Orion Ensemble
Recognized as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups, the ORION ENSEMBLE is
celebrating its sixteenth year. John von Rhein of The Chicago Tribune calls Orion
“one of Chicago’s most vibrant, versatile and distinctive ensembles.” In a Gramophone
review of Orion’s recent release entitled Twilight of the Romantics: Chamber Music
by Walter Rabl and Josef Labor (Cedille Records), Donald Rosenberg writes that the
Orion “colleagues are keenly alert to one another’s every rhythmic and textural
turn.”
Orion’s synergistic performances and extensive repertoire have emerged as a result
of their enduring 4-concert series in three Chicago-Metropolitan locations, live
broadcasts on WFMT, education projects, partnerships, national touring, and residencies.
The group is currently an Ensemble in Residence at Roosevelt University’s Chicago
College of Performing Arts and is on the official artist roster for the Illinois
Arts Council ARTSTOUR Program. The ensemble boasts a roster of five superb musicians
who have performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, as an ensemble and
individually in solo, orchestral, and other chamber music roles. The Orion Ensemble
received a Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming for its
critically acclaimed millennium celebration, “An Inside Look at Contemporary Music.”
Visit the Orion Ensemble website.