberant meditation on muzak from a ‘90’s commercial and reverb. MacArthur Genius Vijay Iyer’s Mutation I-X takes the listener on a journey of rhythmic and harmonic variations created by the ensemble and electronics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557781065445-4KSNTVR1HN9278FP1NM0/Side-2-Panel-6-Aux-In_-Electronics-ToniaKo.jpg Past Events - Aux In: All In! Amplified What?!/ What is an instrument? Aux In: All In! Amplified What?!/ What is an instrument? Thursday, Apr 25, 2019, 7:00 pm @ The Golden Triangle Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents an evening of installations focusing on materials, gadgets, and sensors examined through the lens of modern day composers and sound artists brought to life through performance. Using an array of microphones and sonic filtering software, each composer seeks to explore and capture the complexities of our everyday working lives through raw materials, gesture, or repetition. After each work, audience members our encouraged to come experience, experiment, and interact with each of the evenings installations. Kotoka Suzuki. In Praise of Shadows Tonia Ko, Breath, Contained Thierry de Mey. Table Music (Musiqe de Table) Juri Seo, Wah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557781331542-QEM8CKQE4R0AAN7SC7AW/donnie-trumpet-nico.png Past Events - Peace in Chicago: An Intergenerational Celebration Wednesday, Dec 19, 2018 7:30 pm Peace in Chicago: An Intergenerational Celebration is a festive confluence of new art music, poetry, and hip hop, bringing together mentors and protégées in peaceful aspiration and jubilant affirmation. The World Premiere oratorio “Price of Peace” by The JuJu Exchange led by Nico Segal & Julian Reid (Artistic Director Stephen Burns taught Segal who advises The Burns Twins) with texts by Young Chicago Authors’ Kevin Coval, Jalen Kobayashi & National Youth Poet Laureate Patricia Frazier features the Chicago Children’s Choir & Josephine Lee. Exciting opening acts star Young Chicago Authors Poets, Loona Dae, Ric Wilson & Victor! backed by The Burns Twins. Passionate pleas for peace from the Poetry Foundation Poets CM Burroughs & Ed Roberson complement the premiere of “Americans” by Scott Johnson & “Starburst” by Jessie Montgomery. This concert is dedicated to the memory of FP founding president & Harris Theater Trustee Judith Neisser. Location: The Harris Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557783605760-6H94TN36IZ82W9PW341V/Side-2-Panel-3-Ambient.png Past Events - Aux In: All In! Music for Heart & Breath: Ambient Music Influence on Contemporary Art Song Thursday, Nov 15, 2018 @ Gaslight Coffee Music for Heart & Breath: Ambient Music Influence on Contemporary Art Song Explore an evening of electro-acoustic sonic landscapes of ambient music. A chill evening of hauntingly beautiful music by Grammy Award winning composers offering thought, reflection, introspection, and meditation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1557783710120-X7ADUVE36DG0MGJ9KUK3/javier-alvarez.jpg Past Events - ¡Revolución!: Electroacoustic Music from Mexico Sunday, Oct 28, 2018 Fulcrum Point has united with Morelia, Mexico to bring the fusion of new music and technological innovation to Chicago. ¡Revolución! is an interactive music experience, premiering the groundbreaking work of renowned composer Javier Álvarez for an inspired culminating performance. Álvarez’s premiere will be complimented by the work of fellow Latin American composers, including Rodrigo Sigal, Orlando Garcia, and Gabriela Ortiz. Participating in the creation of new music has never been more revolutionary! Music Meets Tech We partnered with our friend, composer and sound designer Joel Corelitz and his smartphone app, Shortwave. This music technology allows creative interaction between performer and audience members in real time, allowing for a collaborative concert experience. Get excited: audience members will have the opportunity to utilize Shortwave and participate throughout the final performance simply by pulling out their phones and getting creative. Additionally, as part of this program Fulcrum Point empowered Chicago teens from Latina Girls Code to create music on a digital composing platform. The winning composition influenced Álvarez’s final composition. Collaboration with CMMAS This concert is the culminating event of a 2017-18 collaboration with the Mexican Centre for Music and the Sonic Arts (CMMAS) in Morelia, Mexico and was made possible by The MacArthur International Connections Fund. Location: Constellation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1605983984634-SXVB58CWP11XVXMSBNP0/Side-2-Panel-2-Discoveries_-Siblings-390x260.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Dalia Chin Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Dalia Chin Performs electroacoustic music for flute by Composers Pablo Chin “Inside the Shell” & Fernanda Aiko Navarro “About Beauty” Audience and Artists discuss the inspiration, process, and insights in the collaborative process between composer and performer, acoustics and electronics. Location: Elastic Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1563214279579-4G1YAYQ2UYM1KO75EL83/Untitled-design.png Past Events - Collaboration with Mexico Fulcrum Point has united with Morelia, Mexico, to bring the fusion of new music and technological innovation to Chicago. ¡Revolución! is an interactive music experience, premiering the groundbreaking work of renowned composer Javier Álvarez for an inspired culminating performance. Álvarez’s premiere will be complimented by the work of fellow Latin American composers, including Rodrigo Sigal, Orlando Garcia, and Gabriela Ortiz. Participating in the creation of new music has never been more revolutionary! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564684776542-EQHJS2VWTSVIHIBW5W7A/Rush-Hour-series.jpg Past Events - Rush Hour Concert 2018: "Bernsteins Orbit" Tuesday, Jun 26, 2018 5:45 pm – 6:15 pm Leonard Bernstein – Fanfare for Bima William Bolcom – Remembered Fathers Michael Tilson Thomas – Street Song 5:00pm – Doors Open 5:15pm – Pre-Concert Conversation 5:45pm – 30-Minute Concert FREE Location: St. James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564689734154-UG99L938KMLIO5L377ZI/Asisan+Pop+UP+Robin+Kwan+.jpeg Past Events - Asian Pop-Up Cinema Award Night: Lifetime Achievement Award Honoring Teddy Robin Kwan Thursday, May 11, 2017, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project is proud to be featured as the music headliner at Asian Pop-Up Cinema‘s Lifetime Achievement Award Night, honoring Teddy Robin Kwan.* Fulcrum Point will perform the award-winning, original sound score of the movie Gallants, written by Honoree Teddy Robin Kwan, with music arranged by Tomy Wai against the projection of the movie montage specially edited by Chicago’s own David Baker. Stephen Burns will serve as the evening’s conductor and music director. The musical program will also feature three of the honoree’s award-winning movie title songs performed by winners of a city-wide “Chicago’s Got Cantonese Talent”singing competition with Fulcrum Point providing the live accompaniment. *Teddy Robin Kwan (Kwan Wai-pang) is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and producer. In the 60s when Hong Kong English pop (50s – 70s) was at its peak, Teddy was on top of the charts and led a band he named Teddy Robin and the Playboys. He later became an actor, film director, producer and composer. The concert program: “City of Fire” | “Cops and Robbers” | Til Death Do We Scar” *Written by Teddy Robin Kwan Location: The Chicago History Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564684961302-IDJR6ZBQVWMM9YZ5187M/Intuitive+Music+.jpg Past Events - Intuitive Music Workshop Sunday, Jun 03, 2018 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Post-Modern Improviser Markus Stockhausen Inspires Chicago Students Fulcrum Point welcomes to Chicago world renowned German improvisation duo Inside Out, featuring Markus Stockhausen and Florian Weber for the weekend of June 1-3. Following a live improvisation performance alongside Chicago experimental jazz musician Kahil El’ Zabar at The Promontory in Hyde Park on June 1st, the duo will lead a workshop of “intuitive music” (free improvisation) with students from DePaul, Merit School of Music, Chicago Academy of Music, and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra on June 2nd. The weekend culminates with a final concert on June 3rd at Elastic Arts featuring Inside Out in collaboration with workshop participants to showcase their collective creative chemistry. Location: Elastic Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564685087185-K8WBIPRU088C3BDRP5HB/Intutive-music-promo-card-front.jpg Past Events - Intuitive Music Friday, Jun 01, 2018 7:00 pm A Collaborative Expression of Healing & Unity Through Improvisation with a Unique Gathering of Master Musicians: Special Guest Artists David Murray, Markus Stockhausen, Florian Weber & Kahil El’ Zabar We want to extend a thank you to the Goethe-Institut for their generous support on this program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564685307257-LEGZ79LA62CP2LG0BF19/Selling+Out.jpg Past Events - Selling Out Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018 7:00 pm “Selling Out?!” explores the Faustian choices artists flirt with when they utilize pop culture in the creation of their work; are they selling out? In homage to Stravinsky’s “Soldier’s Tale,” composers Tania León and Wynton Marsalisutilize popular dance forms, jazz, and Afro-Cuban music to spice up their modernist compositions. The Program: “Permutation Seven” by Tania León “Fiddler’s Tale” by Wynton Marsalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564685413726-WRR8LYUOR8A8CQMBJKP9/Volcano+Radar.jpg Past Events - Volcano Radar: Centazzo/Burns/Aoki/Gregorio Wednesday, Mar 14, 2018 8:30 pm Volcano Radar presents one of the most prominent European improvisers, Italian master Andrea Centazzo. For this occasion, trumpet star Stephen Burns will join the project with Centazzo and Volcano Radar members Elbio Barilari and Julia A. Miller, guest bassist/composer Tatsu Aoki, and clarinetist Guillermo Gregorio. There will be also videos produced by Andrea Centazzo and action painting by Luis Achenbach, creator the prestigious series “Jazz Occurrence”. WDBC is sponsoring this event. Location: Constellation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564685640798-2H6X0TDDURDN2G27R5UV/Discoveries+Calendar+Image.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Shawn Okpebholo & Micah Clark Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018 6:00 pm Featured Composers: Shawn Okpebholo & Micah Clark The Musicians: John Corkill, Marimba; Jake Muzzy, cello; Alyssa Arrigo, piano Location: The Fine Arts Building, Suite 943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564685832321-OC1Q4AIBESU0I67L63L1/Inspiration-and-Insight-Image.jpg Past Events - Inspiration & Insight: An Intimate Concert & Conversation Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018, 7:00 pm Fulcrum Point kicks off its 20th year by showcasing three of the most influential composers in new art music: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Director Marc Neikrug, the Charles Ives Living Award and Grawemeyer Award winner George Tsontakis, and Grammy winner Augusta Read Thomas. Exploring the fulcrum point of tradition and innovation, the audience is invited to engage the composers in a dialogue about their artistic, spiritual and creative process. The composers will be present in person or via skype to answer the questions of curious new music enthusiasts. The Program: “Tiger’s Nest” by Marc Neikrug ; “Gemini” by George Tsontakis ; “Klee Musings” by Augusta Read Thomas The Musicians: Paula Kosower, cello; Kuang Hao Huang, piano; Gail Williams, French horn; Yuan-Qing Yu, violin Location: The Promontory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564686180139-DWRITQWE0W4QB3TPQ75D/Peace-concert-promo-card-Final.jpg Past Events - Concert for Peace: Centennial Celebration of Lou Harrison Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017, 7:00 pm 19th Annual Concert for Peace: A Centennial Celebration of Lou Harrison A holiday celebration of the life and works of an American legend known for marrying Eastern and Western musical traditions, performed in partnership with Chicago Balinese Gamelan In celebration of the holiday season, Fulcrum Point New Music Project will partner with Chicago Balinese Gamelan to honor American iconoclast composer, Lou Harrison and perform his most beloved works. Composer, environmentalist and gay activist, Lou Harrison (1917 – 2003) is best known for blazing new paths in music by invigorating the Western canon with musical influences from all over the world, creating his own musical instruments, and experimenting with microtones. With superb craftsmanship he combined a reverence for world cultures, a passionate belief in social equity and a love of melody and beauty in all its forms, to create his own musical revolution. Since Fulcrum Point’s inception, the Annual Concert for Peace has been our holiday concert, celebrating societal good will to all and the shared virtues of kindness, compassion, generosity, joy, and peace. The concert shines a spotlight on humanity’s struggles and achievements in the order to inspire acceptance, inclusion, and love through music. This will be our 19th Concert for Peace, marking 2018 as our 20th anniversary serving Chicago as a platform for new art music. The Program: “Solstice” ; “Varied Trio” ; “Songs of the Forest” ; “New Moon” Location: Merit School of Music: Gottlieb Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564686469905-XNKNKUKW8CPODE7T0Z7Q/Discoveries%2C+Nov+2017.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Lawren Brianna Ware & Elaine Fine Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Featured Composers: “Notturno” by Lawren Brianna Ware & “Trumpet Sonata” by Elaine Fine Featuring Stephen Burns on trumpet and Kuang-Hao Huang on piano. Program Notes: “Trumpet Sonata” “I wrote my Trumpet Sonata in 2000. I had just begun a master’s program, and was studying composition for the first time. Before moving to more abstract music, I wanted to feel comfortable writing in Sonata Form, and was surprised to find how easy and enjoyable it was to write in Sonata Form using mid-20th-century harmonies.” “Notturno” Notturno for trumpet and piano is a piece that was composed for my colleague and friend, trumpeter Brett Bellomy. The piece focuses on mixed and asymmetrical meter. It also employs imitation, antiphonal techniques, and highlights extended tertian and jazz harmonies. The audience should be transported to a still and calm moonlit lake. Later, as heard in the piano’s sixteenth note accompaniment, the waters begin to flow more quickly. However, the accompaniment gradually slows down and leads into a varied recapitulation of the beginning theme, ending with the moonlight glistening off of the lake’s still, calm waters. Location: Merit School of Music: Gottlieb Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564686651853-536DII1FY1D7PADQL03R/Music+Tech+Jam+.jpg Past Events - Music Tech Jam with Javier Álvarez Friday, October 20th, 2017 6pm-10pm | Saturday, October 21st 10am-6pm Students from Latina Girls Code will collaborate with Mexico’s leading electroacoustic composer, using technology to complement an interactive music composition for a 2018 world premiere. Fulcrum Point will organize students from Latina Girls Code in a music and technology event. This Music Tech Jam will empower Latino students to develop an interactive music tool that will be integral to a 2018 world premiere composition by renowned Mexican Composer Javier Álvarez. The participants will learn about Pure Data, a programming language for creating interactive computer music, as they explore a composer’s creative process and build upon an existing music app for audience interaction. At the end of the two day event, a panel of judges will determine from a specified rubric the winner of the Music Tech Jam. The winning collaboration may be incorporated into the final composition by Javier. This collaborative event is made possible by a MacArthur International Connections Grant and is the first of a series of workshops created by Fulcrum Point and the Mexican Centre for Music and the Sonic Arts (CMASS) in Morelia Mexico, in partnership with The People’s Music Schooland Chicago’s Latino and tech communities, including Latina Girls Code. Location: Blue 1647 Tech Innovation Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564686940555-ZJ9ZRPWCXJ6RVDB1GR7C/Latino-Music-Fest-Graphic-1.png Past Events - Latino Music Festival: Electronic and Neo-Classical Music from Central and South America Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017, 7:00 pm A broad range of electroacoustic music composed by todays most distinct Latin-American composers. Inspired by Peruvian folklore, Latin Jazz & Abstract Electronic music “Corson” by Gustavo Leone (Argentina) | “Rios Profundos” by Gabriela Lena Frank(Peru) | “Tolerance” by Rodrigo Sigal (Mexico) | “Saxon Variations” by Elbio Barilari (Uruguay) | “Temazcal” by Javier Álvarez (Mexico) Fulcrum Point will participate in The Latino Music Festival with a concert of electronic and acoustic music. The program recognizes the works of Latin-American composers while mapping a timeline of musical inspirations, from Peruvian folklore to Latin Jazz to the contemporary soundscape of electronic music. Sigal is the director of the Centre for Music and the Sonic Arts (CMASS) in Morelia Mexico and has entered a fruitful collaboration with Fulcrum Point which will produce a world premiere by one of Mexicos best known composers, Javier Álvarez. Location: Merit School of Music: Gottlieb Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564687202122-NJ5X7UO948298CTLGG21/Discoveries-Promo-Photo.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Joshua Marquez & Zoë Holbrook Wednesday, Sep 20, 2017, 6:00 pm The Program: “Cold Star” by Joshua Marquez & “String Quartet No.1” by Zoë Holbrook Featuring the Fulcrum Point String Quartet: Mathias Tacke, Violin Kathleen Brauer, Violin Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Viola Mark Brandfonbrener, Violoncello Location: Merit School of Music: Gottlieb Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564687337153-0SCF4PY1J7Q1MICLJYH3/Discoveries+Photo+Stephen+Burns.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Ryan Carter & Keith Kusterer Wednesday, Jul 12, 2017, 6:00 pm The Program: “On the limits of a system” by Ryan Carter for piano and electronics “Trivia Surreal” by Keith Kusterer for acting piano Featuring Musicians Kuang-Hao Huang and Shi An (Andy) Costello . Location: The Fine Arts Building, Room 825 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564687506814-WA0FFO11H5SGPZAAEXOY/Salon+Concert.jpg Past Events - Salon Concert Friday, Jun 23, 2017, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Since 2015, Fulcrum Point has hosted a series of Salon Concerts for our friends and patrons. The concerts have showcased a wide variety of original compositions and engaging improvisations and are always performed by our professional ensemble. Each concert is hosted at an intimate private residence, allowing for lively discussion and audience participation. Not only does this series introduce audiences to stimulating new works, but it educates them about classical, jazz, and electronic music. If interested in hosting your own private event/concert, please email us at info@fulcrumpoint.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564687726862-SQETCU0CJMTNSGWEV22T/Discoveries+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Kyle Krause & Emily Sullivan Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm The Program: “Mangata” by Kyle Krause for percussion quartet and projections “Mallet Quartet” by Emily Sullivan for 2 marimbas and 2 vibraphones Music will be led by percussionist Ian Ding. Location: Merit School of Music, Gottlieb Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564687946278-EJZBQGRR6B1CL1VD19VE/Make+Music+Chicago+Fulcrum+Point+.png Past Events - Make Music Chicago Presents Lift Every Voice: Musicians Rising For Racial Justice Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017, 11:30 am Fulcrum Point will perform American Pulitzer Prize winning composers Samuel Barber and George Walker. Both composers create iconic works for strings that deeply encompass feelings of nostalgia, pain, loss and reverence. Walker’s “Lyric for Strings” (originally called Lament) was composed in 1946 in memory of his deceased grandmother. Barber ‘s “Adagio for Strings,” which was composed 10 years prior, exudes feelings of sorrow and remembrance. The Program: “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber | “Lyric for Strings” by George Walker The Musicians: Eleanor Bartsch, Kathleen Carter, violins; Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola; Matthew Agnew, violoncello Location: DePaul University Concert Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564688413398-SZRKPD1VXW1RE4STTQGK/Creating+Identity+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Creating Identity Presentation Friday, Jun 02, 2017, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm This event will the be the culminating presentation of our educational pilot program, Creating Identity at George Washington Elementary School. In Creating Identity, Fulcrum Point teaching artists work with 7th-10th grade CPS students, encouraging them to explore their individuality and character. Fulcrum Point’s eclectic music serves as a catalyst to inspire a body of work containing creative writing, art, and music. A new social learning tech platform from MashPlant compliments this program, allowing students and teachers to upload videos, pictures, and music for sharing in a safe 24/7 social digital community. This pilot launched with 17 sessions taking place at Jane Addams Elementary School and is now wrapping up it’s second residency at George Washington Elementary. The presentation will take place on June 2nd and allow the students to present their “Identity Boxes,” containing the poetry, music, and art that they’ve created over the course of the program. The event will be graciously hosted by the Zhou B Art Center, facilitating the perfect creative space to inspire our young artists. This is a private event, exclusive to George Washington Elementary parents, students, and staff. Location: Zhou B Art Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564689567137-D3S99QB1JDPY6NGUZWAZ/Discoveries+Fulcrum+Point+2.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Logan Rutledge & Emily Michielutti Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm The Program: “Out of My League” by Logan Rutledge for two soprano saxophones featuring Richard Brasseale and Jeremy Ruthrauff “Up into Silence” by Emily Michielutti for solo piano featuring Shi An Costello Location: CYSO Fine Arts Building, Room 825 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564689932689-HK74SVROEYO8YZE6PW4W/FulcrumPoint_TheNews_4.21.15_by_ElliotMandel-40.jpg Past Events - Hong Kong Pop Meets Avant-Pop: A CIMMFest Event Featuring Jacob TV & Teddy Robin Kwan Friday, Apr 21, 2017. 