George Flynn chaired Musicianship and Composition at DePaul  University (Chicago) for 25 years, and continues to direct DePaul’s  professional contemporary performance series, “New Music Depaul” as well  as Chicago’s “New Music at the Green Mill” series.

He has composed over 100 works in all media, including over five  hours of piano solo music, the latter performed by international  pianists as well as Chicago pianists Stuart Leitch and Frank Abbinanti.

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‘Til Death, Katherine Hughes, v.George Flynn, p.

This week we’re featuring cellist Maya Beiser‘s latest CD with composer and pianist Michael Harrison, Time Loops.

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Michael Harrison: Just Ancient Loops, I

Composer-vocalist Lisa Bielawa is a 2009 Rome Prize winner in Musical  Composition. She takes inspiration for her work from literary sources  and close artistic collaborations.

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This Time from Seven Kafka Songs

Conductor Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have  created a thriving community of composers who have come to be known as  “The Atlanta School”. They include Jennifer Higdon, Christopher  Theofanidis, Osvaldo Golijov, and Michael Gandolfi, and this week we’ll  listen to their music.

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Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, I-III

Today we leave the world of equal-temperament behind and explore  various contemporary pieces written for instruments in just intonation.

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Terry Riley: The Harp of New Albion– Premonition Rag (excerpt), Terry Riley, p.

Seth previews some of the fantastic upcoming performances from  Chicago new music groups, including CUBE, Access Contemporary Music, Dal  Niente, and more.

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Chinary Ung: Laughter Passes Over the Earth & Flying Mirrors fr. Seven Mirrors

In anticipation of John Cage’s 100th Birthday, Relevant Tones  examines his life and music. Two members of Chicago-based ensemble Third  Coast Percussion, Robert Dillon and David Skidmore, join us in the  studio to share anecdotes about their experiences playing Cage’s works.

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CSO composer-in-residence Anna Clyne comes to our studio to talk to  us about her new compositions and the artists who inspired them.

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This week’s Relevant Tones focuses on composers who have tried to  step outside the box, redefine their definitions of music, and start  over without limitations. We’ll be examining the works of Alvin Lucier,  Chris Preissing, James Tenney, Lou Harrison, and more.

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Alvin Lucier: I am sitting in a room (excerpt)

Join us this week for the third part of our foray into the Bang on a  Can Marathons. We’ll be focusing on Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe, two  of the co-founders of the Bang on a Can organization.

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Gordon: Timber, Mvt. 1 (excerpt), Slagwerk Den Haag