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Pivotal Moments - Picosa Music The final program in Picosa’s season brings together multiple works that represent pivotal moments in classical music history. Many consider Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun to be the moment when the seeds of atonality took root, which...

🎉🙌Tonight’s the night! Rehearsals have been fun!

🎟Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/Picosa-PivotalMoments

TONIGHT! Join Third Coast Percussion on May 3, 7:30pm at DePaul University School of Music’s Holtschneider Performance Center for “Jessie Montgomery + TCP”, an extraordinary new collaboration between these two Chicago GRAMMY® winners!

Tickets are available now: https://bit.ly/Jessie-Plus-TCP 🎟️🔗

$50 Premium* / $25 General / $10 Student
Use ticket code TCP5 for $5 off a general ticket or STUDENT5 for $5 off a student ticket.

Don’t miss this dynamic collaboration that equally showcases Montgomery’s excellence as visionary creator and virtuosic performer. The Chicago premiere of her first-ever work for percussion quartet is paired with Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra, where she joins TCP on stage as violin soloist.

We can't wait to see you there; get your tickets now!
🎟️🔗: https://bit.ly/Jessie-Plus-TCP

* - includes premium seating and a post-concert reception with the artists

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🌷Spring is almost here.... We are thrilled to present Appalachian Spring on February 29th. We thoroughly enjoyed performing it in January at Wheaton College Conservatory's Amerding Concert Hall.

🎼Aaron Copland is an American composer and wrote Appalachian Spring in 1944 for 13 instruments and then later for full orchestra. Picosa's composer-in-residence Jonathon Kirk transcribed Appalachian Spring especially for Picosa's instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

🎻After Jonathon finished the score it was sent to the Copland Estate for approval. They carefully went through the entire score, made one change, and gave us approval to perform this version!

🎟We hope you'll join us on February 29th at DePaul to hear it live!
tickets here: https://music.depaul.edu/concerts-events/Pages/Box-Office.aspx?dpusearchbyid=1189

👀Until then please enjoy the January performance at Amerding link below.

https://youtu.be/qNtOcqAQLqU?si=6pwMxYH1fSUkD0Hc

Congrats to Kyle Richard Carlos Rivera!!!!!

We will be performing "Anaglyph" on May 8th at De Paul University!

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Season Opener!

Here we go! We can’t wait to perform for you soon!!! Our season opener uplifts with beautiful melodies, dances and thoughts of rotary phones.

Join us at De Paul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center on Friday, September 29th.

Tickets are $25 and Students are always FREE!!!!

It's Concert Day!!!!!

Today is all about Art & Music! We hope to see you at Epiphany Center for the Arts at 2:00pm.

Check out this video of Renee' C. Baker discussing "Red Sandal's Flux" that we'll be premiering today!

Mini Composer Conversation with Picosa, featuring Renee' C. Baker, Red Sandal's Flux *world premiere Please enjoy as Jennie Oh Brown speaks with Renee's C. Baker about her brand new piece, Red Sandal's Flux, that will be premiered by Picosa on May 28th, 2023...

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Augusta Read Thomas
Plea for Peace
Picosa performs the version for alto flute and string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)

Tuesday, May 9th at 7pm at DePaul University's Holtschneider Performance Center
Tickets: https://events.depaul.edu/event/picosa_presents_strings_may_2023

Augusta Read Thomas wrote Plea for Peace as a vocalise (without text) so that it could be versatile and performed by anyone, anywhere in the world, with any instruments or voices.

We find that it truly speaks to the human spirit and we know it will speak to you.

Fun Fact: Picosa's relationship with Gusty started in our first season when we approached her about a potentially new version of S**t. She was extremely receptive and we treasure the time we spent with her workshopping the piece. This new version of S**t is now published for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

Fun Fact No. 2: Picosa gave the premiere of the Alto Flute version of Plea for Peace!

During the pandemic Jennie interviewed Gusty about S**t, Plea for Peace and all of the amazing work she does for the music community.

Please take a listen to this video to learn more, and be sure to stay to the end to hear Plea for Peace!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwYRK0ibnCM

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Mozart edition!

We are thrilled to be performing the Mozart Clarinet Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) on May 9th at DePaul University.

Tickets: https://events.depaul.edu/event/picosa_presents_strings_may_2023

Lucky for clarinetists of the world, Mozart met Anton Stadler and was inspired to write music for clarinet. From this relationship we have the Clarinet Concerto K.622 and the Kegelsttatt Trio K. 498 in addition to the quintet.