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm As part of the Chicago International Music and Movies Festival, Fulcrum Point New Music Project brings you a multimedia feast for the senses featuring outrageous videos and a 7 piece funk band playing wild mashups of documentary films and provocative interviews. Dutch avant-pop artist Jacob TV’s punchy, social-political music videos, riffing on rap, machismo, and violence are the perfect foil to the suave, award-winning scores of Hong Kong filmmaker/pop-star Teddy Robin Kwan. Kwan’s theme songs will be sung by winners of the “Chicago’s Got Cantonese Talent” singing competition. The music of Kwan and Jacob TV are complemented by Valerie Coleman’s work for video, flute, and percussion, “Hair, Cloth, and Thread,” a six movement piece based on artwork by Sonya Clark exploring cultural themes of African American hair, the textile industry, history, and memory. The concert program: “Close Fight” | “I Was Like, Wow!” | “Grab it!” By Jacob TV “Hair, Cloth and Thread “ by Valerie Coleman; Midwest Premiere, featuring Jennie Oh Brown, flute; Peter Ferry, percussion “City of Fire” | “Cops and Robbers” | “Til Death Do We Scare” By Teddy Robin Kwan Musicians: Jeremy Ruthrauff, sax; Steve Roberts, guitar; Michael Keefe, keyboard; Christian Dillingham, bass; Jennie Oh Brown, flute; Peter Ferry, percussion Location: 1st Ward Events/ The Chop Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564690139813-3WU3LY33F5HE6SF5FHD1/Seth+Parker+Woods_Guardian.jpg Past Events - WNUR 89.3 FM Feature: Seth Parker Woods Saturday, Apr 15, 2017; 1:30 pm Our very own Seth Parker Woods, Curator of Inclusion & Discoveries, will be interviewed by WNUR. Seth will discuss the mission of Fulcrum Point, as well as our 20th anniversary (coming up in 2018!) and the exciting programming we have planned. The interview will be accompanied by a recording of Olly Wilson’s “Piano Trio,” performed by the Fulcrum Point ensemble at The Black Composer Speaks. They’ll also discuss Seth’s new album, “Asinglewordisnotenough.” Tune into WNUR’s live stream of the interview at approximately 1:30pm, Saturday, April 15th by going to www.wnur.org and selecting “Listen to Live Stream” from the menu at the top of the page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564690253061-KMLCQMLJL9Y27LJ0SA7G/Discoveries+Promo+Photo+.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Emily Michielutti & Phillip Rapa Wednesday, Mar 15, 2017, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Concert Program: Three Miniatures (2016) for string quartet by Emily Michielutti String Quartet No. 1 (2016-17) by Phillip Rapa Musicians: Violins: Mathias Tacke and Rika Seko; Viola: Ammie Brod; Cello: Seth Parker Woods Location: CYSO Fine Arts Building, Room 825 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564690606993-MVHRUCUO0LFUQO5CRDXS/Invention+of+Morel+.jpg Past Events - The Invention of Morel: Always Together, Forever Apart Saturday, Feb 18, 2017 7:30 pm to Sunday, Feb 26, 2017 3:00 pm Fulcrum Point collaborates with The Chicago Opera Theatre and Stewart Copeland by performing as the orchestra for “The Invention of Morel.” When a man has no hope, he has nothing left to lose. Time-bending love triumphs over convention in this futuristic story of love and desire. On a lonely island this sci-fi story redefines the limits of human connection and the power of love. Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer of The Police, sets this fantastical tale of the human heart to thrilling music for this co-world premiere with Long Beach Opera. The performance will run approximately 90 minutes and will be performed in English. Location: The Studebaker Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564690862215-A33P7LTHZVBVFQ7EFX7V/Tomeka-Reid.jpeg Past Events - The Black Composer Speaks: Exhortation! Friday, Feb 10, 2017, 5:45 pm – 9:00 pm In collaboration with Kahil El’ Zabar and The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Fulcrum Point celebrates the unique and complex voices of Black American composers by championing the music of three generations of artists, ranging from impressionistic to pop-inspired minimalism to free jazz improv. Bridging these diverse musical stylings will be a world premiere composition by the widely acclaimed Tomeka Reid. Reid’s music is both jazz and classically influenced, making her the natural fulcrum point, where tradition meets innovation. The evening will end with a set of free-jazz improv led by the legendary Kahil El’ Zabar and his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, in collaboration with Fulcrum Point New Music Project. A roundtable discussion on inclusion and access in new art music precedes the concert. Location: The Promontory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564691161935-BVZCUGU1N5B43AU8I9DY/Stephen+Burns+Fulcrum+Point+Roundtable.jpg Past Events - The Convergence of Experimental Musical Mediums Friday, Feb 10, 2017 - 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm The Convergence of Experimental Musical Mediums: A roundtable discussion on inclusion, access, and aesthetics in music from the Black Diaspora, precedes the February 10th “Exhortation!” concert. The roundtable will address inclusion, convergence of avant-garde and contemporary musical expression and the artistic diaspora within the context of new music and art. Steve Bynum, Senior Producer of WBEZ’s “Worldview” will lead a discussion with panelists Stephen Burns, Fulcrum Point’s Artistic Director; Seth Parker Woods, Fulcrum Point’s Curator of Inclusion and Discoveries; Nathalie Joachim, flutist with Eighth Blackbird; and Sadie Woods, curator, DJ, Entrepreneur. Location: The Promontory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564691274521-STTBJ89UTMKY9AHWRJOS/Black+Composer+Speaks.jpg Past Events - The Black Composer Speaks: Exhortation! Thursday, Feb 09, 2017 - 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm In collaboration with Kahil El’ Zabar and The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Fulcrum Point celebrates the unique and complex voices of Black American composers by championing the music of three generations of artists, ranging from impressionistic to pop-inspired minimalism to free jazz improv. Bridging these diverse musical stylings will be a world premiere composition by the widely acclaimed Tomeka Reid. Reid’s music is both jazz and classically influenced, making her the natural fulcrum point, where tradition meets innovation. The evening will end with a set of free jazz improv led by the legendary Kahil El’ Zabar and his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, in collaboration with Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Location: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564691683292-Y1MGGQI2T40Z22B01DQT/Creating+Identity+2.jpg Past Events - Creating Identity Presentation Thursday, Feb 02, 2017 12:00 pm This event will the be the culminating presentation of our new educational pilot program, Creating Identity. In Creating Identity, Fulcrum Point teaching artists work with 7th-10th grade CPS students, encouraging them to explore their individuality and character. Fulcrum Point’s eclectic music serves as a catalyst to inspire a body of work containing creative writing, art, and music. A new social learning tech platform from MashPlant compliments this program, allowing students and teachers to upload videos, pictures, and music for sharing in a safe 24/7 social digital community. This pilot launched with 17 sessions taking place at Jane Addams Elementary School and continuing through 2017. The pilot culminates on February 2nd at The Stony Island Arts Bank, with an event allowing the students to present their “Identity Boxes,” containing the poetry, music, and art that they’ve created over the course of the program. This is a private event, exclusive to Jane Addams parents, students, and staff. Location: The Stony Island Arts Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692019890-2CEDNDPH9RXR5X8ZM5V4/18th+Concert+for+Peach.png Past Events - 18th Annual Concert for Peace: Politics, Poetry, and Prayer Sunday, Dec 18, 2016 - 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Highlighting this year’s 18th Annual Concert for Peace, activists Malcolm London and Stella Binion perform their social political poetry in the context of the tumultuous and discordant national and international events of the past year. Presented by Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the Annual Concert for Peace celebrates humanity’s struggles and achievements in acceptance, inclusion, and love through spoken word and music. The poetry will be complemented by the pop-inspired minimalism of composers Terry Riley, David Lang and Ted Hearne performed by the ensemble of Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Guest Artists: Poet/Peace Activist/Rapper, Malcolm London, National Student Poet of the Midwest, Stella Binion, Frank Babbitt, narrator The Program: How to Pray by David Lang But I Voted for Shirley Chisholm by Ted Hearne Are You Experienced: On being hit on the head by David Lang In C by Terry Riley Location: The Alhambra Palace Restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692152019-FCWETA6J0ZF2ICW2EQX5/Fluxus+Art%2C+Music+and+Poetry.jpg Past Events - The Space Between: Fluxus Art, Music and Poetry: An artist's conversation on creativity, performance, and culture Sunday, Nov 20, 2016 - 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project will host a multi-disciplinary event in the intimate setting of the Seminary Co-op Bookstore in Hyde Park. FP Founder and trumpet virtuoso Stephen Burns, Poet/Activist Kevin Coval, founder of Louder Than a Bomb and editor of The BreakBeat Poets, and Hannah B Higgins, Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois Chicago and author of several books on the avant-garde, will discuss the intersection of poetry, art, music, and Fluxus (a genre that blurs the boundaries between art and life). The program will also include musical performance, readings from poetic and literary texts, as well as Fluxus events. The audience will be invited into dialogue and participation with the artists. Location: The Seminary Cooperative Bookstore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692276074-E636Q40KKIWPGVG2JI3B/Discoveries+3.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016 - 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm “Rain and Role Reversals” by Ethan Boxley : Ethan Boxley, piano & Vince Disantis, bassoon “Mayfair” by Landon Hegedous : Landon Hegedus, tenor sax, Sam Wolsk, trumpet, Sean van Dril, piano, Alex Warshawsky, bass “I Shall Shake His Hand” by Anthony Green , Christian Dillingham, contrabass, Julian Otis, tenor “Basszus Klarinétra és Zongorára” by Elliott Lupp , Wagner Campos, bass clarinet, Lori Kaufman, piano Location: Gottlieb Hall at Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692526046-TF8M8A7H4JQ39HJ6605U/EarTaxi_Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Ear Taxi Festival Opening Night: featuring Fulcrum Point New Music Project Wednesday, Oct 05, 2016 7:30 pm to Sunday, Oct 09, 2016 11:00 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project is thrilled to kick off Ear Taxi Festival with a program featuring works by Mischa Zupko (Chicago Premiere), Elizabeth Ogonek (World Premiere), and George Flynn. Ear Taxi Chicago New Music Festival takes place October 5-10, 2016. This not-to-be-missed festival will feature a variety of performances by Chicago’s rich and diverse new music groups. Visit the website for complete details: http://www.eartaxifestival.com/. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692646799-ME0PJQUUNY1050CQW267/Rush+Hour+Series.jpg Past Events - Rush Hour: Here and Now II: An Ear Taxi Festival Preview Tuesday, Aug 23, 2016, 5:00 pm As a preview to Ear Taxi Festival, Fulcrum Point presents the music of Mischa Zupko in collaboration with Rush Hour Concerts. Award-winning composer Mischa Zupko is celebrated for compositions that are emotionally-charged and viscerally-engaging, exciting both musicians and audiences. The program will include: Rising and Occupy by Mischa Zupko ; Mathias Tacke, violin; Anthony Devroye, viola ; Seth Parker Woods, cello; Kuang Hao Huang, piano Music by George Lewis will be performed by Ensemble Dal Niente. Rush Hour Concerts has delighted audiences since 2000 with its innovative Summer Concert Series at historic St. James Cathedral. Each Tuesday evening from June through August, listeners of all ages enjoy a half-hour concert of chamber music masterworks performed by world-class artists – as well as a half-hour pre-concert reception with the performers – for FREE. Location: St James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692778380-HWJZKMG1615217CZOO6D/Public+Chicago+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - PUBLIC Chicago Presents Fulcrum Point New Music Project: Cocktails and cool music, a four-part, multimedia concert series of avant-pop, jazz, and experimental chamber music. Saturday, Aug 06, 2016 7:00 pm to Saturday, Sep 24, 2016 8:30 pm Fulcrum Point will collaborate with the luxurious and modern PUBLIC Chicago with a concert series featuring a diverse lineup of new music. Grab a craft cocktail at the bar, relax in the gorgeous Library Bar of PUBLIC, and enjoy this evocative musical experience! I Was Like, WOW! Multi-media concert of music, video and electronics: Jacob TV, Joan Tower, Somei Satoh, Yan Maresz, and Karen Tanaka Afro-Beats: Cool Jazz and it’s West African Roots, Horace Silver, Thelonius Monk, and Malinke tribal drumming Percussion Pulsations. Elliot Cole, Steve Reich and Thierry de Mey Location: Library of PUBLIC Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564692960650-C4QJYY21BOKKLEHMHHMA/Sound+Tracks.png Past Events - Sound Tracks Plus: China Pilot Program Monday, Jun 13, 2016, 12:00 pm At Pasteur Elementary School, Sound Tracks Plus students are exposed to Chinese culture through hands-on music and dance workshops. Their curiosity is piqued by demonstrations of ancient Chinese instruments, like the Erhu (a Chinese violin/fiddle). Students engage in the music by learning to play Chinese drums, gongs, and cymbals. Other students will take center stage, learning steps to a traditional Chinese dance called the “Lion Dance.” On June 13th, the students will dress in costumes and give a final performance for their parents and classmates. Musicians: Brent Roman, Chihsuan Yang, Jeff Handley, Brandon Podjasek Location: Pasteur Elementary School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564693210237-S412I8WKM5BLW0TQN2D9/I+was+like+WOW+Soundtracks-Students-391x260.jpg Past Events - I WAS LIKE, WOW!: A Benefit Concert for Sound Tracks Education Programs in Chicago Public Schools Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 5:30 pm A mind-blowing performance of provocative new music and video art, with special performances by our Sound Tracks students! Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Chicago’s leader in New Art Music led by Stephen Burns, and in partnership with Mesirow Financial Presents!, proudly announces “I WAS LIKE, WOW!” a benefit concert and reception. Over the past three years, Mesirow Financial Presents! has featured nine Chicago-based arts organizations at its fundraising performances, with 100% of the proceeds raised directly benefiting the participating nonprofits. The performance will be a mind-blowing combination of Warhol inspired music videos by Dutch avant-pop artist Jacob TV with the funky string quartet music of Jessie Montgomery, and culminating with audience participation; a dynamic African drumming circle featuring Tonti Elementary School students and Fulcrum Point’s Sound Tracksteaching artists. With thousands of performances worldwide, Jacob TV is one of the most prolific living composers. His experimental approach combines video and music to create a completely new style of Avant-Pop. At our benefit concert, we will feature Close Fight, Garden of Love, and the namesake of the concert, I WAS LIKE, WOW! All proceeds will benefit Sound Tracks, Fulcrum Point’s in-school education programs, serving students at Chicago Public Schools with little or no music education. The program is designed to introduce 4th and 5th graders to global cultures through world and new music, dance, geography, topography, arts and architecture. Location: Mesirow Financial, James C. Tyree Auditorium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564694566544-APNTR0S6DX3I69ESP7F9/Proclamation.jpg Past Events - PROCLAMATION!: The Black Composer Speaks Friday, Apr 29, 2016 - 7:30 pm PROCLAMATION! The Black Composer Speaks celebrates music by African American artists utilizing styles from neoclassical to free improvisation, concerto to collaborative, Afrocentric to abstract. Based on the award-winning treatise by David Baker, the program features three generations of brilliant African American musicians. The program’s key collaborators include internationally renowned percussionist and composer Kahil El’Zabar with his Quartet, comprised of Robert Baabe Irving III, Dennis Winslett, and Harrison Bankhead—considered to be the most prolific jazz innovators of their generation. They will perform dramatic improvisatory works in collaboration with Fulcrum Point. We are thrilled to announce the world premiere of “becoming…” by award-winning composer Jeffrey Mumford. This concerto is a transcendent trip through cumulus clouds, commissioned for piano virtuoso Winston Choi. The program starts off with Alvin Singleton’s striking “In Our Own House” and Jessie Montgomery’s funky “Voodoo Dolz.” PROCLAMATION! The Black Composer Speaks is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and New Music USA. To follow the project as it unfolds, visit our New Music USA project page. Location: Promontory Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564694784782-6X72CLSN0D3PAZ09UMH6/Roundtable+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - Roundtable at DuSable Museum: The Black Composer Speaks Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 - 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm A Roundtable on diversity, inclusion, and access in experimental new music WHO: Saudia Davis is a social entrepreneur and will lead a discussion with Stephen Burns, Artistic Director of Fulcrum Point New Music Project; Kahil El’zabar, Artistic Director of Chicago Academy of Music; Rami Gabriel, fellow at the Center for Black Music Research, Jeffrey Mumford, composer and educator; Roberto Quinones, Managing Creative Director of Chicago Academy of Music; Augusta Read Thomas, composer University of Chicago and head of Ear Taxi Festival; and Seth Parker Woods, composer and cellist. WHAT: The discussion will address diversity, inclusion, and access within the context of new music during a free public roundtable discussion co-presented by The DuSable and Fulcrum Point. Inspired by the late David Baker’s treatise The Black Composer Speaks the conversation will address variety of topics concerning the black musical experience, compositional matters and aesthetics. MORE: This panel discussion is presented in partnership with The DuSable Museum and Fulcrum Point New Music Project. See Fulcrum Point in concert with PROCLAMATION! The Black Composer Speaks at The Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave, on April 29 at 7:30pm. Location: Dusable Museum of African American History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564694906300-P772U4T7BRQ35ASQVH5H/Salon+Concert.jpg Past Events - Salon Concert Friday, Apr 15, 2016 - 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm On April 15th Fulcrum Point held an intimate salon concert at the private residence of a friend and colleague. The program was a concert of new music featuring string quartet and trumpet played by our very own Stephen Burns. The evening was in the style of a fantastic Fluxus event, a genre that blurs the boundaries between, art, improv, and life. About the Salon Concert Series Since January 2016, Fulcrum Point has hosted a series of Salon Concerts for our friends and patrons. The concerts have showcased a wide variety of original compositions and engaging improvisations and are always performed by our professional ensemble. Each concert is hosted at an intimate private residence, allowing for lively discussion and audience participation. Not only does this series introduce audiences to stimulating new works, but it educates them about classical, jazz, and electronic music. If you are interested in hosting a Salon Concert at your private residence email info@fulcrumpoint.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564695145696-HXWPGLS68MOX3Q6MET6D/Brainstorm+at+1871.jpg Past Events - Brainstorm at 1871 Friday, Apr 15, 2016 - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Fulcrum Point held a brainstorm session at tech hub 1871, bringing together entrepreneurs, music and tech experts in order to explore the dynamics between digital technology and new music. Attendees enjoyed complimentary coffee, donuts, and lunch as they discussed how best to combine tradition with innovation and new music with new technology, all while preserving the integral role of art music in our rapidly changing world. From this brainstorming session, a notable partnership emerged with tech innovator, Mashplant, allowing us to build a new tech platform that facilitates learning in a safe 24/7 social digital community. A major feature of the platform are private online music libraries which contain music, data and video, and make collaborations possible between students, composers, and teaching artists, allowing them to discover, create and share content. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564695681700-HURUOZB121U4UIOQ91CF/Kahil+El+Zabar-Salon-Concert+_+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Salon Concert Friday, Apr 01, 2016, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm On April 1st, Fulcrum Point hosted our first salon concert of the season in the intimate setting of a private residence. The Program “Voodoo Dolls” by Jessie Montgomery “I wouldn’t eat the strawberries…” by Michael Boyd An open jam with Kahil El’ Zabar About the Salon Concert Series Since January 2016, Fulcrum Point has hosted a series of Salon Concerts for our friends and patrons. The concerts have showcased a wide variety of original compositions and engaging improvisations and are always performed by our professional ensemble. Each concert is hosted at an intimate private residence, allowing for lively discussion and audience participation. Not only does this series introduce audiences to stimulating new works, but it educates them about classical, jazz, and electronic music. To host a Salon Concert at your private residence, email info@fulcrumpoint.