Florence Price - Beyond the First
She was the FIRST black female composer to be performed by a major orchestra... and she was so much more. Experience Price’s music from...
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Ashley Ertz
Mar 30, 20238 min read
Program Notes for April Fools: Unexpected Instruments - April 1, 2023
Program Rain on a Tin Roof Katerina Gimon (b. 1993) Two Pieces for viola (or violin) and cello Rebecca Clarke...
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Ashley Ertz
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Program Notes for Leonarda Remix - November 19, 2022
Program 12 Sonatas, Opus 16 (1683) Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704), arr. Ashley Ertz Sonata 6 Sonata 3 Sonata 2 Sonata 5 Sonata 1 —...
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Ashley Ertz
Oct 1, 20225 min read
Program Notes for 5th Wave Wind Quintet - October 1, 2022
Program Wind Quintet in C (1955) Claude Arrieu (1903-1990) Allegro Andante Allegro scherzando Adagio Allegro vivace "Swans"...
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Ashley Ertz
Mar 22, 20227 min read
Program Notes for "Homegrown" with Awakenings Art – March 25, 2022 (6pm and 8pm)
Program Plea for Peace (2017) Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964) Stadiums (2019) Steph Davis (b. 1999) i'm sorry, not...
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Ashley Ertz
Nov 16, 20219 min read
Program Notes for "Modern Baroque" – November 19, 2021 and December 17, 2021 (online)
Recorded live at Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL; November 19, 2021 / Broadcast online December 17, 2021 Program Scherzo "Ach Wie Fluchtig,...
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Ashley Ertz
Apr 2, 20219 min read
Program Notes for "5th Wave Plugged In" – April 3, 2021
Recorded at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL Program Pleiades (2019) Mason Bynes (b. 1997) Braiding (2017)...
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Ashley Ertz
Dec 1, 20204 min read
Program Notes for 5th Wave String Quartet, 12/1/2020
Recorded at Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL Video premiered on YouTube and Facebook Program String Quartet (1919) Germaine...
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Ashley Ertz
Oct 16, 20207 min read
Program Notes for 5th Wave Cabaret
Recorded at Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL Video premiered on YouTube and Facebook Program Semelíami (1996) Alejandra Odgers (b....
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Ashley Ertz
Aug 4, 20207 min read
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 Call for Scores Winners
We are thrilled to announce the results of our second annual Call for Scores! Three outstanding works have been chosen: two composers...
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Ashley Ertz
Mar 7, 20203 min read
Listen Up on International Women's Day!
Our motto is, "She must be heard to be known." So on this International Women's Day, we're making sure you hear some music by womxn...
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Ashley Ertz
May 21, 20195 min read
ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for Scores Winners
We are thrilled to announce the results of our first ever Call for Scores! We received 62 submissions, and the Board and Panel were...
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Ashley Ertz
Oct 3, 20182 min read
SHE MUST BE HEARD TO BE KNOWN
Whenever someone asks me about 5th Wave Collective, I tell them our mission and how we are trying to bring music by women to the...
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Ashley Ertz
Jul 31, 20182 min read
Hey you! Listen Up!
Sitting here 2 days before our August 1st concert, listening to a rehearsal for the Montgomery Quartet, I’m overwhelmed with everything...
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