>Members of contemporary music group Ensemble Dal Niente respond to works from the Art Institute collection with a series of in-gallery performances. The event concludes with a large-scale performance in Griffin Court of Artificial Life (2007), a work by composer and musician George Lewis that strives for a structured improvisation experience through an open form score.
>6:00 – 6:30pm
Gallery 109
Alejandro Acierto, contrabass clarinet
>6:30 – 7:00pm
Gallery 161
Katie Young, bassoon
Amanda Deboer Bartlett, voice
>7:00 – 7:30pm
Griffin Court
>*Museum admission is free for Illinois residents every Thursday, 5:00–8:00—including during this event.
>This program is one in a series of special events presented by Ensemble Dal Niente and George Lewis at the museum. Learn more about their collaboration, and join us for these other related programs:Artists Connect: George Lewis on Assemblage
In this in-gallery conversation, composer and musician George Lewis explores the assemblage approach to art making in the work of artist Joseph Cornell. Assemblage: Ensemble Dal Niente Presents the Music of George Lewis
Chicago-based contemporary music group Ensemble Dal Niente present the record release concert of Assemblage, a collaboration with composer George Lewis.
>Support for Live Arts programming is provided by the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago.
>About the Artists
>Ensemble Dal Niente is a Chicago-based contemporary music collective that presents and performs new music in ways that redefine the listening experience and advance the art form. The programming, brought to life by a flexible repertoire-based instrumentation, seeks to challenge convention and create engaging, inspiring, and immersive experiences which connect audiences with the music of today.
>George Lewis is the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, Lewis has made over 120 recordings as composer or performer, and his publications on experimental music appear regularly in scholarly and popular journals.
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