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564963963079-3NNLMLNLQQ8O2E78MB99/Discoveries+Fulcrum+POint+4.png Past Events - Discoveries: Michael Boyd & Jessie Montgomery Wednesday, Mar 09, 2016 - 7:00 pm The Program: “I wouldn’t eat the strawberries…” by Michael Boyd “Voodoo Dolz” by Jessie Montgomery from the Black Composer Project Read more about Michael Boyd and Jessie Montgomery and listen to past works on their artist websites. Location: Gottlieb Hall: Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564964073009-36C86IVIBNZN1H7SWJJG/Intro-It%21+Fuclrum+Point+NEw+Music+Project+Chicago.jpg Past Events - INTRO-IT!: The Black Composer Project Sunday, Feb 28, 2016, 2:00 pm Presenting INTRO-IT!, the concert kicking off “CAM in Concert,” a series of public concerts and master classes co-hosted by the Chicago Academy of Music (“CAM”). The event will celebrate Black History Month and feature exclusively African American composers. The concert will be performed by the world-renowned musicians of the Fulcrum Point Brass: Stephen Burns (Trumpet), Robert Sullivan (Trumpet), Gregory Flint (French Horn), Andy Baker (Trombone), Rex Martin (Tuba) Featured composers: Introit by Jonathan Bailey Holland AC’s Turning by Trevor Weston The Nebraska Plains by Kerwin Young (aka “Sleek,” Former Producer for Public Enemy) Brass Quintet by Anthony Davis Saóko by Tania León Location: University Church of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1564964255948-XUX0JBZC0Q21VM88AM6E/17th+Concert+For+Peach+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - A Light Within: 17th Annual Concert for Peace Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015, 7:30 pm featuring guest artist Kevin Coval The Chicago Tribune’s John von Rhein said it best: “For many of us, the holiday season would not be the holiday season without the spiritual comfort and joy of live musical performances.” Our December 16th peace-themed music and poetry program is highlighted in the Chicago Tribune’s list of recommended holiday programs and we hope you’ll join us! Program Symphony #4 – Galina Ustvolskaya Syrian Requiem: Forgotten Hamlets – Antonio Celso Ribeiro The Light Within – John Luther Adams American Howl Quartet – George Flynn Mad Coyote Madly Sings – Jerome kitzke Location: Chopin Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565015376968-HJYNMURURB7JL5CRA568/Bass+Beer+Brash+Fulcrum+POint+.jpg Past Events - Brass Beer Bash Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015, 7:30 pm Jazz and Mo-town inspired works by Stephen Burns, Eric Ewazen, Gunther Schuller and Michael Daugherty will be performed by the Fulcrum Point brass and percussion ensemble. The Program Fanfare for Freedom by Stephen Burns Timpani Symphony in Brass by Gunther Schuller Symphony for Brass by Eric Ewazen Motown Metal by Michael Daugherty Location: 1st Ward Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565015465296-F1L9UXGQZJDS692120MU/Elevation+Fulcrum+POint+CHicago+Music.jpg Past Events - Elevation: A Music, Art and Fashion Party Saturday, Nov 07, 2015, 6:00 pm Fulcrum Point is thrilled to participate in Elevation: A Music, Art and Fashion Party, the fundraiser for the Chicago Academy of Music. Happening on November 7th, it’s an evening of extraordinary talent coming together for a great cause. Works by Poulenc, Pärt, Jacob TV, and Kahil El’Zabar will be performed by Fulcrum Point ensemble members: Wagner Campos, clarinet Stephen Burns, trumpet Andy Baker, trombone Mathias Tacke, violin Kuang Hao Huang, piano Location: Block 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565015563084-TZ7UYBGJH4PBB4T0OG92/New+Music+Chicago+.jpg Past Events - New Music Chicago 10 Year Birthday Bash Friday, Sep 11, 2015, 7:00 pm Come hear New Music Chicago’s performers and composers as we kick off our 10th season with a concert and party! Location: PianoForte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565016034064-AANTSE4CL886RZJAISG4/Make+Music+Chicago+2.jpg Past Events - Make Music Chicago Sunday, Jun 21, 2015, 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Make Music Chicago: Monk and Malinke (WDCB Broadcast) Fulcrum Point is thrilled to participate in Make Music Chicago , a free citywide, daylong celebration of everyone’s ability to make music. There are 180 performances featuring 1000 musicians scheduled – be sure to check out their page for complete details! Program Bonita, African Queen by Horace Silver arranged by Andy Baker bye Ya, Evidence, Epistrophy by Thelonious Monk arranged by Jim Gailloreto Location: Chicago Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565016112555-BDQ5ODVBXCK3XP0K3V2W/American+Howl+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - American Howl: Music and Poetry from Bauhaus to Beat Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015, 7:00 pm Guest Artist Kevin Coval, poet Fulcrum Point and the Poetry Foundationpresent an evening of music and poetry. Works by George Flynn, Jerome Kitzke and Stefan Wolpe are intertwined with poetry by Allen Ginsberg, The Tewa and The Lakota. Program “Quartet” – Stefan Wolpe “American Howl” – George Flynn text: “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg “Mad Coyote Madly Sings” – Jerome Kitzke texts by: The Tewa, Allen Ginsberg, The Lakota Location: Poetry Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565018066058-EWRAF5RSU8J4H8ZW10AV/The+News+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - The News in Chicago Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents THE NEWS Pop Opera by JacobTV Starring Nora Fisher and Loire “Stinging political parody, calculated to offend liberals and conservatives alike…The News made me want to laugh and cry and get angry, sometimes at the same time. That’s quite an accomplishment for any work of contemporary art.” – John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune THE NEWS is a reality opera in which live music is synchronized with non-fiction footage from the international media, based on speech grooves. Singing anchors present news items about politics, economy, religion, war and peace, showbiz and trivialities. The avant pop music by brilliant Dutch composer JacobTV is a blend of classical, world, blues, jazz, rock, and pop. Location: Thalia Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565018312232-LAWJBG85ER93FVB9B1FR/The-News+NY.jpg Past Events - The News in NYC Friday, Apr 17, 2015, 7:00 pm to Saturday, Apr 18, 2015, 11:00 pm Fulcrum Point is thrilled to perform the NY Premiere of THE NEWS at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “A multimedia experience that splashes political hot potatoes across the stage yet refuses to be cynical or polemical. It leaves the audience puzzled and delighted at the same time.” —Pittsburgh Post Gazette THE NEWS is a multimedia reality opera that transforms current events, political rhetoric, and the media into operatic hyper-drama. Crafted from news broadcasts and set to music by the brilliant composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis (JacobTV), the opera receives its New York premiere with Fulcrum Point New Music Project (Stephen Burns, Artistic Director), featuring vocalists Nora Fischer and Loire. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565018594107-DA0ILAZUBE2O35TR7K5X/Polarity+Fulcrum+Point+New+Music+Project.jpg Past Events - Polarity with Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra Saturday, Apr 11, 2015, 3:00 pm In conjunction with Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra’s 2014–15 artistic theme A Thousand and One Nights, this year’s annual special masterclass and concert, “Polarity,” explores the representation of light and dark in music through a diverse array of innovative and experimental repertoire. Stephen Burns and nine additional Fulcrum Point members—including trombonist Andy Baker; saxophonist Jim Gailloreto; pianist Kuang Hao Huang; keyboardist Karl Montzka; bassist Jason Ellis; guitarist Steven Roberts; and percussionists Jeff Handley, Danny Howard, and Jean Leroy—will share the stage with EYSO’s student musicians from Brass Choir, Percussion Ensemble and Youth Symphony. Highlights of the program include: The Brass Choir performing arrangements of Wagner’s Funeral March from Die Götterdammerung and Astor Piazzola’s Tango Suite; The Percussion Ensemble performing its fully improvisational work Metal Moon; Fulcrum Point performances of Jakob TV’s multimedia composition Close Fight, which blends projected visual elements and recorded music with live instruments; Somei Satoh’s Hikari, which brings together electronic, minimalist, and romantic elements; and an arrangement of Thelonius Monk’s Bye Ya. The debut of a new arrangement of Fela Kuti’s Water Get No Enemy, specially orchestrated by Stephen Burns for a joint performance by Fulcrum Point and the full EYSO Youth Symphony. Location: Geneva High School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565018689936-MYD3G8H4XNY4TUF95R3I/Fulcrum+Point+at+Constellation.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point @ Constellation Sunday, Mar 01, 2015, 8:30 pm FEATURING Stephen Burns – trumpet Ian Ding – percussion Jeremy Ruthrauff – saxophone PROGRAM Gustavo Leone – Corson for trumpet and electronics Karen Tanaka – Night Bird George Aperghis – le corps a corps Jacob TV – Pimpin Jacob TV – Close Fight Timothy Page – Shout Murmur Wheeze Location: Constellation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565018900420-3RFZCKXO6PMT7GK0W2WJ/New+Works+for+Percussion+%26+Saxaphone.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard Monday, Feb 23, 2015, 6:00 pm Don’t miss the second Discoveries program of the season. Music by Timothy Page and Conner VanderBeek will be played by saxophonist Jeremy Ruthrauff and percussionists Ian Ding, Jeff Handley and Brandon Podjasek. An open conversation between the composers, musicians and audience will follow. Program Shout, Murmur, Wheeze – Timothy Page safe space – Conner VanderBeek Location: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565024424562-UVBK5G2LCC1HTT6RJCD2/Fulcrum+Point+String+Quartet.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: String Quartet Saturday, Jan 31, 2015. 2:00 pm Fulcrum Point Discoveries Series: New Works for Strings featuring the Fulcrum Point String Quartet Mathias Tacke (violin), Rika Seko (violin), Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff (viola) and Mark Brandfonbrener (cello) will perform a selection of works by emerging composers. Program Fragmentum II by Reinaldo Moya String Quartet by Nathaniel Lindstrom Canticle by Jacob Bancks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565024534277-JO2IMLNE4NZYA0PGD595/OohNow+The+Culture+of+Revolution.jpg Past Events - OOHnow The Culture Revolution Tuesday, Dec 16, 2014, 6:00 am A Celebration of the Arts, Global Innovation and Technology Kahil El’Zabar, legendary musician and native Chicagoan, is the co-founder of OOHnow.org, a global culture network and e-commerce platform for the arts that strives to empower artists of all disciplines and other creatives, through technology and multimedia expression. Headliners are masters of multiple arts disciplines, including Rashid Johnson, Sandro Miller, Nona Hendryx, El’Zabar, David Murray, Marc Ribot, Lucy Slivinski, Corey Wilkes, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Stephen Burns, Darrell Roberts, DJ Terry Hunter and DJ Ron Trent. The unique day-long Culture Revolution features The OOH Pop-Up Gallery and Market from noon to midnight, the OOH Talks from 2 pm to 5 pm, and the OOH Concert from 7 pm to midnight. Location: Venue One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565024720523-5KJ25RB2E7MYR4A40AZO/Mirror+of+Enlightenment-+Exotic+new+music+and+dance+from+India.jpg Past Events - Mirror of Enlightenment: Exotic new music and dance from India Saturday, Nov 01, 2014, 2:30 pm “…Param Vir’s Raga Fields proved compelling and fascinating, in effect a concerto for sarod (it looks like an electric guitar, but sounds like nirvana — and I don’t mean the rock band) and chamber ensemble.” ~ Birmingham Post =After a spectacular World Premiere on October 4 in Birmingham, U.K., Param Vir’s Raga Fields will have its U.S. Premiere at the Harris Theater. This not-to-miss program includes: The World Premiere of Mara by Pranita Jain and Kalapriya Dance. Rageshri featuring Fulcrum Point Artistic Director Stephen Burns, sarod virtuoso Soumik Datta and tabla master Kalyan Pathak. ‘Himmat’/Mingus in Miyanki Blues performed by Kalyan Pathak’s Jazz Mata with Andy Baker on trombone. The Midwest Premiere of Shirish Korde‘s Lalit, a duet for flute and tabla featuring Mary Stolper and Kalyan Pathak. The U.S. Premiere of Raga Fields by Param Vir featuring Soumik Datta. This program is made possible in part by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565024987095-IXFNSZUEHG2WUEA9GYYF/Discoveries+Calendar+Image.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Emerging Composers: University of Chicago student composers Monday, Oct 20, 2014, 1:00 pm Join us for an evening featuring new compositions by University of Chicago students. Fulcrum Point Discoveries is a series that presents new music by young and emerging composers in a free public setting. This series gives these composers the opportunity to hear their music interpreted by Chicago’s best musicians and to explore their work in dialogue with a community of performers, listeners, and other composers. The Fulcrum Point Discoveries series serves both composer and community by educating audiences and offering exposure to American composers while also giving them a unique venue for musical revelation, feedback, and development. Location: Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565025235732-PXNTF4HI6KOJ97C4C8MG/16th+Peace+Concert.jpg Past Events - 16th Annual Peace Concert Sunday, Sep 21, 2014, 10:45 am Fulcrum Point New Music Project is thrilled to present its 16th Annual Concert for Peace in partnership with the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks and The Peace School. The schedule of activities is as follows: 3:45pm: Call to Peace for Chicago’s 77 Neighborhoods In celebration of the International Day of Peace, the Peace School will invite the audience to send wishes, thoughts or prayers for peace to each of Chicago’s 77 neighborhood areas. As the neighborhoods are named one-by-one, the audience is invited to put their voices together and wish peace to each one. 4-5:30pm: 16th Annual Concert for Peace Fulcrum Point New Music Project will perform works by Somei Satoh, Jacob TV, Louis Andriessen, Thelonius Monk, Horace Silver and Fela Kuti. 5:40-6:10pm: Sunset Family-Friendly Peace Yoga on the lawn led by the Peace School Location: South Shore Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565025326831-RLQOQNG40H2EML66M2VI/Peace+Day+in+Chicago.jpg Past Events - Peace Day in Chicago Friday, Sep 19, 2014, 7:00 am Don’t miss the activities organized in conjunction with the 36th Anniversary of Peace Day in Chicago. Chicago Build the Peace Committee and The Peace School present a program that includes a call to peace, world music, cultural performances, speakers and flags of the world. Fulcrum Point New Music Project is performing. Location: Daley Plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565025443516-ZH3BAFRL9949K0ESYGDS/L%27Histoire+du+Soldat.jpg Past Events - L'Histoire du Soldat Tuesday, Jun 03, 2014, 12:45 pm Fulcrum Point is thrilled to kick off the 2014 Rush Hour Concerts season! Featured artists: Wagner Campos, clarinet Lewis Kirk, bassoon Stephen Burns, cornet Andrew Baker, trombone Jeff Handley, percussion Rika Seko, violin Collins Trier, bass About Rush Hour Concerts: Every Tuesday evening from June through August, listeners of all ages enjoy a half-hour concert of chamber music masterworks performed by world-class artists – as well as a half-hour pre-concert reception with the performers – for FREE. Location: St. James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565025558479-CF4IRUJS92BCYNCI2BAD/Fulcrum+Point+String+Quartet-+Latin+Flavors+.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point String Quartet: Latin Flavors Saturday, May 31, 2014. 2:00 pm Mark Brandfonbrener (cello), Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff (viola), Rika Seko (violin) and Mathias Tacke (violin) will perform a selection of Latin American influenced works. The program includes “String Quartet No. 17” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, “Bel Canto” by Elena Ruehr and “Tango Suite for String Quartet” by Elliott Bark. Location: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565025646904-PPXNLPFUEZDYAQ6TOVJU/Merit+Music+Young+Composers+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Kuang-Hao Huang Monday, May 12, 2014 2:00 pm Featured artist: Kuang-Hao Huang, piano Pianist Kuang-Hao Huang will perform works by young composers at the Merit School of Music. Following the performance, Stephen Burns will moderate a discussion with the composer, the musicians and the audience. Location: Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565026228103-8KNO3AP6Q14H1ZJLPI5V/Fanfare+for+the+Women-+A+Mother%27s+Day+Concert+.jpg Past Events - Fanfare for the Women: A Mother's Day Concert Sunday, May 11, 2014, 10:00 am In celebration of Mother’s Day, Stephen Burns (trumpet), Kuang-Hao Huang (piano) and Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff (viola) will perform a selection of works by female composers. The program includes works by Libby Larsen, Augusta Read Thomas, Jennifer Higdon, Kyong Mee Choi and Sofia Gubaidulina. Location: Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565026339673-85T5Y1EVIDUPL5COGT73/Light+is+Calling.jpg Past Events - Light is Calling Sunday, May 04, 2014, 2:00 pm “Light is Calling”: experimental films and new music CIMMfest, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and The International Beethoven Project come together to present “Light is Calling,” a collection of experimental films and new music. The International Beethoven Project, founded by international pianist George Lepauw, is dedicated to the promotion of revolutionary culture, inspired by the music and life of Ludwig van Beethoven. Location: 1st Ward Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565026504282-V7Q4LZM6HM7L018ZOGDI/Cheers+for+Ears+FHSR.jpg Past Events - Cheers for Ears: A Celebration of Hearing Sunday, Mar 09, 2014, 9:00 am – 11:00 am Hosted by the Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation – FHSR The Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation has invited Fulcrum Point to help them celebrate the Power of Hearing with a concert featuring a beautiful and dynamic Flamenco Performance by Chiara Mangiameli accompanied by guitar and percussion. This family-friendly event will give attendees the opportunity to learn the music, songs, rhythmic clapping and dance from the artists and put on a show themselves! Location: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565026602136-0DWC8VSDXPI7PQN4WCZG/Music+with+Poetry+from+Yale.jpg Past Events - Music with Poetry from Yale Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014, 1:00 pm In partnership with the Poetry Foundation, Margaret Robson and Fulcrum Point New Music Project present music and poetry by composers and poets from Yale University. Music by Derek Bermel, Jacob Druckman, Charles Ives and Jonathan Berger meets poetry by Elizabeth Alexander, Eryn Green, Mark Strand, and John Hollander, among others. We are thrilled to announce that composers Derek Bermel and Jonathan Berger will be in attendance. The program includes: Jonathan Berger “Antiphon” ; Charles Ives “Folk songs” ; Jacob Druckman “Dark Upon the Harp” ; Derek Bermel “Cat Calls” Location: Poetry Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565026953849-P4APJAK4BK43XRRTB3D1/Holiday+Brass.jpg Past Events - Holiday Brass and Beer Bash with Fulcrum Point Brass & Gaudete Brass Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 1:00 pm Join Fulcrum Point and Gaudete Brass for an evening of brass music, beer, cider and snacks! The program will feature music by Ewazen, Plog, Sampson and the World Premiere of Jessica Hunt’s ANTI(SYN)THESIS for double brass quintet. Fulcrum Point and Gaudete Brass would like to thank Louis Glunz Beer, Inc. for donating the beer that will be served that evening. Location: Curtiss Hall, Fine Arts Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565027756298-39Q846XJV6YB23TIUIZP/Merit+Music+New+Works+.jpg Past Events - New Works by Merit Music Student Composers for clarinet, cello, and piano Monday, Nov 25, 2013, 12:00 pm Featured Artists: Wagner Campos, clarinet; Kuang Hao Huang, piano Location: Merit School of Music – Polk Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029146166-AA9LT3WS2EM81R4RJZFY/Dick+Higgins.jpg Past Events - Dick Higgins: Danger Music; Write a Thousand Symphonies (music composed by automatic weapons) Thursday, Nov 21, 2013, 12:00 pm Featured composer: Dick Higgins Fulcrum Point New Music Project will perform The Thousand Symphonies, a seminal work by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins. Presented by The Graham Foundation, the program will take place in their ballroom at 4 W. Burton Place. In 1962, Higgins wrote a series of events called Danger Music, which were designed to alternately put the body of the performer, composer, or audience member at risk. In 1968, he realized one of these pieces by having a New Jersey police officer fire a machine gun at a few hundred sheets of orchestral music paper. An ensemble later played the holes. An act of simultaneous destruction and creation, the gesture emphasized the use of guns for a purpose other than killing Viet Cong and scattering protestors. Recently, Dennis Rosenthal, the director of Higgins’s estate, arranged with the City of Chicago to have four Chicago Police officers shoot new notation paper. On November 21 at the Graham Foundation, a live orchestra led by Stephen Burns will play the new sheets following the presentation of a short film documenting their creation. The ensemble will borrow the form of Stravinsky’s L’histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale),with instruments from every section of the orchestra, plus electric guitar, which effectively updates the orchestration. The sheets will be packaged as an edition with the film and a recording by Dennis Rosenthal Fine Art and Galeria Moises Perez de Albeniz. Location: Graham Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029319940-BVZMBRQ5LGVFM68UOQFW/Discoveries+Jeremey+.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: New Works for Saxophone Monday, Oct 28, 2013, 1:00 pm Performing new works for saxophones: Transformation by William Wayman Alucinaciones I by Andrés Carrizo Performed by Jeremy Ruthrauff, Eric Goluszka, Andrew Carpenter, and Thomas Snydacker. Location: Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029452617-TK32ZKG8AHV7DAE3U4SJ/Fulcrum+Point+Corey+Wilkes.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point at Art Expo Chicago: Music for Trumpets and Trees Saturday, Sep 21, 2013. 4:30 am Featured composer: Higgins Featured artists: Josh Berman, Stephen Burns, Marquis Hill, Russ Johnson and Corey Wilkes Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029579090-BXTZVS0KSTO9TKN3EDVM/Thodos+Dance+Chicago.jpg Past Events - Thodos Dance Chicago: New Music & Dance Friday, Sep 20, 2013 2:30 pm Featured artists: Greg Beyer, marimba, Doug Perkins, marimba, Hannah White, violin Join us for an exciting evening of live music and dance , with Fulcrum Point New Music Project and Thodos Dance Chicago celebrating their 10 years of collaboration. For one night only, this concert features works created and performed by these two groups together over the last decade in addition to a special world premiere. Featured is the critically acclaimed Aries, for twelve dancers, a piece about the Zodiac by Karlheinz Stockhausen for trumpet, a trio set to Pulitzer winner Shulamit Ran’s Eastwind, for flute, In a Vacuum a very special archival solo work choreographed by Sybil Shearer to Pictures at an Exhibition for piano. Also featured is Sentient a dance for six set to virtuoso violin music by Fritz Kreisler and commissioned by and premiered at the Auditorium in February 2013. Location: The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029750842-MI3TC4TX7DDA4EIO9ZGD/Shanti+.jpg Past Events - Shanti: 15th Annual Concert for Peace Wednesday, Sep 11, 2013, 1:30 pm Special Guests: Chicago Children’s Choir directed by Josephine Lee, mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley, soprano, Genevieve Thiers, pianist Kuang Hao Huang, sarod virtuoso Soumik Datta, Zeshan Bagewadi and Zamin, tabla master Kalyan Pathak, and 52 gongs In partnership with Build the Peace Chicago, The Peace School, the International Day of Peace and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Fulcrum Point New Music Project celebrates its 15th anniversary with a concert of classical and contemporary music from India and America. This interactive concert of music for strings, gongs and song features an international flag processional with students from Prosser Career Academy High School, the World Premiere of Robert and Kathleen Lombardo’s tribute to Holocaust survivors, “Against Forgetting”, Param Vir’s tantric prayer for peace, “…beyond the reach of the world…”, and “Shanti Paath: One Resonance: One Peace” by Elizabeth Basta and Kalyan Pathak to which you can sing your prayer and ring a gong for peace! Shanti: 15 Annual Concert for Peace is dedicated to Kathleen Lombardo. Location: Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565029917881-4GDW8OWIFI6L8Q1L3IXC/Thirsty+Ear+Festival+Fulcurm+Point+.jpg Past Events - Thirsty Ear Festival Saturday, Jul 20, 2013 12:00 pm Stephen Burns will perform electro-acoustic works by Mischa Zupko, Yan Maresz, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Catch the live broadcast on WFMT from 5-7 PM! Find more details here. Location: City Winery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565035510189-1M3K5RBXCAM7ZT6R1LDX/Discoveries+at+Merit+School+of+Music.