Elijah Daniel Smith (MM ’20, Music Composition) performed at the world premiere of the 2021/22 CSO MusicNOW series at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, IL on Monday, November 1, 2021. Alongside the likes of composers Jessie Montgomery, Ted Hearne, and Nathalie Joachim, Smith performed Scions of an Atlas, a 3-movement musical work. Watch Smith discuss his ideas behind Scions of an Atlas here.