Spring 2008  Concert Schedule

April 7-10 , 2008, 10:15 & 11:45 AM
Musical Explorers
Zankel Hall, New York, NY
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Performance will feature the premiere of Drew Baker's Saturn for percussion quartet and audience, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the Musical Explorers education program.

April 12, 2008, 12 Noon
Lexi Carlson, Oboe
Regenstein Recital Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Performance will feature the premiere of Drew Baker's Untitled for live and pre-recorded oboe.

April 12, 2008, 8PM
Chicago Composers Forum
New Music in the Gallery, featuring ensemble dal niente
Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago, IL
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The Chicago Composers Forum concert will feature ensemble dal niente performing Drew Baker's Inter for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello. The concert will also feature new music by Martha Horst, Marita Bolles, Augusta Read Thomas, Eun Young Lee, and Kevin Volans. Music historian David Patterson will give an introduction. The concert will be followed by a reception in the gallery. Rosenthal Fine Art is located at 3 East Huron, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL.

March 19, 2008, 7-8PM
Sean Connors, solo percussion concert
Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Hall, Chicago, IL
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Performance will feature the premiere of Drew Baker's Orb for live and pre-recorded Thai Gong.

October 19, 2007, 8PM
"Text and Time"
Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
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Ensemble Dal Niente presents : "Text and Time" a concert/exhibition featuring music by Claude Vivier, Drew Baker, Michael McBride, Robert Reinhardt and Karlheinz Stockhausen, paintings by Brett Baker, and and a visual/sound collaboration by Drew and Brett Baker. Program will feature Drew Baker's Ellipsis and the premiere of Drew Baker's Inter for flute, clarinet, violin, cello.

October 21, 2007, 6 - 8 PM
"Text and Time"
Ossia Fine Arts Space , Chicago, IL
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"Text and Time" an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Brett Baker. Opening reception featuring an Ensemble Dal Niente performance of Drew Baker's Inter for for flute, clarinet, violin, cello.

Reception with performance November 9th from 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Closing Reception December 14th from 5:30pm to 9:30pm

October 5, 2007, 8 PM
"Music on the Edge" - Marilyn Nonken, Pianist
Bellefield Hall Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh
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Program will feature Drew Baker's National Anthem commisioned by Marilyn Nonken. Other featured composers include: Chris Dench (Passing Bells) and Tristan Murail (Terrirtoires de l’Oubli).

February 9, 2007, 8 PM
"Musical Activists" - Marilyn Nonken, Pianist
Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
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Program will feature the premiere of Drew Baker's National Anthem commisioned by Marilyn Nonken. Other featured composers include: Fredric Rzewski, Yu-Hui Chang, and Laurie San Martin.

December 9, 2006, 8:30 PM
Spectres Transatlantiques
Festival D'Automne, IRCAM, Paris, France
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Program will feature the french premiere of Drew Baker's Ellipsis performed by Ensemble 21 and conducted by Jean Deroyer. Other featured composers include: Pascal Dusapin, Jason Eckhardt, Joshua Fineberg, and Tristan Murail.

November 15, 2006, 9:00 PM
D.M.A. Recital
Pick-Staiger Orchestra Room
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Program will feature Drew Baker's compositions Asa Nisi Masa, Procession, Gaeta, and Whisper Wall.

October 17, 2006
Morton Feldman's Piano & String Quartet
Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts
Roosevelt University
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As part of the 2006 Chicago Sound Field Festival, Ensemble Dal Niente performed Morton Feldman's Piano and String Quartet. Drew Baker played piano with Ari Streisfeld-violin, Anne Donaldson-violin, Paul Roberts-viola, Whitney Allen-cello.

October 14, 2006
Spectres Transatlantiques
Kasser Theatre, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
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Program featured the premiere of Drew Baker's Ellipsis performed by Ensemble 21 and conducted by Jean Deroyer. Other featured composers included: Pascal Dusapin, Jason Eckhardt, Joshua Fineberg, and Tristan Murail.

August 22, 2006
The Rush Hour Concert Series
St. James Cathedral, Chicago, IL
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Performance featured the concert premiere of Drew Baker's Kiln for piano and brass quintet performed by Drew Baker and the Cinco Brass Quintet.

August 21, 2006
Live Performance of Kiln on WFMT
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Program featured a live performance of Drew Baker's Kiln for piano and brass quintet performed by Drew Baker and the Cinco Brass Quintet.

May 21, 2006
Amy Dissanayake, Pianist
Northwestern New Music Marathon, Evanston, IL

Acclaimed pianist Amy Dissanayake performed Drew Baker's Asa Nisi Masa. Hailed as a "ferociously talented pianist" (Chicago Sun Times) and "extraordinary" in her "mastery of what lay on the dense, printed page and beyond," (Chicago Tribune), Ms. Dissanayake has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. She has worked with such composers as Pierre Boulez, George Crumb, Augusta Read Thomas, Joan Tower, and David Rakowski.

April 13, 2006
Marilyn Nonken, Pianist
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
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Renowned new music pianist Marilyn Nonken played a recital featuring Drew Baker's Asa Nisi Masa. The program also includes works by Milton Babbitt, Jason Eckardt, and Alvin Lucier. Ms. Nonken has recently commissioned a new work from Drew Baker to be premiered in February 2007.

March 19,2006
Works and Process at the Guggenheim:
Music of the New Generation
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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For over forty years The Group for Contemporary Music has distinguished itself as a leading force in the discovery of new talent. The explosive new works of five young composers - Drew Baker, Yu-Hui Chang, Derek Charke, Jason Eckardt, and Paul Nauert were performed.