Photo: Five Hallucinations composer Carl Vine (left) with trombonist Michael Mulcahy. Photo by Hollie Adams.

Bienen School professor of trombone Michael Mulcahy will premiere Australian composer Carl Vine's Five Hallucinations for Trombone and Orchestra on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 8 p.m. with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan.

Tickets for the premiere and the additional Chicago performances on October 7 at 1:30 p.m. and October 8 at 8 p.m. are available through the CSO box office at 312-294-3000 or http://cso.org.

Co-commissioned by the CSO and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Five Hallucinations is a musical exploration of various hallucinatory states inspired by the writings of British-American neurologist Oliver Sacks. Mulcahy will also perform the concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth, on April 5 and 6, 2017.

A native of Sydney, Michael Mulcahy is a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and principal trombone of the Grand Teton Music Festival.