Landmark festival celebrates French composer
Music lovers to converge on campus to hear and discuss musical pioneer Olivier Messiaen.
View ArticleThree UChicago faculty members honored –with Guggenheim Foundation fellowships
Three UChicago faculty members are among the 180 artists, scientists and scholars to earn fellowships this year from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . They are Margaret M. Mitchell,...
View ArticlePtaszynska to serve as artistic director of Contempo
Award-winning composer Marta Ptaszynska will succeed Shulamit Ran as the artistic director of Contempo , the University of Chicago’s renowned contemporary music collective. [view:story=block_1] Ran,...
View ArticleContempo Ensemble Celebrates 50 Years With Series Of Concerts
Article features University of Chicago’s Contempo on its 50th anniversary
View ArticleContempo’s new artistic director continues season with return of...
Contempo , the University of Chicago’s renowned music collective, continues its 51st season , and its first under new artistic director Marta Ptaszyńska, with a return of the Contempo-Jazz Double Bill...
View ArticleEar Taxi Festival highlights UChicago’s contribution to new music in Chicago
The Ear Taxi Festival —a first-of-its-kind celebration of contemporary music in Chicago—will send listeners on a joy ride through Chicago’s vibrant contemporary music scene from Oct. 5 to 10....
View ArticleUChicago launches center for contemporary composition
The University of Chicago has established the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition , which will serve as a collaborative environment for the creation, performance and study of music, as well as...
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