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard Monday, Jul 15, 2013, 1:00 pm Guest Artist: Samuel Wells Fulcrum Point Discoveries is a monthly series that presents new music by young and emerging American composers in a free public setting. This series gives underserved American composers the opportunity to hear their music interpreted by Chicago’s best musicians and to explore their work in dialogue with a community of performers, listeners, and other composers. The Fulcrum Point Discoveries series serves both composer and community by educating audiences and offering exposure to American composers while also giving them a unique venue for musical revelation, feedback, and development. Location: Polk Hall, Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565035618110-9GEWRPKWKTP9U7FFJSK5/Chicago+Day+of+Music.jpg Past Events - Chicago Day of Music Friday, Jun 21, 2013, 11:00 am Featured Artists: Mary Stolper, flute Kuang-Hao Huang, piano Program: Aaron Jay Kernis – Air (1996) Joseph Schwantner – Black Anemones (1982) Kenji Bunch – Velocity (2006) Location: Logan Center for the Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565035712861-CD9MQE2U8WNYSQA4GYBQ/Rush+Hour+Concert+Stephen+Burns.jpg Past Events - Rush Hour Concert 2013 Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013, 12:15 pm “Rush Hour Concerts provides the broadest access to great live music throughout Chicago in ways relevant to contemporary lifestyles that also nourish aesthetic appreciation and foster a sense of community. Rush Hour Concerts is committed to free arts programs for everyone.” Stephen Burns, trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet David Schrader, organ Music by Hovhaness, Bach, and the World Premiere of “Parables of Zion” by 2011 composer in residence Mischa Zupko Location: St James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565035804570-DVIL4H656PQQMDU2L7SH/Discoveries+5.jpg Past Events - Discoveries: Luke Gullickson & Patrick O’Malley Monday, May 13, 2013, 1:00 pm String quartets by Luke Gullickson and Patrick O’Malley Performed by Rika Seko, Mathias Tacke, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Mark Brandfonbrener, & Stephen Burns Hear new works, participate in a discussion of their creation and development, listen to feedback from musicians and composer, and meet the artists sharing a glass of wine and cheese. Location: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565035916736-3659SNLDR07QGM932ELR/Imagining+Peace.jpg Past Events - Imagining Peace Friday, Apr 26, 2013. 2:00 pm We are honored to invite you to join us and other Chicago leaders in this first Imagining Peace Conference. We will be performing on Friday evening before the opening address by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the head of Shambhala. Join the Honorable Rahm Emanuel, and members of Cease Fire, the Chicago Urban League, Cure Violence, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, La Casa Norte, and the University of Chicago for a weekend of music, theater, seminars, and discussions envisioning a world without youth violence. Location: Rockefeller Chapel at University of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565801332415-LJHC0VAIA4YJBWOI0IH2/Screen+Shot+2019-08-14+at+11.47.14+AM.png Past Events - Altered States - Movie Score Concert Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013, 2:00 pm Expanding on its popular Movie Music programs, featuring live orchestration of film scene scores, Fulcrum Point is proud to present, with 75-pc orchestra, the complete film score and screening of Ken Russell’s 1980 science fiction classic, “Altered States,” scored by modern master John Corigliano as part of a special citywide 75th birthday celebration for the composer. Corigliano, who was nominated for a Best Music, Original Score Academy Award™ for his work on “Altered States,” is expected to be in attendance for this special one-night-only event. This concert is presented in part thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, Columbia College Chicago, the Elizabeth Cheney Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation Rental and Technical Subsidy Program at the Harris Theater. Location: Harris Theatre for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565801506578-PV1SZT0IJPV9EBL1UJFT/afrobeats_performers2.jpg Past Events - Afro Beats II Saturday, Mar 23, 2013, 9:00 am Bring your whole family to enjoy the foot-tapping, hand-clapping music by Afro-Beat legend Fela Kuti, Jazz giant Thelonious Monk and Cuban superstar Pacquito d’Rivera. Special Guest Artist: Morikeba Kouyate, Kora Master and Griot and our favorite drummers from the Woodlawn Community School Djembe Band. Location: Logan Center for the Arts, UChicago Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565801599892-6EGS9174C96RMIRYEQEP/poetry_fulcrumpoint.jpg Past Events - Poetry off the Shelf: Fulcrum Point goes Ivy League Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013, 1:00 pm In its ongoing Ivy League series, Chicago’s endlessly innovative new music ensemble explores poetry and music with Princeton University. The impressive roster of poets who attendd or have taught at Princeton includes John Berryman, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, C.K. Williams, Jane Hirschfield, Paul Muldoon, Susan Wheeler, Michael Dickman, and this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Tracy K. Smith. Princeton composers Steve Mackey, Andy Akiho, and Andrea Mazziarello join in this multimedia event of music, electronics, percussion, and drama. This event is free on a first come, first served basis. Doors open 30 minutes before a program. Programs typically last one hour. Location: Poetry Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565801828857-MIQSB6DBSCQ2HUPNIAUL/music+for+percussion+fulcrum+point.jpg Past Events - Music for Percussion, A Reading Session for Emerging Composers Monday, Jan 28, 2013, 12:30 pm After an exciting summer of new works for trumpet, strings, woodwinds, and percussion, we look forward to an evening of new music for percussion: Brian Wach: Group Therapy for One Wally List: An Ode to Mrs. Vorhees Above will be performed by the Fulcrum Point percussionists, Jeff Handley, Tina Laughlin and Brandon Podjasek (artist in the photo) and conduted by Stephen Burns. Location: Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565802001845-DI9MTCC6FAJG1PO30XX6/fulcrum+point+music+for+brass.jpg Past Events - Music for Brass: A Reading Session for Emerging Composers Monday, Dec 10, 2012, 12:00 pm After an exciting summer of new works for trumpet, strings, woodwinds, and percussion, we look forward to an evening of new music for brass quintet, featuring innovative and eccentric compositional techniques for the instrumentation in Shards by Timothy Corpus, Via Cor: Fanfare and Ode by Stephanie Boyd, and Elegy by Liza White. This month’s Discoveries session will take place on Monday, December 10th at 6pm in Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music (38 South Peoria St., Chicago), and will be performed by the Fulcrum Point Brass Quintet, with members Stephen Burns, Kevin Hartman, Gregory Flint, Peter Ellefson, and Rex Martin. A reception will follow at 7pm. Location: Gottlieb Hall at the Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565802082555-I8XRBJ4VJWK88O7ZAZBU/FiestaLatina_ConcertImage.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point Annual Benefit Concert: Fiesta Latina Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, 2:00 pm In celebration of 14 years and the 5th anniversary of our Sound Tracks educational program, Fulcrum Point New Music Project announces its annual benefit concert with special guests Sones de México Ensemble, young musicians and dancers from ChiArts High School, and our own Sound Tracks Plus students from Waters Elementary School! The program will celebrate Latin music from Mexico, Spain and the Andes with the Mid-west Premiere of Rapsodia Andina by Gabriela Lena Frank, flamenco dancer Chiara Mangiameli in Carlos Surinach’sRitmo Jondo, a modernist take on celebratory Aztec ritual music in Carlos Chávez’sXochipilli, Chicagoan Gustavo Leone’smodernist variation on Mexican rhythms and sonorities in Mobiles, and a festive finale! Net proceeds will benefit Fulcrum Point’s Sound Tracks educational outreach program which serves 800 Chicago Public School students. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565802259736-33EAELNB0FPGA1LJDKI1/TheThousandSymphonies_Jacket.jpg Past Events - Dick Higgins' Thousand Symphonies Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012, 2:00 pm Celebrate the 50th Anniversary Concert of the Fluxus Art Movement with a bang!: “Danger Music – Write A Thousand Symphonies” by Dick Higgins This is only the second time scores have been created; a team of Chicago Police Officers riddled 200 pages of orchestral scoring manuscript paper with 1000’s of shots from machine guns, tommy-guns and shotgun blasts. A chamber orchestra of Chicago’s finest composer-performers led by conductor Stephen Burns will realize this dramatically, graphic score, featuring Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Jim Gailloreto, Steve Roberts, and Andy Baker. Location: Graham Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803140891-JEVBKZJYSS0KQGI2EJJW/Beethoven.jpg Past Events - International Beethoven Project Friday, Sep 14, 2012 6:00 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project participates in the International Beethoven Project. Here is the full program: New electro-acoustic music with video Jacob TV: May this Bliss Never End, Kuang Hao Huang pno, Paula Kosover cello Jacob TV: The Garden of Love, Jullianne Skones, oboe Karlheinz Stockhausen: Aries, Stephen Burns, trumpet Jacob TV Pimpin’, Jerry Ruthrauff, barisax Jacob TV I Was Like Wow!, David Jackson, trombone Jacob TV Grab it!, Jerry Ruthfrauff, tenor sax; Steve Roberts, electric guitar; Collins Trier, electric bass and Jeff Handley, drums Location: National Pastime Theater - Mason Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803328341-VIIAP7DMSHOFEM5KCCL0/EastMeetsWest_Image_4_600px.jpg Past Events - Annual Concert for Peace: Harmony – East Meets West Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 2:30 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the city’s leader in new art music and inventive collaborations, commemorates the 9.11 with music and song inspired by a vision for a harmonious world featuring music from Chinese, Israeli, Indian-American, and Native American artists. The Fulcrum Point ensemble, led by its Founder and Artistic Director Stephen Burns, will be joined by special guest artists, Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, local acoustic band Zamin led by vocalist Zeshan Bagewadi, trained in Indian vocal techniques, and solo flutist Mary Stolper. Repertory selections performed by Fulcrum Point include Israeli composer Shulamit Ran’s “East Wind” for solo flute, David Dzubay’s “Wintu Dream Song,” based on a Native American song from the Wintu tribe, and Chinese composer Zhou Long’s otherworldly “Harmony,” blending traditional Chinese and contemporary Western music styles. This program is supported in part by JP Morgan Chase & Co. Location: Chase Auditorium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803643748-9CYVR613GUR2HTTDEYFL/Reading+Session+2+Fulcrum+POint+.jpg Past Events - Reading Session: Music for Strings Monday, Jul 23, 2012, 12:30 pm The program includes Matt Gold’s Meditation on a Handel Aria for solo cello, performed by Sophie Webber, and Elliot Bark’s Tango Suite for string quartet. Mathias Tacke and Rika Seko, violins, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola, Sophie Webber, cello. Location: Foreman Hall at the Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803540626-2RFKPA8CV7GY6VAV240R/Reading+Session+Fulcrum+point+new+music+project.jpg Past Events - Reading Session: Music for Percussion Monday, Aug 20, 2012, 12:30 pm The August 20 event will bring forth eclectic percussion sounds in Variations on Nebulous by Kyle Quarles, Invisible Nocturnal by Drake Andersen, “Sparrow Dance” from Ritual Dances by Eric Guinivan, and Jacob Gotlib’s Portrait Sequence (Blanching Out). Performing on instruments ranging from bass drum, woodblock, and bongos to glass plates and ceramic tiles are Jeff Handley, Tina Laughlin, Brandon Podjasek, and Gil Alexander. Location: Foreman Hall at the Merit School of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803726557-CM7EKNMEWOI8OY3975Q3/Reading+Session+3+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - Reading Session: Music for Trumpet Sunday, Jul 08, 2012, 7:00 pm Featuring music for trumpet, piano, and electronics by student composers Philip McGrath, Molly Joyce, Samuel Wells, and Philip de Oliveira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803779386-CCLNMC7XNVBZROJX2YW0/MischaZupko+Make+Music+Chicago+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Make Music Chicago Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 9:30 am Make Music Chicago performance, broadcasting live on 98.7 WFMT. Fulcrum Point former composer-in-residence, Mischa Zupko (pianist) and Jeremy Ruthrauff (sax) performing IN TRANSIT. Location: Fine Arts Building, Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803906476-64DB33KYRACZQDSWWM0T/MMC_banner+Fulcrum+POint.jpg Past Events - Movie Music Concert II Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:00 pm Following a standing-room-only presentation between Columbia College Chicago and Fulcrum Point in May 2011, the pair will reunite to present another free movie music screening event with live orchestra at the sound stage of the College’s Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St. Movie Music Concert II features the 25-piece Fulcrum Point Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Burns, performing film scores accompanying excerpts form Stephen Daldry’s The Reader and Jane Campion’s The Piano. Two short films made and scored by Columbia College Chicago students will complete the evening program. This is your rare opportunity to attend a movie scores concert set at a professional standard sound stage. The Media Production Center Main Stage is subject to a fire code restriction that limits the maximum number of occupants to 300. Street parking are available near by or at “DM Parking” at 1401 South Wabash (east of Wabash, next to Columbia College). $7 per car all evening. Location: Media Production Center of Columbia College Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565803993875-37A8C5IVZWO6N96HY4Y0/Midwest+Premiere+JacobTV.jpg Past Events - Midwest Premiere of THE NEWS by JacobTV, a Reality Opera Friday, May 04, 2012, 1:00 pm Classical music outlaw and avantpop composer, Jacob Ter Veldhuis a.k.a. JacobTV has created his newest opus, THE NEWS. In an orchestrated video-opera of talking heads and political pundits, JacobTV has sampled speeches and sound bites from news media to create everything from a militant staccato for the angry evangelist to a lyrical adagio for elegant presidential rhetoric. This unique synthesis of speech, music and video is performed by JacobTV and the intrepid Chicago-based chamber ensemble, Fulcrum Point New Music Project. THE NEWS is a non narrative music theater work about our times. A reality opera, based on authentic footage from the international media. In 36 scenes, an antimoralistic portrait of our world and the human condition about the people and their leaders, involving freedom and democracy, war and peace, religion and politics,the economy and the environment, showbiz and entertainment. Starring Obama, Putin, Mubarak, Berlusconi, the Pope, Dutch Queen Beatrix, Lady Gaga, Michael Moore, Paris Hilton, Sarah Palin, Sarkozy and many others, involved in the financial crisis, the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, global warming, etc. The melody of original speech builds the leitmotifs and the libretto for the opera. Hence it is a ‘reality opera’. The synthesis of language, image and music in THE NEWS is a new form of Gesammtkunstwerk. JacobTV – concept, music, lyrics, direction Kristien Kerstens – videos Jan Boiten – stage design, lighting, videos Aike Dirkzwager – dramaturg Midwest premiere concerts are supported in part by the public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services. The live video production of midwest premiere is generously supported by individual donors led by Helyn Goldenberg. Location: Park West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565804204519-X18X5VP9NSWPVW3HNB1N/fp_web_banner_news2.jpg Past Events - THE NEWS, World Premiere at the Pittsburgh's Distinctly Dutch Festival Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 7:00 pm Presented by: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust World Premiere of THE NEWS by JacobTV, a Reality Opera. Performed by Fulcrum Point New Music Project starring Lori Cotler, jazz & konnakol vocal stylist and Josefien Stoppelenburg, lyric soprano as anchor women. (See Midwest Premiere below for more description.) For more info of the festival: www.dutchfestival.trustarts.org THE NEWS is JacobTV’s most innovative and provocative work. A reality opera in which live music is synchronized with non-fiction footage from the international media, based on speech grooves. The drama is constructed using broadcasts from newscasters, politicians, scientists, televangelists, athletes, movie stars and celebrities discussing a vast array of socio-political issues, from global warming to the credit crunch, as well as matters of war and peace to trivialities, thus exposing our western society’s obsession with public image, fame, catastrophe and morality. With media coverage constantly changing, ruminating and updating worldwide, THE NEWS is a fresh approach to music composition, video production and social commentary through live performances. This singular and timely work, which marries conventional media material to extraordinary artistry, will engage the public in a uniquely stimulating experience; catalyst for introspection and dialogue. -Stephen Burns, Artistic Director Location: Byham Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565804370780-C9X06SOEIP0M8KR33198/The-News-Opera037.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point New Music Project at UIC Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 8:00 am Tuesdays-at-One Concert series presented by: UIC Department of Theatre and Music THE NEWS Sneak Peek. Featured Composer: JacobTV Location: UIC College of Architecture and the Arts - EPASW Bldg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565804511298-29XI4ARFA3M04MDWSCQO/Arnie-Roth-and-Nobuo-Uematsu-Courtesy-of-Artist-Mgmt.jpg Past Events - An Intimate Evening with Nobuo Uematsu, Arnie Roth and The Fulcrum Point String Quartet Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 3:00 pm On the evening of Thursday, March 29, the Distant Worlds Concert Production is proud to present an extended VIP meet & greet opportunity and special preview performance of Final Fantasy music with Nobuo Uematsuand Arnie Roth and The Fulcrum Point String Quartet. At this exclusive event – only 150 seats (!), attendees can meet the performers, take photos, bring items to sign and exchange ideas with Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth. Soak in the heady and energized atmosphere of a One Night Only Distant Worlds opportunity. Every ticket holder receives a copy of the official Distant Worlds Concert Tour Book. This unique event includes an intimate performance of FINAL FANTASY VI: Dark World, featuring Nobuo Uematsu as keyboard soloist and Arnie Roth as violin soloist with NEW string quartet accompaniment, and a World Premiere performance of the new string quartet arrangement of FINAL FANTASY X: Fight With Seymour performed by the Fulcrum Point String Quartet. Location: Columbia College Music Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565804921471-NL51D0XGDHIBMYTUPR2T/ivyleague_composers.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point goes Ivy League: Harvard Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 2:00 pm 7:00 – Pre-concert remix performance by DJ Moderne (aka Ken Ueno) 7:30 – Concert Take an adventure of music, essays, and poetry from award winning Harvard composers Moravec, Woolf, Ueno and Lieberson. Neo-romantic, post-minimalist, and post-modernist music inspired by Eliot, Beckett, and David Foster Wallace. Preconcert remix and Post-concert session with DJ Moderne (aka Ken Ueno) from UC Berkeley. Ken Ueno – Disjecta [2004] (Midwest Premiere), an abstract sonic soundscape Randall Woolf – Everything Is Green [2003] (Midwest Premiere), embedding iconoclastic author David Foster Wallace’s short story of the same name into a song without words Peter Lieberson – Piano Quintet [2001] (Midwest Premiere), a passionate rhapsody based on a four-note motif Paul Moravec – Time Machine [2000], a neo-romantic, dream-like tour of the development of clocks and clock-thought from the Renaissance to the present Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805027475-7BRE9BOLKCEVS03MNH8J/RedNoteweb.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point Ensemble as the featured performance at the Red Note New Music Festival Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012 3:00 pm Below excerpts from Red Note New Music Festival announcement on March 5, 2012: On Tuesday, March 20, Fulcrum Point New Music Project will present a reading of student compositions at 2 p.m. in the University’s Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. The ensemble’s founder and artistic director, Stephen Burns, will present a trumpet master class in Kemp Recital Hall at 3 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. in Kemp Recital Hall, Illinois State Professor of English Robert McLaughlin will discuss the work of author David Foster Wallace, whose Everything is Green constitutes the text of a composition by composer Randall Woolf. At 8 p.m., Fulcrum Point New Music Project will perform Woolf’s composition and other new works including Joseph Turrin’s Riffs and Fanfares, the winning work in this year’s Red Note New Music Festival Composition Competition. The critically acclaimed ensemble performs contemporary classical music in a variety of venues in the Chicago area. More info: www.finearts.illinoisstate.edu/rednote Location: Kemp Recital Hall in the Centennial East Bldg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805088727-9AO657P0D57IFPTZE7AX/afrobeats_performers21.jpg Past Events - Afro-Beats! Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 8:00 am Bring your whole family to enjoy foot-tapping, hand-clapping music by Afro-Beat legend Fela Kuti, Jazz giant Thelonious Monk and Cuban superstar Pacquito d’Rivera. Come dance, and drum with West African guest artists Idy Ciss and Morikeba Kouyate, Kora Master and Griot. Special guests: Jim Gailloreto, sax and the Woodlawn Community School Band. This performance is presented by the Harris Theater Family Series. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805164826-LEAWD1Q0EKW27ACNBMSK/Cheers-for-Ears-web.jpg Past Events - Cheers for Ears Sunday, Jan 22, 2012 9:00 am A percussive, theatrical program to celebrate hearing presented by the Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation. Come support this extraordinary cause and hear Fulcrum Point play percussion music by Steve Reich, John Cage, Robert Damm,Russell Peck, and Susan Powell. Bring your dancing shoes and drumming hands and join Idy Ciss, John Knecht, and Michael Taylorin a West African drumming circle. Kids, adults, neophytes and hipsters! All are invited to participate in support of the Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation. Location: Lincoln Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805214106-EMFGU72EWIM6EOPBXX3B/WOW+FP_benefit_eblast4.jpg Past Events - I Was Like WOW!: Music, Video, and Fluxus Redux Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 12:30 pm Featuring Fulcrum Point Ensembleconducted by Stephen Burns, with Guest Artists Simon Anderson, Hannah Higgins, Kuang-Hao Huang, David Jackson, Jeremy Ruthrauff, and Julianne Skones. Host Committee Bronwyn Poole, Chair Jennifer Aubrey, Sophia Wong Boccio, Stephen Burns, Barbara Englebert, John Jones, Margreth Trumpi Martin, & Genevieve Thiers Net proceeds benefit Sound Tracks, Fulcrum Point’s innovative music education program for Chicago Public Schools. Location: Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805289767-80TWQC9EXSG1QU16QM2H/911+peace_615.jpg Past Events - 9/11: 10 Years & Beyond - Annual Concert for Peace Sunday, Sep 11, 2011 10:00 am “Our peace concerts were initially annual holiday concerts, which sought to resolve an inherent conflict: what is the most effective and inclusive way a new art music organization can celebrate the yearend holidays in a multi-cultural, multi-religious society? The answer was found in the common ground of the peace, kindness, compassion, and generosity espoused by the great religions and peace activists in the world. This year as we commemorate the horrific atrocity that was 9/11, we find solace in the music and inspiration in the relevant texts of Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions,” said Burns. “Audiences can expect a meditative, yet optimistic, afternoon.” The uplifting, inclusive program will feature the Fulcrum Point ensemble conducted by Stephen Burns with traditional songs and prayers from various faiths. Guest artists joining Fulcrum Point on stage will be the New Classic Singers, conducted by Lee Kesselman, along with Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, soloists Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi (tenor), Kathleen Supové(piano), Saalik Ahmad Ziyad (Gospel tradition) and Zeshan Bagewadi (Islamic Ghazal). The program and featured works: Musica Celestis – Aaron Jay Kernis (1990) ; Sensoo – Lee Kesselman (2006) performed by: New Classic Singers, Lee Kesselman, conductor; Buddha Girl – Marita Bolles (2004) performed by: Kathleen Supové, piano; Traditional Buddhist Chant – Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, Norbu Samphell, President of the Tibetan Alliance of Chicago, translator; Fratres – Arvo Pärt (1977/1992) ; Lord Give Me the Hope – Saalik Ahmad Ziyad (2011); Lamentation on the Disasters of War (World Premiere) – Karim Al-Zand (2006); Kya Toota Hai, Andhar Andhar – Shehzad/Bagewadi (2011) performed by: Zeshan Bagewadi and Josh Fink ; 3 Yiddish Songs (World Premiere) – David Stock (2011), Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi, tenor; Kaddish, traditional prayer for the dead This concert’s live broadcast on 98.7WFMT is generously supported by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805786430-NGFH7JGK72VTTIHJAJ1S/Book+Sounds.jpg Past Events - Book Sounds Friday, Jun 24, 2011 10:00 am Co-presented by Fulcrum Point New Music Project & Open Books in partnership with Chicago Tribune Printers Row LIT Fest. A family concert featuring musical composition inspired by award-winning children’s literature from today’s celebrated composers. The concert will be performed with projected videos/slides shows/illustrations and live readings excerpts of the books. Length of concert is approximately 50 minutes. Dot and Line, written by Norton Juster and music by Robert Rodriguez Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, written by Simms Taback and music by David Stock The Event is FREE, RSVP is required. More info: www.printersrowlitfest.org Location: Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805556726-G8WIEPLQVYCFDO40C28C/FP+Placeholder.jpg Past Events - Tubist Rex Martin and Fulcrum Point Brass AT Rush Hour Concerts Tuesday, Jul 05, 2011 12:15 pm Contemporary Brass will be performed by Rex Martin and Fulcrum Point Brass. The program will include: G.B. Pergolesi: Sinfonia in F major ; Sofia Gubaidulina: Lamento for tuba and piano ; Ravel: Piece en forme de Habanera ; Enrico Lavarini: Toggenburgerli ; Cyrill Schürch: Scherzo for Brass Quintet Fulcrum Point Brass: Featuring Rex Martin, tuba and Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano and Fulcrum Point New Music Project Brass Quintet(Stephen Burns, trumpet; Kevin Hartman, trumpet; Eric Ruske, horn; Andy Baker, trombone; Rex Martin, tuba) This program is presented by RUSH HOUR CONCERTS, sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago and the Swiss Benevolent Society. Location: St. James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565805897701-XIFZ1HFUX94546BO40VK/makemusic+chicago+.jpg Past Events - Make Music Chicago Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Fulcrum Point New Music Project will debut the World Premiere of Mischa Zupko‘s God Has Gone Up, kicking off the Grand Finale of the inaugural MAKE MUSIC CHICAGOfestival, presented by Rush Hour Concerts at St. James Cathedral. God Has Gone Up will be performed by members of the St. James Cathedral Choir, the New Classic Singers, Soprano Kelsey Williams, Cellist Sophie Webber, Percussionist Jeff Handley and the composer on piano, under the direction of guest conductor Lee Kesselman. Location: St. James Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565806647841-OO59MU8L1XQL8PCXNQ7N/Eclipse+Master+Class.jpg Past Events - ECLIPSE MASTER CLASS: Man, Woman & the Beast Within Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:30 pm Presented by Columbia College Chicago & Fulcrum Point New Music Project In association with Fujitsu Ten Columbia College Chicago and Fulcrum Point New Music Project in association with FUJITSU TEN present ECLIPSE MASTER CLASS A one-time-only concert of live film scores featuring the 55-piece Fulcrum Point orchestra conducted by Stephen Burns. Visit the archive website here. Man, Woman, and the Beast Within will feature Fujistsu Ten Eclipse Time Domain Speaker Systems with the Fulcrum Point orchestra performing live film scores accompanying classic film scenes from: Alfred Hitchcock‘s Vertigo (composer: Bernard Herrmann) Martin Scorsese‘s Shutter Island (composer: Krysztof Penderecki) Paul Thomas Anderson‘s There Will Be Blood (composer: Jonny Greenwood) as well as a special screening of two short films shot and scored by Columbia College Chicago 2010 graduates: Marilyn’s Dress (composer: Yigit K. Güc) Beast (composer: Luke Wieting) Location: Columbia College Media Production Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565807619431-OJ1Z0IT3K1TPCWH8XSJ2/Cabaret+Brass.jpg Past Events - Cabaret with Fulcrum Point Brass Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 2:30 pm A funky new music cabaret with Stephen Burns and the Fulcrum Point Brass will provide a showcase for some of the most talented horn players in town. Works inspired by Blues, Jazz and Heavy Metal by Freund, Becker, Woolf, Maresz and Zappa, featuring special guest, pianist and Fulcrum Point composer-in-Residence, Mischa Zupko! Featuring videos by Luftwerk and John Pobojewski. Location: Evanston SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565807924782-XY49ASVYSDA3BO0ICPPH/Speaking+in+Tongues.jpg Past Events - Speaking in Tongues Tuesday, Mar 22, 2011, 2:30 pm Discover what Ezra Pound called “the spiritual food” in the musical ritual and lore of the minority tribes poetry of Yunnan China. This program celebrates through music, words and electronics the power and inspiration in the poetry of the dying aboriginal language in Australia, British poetry titan Ted Hughes and music alluding to the ascendant & transcendent energies of Pentecostal speaking in tongues. Vivian Fung – Yunnan Folk Songs (World Premiere; commissioned by MAP Fund*) ; Geoffrey Gordon – Tiger Psalms (World Premiere; commissioned by Fulcrum Point New Music Project) ; Kevin James – Jawoyn Dreamscapes (World Premiere; commissioned by NEA) ; Mischa Zupko, Composer-In-Residence – Rising ; Featured artists: Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano; Katherine Calcamuggio, soprano; Brad Jungwirth, baritone; Matthias Tacke, violin and Alan Pang Hong-Tai, sheng, from Hong Kong. *The MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565808105099-EWCLM6FOJEKF3DVSUAIJ/Vivian+Fung+-+Musicians+Club+of+Women.jpg Past Events - Musicians Club of Women Monday, Mar 21, 2011 6:00 am Chanted Rituals by Vivian Fung, featuring Stephen Burns (trumpet solo) and percussionists Jeff Handley & Rich Janicki. Location: Union League Club of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565808646741-UFS25DL47RJMV2BEI3PZ/Improptu+LIve+at+WFMT+2.jpg Past Events - "Impromptu" live at WFMT Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 11:00 am Live broadcast on 98.7 FM, Chicago or WFMT.com Music by Mischa Zupko, Steve Reich, and previews of Speaking in Tongues. Location: Live broadcast on 98.7 FM, Chicago or WFMT.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565808828971-9YE4QABZDD8HY6FHMBHG/Windows+to+the+Soul.jpg Past Events - Windows to the Soul Sunday, Mar 13, 2011 10:00 am A program of neo-classical music for trumpet and organ, highlighting Mischa Zupko‘s World Premiere based on Mario Vargas Llosa‘s novel The War of the End of the World. Mischa Zupko – Parables of Zion (World Premiere) Aaron Copland – Quiet City Plus other works by Decker and Eben Featured artists: Stephen Burns (trumpet) and Bruce Barber (organ) Location: St. James Episcopal Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565808915466-NW060CMC2SCEHX6UUQQD/Fanfare+for+an+Uncommon+Woman.jpg Past Events - Fanfare For An Uncommon Woman: Celebrating Joan Harris On Her Birthday Wednesday, Mar 09, 2011 12:30 pm We are honored to have been invited to be part of the March 9, 2011 celebration “Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman” performing Joan Tower‘s signature work. Performers will be frequent collaborators from the Chicago Symphony and Civic Orchestras trumpeters Christopher Martin, Tage Larsen, and Jessica Striano, led by Stephen Burns. More information visit the Harris Theater website here. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565809003441-TS2Z357ULS92G6GZBOCN/Devon+Avenue.jpg Past Events - Devon Avenue, A Kendall College Monday Night Dining Series event Wednesday, Mar 09, 2011 12:30 pm Kalyan Pathak’s Indian Music Duo presents ancient Sanskrit chants, classical music compositions and poetry from various periods in Indian literature. Experience the famous songs of Meera, Kabir and Tagore and folkloric songs of north India, as well as stories accompanied by Tabla drums and Tanpura drones. The musical performance and seating begin at 6:30 p.m., with dinner to start at about 7:00 p.m. Tabla virtuoso and multi-ethnic percussionist, Kalyan Pathak, has played with many international artists from jazz, classical and jam band settings such as, Yo-Yo Ma, The Chicago Symphony, Fareed Haque Group, Howard Levy, Pacifica String Quartet, Theodore Bikel and Alberto Mizrah. Kalyan Pathak is currently one of the ethnic musicians teaching and performing at the CPS under the “SOUND TRACKS – Exploring the Global Cultures Through World and New Music” educational outreach program, a free program for the schools presented by Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Location: The Dining Room, Kendall College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1565809144854-F836BK863EQZR952DC8K/Chicago+Human+Rythm+Project.jpg Past Events - Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents Global Rhythms 6 Friday, Nov 26, 2010 2:00 pm Fulcrum Point musicians Jeff Handley and Tina Laughlin will perform an encore of David Lang’s Anvil Chorus. Global RhythmsFour unique performances featuring some of the finest percussive ensembles from around Chicago, the nation and the world! The Chicago Human Rhythm Project highlights each of these ensembles so you can learn more about their unique styles and artistic works. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566230242406-CHANNNK3O8H5SJF2UGBP/Holding+Fast+with+Jacob+TV.jpg Past Events - Holding Fast with Jacob TV: New Art Music with Video! Friday, Nov 05, 2010, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Featuring music from four award-winning composers accompanied by outrageous short videos and exquisite images. Mischa Zupko will lead a post-concert discussion. Yan Maresz – Metallics for trumpet & surround-sound electronics Randall Woolf – Holding Fast Jacob TV – Grab It! Mischa Zupko – Shunt Featured performers: Stephen Burns (trumpet), Mischa Zupko (piano), Rika Seko (violin), Jeremy Ruthrauff (sax), Larry Kohut (bass) and Jeff Handley (percussion) Location: Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566230404451-2206L7AROXUPS17ONTO1/promo-placeholder.jpg Past Events - Motown Metal Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 2:00 pm Take this outrageous trip across the ever-changing landscape of new art music. Inspired by the sounds of Motown and Led Zeppellin this one-time event combines Fluxus Theatrics with the best of Chicago’s Brass, Percussion, and Electronics. George Brecht/FLUXUS Motor Vehicle Sundown Event – 50th Anniversary Michael Daugherty – Motown Metals ; David Lang – Anvil Chorus (watch preview here) ; Yan Maresz – Metallics for trumpet and surround-sound electronics (Chicago Premiere) ; Stefan Freund – Metal ; Mark Anthony Turnage – Out of Black Dust Featured Artists : Simon Anderson & the Chicago Fluxus Ensemble; Stephen Burns, Christopher Martin, trumpet; Jeff Handley, Tina Laughlin, percussion Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566230594278-HMXWIQG1DY12ZHP2UNLS/FP+Placeholder.jpg Past Events - 12th Anniversary Benefit Concert Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010 2:30 pm Cocktail reception* + concert: $100/$75 (Seniors/Students) Concert only: $50/30** (Seniors/Students) Program: Randall Woolf – Franz Schubert (2005) / Rika Seko, violin; Carmen Kasstinger, violin; Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola; Ed Moore, cello Mischa Zupko – Shunt (1999) / Mischa Zupko, piano with pre-recorded electronics Elizabeth Brown – Arcana (2004) / Mary Stolper, flute Randall Woolf – Try to Believe (2005) / Julia Ghica, violin, Merit School of Music SOUND TRACKS Persentation Law Wing-Fai – Yi Zhi Shan (1996) / Yang Wei, pipa; Dance Choreography by Melissa Thodos (2009), performed by Mollie Mock, Thodos Dance Chicago Steve Reich – Nagoya Marimbas (1994) / Jeff Handley, Brandon Podjasek, percussion Stefan Freund – Metal (2000) / Stephen Burns, trumpet; Kevin Hartman, trumpet; Greg Flint, french horn; Andy Baker, trombone; Rex Martin, tuba The net proceeds of this concert will benefit Sound Tracks: Exploring the Global Cultures through World & New Music, Fulcrum Point’s innovative program that brings global music to Chicago Public Schools. A big Thank You goes to all the artists & the Thodos Dance Chicago in donating their performances to support this concert. Location: Thorne Auditorium at Northwestern University of Law https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566230745176-2I92VF94HXHHYQ2RSEP9/Computers+Come+ALinve.jpg Past Events - Computers Come Alive! Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:30 pm Is New Art Music a cyborg? Technology–from creative amplification to interactive computer soundscapes–brings new strength to the most human of expressions. This program spins haunting moods from three turntables, unexpected percussion instruments, and urban rap embedded in a cushion of strings, blending roots and the never-before imagined. The Chicago Fluxus Ensemble, led by Simon Anderson will stage performance pieces throughout the building before the concert; arrive early for a jolt of the unexpected! Tomi Räisänen – Elevator Music on Mars (2003) – American Premiere Christopher Burns– Sawtooth (2009) – Chicago Premieres Hilda Paredes– Óox p’eel ikil t’aan (2007) Luciano Chessa– Cinque Quadri da una cittá fantasma (2003) – Midwest Premiere George Brecht – For a drummer (Fluxversions 2, 4, 6, 7) (1966) Randall Woolf – Blues for Black Hoodies (2008) – Midwest Premiere Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566230883292-1QPFKIUAMHEC8GQ00YHN/Music+For+Matisse+Fulcrum+Point+.jpg Past Events - Music for Matisse Thursday, Apr 15, 2010 1:00 pm (Related events of Art Institute Chicago exhibit Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917) The spirit of Matisse’s striking paper cutouts is captured in music by French composers Poulenc, Ibert, and Tomasi. Performed by musicians of Fulcrum Point New Music Project led by Stephen Burns. Location: Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231058135-LTOF7YS5MG13NEU8AXH6/Heroes+and+Demons.jpg Past Events - Heroes and Demons: Legends of Urban, Latin and Native America Tuesday, Mar 23, 2010 2:30 pm Myths grow stronger–and more meaningful–as cultures overlap, cross borders, dance together. Each of these pieces evokes the ancient power of storytelling through new, surprising juxtapositions. Indegenous Mexican tales are set in motion anew as Luna Negra Dance Theater debuts Misplaced Flowers to Paredes’ score. The spellbinding power of myths–the layers, the loss, the loves–provides the common bond for four rappers’ reinvention of urban myths transformed in Woolf’s multi-media world premiere. Evan Ziporyn (Tabla score: K. Pathak) – Sulvasutra (2006) – Midwest Premiere David Dzubay – Wintu Dream Song (2008), Kukulkan (2008) Hilda Paredes – Óox p’eel ikil t’aan (2007) – American Premiere Randall Woolf – Urban Legends – World Premiere, commissioned by Music Alive Featured Artists: Stephen Burns (trumpet), Luna Negra Dance Theater Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231244640-SPDBMCZWEH5NWKIJRK7W/Art+without+Boundaries.jpg Past Events - Art Without Boundaries Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 1:30 pm From Chicago’s Fulcrum Point New Music Project: Stephen Burns (trumpet), Collins Trier (bass), and percussionists Jeff Handley and Brandon Podjasek Guest Artists from the Netherlands: free Jazz bassist Wilbert de Joode, with painters Tali Farchi and Royce Deans BOOM! SPLASH! BANG! SQUISH! Live painting with live music mixes artistic disciplines in a way that is unpredictable and always a challenge, when it is done on stage in front of a live audience anything can happen and usually does. But if the participants are world-class artists the likes of bassist, Wilbert de Joode and painters, Tali Farchi and Royce Deans; you can be sure that you are in the hands of skilled professionals that not only know just what they are doing, but they will take you on a most amazing journey, using raw creativity as the vehicle. And they will provide you with a perfect take off and landing guaranteed. Live painting with live music is improvisation at it’s highest level. Artwork is created in front of the audience to spontaneously composed music that is driven as much by the brushstrokes of the painter as the paint is inspired by the notes and the rhythms of the musicians. Performances of Art Wtihout Boundaries are completely based in improvisation. This way of working live exposes the artists and their creative process so completely open and uncovered as to make them “naked.” It is a dialogue between the music, paint, movement and sound. It is giving and taking, listening and reacting, painting and playing. Live painting with live music is all about being in the moment. Chances are you have never seen anything like this before, and it is for certain that you never will see it quite like this ever again. We would like to thank the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chicago for their support in making possible the Dutch artists’ residency in Chicago. Location: Evanston SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231507187-N2SXHQJN2QV35F7SW5GA/Hong+Kong+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point Celebrates the Year of the Tiger! Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 1:30 pm Presented by Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, New York in partnership with Fulcrum Point New Music Project A multi-media Hong Kong fanfare featuring the American Debut of the Windpipe Chinese Ensemble, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, with short movie of Manga comic Artist, Lee Chi-ching and his tiger painting. Program: Tiger Sketch by Ng Cheuk-yin – World Premiere Drumming Ridge by Li Cheong – World Premiere Cat & Rat – Legend of the Chinese Zodiac (Commissioned by the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival and premiered Nov 2, 2003 at the Chicago Humanities Festival) based on the illustrated book by Caldecott Award winner Ed Young; performed with video and reader Nesita Kwan, Emmy-winning anchor and reporter at NBC 5. Plus modern works that blend the traditional with the contemporary Location: Thorne Auditorium of Northwestern University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231612179-C154TU7UBRBJWNMQWW6V/wfmt.jpg Past Events - WFMT, hosted by Kerry Frumkin Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm An evening with Stephen Burns and Friends Live From WFMT, hosted by Kerry Frumkin Featuring: Kuang-Hao Huang (piano), Genevieve F. Thiers (Soprano Opera Moda), Jessica Striano (trumpet), Rob Mettesi (trumpet) Works by: Britten, Menotti, Ravel, Schchedrin and Jacob TV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231763404-T0K78RMRY3N9EUIMBIQ4/CCMCWinterConcert.jpg Past Events - Winter Concert presented by Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago Sunday, Dec 06, 2009 8:30 am Winter Concert presented by Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago Performed by Columbia Community Music Collective Conducted by Fulcrum Point Artistic Director, Stephen Burns More info: www.colum.edu/sherwood Location: The Harold Washington Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566231865887-JZD8A5K1Z1Q3CV562W4B/Gibbons_Reginald135.jpg Past Events - Poetry Off the Shelf: Reginald Gibbons Thursday, Dec 03, 2009 12:00 pm Incidental music provided by Fulcrum Point New Music Project led by Stephen Burns. Reginald Gibbons retells the story of Oedipus, reading the five odes from Oedipus the King, which capture the apprehension, fear, beliefs, and hope of the townspeople of Thebes as the story of Oedipus unfolds in their midst. Filled with sparkling language, intense and surprisingly modern feeling, and myth, the five odes are among the most beautiful poems of antiquity. Reginald Gibbons’s most recent book of poems is Creatures of a Day (2008), a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award. His new translations of Sophocles, Selected Poems: Odes and Fragments (2008), won the Soeurette Diehl Fraser translation award from the Texas Institute of Letters. With the late Charles Segal, Gibbons translated two Greek tragedies, Bakkhai and Antigone (2001 and 2003). His new book, Slow Trains Overhead: Chicago Poems and Stories, will be published in 2010. His novel Sweetbitter (2003) won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. He teaches at Northwestern University. Presented by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Co-sponsored with the National Hellenic Museum More info: www.poetryfoundation.org Location: National Hellenic Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232003128-17E6NGOJ0D7G9TXOWF8R/Inner+Torments+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Inner Torments Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 1:30 pm The lights dim–film and music take center stage–cinematic highlights illuminate the way masterful composers can tease out inner torments. Muhly (who has worked with Björk) imbues The Readerwith tortured angst. Jacob TV (aka Jacob ter Veldhuis) obsessively works motifs exploring gambling, addiction and incarceration. Woolf’s documentary score is rippled with sympathy for the trials of Tibetan refugees. And Bartok’s vibrant classic animates Spike Jonze’ surreal identity crisis. Nico Muhly – Music from The Reader (2008) – Midwest Premiere Jacob TV – Grab It! (1997) – American Premiere of new Video with bass & drum accompaniments Randall Woolf – Holding Fast (2008) – Midwest Premiere Béla Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta from Being John Malkovich (1999) Featured Artists: Rika Seko (violin), and Jeremy Ruthrauff (saxophone) NOTICE TO AUDIENCE: CERTAIN EXCERPTS FROM THE FILMS CONTAIN STRONG ADULT LANGUAGE (INCLUDING PROFANITY), NUDITY AND ADULT SITUATIONS. