Our 2021-2022 Season will kick off with a performance at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago on Wednesday, September 29 at 6pm.
Each work featured connects to our natural world and environmental sustainability. We will give the world premiere of our composer-in-residence Amos Gillespie’s new commission for our ensemble, The Entertainment of Being.
Additional pieces include Griffin Candey’s Buckboard Charlie, Gillespie’s Sunlit, Missy Mazzoli’s Still Life with Avalanche, and Laura Schwendinger’s Until the Sunrise.
We are excited to partner with the Honnold Foundation on behalf of this performance. The focus of this concert includes musical selections inspired by the environment, and for this reason we could think of no better organization to quite literally shine a solar-powered light on (or shall we say, play some tunes for) than the Honnold Foundation! As artists, we would like to give a nod to the Honnold Foundation for all of the important work they're doing around the world to fund solar power that will not only provide a brighter future, but will also help us find environmentally sound solutions towards ending global energy poverty. The Honnold Foundation routinely awards grants to community organizations whose projects are innovative and equity-focused and we believe in their work towards creating a world where all people have the ability to live in balance with the environment. It's an honor to perform this environmentally-inspired concert and we hope you'll head over to the Honnold Foundation website to learn more.
This event is free and live-streamed. Click here to register!