our 2026/27 season

In our 26/27 season, mycelium new music continues our mission of creating imaginative, multidisciplinary performances of contemporary music that showcase diverse emerging voices. 

epithets & call for spores

with guest artist Kate Soper
​saturday, nov. 14th, 2026, 8:30pm
constellation chicago
3111 n western ave.
$20/$15 for students
Mycelium New Music joins forces with composer-vocalist Kate Soper to premiere a new version of her piece Epithets for soprano and ensemble, which sets a catalog of epithets from the Odyssey, alongside her duo So Dawn Chromatically Descends. The concert also features the selected pieces from our 2026 call for spores, which received over 150 submissions. Presented as this year’s Rhizome Project, in which Mycelium gives a second performance of recent works by rising star emerging composer that have only been played once, all three composers -  Jorge Amado, Celka Ojakangas, and Alex Taylor - will travel to Chicago for a collaborative workshop, recording, and performance of their winning pieces. 
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program 
Kate Soper - Epithets for soprano and sextet (premiere of new version)
Kate Soper - So Dawn Chromatically Descends to Day for soprano and piano
Jorge Amado - Identidades for sextet (premiere of new version)
Celka Ojakangas - Toons for sextet (premiere of new version)
​Alex Taylor - A Handful of False Starts and Dead Ends for sextet (premiere of new version)
guest artist Kate Soper,  
credit Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Foundation

dreamworlds

january 29th, 2027
epiphany center for the arts
201 s ashland ave
​7:30pm
composer Enno Poppe
Mycelium New Music presents the US premiere of German composer Enno Poppe’s Laub with original live projection. Laub, which unfolds over 45 dream-like minutes, is a sprawling study in transformation where “each bar is a variation of the previous bar,” and its colorful soundscape will be augmented by immersive projection. The performance will also feature music by TJ Cole.

program 
Enno Poppe - Laub for ensemble
TJ Cole - One More Blue, One More Gray​ for ensemble

birdsongs

saturday, april 10th, 2027, 5pm
​with guest artists Sasha Ishov, flute, and Kyle Flens, percussion
presented in collaboration with Chicago Ornithological Society
may chapel of rosehill cemetery 
5800 n ravenswood ave.
Mycelium New Music joins forces with the Chicago Ornithological Society to present its second s.p.o.r.e. (satellite performance of reduced ensemble) concert. Guest artists Sasha Ishov and Kyle Flens join Paul Novak and Rebecca McDaniel in a short concert of chamber music for flutes and percussion inspired by birds, including “Birds, Bees, and Electric Fish” by Juri Seo alongside music by Sami Seif, Dai Fujikura, and Chris Theofanidis. The performance will be followed immediately by a bird walk at dusk led by COS. 
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program 
Juri Seo - Birds, Bees, and Electric Fish for flutes and percussion
Sami Seif - Hypnotic Spiral for piccolo and percussion
Dai Fujikura - Chirping Bird for solo percussion
Chris Theofanidis - Kaoru for 2 flutes
composer Juri Seo; 
photo by Joanna Malecka

elmhurst university residency

april 18th, 2027
elmhurst university

As 2026-27 Guest Artists at Elmhurst University, Mycelium New Music performs a program of newly composed works by student composers.