The MAVerick Ensemble is dedicated to the
performance and presentation of works by composers, artists, and filmmakers of
the past fifty years who sought ways to create new works that resisted the
trends of the established artistic community.
Known for its bold programming and its exceptional performances, the MAVerick
Ensemble presents concerts of experimental music designed to engage, entertain,
and inform the audience. In residence at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art,
the ensemble presents a year-long concert series that has been selected as
Critic's Choice in the Chicago Reader.
For more information on how to hire the MAVerick Ensemble for your institution
please contact the artistic director, William
Jason Raynovich.
Check out this->TimeOut Chicago Blog post with info on an upcoming Cage Festival:
John Cage Festival | Best thing I did this week
by Madeline Nusser
photo: Andrew Nawrocki
William Jason Raynovich performing 59 1/2 Seconds for a String Player
Music Art
Sunday, April 29, 7:00pm
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Cage, Crumb, Feldman, Higdon, Tower, Wolff
Performers:James Baur, Jen Brown, Andrea R. DiOrio, Jen Leckie, Garrett Matlock, Rich Moore, Mark Sudeith
This concert will feature some of the best of MAVerick's faves, including Crumb's Vox Balaenae, Cage's 59 1/2 Seconds for a String Player, and Tower's Petroushkates. Along with Cage's string piece, we will perform two pieces by Cage's colleagues: Morton Feldman and Christian Wolff. While the three of them come from radically different perspectives, their aesthetics are quite unified. Come hear some of the best performances of the New York School of Composers in town!
Program:
Jennifer Higdon ~ Rapid.Fire
Joan Tower ~ Petroushkates
John Cage ~ 59 ½ Seconds for a String Player
Morton Feldman ~ Three Clarinets, Cello, and Piano
Christian Wolff ~ Pairs
William Jason Raynovich ~ ‘price for solo guitar
George Crumb ~ Vox Balaenae
2011-2012 Concert Schedule:
Video Music
Saturday, October 22, 8:00pm
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Baley, Chin, Hindemith, Long, McFerron, Wuorinen
Featured Artist: Patrick Long, percussion
Neo-Bauhaus
Sunday, October 23, 7:00pm
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Baley, Cage, Chin, Johnson, Long, Wuorinen
Art Music
Saturday, January 28, 8:00pm
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Babbitt, Bartok, Crumb, Flynn, Yurina
Guitar Music from the Big Shoulders
Saturday, February 25, 8:00pm
Jennifer Norback Gallery
217 West Huron Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Farrell, Johnson, Langen, Levinson, Lombardo, Raynovich
Arts & Ideas
Monday, March 12, 7:00pm
Lewis University
Philip Lynch Theatre
One University Parkway
Romeoville, Illinois
Featured Composers: Crumb, Gordon, Wuorinen, Yi
Composers of Today
Wednesday, April 25, 8:00pm
Elmhurst College
Irion Hall, Buik Recital Hall
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, Illinois
Featured Composer: Raynovich
Music Art
Sunday, April 29, 7:00pm
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Featured Composers: Cage, Crumb, Feldman, Higdon, Tower, Wolff
Recent Activity:
Andrea R. DiOrio and William Jason Raynovich have been preparing the commissioned works by Patrick Long (above left) and Pablo Chin (above right) for the upcoming concerts. We are excited to present these new works for you in the coming months. We will be presenting them during the Fall a few times. Pablo Chin's piece (For Instance Mozart) is a challenging piece which ends with the memory of Mozart. While Chin harkens back to a past music, Patrick Long references the music of today with a "robot drummer" accompanying the instrumentalists.
The first opportunity to hear one of these works is on September 20th, 8pm in Lutkin Hall at Northwestern University. We hope to see some of you there. For more information contact us at wjraynovich@gmail.com.
"[The MAVerick Ensemble's] performance of Music for 1, 2, or 3 people reminded me of David Tudor's." - Christian Wolff
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