Elizabeth Ogonek (BM ’09) has been selected by Riccardo Muti for the position of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mead Composers-in-Residence. Ogonek and one other composer, Samuel Adams, will hold a three year term with the CSO beginning with the 2015/2016 year.
Throughout their composer-in-residence tenure, Adams and Ogonek will receive commissions for works to be programmed on the CSO’s subscription and MusicNOW series. Muti will lead the CSO in a CSO-commissioned work by Ogonek during the 2015/16 season. Adams’ first commissioned work will be scheduled for the following season.
They also will curate the CSO’s four-concert MusicNOW series, introduced in 1998 to explore today’s contemporary music scene through interactive programs. The dates next season for the Monday-night series are Nov. 23 and March 7, May 9 and June 6, 2016, all presented at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
For more on Elizabeth Ogonek click here: http://elizabeth-ogonek.com/bio.html
For the CSO article click here: http://csosoundsandstories.org/muti-selects-adams-and-ogonek-as-next-cso-composers-in-residence/