Tune in to Something Else, Chicago’s only weekly radio program of audio art, experimental music, and live performance in Chicago, hosted by Philip von Zweck since 1995. This Sunday’s performers are: • AURIS • Eric Leonardson and Blake Edwards duo• VERTONEN Listen in every Sunday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. (US CST/GMT -6) WLUW-FM… Continue reading Sunday, May 25, Auris, Edwards-Leonardson duo, and Vertonen live on “Something Else”
Author: Eric
Shapes of Sound exhibition online
Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online
New Interviews on Gearwire
More video interviews with students from my 2008 Instrument Construction course at SAIC have been uploaded. SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens? http://www.gearwire.com/theramin-instrument-construction.html (Part 1) SAIC Student Bethany Childs Tempts The Fury Of Neptune http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-001.html (Part 2) SAIC Student Bethany Childs And Playing An Interfaced Conch Shell http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-002.html Stuart… Continue reading New Interviews on Gearwire
Instruments Featured on YouTube
One highlight from 2007’s Instrument Construction class remains the “Bubble Organ” designed and built by Aaron Wendel. Below is a short, unedited video clip of Aaron’s instrument.
Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
On Friday, May 2 SAIC’s Waveforms presented videos and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gretchen Hasse from Gearwire came and interviewed many of the students in my Instrument Construction course, who opened the evening with an ensemble performance on their new instruments. The video… Continue reading Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia
SAIC’s Waveforms presents sound works and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on Friday, May 2 at the Fine Arts Building (Curtis Hall) 7:00-10:00pm, 410 S. Michigan Avenue 10th floor, Curtis Hall, FREE ADMISSION Students in my Instrument Construction course will open, performing as an… Continue reading SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia
On the Free Radio SAIC archive
White Noise Phantom Room Hour has been added to the Free Radio SAIC archive: freeradiosaic.org/program/archives/ Listen to the earlier shows by my Intro To Sound students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. These can be located in the archive by searching for the word “Locofone” before their titles. Special thanks go to… Continue reading On the Free Radio SAIC archive
Tune in to White Noise Phantom Room Hour
Tune in and listen to White Noise Phantom Room Hour, a special live radio experiment on Free Radio SAIC. When: 2:00 to 3:00 pm [US CST (GMT -6)] Thursday, April 17, 2008 Where: http://freeradiosaic.org (QuickTime required) Produced and performed by students of Eric Leonardson’s Introduction To Sound course. Travel through space while staying in one… Continue reading Tune in to White Noise Phantom Room Hour
Auris at Brown Rice
9:00pm, Friday April 11 4432 N Kedzie Avenue Chicago IL 60625 Suggested donation: $5 www.brownricemusic.org Doors open 30 minutes before the show begins. Auris Eric Leonardson — springboard Julia Miller — guitars, plucked instruments, electronics Chris Preissing — flute, voice YouTube: www.youtube.com/auristrio MySpace: www.myspace.com/auristrio also performing: (from Oakland, California) Aurora Josephson — voice Guillermo Gregorio… Continue reading Auris at Brown Rice
CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ CONSORTIUM
CCC presents Live Digital Performances IV with Auris 7:30pm Saturday, February 23, 2008 Casa de Sandia 1359 W. 16th St. Chicago, IL 60608 Admission: Free/donation Doors open at 6:30 with light appetizers. Auris is: Julia Miller — guitar, voice, electronics Chris Preissing — flute, voice, electronics Eric Leonardson — springboard Auris website Auris YouTube Auris… Continue reading CHICAGO COMPOSERS’ CONSORTIUM