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Azimuth Orchestra, Chicago, IL (2026)

02/01/2022

Watch & listen to our second project premiere!
Here is Kory Reeder's "Snow, 1964" ~

01/30/2022

Next up is ! Gina Sobel is a part of our second project — “Snow, 1964” by . It will be premiered tomorrow (virtually), Monday, January 31st, 2022! Gina Sobel is a natural improviser. Accomplished on multiple instruments (flute, sax, voice), she radiates energy and excitement in her live performances and is sought after as a soloist with national and international performers. She is an award-winning songwriter and composer; in her own music, Sobel brings together elements of funk, jazz and American folk music into a fresh and compelling sound.

Sobel is the bandleader of Choose Your Own Adventure, a high-energy funk band featuring a brilliant group of musicians, and she partners with drummer Joey Antico in the lo-fi jazz/funk outfit Gold Sounds. She is active in genres across the spectrum, ranging from hip hop to bluegrass and everything in between.

01/30/2022

Next up is Gina Sobel! Gina Sobel is a part of our second project — “Snow, 1964” by Kory Reeder. It will be premiered tomorrow (virtually), Monday, January 31st, 2022! Gina Sobel is a natural improviser. Accomplished on multiple instruments (flute, sax, voice), she radiates energy and excitement in her live performances and is sought after as a soloist with national and international performers. She is an award-winning songwriter and composer; in her own music, Sobel brings together elements of funk, jazz and American folk music into a fresh and compelling sound.

Sobel is the bandleader of Choose Your Own Adventure, a high-energy funk band featuring a brilliant group of musicians, and she partners with drummer Joey Antico in the lo-fi jazz/funk outfit Gold Sounds. She is active in genres across the spectrum, ranging from hip hop to bluegrass and everything in between.

01/30/2022

Today we are featuring two musicians from our second project— “Snow, 1964” by . It will be premiered tomorrow, Monday, January 31st, 2022! The first musician we will feature today is French hornist, . Alex Gertner is a freelance horn player residing in Teaneck, New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Music from Virginia Commonwealth University, his Master of Music from the University of Connecticut, and an Artist's Diploma from Montclair State University. A jack of all trades, Gertner plays in a variety of groups including symphonies, theatre pits, chamber groups, and jazz ensembles. He plays in several groups in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.
Gertner has played in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kaufman Center, Symphony Space, Jorgensen Center, and the International Horn Symposium. As a soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Society of Musical Arts, and the Northeast Horn Workshop. He has had the opportunity to perform with artists including Solomiya Ivakhiv, Dionne Jackson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Donny McCaslin, and The Machine.
Gertner finds great joy in performing and in teaching new students of the instrument. He would like to thank his family and friends for all the support that he has received. His teachers include Kyle Hoyt, Robert Hoyle, Patrick Smith, and Kate Sheeran.

01/30/2022

Today we are featuring two musicians from our second project— “Snow, 1964” by Kory Reeder. It will be premiered tomorrow, Monday, January 31st, 2022! The first musician we will feature today is French hornist, Alex Gertner. Alex is a freelance horn player residing in Teaneck, New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Music from Virginia Commonwealth University, his Master of Music from the University of Connecticut, and an Artist's Diploma from Montclair State University. A jack of all trades, Gertner plays in a variety of groups including symphonies, theatre pits, chamber groups, and jazz ensembles. He plays in several groups in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.
Gertner has played in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kaufman Center, Symphony Space, Jorgensen Center, and the International Horn Symposium. As a soloist he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Society of Musical Arts, and the Northeast Horn Workshop. He has had the opportunity to perform with artists including Solomiya Ivakhiv, Dionne Jackson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Donny McCaslin, and The Machine.
Gertner finds great joy in performing and in teaching new students of the instrument. He would like to thank his family and friends for all the support that he has received. His teachers include Kyle Hoyt, Robert Hoyle, Patrick Smith, and Kate Sheeran.

01/29/2022

We are also featuring the artist who did our logo and posters for our first and second projects: .artes ~
Hannah Lazarte is a Virginia based illustrator, font designer, and comics artist. Check out her website: empireoftwigs.wordpress.com

01/29/2022

We are also featuring the artist who did our logo and posters for our first and second projects: Hannah Lazarte!
Hannah Lazarte is a Virginia based illustrator, font designer, and comics artist. You can find her work on Instagram as .artes and her website: empireoftwigs.wordpress.com

01/29/2022

We are featuring Gregory Levinson. He did the post production, sound and video engineering for Snow, 1964” composed by . We will be premiering our virtual performance of the piece on Monday, January 31st, 2022.
Gregory Levinson is a freelance sound engineer and musician. He was born and raised in Chicago and is fluent in French and Russian. During his time at Columbia College Chicago, he acted as a teaching assistant for multiple sound-design and computer programming courses. After graduating with his bachelor's degree in Game-Design from Columbia College Chicago, he has been working as an avid audiovisual and recording engineer for the Art Institute of Chicago, Atomic Hospitality Group, Area44 Music, Critical Sound, Joy of Audio, and numerous other freelance companies around Chicago. As a multi-instrumentalist, Gregory studied for ten years with renowned violinist David Yonan, participated in the CYSO, has entered in many Chicago-based violin competitions, as well as music festivals in California. He takes pleasure in playing jazz/blues guitar, classical/jazz piano, drums, and occasionally sings.
In his spare time, Gregory practices martial arts, studies video-games, plays music, and has a passion for learning and teaching.

