Article: Chicago is alive with sound of new music

April is turning out to be an unofficially proclaimed "New Music Month" in Chicago. Two festivals of new music are opening this week, and concerts are scheduled April 17 by Philip Glass, and April 26 by avant-gardist John Cage.

Both festivals will begin Monday. Chamber Music Chicago will launch its three-concert "Festival of New Music" featuring the Kronos Quartet at 7:30 p.m. in the Royal-George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted. Kronos, the modishly dressed, musically advanced foursome from California who have played music by composers ranging from Alban Berg to John Lennon, will return to the Royal-George for concerts May 23 and June 20.

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