Third Wednesday Nights: Antiphonal Brass

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Gaudete Brass is joined by young musicians from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras to fill the Murphy Auditorium with the majestic sound of brass. Exploring a tradition as seen and heard in Venice’s Basilica di San Marco of using space to create antiphonal call and response instrumental music, brass musicians will perform from all over the Murphy Auditorium. Enjoy the music of Giovanni Gabrieli and Petr Eben along with Chicago composers Heidi Joosten and Ephraim Champion. In celebration of Oktoberfest, Gaudete’s hornist Natalie Grana will also share her talents as an alphorn ambassador.

About the Performers:

The Gaudete Brass is made up of five musicians who believe strongly in the expressive and communicative power of brass chamber music. Since 2004 the quintet has engaged in creatively expanding the brass quintet repertoire, developing unique programs that have resonated with chamber music audiences all over the country.

With a rich history dating to 1946, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras (CYSO) has grown from one orchestra to a comprehensive music training program for over 600 students ages 6-18 participating in symphony orchestras, string orchestras, jazz orchestra, and steelpan orchestras, as well as chamber music and composition programs and invests in community with its in-school CYSO@CPS programming and free concerts that reach more than 10,000 young people annually. CYSO is committed to educating, encouraging, and empowering each young musician so that they may pursue personal excellence both on and off the stage.