This concert heralds a triple World Premiere! Belize-born British prize-winning composer and Master of the King's Music Errollyn Wallen shares her gifts in the Nova Linea Musica Commission and World Premiere for String Trio, Making hay written for the Chicago-based trio, the Black Oak Ensemble. Celebrated pianist and composer, Conrad Tao’s A Series of Interdependencies (2016) for violin, viola, and cello commissioned by the Black Oak Ensemble will give the long-awaited World Premiere.

~Nois Quartet will perform an array of works from regions around the world from Vietnam, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Missouri - a myriad of voices or letters from home! Chicago’s talented and beloved Stacy Garrop is arranging Jarba, Mare Jarba for String Trio (Black Oak Ensemble) and Saxophone Quartet (~Nois) in the third World Premiere!

Featuring: ~Nois (Julian Velasco, Jordan Lulloff, and János Csontos) with Charlie Chadwell, alto Saxophone; and Black Oak Ensemble (Desirée Ruhstrat, Aurelien Pederzoli, and David Cunliffe)

These talented and soulful artists present new music by composers stemming from Armenia, Belize, Italy, U.K., and Chicago! Spellbinding Violist, Sam Rosenthal will begin this program with works by Errollyn Wallen and a duo with Cellist Alexander Hersh on Paul Wianko's, American Haiku. The NLM Trio in Residence (Rabia Brooke (violin), Sarah Chong (cello), and Lam Wong (piano)) makes their Chicago debut, performing the gem of Arno Babajanyan: Piano Trio in F# minor No. 3. Highlighting this concert will be the Nova Linea Musica commission and World Premiere of Paul Novak's variations with sand in the gears written for Solo Cello for Alexander Hersh.

Featuring: Sam Rosenthal (Viola), Alexander Hersh (Cello) and the NLM Trio in Residence (Rabia Brooke (Violin) Sara Chong (Cello) Lam Wong (Piano))

The critically acclaimed Dover Quartet will launch the Nova Linea Musica season with newly composed chamber works by GRAMMY winners Jessie Montgomery and Mason Bates along with the Pulitzer Prize-winning George Walker. As a tribute to our Celebration of America, they will end the program with Antonín Dvořák’s Quartet No. 12 in F, Op.96 (America) to champion the old while ringing in this new and dynamic generation!

The Dover Quartet appears by arrangement with the Curtis Institute of Music, where it serves as the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence.

Featuring: Joel Link (Violin), Bryan Lee (Violin), Julianne Lee (Viola), and Camden Shaw (Cello)‍