At the Heart of DIY

Chicago-based clarinetist James Falzone, along with his ensemble KLANG, will lead an interactive round-table discussion about DIY tools and strategies for young ensembles. This workshop is designed for students, alumni, and community members who are leading their own ensembles or are interested in doing so in the future. The workshop will be followed by a short performance featuring KLANG, who will be performing at the Lily Pad on March 14th at 7:30PM.

James Falzone

The work of composer and clarinetist James Falzone exists at the intersection of divergent streams. Equally at home in classical, jazz, improvised, and various world music idioms, his career has garnered wide critical and peer respect for the way he traverses and connects these seemingly disparate paths. He has been featured on numerous public radio and television programs and has performed in concert halls, festivals and jazz clubs throughout North America and Europe. In addition to appearing on numerous recordings as ensemble member, he has released several critically acclaimed recordings as leader and his compositions have been performed by chamber and choral ensembles, orchestras and soloists throughout North America, Europe, and Russia. He has received numerous grants and awards for his work and is the Director of Music and Resident Composer at Grace Chicago Church. Educated at Northern Illinois University and New England Conservatory, James is a respected educator himself, currently on faculty at Columbia College Chicago where he teaches in the New Millennium Studies program, an innovative first-year interdisciplinary seminar. He is a frequent lecturer and workshop presenter at universities and colleges in the US and abroad. 

Led by clarinetist James Falzone (MM '00, CI), KLANG is a Chicago-based quartet made up of some of the most highly regarded artists working in improvised music today. KLANG's three studio albums have been praised by critics around the globe with their most recent release, Brooklyn Lines . . . Chicago Spaces (Allos Documents, 2012), reaching top-10 status on Canadian jazz charts and being selected as a top 20 release for 2012 by Rhapsody.