One of the highlights of July was the opportunity to photograph WFMT's Thirsty Ear Festival at City Winery. Thirsty Ear is the annual showcase concert for the weekly new music show, Relevant Tones with Seth Boustead. This year's concert featured two Chicago-based ensembles - Fonema Consort and Gaudete Brass Quintet - and the renowned composer/pianist Graham Reynolds. The two-hour concert and live broadcast was packed with music ranging from vocal-instrumental fusion from Fonema, new music for brass quintet, and arrangements of Reynolds's film scores for string quartet and piano.