01/29/2022

We are featuring Gregory Levinson. He did the post production, sound and video engineering for Kory Reeder’s “Snow, 1964”. We will be premiering our virtual performance of the piece on Monday, January 31st, 2022.
Gregory Levinson is a freelance sound engineer and musician. He was born and raised in Chicago and is fluent in French and Russian. During his time at Columbia College Chicago, he acted as a teaching assistant for multiple sound-design and computer programming courses. After graduating with his bachelor's degree in Game-Design from Columbia College Chicago, he has been working as an avid audiovisual and recording engineer for the Art Institute of Chicago, Atomic Hospitality Group, Area44 Music, Critical Sound, Joy of Audio, and numerous other freelance companies around Chicago. As a multi-instrumentalist, Gregory studied for ten years with renowned violinist David Yonan, participated in the CYSO, has entered in many Chicago-based violin competitions, as well as music festivals in California. He takes pleasure in playing jazz/blues guitar, classical/jazz piano, drums, and occasionally sings.
In his spare time, Gregory practices martial arts, studies video-games, plays music, and has a passion for learning and teaching.

01/28/2022

Today we are featuring Justine Koontz. She is the conductor for “Snow, 1964” by . Our performance or it will be premiered on Monday, January 31st!
Composer and conductor Justine Koontz uses music as a way of exploring identity. Her work, encompassing composing, arranging, entrepreneurship and self-publishing, conducting, teaching, and international scholarship, explores how music defines people and their relationships.

As a conductor, Justine is especially interested in twentieth and twenty-first century repertoire and has conducted premieres and other contemporary works. As an advocate for community music making, she has worked for a variety of churches as a choir director, and is active as a choral singer. She recently founded the Program Choir of Baltimore, and she is currently the Music Minister at Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore.

As a composer, Justine writes primarily for choir and chamber ensembles in musical languages that are accessible yet diverse. Her music can be sacred or irreverent, contemplative or whimsical. Her compositions have been performed at local, national, and international venues, including performances  at the 2019 London Festival of Contemporary Music, the 2018 Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus’s National Seminar, and the 2012 World Choir Games. An avid entrepreneur, she self-publishes her compositions.

Other musical activities have included international scholarship and teaching. Curious about the phenomenon of “singing cultures,” Justine completed a year of study in Latvia on a Fulbright scholarship, where she researched the country’s choral culture. She also currently teaches a private studio of piano and guitar students of all ages.

Justine holds degrees in conducting and composition from Butler University and McDaniel College, and she is a member of ASCAP. She lives outside of Baltimore, and when she is not making music, she is usually engaged in fine handcrafting and gardening.
Visit her website:
http://www.justinekoontz.com/

01/28/2022

Today we are featuring Justine Koontz. She is the conductor for “Snow, 1964” by Kory Reeder. We will be premiering our virtual performance of the piece on Monday, January 31st!
Composer and conductor Justine Koontz uses music as a way of exploring identity. Her work, encompassing composing, arranging, entrepreneurship and self-publishing, conducting, teaching, and international scholarship, explores how music defines people and their relationships.
As a conductor, Justine is especially interested in twentieth and twenty-first century repertoire and has conducted premieres and other contemporary works. As an advocate for community music making, she has worked for a variety of churches as a choir director, and is active as a choral singer. She recently founded the Program Choir of Baltimore, and she is currently the Music Minister at Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
As a composer, Justine writes primarily for choir and chamber ensembles in musical languages that are accessible yet diverse. Her music can be sacred or irreverent, contemplative or whimsical. Her compositions have been performed at local, national, and international venues, including performances at the 2019 London Festival of Contemporary Music, the 2018 Intercollegiate Men’s Chorus’s National Seminar, and the 2012 World Choir Games. An avid entrepreneur, she self-publishes her compositions.
Other musical activities have included international scholarship and teaching. Curious about the phenomenon of “singing cultures,” Justine completed a year of study in Latvia on a Fulbright scholarship, where she researched the country’s choral culture. She also currently teaches a private studio of piano and guitar students of all ages.
Justine holds degrees in conducting and composition from Butler University and McDaniel College, and she is a member of ASCAP. She lives outside of Baltimore, and when she is not making music, she is usually engaged in fine handcrafting and gardening.
Visit her website: www.justinekoontz.com

01/27/2022

Today we are featuring composer Kory Reeder. He composed “Snow, 1964”. We are excited share our virtual performance of his work on Monday, January 31st, 2022.
Kory Reeder’s music is often meditative and atmospheric, investigating ideas of objectivity, place, and immediacy, drawing inspiration from the visual arts and political theory. Kory has been artist-in-residence at Arts Letter and Numbers, and the Kimmel, Harding, Nelson Center for the Arts, he has been Artist in Residence in the Everglades National Park, and his music has been performed, recognized, and awarded internationally. Kory has frequently collaborated with theater, dance, and opera programs, has been awarded by The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and has been released and published on Edition Wandelweiser Records with several releases slated for 2022. Kory is currently pursuing a PhD. in composition at the University of North Texas. Please visit www.koryreeder.com

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