Dialogues No. 15

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LISTEN. COMMUNICATE. RELATE.

Composers Now is collaborating with Chicago composers and ensembles to host the fifteenth edition of Dialogues, a program launched in 2015 designed to bring together audiences and composers through conversation and live performances. Co-hosted by Composers Now Founder/Artistic Director Tania León and Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) chair Coco Elysses, this event features compositions by Edward Wilkerson Jr, Sophie McMillan-Myers, and Kari Watson played by members of the AACM, Ensemble Dal Niente,and the Grossman Ensemble. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

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PROGRAM

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The Wild Iris - Kari Watson

Zach Good, clarinet

Lena Vidulich, violin

Chris Wild, cello

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Hollow, Bright - Sophie McMillan-Myers

(originally for flute and percussion, world premiere of the soprano saxophone version)

Phil Pierick, soprano saxophone

John Corkill, percussion

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The Autumn of the Patriarch - Edward Wilkerson Jr.

Ronnie Malley, oud

Dushun Mosley, percussion

Jamie Kempkers, cello

Jeff Harris, bass

Fred Jackson, woodwinds

Edward Wilkerson, woodwinds