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232097584-L1UCMZJN1EU4QH9L5VUN/Golem+.jpg Past Events - The Golem Friday, Nov 06, 2009 1:00 pm Before Dr. Frankenstein there was The Golem!– an ancient Jewish morality story about politics, power, magic, and survival. This classic silent film (1920) by Paul Wegener is brought to life by Betti Olivero’s score performed live by Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Performed by: Wagner Campos (clarinet), Katherine Brauer (violin), Guillaume Combet (violin), Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff (viola), Mark Brandfonbrener (cello); Stephen Burns, conductor Location: Claudia Cassidy Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232247658-V8SRVIC3LY504C4DOIAV/Fulcrum+Point+Plugged+In.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point Plugged In Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 2:30 pm An intimate show of rarely performed new music influenced by cosmic astrology, Tibetan tantra, and Jerry Springer! Jacob TV – Lipstick (1998) Rika Seko, Jeremy Ruthrauff Karlheinz Stockhausen – Aries (1977) Randall Woolf – Sneak peek at Holding Fast (2008) Jacob TV – Sneak peek at Grab It! (1997) Location: Evanston SPACE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232416413-8YHZRXWUPEIDCEIB15LE/Dusk+Variations.jpg Past Events - Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series Monday, Jun 15, 2009 1:30 pm Droned by Dan Becker Molten by Stefan Freund Big Swiftly by Frank Zappa Harry, You’re A Beast Orange County Lumber Truck T’mershi Duween Dupree’s Paradise Presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago A preview of the concert will be broadcast on ABC TV news between 8 – 9:00 a.m. this Sunday, June 7. Location: Millenium Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232700635-KEE7T5ALBEHL8D7XDH8H/Hong+Kong+2.jpg Past Events - Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:30 pm The 笙 Sheng meets the Trumpet! A rare collaboration featuring Stephen Burns and the Fulcrum Point New Music Project with Hong Kong’s own Chinese Music Virtuosi, plus special appearances by the Thodos Dance Chicago and the Bei Dou Kung Fu Troupe. A one night only, old & new Chinese music concert experience celebrating the “Hong Kong Comes to Chicago 2009” Festival! Guest Artists: Chinese Music Virtuosi (Hong Kong) Chicago’s Tai Chi Master Dong Xiao-fei Thodos Dance Chicago Presented by Fulcrum Point New Music Project in partnership with Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office New York Location: The Thorne Auditorium of Northwestern University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232839277-1RFTRCT6W7LWMGPHGLR2/Vivian+Fung.jpg Past Events - Open rehearsal: Vivian Fung, Aenon Loo & Ng King-pan Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:30 pm Open rehearsal of works by Vivian Fung, Aenon Loo and Ng King-pan featured in the upcoming May 19 'Hong Kong at the Fulcrum Point' concert. New Music Readings to celebrate MayFest Presented by New Music Chicago One hour, including informal discussion with musicians Location: Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins Stradivari Music & Arts Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566232952113-99MWIC4SJHHC089T53IA/Dada+Machines.jpg Past Events - Dada Machinations Tuesday, Mar 03, 2009 1:30 pm The Dada movement blazed the trail for rock’s anarchy, pop culture’s self-consuming humor, and the outrageous investigations of Fluxus. Antheil’s Ballet mécanique fills the stage with airplane propellers, sirens, alarms, two grand pianos and eight synchronized player pianos—it vivifies the Dada manifesto. Carrying that spirit forward, Zuidam’s Three Mechanisms pulsates with the rebellious spirit of punk. Ter Veldhuis shares his pop media obsession using a boom box full of sound bites in Lipstick. And Miller’s Remote Music questions the very idea of performance. Hanna Higgins and the UIC Fluxus Ensemble will stage performance pieces throughout the building before the concert; arrive early for the artistic mayhem! To meet Jacob ter Veldhuis in person for a Q/A, please join us in the donors’ room at the post-concert reception. Three Mechanisms (Chicago Premiere) — Robert Zuidam Lipstick (Chicago Premiere) — Jacob ter Veldhuis Remote Music — (World Premiere of a new version for multiple keyboards) Larry Miller Ballet mécanique (Midwest Premiere of original version) — George Antheil Featured Artists Mary Stolper — flute/alto flute and boom box ; Kuang-Hao Huang — pianist ; Amy Briggs — pianist ; Alison Knowles, Fluxus Artist ; Simon Anderson, Fluxus Artist ; Hannah Higgins and the UIC Fluxus Ensemble Special thanks to Consulates General of The Netherlands in Chicago and New York for Jacob ter Veldhuis’ attendance at the concert. Story & Clark Player Pianos courtesy of QRS Music Photo: Essen Ensemble Musikfabrik; Photo credit: http://www.antheil.org Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233204295-5OTPRVVD29SP7ZJ9K3WU/WFMT+Live+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - "WFMT's Live From the Morse" with on air host: Dennis Moore Sunday, Feb 08, 2009 5:00 am "WFMT's Live From the Morse" with on air host: Dennis Moore Madrigali Spirituali — Vivian Fine Quartet #3 — Yuri Falik 7 Popular Spanish Songs — Manuel de Falla/Stephen Burns Featured Artists Stephen Burns, trumpet Mathias Tacke, violin Rika Seko, violin Claudia Lasereff-Mironoff, viola Mark Brandfonbrener, cello Location: The Morse Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233343197-RJ2LONN4QM3CYQB7LW3U/Modern+Myths+Fulcrum+Point+New+Music+Project.jpg Past Events - Modern Myths Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 1:30 pm Tap into the power of myth as Fulcrum Point harnesses music, literature and dance to explore the world’s most ancient archetypes. Melissa Thodos will unveil Aries, set to Stockhausen’s haunting, zodiac-inspired music. Danielpour’s sensuous song cycle illuminates Ranier Marie Rilke’s Orpheus poems, recasting the Greek story in tones so rich they could raise the dead. Vajracharya will dance an invocation to Vajrapani, Buddhism’s fearsome warrior-protector, and Vir’s Hayagriva darts into the concert hall like its namesake: the horse-headed man of wisdom in sacred literature from India and Tibet. Aries (World Premiere) — dance by Thodos Dance Company, music by Karlheinz Stockhausen Sonnet to Orpheus (Chicago Premiere) — Richard Danielpour Vajrapani (World Premiere) — dance by Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya set to traditional Tantric Buddhist music Hayagriva (American Premiere) — Param Vir Sonnet to Orpheus (Chicago Premiere) — Richard Danielpour Featured Artists Thodos Dance Chicago Stephen Burns, trumpet/electronics Mary Mackenzie, soprano Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya, Nepalese dance Conversation with featured artists/composer Param Vir, from London, at Donor Room: 9:15 PM – 9:45 PM. Ticket prices include a post-concert wine and cheese reception with wine generously provided by Vin Divino and food prepared by C’est si bon! Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233460795-SVXT31TDHVP9HW3SQCAQ/Soundtracks+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Past Events - Soundtracks in New-Art Music Wednesday, Nov 12, 2008 1:30 pm This is the music that haunts you long after the lights come up. Herrmann’s slashing score to Psycho invented the sound of horror. Radiohead guitarist Greenwood unleashed the coiled tension of There Will Be Blood. Takemitsu tapped a fascination with aquatic life as deep as the ocean itself. And Nyman’s rushing melodies brought The Piano its rapture and sweep. These cinematic works –each accompanied by highlights from the films — will set your spirit free and move you to lose yourself in ecstatic melody. The net proceeds from this concert will fund Sound Tracks, Fulcrum Point’s innovative program that brings world and new music to Chicago Public Schools. Psycho Narrative from ‘Psycho’ (1960) — Bernard Herrmann Popcorn Superhet Receiver from ‘There Will Be Blood’ (2007) — Jonny Greenwood (Midwest Premiere) Toward the Sea II from the Greenpeace ‘Save the Whales’ campaign (1983) — Toru Takemitsu The Piano For Strings from ‘The Piano’ (1992) — Michael Nyman Featured Artists: Mary Stolper, flute; Kara Bershad, harp; Lori Kaufman, piano Ticket prices include a post-concert reception with the artists, featuring hors d’oeuvres by Rome’s Joy Catering and wines generously donated by Chicago-based Vin DiVino Ltd. Importers. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233604478-1S4KN4V7OM1P3REZIQQN/Legacy+Music+Series.jpg Past Events - Legacy Music Series: "A Celebration of Diversity in Music" Thursday, Jun 26, 2008 2:00 pm Legacy Music Series: "A Celebration of Diversity in Music" Program: Lullaby and Doina — Osvaldo Golijov String Quartet op. 15, Mvt. 2 — Reza Vali Sanvare Rang Rach — H. Mangeshkar/Kalyan Pathak Bhaj Govindam — Adi Sankara/Kalyan Pathak Oonchi Talavadi — A. Vyas/Kalyan Pathak 7 Popular Spanish Songs — Manuel de Falla Witch Hunt — Wayne Shorter/Jim Gailloreto Well You Needn’t — Thelonious Monk/Jim Gailloreto Shadow Puppets — Jim Gailloreto Sunjata / Serekunda / Debo — Foday Musa Suso Featured Artists: Stephen Burns, trumpet Foday Musa Suso, a 7th generation Mandinka Griot Kalyan Pathak, tabla Jim Gailloreto, saxophone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233688220-DBN6RITRG03Q0G9I9KVY/Omega+Earth+Fire.jpg Past Events - Omega: Earth on Fire Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008 2:30 pm “Essential Art: Essential Elements” concludes with a searing, earth-moving performance featuring “Continental Divide” by Derek Bermel, “Ground Swell” by Steve Mackey with guest artist Hsin-Yun Huang (Violist), “Inner Demons” by Stacy Garrop, “Racconto dall’Inferno” by Louis Andriessen. In the beginning there was light and water, but in the end the earth rises up and is consumed in flames! The audience is invited to stay for a post-concert reception and discussion with the composers and performers. There will be complimentary wine from VinDiVino and refreshments. Continental Divide — Derek Bermel (Midwest Premiere) Ground Swell — Steven Mackey (Midwest Premiere) Inner Demons — Stacy Garrop (American Premiere) Racconto dall’Inferno — Louis Andriessen Featured Artists: Hsin-Yun Huang, violist Tony Arnold, soprano Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233820808-4MDM9FCZ8EUXXZQOFYKL/Passport+to+World+Music.jpg Past Events - Passport to World Music Sunday, Feb 10, 2008 9:00 am Bring your family on a multi-media musical adventure around the world exploring traditional and new art music from Asian, Middle East, African, and Latin cultures. Using children’s literature, projected photos of the wonders of the world, legends and mythology, “Passport to World Music” will transport you through cultures around the world and introduce you and your family to the richness of the music, art, architecture, natural beauty and stories. Featuring the “Cat and Rat: the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac,” (Commissioned by the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival and premiered Nov 2, 2003 at the Chicago Humanities Festival) based on the illustrated book by Caldecott Award winner Ed Young and “Frida,” (Commissioned by the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival and premiered Nov 5, 2005 at the Chicago Humanities Festival) an illustrated children’s book by Jonah Winter and Ana Juan, new and World Music will be performed by musicians from Fulcrum Point New Music Project, with international guest artists including Foday Musa Suso, Diego Alonso and Yang Wei. Featured Artists: Diego Alonso, Flamenco Guitarist Foday Musa Suso, Mandingo Griot Yang Wei, pipa virtuoso Kalyan Pathak, tabla master CBS News Anchor, Roseanne Tellez, reader for “Frida” Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566233953971-1K2FZDZ34VLOV0WNN042/Alpha+air+%26+water.jpg Past Events - Alpha: Air & Water Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008 1:30 pm The culmination of a five-year visceral exploration of music, visual art and literature inspired by the essential elements of water, earth, wind and fire, this is the second-to-last concert of the Essential Arts: Essential Elements series dramatizing the forces of nature as metaphors for physical, passionate and spiritual energy, generators of renewal and a fundamental force in both the creation and destruction of civilization. This program depicts the very beginning of time with premieres of “Nightmaze” by Sebastian Currier; “Lux Solis Aeterna” by Geoffrey Gordon. “River of Light” by Richard Danielpour and “The River Suite” by Edward K. “Duke” Ellington. The audience is invited to stay for a post-concert reception and discussion with the Fulcrum Point Ensemble featuring complimentary wine from Vin DiVino and refreshments catered by C’est Si Bon! Nightmaze — Sebastian Currier (Midwest Premiere) Lux Solis Aeterna — Geoffrey Gordon (World Premiere) River of Light — Richard Danielpour The River Suite — Edward K. “Duke” Ellington Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566234109785-RS6496T0T8FDEFKZ4ISN/Songs+of+Love+and+War.jpg Past Events - Songs of Love and War Tuesday, Dec 11, 2007 1:30 pm “The concert was a kind of meditative bearing witness – I loved it and you were a jewel in the despair and compassion of the emotions! The first songs about the poems in the camp – were so surreal in a sense – putting such grim poetry to beautiful music….a very different kind of bearing witness where my feelings ranged from horror to amazement at the courage to write and to sing this…and the songs of love were heartbreaking – thank you so much for allowing me and my friend to experience it!” Fulcrum Point marks this 10th Concert for Peace by presenting four Midwest premieres exploring relationships and the nature of love and war through music and poetry from the perspectives of soldiers, spouses and prisoners. The program includes Midwest premieres of “Songs of Love and War” by Paul Moravec, “Three Letters from the Unknown Soldier” by Poul Ruders, “Camp Songs” by Paul Schoenfield and “Peace” by David Schiff. The audience is invited to stay for a post-concert reception and discussion with the composers and performers. There will be complimentary wine from VinDiVino and refreshments. Peace — David Schiff (World Premiere) Camp Songs — Paul Schoenfield (Midwest Premiere) Three Letters from The Unknown Soldier — Poul Ruders Songs of Love and War — Paul Moravec (Midwest Premier) Featured Artists: Stephen Burns, trumpeter/Artistic Director; Julia Bentley, mezzo soprano; Kuang Hao Huang, pianist; Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Mary Stolper, flutist New Classic Singers, Lee Kesselman, conductor Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566235119295-QPOEV3BQDUN6D9DTQKZD/FP+Placeholder.jpg Past Events - Nurture Nature - Create Tomorrow Together Saturday, Oct 27, 2007 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm A multi-media performance of Music, Art, Poetry and Theater delves into the relationships between generations as we re-address our relationship with the world and consider: How do we take care of the world? What are we passing on to future generations and last but not least: What is our role as stewards of the earth? Performed by the Fulcrum Point Ensemble, The Albany Park Theater Project, the Merit School of Music Choir and the Side Project. Suitable for all ages. Pre-show presentation by Barrel of Monkeys Wake Up Time! — The Side Project Theater Company Just a Dream — Randall Woolf/Chris van Allsburg Dig, Pull, Pat — The Albany Park Theater Project Phoenix Rising — Paul Oehlers/Jerry Smith For the Love of Music — Jacalyn Rauch/Stephen Burns We are Able — Jacalyn Rauch/Stephen Burns This program is created in collaboration by Adam Webster (TSPTC), David Feiner (APTP), Jacalyn Rauch (MM), and Stephen Burns (FPNMP) Artistic Director, commissioned by the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival for Oct 27, 2007 opening night performance. Location: Chicago Humanities Festival, Thorne Auditorium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566235253725-25O3NJ9SCP1W1MLXV512/Cool%2C+Hot+%26+Burnin.jpg Past Events - Cool, Hot and Burnin' Friday, Apr 27, 2007 4:00 pm New Art Music Inspired by Rock, Latin, Jazz, and World Music Dead Elvis — Michael Daugherty Lewis Kirk, solo bassoon Quemar las Naves — Javier Alvarez Hot — Franco Donatoni Jeremy Ruthrauff, solo saxophones subZERO — Daniel Schnyder David Taylor, solo bass-trombone Pop-Art brilliance and Darmstadt sophistication meet post-modern Latin Jazz in 4 Jaw-dropping virtuoso showpieces by international superstars, performed by Fulcrum Point, Chicago’s “barrier-busting” leader of New Art Music. This 75-minute Cabaret showcases the hottest New Art Music of the last 20 years. Inspired by Rock, Latin, Jazz, and World Music this music will transport you from Elvis’ Graceland to Castañeda’s Mexico, through European “imaginary jazz’ to the tribal sounds of Morocco. Michael Daugherty is the Roy Lichtenstein of music. He writes diamantine New Art Music inspired by American Pop icons— Superman, Jackie O, Motown, J. Edgar Hoover, and, of course, The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis. (“Dead Elvis”). Javier Alvarez composes post-modernist deconstructed Salsa, Merengue, and Montuno—dark, funky and mesmerizing. (“Quemar Las Naves”). Franco Donatoni’s “Hot” is a classic modernist’s take on “imaginary Jazz” using Cool Jazz voicings and dark, Darmstadt chromaticism. (“Hot”). subZERO is an amalgam of Blues, Rock, and World Music created by Jazz saxophonist and composer Daniel Schnyder (pronounced SHNEEder) as a vehicle for the outrageous bass-trombone virtuoso David Taylor who has played with everyone from Gil Evans to Pierre Boulez, Duke Ellington and the Rolling Stones. (“subZERO”) Location: Merchandise Mart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566235446650-FBW08SP5LVK4MJ5919MO/Out+of+the+Ashes.jpg Past Events - Out of the Ashes Tuesday, Mar 13, 2007 2:30 pm Presented in partnership with The Nature Conservancy. Discover the restorative powers of fire in a World Premiere multi-media music/video work by Paul Oehlers and Stefan Masurek in addition to the dramatic music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Michael Torke, and Kaija Saariaho. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566317919395-0XDVLOES3Q0GQLBKIAAT/Passion+.jpg Past Events - Passion... Like A Raging Fire Tuesday, Jan 30, 2007 1:30 pm Explore the flames of passion through works by Donatoni, Andriessen, Param Vir, Chen Yi and David Lang. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566317991697-J2PJGU7LEEDFUGZYQULK/9th+Concert+for+Peace.jpg Past Events - 9th Annual Concert for Peace Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 1:30 pm Signals from Heaven — Toru Takemitsu Hikari (Light) — Sômei Satoh Echo Canyon — Karen Tanaka, Midwest Premiere Sadako, Prayers for Peace — Kevin James Special Guests: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Contemporary Vocal Ensemble Prof. Carmen Helena Téllez, Dir. Vasiliki Tsousva, Asst. Dir. Encore Performance after the sold-out premiere during Sonic Impact Commissioned by the Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival and the Virginia S. Gassel Family “Based on the book by Eleanor Coerr and using the charming chalk illustrations by Ed Young (flashed on a screen behind the ensemble) the 45 minute cantata melds images, narration, and music by Kevin James to recount the poignant real-life story of Sadako Sasaki, a spirited young Japanese girl. Music, song, image, and spoken word form a seamless and deeply moving meditation. Unutterable sadness at last gives way to the hope that the warring nations will learn to make a better, safer world for their own Sadakos…With the threat of mass nuclear suicide again bullying its way to the center of the world stage, ‘Sadako: Prayers for Peace’ could not be more timely.” — John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, 10/30/06 Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318118745-AX07RTGBEQ6MEAZ0HOEQ/Sadako.gif Past Events - Picture Books Come to Life: Sadako Saturday, Oct 28, 2006 11:00 am Family Concert as part of “Sonic Impact: Creating New Art Music in a Global Culture.” A co-production of New Music Chicago, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chicago Humanities Festival. Enjoy a spectacular family concert featuring Fulcrum Point New Music Project led by Stephen Burns. The concert features composer Kevin James’ world premiere musical adaptation of the illustrated book “Sadako” by Eleanor Coerr and Ed Young. A Japanese legend holds that if a person who is ill makes 1000 paper cranes, the gods will grant that person’s wish to be well again. Based upon a real-life story, “Sadako” shows one girl’s courage in the face of personal struggle. Thousands of children all over the world have come to know about Sadako and her message of peace. Special Guest: Indiana University School of Music Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Carmen Tellez, Dir. Location: Museum of Contemporary Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318199021-BLKPTTBSEE8V1PD8Z0R1/Fulcrum+Point+on+Tour.