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    • The 2nd Chopin IN the City Festival
      • Interview with Grażyna Auguścik
      • 03/01/2018
      • 02/28/2018
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      • 02/26/2018
      • 02/25/2018
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    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 02/22/2019
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      • 02/28/2019
      • 03/01/2019
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    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival Autumn Series
      • 09/26/2019
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      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/28/2019
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      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/29/2019
      • 09/30/2019
    • The 4th Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 21/02/2020 9pm
      • 22/02/2020 10am
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      • 24/02/2020 6:30pm
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      • 29/02/2020 11:00am
      • 1/03/2020 3:00pm
    • The 5th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 2/22/2021
      • 2/23/2021
      • 2/24/2021
      • 2/25/2021
      • 2/26/2021
      • 2/27/2021
      • 2/28/2021
      • 3/1/2021
    • The 5th Chopin In the City 2021 Encore
      • 11/11/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/14/2021
      • 11/15/2021
    • The 6th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 10/12/2022
      • 10/13/2022
      • 10/14/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/16/2022
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Mike Reed

musician
Mike Reed is a musician, composer, bandleader, and arts presenter based in Chicago. Over the last two decades, he has emerged as a dominant force within Chicago’s diverse artistic community. In addition to leading or co-leading several working bands, all rooted deeply in jazz and improvised music, he’s founding director of the Pitchfork Music Festival, the current programming chair of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and the owner and director of the acclaimed performing arts venue Constellation, which Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune has called it, “one of the most important rooms in the city” His long-running post-bop quartet People, Places & Things has collaborated with guest musicians like Ira Sullivan, Julian Priester, Art Hoyle, Craig Taborn, and Matthew Shipp over the years. An expanded iteration of that project called Flesh & Bone, augmented by additional horn players and vocalist/poet Marvin Tate Reed has pushed the project in new directions. The endeavor was initiated by the leader’s deeply personal reaction to a race riot he found himself in the midst of in the town of Prerov in the Czech Republic during a 2009 tour. Reed also leads an improvisation-heavy quintet called Loose Assembly as well as the expansive octet Living by Lanterns. Over the last couple of years, he’s played in Artifacts, a collective trio with flutist Nicole Mitchell and cellist Tomeka Reid, devoted to interpreting music by members of the AACM. In addition to forging ongoing collaborative relationships with first-wave AACM figures like the legendary reedist Roscoe Mitchell and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, Reed remains a lynchpin in his native city, working as a key member of vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz’s trio Sun Rooms as well as the octet led by bassist Jason Roebke. Over the years he has worked with Chicago musicians like guitarist Jeff Parker, flutist Nicole Mitchell, saxophonists Fred Anderson, and cornetist Rob Mazurek. He’s a member of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), where he served as vice-chairperson between 2009-2011. Downbeat Magazine has regularly recognized Reed as Jazz Artist, Rising Star in its annual Critics Poll since 2009, and one of the 80 Best Things About Jazz in its 80th Anniversary issue. In 2010 The Chicago Tribune named Reed as one of its Chicagoans of the year and in 2014 Chicago Magazine cited him as the 94th most powerful and influential person in the city. In 2016 Reed was awarded a prestigious United States Artist fellowship from the Doris Duke Foundation, recognized for his “unique artistic voice that expands the creative environment of the United States.”
Website:
mikereed1.bandcamp.com/

  • 29/02/2020 11:00am

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    Concert with wine&cheese reception at Terra Sounds School of Music and Arts “Chopin goes jazz “ Grazyna Auguscik – vocal Ben LewisRead more

  • 28/02/2020 8:00pm

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    Teatr Nasz Chicago – premiere show „Kwartet dla czterech aktorów / Quartet for four actors” by Bogusław Schaeffer director Andrzej Krukowski Additional performances:Read more

  • 27/02/2020 8:30pm

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    Mike Reed “Loose Assembly Trio” Mike Reed – drums Greg Ward – alto saxophone Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone Peter Cheslie “Chopin piano-less”Read more

  • 26/02/2020 7:00pm

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    Myth and Romance: Works for Violin and Piano by Polish Composers Marta Szlubowska – violin Svetlana Belsky – piano Polish Museum ofRead more

