Access Contemporary Music performed compositions from Sonic Walkabout, a walking tour of Wicker Park that combines narrative storytelling, historical information and specially composed music inspired by neighborhood landmarks. ACM also performed compositions from their recent Thirsty Ears Festival.
Alyson Berger & David Keller: cello
Amos Gillespie: alto saxophone
Trevor Patricia Watkin: flute
Amy Wurtz: piano
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Assobio a Játo (The Jet Whistle)
III. Vivo
MUSIC FROM SONIC WALKABOUT
Seth Boustead: Quimby’s (for Quimby’s Bookstore)
Amy Wurtz: Fountain (for the Wicker Park Fountain)
Kyle Gregory Price: Nelson Algren’s House
Jonathan Hannau: The Flat Iron Arts Building
Angelo Hart: Suite (for the Chopin Theater)
Seth Boustead: The Real World (for the Real World House)
Trevor Patricia Watkin: Time’s Arrow (for Milwaukee Avenue)
Amos Gillespie: The Polish Triangle
Tina Davidson: Hum
Liduino Pitombeira: Sonata No. 3
I. Aurora
II. Bergamasca
III. Desafi
Access Contemporary Music is a non-profit organization with the mission of bringing creativity to life every day through concerts of the music of living composers, storefront music schools that teach creativity, innovative commissioning projects and exciting festivals like the Sound of Silent Film and Thirsty Ears.
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