Tuesday, September 21 Eric Leonardson performs live and in person at Jarvis Square Pottery,
1443 West Jarvis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60626
Category: Festivals
New Japan Ensemble Chicago/Obihiro Exchange Project
On Friday, July 19, Eric Leonardson performs in Tatsu Aoki’s presentation of New Japan Ensemble, a compositional project exploring the experimental sonic milieu of contemporary Tokyo and Chicago, at Elastic Arts. This event is part of the Chicago Obihiro Exchange Exhibition presented by AIRMW at the Hairpin Arts Center.
New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival
Listen to the release from my performance in the re:flexions sound-art festival with Anja Kreysing, on accordion and laptop from Muenster, and singer and actress Donatella Bartolomei from Milan; recorded live at Abraxas in Augsburg, July 20, 2018. Many thanks to Sascha Stadlmeier for recording and mastering, and for organizing, the inviting, and hosting my visit… Continue reading New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival
High Zero Festival 2018 | September 15
High Zero Festival Friday & Saturday, September 14 & 15 (7:30pm doors, 8:30pm showtime) Elastic Arts 3429 W Diversey Ave #208 Chicago, IL 60647 Baltimore’s High Zero Collective are taking my favorite festival for experimental improvised music on the road. I’m honored to be part of its Chicago iteration on September 15, at Elastic Arts.… Continue reading High Zero Festival 2018 | September 15
New! Warm-up Show For Re:flexions Festival
A concert evening with: Enrico Cerrato “PETROLIO” – Concerto per le Periferie Estreme – (Asti – electronics / didgeridoo) ERIC LEONARDSON (Chicago – objects / electronics) + JAN KRUML (Kutna Hora – electronics) FEDERICO DAL POZZO (Torino – electronics) + SOFIA BERTOMEU HOIBERG (Murcia – electronics) Donnerstag, 19.07.18 Beginn: 19:30 projekt…raum am klostereck Hubert-von-Herkomer-Str. 109/110… Continue reading New! Warm-up Show For Re:flexions Festival
re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018
Friday, July 20, I am performing with musicians Anja Kreysing (from Muenster) and Donatella Bartolomei (from Italy) in the re:flexions sound-art festival. Abraxas Sommestr. 30 Augsburg, Germany 86156 www.abraxas.augsburg.de/ presented by attenuation circuit re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018 Teaser from LDX #40 on Vimeo. 13 artists joining for 5 unique collaborations “For each 30 min… Continue reading re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018
Ragdale Residency | February 2018
The start of this new year brings a special time for peaceful reflection, planning, performing, production, and fellowship during my 25-day residency at Ragdale. This is my third residency here since 2015. Ragdale is an interdisciplinary artists’ community established in 1976 in Lake Forest, Illinois by poet Alice Judson Hayes, the granddaughter of architect Howard… Continue reading Ragdale Residency | February 2018
Illinois News: Soundwalks in Urbana parks put participants in touch with sonic environments
On April 26, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign news posted this well-written online article by Jodi Heckel about my public soundwalks in Urbana parks, all part of the Sonified Sustainability Festival. Thanks go to Jason Finkelman and the Student Sustainability Committee for their interest and support. In coming months look for a video documenting… Continue reading Illinois News: Soundwalks in Urbana parks put participants in touch with sonic environments
Sonified Sustainability: Six Soundwalks on April 27 & 28
Ecology and the arts are focus of Sonified Sustainability Festival Sonified Sustainability Festival starts April 20 at University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. On April 27 I will lead three soundwalks in Meadowbrook Park and three on April 28 at Busey Woods. For Illinois News Bureau Arts blog Jodi Heckel wrote: The festival will conclude with… Continue reading Sonified Sustainability: Six Soundwalks on April 27 & 28
An invitation to new music performances and explorations of Chicago park soundscapes.
I’m happy to share a bundle of news about my fall season events, starting this week! These include debut performance of the Eric Leonardson Springboard Trio and soundwalks hosted by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, Night Out in the Parks 2016 Partner. Here’s a list. I hope you will join us, listen, share, and… Continue reading An invitation to new music performances and explorations of Chicago park soundscapes.