Chicago Chamber Musicians, Ensemble

Biography

"Even in a city well supplied with superior chamber ensembles, the
Chicago Chamber Musicians are something special...They make us glad to be
sharing their music with them." (Chicago Tribune)

The Chicago Chamber Musicians (CCM) enjoys an outstanding reputation both for
its artistic excellence and for its strong commitment to community service.
Since its founding in 1986, CCM has assembled a resident ensemble of twelve
world-class artists who collaborate closely to present a broad spectrum of the
chamber music repertoire. CCM has toured nationally, including performances at
the Ravinia Festival and the Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts, and
internationally in Tokyo, Salzburg, and Paris, receiving many repeat engagement
invitations. More than 27 million listeners have heard CCM through performances
broadcast on WFMT, National Public Radio's Performance Today, and Minnesota
Public Radio.

A two-time Chamber Music America / ASCAP winner of the Award for Adventurous
Programming for both its Music at the Millennium and Composer Perspective
series, CCM has commissioned eleven works from John Harbison, William Russo,
Bruce Adolphe, and others, and has further collaborated with composers such as
Pierre Boulez, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, John Corigliano, and Bright Sheng. Mr.
Boulez is CCM's Musical Advisor for contemporary programming.

The members of CCM are current and former members of prestigious ensembles such
as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles and Israel Philharmonics,
Chicago Lyric Opera and Paris National Opera Orchestras, Music of the Baroque,
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse,
Muir Quartet, and Los Angeles Piano Quartet. The CCM musicians are on the
faculties of Northwestern, DePaul, and Roosevelt Universities. The Chicago
String Quartet and the CCM BRASS are ensembles-in-residence with CCM; the
Chicago String Quartet is also a resident quartet of the Taos School of Music
in New Mexico.

CCM reaches more than 50,000 people annually in Chicago through more than 45
distinctive performance and community programs. With its hallmark combination
of artistic drive and social concern, CCM has enriched the city of Chicago and
established itself as a national leader in musical performance, education, and
outreach.

CCM member artists include Michael Henoch, oboe; Larry Combs, clarinet; William
Buchman, bassoon; Gail Williams, french horn; Joseph Genualdi and Jasmine Lin,
violins; Rami Solomonow, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Bradley Opland,
double bass; and guest artists Alison Attar, harp and Fred Selvaggio,
percussion.

Visit their website: www.chicagochambermusic.org