Saxophonist Hunter Diamond's new work Unsettling for Violin, Cello, Tenor Saxophone, and Field Recordings will anchor a program of diverse works for this unusual trio. An joining the crew for one piece will be Studio Saint Philip regular Sixto Franco.
Missing Piece is south side Chicago-based musical duo, violinist Dan Galat and cellist Kelly Quesada, who endeavor to commission new musical works and works from other artistic disciplines on themes that inspire others to connect with their community, care for our environment, listen deeply to ourselves and others, and speak out against injustice. Since its formation in 2022, Missing Piece has commissioned and premiered over thirty new works, including standard notation, text and graphic scores, poetry, film, ceramics, movement, and improvisation.
Hunter Diamond is a creative woodwind and sound artist based in Chicago. Though he is most at home in the improvised music scene, a mixture of conceptual, composed, and improvised performance keeps him perpetually present in the interdisciplinary Chicago creative arts community.
Sixto Franco is a member of the Quijote Duo, Music of the Americas Project and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. A versatile performer, teacher and composer, Sixto has concertized in Europe, United States, Mexico and Uruguay. Sixto Franco is passionate about chamber music and has had the honor to perform with Eighth Black Bird, International Chamber Artists, Symbiosis Ensemble in L.A., the Kaia String Quartet, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Gesher Music Festival and the Missouri Chamber Music festival in St. Louis, MO, as well as joining many more artists in the New Orleans bustling scene. Sixto is also the CoArtistic Director of the nienteForte music festival of New Orleans as well as a curator for chamber music all over the Crescent City.
