Chicago Pro Musica
# Chicago Pro Musica

Chicago Pro Musica is a chamber ensemble founded in 1979 by pianist Easley Blackwood and clarinetist John Bruce Yeh. The ensemble recorded a number of sessions at Medinah Temple for Reference Recordings. Chicago Pro Musica's 1985 "FACADE" recording of William Walton's "FACADE" and Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat earned the ensemble a Grammy award for Best New Classical Artist.

## Notable members

* Easley Blackwood (piano)
* John Bruce Yeh (clarinet)
* Robert Black (saxophone)
* Willard Elliot (bassoon)
* Daniel Gingrich (horn)
* Richard Graef (flute)
* Joseph Guastafeste (bass)
* Albert Igolnikov (violin)
* Donald Koss (percussion)
* Don Moline (cello)
* George Vosburgh (trumpet)
