October 29, 2020 at 7:30pm CT

The Chicago Composers’ Consortium

Joao Oliveira - La Mer Emeraude [8:11]
Kyong Mee Choi - Until Heard (2019) [10:20]
Mitch Weakley - Synthetechnica (2020) (premiere) [9:00]
Timothy Johnson - Lituus (2020) [7:30]

INTERMISSION

Eric Mandat - Chiral Symmetries (2013):
I. Stars Twinkle, Planets Shine [2:30]
IV. Origins [4:00]
VI. The Universe Stops Expanding Briefly to Offer Advice [4:00]
Mengmeng Wang - Formulas (2020) (premiere) [7:30]
Tim Edwards - (name TBD) (2020) [4:30]
Kathleen Ginther - The Space Between [7:30]
Eric Mandat - The Isoletudes (2020) [12:00]

The Chicago Composers’ Consortium will continue its tradition of presenting a concert celebrating electro-acoustic works on October 29 at 7:30 PM. This program will be in a virtual format in conjunction with Experimental Sound Studio.

Clarinetist and composer Eric Mandat, a longtime friend of the CCC, is our featured guest. He will play three movements of his 2013 work Chiral Symmetries and an excerpt of his new work The Isoletudes. Eric will also play a new work by emerging composer Mengmeng Wang titled Formulas and a work by Consortium member Kathleen Ginther, The Line Between, that was written specifically for him. Lituus for 2 clarinets, 4 guitars and video by Timothy Ernest Johnson was also written specifically for this occasion.

Another emerging composer, Mitch Weakley, will premiere his Synthetechnica for fixed media.

We are also delighted to present the beautiful and imaginative work La Mer Émeraude for fixed media by Joao Oliveira, which won the 2020 Chicago Composers Consortium Composition Competition. This exceptional piece was chosen from among 49 entries from around the world.

Two other premieres will round out this varied program. Until Heard, for piano and electronics, by Kyong Mee Choi, and a new work by Timothy Edwards for electronics with video.

Please join us for this exciting online presentation of some of the newest works on the planet!