The Curiosity Series
CURIOSITY is our annual fall concert that features Chicago music and artists.
Presented as part of Constellation Chicago’s Frequency Series since 2017.
What might you hear at a Curiosity show? An hour of drone music? Electronics with weird alien noises? A bad joke told from the stage purely to stall for time while Jordan tries to find a replacement reed because he broke his other one slap tonguing for five minutes straight on the first piece of the program?
Well, probably a mix of all three. Whatever it is we play, we invite the listener to get curious with us as we explore the here and now with the groundbreaking new music coming out of the city we call home.
Curiosity VII (2024)
October 27th, 2024 | 8:30pm | Constellation Chicago
CURIOSITY World Premieres by:
Darlene Castro Ortiz, Alex Temple, & Hans Thomalla
Previous Curiosity Commissions & Premieres
Spirare III (2023)
CURIOSITY VI
The Trans-Diametric Pulse-Wave Optimizer pt. 1 (2022)
CURIOSITY V
I AM FUCKING ZEN (2021)
CURIOSITY IV
Fake Fall Black Bag 38 (2019)
CURIOSITY III
Apertures (2017)
CURIOSITY I
Shakespeare’s Jesters (2023)
CURIOSITY VI
alternate endings. (2022)
CURIOSITY V
I Think I Can Wait ‘til Morning (2019)
CURIOSITY III
Quantum Shift (2019)
CURIOSITY III
Vaisseau Fantôme (2017)
CURIOSITY I
Shelf Life (2023)
CURIOSITY VI
of tender creatures (2022)
CURIOSITY V
R.A.M. (2019)
CURIOSITY III
even the words that we are speaking now (2018)
CURIOSITY II
Dismantle (2017)
CURIOSITY I
Watch CuriositY
Sitting here wishing that you could have seen one of these concerts or pieces? Lucky for you, you can watch previous CURIOSITY performances below:
CURIOSITY VI
World Premieres by Carlos Bandera, Alex Mincek, and Augusta Read Thomas
Music by Mya Vandegrift and Julius Eastman
CURIOSITY V
World Premieres by Alex Mincek, AJ Santillan, and Lisa Atkinson.
Music by Elliott Lupp and Maria Kaoutzani
CURIOSITY IV
World Premieres by Osnat Netzer and Justin Weiss
Music by Elijah Daniel Smith, Evan Williams, and Augusta Read Thomas
Highlights from earlier Curiosities:
Curiosity III
World Premieres by Kelley Sheehan, Jonathan Hannau, and Sam Scranton
Music by David Clay Mettens & Mischa Zupko
Curiosity II
World Premiere by Darcy Copeland
Music by Hans Thomalla, Gemma Peacocke, and Pauline Oliveros
Curiosity I
World Premieres by Mathew Arrellin, Craig Davis Pinson, & Nicki Harlafti
Music by Marcos Balter and Dave Remnick
Support the future of the Curiosity series
~Nois’ CURIOSITY Series is supported through individual donations and the supporters of ~Nois’ New Works Fund.
Contributions go directly to commissioning fees and recording/presenting costs associated with the annual concert.
~Nois is a publicly supported, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax-deductible
We also accept donations via check (mail to: ~Nois Performing Arts Organization, 7012 Church St. Morton Grove, IL 60053)