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Ain’t no river wide enough (to keep me from gettin’ to New Field)
A post in which Eric H, aka Deuce, reflects on playing through the 5HF (Fifth House Flu) and why he did it. At a rehearsal for our upcoming performance of our series concert Luna de Cuernos, the wind...
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Reflections from 5HE’s Newest Member, Valerie
This post was written by 5HE’s newest ensemble member, horn player Valerie Whitney. Val has been with us since November, and we’ve loved having her around! Read her post below for a peek inside her...
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Learning from Children and the Children in Us
As the international member of Fifth House (I’ve been living in Rome this year on a fellowship from the American Academy in Rome and won’t be set up in Chicago for another month), I’ve been watching...
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Behind the Scenes with Luna!
Today’s blog post was written by Anna Duncan, our programs director. Anna & Carole worked hand in hand with Luna de Cuernos collaborator Sarah Becan to bring Luna to life, and in this post, Anna...
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Dispatch from fresh inc 2014
I’m writing this post from the breathtaking atrium of the Milwaukee Art Museum, enveloped by the sound of Kevin Rank performing Blues for Gilbert on the vibraphone as part of the 2014 fresh inc...
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Skateboarding and Music: A Love Story
On a typical day, one can tell from my torn up shoes, holey jeans, and elbow scars that I am a skateboarder. When I clean up a bit and get a bassoon in my hands, it may not be as apparent. I’ve been...
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Choosing an Internship
Katrina Leshan has spent the last few weeks interning with 5HE before she heads off on her next great adventure for the summer. Read the blog post below to find out more about Katrina’s internship...
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A Summer Intern’s Reflection on fresh inc 2014
5HE summer intern Katrina Leshan wrote a post last week about her efforts finding and choosing internships. This week she’s written a post reflecting on the few days she was able to spend observing...
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Knowing is Half the Battle
I recently received a master’s degree in music. That means I am qualified to tell you how to play bassoon, how to construct different musical forms, or what was going on in the world when Shostakovich...
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5HE’s Dan Visconti Published on HuffPost: Let Curiosity Back Into the Concert...
Ever since I first began composing music, I’ve always felt that building new audiences requires updating the very idea of “the composer” — from some stuffy old dude with a wig and a quill pen, to a...
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Get Involved in 5HE’s Educational Programs this Spring!
This spring, we are excited to present two opportunities to get involved in our educational programs! We are currently wrapping up our second residency at Teen Living Programs and need help funding the...
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Gramophone Reviews Excelsior
by Donald Rosenberg Fifth House Ensemble is a group of young Chicagobased musicians who have a flair for inventive programming. Their newest disc, ‘Excelsior’, shows how devoted they are to living...
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Recording Woahs! Get it?
Coffee: The 15th member Walking through the doors of the studio at Chicago Recording Company was a highly sensory experience. The perfect acoustics of the room contrasted the overwhelming noise level...
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Battle of the Violins
Working with Baladino was an opportunity for me to connect with sound and music making from a very different angle than Classical music. It made me rediscover the ways in which I use the violin and...
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This week in our education programs at Teen Living Programs, we had our intern, Kevin Kerr, join us to teach about found sounds as we prepare for our upcoming open mic on Thursday, October 20 at 4pm at...
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The Augmented Fifth – 2/11/2018
Sunday, February 11, 2018 WELCOME TO THE THUNDERDOME! We are about to embark on quite an exciting few weeks here at Fifth House Ensemble with a variety of performances, education work, and touring!...
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The Augmented Fifth – 2/18/2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018 Just call us Duracell because we seriously need a recharge. We had a great trip to Ohio and a wonderful performance of Journey LIVE! Isn’t it just the way that we will be at...
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The Augmented Fifth – 2/25/2018
Sunday, February 25, 2018 – Issue 17 Another week, another Journey LIVE show. We’re still here in San Francisco and I’d be lying if I said I’m not writing this in my hotel bed waiting for Eric to wake...
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The Augmented Fifth – 3/5/2018
Sunday, March 5, 2018 – Issue 18 ….hey. Um, yeah, so, it’s been a week. Let’s um, talk about next week instead, k? Cool thanks. Jason Vieaux will be here soon! We have an upcoming Living Language show...
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The Augmented Fifth – 3/11/2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018 – Issue 19 We were so thrilled to have Jason Vieaux back for what was a marvelous performance of our Living Language show at Ravinia on Saturday night. At the very least, it was...
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