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We welcome people passionate about music for listening sessions and live music recording sessions.
Enjoy listening to your favorite music on high quality audio systems, and discuss methods of capturing the artist's true intent through recording. Learn about True Stereo recording from Pro Musica co-founder Ken Christianson, world class engineer and instructor of master recording classes at Columbia College; get the expert technical advice of John Schwarz, also co-founder of Pro Musica.
Pro Musica (for music) was established in 1983, and has been dedicated to helping people live better lives through music. (We are not selling anything at these meetings, these are merely for the love of music.)
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Pro Musica Musical Evenings presents Brian Citro Quintet !
Pro Musica, 713 W Wrightwood, Chicago, IL, USDoors open at 2pm
Concert at 3pm
Artist donations appreciated
BYBOBrian Citro Quintet
Brian Citro, guitar and compositions
Nick Mazzarella, saxophones
Tom Vaitsas, keyboards
Matt Ulery, bass
Quin Kirchner, drums
briancitro.com
A 2025 City of Chicago Individual Artist Program awardee, Brian Citro has been playing and writing music for 35 years. His new album, Keep Moving (Home), on Calligram Records, features his “lyrical yet modern guitar playing” (Fareed Haque) on 14 original compositions performed by his quartet with Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, and Matt Ulery. Recorded to tape by engineer Dave Vettraino at Chicago’s Palisade Studio, the album presents an “emotionally resonant …convergence of composition, performance, sound, and visual presentation” (Paris Move). The music flows from Brian’s experiences as a musician and human rights lawyer living in India and traveling in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. His previous album, Acoustic Pastime, on ears&eyes Records features Brian performing solo guitar arrangements of his compositions and Thelonious Monk tunes. Pianist Tom Vaitsas, a former sideman for legendary saxophonist Von Freeman, joins the quartet for a series of shows celebrating the release of Keep Moving (Home). Here, the Brian Citro Quartet performs Kenny Garrett’s Soldiers of the Fields at the Hungry Brain in Chicago.Listen to Brian’s music on:
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