Start: September 20, 2026 5:30 p.m.
End: September 20, 2026 7 p.m.
Location: Sursa Performance Hall
About
Join us for a guest artist recital featuring Dr. Nick Zoulek! Nick Zoulek builds worlds out of brass, breath, and reeds.
Based in Chicago, Zoulek is a saxophonist whose music feels physical, visceral, and urgent. Tender one moment, tectonic the next, his sounds are simultaneously alive and mechanized. Allan Kozinn wrote in The Wall Street Journal, “Zoulek’s performance, on saxophones in every range, is stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre.”
Zoulek’s new album, Enter Branch, unfolds as a narrative of growth. The album bridges his vivid approach to the saxophone with a cast of collaborators from across the musical spectrum, including Sean Carey (S. Carey, Bon Iver), spoken-word legend J. Ivy, Nathalie Joachim, Nick Photinos, Chris Porterfield (Field Report), ~Nois, and the Tontine Ensemble.
Nick Zoulek will also be leading a masterclass on September 19 at 3 p.m. in Hahn Recital Hall.
Free Admission
This recital is free and open to the public.
Parking
Parking is available in the McKinley Parking Garage (entrance on Ashland Avenue) located immediately south of Sursa Hall. On weekdays, metered parking is available on the first floor of the garage until 7 p.m. at which time parking is free. This garage is free on weekends.