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)