CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ CONSORTIUM (C3)

CHICAGO, IL

april 5, 2025 7:30PM

Chicago Composers’ Consortium is thrilled to welcome Yarn/Wire, a phenomenal New York quartet of two pianists and two percussionists, in a program of World Premieres written expressly for Yarn/Wire. Music of five Chicago composers plus the Chicago premiere of Steve Reich’s iconic ‘Quartet’, which Reich calls “one of the more complex I have composed.”

Chicago Composers’ Consortium (C3) is a composer-led collective which promotes the creation, performance and promulgation of new music by Chicago composers. Over its 35-year history, C3 has produced hundreds of concerts and events, presenting the works of emerging and established composers alike, and collaborating with other ensembles in the creation of unique musical events. What sets C3 apart from other contemporary music organizations is a history of innovative composer-generated collaborative projects and a spirit of adventure, with a focus on works by little known and emerging composers who are deserving of a larger audience.

PROGRAM

Ascensions – Timothy Dwight Edwards *
‘After Clouds,…’ – Elizabeth Start *
Au revoir a soi – Timothy Ernest Johnson *
Game of Fibs – Amos Gillespie *
Before the Light – K.C. Ginther *

Quartet - Steve Reich

*world premiere by C3 composer