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- Kid-friendly event
This is a groupmuse
A live concert in a living room, backyard, or another intimate space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
Host
We're chuffed as chips to host pianist & composer SHI-AN COSTELLO for an interactive evening of his own music — and yours!
Shi-An and some surprise guests will start the evening with a sampling of solo and chamber compositions, including an exclusive sneak peak of Shi-An's in-progress piano suite, "The Occident." A partner piece to their composition "The Orient," "The Occident" explores what "the West" represents in 2026: as idea, monolith, and myth.
From there, we open the floor to you. If you have a sonata, song, or other work in your repertoire that muses on the East-West imaginary or related themes, bring it with you and Shi-An will play along. Just let us know in your RSVP if you'd like to claim a slot on the concert's second half.
We will have cheese, crackers, and other snacks/drinks for your grazing pleasure. BYOB appreciated, but not required!
ABOUT SHI-AN:
Described as “…a tour de force…” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), pianist and composer Shi-An Costello (b. 1987) has trailblazed a path truly unique, with repertoire that spans the aesthetic sensibilities of four centuries. Shi-An's music explores the idea of "transcription," real and imaginary, as a failed attempt to recover lost or forgotten sound. His music addresses larger, thematic ideas like existentialism, race/ethnicity/class, biological evolution, and the natural world.
Shi-An's music has been premiered, commissioned or featured in recent years at Asian American Jazz Festival of Chicago, Tribeca New Music New York, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), Alliance Française de Chicago and has been programmed by groups both nationally and internationally.
Shi-An currently works as a session pianist for IFC Films, IMAX Films, and independent Chicagoland productions, and in the classical/contemporary classical realm, has performed with members of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Winnipeg, Honolulu, and Thunder Bay Symphonies, the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Dal Niente and Sound Icon. Shi-An is currently staff pianist for DePaul University and the Musical Pathways Initiative of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among others.
What's the music?
Shi-An and some surprise guests will start the evening with a sampling of solo and chamber compositions, including an exclusive sneak peak of their in-progress piano suite, "The Occident." A partner piece to their composition "The Orient," "The Occident" explores what "the West" represents in 2026: as idea, monolith, and myth.
From there, we open the floor to you. If you have a sonata, song, or other work in your repertoire that muses on the East-West imaginary or related themes, bring it with you and Shi-An will play along. Just let us know in your RSVP if you'd like to claim a slot on the concert's second half.
Described as “…a tour de force…” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), pianist and composer Shi-An Costello (b. 1987) has trailblazed a path truly unique, with repertoire that spans the aesthetic sensibilities of four centuries. Shi-An's music explores the idea of "transcription," real and imaginary, as a failed attempt to recover lost or forgotten sound. His music addresses larger, thematic ideas like existentialism, race/ethnicity/class, biological evolution, and the natural world.
Shi-An's music has been premiered, commissioned or featured in recent years at Asian American Jazz Festival of Chicago, Tribeca New Music New York, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), Alliance Française de Chicago and has been programmed by groups both nationally and internationally.
Shi-An currently works as a session pianist for IFC Films, IMAX Films, and independent Chicagoland productions, and in the classical/contemporary classical realm, has performed with members of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Toronto, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Winnipeg, Honolulu, and Thunder Bay Symphonies, the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Dal Niente and Sound Icon. Shi-An is currently staff pianist for DePaul University and the Musical Pathways Initiative of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among others.
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