FourthStream.net, Inc.

FourthStream is a non-profit arts and service organization formed in 2007 to cultivate a support system for creative music in the community and to increase awareness of creative music. FourthStream pursues its mission through funding creative music works, presenting creative music, providing educational programs, assisting career development of member artists, increasing listenership, augmenting and complementing existing services and programs, and networking with the national and international creative music community.

IRS tax determination letter and financial statements available upon request.

Staff

Jim Beske

Board Member

Music lover and strong supporter of the arts. Jim’s knowledge of jazz history, especially experimental and avant garde, is astounding!

Dan Burke

Board Member

Leads the Door County Land Trust and is an avid music fan. Dan brings a wealth of experience running not-for-profit organizations and organizing large-scale events.

Tom Gullion

Artistic Director, FourthStream.net

Saxophonist Tom Gullion brings a deep, soulful performance style, a sophisticated avant-garde sensibility, and a quicksilver technique. Now, at the peak of his musical maturity, he is launching several new projects: a solo CD Catharsis, the ground-breaking group, Aspect Jazz featuring percussionist Ernie Adams, Chicago, and has even found time to organize the Driftless Jazz Festival in Southwestern Wisconsin. “Humbly walking in the footsteps of Sonny Rollins and other who have taken time for reflection in their careers, I’ve found my path is to bring music to the people. And that’s exactly what these new projects are about.”

William Neil

Executive Director

William Neil’s compositions present the listener with an intense brilliant effect (FANFARE MAGAZINE) and represents contemporary writing at its most intellectual probing (CHICAGO TRIBUNE). His extremely characteristic harmonic world is fundamental to the unfolding of his music. Never exhausting his quest for what he calls “dream craft”, Neil regularly performs with Project Fourth Stream, immersing himself in the energy of improvisation and spontaneous composition. In the 1980’s Neil was appointed as the first composer-in-residence with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the first residency of its kind with a major American opera company. He then went on to produce award winning concerts and events at the New Music Chicago Spring Festival for several years. His has composed music for celebrated musicians including John Bruce Yeh and Chicago Pro Musica, guitarist Michael Lorimer and soprano Barbara Ann Martin. The Rome Prize and the Charles Ives Award are among his honors. His work has been recognized through grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and the American Symphony Orchestra League and awards from ASCAP and BMI. Most recently he is serving as a 2008 McKnight Visiting Composer with the American Composers Forum for the city of Winona, MN.

Terry Rochester

Board Member

Terry is a long-time DJ at WLSU in La Crosse. He was formerly president of the La Crosse Jazz Society.