from Grant Wallace Band's maritime mini-musical, <i>Fo'c's'le</i> (2013)

Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, soprano
Eliza Brown, saw
Austin Wulliman, violin
Chris Fisher-Lochhead, viola
Chris Wild, cello
Luke Gullickson, piano

music & lyrics by Ben Hjertmann

A Message From Beyond

Randall is a composer, sound artist, software developer, and former artistic director of the Chicago Composers Orchestra. Randall seeks to tell stories through music while exploring theatrics, decision-making processes, and technology. He uses technology to create interactive music, algorithmic compositions, and sound design. His works have been presented in concert halls, galleries, and abandoned warehouses.

Eric Malmquist (b. 1985) writes earnestly heartfelt and engaging music. He draws on a deep love of early music and modern influences to produce works that are focused and emotional.

He has been commissioned by the Chicago Composers Orchestra, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, tubist Scott Tegge, the International Chamber Artists, the Newberry Consort and the Wicker Park Choral Singers.

His commissioned work Prairie Music for CYSO was featured on Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival in October 2016 and at Midwest Clinic in December 2016. CCO and WPCS co-commissioned his Blemish’d Muse, a twenty-minute work for choir and orchestra, in 2016. His song cycle If You Travel Far Enough was the very first commission of the ICA, and was featured on Live from WFMT in 2015. Michael Hall premiered his Sonata for Viola and Piano in 2014, and Gaudete Brass premiered his Three Preludes in 2013.

His music has been performed outside of Chicago on both coasts and in Texas, and has been featured repeatedly on 98.7WFMT. His music has been recorded by VOX 3 on the disc “New Song” and by pianist Jonathan Hannau.

I love sound Cloud. I'm not a musician but i'm always looking for good music for my ears, heart and brain, and for my brief and unpretentious video clip. 

“Spidery original bluegrass" -- New York Times

"If Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt had gone on a triple-date with John Fahey, Dock Boggs and Bill Monroe to an Anton Webern concert, you'd be somewhere in the neighborhood of Grant Wallace Band." -- Time Out Chicago

Chris Fisher-Lochhead (viola)
Ben Hjertmann (voice/mandolin)
Luke Gullickson (piano/guitar)