Join me for a soundwalk exploring our summer soundscape at night at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, for Nature on Tap! Fellow Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) members and School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) students will perform their nature-inspired music. 6-9:00 PM Wednesday, September 7 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago IL… Continue reading September 7, Nature on Tap! The Sounds of Summer: Music of the Night
Category: Upcoming Performances
Performance: Ritual Objects, Central Sounds | The Art Institute of Chicago
“Ritual Objects – Central Sounds” – A Sonic Ceremony July 14, 2016 6:00PM–7:00PM Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, The Art Institute of Chicago Free with museum admission; registration required In this performance I will combine field recordings from Chicago soundscapes with live and recorded sounds by Aurelio, a musician, educator, ethno-musicologist, researcher, sound designer, and… Continue reading Performance: Ritual Objects, Central Sounds | The Art Institute of Chicago
Stones/Water/Time/Breath – Make Music Day, June 21
Join me at sunrise, 5:17 a.m., for the worldwide Make Music Day 2016 celebration, on June 21. I will lead a participatory summer solstice performance of Dean Rosenthal’s “Stones/Water/Time/Breath (for Christian Wolff)“. Meet us at the public beach at the east end of Sherwin Avenue. Coffee provided by Charmers Café. Use the Make Music app… Continue reading Stones/Water/Time/Breath – Make Music Day, June 21
ACTIVATE SUS, June 9
Performing (Springboard) with Greg O’Drobinak (Arc of the Oven) and Christopher Preissing (Junk Box). A part of SUS: the long thin wire in the Loop! and Thunder Perfect Mind by NON:op. June 9, 2016, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Thursday. Sullivan Center Alley 16 East Monroe between State Street and Wabash Street, across the street… Continue reading ACTIVATE SUS, June 9
Report from Balance-Unbalance 2016 in Manizales, Colombia
Greetings! Here is some news from Balance-Unbalance in Manizales. Following my “Eco-sensing” talk on Monday, I presented briefly in a large global Live Audio Streaming Panel with Grant Smith on Wednesday. Video of the panel stream is now archived here on YouTube. We enjoyed discussing our experiences and ideas about real time location-based audio and… Continue reading Report from Balance-Unbalance 2016 in Manizales, Colombia
Artist residency program to start along 606 Trail | abc7chicago.com
Tuesday, April 26: Chicago local ABC Channel 7 News announced I am one of the artists creating cultural programming in the landscape of The 606 park system along the Bloomingdale Trail. My series of events will invite communities to explore urban soundscape awareness through a series of soundwalks, original instrument-making classes, beginning in May and… Continue reading Artist residency program to start along 606 Trail | abc7chicago.com
Sound Department Colloquium Series – Feb 25
SOUND DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM SERIES SPRING 2016 ERIC LEONARDSON Thursday, Feb. 25th, 4.15 p.m. Room 522, 112 S Michigan This presentation open to all School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) students, staff, and faculty. Find the poster (PDF) here.
Andrea Centazzo & Friends, March 12 at Constellation
Join us for an evening of music with Italian American percussionist Andrea Centazzo and a wonderful group of musicians and their unique invented instruments: Ed Herrmann (Skatchbox), Greg O’Drobinak (Arc of the Oven), Hal Rammel (Sound Palette), and myself (Springboard), plus Volcano Radar: Rollo Radford (bass), Elbio Barilari (guitar, sax, violin), and Julia A. Miller… Continue reading Andrea Centazzo & Friends, March 12 at Constellation
The Institute for Implied Imperfection – NUMBERS.FM – Saturday February 20
Performance with Jason Soliday (electronics) streaming live on NUMBERS.FM 2 – 4 PM CST. Saturday, February 20, 2016 Visit The Institute for Implied Imperfection for the schedule of past and future shows. Listen to the recording of the performance here.
Ragdale Residency | January 2016
From January 4 through 29, I am at Ragdale for my second artist’s residency. I posted on this blog about my wonderful experience and productive time spent here in 2015. Here is my invitation to a soundwalk I will lead on January 24, at Ragdale for Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology members and fellow Ragdale… Continue reading Ragdale Residency | January 2016