album credits

Production Credits:

Produced by Doyle Armbrust, Maeve Feinberg, Clara Lyon, and Russell Rolen

Track 13 co-produced by Sam Pluta

Tracks 14-18 co-produced by Anthony Cheung

Track 19 co-produced by Charmaine Lee

Engineered by Dan Nichols of Aphorism Studios

Tracks 14-18 recorded by Grayson Elliott Taylor

Assistant Engineers: Qi Yu and Mark Alletag (Tracks 1-12, 19, 20)

Mastered by Ryan Streber of Oktaven Audio

locations:

Tracks 1-12 recorded at Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL, between September and November 2018.

Track 13 recorded at Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. July 2017.

Tracks 14-18 recorded at Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL. April 2017.

Track 19 recorded at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL. December 2018.

Track 20 recorded at Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. July 2018.

Commissioning credits:

binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state by Sam Pluta was commissioned by Cliff Dwellers Club of Chicago for Spektral Quartet

String Quartet No. 1.5 “Experiments in Living” by George Lewis was commissioned by The Fromm Foundation at Harvard University for Spektral Quartet

The Real Book of Fake Tunes by Anthony Cheung was commissioned by The Fromm Foundation at Harvard University for Spektral Quartet and Claire Chase

Licensing:

Track 13 licensed by the composer

Tracks 14-18 licensed by the composer

Track 19 licensed by the creator

Track 20 licensed by Edition Peters USA

Booklet

Design & Layout: Natalie Bontumasi (goodthomasdesign.com)

Photo Credits: Jocelyn Chuang (Spektral), Peter Gannushkin (Charmaine Lee), David Michalek (Claire Chase)

Cover art: øjeRum (instagram.com/oejerum)

Program Note: Doyle Armbrust

Acknowledgments

Spektral Quartet would like to express their everlasting gratitude for the following beautiful people: first and foremost our families and partners for supporting (aka patiently putting up with) us through the long development of this project; Anthony Cheung, Charmaine Lee, Sam Pluta, and George Lewis for their amazing music (and Charmaine in particular for taking a risk with four novice improvisers); Claire Chase for her badass musicianship and indefatigable collaborative spirit; Dan Nichols for his expertise, patience, and endless viola jokes costing himself $15 a pop; Mark Alletag, Qi Yui, Grayson Taylor, Max Tamahori, Jessica Slaven, and Noah Jenkins for their help behind the scenes; Fiona Queen, Greg Redenius, and Adam Vida for hosting our sessions; Ryan Streber for putting the polish on it and Dan Lippel for helping us get it out in the world; Fred Sherry for helping us decode Schoenberg; Patrick Jagoda for helping us game it out; Natalie Bontumasi for really tying the room together; Bing Chang for giving us the space to work; the Board of Directors of Spektral Quartet NFP for their support of everything we do; Rob Robbins and Mic Herring of Alliance Artist Management for their tireless efforts to book our eclectic programs; Alyssa Martinez for being the 5th Spektral; Flaca (née Flaco) the Turtle for her companionship; The Nichols Family Childcare and Pet Boarding Facility; John Stuart Mill for, you know; all of our Indiegogo donors (!!); all forward-thinking presenters who take risks and prove over and again that one must never pre-judge what their audience will love; and all of our fans, but especially those in Chicago who have made Spektral thrive for a decade, and who give us hope that we’ll continue to do so far into the future. THANK YOU!!! - C, M, D & R

Experiments in Living