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point on Tour Sunday, Oct 08, 2006 7:00 pm Fulcrum Point will appear on tour at Bethel United Church of Christ performing works by Messiaen, Bernstein and Gershwin. Telephone at Bethel United Church of Christ: (630) 279-4040 Location: Bethel United Church of Christ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318570429-EQRUVCF51IZPWY3D6OOX/FP+on+Tour+2.jpg Past Events - Fulcrum Point on Tour Monday, Oct 02, 2006 2:00 pm Fulcrum Point will appear on tour at Assumption College performing a cabaret style show of Post-Minimalist, Funk-inspired new art music. Location: The Student Center, Assumption College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318695904-L9L1CBT4OUKIQBIC1HYE/Chicago+Symphony+Orchestra.jpg Past Events - Live with The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Sunday, Aug 20, 2006 9:00 am Artistic Director Stephen Burns will be conducting the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival. The program will include works by Arturo Marquez, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla, Arriaga, Bizet, Rossini and Mozart. Location: Ravinia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318747336-ODIHZZLU8SKL6ZTHU7RA/WInds+of+Change.jpg Past Events - Winds of Change Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:30 pm A draft, a chill, a change in the pressure – the movements of air harbor ominous overtones. Wind Messengers — Peter Lieberson How Slow The Wind — Osvaldo Golijov Then I Knew ‘Twas the Wind’ — Toru Takemitsu Tempest Fantasy — Paul Moravec World Premiere by Fareed Haque Guest Artist: Fareed Haque, guitar Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566318855015-328QU4288MC81DTVSWMU/BReath+of+Fresh+AIr.jpg Past Events - Breath of Fresh Air Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006 1:30 pm Every breath can be a renewal, a cleansing exchange, an act of opening yourself to new sounds Wing and Prayer — Melinda Wagner Homage to the Breath — Stephen Jaffe Sweet Air — David Lange Breath and Bone — Jerome Kitzke When the Spirit Returns — Lester Bowie Guest Artists: Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano Jerome Kitzke, composer & vocals Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566319342366-KSYYDC7GYFR6PLNUR9W7/Light+as+Air+.jpg Past Events - Light as Air Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006 1:30 pm Every breath can be a renewal, a cleansing exchange, an act of opening yourself to new sounds Wing and Prayer — Melinda Wagner Homage to the Breath — Stephen Jaffe Sweet Air — David Lange Breath and Bone — Jerome Kitzke When the Spirit Returns — Lester Bowie Guest Artists: Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano Jerome Kitzke, composer & vocals Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566319412462-T4VZXPNZ5OC3HX7C1XHF/8th+Concert+for+Peace.jpg Past Events - 8th Annual Concert for Peace: Transcending Aggression Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 1:30 pm= Fulcrum Point’s 8th Annual Peace Concert draws inspiration from the transcendent wisdom of Zen Buddhism, the poignant poetry of a Hiroshima survivor, and the heartfelt resolution of Negro Spirituals. The following three concerts are part of Essential Art, Essential Elements a five-year series of Art, Music, and Literature inspired by the Essential Elements of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire. The first two seasons explored water and earth respectively. This year the element is air and we’re airborne-basking in light and vision, floating on the life of breath, soaring on the winds of change. Peace Piece Three: Little Song the Atom Bomb — Lou Harrison Homage to the Breath — Stephen Jaffe Horobi No Nakakara: from the midst of destruction — Kevin James Dhyana (Meditation) — Zhou Long Ain’t Goin’ to Study War No More — John Harbison Guest Artists: Chicago Chamber Choir, Timm Adams, director Timothy Jones, baritone Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566320845114-FV055C4WV7I63WWFAB4E/Musical+Celebration.jpg Past Events - A Musical Celebration of Children's Illustrators Saturday, Nov 05, 2005 7:00 am See picture books come to life! Enjoy a spectacular family concert featuring Fulcrum Point New Music Project led by Stephen Burns. The concert features two world premiere musical commissions based on children’s picture books. “Frida” Ana Lara’s adaptation of “Frida” by Jonah Winter with illustrations by Ana Juan draws, on both the art and the life to create an insightful, playful tribute to one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists. The piece will be narrated by Roseanne Tellez from CBS2-Chicago. “Just A Dream” Also featured is Randall Woolf’s adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s “Just A Dream” . Walking home, a young boy is littering when he spies a girl planting a tree. He continues on, still doing things that spoils the environment. That night he dreams of a polluted and dirty world, and when he wakes he realizes he must change his habits. The Chicago Humanities Festival thanks our generous sponsors for supporting the 2005 Children’s Humanites Festival. Lead Sponsor: Target Stores. Major Support: Takiff Family Foundation, Nuveen Investments Location: Simpson Auditorium, The Field Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321013695-CF7ROV5XKH747R7RIKFB/Music+Poetry+Politics+Middle+East.jpg Past Events - Music, Poetry, and Politics of the Middle East: Bridging Cultures, Building Peace Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005 3:00 pm How do you build a bridge across a raging torrent? Digging a caisson is deep and dirty work, but that is where the bedrock is found. This program digs deep into the essence of human experience: suffering and solace, praise and celebration, conflict and reconciliation, life and death. The music represents songs and dances from the Middle East taken from Arab and Jewish cultures and inspired by poems of transcendant clarity that bring understanding and helaing. Lullaby and Doina — Osvaldo Golijov Improvisation — Issa Boulos Folk Song Set 11B/15 — Reza Vali Consolation — David Schiff Open Secret — Behzad Ranjbaran Text — Rumi Guests Issa Boulos, oud virtuoso Chicago Chamber Choir, Timm Adams, Dir. Location: Ravinia Festival - Martin Theater https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321148110-2LT8SEPQJT25A4ECZHU9/Essential+Art+Essential+Elements.jpg Past Events - Essential Art, Essential Elements: Earth Tones Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:30 pm Essential Art, Essential Elements is a five-year series of Art, Music, and Literature inspired by the Essential Elements of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire. This year we’re exploring “Earth”—observing the animal kingdom, contemplating the environment, and celebrating the diversity of its people. Earth tones supply a palette rich enough to embrace every shade of human skin. Our musical investigation of earth culminates with a celebration of the colors and cultures that comprise the globe. Composers are Hannibal Lokumbe, Tania León, Randall Woolfe, and Duke Ellington. Read more details here. Guest Artists: John Around Him, Lakota Tribal Elder Jim Gailloreto, saxophone, Art Hoyle, trumpet Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321219810-7Q8AEX4NIUPP72AMOOU2/Love+your+mother.jpg Past Events - Love Your Mother… Earth Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005 1:30 pm If communion with nature lifts us to a level beyond words, then music is the most potent way to explore that relationship. Featured are composers, Louis Andreissen, Joan Tower, Astor Piazzolla, George Crumb, and John Halle. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321672438-WGCJUQ6H8OLZGO4HCRVM/Survival+of+the+Fittest.jpg Past Events - Survival of the Fittest Tuesday, Jan 25, 2005 1:30 pm Earth’s creatures live in delicate balance, companionship weighed against competition. Musical selections include the work of Derek Bermel, Augusta Read Thomas, Silvestre Revueltas, George Crumb, Stephen Montague and Jerome Kitzke. Location: Harris Theater for Music and Dance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321865252-0IDPTFM17O8B92CIL7NP/Chicago+Humanities+Festical.jpeg Past Events - Chicago Humanities Festival Saturday, Nov 06, 2004 8:00 am The Festival will present Fulcrum Point in a family program celebrating the Caldecott winning children’s books Time Flies, by Eric Rohman set to music by Bruce Adolphe and June 29, 1999, by David Wiesner with an original score by David Stock. The performance will also feature illustrations from the books. Location: Field Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321965174-NYEQKTQSE11RY3AY96GL/Frida_Kahlo_self_portrait.jpg Past Events - Frida, by Robert Rodriguez Friday, Oct 22, 2004 2:00 pm Fulcrum Point, in partnership with the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, will present Frida, a concert opera by Robert Rodriguez based on the life of legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The performances are part of the museum’s Sor Juana Festival. Location: Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566321743342-YIA1959Q6YSS9J32L75A/7th+Concert+for+Peace+.jpg Past Events - Seventh Annual Concert for Peace: Bridging Cultures, Building Space Thursday, Dec 16, 2004 1:30 pm Special Guests: Chicago Chamber Choir, Timm Adams, director, Issa Boulos, Rabbi Philip Bentley, and Yaser Tabbara. Music, poetry and inspiration from America and the Middle East. Music by Osvaldo Golijov, Issa Boulos, Reza Vali, David Schiff, and Behzad Ranjbaran represents songs and dances from the Middle East taken from Jewish and Arab cultures and inspired by poems of transcendent clarity and juxtaposed with visions of peace and prayers for understanding and healing. Location: Fourth Presbyterian Church https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/ensemble daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566325951073-CN4MTUZ2QKI67RA7UIQZ/Andy-Baker-7-1024x682.jpg Ensemble Andy Baker, Trombone, composer and arranger Musical Affiliations: Artistic Director of the New Standard Jazz Orchestra and Co-leader of BakerzMillion, HardArtGroop, Broadway in Chicago. Academic Affiliations: BMUS Guildhall School of Music, MM DePaul University, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago. Musical Interests: Pretty much everything creative. I especially love to perform new music – jazz and classical – and see the boundaries becoming less and less relevant. Outside Interests: Spending time with my family. EPL soccer, attempted vegetarianism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326110916-2B3NTLCDYR4ZC8WEB1XL/Mark%2BBradford.jpg Ensemble Mark Brandfonbrener, Cello Musical Affiliations: Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Santa Fe Opera and Music of the Baroque, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Academic Affiliations: University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. Musical Passion: My tastes encompass avariety of all great composers: Bach to Basie and beyond. Outside Interests: golf, bridge, and Yoga… when not taking my three kids to school, soccer or cross country practice, or piano or violin lessons…or…Joshua Scott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326251526-U48UJXK82FCQTPQYHS2M/matt-baker.jpg Ensemble Matthew Baker, Trumpet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326508477-DWWETFYF9XN8AZII0WMA/Peter+Brusen.jpeg Ensemble Peter Brusen, Contrabassoon Musical Affiliations: Chicago Sinfonietta, The Metropolitan Jazz Octet, Broadway in Chicago, Extra with other Chicago organizations Academic Affiliations: University of Iowa, Civic Orchestra of Chicago Musical Passions: Anything new, Anything old, Any music yet to be composed Outside Interests: Travel, Gardening, Nature, Baking, Political Activism, friendship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326596343-2PG3QUJXVRG86ATJVKZ3/Campos_Wagner2-221x260.jpg Ensemble Wagner Campos, Clarinet Musical Affiliations: Chicago Sinfonietta , Chicago Philharmonic Academic Affiliation: DePaul University Musical Passions: Stravinsky, Prokoffiev, Shostakovich. Their music is so rich with great harmonies, rhythms, and exotic melodies. Outside Interests: Cooking all types of cuisines, listening to great Salsa and Brazilian music, reading and movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326744019-DVRE82CYOUMQR6QGGPIK/John%2B2.jpg Ensemble John Corkill, Percussion Musical Affiliations: Chicago Center of Contemporary Composition Grossman Ensemble; Curator of Fulcrum Point New Music Project's Aux In and Discoveries Series Academic Affiliations: Lecturer of Percussion at the University of Chicago; Percussion Ensemble Director at Loyola University Musical Passions: The development, process, and creation of artistic works that provide accessibility to the public at large Outside Interests: Culinary Adventures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326781276-F2F62CEBNOQLMI0IQTFZ/dalia+.jpg Ensemble Dalia Chin, Flute Musical Affiliations: Fonema Consort Ensemble, Chicago Composers Orchestra, Folks Operetta, Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project, Dante+Chin Duo Academic Affiliations: DePaul University (Studied) and DePaul University Community Division (Teaching), Florida State University (Studied) Musical Interests: Working with living composers, chamber music, orchestral, solo, experimental, improvisation, collaborative, etc. Teaching! Outside Interests: Meeting people, traveling, spending time with my family. Trying new things, exploring new places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566326857605-O480P28B0Z2EEIQ4HG7X/dillingham.jpeg Ensemble Christian Dillingham, Percussion Musical affiliations: Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Opera Theatre, HardArtGroop Academic Affiliations: Youngstown State University, Duquesne University Musical Interests: Jazz/improvised music, Americana, folk, new music, classical, baroque, avant-garde, and blues Outside interests: fatherhood, culinary arts, basketball, running, and nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566327016640-G3I3MBBEDNO08XGO9FDA/ian_ding1-334x222.jpg Ensemble Ian Ding, Percussion Musical Affiliations: New Music Detroit (co-founder), Virgil Moorefield Band, Bang on a Can All-Stars (percussion sub), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (percussion sub) Academic Affiliations – teaching:DePaul University School of Music, 2014-present, University of Michigan School of Music, 2005-2014, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, summer 2011 Academic Affiliations – studied:Juilliard School, M.M. 2001, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.M. 1999 Musical Passions: Contemporary music of all styles, improvisation Outside Interests: Sports (esp Chicago Bulls), yoga & meditation, food: cooking & eating out, reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328062007-0MQWOI9AUAHOAEDMKPLE/Greg-Flint.0-173x260.jpg Ensemble Greg Flint, French Horn Musical Affiliations: Principal Horn of the Elgin Symphony, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Present Music of Milwaukee, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra Academic Affiliations: BM Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Musical Passions: Chamber music of all genres, especially Third Stream Outside Interests: Traveling with my family, fixing things around the house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328378491-TVT2T1IKKNJ2308R4732/Larry%2BKohut.jpg Ensemble Larry Kohut, Bass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566329363305-TSLH2SC8DFUTBH0MJYYN/oliphant%2Bmathew.jpg Ensemble Matthew Oliphant, French Horn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566333950316-MWLK0SH6JK261MKGCCMN/Tacke-334x222.jpg Ensemble Mathias Tacke, Violin Musical Affiliations beyond FPNMP:Chicago Ensemble, Chicago Philharmonic, Camerata Chicago, Evanston Bach Week Academic Affiliations (study/teaching): Studied at Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany Teaching: Northern Illinois University (professor for violin and chamber music), Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, Midwest Young Artist, Music Institute of Chicago Academy (coaching college and pre-college chamber ensembles) Musical Passions (composers, styles, interests): I grew up with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, being part of a generation, that has lived through many interpretational changes. I value musical versatility, but J.S.Bach’s music never grows old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566327142957-M77R6GXGZJK0TH7GAI74/Kirk-172x260.jpg Ensemble Lewis Kirk, Bassoon Musical Affiliations: Lyric Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Philharmonic, Bach Week in Evanston Academic Affiliations: Peabody Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music, former faculty member at DePaul University and Northwestern University Musical Passsions: Bach, Schubert, Beethoven piano sonatas, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Blues, and Heavy Metal Outside Interests: Cooking, cycling, dog, and Lewis is a recovering juggler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328082496-8U6DTAAI07S74UP9DEZ6/elizandro_300.jpg Ensemble Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, Clarinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328470986-7XV5N14FLUJLDZ6HQGBD/LasaroffMironoff-237x260.jpg Ensemble Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Viola Musical Affiliations: Music of the Baroque, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Peninsula Music Festival, and has performed with Present Music, Music Now, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Grant Park Music Festival. Academic Affiliations: BM University of Denver, MM and a Post Graduate Performance Certificate Northwestern University. Adjunct Professor of Viola at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Guest Lecturer at DePaul University, Chamber Music Coach at Music Institute of Chicago-Academy. Faculty Associate, School of Theatre & Music, University of Illinois-Chicago Musical Passions: Working with living composers and performing chamber music Outside Interests: Gardening, Cooking and Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566333402456-TD66G80M3XKVGIFEMATE/Ruthrauff-300x199.jpg Ensemble Jeremy Ruthrauff, Saxophone Musical Affiliations: Freelance with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Music Now, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Contempo, Eighth Blackbird Academic Affiliations: Professor of Saxophone at DePaul University, Concordia University Chicago and William Rainey Harper College Musical Passions: Exploring extended saxophone techniques through his own composition. His repertoire often includes works outside of the “concert” arena including Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Piazzolla compositions, traditional shakuhachi Outside Interests: films by Atom Egoyan and Peter Greenaway along with Cronenberg films; especially the older horror films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566333967595-QA4JPG7B1EBO1T3VGH3A/Trier-124x260.jpg Ensemble Collins Trier, Bass Musical Affiliations: Lyric Opera Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago, Present Music, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, the Rembrandt Chamber Players, and Bach Week of Evanston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566327275378-4IYK8G3XJ8DAWFEZVSCA/Gaill-172x260.jpeg Ensemble Jim Gailloreto, Saxophone Musical Affiliations: Founder of Jazz String Quintet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (extra), Grant Park Symphony Orchestra (extra), Broadway in Chicago, Recently: “Motown”, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Chamber Musicians BakerzMillion, HardArtGroop, Volcano Radar, Music Now, Chroma Chamber Orchestra, William Ferris Chorale, Chicago Opera Theatre Academic Affiliations: Chicago College of the Performing Arts (Roosevelt University), University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, DePaul University Musical Passsions: Humanistic aspects of improvisation, composition and jazz. Thrilled when I hear Lenny Tristano, Brad Mehldau, The Bach Cello Suites or anything by Igor Stravinsky Outside Interests: Chess, Indian food, old radios, the philosophies of Eckhart Tolle, mechanical watches and music boxes, distant space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328179711-5RTHYRF2MB1WTIGN1IEM/Handley-172x260.jpg Ensemble Jeff Handley, Contractor, Percussion, Education Director Musical Affiliations: Chicago Sinfonietta, Tower Brass, Lyric Opera (extra), Grant Park Symphony (extra), Broadway in Chicago Academic Affiliations: DePaul University, BM and MM Musical Passions: World music, film music Outside Interests: Movies, hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328639820-YDJJKQ0WTGNJKDJ77HFL/Paula-168x260.jpg Ensemble Paula Kosower, Cello Musical Affiliations: Music Institute of Chicago, Chicago Philharmonic, WFMT, and extra with the Lyric Opera, CSO, Milwaukee Symphony Academic Affiliations: BM, MM Indiana University, DM Northwestern University, Faculty of North Park University, Northwestern, and DePaul Universities Musical Passions: Contemporary music, music of living composers, having the opportunity to meet and work with them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566333517187-Z4TDLRICBVEVDMBQAV5L/Roberts-173x260.jpg Ensemble Steve Roberts, Electric Guitar Musical Affiliations: Countless “almost made it” bands, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Symphony, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Numerous musical theater productions. Most recently: Sting’s THE LAST SHIP,Book of Mormon Academic Affiliations: MA Music Composition Governors State University, Improv study with the late great saxophonist Joe Daley Musical Passions: Experimental “New Music”, Jacob TV, Captain Beefheart, Fred Frith, Trip Hop (Massive Attack, Tricky), Jeff Beck Outside Interests: Great Danes, Martial Arts (Hapkido, Muay Thai), Espresso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566336485362-3TX6NUIQBHS8MVRXUWGQ/constance%25252Bvolk%25252Bsmiley%25252Bheadshot%25252B2016.jpg Ensemble Constance Volk, Flute constance volk (flutes, voice, visual art) is a founding member of ensemble dal niente. she performs with lookingglass theatre, fulcrum point new music project, chicago wind project, musical bridges to memory and vicarious tool tribute. constance has collaborated with ensemble adapter, alarm will sound, distractfold, spokane symphony, sympathy for astronauts, international contemporary ensemble and spektral quartet. she was awarded the ella fitzgerald award for outstanding vocalist at the essentially ellington competition. she won the concerto competition at musicfest northwest. constance works as a visual artist in a variety of styles. her paintings, poster art, coloring books and portraits can be viewed at constancevolk.com. art is the infinite playground of sensory exploration. art is the realm for contemplation and expansion of one’s perception. art is humankind’s mass reaction to its own existence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566327315968-N04WAQ8CH7B333PQGQJA/Huang-334x222.jpg Ensemble Kuang Hao, Piano Musical Affiliations: Fulcrum Point New Music Project and Chicago Philharmonic; Artistic Director, Make Music Chicago Academic Affiliations: Artist faculty – Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University; Adjunct faculty – Concordia University-Chicago Musical Passions: The beauty of ensemble playing, collaboration, teamwork, listening to one another, trusting one another, and working towards something that is greater than what can be accomplished alone. Outside Interests: Anything that involves my family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328280653-506GYZ6XEF488BZL3BR3/KevinHarrisonDarioAcosta.jpg Ensemble Kevin Harrison, Tuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566328799059-KCF8OSGW6B2WKHHBVCC2/andrew%2Bnogel.jpg Ensemble Andrew Nogal, Oboe Musical Affiliations: Grossman Ensemble, Dal Niente, Chicago Wind Project, Ritual Action, Lucerne Festival Alumni Academic Affiliations: Faculty, Loyola University Chicago Musical Passions: Chamber music Outside