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100-Musician Ensemble of FULCRUM POINT NEW MUSIC PROJECT
Performs Live Score to Screening of 1980 Sci-Fi Classic
ALTERED STATES
Presented as part of citywide “Forever Young” festival celebrating composer John Corigliano
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, April 23
CHICAGO (March 18, 2013) – Expanding on its popular “Movie Music” programs that feature live
orchestration of film scene scores, Chicago’s new art music leader, Fulcrum Point New Music Project,
with a 100-member orchestra, presents the complete film score and screening of the 1980 science fiction
horror classic, Altered States. The live score performance is part of a citywide, four-day “Forever Young”
festival celebrating the 75th birthday of modern master composer John Corigliano. Fulcrum Point
presents Altered States in one performance only at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E.
Randolph Street, Tuesday, April 23 at 7 pm.
The entire Altered States film is shown complete with dialogue and sound effects accompanied by The
Fulcrum Point orchestra led by Founder and Artistic Director Stephen Burns. Corigliano, who was
nominated for a Best Music, Original Score Academy Award™ for his work on Altered States, will be in
attendance and will participate in a post-concert discussion with the audience at the Harris Theater.
“When I first saw Altered States in 1980, I was blown away by this spiritual, scientific and artistic trip,” said
Burns. “Other movies had sourced new art music (Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, for one), but none
before had such brilliant and profound film score by a single composer utilizing the complete spectrum of
styles. Since I was a student at Juilliard in 1980 I’ve dreamt of bringing this unique blend of abstract
expressionism, neo-romanticism, electronic and world music to the stage. The Fulcrum Point is where
audacity and tradition come together. Our programs have always connected the classical and popular
cultures. Altered States joins Blood on the Floor, Popcorn Superhet Receiver and THE NEWS as cultural
milestones that will thrill and inspire the audience to be an audacious, musical adventurer.”
Altered States, directed by Ken Russell and starring William Hurt, Blair Brown and Bob Balaban, centers
on a Harvard professor exploring other states of consciousness. Through extensive experiments on
himself using an hallucinatory drug and an isolation tank, he experiences drastic psychological
transformation and then de-evolutionary, physical transformations where he struggles to hang on to his
humanity. The film is rated R with a running time of 103 minutes.
This concert is presented in part through support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Columbia
College Chicago, MacArthur Foundation Rental and Technical Subsidy Program at the Harris Theater
and the Elizabeth Cheney Foundation.
Tickets
Tickets for Fulcrum Point’s performance of Altered States range from $25 to $50 with $10 tickets available
for students and groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available through the Harris Theater’s Box Office at
312-334-7777 or online at www.harristheaterchicago.org.
The “Forever Young” Festival
The Fulcrum Point performance is the centerpiece of “Forever Young,” April 22 – 25, a citywide
celebration of Corigliano’s work which also includes programming by Gaudete Brass, The Chicago
Chamber Musicians and PianoForte. Other “Forever Young” events include:
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Monday, April 22: Gaudete Brass Concert
Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue
6:30 pm Pre-Concert Discussion; 7:30 pm Concert
Tickets: Free
o Gaudete Brass celebrates John Corigliano the composer and teacher. Henry Fogel,
Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt, moderates a pre-concert
discussion. The program offers music by Corigliano, David Sampson and four World
Premieres of Gaudete Brass-commissioned works by Corigliano’s students: Jeremy
Howard Beck, Steven Bryant, Jonathan Newman and Conrad Winslow.
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Wednesday, April 24: The Chicago Chamber Musicians: Composer Perspectives
Ganz Hall of Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue
6:45 pm Pre-Concert Discussion; 7:30 pm Concert
Tickets: $25, available at 312-819-5806 or www.chicagochambermusicians.org
o This concert celebrates Corigliano, former Chicago Symphony Orchestra composerin-residence. Stacy Garrop hosts a pre-concert discussion with Corigliano followed
by a vibrant selection of his best chamber pieces. The concert features Julia Bentley
(mezzo soprano), Joseph Genualdi (violin), and Winston Choi and Meng-Chieh Liu
(pianos). All Corigliano program: Three Cabaret Songs, Soliloquy, Sonata for Violin
and Piano, String Quartet No. 1, Chiaroscuro University.
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Thursday, April 25: PianoForte Salon Series
PianoForte, Curtiss Hall, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, 10th floor
7:30 pm
Tickets: $20 General, $15 Members, $10 Students, available at 312-291-0291 or
www.pianofortefoundation.org.
o PianoForte Foundation presents an exploration of Corigliano’s major piano works
featuring distinguished American pianist Ursula Oppens and her former student
Winston Choi, both regarded as leading interpreters of new music. Audiences can
join the artists and composer at a complimentary post-concert reception. All
Corigliano Program: Winging It, Fantasia on an Ostinato, Etude Fantasy, Gazebo
Dances, Kaleidoscope.
About John Corigliano
John Corigliano, who officially turns 75 on February 16, 2013, is one of America's most widely acclaimed
composers. Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual, and most widely celebrated
bodies of work any composer has created over the last forty years. Corigliano's numerous scores —
including three symphonies and eight concerti among over one hundred chamber, vocal, choral, and
orchestral works — have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras,
soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. Recent scores include Conjurer (2008), for percussion and
string orchestra, commissioned for and introduced by Dame Evelyn Glennie. Among his many distinctions
are the Pulitzer Prize in Music, awarded in 2001 for his Symphony No. 2; the Academy Award for his
score to the 1999 film The Red Violin, four Grammy™ Awards (including three for Best Contemporary
Composition) and the Grawemeyer Award for his Symphony No. 1. One of the few living composers to
have a string quartet named for him, Corigliano serves on the composition faculty at the Juilliard School
of Music and holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Music at Lehman College, City University of
New York, which has established a scholarship in his name. For the past fourteen years he and his
partner, the composer-librettist Mark Adamo, have divided their time between Manhattan and Kent Cliffs,
New York. More information is available at www.johncorigliano.com.
About Fulcrum Point
Since its formation by trumpet virtuoso and conductor Stephen Burns in 1998 under the auspices of
Performing Arts Chicago, the mission of Fulcrum Point New Music Project has been to champion new
classical music and highlight contemporary composers who are inspired and influenced by popular
culture, including literature, film, dance, folk, rock, jazz, blues, Latin and world music. Through multidisciplinary concert performances and educational programs, the 25-member Fulcrum Point ensemble
seeks to encourage audiences to make cross-cultural connections between new music, art, technology
and literature, gaining greater insight into today’s diverse world. Burns, himself, has been acclaimed on
four continents for his widely varied performances encompassing recitals, orchestral appearances,
chamber ensemble engagements, and innovative multi-media presentations involving video, dance
theatre and sculpture.
Fulcrum Point New Music Project's year round programs are supported in part by: The Richard H.
Driehaus Foundation, The Polk Brothers Foundation, The Irving Harris Foundation, The Gaylord and
Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Zuckerman Family Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music,
Inc., Elizabeth Cheney Foundation, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Heitman, LLC., The Illinois
Arts Council, a state agency, JNL Graphic Design, The Anne & Burton B. Kaplan Fund of The Mayer &
Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
& Special Events, The Neisser Family Fund, The Daniel and Genevieve Ratner Foundation, The STEP
Foundation, Farney R. Wurlitzer Foundation. For more information on Fulcrum Point and its programs
visit www.fulcrumpoint.org.
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