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 & Hans Thomalla

Darlene Castro Ortiz

As Wind in Dry Grass (2024)
CURIOSITY VII

Hans Thomalla

Saxophone Quartet (2024)
CURIOSITY VII

Previous Curiosity Commissions & Premieres

Spirare III (2023)

CURIOSITY VI

Alex_Mincek_Headshot — Alex Mincek

The Trans-Diametric Pulse-Wave Optimizer pt. 1 (2022)
CURIOSITY V

Osnat_Netzer_Headshot — Osnat Netzer

I AM FUCKING ZEN (2021)
CURIOSITY IV

Sam_Scranton_Headshot — Sam Scranton

Fake Fall Black Bag 38 (2019)
CURIOSITY III

Mathew Arrellín

Apertures (2017)

CURIOSITY I

Augusta Read Thomas

Shakespeare’s Jesters (2023)
CURIOSITY VI

AJ_Santillan_Headshot — AJ Santillan

alternate endings. (2022)
CURIOSITY V

Jonathan_Hannau_Headshot — Jonathan Hannau

I Think I Can Wait ‘til Morning (2019)
CURIOSITY III

Mischa_Zupko_Headshot — Mischa Zupko

Quantum Shift (2019)
CURIOSITY III

Niki Harlafti

Vaisseau Fantôme (2017)
CURIOSITY I

Shelf Life (2023)

CURIOSITY VI

Lisa_Atkinson_Headshot — Lisa Atkinson

of tender creatures (2022)
CURIOSITY V

Kelley_Sheehan_Headshot — Kelley Sheehan

R.A.M. (2019)
CURIOSITY III

Darcy_Copeland_Headshot — Darcy Copeland

even the words that we are speaking now (2018)
CURIOSITY II

Craig Davis Pinson — Craig Davis Pinson

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)