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
Category: Instruments & Hardware
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.
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
Solo Concert for Bridges
Bridges, Arts at Large new music series 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 20 Lincoln Park Cultural Center, 2045 N. Lincoln Park West Chicago, IL 60614 Tel: 773.248.1667 Admission: Free (seating is limited to only 50 people) Arts at Large http://www.aalchicago.org/ I will be performing on the Springboard, my self-built instrument pictured above, with electronics. To learn… Continue reading Solo Concert for Bridges
Featured on Third Coast International Audio Festival
Anna Friz was recently featured on the Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCAIF) podcast. Anna writes: “There’s a bit of interview, a shorter version of an older piece called ‘The Clandestine Transmissions of Pirate Jenny’, and then excerpts from recent work with Eric Leonardson called ‘Dancing Walls Stir the Prairies’. ” This latter piece is… Continue reading Featured on Third Coast International Audio Festival
Leonardo Music Journal “Joy of the Gizmo”
“The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs” is now published in Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 17 on The MIT Press.
Streaming Audio 2007 Tour Archives
From The Tank, May 2007 Recordings of the Anna Friz + Eric Leonardson duo are archived from performance at The Tank, New York City on Thursday, May 31, 2007. Joining us that evening was Jack Wright (saxophone, clarinet) and Andrew Drury (drums, percussion). The night of performances concluded with all four artists improvising together. Listen… Continue reading Streaming Audio 2007 Tour Archives
Recently Published: Leonardo Music Journal & Radio Territories
Leonardo Music Journal “The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs” Forthcoming publication, LMJ 17 due out December 2007. Radio Territories edited by Erik Granly Jensen and Brandon LaBelle, published by Errant Bodies, w/ accompanying CD.