Past Performances

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PAST PERFORMANCES

Season 2006 - 2007

Season 2005 - 2006

Season 2007 - 2008 :

ensemble dal niente

DYNAMICS AND GESTURE

Monday, June 2 7PM

Free!

Claudia Cassidy Hall at the Cultural Center of Chicago

78 East Washington Street

Chicago, IL

Composers: György Kurtág, Stefan Kellar, Edgar Varèse, Jonathon Harvey & Kyong Mee Choi

Featured Artists: Michael Henoch and Michael McBride (conductors), Sandra Gu (piano solo), Shanna Gutierrez (flute solo), Constance Schoepflin (flute), Alejandro Acierto (clarinet), Andy Nogal (oboe), Kirstin Haaheim (bassoon), Matt Oliphant (horn), Brett Johnson (trombone), Mabel Kwan (piano), Janelle Lake (harp), Peter Martin (percussion), Austin Wulliman and Chihsuan Yang (violin), Ammie Brod (viola), Chris Wild (cello) and Jeremy Attenaseo (bass)

MURMURS AND WAVES

Saturday, May 10 8PM

$14/$7
Ganz Hall at Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University

430 S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL

Composers: Martha Horst, Evan Johnson Alvin Lucier, Wolfgang Rihm, Toru Takemitsu & Jay Alan Yim
Featured Artists: Gareth Davis (guest clarinet), Michael Lewanski (conductor), Constance Schoepflin (flute), Ted Mulvey (clarinet), Matt Oliphant (horn), Mark Holley (trombone), Mabel Kwan (piano), Anne Donaldson (violin), Austin Wulliman (violin), Chris Wild (cello), Janelle Lake (harp), Eric Derr (percussion) and Peter Martin (percussion)

ALL BERIO

Saturday, March 15 8PM
Free!
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
5811 S Ellis Avenue

Chicago, IL

Music by Luciano Berio featuring dal niente's "ai ensemble": Alejandro Acierto (clarinet) and Isabel Castellvi (cello), Amanda DeBoer (soprano) and more!

JACK Quartet

:DAL NIENTE PRESENTS:

JACK QUARTET: "JACK in the Dark"

Thursday, March 13 - 8pm (Free!)
University of Chicago Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL

The JACK Quartet will surround the audience at this concert, performing Georg Friedrich Haas' String Quartet No. 3 "In iij Noct" in total darkness.

REPETITION AND LOOPS

Sunday, March 9 2PM

$5 cover

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
4802 N. Broadway Ave.

Chicago, IL

Music by guest composer Mark-Anthony Turnage (above right), Frederic Rzewski and more, featuring guest pianist Matthew McCright (above left), Masahito Sugihara (saxophone) & ensemble dal niente conducted by Michael Lewanski

SONGS, DANCES, SERENADES

Wednesday, January 23 8pm

$14/$7

Ganz Hall at Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University

430 S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL

Composers: Augusta Read Thomas, Aaron Travers, Michael McBride, Kirsten Broberg and Oliver Knussen

Featured Artists: Michael Lewanski and Michael McBride (conductors), Carrie Henneman Shaw (soprano), Constance Schoepflin (flute), Alejandro Acierto (clarinet), Austin Wulliman (violin), Anne Donaldson (violin), Chris Wild (cello), Maureen Zoltek (piano), Mabel Kwan (piano) and Eric Derr (percussion)

ai ensemble

AI ENSEMBLE

Alejandro Acierto (clarinet) and Isabel Castellvi (cello)

AI PROGRAM I

Wednesday, December 19 6:30PM

Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia
Chicago, IL
Composers: Gilbert Galindo, Shulamit Ran, Jonathon Kirk, Aaron Ross, Jay Vilnai and Iannis Xenakis

AI PROGRAM II

Friday, December 21 8PM
$10/$5
Ossia Fine Arts Space - Fine Arts Building
410 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 537
Chicago, IL
Composers: Scott Scharf, David Grant, Luciano Berio, Kaija Saariaho, Liza Lim, Kirsten Broberg and Tim McCormack

AI PROGRAM I

Wednesday, December 12 7:30pm
$5 cover
The Tank, Tribeca
279 Church St. (between Franklin and White)
New York, NY
Composers: Scott Scharf, David Grant, Luciano Berio, Kaija Saariaho, Liza Lim, Kirsten Broberg and Timothy McCormack

AI PROGRAM II

Thursday, December 13 8pm
$5 suggested donation
Secret Project Robot, Williamsburg
210 Kent Ave.
New York, NY
Composers: Gilbert Galindo, Shulamit Ran, Jonathon Kirk, Aaron Ross, Jay Vilnai and Iannis Xenakis

AI PROGRAM III

Sunday, December 16 7pm
Goodbye Blue Monday, Bushwick

1087 Broadway
New York, NY
Composers: Iannis Xenakis, Jonathon Kirk, Scott Scharf, Kaija Saariaho, Liza Lim, Kirsten Broberg and Timothy McCormack

SAX AND VIOLINS

Sunday, December 2 2PM

$5 Cover

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, IL
Composers: Lee Hyla, Christian Lauba, David Reminick, Christopher Fisher-Lochhead, Radiohead songs arranged by Cliff Colnot and Kirsten Broberg

Featured Artists: featuring Masahito Sugihara (saxophone), Austin Wulliman and Anne Donaldson (violins), Anita Chandavarkar (flute), Alejandro Acierto (clarinet), Chris Wild (cello), Mabel Kwan (piano) and Eric Derr (percussion) led by conductor Michael Lewanski.

TEXT AND TIME

Sunday, October 21 6PM
Ossia Fine Arts Gallery - Fine Arts Building
10 S. Michigan Avenue Suite 537
Chicago, IL
Chicago-based comopser Drew Baker's new work Inter will be performed within a new installation by his brother Brett Baker, a New York-based, Guggenheim-winning painter. This performance will take place at Ossia Space - an intimate alternative space for new music and art in the history Fine Arts Building in Chicago. Inter will be performed by Constance Schoepflin (flute), Alejandro Acierto (clarinet), Austin Wulliman (violin) and Karen Schulz Harmon (cello).

Friday, October 19 8PM
Free!
Zhou Brothers Art Gallery
1029 W. 35th St.
Chicago, IL
Composers: Claude Vivier, Drew Baker, Michael McBride, Robert Reinhart and Karlheinz Stockhausen

Painter: Brett Baker

Featured Artists: Michael Lewanski and Jeff Nelson (conductors), Carrie Henneman Shaw (soprano), ensemble dal niente and guest vocalists

URSULARIA (Fully Staged Opera)

Thursday, October 18 8PM
Friday, October 19 9pm
Zhou Brothers Art Gallery
1029 W. 35th St.
Chicago, IL

Composer: Nicholas DeMaison

Featured Artists: Michael McBride (conductor), Majel Connery (soprano) and ensemble dal niente

DAL NIENTE (Season Opener)

October 4 @ 8pm
Free!
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
5811 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL
Composers: Helmut Lachenmann, Giacinto Scelsi, Joel Durand, Kirsten Broberg, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino
Featured artists: Gareth Davis (guest clarinet), Michael Lewanski (conductor), Constance Schoepflin (flute), Alejandro Acierto (clarinet), Andy Nogal (oboe), Matt Oliphant (horn), Austin Wulliman (violin), Chris Wild (cello) and more!

"from nothing."