Interests: Coffee, dogs, public transit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566333612928-JSL4WT04ATP3GADFDR1D/Seko-334x222.jpg Ensemble Rika Seko, Violin Musical Affiliations: Grant Park Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Philharmonic Musical Passions: Other than New Music (of course!), my interest within classical music is always shifting. Outside Interests: Running nursery for Monarch Butterflies in summer. https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/aux-board daily 0.75 2025-09-02 https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/press daily 0.75 2019-08-22 https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/featured-artists daily 0.75 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/3daeb315-d4a8-4357-837a-05b4f2ca7eba/Victoria+Moreira+-+KAI220610_058f.jpeg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Violinist Victoria Moreira, founding member of the KAIA String Quartet, has performed extensively throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, Asia and South America. First Prizewinner of Viva El Tango Agustin Carlevaro Competition, Moreira’s diverse musical background keeps her involved internationally in the tango scene. As part of the KAIA String Quartet, she is a Delmark Artist and has released 4 albums. In 2018, KAIA was the resident ensemble of WFMT, Chicago’s classical station. Moreira is a violinist with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus. Additionally, she has been involved as a solo, chamber and orchestral musician in Chicago as concertmistress of Oistrakh Symphony, with which she played at Carnegie Hall, and Assistant Concertmaster of Northbrook Symphony. She has performed in the Chicago Latino Music Festival since 2007 and has been involved with the Chicago Tango Festival since 2006. In addition to the KAIA String Quartet, she has also collaborated with the Ondas Ensemble, Camerata Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, the Avalon String Quartet, the MAVerik Ensemble and National Chamber Ensemble of Uruguay. Moreira studied at Escuela Universitaria de Musica, Montevideo, Uruguay, received her Bachelor of Music at Roosevelt University, and her Master of Music and Artist Certificate at DePaul University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/2f414272-18f0-47bb-b52e-fb8fb06b949e/Nois3.1.jpg Featured Artists - Make it stand out ~Nois Take your preconceived notions of ‘noise’ and toss them out the window. Equal parts “fiendishly good and fiendishly goofy” (Chicago Tribune), ~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet dedicated to connecting with diverse audiences through the creation of new work. Since its founding in 2016, “~Nois continues to legitimize the saxophone quartet as a premiere ensemble formation for classical music” (thank you Brutal New Music) through commissioning repertoire that is thought-provoking, engaging, and honestly just really good, by some of today's most inspiring compositional voices. Hailed as “technically superb and musically brilliant” (Cleveland Classical), and renowned for their “supremely sensitive balance and control” (Chicago Classical Review), ~Nois has presented over 130 performances spanning 24 states over the past seven years. These engagements have included invitations to perform at some of the top festivals and concert series in the nation, including Big Ears, LONG PLAY, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Princeton Sound Kitchen, and the University of Chicago Presents Series. As educators, ~Nois has held residencies at some of the nation’s top academic institutions including the University of Chicago (Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence 2020/21), Princeton University (Princeton Sound Kitchen Residency 2023), Michigan State University (MSUFCU Entrepreneurial Ensemble in Residence), CU Boulder (Composition Department Ensemble in Residence 2020 - 2023), and more. The ensemble has also been awarded top prizes at numerous prestigious chamber music competitions including the M-Prize International Arts Competition, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and was once deemed “Too loud for the Farmers Market” (Local Evanston, Illinois 1st Ward Constituent). As proud residents of Chicago, the ensemble members seek to serve the diverse neighborhoods of the city through an annual season of self-presented concerts and programs. Each year, ~Nois’ Curiosity Series brings together Chicago residents and artists for an evening of music exclusively featuring the work of composers and performers with strong ties to the city, with a particular focus on advocating for younger creators in Chicago. The ensemble also enjoys bringing works written by their non-Chicago collaborators to the city through other local performances, such as the world premiere of Annika Socolofsky’s song cycle “I Tell You Me” at Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival in 2021. The piece was described as “among the most captivating compositions I heard the whole festival” by Hannah Edgar of the Chicago Tribune, and was subsequently listed as one of “Chicago’s Top 10 moments in classical music, opera, and jazz that defined 2021” (Chicago Tribune). Additionally, ~Nois serves Chicago youth through their Young Creators Fellowship, which selects two local high school-aged students each year to collaborate with the ensemble on new works for saxophone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/129157d9-a5bd-4c28-9ecb-814c11281579/CE_Insta+Grid_002.png Featured Artists Caitlin Edwards Caitlin Edwards is a classically trained violinist, arranger, recording artist, and teacher based in Chicago. She is a 2021 3Arts/Walder Foundation award recipient. Caitlin released her debut album Exhale in August of 2021. She has performed with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Nairobi Philharmonic, Grant Park Festival Orchestra, and Chicago Sinfonietta. She’s played and recorded with artists such as John Legend, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Common, and with PJ Morton’s on his “Gumbo Album”, for which she received a Grammy Certificate. She also recorded for the Disney movie score, The Lion King, with the ReCollective Orchestra at Sony Studios. Caitlin is co-curator of two Fulcrum Point program series: AuxIn: Connected! and Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/4af3f516-996b-4bf9-a485-290228c6d565/Julian+Foto+Definitiva+Showcase.jpeg Featured Artists - Make it stand out "Despite his relative youth, he has developed a remarkably mature theoretical and practical artistic ethos. An accomplished Dominican-American pianist based in [Chicago], he belongs to a generation of Dominicans in the diaspora who extend the nation’s musical traditions beyond its geographic boundaries with originality and disciplined artistry" Plenamar Magazine Dominican-American pianist and keyboardist, improviser, composer and educator from Chicago who has performed classical and jazz repertoire throughout the United States as well as in Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, France and Belgium. A classically trained artist, graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and a DePaul University National Concerto Competition First Prize Winner, their work has found a home in jazz performance, improvisation and cross-cultural collaboration since developing experimental collaborative programs as a founding member of the Peabody Improvisers Collective. Original compositions are central to two projects they direct: the Julián and Friends concert series at The Jazz Showcase, and Mamey, a project inspired in Dominico-Haitian music. Mamey completed a Spring South Arts Jazz Tour of the East Coast, and another recent tour that extended to the Caribbean, and will release its debut album in 2026 thanks to a Pathways to Jazz grant, a donor advised fund of the Boulder County Arts Alliance. As a curator at Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Julián continues to expand their practice as an improvisational pianist through performances locally, at the High Zero Festival (Baltimore), the Future Traditions Festival (Austin), and with The Bridge, a transatlantic network connecting French and North American improvisers. Their compositional work has led to participation in the Banff Centre’s Jazz and Sonic Arts Residency, and they were commissioned by the Yarn/Wire Institute to premiere new works at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, later performing those pieces at the invitation of the Dominican Embassy in Paris. Looking ahead, they are planning a research collaboration at IRCAM in Paris, where they will explore the intersection of linguistics and music improvisation. Julián has been in the faculty at The Music Offering in Evanston, Illinois and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in Chicago, and is a collaborative pianist at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, as well as the creator and host of “The Changes”, a multilingual monthly radio show that presents a mix of local and international jazz innovators, broadcast through Lumpen Radio. Among other distinctions, Julián studied with Warren Wolf as a recipient of the Merit School of Music's Alice S. Pfaelzer Tuition-Free Conservatory Blue Ribbon Scholarship for the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, the Albert and Rosa Silverman Memorial Scholarship and the Douglas and Hilda Perl Goodwin Endowed Piano Scholarship. They are a 2025 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Leadership Institute Fellow, a Chicago Park District Arts Partner, and attended the prestigious Aspen Music Festival, Gijón Piano Festival, Brevard Music Festival and Colburn Piano Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/ce170493-6e6e-48d8-b527-ea9764f296de/image-asset.jpeg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Shawn E. Okpebholo GRAMMY®-nominated for his latest solo album "Lord, How Come Me Here?"—a collection of reimagined Negro spirituals—and named one of the 2023 Musical America Top 30 Professionals of the Year, Nigerian-American composer Shawn E. Okpebholo's music resonates globally, earning widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike. The press has described his music as "devastatingly beautiful" and "fresh and new and fearless" (Washington Post), "affecting" (New York Times), "lyrical, complex, singular" (The Guardian), "searing" (Chicago Tribune), "dreamy, sensual" (Boston Globe), and "powerful" (BBC Music Magazine). Okpebholo has garnered numerous accolades, including awards from The Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Prize in Composition, the Music Publishers Association, ASCAP, and was awarded the Inaugural honoree of the Leslie Adams-Robert Owens Composition Award. Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, Barlow Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Tangeman Sacred Music Center, The Mellon Foundation, Wheaton College, and many others have supported the work of Okpebholo. Some notable commissions include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, United States Air Force Strings, Copland House Ensemble, Tanglewood, Aspen, and Newport Classical Music Festivals, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Imani Winds, Sparks and Wiry Cries, Urban Arias, and the Kennedy Center. His art songs have been presented in concert by the Chicago Lyric Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Portland Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera. His chamber music has been performed by eighth blackbird, Copland House Ensemble, Picosa, Fifth House Ensemble, Lincoln Trio, and others. Orchestras including the Chicago, Cincinnati, and Houston Symphonies and the Lexington Philharmonic have featured his music. Okpebholo has also collaborated with renowned solo artists including vocalists J'Nai Bridges, Lawrence Brownlee, Rhiannon Giddens, Will Liverman, Michael Michael Mayes, Ryan McKinney, and Tamera Wilson; pianists Aldo-López Gavilán, Mark Markham, Paul Sánchez, and Howard Watkins; and instrumentalists including Rachel Barton Pine, Steven Mead, and Adam Walker. His extensive artistic reach has led to regular performances at prestigious venues like Carnegie and Wigmore Halls, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Kimmel Centers, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PBS NewsHour and radio broadcasts across the country, including NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Morning Edition, SiriusXM's "Living American" series on Symphony Hall Channel, and Chicago's WFMT have highlighted Okpebholo's music. NPR selected his art song "The Rain" as one of the 100 Best Songs of 2021, with only a handful of classical works making the ranking. His compositions are featured on twelve commercially released albums, three of which are GRAMMY®-nominated. As a pedagogue, Okpebholo has conducted masterclasses at various academic institutions worldwide, including two universities in Nigeria. His research interests have led to ethnomusicological fieldwork in both East and West Africa, resulting in compositions, transcriptions, and academic lectures. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in composition from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati. During his upbringing, a significant part of his music education came from The Salvation Army church, where he received free music lessons regularly. Inspired by that altruism, Okpebholo is deeply passionate about music outreach to underserved communities. Recently, he completed a residency with the Chicago Opera Theater, culminating in the premiere of his opera, "The Cook-Off," with librettist Mark Campbell (librettist of the Pulitzer-prize-winning opera Silent Night). Currently, he serves as the Jonathan Blanchard Distinguished Professor of Composition at Wheaton College-Conservatory of Music and the Saykaly Garbulinska Composer-in-Residence with the Lexington Philharmonic. Shawn E. Okpebholo is based in Wheaton, IL, a suburb of Chicago, with his wife, violist Dorthy, and their daughters, Eva and Corinne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/4fb020b3-5b77-4c6d-b2e5-cfba972888c6/P1020292+%282%29.jpg Featured Artists Fernanda Aoki Navarro Fernanda Aoki Navarro is a musician born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, based in California. She earned a BA in Music Composition from Universidade de São Paulo, a Masters degree from UC Santa Cruz and a PhD from UC San Diego. She's currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard. She works with acoustic and electroacoustic music, performance art and sound installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/c5cb63d9-fda6-4274-9b56-c2609a399a32/HadaniTaniaLeon-smaller%2Bcopy.jpg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Tania León Tania León (b. Havana, Cuba) is highly regarded as a composer, conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations. Her orchestral work Stride, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music. In 2022, she was named a recipient of the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. In 2023, she was awarded the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from Northwestern University. Most recently, León became the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s next Composer-in-Residence—a post she will hold for two seasons, beginning in September 2023. She will also hold Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair for its 2023-2024 season. Recent premieres include works for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Grossman Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Modern Ensemble, Jennifer Koh’s project Alone Together, and The Curtis Institute. Appearances as guest conductor include Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Gewandhausorchester, Orquesta Sinfónica de Guanajuato, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuba, among others. Upcoming commissions feature a work for the League of American Orchestras, and a work for Claire Chase, flute, and The Crossing Choir with text by Rita Dove. A founding member and first Music Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, León instituted the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series, co-founded the American Composers Orchestra’s Sonidos de las Américas Festivals, was New Music Advisor to the New York Philharmonic, and is the founder/Artistic Director of Composers Now, a presenting, commissioning and advocacy organization for living composers. Honors include the New York Governor’s Lifetime Achievement, inductions into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and fellowship awards from ASCAP Victor Herbert Award and The Koussevitzky Music and Guggenheim Foundations, among others. She also received a proclamation for Composers Now by New York City Mayor, and the MadWoman Festival Award in Music (Spain). León has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Colgate University, Oberlin, SUNY Purchase College, and The Curtis Institute of Music, and served as U.S. Artistic Ambassador of American Culture in Madrid, Spain. A CUNY Professor Emerita, she was awarded a 2018 United States Artists Fellowship, Chamber Music America’s 2022 National Service Award, and Harvard University’s 2022 Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award. In 2023, Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library acquired Tania’s León’s archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/b08752a5-29e8-4d73-9d69-d9f4c52413f3/Jacob+TV2021_+%282%29.jpg Featured Artists JacobTV Dutch ‘avant pop’ composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis, 1951) started as a rock musician and studied composition and electronic music with Luctor Ponse and Willem Frederik Bon at the Groningen Conservatoire. He received the Composition Prize of the Netherlands in 1980 and became a full time composer, who soon made a name for himself with melodious compositions, straight from the heart and with great effect. The press called him the ‘Jeff Koons of new music’ and his ‘coming-out’ as a composer of ultra-tonal music reached a climax with the video Oratorio Paradiso based on Dante’s Divina Commedia. In the US they call him JacobTV. Sounds cool, just like his music, packed with slick sounds and quirky news samples. "I pepper my music with sugar," he says. You can not accuse him of complex music, but some of his pieces are so intense, that people get freaked out by it. Or simply blown away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/6140fb09-a2de-4a4b-8eeb-5618230e40a8/kahil_elzabar2+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg Featured Artists Kahil El'Zabar Kahil El'Zabar is a jazz multi-instrumentalist (mainly a percussionist) and composer. He regularly records for Delmark Records. He attended Lake Forest College and joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the early 1970s, and became its chairman in 1975. During the 1970s, he formed the musical groups Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, both of which remain active. Musicians with whom Kahil EL'Zabar has collaborated include Dizzy Gillespie, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Pharoah Sanders, and Billy Bang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/a4a85382-f446-46e2-a2be-a7d8bbe6acbb/Joelle+Lamarre+photo+by+Eddie+Lamarre+-+Copy.jpeg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/b57f5fe6-af74-418d-8a4c-f948fdd4086e/NYP1920-JoanT-1275x710+%282%29.jpg Featured Artists Joan Tower Joan Tower is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by The New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time," her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world. After gaining recognition for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia (1981), a tone poem which structurally depicts a giant tree from trunk to needles, she has gone on to compose a variety of instrumental works including Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, which is something of a response to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, the Island Prelude, five string quartets, and an assortment of other tone poems. Tower was pianist and founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, which commissioned and premiered many of her early works, including her widely performed Petroushskates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/a0b952eb-20e2-4448-924e-3186ab61d7d1/VijayIyer_EbruYildiz_282_%282%29.jpg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/72217498-bfb8-44c4-9847-8b6687d796c5/_+4+%282%29.jpg Featured Artists Angelo Hart Pianist and composer Angelo Hart has always had a unique and expressive approach to his instrument. Angelo has spent personal time studying jazz and classical legends such as Thelonius Monk, Art Tatum, Cecil Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea, Debussy, Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven and many more. Time spent with the great educators and musicians in Chicago, along with his natural innovative musicianship has molded him into the great musician that he is today. He approaches the piano with command and finesse, displaying a unique relationship and connection between the two of them. Angelo is co-curator of two Fulcrum Point program series: AuxIn: Connected! and Discoveries: Hear & Be Heard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1afe1198-fa23-4691-9045-cc5eeb3dabc2/heidi.jpg Featured Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/volunteer-form daily 0.75 2019-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566402995716-UN9ZY3NMZRJ7X6R0XOOW/17th+Concert+For+Peach+Fulcrum+Point.jpg Volunteer Form https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/internships daily 0.75 2019-09-20 https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/our-story daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/1566498635865-KAKFC66LDAASKF253VIO/FulcrumPoint_12.19.18_by_ElliotMandel-5.jpg Our Story https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/our-mission daily 0.75 2021-02-19 https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/founder daily 0.75 2023-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cc098c13560c335bd7aa914/f53cdaf3-550f-45e8-928a-190cba4cbe8c/FulcrumConcert_Photo_by_JoshRzepka+%28svburns1%29.jpeg Founder & Artistic Director - Stephen Burns, A rtistic Director & Founder Conductor, composer and trumpeter Stephen Burns is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project in Chicago. He has been acclaimed on four continents for his virtuosity and interpretative depth in recitals, orchestral appearances, chamber music, and multi-media performances. He has worked closely with composers John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Gunther Schuller, Jacob TV, and La Monte Young. Native to Wellesley, Massachusetts, Mr. Burns studied under Carmine Caruso, Armando Ghitalla, Arnold Jacobs, Vincent Penzarella, Gerard Schwarz, Pierre Thibaud, William Vacchiano, and Roger Voisin at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Julliard School, and postgraduate work in Paris. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Avery Fisher Career Grant, the NEA Recital Grant, the Naumburg Award, the Charles Colin Award, the Meier Arts Achievement Award, and the Maurice André Concours International de Paris. Mr. Burns is a former tenured Professor of Music at Indiana University , a certified teacher in The Art of Practicing and Performing, and Visiting Lecturer at Northwestern University, as well as with Amici della Musica in Florence, Italy. CDs at Naxos, MHS, Dorian, Delos, Essay, Kleos, & Innova. 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