Conductor Michael Lewanski and Ensemble 20+ join forces with young people from Chicago and Germany in the first ever “International Youth New Music Festival.” Studio MusikFabrik, the educational project of the renown Ensemble MuskiFabrik (visiting the US with the assistance of the Goethe-Institut); the Chicago Arts Initiative’s Youth Ensemble (directed by Jesse Langen); and Ensemble 20+ will collaborate for this one-of-a-kind concert. Ensemble 20+ will perform Giacinto Scelsi’s 4 Pieces on One Note Alone; the winds, brass and percussion version of Chris Fisher-Lochhead’s Bludgeon Me; and Rebecca Saunders’ Into the Blue guest conducted by Studio MusicFabrik’s Peter Veale. Studio MusikFabrik and the Chicago Arts Initiative Youth Ensemble will also perform.

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