To celebrate his 50th birthday, percussionist Greg Beyer performs the world premieres of new works by David Maki and José Henrique Soares, plus a new arrangement of Afro-Cuban sacred oro seco batá drumming for the Afro-Brazilian berimbau. Joined by some incredibly talented colleagues, friends, and students, this will be a musical celebration to remember.

Featuring special guests:

Mabel Kwan

Juan Pastor

Jean-Christophe LeRoy, Christian Baugher, Jonah Payne
and Arcomusical (Ethan Martin, Raychel Taylor, Matt Schneider)

Geof Bradfield, Dave Miller, and Matt Ulery

Featuring the premiere of a new, concert-length work for three bassoons and electronics, co-composed by Ben Roidl-Ward, Katie Young, and Dana Jessen.

Ensemble Dal Niente presents works by Stanford University graduate composers in a free-to-the-public evening program at Nichols Hall, followed by a reception. The concert will feature four world premieres for large ensemble, and marks the culmination of a week-long residency between Dal Niente and the Stanford music department. 

Program (* indicates world premiere)

Clara Allison and Julie Zhu, Lighthouse* for large ensemble
Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, In-Betweenness* for large ensemble
Tatiana Catanzaro, Traces fouillis gris pâle presque blanc sur blanc (2007) for violin, viola, and cello
Seán Ó Dálaigh, La luz de la mañana* for large ensemble
Utku Asuroglu, Untitled* for large ensemble

composer bios and program notes

Music for flute, harp, viola, and electronics by members of the Chicago Composers Consortium.

Sets by Alejandro Acierto, Mabel Kwan, and Jesse Langen.

In 2019, Ensemble Dal Niente met up in Berlin with the Distractfold Ensemble, a brilliant UK-based new music group, to collaborate on some truly wild music. Now, Distractfold comes to Chicago, where they, along with Dal Niente and Ensemble 20+, will perform music for their blended ensembles, including George Lewis’s Connectome (2019), which was written for Dal Niente, Distractfold, and Ensemble Adapter and premiered in Berlin in 2019.

Dal Niente presents violinist Austin Wulliman along with percussionist Kyle Flens and pianist Winston Choi in a program of works that expand on significant current trends in string writing: post-Lachenmann noise in Ann Cleare's Inner for violin and piano, Andrew Greenwald’s expanded notational and hyper-virtuosic instrumental language, Tyshawn Sorey’s masterful recombination of Feldman-like harmonies with a wide range of musical influences, and Wulliman's own exploration of Just intonation in a new work for solo violin.

Program:

Tyshawn Sorey: Violin and Glockenspiel - In Memorium Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)*

Austin Wulliman: Frame for solo violin (2020)*

Ann Cleare: Inner for violin and piano (2009)*

Elliott Carter: Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)

Austin Wulliman: Insurgentes Sur for violin and piano (2020)*

Andrew Greenwald: A Thing Made Whole for solo violin (2016)*

Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts II for violin and piano (1963) 

*Denotes Chicago Premiere

Co-imagined by Ensemble Dal Niente and The Boxcar, Open Structures is an improvisational collaboration bringing together ten artists from many disciplines to create a shared language of sound, movement, and space. Guided by director Kristen Johnson, this year-long experiment-in-progress will be open to audiences on January 20, February 3, and February 17, 2020 at The Boxcar (1113 W Berwyn, Chicago). Each evening will include different improvised performances by trios and quartets from the interdisciplinary ensemble, and audiences can expect intimate, engaging experiences in which they witness the creative process in real time.

Co-imagined by Ensemble Dal Niente and The Boxcar, Open Structures is an improvisational collaboration bringing together ten artists from many disciplines to create a shared language of sound, movement, and space. Guided by director Kristen Johnson, this year-long experiment-in-progress will be open to audiences on January 20, February 3, and February 17, 2020 at The Boxcar (1113 W Berwyn, Chicago). Each evening will include different improvised performances by trios and quartets from the interdisciplinary ensemble, and audiences can expect intimate, engaging experiences in which they witness the creative process in real time.

Co-imagined by Ensemble Dal Niente and The Boxcar, Open Structures is an improvisational collaboration bringing together ten artists from many disciplines to create a shared language of sound, movement, and space. Guided by director Kristen Johnson, this year-long experiment-in-progress will be open to audiences on January 20, February 3, and February 17, 2020 at The Boxcar (1113 W Berwyn, Chicago). Each evening will include different improvised performances by trios and quartets from the interdisciplinary ensemble, and audiences can expect intimate, engaging experiences in which they witness the creative process in real time.

SUNDAY JUNE 16, 2019 @ 3PM (VIP)/ 4PM (General)

It's time for Dal Niente's 2019 Party! This year's Party features the Chicago premiere of Anthony Cheung's new work, co-commissioned with the L.A. Philharmonic, as well as works by Erin Gee and Igor Santos.

Tickets are $80 VIP, $50 general, and $25 student online, or $90/$60/$30 at the door. VIP tickets include admission to a special pre-concert VIP hour from 3-4 PM, full open bar (beer, wine, and cocktails), and food, with a special group ticket price of $300 for a table of four. The general ticket price includes an open bar and food, while the student ticket price includes food and a cash bar.

PROGRAM:

Erin Gee- Segment of the 4th letter (2007) for bass flute, Bb clarinet, percussion, viola, cello 
Anthony Cheung - new work for large ensemble (2019) (Chicago Premiere)*
Igor Santos - two, two (2015) for octet
Anthony Braxton - Composition nos. 193 (1996) & 228 (1997) for large ensemble
Emma Hospelhorn - Crust, Mantle, Core (2019) for flute
Kyong Mee Choi - Vanished (2019) for harp and electronics

Live DJ set by Murat Çolak

*This work is supported in part by Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.