Monday, March 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Whitney Johnson (viola, voice), Lia Kohl (cello, voice), Macie Stewart (violin, voice), “Stone I Piece,” Chicago (The Land School), 2025
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Category: violin
2026
Saturday, February 28th
sounds of Chicago
Music for Union Station, Lia Kohl (composition, cello), Dorothy Carlos (cello), Zachary Good (bass clarinet), Gerrit Hatcher (tenor saxophone) Riley Leitch (trombone), Nick Meryhew (trombone), Beth McDonald (tuba), Zach Moore (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Macie Stewart (violin), performed 5/15/25 (Union Station, Chicago [rush hour]), published January 16, 2026
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
2026
Wednesday, January 14th
alone
Reiko Füting, “passage: time (copy)”; Miranda Cuckson (violin), 2025
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2025
Friday, July 18th
like nobody else
Terry Riley (June 24, 1935-, composer, musician), 90th birthday celebration, live, New York, 6/24/25: The Holy Liftoff (2024), Claire Chase (flutes); In C (1964), large ensemble
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2025
Wednesday, July 9th
what’s new (timeless, too)
In a hurry? Don’t miss the excerpt from Ravel’s lone string quartet (9:15-).
Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, violin; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; András Fejér, cello), live (Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42: IV. Finale; Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Flow: III. Quark Scherzo; Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif – très rythmé), Washington, D.C., published 7/7/25
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2025
Friday, May 23rd
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, violin, compositions), Soliloquies and Resonance, live, New York, 3/26/25
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yesterday, outside Chicago
2024
Saturday, December 14th
like nobody else
Albert Ayler Quintet (AA [1938-1970], tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Michel Samson, violin; Bill Folwell, bass; Beaver Harris, drums), “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), live (TV), Germany (Munich), 1966
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
2024
Saturday, November 30th
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Thursday, November 28th
sounds of London
Leonkoro Quartet (Jonathan Schwarz, violin; Amelie Wallner, violin; Mayu Konoe, viola; Lukas Schwarz, cello), live, London, 11/21/24: Joseph Haydn (String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5 [“The Dream”]), 2:00-; Felix Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2), 22:30-; Giacomo Puccini (Chrisantemi), 53:00-
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yesterday, outside Chicago
2024
Wednesday, November 20th
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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