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Praise for In Transit
“Whether it’s screening cartoons of a rat braving the plague-ravaged streets of London or performing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time against astral projections in Adler Planetarium, 5HE goes all in with kooky, multisensory programs. Now the local chamber troupe turns to a more zeitgeisty add-on: social media.”
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Fifth House Ensemble
“You have to admire the sheer imaginative chutzpah these young performers bring to their envelope-pushing enterprise.”
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-John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune -
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Fifth House Ensemble
“Young chamber groups devoted to shaking up the traditional concert experience are blossoming in Chicago, and one of the best is the five-year-old Fifth House Ensemble… They are a talented crew, and they brought spontaneity and hair-trigger responsiveness to the music of Black Violet.”
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-Wynne Delacoma, Musical America -
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5HE in the classroom
“In an era where we risk accountability driving out creativity, it is wonderful to have a program that allows students to learn content at high levels within a fine arts framework. Fifth House Ensemble has demonstrated excellence in using music to do what music does best – reaching minds and hearts.”
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Black Violet Act I CD Recording
Fifth House Ensemble’s Black Violet Act I: The Leagues of Despair is now available on CD and as a digital download!
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Big Belly Clarinet Playing! Weekly Inspiration from Jenny
I’ve started shying away from my introductions to blog posts here on the 5HE Blog. I’ve learned that a lot of times, it’s best to just let the words of the post author speak, but every once in a while, I still feel the pull to add a little bit to the beginning. I’m not [...]
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Waiting in Line — Weekly Inspiration from Carole
On Sunday, I had a rare evening free, so my boyfriend Brandon and I decided to make a date night of it. After much debating, we settled on dinner and a movie. We have a really hard time agreeing on movies most of the time, but we picked Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. It was [...]
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Narrative Before Music, In Transit: #thisrocks Review on New Music Box
Narrative Before Music By Devin Hurd on January 19, 2012 Fifth House Ensemble deserves credit for the careful preparation and forethought that went into the multimedia “#thisrocks” installment of their In Transit series. So much of the experience was tailored to mirror our contemporary reality—lives overflowing with Facebook updates, Tweets, and an intense quantity of media that [...]
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Collaboration in the key of C
Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration. I know… you’ve seen it all over our website, our blog, our facebook. Yadda yadda yadda, right? It’s one of those hot words that everyone puts in their mission statement, program descriptions, and grant applications. Want to know a secret? Collaboration is really tough, forces you out of your comfort zone(s), and [...]
