No Maestro, No Problem for Chicago’s Conductorless Orchestra
Conductors are all but a given in symphonic performance today. Front and center, they provide a dynamic focal point for the audience while guiding the artistic experience onstage. But what if there were no conductor? Who would run the show?
In chamber music, the artists themselves are usually tasked with determining the artistic interpretation and then communicating together to play in an artistically coherent way. But what about on a larger scale?
Enter Unsupervised, Chicago’s conductorless orchestra.
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Unsupervised on AudPodChi
Daniel Meyers & Jessica Wolfe talk about the origins of the conductorless chamber orchestra Unsupervised and their program on February 6, 2020 at the Fine Arts Building (and about Daniel's promising future as a public radio host).
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11 New Local Ensembles You Should Know
In 2017, a handful of Civic Orchestra musicians convened at violinist Hannah Christiansen’s apartment. They were disenchanted with the politics and pomp of conductor-led ensembles but loved being in a group with a meaty, orchestral sound. That apartment party ended up being the genesis of Unsupervised, a conductorless chamber orchestra.
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Unsupervised Launch
On Sunday, May 20, Unsupervised joined the Chicago music community with our first performance. After months of planning and weeks of rehearsal, we collected nearly 20 musicians together at Fulton Street Collective for some exceptional performances of large chamber works.
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