Amanda Cook

Share I heard the wind rushing as soon as I stepped into the Metropolitan Opera House on the evening of Oct. 19. The hall resonated with a crepuscular chorus of cicadas, frogs, and crickets as overture, and a dark hush was maintained by the audience as th... See more

Share On a cloudless, crisp Saturday afternoon, a crowd of more than a hundred people are huddled in the back garden of Experimental Sound Studio, a nonprofit devoted to Chicago's creative music scene. ESS is celebrating 40 years of existence today; its c... See more

For a really long time, I had a warped perception of what healing was supposed to look like… and I don't think I was alone in that. There was this message that seemed to be everywhere, especially within wellness communities and across social media, that o... See more

Share The violin doesn't always sound like a violin on Marina Kifferstein's new album, Strand Line (Oct. 23, Gold Bolus Recordings). Across its five tracks, the violinist and composer creates one aural illusion after another, conjuring the sounds of a cra... See more

Share The ancient Greek concept of poiesis is the creation of something that has never existed before. True to this namesake, the Poiesis Quartet is committed to programming and commissioning new string quartet works from underrepresented composers. Laude... See more