Toronto Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International: Composer Alive June 28, 2011

The Toronto Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, in collaboration with Toronto composer Omar Daniel and the Chicago-based Access Contemporary Music (ACM), present Composer Alive. Mr. Daniel will compose a new piece in four installments and email them as they are written. Each installment will be recorded in an open rehearsal session and then posted to ACM’s website with comments from the composer and from the performers. The project’s aim is to demystify the compositional process and give an audience access to the composer’s thought process from first draft, through rewrites, to the finished product. While in Toronto in the fall, ACM will record the final installment under the composer’s supervision and will present performances of music by Chicago composers and Mr. Daniel will travel to Chicago for the World Premiere performance of his new piece at the Chicago Cultural Center where music from other living Toronto-based composers will be featured. The first performance of Composer Alive will be on the above date in Millennium Park.