Orion Ensemble
Recognized
as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups, the ORION ENSEMBLE is celebrating
its sixteenth year. John von Rhein of The Chicago Tribune calls Orion “one
of Chicago’s most vibrant, versatile and distinctive ensembles.” In a Gramophone
review of Orion’s recent release entitled Twilight of the Romantics: Chamber
Music by Walter Rabl and Josef Labor (Cedille Records), Donald Rosenberg
writes that the Orion “colleagues are keenly alert to one another’s every
rhythmic and textural turn.”
Orion’s
synergistic performances and extensive repertoire have emerged as a result
of their enduring 4-concert series in three Chicago-Metropolitan locations,
live broadcasts on WFMT, education projects, partnerships, national touring,
and residencies. The group is currently an Ensemble in Residence at Roosevelt
University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts and is on the official artist
roster for the Illinois Arts Council ARTSTOUR Program. The ensemble boasts
a roster of five superb musicians who have performed throughout North America,
Europe, and Asia, as an ensemble and individually in solo, orchestral, and
other chamber music roles. The Orion Ensemble received a Chamber Music America/ASCAP
Award for Adventurous Programming for its critically acclaimed millennium
celebration, “An Inside Look at Contemporary Music.”