title: Chicago Pro Musica
text: # 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)
  