"A musician of deep intellectual and emotional means." – NPR “If I could, I'd hear every performance he plays.” – The San Diego Union-Tribune Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer and has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine, and […]

A once-in-a-lifetime event: all new works to be performed, live. Awadagin Pratt, celebrated pianist and conductor, explores the truth and beauty found within T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets through its sibling universe in music. Joined by composers Tyshawn Sorey, Paola Prestini, Peteris Vasks, Jessie Montgomery, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Alvin Singleton and Judd Greenstein, out-of-the-voice-box, super-group Roomful […]

NOTICE: Michelle Cann is unable to perform this concert due to illness. Awadagin Pratt will instead be performing with Thomas Mesa - please see below for the updated program. ::::: "Mesa played it magnificently." -The New York Times (Tommasini) Thomas Mesa, Cuban-American cellist, has established himself as one of the most charismatic, innovative, and engaging […]

Stephen Prutsman has been described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time. Moving easily from classical to jazz to world music styles as a pianist, composer and conductor, Prutsman continues to explore and seek common ground and relationships in the music of all cultures and languages. In the early 90’s he was […]

Critically acclaimed, “a clear technical virtuoso”, “a rare talent”, and “a true Wunderkind,” Chicago born Jeremy Jordan burst onto the music scene at age 9 playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in a live televised performance. Jordan was born into a musical family where his mother and father were his first instructors. They ensured that […]