2012 Music-Makers
as of Wednesday, May 16, 2012
2011 Music-Makers can be found here
Blues
- Ed Rey – vocals and guitar
- Friends Of Chloe – guitar, bass, drums, flute
Classical
- a.pe.ri.od.ic – mixed chamber
- Bohemian Scandal – percussion quartet
- Bruce Barber and Friends – organ, piano, voice
- Jeannette Buerk – harp
- Chicago Bass Ensemble – five double basses
- Discipuli Cantatis – a capella voice
- Diva Duo – two flutes
- The Drouets – violin and viola
- DUO!! – piano duets and trios
- Fulcrum Point New Music Project – two marimbas
- Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon – piano
- iAN&ANi DUO – cello and piano
- Klarin-öte – flute and clarinet
- Blagoj Lamnjov – clarinet
- Ryan Loeckel and Thomas Gouwens – violin and organ
- Melodicos – voice and piano
- Merdinger-Feokitistova Piano Duo – two pianos
- Emi Murata & Friends – piano, violin, and cello
- The Music Room – strings, woodwinds, drums, and electric guitar
- Lyle Nicholson – voice and piano
- Ninth Muse – two voices
- Jana Pavlovska – piano
- Piano à la Quartette – two pianos (eight hands)
- Piano Students of Marie Alatalo – piano
- Mark Piekarz – voice and piano
- Jay Pike and friends – string quartet
- Quintet Attacca Chamber Camp – flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and basson
- Ravenswood Community Orchestra
- Salon – voice, piano
- Deborah Sobol – piano
- St. Chrysostom’s Church – organ, voice, carillon, and other instruments
- Megan Stokes – piano
- Sherwood Suzuki Strings – violins, violas, and cellos
- Tria – flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and harp
- Vienna Waltz Ensemble – two violins, double bass
Folk
- The Bottom Five – two guitars
- Eileen Censotti – guitar
- Circus Mutt – vocals, guitar, mandolin, bongo
- Fitful Road – vocals, guitar, banjo, and keyboard
- Ginger Binge – vocals, guitar, and bass
- The Hard Wood Boys – guitar, mandolin, banjo, washboard, washtub bass
- Herbietunes – guitar
- Meisha Herron – guitar, percussion, and voice
- Lydia Landor
- Lawler-Brown – two guitars
- Jason McInnes – open jam of members of the Old Town School of Folk Music Community
- Merdinger-Feokitistova Piano Duo – two pianos
- Northland Ghost – vocals, guitars, bass, and drums
- Phil Passen / Rebecca Unger – hammered dulcimer and banjo
- The Plastic Paddys – vocals, violin, cello, tin whistle, and bodhran
- John Sargent – vocals, guitar, ukulele
- Shelley Miller – vocals, guitar
- Sista’ Joy, The Inspirational “Mountain Mama” – guitar and banjo
- Sisters Strange – vocals, mandolin, recorder, viola, and hand drum
- The Young Stracke All-Stars – guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and piano
- Urban Twang – vocals, guitar, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, percussion
Hip-Hop
- Gudbull Music Group – vocals
- MacGilla – guitar, synth, drums, and bass
- Yung Star – rap vocals and dancers
Jazz
- Barristers Big Band – clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, tuba, bass, guitar, piano, and drums
- BMR4 – sax, guitar, acoustic bass, and drums
- Elle Casazza – voice, guitar, and piano
- Greta Pope and the Greta Pope Jazz Ensemble – vocals, piano, violin, synthesizer, bass, and drums
- Heisenberg Uncertainty Players – big band
- Marjorie Johnston – piano
- Hope McCoy – voice, piano
- KMANG KMANG – guitar, electric violin, bass, and drums
- Shawn Payne Trio – piano, bass, and drums
- State Street Express – vocals, guitar, keyboard, trumpet, harmonica, and drums
Pop
- Carpet Museum – digital synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- Dario Radio – dueling pianos
- EMYNONA – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, and trombone
- Grooved Surface – guitar and accordion
- Harris Family Trio – two guitars, mandolin, keyboard, ukelele, and cowbell
- Janelle Ja – vocals, keyboards, and percussion
- Joachim Luis – a capella vocals
- King & I – vocals, piano, and guitar
- Manon PAUL – guitar
- Marissa, John, and Catherine – piano, vocals, violin, and cello
R&B
- Baritone – guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums
- GeekDaKiD – vocals
- iZReelSoul & Da Truth – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, and percussion
Rock
- BarbWire – guitar and vocals
- Kelly Campos – vocals, guitar, bass, hand drums, drums
- Charlemagne Lane – vocals, guitar, drums, and other instruments
- Paul Coady – vocals, guitar, bass, and drums
- Sarah Chang and Chris Carroll – vocals, guitar, ukulele
- Daemon Familiar – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
- Fallen Angel – vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass, and drums
- The Hamburglars – vocals, guitar, bass, and drums
- The Michael Harper Project 1967 – guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, saxophone, and horn
- The Noize – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
- Renegade Lighting Rebellion – vocals, guitar, violin, trumpet, drums, synthesizer, saxophone, harp, keyboard, and bass
- Shady Streets – guitar, bass, and drums
- Sidewalk Band – vocals, guitar
- Sole Heiress – guitar, bass, and drums
- The Sonnets – guitar, bass, and drums
- Those Poor, Poor Boys – vocals, guitar, keyboard, and drums
- Visionaire - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, and horn section
- Yuri & The Astrochimps – vocals, guitars, keyboard, bass, and drums
World
- Azamra – two guitars, keyboard, harmonium, and djembe
- Chicago Aissawa – Moraccan-style drums, reeded woodwinds, and fanfare horns
- Evanston Escola de Samba – percussion and folk dancers
- Frankie’s People – strings and percussion
- Jarochicanos – voice, traditional Mexican stringed instruments, percussion, and dance
- Karma Nirvana Collective – keyboard, flute, cello, congas, synthesizers, and video
- Laura and Charly – voice, percussion, and dance
- Mezcolanza – guitar, piano, trumpet, bass, and drums
- Mi Yodea – keyboard, hand drums, flute, and clarinet
- Nistha Raj – violin and percussion
- Potts & Pans Steelband – steelpans and percussion
- SOADAN – guitar, marimba, bass, and drums
- SOULPHONETICS – DJs
- Sunny Side Up – DJs
- Tambours Sans Frontieres – Congolese percussion
- Torque Monks – vocals, small instruments
Other
- Al “Hot Mix” Holmes – DJ
- Charles Joseph Smith – piano
- Chicken Fat Klezmer Orchestra – guitar, saxophone, mandolin, banjo, bass, clarinet, accordion, balalaika, and drums
- Mayo – guitar
- The New Testament of Love Chorale – keyboards, bass guitar, lead guitar, drums, horns, and vocal ensemble
- Paisley Babylon – keyboards, turntables
- Quintet Attacca – flute, oboe , clarinet, bassoon, horn, and narrator
- Roadside Flutes and Guitars – two flutes and two guitars
- Joe Smyth – piano
- Thor Bremer and Stephanie Young – vocals, violin, and mallets
