Chicago’s pioneer physical theater company Plasticene premieres its latest work “Until One Falls” for one night only at Miami University’s Gates-Abegglen Theatre Center for Performing Arts in Oxford, Ohio.

8:00pm Friday, January 25, 2008

Gates-Abegglen Theatre
Oxford, Ohio 45056
Tickets: Public $12, Senior $10, MU Student/Youth $9

Until One Falls is directed by Dexter Bullard and performed by Mark Cominskey, Sharon Göpfert, Brian Shaw, and Eric Leonardson.

Carol Genetti (vocals) and I will be performing a duo set at the final show in the Triage Sound Series:

8PM Tuesday, December 18
Elastic
2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 772-3616
suggested donation

There will also be performances by Series Founders, Mykel Boyd, and Neil Jendon. See the Elastic events page for latest details.

[Sorry, this concert has been canceled.]

7:30pm, November 16
Chicago Composers Forum
Zhou B Art Center
1029 West 35th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60609
Admission FREE!

Improvised Music by Eric Leonardson (springboard), Julia Miller (text, guitar, electronics), and Chris Preissing (flute).

The MUSIC + ART Open House Program is a regular monthly open house at the Zhou B. Center. The Center, featuring galleries and artist studios, and the home of the Chicago Composers Forum office, is located in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. This monthly non-adjudicated event is open to all composer members and all styles of original music, either live or recorded.

2PM - 5PM Sunday, October 28
Green Mill
4802 N Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 878-5552
$5 (age 21 and over)

Premiering the new trio of Julia Miller (text, guitar, electronics), Chris Preissing (flute), and Eric Leonardson (springboard). New Music at the Green Mill is a regular event featuring contemporary art music of all genres. For the full program visit: http://www.newmusicchicago.org/oct_gm.html

7PM - Midnight Friday, October 26
Elastic
2830 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 772-3616
$10 suggested donation, $8 for students

A work for radio by Anna Friz and Eric Leonardson. Produced at free103point9’s Wave Farm in upstate, New York…listening below the border separating our “sister cities” of Toronto and Chicago, we propose to listen below the surface of the map. We listen instead for the rhythms of daily movement in our respective places, and seek to enunciate the sounds in the cities that we hear and that haunt our dreams. Gas meters hissing, rain in the sewers after a storm, senior citizens in the cafe, distant “El” trains. In this we begin to play together, to mingle field recordings and music to create modulations of these two places. In so doing we conjure a third, composite, imagined city that resonates somewhere between the two geographical locations.

Musicians, dancers, poets also performing this evening include Paul Hartsaw, Asimina Chremos, Guillermo Gregorio, Divik Ramesh, and many more. Visit the Chicago Calling website for details: www.chicagocalling.org

6PM - 10PM Thursday, October 25
Peter Jones Gallery
1806 West Cuyler, 2nd Floor
Chicago IL 60613
(773) 472-6725
$10 suggested donation

Emerson and Leonardson team up in the 2nd Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival, scheduled to play at 7:00 PM. This evening includes a movement performance by Timothy Rey, the play “Sign of the Times”, two film screenings, and more.

Chicago Calling features artists working across artistic disciplines and international borders, produced by Borderbend. Visit the Chicago Calling website for details: www.chicagocalling.org

9:30pm Wednesday, October 24
The Empty Bottle
2348 W. Cortez
Chicago IL 60622
(773) 276-3600
$10 (age 21 and over)

Performing a solo set each. Bela Emerson is an electric cellist from England known for her electrifying performance style. She has performed extensively around world, making this her Chicago debut. Visit Bela’s homepage for more info: www.cellobela.com

Leonardson will perform on his original self-built electroacoustic instrument, the Springboard. To learn more about this amazing instrument check out the videos on Gearwire.