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Joel Styzens is a Chicago musician, composer, and instructor at the Old Town School Of Folk Music. His latest release, "Relax Your Ears," features his guitar compositions and a collaborative partnership with Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Katinka Kleijn."Relax Your Ears" is an instrumental record with elements of Classical, Jazz, World, and Folk music and features varied and unusual guitar tunings. Joining Styzens on this performance was cellist Sophie Webber, originally from Oxford, England. She had recently formed the Chicago-based music group, Fused Muse Ensemble, that specializes in the presentation of new music in performances that "fuse" together music with other media, such as dance, film, lighting, poetry, electronic music, and performance art.This was a performance and interview. Interviewer: Mike Corsa