Works include World Premieres by Luis Fernando Amaya and George Papajohn at the 2024 North American Saxophone Alliance Conference in Stillwater, OK

Masso visits Vernon Hills High School Bands

The Northwestern University Saxophone Studio presents works by Metcalf, Riley, Eastman, and Boone. Featuring performances by quartets APRICITY, Masso, and Cadeaux.

Masso performs a World Premiere of Sam Alvarez’s first saxophone quartet, a kind of forgetting.

Masso presents works by Mya Vandegrift (World Premiere) and arrangements of Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy and Buddha!

~Nois Saxophone Quartet performs works by Augusta Reed Thomas, Kari Watson, and Carlos Bandiera, featuring an opener of Mya Vandegrift’s a spider meditation by Masso, and Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy for saxophone octet!!!

New Music Chicago is excited to announce the fourth edition of Impromptu Fest: “New Music // New Connections,” a showcase of contemporary and experimental music being made in Chicago today, presented in collaboration with Epiphany Center For The Arts, Elastic Arts, and High Concept Labs.

The festival will take place Tuesday, September 12 through Saturday, September 16, presenting 15 performances ranging from solo performances to chamber music and ensemble acts representing the scope of New Music Chicago membership and beyond. Following presentations in 2018, 2019, and 2021, this year’s program marks a major expansion of scale for the “plucky upstart festival” (Chicago Classical Review).

All performances are free to the public, with donations accepted.

“This year’s Impromptu Fest is brimming with new faces, new relationships, and of course, new music!  We are thrilled to have expanded to include multiple venue partners and a multitude of new members to New Music Chicago.  Their energy, creativity, and wide-ranging variety of sound will be in the forefront at this invigorating new music festival,”  says former NMC president Amy Wurtz, who serves as the lead curator and organizer of the festival along with Alyson Berger and Ben Zucker.

Impromptu Fest is a production of New Music Chicago, and is presented with support from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

ACM’s Thirsty Ears Festival is Chicago’s only classical music street festival!

For two days Wilson street between Hermitage and Ravenswood are closed to feature stellar ensembles and soloists performing music from Beethoven to Shostakovich to Reich and everything in between on the main stage.

We also have delicious beer and wine, vendor booths, kid-friendly activities and food trucks on both days.

In the event of rain we will move the music into the All Saints Church on the same block with seating for 200 people. 

Pepper Bridge Winery — 1704 J B George Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362

“There is such a thing as the perfect chamber ensemble. it is balanced, unified in expression and awash in a vast array of musical colors. The string quartet? No siree! I am talking about the saxophone quartet. Only once before has the saxophone made an appearance on the WWCMF stage.

Masso, the Chicago-based saxophone quartet, make their WWCMF debut as the 2nd annual Emerging Artist Quartet Fellows. During their residency in Walla Walla, Masso has been hard at work presenting community outreach performances in English and Spanish around the Walla Walla Valley.”

Tickets and programming →

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at the Walla Walla Public Library — 238 E Alder St., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Sounds Like Fun! Children’s Performance at Plaza Theater — 208 Main Street Waitsburg, WA, 99361

Programming information →

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at VA State Home — 92 Wainwright Dr., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at Prospect Point Elementary — 55 Reser Rd., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at Sharpstein Elementary School — 410 S Howard St., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at Green Park Elementary School — 1718 Pleasant St., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at Berney Elementary School — 1718 Pleasant St., Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival

Community Outreach at Edison Elementary School — 1315 E. Alder St., Walla Walla, WA 99362

fascinating rhythm / Works by: Julius Eastman, Emma O’Halloran, Joel Love, George Gershwin, and Thierry Escaich

Andrew Rafacz Exhibition / Friendship’s Death, Works by: Melanie Authier, Leslie Baum, Judy Dolnick, Magalie Guérin, and Melissa Leandro.