The Grossman Ensemble. Photo by Anthony Nguyen.

Preview: The Grossman Ensemble will be Performing in Washington, DC, New York City, and Hyde Park

For the first time in its eight-year history, the Grossman Ensemble will be performing outside of the Chicago area. Its first out-of-town concert will be at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, this Saturday, May 9. Their first concert in New York City will be at the Mary Flagler Cary Hall on August 15. In between, they will be having their final concert of the UChicago 2025-26 season in Hyde Park at the Logan Center for Performing Arts on May 22.

The 13-member Grossman Ensemble is in Residence at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago. At each concert, they offer four world premieres of works lasting about 12 minutes. A different conductor is used for each concert, and composers, the ensemble, and the conductors collaborate to finish the works. Since its first concert in the fall of 2018, the Grossman Ensemble has commissioned and premiered 88 pieces of music by 88 different composers.

Traveling outside of Chicago represents an opportunity for the Grossman Ensemble to expand its reach and continue the CCCC’s mission to record and widely share contemporary music. Right now, the entire collection of works commissioned and performed by the Grossman Ensemble is available to watch on the CCCC’s YouTube Channel. That may be accessed here.

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Louis Harris

A lover of music his whole life, Louis Harris has written extensively from the early days of punk and alternative rock. More recently he has focused on classical music, especially chamber ensembles. He has reviewed concerts, festivals, and recordings and has interviewed composers and performers. He has paid special attention to Chicago’s rich and robust contemporary art music scene. He occasionally writes poetry and has a published novel to his credit, 32 Variations on a Theme by Basil II in the Key of Washington, DC. He now lives on the north side of Chicago, which he considers to be the greatest city in the country, if not the world. Member of the Music Critics Association of North America.