  • 25/02/2020 7:00pm

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    WDCB 90.9FM Live broadcast concert Rob Clearfield – solo piano Ben Lewis Trio Ben Lewis – piano Gregory Artry – drums LarryRead more

  • 24/02/2020 6:30pm

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    Official Opening of the 4th Chopin IN the City Festival Katarzyna Musial plays Chopin – piano Kamil Urbanski – piano Plays musicRead more

  • 23/02/2020 9pm

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    THE OH YEAHS! Vocal Trio Leslie Beukelman Allison Orobia Sarah Marie Young “A GUITAR DUO LIKE NO OTHER” Goran Ivanovic – guitarRead more

  • 23/02/2020 12pm

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    Painting Chopin Patricia’s Studio with her students Anna Mycek-Wodecki promoting the new book “Outsider/Odmieniec” Paintings and story about F. Chopin Grażyna AuguścikRead more

  • 22/02/2020 8pm

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    Personal Garden Grazyna Auguscik Group Grazyna Auguscik – vocal Curt Bley – bass Rob Clearfield – piano Jon Deitemyer – drums JohnRead more

  • 22/02/2020 10am

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    Outsider Anna Mycek-Wodecki promoting the new book “Outsider/Odmieniec” Paintings and story about F. Chopin Grażyna Auguścik Students of PASO Music Academy FreeRead more

  • 21/02/2020 9pm

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    Personal Garden Grazyna Auguscik Group Grazyna Auguscik – vocal Curt Bley – bass Rob Clearfield – piano Jon Deitemyer – drums JohnRead more

Chopin IN the City 2020 Festival Schedule

Ryszard Gajewski Gebka

actor

Konrad Pawełek

clarinettist

Teatr Nasz

OUR THEATRE

Lilianna Zofia Wosko

cellist

Jason Adasiewicz

PASO Music Academy

Patricia Art Studio

Peter Cheslie

Mike Reed

musician

Lauren Deutsch

Tangible Sound Photography

Katarzyna Musial

Clark Sommers

bassist

Goran Ivanovic, Fareed Haque

A GUITAR DUO LIKE NO OTHER

Curt Bley

THE OH YEAHS!

Gregory Artry

bass

Larry Kohut

bass

Ben Lewis

piano

Marta Szlubowska

violinist

Quinlan Kirchner

drummer

Kamil Urbański

pianist

James Davis

trumpeter

Greg Ward

saxophonist

Paul Bedal

pianist

Jon Deitemyer

drums
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  • EVENTS/FESTIVALS
    • The 2nd Chopin IN the City Festival
      • Interview with Grażyna Auguścik
      • 03/01/2018
      • 02/28/2018
      • 02/27/2018
      • 02/26/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/25/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/24/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/23/2018
      • 02/22/2018
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 02/22/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/23/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/24/2019
      • 02/25/2019
      • 02/26/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/27/2019
      • 02/28/2019
      • 03/01/2019
      • 03/02/2019
      • 03/03/2019
    • The 3rd Chopin IN The City Festival Autumn Series
      • 09/26/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/27/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/28/2019
      • 09/29/2019
      • 09/30/2019
    • The 4th Chopin IN The City Festival
      • 21/02/2020 9pm
      • 22/02/2020 10am
      • 22/02/2020 8pm
      • 23/02/2020 12pm
      • 23/02/2020 9pm
      • 24/02/2020 6:30pm
      • 25/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 26/02/2020 7:00pm
      • 27/02/2020 8:30pm
      • 28/02/2020 8:00pm
      • 29/02/2020 11:00am
      • 1/03/2020 3:00pm
    • The 5th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 2/22/2021
      • 2/23/2021
      • 2/24/2021
      • 2/25/2021
      • 2/26/2021
      • 2/27/2021
      • 2/28/2021
      • 3/1/2021
    • The 5th Chopin In the City 2021 Encore
      • 11/11/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/13/2021
      • 11/14/2021
      • 11/15/2021
    • The 6th Chopin IN the City Festival
      • 10/12/2022
      • 10/13/2022
      • 10/14/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/15/2022
      • 10/16/2022
      • 10/16/2022
  • GALLERY
    • 6th Chopin In the City Festival
    • 7th Chopin In the City Festival
  • ABOUT
    • Founder Full Bio
  • SPONSORS
    • Partners
  • DONATE
  • CONTACT
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