Fulcrum Point New Music Project

04/28/2026

Thanks to everyone who came out last Friday.

We appreciate you showing up, listening, and supporting the incredible artists we partner with, these events don’t happen without you.

See you June 27!

04/22/2026

This Friday!

Join Fulcrum Point New Music Project for an electrifying night of new music:

Neuromaze: Joyful Sparks
Music of Ginka Mizuki & Gene Pritsker

📍 Theater Wit
🗓 Friday, April 24
⏰ 7:30 PM

This 90-minute program blends jazz, classical, rock, and theater into something fresh, unexpected, and genuinely fun. Expect bold sounds, high energy, and a concert experience that doesn’t feel traditional.

Featuring guest artist Michiyo Suzuki, clarinet, alongside an incredible lineup of performers.

If you’ve been wanting to try something new (or just want a great night out), this is it.

Grab your tickets and join us!

https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

04/13/2026

Composer Gene Pritsker has written over one thousand compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.

      He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance. Gene’s music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
    
    He co-founded the Grammy-nominated Absolute Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi and has been a composer in residence and guitarist since its creation in 1993. Gene’s music has been performed worldwide at various festivals and by many ensembles and performers including the The Adelaide Symphony, MDR Symphony, The Athens Camerata, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Brooklyn, Shanghai and Berlin Philharmonics, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Riga, Orchester des Pfalztheaters, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Anhaltische Philharmonie, Ensemble Kontrast, as well as such soloists as Anne Akiko Meyers, Lara St. John, Sarah Chang, Kathleen Supové, Martin Kuuskmann and Simone Dinnerstein. He worked closely with jazz fusion legend Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, including ‘Cloud Atlas’, for which he wrote additional music and composed his ‘’Cloud Atlas Symphony’. He is also the lead orchestrator for such TV series as Babylon Berlin, Jett, Netflix’s Sense8 and Messiah. Gene is the lead orchestrator and has additional music in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections.

For his full bio head over to his website: https://www.genepritsker.com/

Fulcrum Point Presents Neuromaze: Joyful Sparks Music of Ginka Mizuki & Gene Pritsker

Friday, April 24, 2026
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
Theater Wit
1229 West Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL, 60657

04/07/2026

Meet Michiyo Suzuki on April 24th 7:30-9pm at

Clarinetist Michiyo Suzuki is a versatile clarinetist based in New York City, known for expressive playing in contemporary, classical, crossover, experimental, and microtonal genres. Her technical precision and musicality enliven diverse repertoires, from classical to electro-acoustic and microtonal works. She studied with renowned clarinetist Charles Neidich at Purchase College Conservatory, earning an MFA, and continued in the DMA program at SUNY Stony Brook. In 1996, she debuted at Carnegie Recital Hall as a winner of the Artist’s International award. She has performed extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, appearing with ensembles such as the Grammy-nominated Absolute Ensemble (as a core member), NY Licorice Ensemble (as a cofounder), Composers Concordance, ST-X Xenakis Ensemble USA, and Newband. Through the Absolute Ensemble, she has collaborated with legendary figures including Joe Zawinul and Marcel Khalife. With Newband, she mastered the fingerings needed to perform on Harry Partch’s 43-tone microtonal octave scale, demonstrating her expertise in extended techniques and alternative tunings. Her recordings include credits on the Babylon Berlin (Original Television Soundtrack), Cloud Atlas (Original Soundtrack, 2012), and numerous albums from the groups she has participated in. Recently, Ms. Suzuki has bridged performance and composition as Ginka Mizuki, but remains focused as an interpreter and collaborator. She often premieres new works and joins innovative projects that blend genres and cultures. When not performing or composing, Ms. Suzuki enjoys being a foster parent to two cats, Chicken & Noodle, practicing the tea ceremony (certified associate professor of the Omotesenke), training in Shotokan karate (3rd degree black belt), and baking bread and Japanese sweets.

Tickets here: https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

03/18/2026

Thank you for joining us this past Saturday at it was a joy to share music with this community.

Congrats to Victoria for a beautiful program, and to all the musicians for bringing it to life.

Give them a follow and stay tuned for what’s next!

03/10/2026

Small excerpt from El Retrato de Lupe by Jiménez Mabarak.

“A soulful elegy that I love playing, tender, reflective, and full of quiet emotion.”

Hear it live on our March 14 concert 7:30pm

03/04/2026

Meet Elena Abend

A graduate of the Juilliard School, Venezuelan pianist Elena Abend’s solo appearances include Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Corcoran Gallery, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Purcell Room, Chicago Cultural Center, the Pabst Theater, Wilson Center for the Performing Arts, Music Institute of Chicago, Four Seasons Arts Concert Series in Berkeley, Teatro Nacional, Teatro Municipal, Teatro Teresa Carreño in Venezuela and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Ms. Abend has been a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, Green Bay Symphony, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, UWM Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, Youngstown Symphony Orchestra as well as all the major orchestras in Venezuela.

Chamber music collaborations include the Marlboro and Ravinia Music Festivals, Frankly Music, Present Music, Milwaukee Musaik, Chamber Music Milwaukee, Chicago Rembrandt Players, as well as guest artist with the Fine Arts Quartet, the Mendelssohn Quartet, Philomusica Quartet, and KAIA String Quartet. She has recorded for Albany Records, the Avie label, INNOVA Recording and numerous recordings and editing projects for Hal Leonard’s G. Schirmer Instrumental and Performance Editions. Her most recent recording is for the Urtext Online label as soloist with the Snow Pond Chamber Players. As a member of the Elision Duo, she performs regularly with husband clarinetist Orlando Pimentel. Recent performances include recitals in Milwaukee, Oakland, Berkeley and Chicago promoting Latin American repertoire and music from unknown American and Latin American composers.

Ms. Abend is chair of piano studies at UWM and has been faculty at the Collaborative Piano Institute and the Chamber Music Intensive program at the New England Music Camp.

Join us on March 14 to hear her perform.

Tickets link here: https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

03/03/2026

T-minus 11 days until ENCUENTROS

Curated by , this program explores the rich, layered sounds of Latin America, full of rhythm, memory, and connection.

Join us Saturday, March 14 | 7:30–9:00 PM
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We can’t wait to share Paquito D’Rivera’s “Merengue” — vibrant, virtuosic, and impossible to sit still for.

Get your tickets here: https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

02/25/2026

Join us Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7:30PM at Fulton Street Collective for Fulcrum Point New Music Project’s presentation of “ENCUENTROS” An AuxIn: Connected! event curated by Victoria Moreira.

This program explores the shared emotional language of Latin America, shaped by the meeting of Europe, Africa, and the Indigenous Americas. Longing, joy, resilience, memory. Music that carries cultural identity and speaks to something universally human.

Featuring:
Orlando Pimentel, clarinet
Victoria Moreira, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Elena Abend, piano

Supported by the Driehaus Foundation.

02/24/2026

Thank you all for joining us this past Sunday! Check out our website for our next performance in March.

https://www.fulcrumpoint.org/upcoming

02/18/2026

Fulcrum Point New Music Project Lux Aeterna: The Wonder of Brass

This Sunday February 22, 2026 3-4:30pm at the Music Institute of Chicago Nichols Hall.

PROGRAM
Anders Hillborg Brass Quintet
Kevin King Wonder of a Child
Regina Harris Baiocchi QFX
Evan Williams Lux Aeterna
Ira Taxin Brass Quintet

MUSICIANS
Stephen Burns & Hamed Barbarji, trumpets
Momo Hasselbring Seko, French horn
Robyn Smith, trombone
Kevin Harrison, tuba

90’ program with reception following
Tickets available here:

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