The Clarinet Quintet K. 581 was written in 1789 for Stadler.
For those who like math that's 234 years ago.

In this piece you'll hear 4 movements that follow roughly these tempos/feels: fast, slow, dance-like, theme & variations.

The style/writing is very similar to the Clarinet Concerto with the 2nd movements (slow ones) being especially similar. Need something to listen to while you work today? Compare these two slow movements and let us know what you think!

Here is one of our favorite live recordings of the quintet: Sabine Meyer, Queen Goddess of the clarinet, and the Armida Quartet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTNbclgU3h4

What does the K. number mean anyway?
It's a numbering system created in 1862 by Ludwig von Köchel. Many tried to catalogue Mozart's works but Köchel was the one that succeeded in producing a comprehensive chronological listing. Many musicians refer to Mozart's music by the K number rather than the title. Proper clarinet nerds (clarinerds) often use K.622 as their usernames or license plates because that is the K number of the Clarinet Concerto.

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Join Third Coast Percussion May 2 (TODAY!) at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance for the Chicago debut of "Metamorphosis"!
Tickets are now available: https://bit.ly/TCP-HarrisTheater
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"Metamorphosis" features choreography by MAI (Jon Boogz and Lil Buck), performed and interpreted by Trent Jeray and Cameron Murphy, alongside music by Jlin, Tyondai Braxton, and Philip Glass (arranged by TCP). Get your tickets now!

🥳 Friends of Picosa: Use code TCP20 for 20% off tickets.

We are OVERJOYED to share this fantastic news!
Jennie Oh Brown is CYSO's next Executive Director!

It is with great excitement that we share that celebrated artist, arts administrator, educator, and visionary Jennie Oh Brown has been selected as CYSO’s next Executive Director! Read the full announcement on our blog: https://cyso.org/news/jennie-oh-brown-named-next-cyso-executive-director/

📷 by Forestt Strong Lafave

Student Composer Workshop with North Central College students is under way!

We love performing brand new music and discussing it with the composers. 🎶
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Concerts! Concerts! Everywhere!!!

Come see us TODAY at Elmhurst Univerity!

TOMORROW at North Central College!

MAY 9th at DePaul University!

May 28th at Epiphany Center for the Arts.

WOO SPRING!!!

More details on our website!!!

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Soundcheck time! See you at 7:00pm!

Check out all of these amazing events!!!! Intercultural Music Production, LLC

It's Concert Day!!!
If you can't attend in person you can watch via Zoom Webinar! Link here: https://linktr.ee/picosamusic

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Galina Ustvolskaya composed the Trio for clarinet, violin and piano while she was studying at the Leningrad Conservatory with Shostakovich.

Andrea (clarinet) says: "There is a beauty in Ms. Ustvolskaya's writing that I am truly enjoying. There are moments in this trio where I feel like I can get ALL of my emotions out!"

Take a listen to a few recordings before coming to the concert!

Read more about Galina Ustvolskaya here: http://ustvolskaya.org/eng/

We will be performing this piece tomorrow (Feb 5th) at Joliet Junior College and on Wed, Feb 8th at DePaul University. Check out our link tree for info! https://linktr.ee/picosamusic

Musiqa along with Atlanta Chamber Players, Decoda, Picosa, and SOLI Chamber Ensemble are proud to announce that Kyle Rivera has been awarded The Cross-Country Chamber Consortium's 2022 Black, Latinx and Indigenous Emerging Composer Commission!

Learn more here: https://musiqa.org/cross-country-chamber-consortium-2022-winner/

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Music is such a powerful force and this brand new work by Benjamin Horne is no different.

As humans many of us, if not all of us, have known loved ones who start to slip away due to memory loss and dementia. This piece takes us on a musical journey through that struggle.

We know that you'll be as touched as we are when you hear this piece. 💔

Benjamin Horne's Program Note:
I Remember You is a chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. The work is inspired by those who suffer from dementia and memory loss. As such, the work slowly unfolds revealing melody in the cello at the end that served as the basis for the work all along. The work begins in a foggy state like a brain not able to recognize even the familiar faces of one's life. Slowly, the music builds as the search begins to for old memories to return. Something clicks as the violin sings the
words "I remember you", first in consecutive half notes then later quarter
notes before the main theme is finally heard.

Get your tickets for February 8th here:
https://events.depaul.edu/event/picosa_presents_remembrance_feb_2023