The Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition is excited to share that the Grossman Ensemble will be performing at the TIME:SPANS festival in New York City on August 15, 2026. Their program will include works previously commissioned for the ensemble by composers Frédéric Durieux, Ramon Lazkano, Sean Shepherd, and Melinda Wagner, as well as Augusta Read Thomas's Solstice Ritual - Homage to Varèse and Ravel.
The TIME:SPANS festival is dedicated primarily to the presentation of twenty-first century music. The festival is produced and presented by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust. Artistic Director for TIME:SPANS is Thomas Fichter. The name TIME SPANS is taken from the title of an orchestra piece by the American composer Earle Brown.
Tickets go on sale starting Monday, June 1, 2026 at 9am ET. Bookmark the ticket page here, and view the full program below.
Grossman Ensemble TIME:SPANS Program
Melinda Wagner
Limbic Fragments, 2024*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere
Sean Shepherd
Simple Machines - Air, Churn, Hover, 2024*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere
Ramon Lazkano
A Glitch at the Edge, 2024
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere
Frédéric Durieux
Theater of Shadows I, 2022*
for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, horn, harp, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
* NY Premiere
Augusta Read Thomas
Solstice Ritual – Homage to Varèse and Ravel, 2024
for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, piano, celeste, 4 percussion, 2 violin, viola, and cello
Grossman Ensemble
Timothy Weiss, conductor
Constance Volk, flute
Andrew Nogal, oboe
Katherine Jimoh, clarinet
Taimur Sullivan, saxophone
Matthew Oliphant, horn
Greg Beyer, percussion
John Corkill, percussion
Kyle Flens, percussion
Christopher Jones, percussion
Ben Melsky, harp
Daniel Pesca, piano
Marianne Parker, celesta
Hanna Hurwitz, violin
Theo Ramsey, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Nick Photinos, cello