Category: Instruments & Hardware

December 5, Variations VI Performance at Neiman Center, SAIC

7:00–9:00 pm Wednesday, December 5 Leroy Neiman Center School of the Art Institute of Chicago 37 S. Wabash Avenue Chicago IL 60603 Variations VI (1966), for a plurality of sound-systems (any sources, components and loud-speakers) will be performed by students, faculty, and others in the Leroy Neiman Center at The School of the Art Institute… Continue reading December 5, Variations VI Performance at Neiman Center, SAIC

July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Jay Needham and Eric Leonardson perform Chronography: Animal 22:00 Friday, July 27 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) 603qm Alexanderstr. 264283 Darmstadt (Atelier Elektronik) This event happens within the Soundscape Composition program featuring Hildegard Westerkamp, and is organized in cooperation with the 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012 (46th International Summer Course for New Music… Continue reading July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Original Instruments Concert, Live at the RAM, 4-22-12

Blondena Music has released the live recording of the first concert of original music performed on original instruments at the Racine Art Museum, by Hal Rammel, Wilhelm Matthies, the Kenosha FreeGagaku Ensemble, and myself. Download or stream the recordings and see photos of the instruments and performers here on Blondena Music.

April 22, Original Instruments Concert at Racine Art Museum

Please join us at Racine Art Museum for original music played on original instruments. 2–4 PM Sunday, April 22, 2012 Racine Art Museum 441 Main Street Racine, WI 53403 262.638.8300 www.ramart.org Hal Rammel, Eric Leonardson, Wilhelm Matthies and The Kenosha FreeGagaku Ensemble will play original instruments solo and in groups. The setting is the Racine… Continue reading April 22, Original Instruments Concert at Racine Art Museum

Show us your . . . springboard | Chicago Reader

Kevin Warwick wrote this short and sweet feature on the Springboard and me for the Chicago Reader. Published on January 19, 2012 in its “Show us your [____]” series, I feel surprised I’ve been playing it for 18 years. Thanks to Kevin and Andrea Bauer, who took the photos.

Bachet Concerts Friday, September 30 at MCA

Gregory O’Drobinak, Eric Leonardson, and Ed Herrmann play the Baschet Brother’s Aluminum Piano 2:00 pm, Friday, September 30 Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60611 Admission to the museum is $12 or $7 students. Free for SAIC students. No extra charge for the performance. This is another chance to hear a… Continue reading Bachet Concerts Friday, September 30 at MCA

Annette Krebs at Enemy, Friday, September 23

9:00 PM Friday, September 23 Annette Krebs / Eric Leonardson Duo Aaron Zarzutzki / Brent Gutzeit Duo Brian Labycz / Daniel Fandino / Jim Baker Trio Annette Krebs / Julia Miller Duo Enemy 1550 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 3rd floor Chicago IL 60622 www.enemysound.com Annette Krebs studied music and concert guitar in Frankfurt/Main, and has lived… Continue reading Annette Krebs at Enemy, Friday, September 23

Baschet Brothers Musical Sculpture

Experimental musicians Hal Rammel, Eric Leonardson, and Ed Herrmann will play and accompany François and Bernard Baschet’s Aluminum Piano (1962). Free with museum admission.

Sharing sounds with springboard | Daily Egyptian

Untitled from Daily Egyptian on Vimeo. An online article about my springboard just posted on April 4 in the Daily Egyptian, the newspaper of Southern Illinois University. I was interviewed by Pat Sutphin when I performed in the Outside the Box Music Festival, on Saturday, April 2. You can look and listen to it in… Continue reading Sharing sounds with springboard | Daily Egyptian