Julia Bullock and Seth Parker Woods with Conor Hanick

Collage photos of Julia Bullock, Seth Parker Woods, and Conor Hanick
January 18, 2026 | 3:00PM
Logan Center for the Arts - Performance Hall

Two-time GRAMMY-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods propels classical music into the future through projects that delve deep into our cultural fabric. GRAMMY-winning American classical singer Julia Bullock combines versatile artistry with a probing intellect and commanding stage presence. In a powerful collaboration with esteemed pianist Conor Hanick, this “cellist of power and grace” (The Guardian) and “velvety soprano shot through with steel” (Musical America) push the classical music envelope through daring programming and a shared social consciousness.

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Julia Bullock - The Making of 'Walking in the Dark'

Praise for Julia Bullock, soprano

"Whether paying glowing tribute to Nina Simone or fusing the program’s disparate musical selections into a gratifying whole, Bullock delivers. … Bullock sings with a moving, mounting urgency set deep in the timbre of her lustrous voice and dramatic phrasing." - San Francisco Classical Voice

UChicago Presents: SOUND/SITES with Seth Parker Woods, cello

Praise for Seth Parker Woods, cello

“A cellist of power and grace” – The Guardian

"Woods is an artist rooted in classical music, but whose cello is a vehicle that takes him, and his concertgoers, on wide-ranging journeys." – The New York Times

"Dazzlingly inventive... a musician of uncommon communicative power" – Gramophone Magazine

Tristan Murail: "Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire ... in memoriam Messiaen" / Conor Hanick, piano

Praise for Conor Hanick, piano

“technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation benefit works by any master.” - The New York Times 

“Hanick suggested a conversation in such complete sympathy and accord that they could almost complete each other’s sentences…The hand-in-glove ensemble was nothing short of breathtaking.” —The Washington Post